"You guys—got it?"

This time it was Zhou Xin's turn to smile, "That's right, we already understand your language, and your language system is really a bit weird, and it took us a lot of time to understand the relationship between action and smell." Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info" he reacted after a few words, "Well, it's useless to tell you that. To reacquaint myself, I'm the captain of the Voyager, and my name is Zhou Xin. ”

"I'm Ralph." Ralph next to him continued.

However, after Zhou Xin's words, the robot still stood quietly in place and did not make any action.

"What's wrong? Is there something wrong with the robot? This question was asked by Zhou Xin to Atlas.

"Everything is fine with the robot." The little girl's answer was a little embarrassed, "It's not that the problem, but what you said, brother captain, there is no way for people to translate what you just said to them." She then explained in detail, "The language used by the little ones does not contain many words, and many times they can only express some relatively simple meanings, so most of the translation process can only be paraphrased, and words like names cannot be translated at all." ”

"How can they tell the different members of the group without names?" Ralph asked curiously.

"They seem to rely primarily on different scents to distinguish different members of the group." Atlas replied, "But this part of the family has not yet been figured out. Then she added, "Anyway, Brother Captain, you also know that with their self-acquainted personalities, they basically don't care about each other's specific identities." ”

After listening to the little girl's explanation, Zhou Xin smiled bitterly: "Originally, I thought that it would be easier to communicate with the little ones next, but the truth is probably not as simple as I imagined." ”

"Uncle Captain, what should I tell them next?" At this time, Ralph asked. At this time, a few minutes had passed since the first words of the two sides, and the faces of the little ones who had been waiting for a long time had puzzled looks on their faces again.

"Tell them we're guests from far, far away." Zhou Xin thought for a moment, and then said in as simple language as possible.

Fortunately, after the last daze, the robot immediately reacted to Zhou Xin's words.

"Welcome to our homeland." Soon the little ones responded.

What followed was a long and difficult exchange between the two sides. The content of the exchange was actually not much, mainly because what Zhou Xin said at the beginning was difficult to fully express in the language of the little guys, and under Atlas's constant reminders, he had to condense what he wanted to say again and again. At first, Zhou Xin was not used to this way of communication, so he spent a lot of time on the organization of the language, but after getting used to it, he gradually got better, and the words he said did not need to be changed again and again. As for Ralph, she originally wanted to talk to the little ones for the first time, she had already lost in such a troublesome way of communication, and now she could only stand next to Zhou Xin and be a quiet listener.

According to the self-reports of those little guys, Zhou Xin probably understood. They are supposed to be the natives of the Green Star, and they have been born on the Green Star for a "long, long time". Although there are no names among the individuals, they still have a common name for the entire race, which should be translated as "Green Elves". Green Elves only eat and play in their normal lives, but according to Atlas's observations on the Green Star, they must have a great connection with the reproduction of plants on the Green Star. They know very little about the outside world, let alone outer space, beyond their respective spheres of activity, and the word is not in their language at all. Overall, the Green Elves are just a race that has just been born into consciousness.

After knowing this, the direct communication with the Green Elf is almost over. It's not that Zhou Xin doesn't want to ask for more content, it's that the green elves don't have the thinking ability to answer more content at all. In desperation, Zhou Xin had no choice but to let them leave. And after listening to Zhou Xin's conversation with those little guys, Ralph also somewhat understood how to communicate with them. So, before the Green Elves left the office, Ralph followed with him, and took the robot with him in a hurry.

After thinking quietly for a while, Zhou Xin asked Spred, who was already on the screen at Dart, "What do you think of the green elves?" ”

"Judging from the exchange just now, the intelligence level of the green elves is not very high, probably only equivalent to a five or six-year-old human child." Atlas was the first to reply, "We don't know how far we can evolve in the future, but for now, we can only treat it as a mascot." ”

"The two sides can have a simple exchange, and there is no need for in-depth communication." Dart replied briefly.

After thinking about it for a while, Spred replied, "I have a similar idea, and it's almost the same if the crew is allowed to play with the Green Elves." I can't think of anything else. ”

"Since you all think so, so be it." In fact, Zhou Xin also had similar thoughts in his heart, so he said, "Just like Atlas said, it's good to use the green elf as a mascot." ”

But what Zhou Xin didn't expect was that the mascot they identified in their hearts did not bring them any good luck. On the contrary, they are about to encounter another crisis......

"When the group of people on the Green Star comes back tomorrow, the crew members who go to the Green Star below should be the last group." On this day, in his spare time to deal with affairs, Zhou Xin casually asked Atlas.

"According to the plan, it is indeed the last batch." The little girl replied, "But Brother Captain, don't you want to go to the Green Star yourself?" ”

After hesitating for a moment, and then glancing at the mountains of various materials on the desktop, Zhou Xin replied: "Forget it, there are still so many things to deal with in front of me, and I still won't go." He added, "It's been so long, everyone should be almost recovered, it's time to get ready to leave." After saying this, he suddenly remembered, "By the way, remember to send all the green elves in the base back to Green Star with the ship tomorrow, don't miss any of them, and then we shouldn't go to Green Star again." ”

"Got it."

"Alert! Alert! Before Atlas's words fell, the Voyager's rapid alarm sounded in Zhou Xin's office, "Alarm! The probe discovered a spatial anomaly near the green star. Along with the alarm, the screen was switched to an area of spatial anomalies.

