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The light on the screen disappeared in less than a second, but in the very center of the screen, everyone did not see the figure of the shuttle vehicle again, but only saw some scattered metal fragments, which continued to rush towards a higher orbit under the action of inertia, and it should not be long before they could reach the orbit where the observing probe was. In order to avoid being met with a large amount of debris, the probe began to change its orbit.

While the orbit changed, the probe's footage remained focused on the area of the scattered debris, and at this time, Atlas seemed to have made a new discovery in the mass of metal fragments.

"Brother Captain, look, what's that?"

Under Atlas's reminder, Zhou Xin looked carefully into the screen, but due to the large number of debris in front of the camera, Zhou Xin did not find what Atlas found.

"Here, here, here." The little girl jumped to her feet and pointed to a place on the screen, and finally, on the screen full of shards, Zhou Xin saw what Atlas said.

"What's that?" Although the thing found by Atlas was much larger than most of the metal fragments, Zhou Xin still couldn't see what it looked like, but the thing looked more regular, a little different from the irregular fragments around it.

"Huh? Why is there still here? Just as Zhou Xin stared at the regular object suspiciously, trying to find out what it was, Atlas's voice rang out again, and she found the same thing in five other places on the screen.

By this time, the main part of the debris swarm had already broken out of the height of the synchronous orbit and continued to fly upwards. And those below the synchronous orbit, after destroying the shuttle, returned to normal and returned to their original orbits. Zhou Xin thought about it for a moment, and then instructed the probe: "Take a closer look at those debris, be careful, don't be discovered by the aircraft below." The probe then changed direction again and approached them from the side of the swarm.

More than a minute later, the probe was already very close to the debris, and at this time, Zhou Xin finally saw the thing that Atlas had just pointed out in the pile of debris.

It was also a fusiform device, similar in shape to what the UFO had been before it exploded, but much smaller than it, about a meter long. Unlike the previous UFO, this fusiform device does not seem to have a power plant, but only relies on inertia to move forward. Zhou Xin was a little puzzled as to why this fusiform device was able to survive the big explosion just now, so he asked the probe to bring the device back to the spacecraft, wanting to study it. At his command, the probe began to continue to approach the fusiform device, and by this time, the probe had reached the periphery of the pile of metal wreckage, and a small number of high-speed metal fragments had begun to appear around it. As a result, the probe was able to dodge the debris while continuing to move towards the fusiform at a very slow pace.

Looking at the large and small metal fragments that kept flying in front of the camera, Zhou Xin couldn't help but feel worried about the detector, for fear that it would be accidentally hit by a piece of debris flying from nowhere, but fortunately, Zhou Xin's worry did not happen, although the detector was moving very slowly, and it had to change direction from time to time to avoid the debris coming from the front, and even a few fragments crossed very close in front of the camera, but for the time being, no fragment has really hit the detector.

Just as the probe was approaching the fusiform device, Zhou Xin was discussing with the people around him while looking at the camera on the screen.

"What is the identity of that shuttle flying machine?" Zhou Xin asked, "Why is it also attacked by the flying machine below?" Didn't it fly up from underneath those flying machines? Could it be that the two are still not the same party? He looked puzzled.

"Who knows." Dart spread his hands, "We still haven't figured out the internal structure of this civilization, and even the existence of three forces within them is only surmised by us from the artificial satellites we have obtained. Maybe there are not just three forces within them, but the three forces we know have enough power to launch vehicles into space. Then he showed a thoughtful expression, "But although I don't know the relationship between that fusiform and the patrolling aircraft, judging from the way the fusiform flew just now, it is obvious that it is escaping." As for why it fled, it was just to avoid the attacks of the patrolling aircraft, or something below. At this, he shook his head, "I don't know either." ”

As they discussed, the group watched the progress of the probe on the screen, and after a long five minutes, it managed to approach the fusiform device. As a result, everyone stopped the discussion for a moment and focused on the images sent back by the probe.

At a distance of about five meters or so from the shuttle-shaped aircraft, the probe slowly flew around it, and at this time, Zhou Xin and the others finally saw its full picture. Its shape, as previously stated, is perfectly fusiform, its entire body is smooth, and its surface shines with a metallic sheen in the light. After the detector went around in a circle, Zhou Xin was surprised to find that there was no obvious entrance and exit on the surface of the fusiform device, and even the connecting seams were not visible, and the entire fusiform device seemed to be directly made as a whole.

"There's not even an entrance, what's this thing for?" Looking at this smooth fusiform device, Zhou Xin asked with a puzzled expression.

The crowd collectively shook their heads, and they couldn't see what the oddly shaped device was for.

"It looks a bit like a rescue pod." Atlasto thought with his cheeks, "If it wasn't for the survival pod, it should also contain something very important, otherwise this thing wouldn't have been made so strong to survive the explosion." ”

Atlas's words alerted the crowd, and Spred spoke: "So, this device does look a bit like it's used to carry important items, but how exactly is it going to be opened?" Apparently he was still thinking about the entrance and exit in his mind.

