"Why are they doing this!" Looking at the fragments of the wreckage scattered like fireworks in the picture, Zhou Xin exclaimed, "Isn't it just to find out their identities?!" During this period, we didn't even have the action or even the intention to attack, is it necessary for them to self-destruct so bluntly?! ”

"Could it be that they just don't want us to know who they really are?" Dart said slowly, frowning.

"Then there's no need to be so aggressive, right?" Spred, like Zhou Xin, couldn't believe what he saw on the screen, "Isn't there a more gentle way to solve this problem?" ”

"It depends on what the other party thinks, maybe they think that keeping the secret of their identity is the most important, and only self-destruction is the best way to keep it secret." Dart continued.

"Can they not care about their lives for this?" Spred looked a little excited.

"Calm down, maybe those objects are unmanned types, just like our detectors." Zhou Xin reassured.

"Brother Captain, what are we going to do next?" At this time, Atlas asked, "Do you want to continue to follow them?" ”

After hesitating for a moment, Zhou Xin replied, "Forget it, since the other party would rather self-destruct than let us know their identity, it won't be of much use to continue to follow, so let's withdraw the probe." After a while, he added, "Let the probe try to bypass the self-destruct area of the other party as much as possible when retreating, although there is not much hope, but I still hope that the wreckage can leave some useful clues." ”

However, since the probes are not as fast underwater as the other side, their retreat process also appears to be quite difficult. At first, seeing that the probe gave up tracking him, the other party may have thought it was a trap, so he was a little cautious. But after a while, when they saw that there were no new detectors around them, and that all the detectors in their field of vision were moving away from them, they turned around and pursued the detectors again. But even so, once the probe reveals the slightest thought of wanting to turn back, the other party will react as soon as possible, and will not give Atlas any chance to investigate at all. After two or three back-and-forths, Atlas had no choice but to give up. In the end, relying on a small number of detectors as bait, most of the detectors were finally able to escape the pursuit of the other party.

But what Zhou Xin didn't expect was that after eliminating the part of the detector used as a decoy, those cylindrical black shadows did not disappear, but rushed to the ruins of the city at the bottom of the sea again and launched an attack on the detector inside.

"What the hell are they trying to do?" I don't know if this is the first time Zhou Xin has asked the same question today, "At the beginning, they attacked us first, and now we have put up with them, do we still have to take an inch?!" The tone in his words showed that he was already a little angry at this time.

However, anger is anger, and the difference in speed between the two sides makes Zhou Xin reluctantly order the probe to continue retreating. However, since the purpose of the attack, it is better for everyone to not know in which direction the probe should retreat. In desperation, Zhou Xin could only let Atlas act at the same time as observing the other party's actions.

On the other hand, in order to be able to collect as many clues as possible related to the other party. After both sides moved away from the self-destruct area of the previous cylinder, another group of nearby probes rushed to the self-destruct area and began to investigate the wreckage. At the beginning, Zhou Xin was also a little worried that a small number of troops would be left in that area, or that the other party would turn back and attack after discovering the detector's movements, so at the beginning of the investigation, any movement of the detector was more cautious, and at the same time, in order to prevent the wreckage from suffering secondary damage, each detector was ready to retreat at any time. But he soon realized that this idea was superfluous, perhaps because he was quite confident in the effect of the self-detonation, or he could have neglected to observe this direction during the pursuit. All in all, the investigation process of the probe went fairly smoothly and without any interference.

"Brother Captain, all the probes can search for are metallic fragments now, and the possibility that the cylinder is a simple single life form can be basically ruled out." In this way, after a short investigation by the probe, Atlas quickly came to the first conclusion.

"So it's most likely that they're man-made." Zhou Xin said to himself thoughtfully, "Could it be that there is a civilization hidden in the ocean of this planet that we don't know?" What is the relationship between this civilization and the civilization that we have now discovered that once lived on the planetary continent? ”

"Interestingly, are they two civilizations that have developed independently of each other, just like the opposing civilizations we have encountered before? And then the maritime civilization used some kind of superweapon, with the help of the power of the sea, to completely wipe out the civilization on land? According to Zhou Xin's thoughts, Dart immediately made his own guess.

"In that case, there's no need to hide your identity. And what is the reason for their self-destruction? Spred immediately asked rhetorically.

"Maybe the other party thinks that we are descendants of a land civilization, and is worried that the crew inside will be treated inhumanely after being captured by us?" Dart hesitated for a few seconds before continuing to speculate, "After all, they have destroyed the entire land civilization, so it's normal to worry about retaliation." ”

"Anyway, continue to investigate the wreckage and see if we can find more useful clues from it." Zhou Xin did not participate in the discussion between Dart and Spred, but spoke to Atlas.

Next, after more than three hours of searching, the little girl reported to Zhou Xin with a little disappointment: "Brother Captain, it seems that the main purpose of the other party's self-destruction is indeed to hide his identity. After investigation, it was discovered that the most severely damaged parts of the cylinder in the self-destruction were actually the outer shell that was more likely to store information and the part of the middle and front that might have carried the occupants, all of which became indecipherable small fragments in the explosion. On the contrary, the most explosion-prone and high-tech power parts are relatively more intact, and at least some complete parts that can be identified have been preserved. ”

After listening to Atlas's report, even Zhou Xin's face couldn't help but show a look of disappointment......