"Spatial anomalies?" Zhou Xin's ears hadn't seen this word in his ears for a long time, he was slightly stunned, and an ominous premonition suddenly appeared in his heart, and then he quickly turned his gaze to the screen.

In the footage of the probe, Zhou Xin saw that in the direction of the supergiant planet in space, about a planet's diameter away from the green star, there was suddenly an anomalous space about half the size of the green star. At this moment, the distortion of the space itself is already very obvious, and it is already obvious that the starlight around the distortion has been significantly distorted.

At the same time, Zhou Xin also received a contact from Spred on the Voyager, "See? Spatial distortion around the green star? He visibly showed a hint of panic as he spoke, "You say, could that be—"

"It's not certain yet." Zhou Xin knew what Spred wanted to say, and he forced himself to calm down, "Let's see first." But soon he commanded, "Voyager, keep the ship in an orbit that can't be scanned in the direction of the green star." ”

With just a few words, the spatial distortion near the green star had basically taken shape, and a pitch-black hole appeared on the screen. Seeing this pitch-black screen, Zhou Xin was already basically sure what would appear inside. Although he didn't say a word at this time, his hands clenched into fists were enough to show the tension in his heart.

Sure enough, it was less than a minute after the pitch-black hole was formed. Something slowly emerged from the hole, and just by seeing the corner of the thing, Zhou Xin recognized it. That's right, it's the spherical battleship that once made the Voyager suffer a lot.

At the moment when he was sure that it was a spherical battleship, the nervousness and fear in Zhou Xin's confidence disappeared. Because he knew very well in his heart that it was useless to be afraid now. The top priority now should be to figure out the purpose of the spherical battleship as soon as possible, and at the same time to come up with appropriate countermeasures.

After calming down, several thoughts flashed through his mind at once. At first, he actually thought that the spherical battleship was coming for the Voyager, but he quickly dismissed the idea. The reason is simple, if the goal of the spherical battleship is itself, then why didn't they come to the door of the opposing civilization that stayed longer. The other is where the spherical battleship appears now, if it is really coming towards the Voyager this time, then the location where they appear should be near the planet where they are, not next to the green star. Thinking of this, Zhou Xin seemed to have somewhat understood the purpose of the spherical battleship appearing in this galaxy.

"Looking at the way it looks now, it seems that the target of the spherical battleship this time is not us, but - Green Star?" After a while, Spred also figured out the key point, and he said to Zhou Xin with a little hesitation.

"I'm afraid it's very likely." Zhou Xin said, "But even so, we still can't take it lightly. Judging by their technology, we can be discovered by them at any time if we are not careful. ”

"Hmm." Spred nodded with a worried look on his face, and then he asked, "What about the people who are still on the Green Star?" ”

"It's definitely too late to bring them back now, and it's too easy to expose." Zhou Xin thought for a moment and replied, "Atlas, inform the crew on the Green Star of the current situation. Let them find a place on the green star to hide, and remember to tell them not to go back around the ship, the target is too obvious. Rest assured that we'll find a way to get everyone back. Also, just in case, everyone here must also be withdrawn to the Voyager as soon as possible. ”

"What about the green elves in the base?" Atlas immediately asked.

"It's impossible to leave them here and bring them back together." Zhou Xin replied directly without thinking about it.

"And." Spred added in the newsletter, "Remember to retrieve most of the probes scattered across the galaxy, and leave one or two to monitor the whereabouts of the spherical battleship." There's really no way to recover them near the Green Star, so let's just let them crash. ”

"That's right, Atlas, this matter must be done immediately, lest the detector be accidentally discovered by the other party."

The news of the appearance of the spherical battleship was obviously impossible to hide, and Zhou Xin did not intend to hide it. So, the entire base, including all the crew members of the Voyager, soon learned the news. Everyone was a little panicked when they first learned the news, but after Zhou Xin and Spred's best efforts to appease them, after a while, their mood finally calmed down. Soon, more and more were joined in the preparations for the Great Retreat.

So, with the concerted efforts of everyone, there were no surprises in the process of retreating, and it only took two days for everyone on the planet base to withdraw to the Voyager. As the captain of the ship, Zhou Xin was naturally the last to retreat, and after following the last hundred or so people to return to the Voyager at eleven o'clock the next night in a little embarrassment, Zhou Xin, who had been busy for two days without sleep, was finally able to rest a little. However, because the Voyager was still in a situation where danger could happen at any time, Zhou Xin only rested for four hours before returning to the command module.

During the two days of retreat, Zhou Xin paid attention to the status of the spherical battleship near the green star every moment. However, to his surprise, unlike the previous ones, the battleship had been around the Green Star for two days so far, but it was still flying quietly around the Green Star, and it had not made any moves.

"Why is the other party's behavior so abnormal this time." Just as Zhou Xin looked at the picture on the screen with doubt, Spred's voice sounded behind him.

"Why, can't you sleep too?" Zhou Xin turned his head and asked.

"There's this thing around you, how can you sleep peacefully." Spred snorted at the screen, "Look, I guess it won't be long before Dart comes." ”

"Are you talking about me?" Before Spred could finish speaking, Dart's voice came through the door.

"Look, I'm right."

Not paying attention to Spred's teasing tone, Dart glanced at the screen and asked the same question, "Is the spherical battleship still not moving?" ”

"Not yet—" Zhou Xin had just said two words, and there was a change on the side of the spherical battleship......