"No matter how you turn it on, let's let the probe bring it back before we do research." Dart reminded, "Although the aircraft below is not moving for the time being, if they find that the shuttle aircraft from before still has this kind of thing left, then I don't know if there will be any follow-up actions." Maybe there's some important information in it, and if we miss it, it won't be good. ”

Under Dart's reminder, Zhou Xin also reacted, and now the location of the detector is still someone else's doorstep, and the other party may find out about his existence at any time. So, without continuing to discuss what the fusiform device did, Zhou Xin ordered the probe to bring the fusiform back to the Voyager.

"What about the others?" Spred reminded, "Didn't Atlas find five other things like that?" ”

Zhou Xin thought for a while and made a decision, "Voyager, let other nearby probes also approach the group of debris, and bring back all the few things that Atlas found, so as not to miss anything important." ”

"Understood."

Next, the probe that was already next to the fusiform went into action, trying to bring the fusiform back to the spacecraft. However, due to the smooth surface of the fusiform device, the detector did not find a suitable fixing point on it at first, and after discovering this problem, everyone did not have a good solution, so they could only watch the probe avoid the surrounding debris while looking for a possible point of focus on the surface of the fusiform device, but this was in vain, as seen before, there was nothing on the surface of the fusiform device, not even a small hook or something that could be used. In the end, it was Atlas who personally manipulated the detector to bring it back, and as for how it was brought back, Atlas did not look for anything on the surface of the fusiform device to fix it, but pushed it back. However, this is much more difficult than pulling back, because there is no fixed point on the surface of the fusiform device, so the detector has to stop and reorient every time it pushes a distance, otherwise it will easily deviate from the intended orbit. In the process of bringing the fusiform device back, Atlas complained to Zhou Xin about how troublesome it was to manipulate this, and at the same time proudly asked him for credit, which made Zhou Xin a little crying and laughing, but he still praised Atlas well.

Just as the first fusiform device was halfway through, the other later probes found their targets, and Atlas had to operate six probes at the same time. But fortunately, this is not a difficult task for artificial intelligence, Atlas easily took over the control of these detectors, however, even if Atlas did it, there were still some small troubles in the process of bringing back those fusiform devices, especially at the beginning of the road, Atlas not only had to pay attention to the detector not to be hit by the surrounding high-speed flying metal fragments, but also to note that the fusiform device pushed by the detector could not be hit by the fragments, which undoubtedly brought a lot of difficulties to Atlas. She had to maneuver the probe to constantly change direction, and every 100 meters or so, the probe had to stop to observe the debris flying around it, and then calculate the next flight path of the fusiform device based on the position of the debris.

The debris of the previous shuttle vehicle did not spread very much after the explosion, about just a spherical shape with a radius of less than two kilometers, but it was such a short distance, it took Atlas nearly half an hour to push the last shuttle device out, and after it left the range of debris dispersion, Atlas, who was operating the detector, also showed a relieved expression. With no metal fragments to interfere with, everything went smoothly, the probe didn't need to stop too often to adjust its direction, and the first fusiform had successfully arrived at Voyager. The engineering robots, which had been waiting in the dock for a long time, surrounded the fusiform device as soon as it came to a stop and began to conduct a preliminary inspection.

Just when the last fusiform device was still halfway through, Dart's previous words were fulfilled.

"Brother Captain, there's movement in the aircraft below." Atlas reported to Zhou Xin while maneuvering the two probes that had not yet arrived at the spacecraft. At the same time, the camera on the screen no longer rests on the moving fusiform device, but switches to the vicinity of the group of debris.

In the screen, everyone saw that several of the aircraft under the synchronous orbit had detached from their original orbits and flew towards the height of the synchronous orbit. Looking at their flight paths, the position they are facing is the direction of the fragments of the fusiform aircraft.

Before Zhou Xin could give the order, Atlas manipulated the probe and began to retreat after the aircraft crossed the synchronous orbit, and after retreating to a less conspicuous position, the probe stopped and continued to observe the actions of the aircraft below.

In the screen, Zhou Xin saw that the several deorbiting aircraft flew straight around the group of metal fragments, and they didn't seem to dare to go deep into the metal fragments, but just flew around him, as if they were looking for something.

"Did they find those fusiform devices too?" Because the fusiform devices had been taken far away by the probe, and a few had even been properly placed in the dock of the spacecraft, Zhou Xin's tone did not seem very nervous, and he just asked the people in the command cabin in a puzzled tone.

"What else could they find?" Dart shrugged, "A pile of metal shards can't be worth investigating, I think they're looking for the devices we've brought back." ”

Zhou Xin let out a sigh, "It's good that we are one step faster, otherwise these things would not be in our hands." ”

While chatting, the group observed the movement of the aircraft on the screen, and after flying around the debris a few times, the aircraft found that they did not find what they were looking for, so they left and fell back into their original orbits.

A dozen minutes later, the last fusiform was brought back to the Voyager unharmed......