After listening to Atlas's words, Zhou Xin immediately sighed in disappointment. At the same time, he had already sentenced the detector to death in his heart. However, although he thought so in his heart, Zhou Xin did not show it, but comforted again: "Don't think about the situation so badly all of a sudden, the probe is just temporarily missing." At least we haven't been able to get any clear news of it being destroyed or discovered, so maybe it will appear the next time the entrance opens? ”

"That's all I can think about now." Atlas let out a long sigh and said listlessly.

The inexplicable disappearance of the probe has once again brought the entire investigation to an impasse, which has made the mood of everyone present seem a little depressed. After thinking about it, Zhou Xin felt that it was not a way to continue to wait now, so he opened his mouth and asked, "Are there still attackers wandering around the mining site now?" ”

"And." The little girl nodded, "But there are a lot fewer of them than at the beginning, I don't know if they really withdrew or hid in a place where we can't detect them." ”

"Always be vigilant, and report any changes as soon as you notice them." Zhou Xin felt a little uneasy about the attackers who had been surrounding the mining site and refused to leave. But because he couldn't guess the other party's intentions for a long time, he could only tell Atlas to be on guard at all times.

Next, Zhou Xin turned his attention to the progress of repairs that he hadn't cared about for a few days, which was probably the only thing that could make him feel a little relieved in recent times. Although the planet's resource gathering work is constantly under threat from those attackers, the Voyager's maintenance progress has never been interrupted. Thanks to the efforts of all the crew members on board the spacecraft and the robots, they have now completed about 30 percent of the repair work. Don't look at only 30 percent, in fact, the main thing that slows down the entire repair progress is the hull part, if the hull is removed, in fact, most of the repair work inside the ship has already been completed. In other words, aside from the fact that it still looks dilapidated, the current Voyager has largely regained all of its functions.

"Brother Captain, the next job is to see how quickly we can collect resources on the planet." "Due to the amount of material, the robots on the ship are not able to work at maximum efficiency, which has particularly affected the progress of the shell repair." ”

"I can't help it, I can only take my time." Zhou Xin's right hand held his forehead and said helplessly. Then he closed his eyes, and after a while, Zhou Xin suddenly remembered another thing, "By the way, Atlas, have the other two tracking routes had any results?" ”

"I'm about to report this to you, brother Captain." "On one of the tracking routes, the probe found another hideout at the bottom of the trench at a depth of about 3,300 meters," Atlas replied. They are now surveying the area around the shelter and have successfully discovered crescent-shaped structures on the ocean floor. Compared to similar structures previously discovered, the newly discovered crescent-like structure is even larger, reaching a length of nearly a kilometer and nearly 300 meters at its widest point. While reporting the report, she showed the screen images scanned by the probe at the bottom of the sea.

After a careful observation for a while, Zhou Xin suddenly found a strange place in the picture. At the same time, the little girl also happened to mention this problem, "When the probe scanned the nearby seabed, it also found that the damage to this crescent-like structure was quite serious, and some parts were even completely gone, and the shape of the crescent moon could only be vaguely seen. In addition to this massive crescent structure, the probe also found a number of much smaller and equally incomplete crescents around it, some of which were less than a third of the way down. It is not yet known what the purpose of those incomplete crescents is. ”

After a pause, Atlas continued to report: "As for the other route, the probe has now pursued it to a depth of about five thousand meters. According to the latest information received, they should already be not far from the bottom of the trench. ”

"Oh, yes." Speaking of this, the little girl suddenly remembered another thing, "Brother Captain, do you remember the two asteroid belts on the periphery of this star system that we crossed at the beginning?" ”

"Asteroid belt?" Now Zhou Xin was still thinking about the undersea investigation, and the sudden turning of the topic made him not react at once. After being stunned for a few seconds, he realized what Atlas had said, and with a puzzled tone, Zhou Xin asked, "Asteroid belt?" Why do you suddenly mention the asteroid belt? ”

"Not long ago, people made new discoveries in the asteroid belt." The little girl replied, "During the investigation of the two asteroid belts, the probe found many asteroids that have not yet solidified and are still in a molten state. Theoretically, if those two asteroid belts were formed with the entire star system, there shouldn't be so many asteroids in them that haven't cooled down. Therefore, it can be judged that both asteroid belts should have formed in the recent past. And, when estimating the overall mass of the asteroid belt, Brother Captain, do you know what people have found? ”

"What did you find?" Zhou Xin asked.

"It has been found that the mass of matter contained in the two asteroid belts is quite large." The little girl's voice became serious, "The total mass of the larger asteroid belt on the periphery is expected to be more than four times that of the planet beneath our feet, and even the smaller asteroid belt on the inner side is about the same mass as the planet. Moreover, not only is the total mass large, but the density of matter inside the two asteroid belts is also very large. In this case, it would be easier for the material in the asteroid belt to aggregate into a single planet, rather than to be scattered as it is now. In the course of the investigation, the probe did find a number of asteroids that were accretion of surrounding materials. It is believed that it will not be long before the prototype of the planet will appear in the orbit of the two asteroid belts. Again, this indirectly proves that the asteroid belt was formed recently, otherwise the original planet would have formed a long time ago. ”

"At the same time, based on the conclusion that the asteroid belt was formed recently, one can make a bold inference," Atlas continued, "and the predecessors of these two asteroid belts are likely to be a massive rocky planet......