"Your Excellency, the high-altitude patrol probe has spotted a UFO in the vicinity. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ”

"UFOs?" Zhou Xin's mood eased slightly, and he asked suspiciously.

While the question was being asked, Voyager had already switched to the probe that had captured the UFO. Zhou Xin saw that in the sky in the corner of the screen, the Voyager deliberately circled a small black dot with a red circle. As the camera zooms in on the black dot little by little, it slowly becomes a vague, triangular object that is clearly recognizable, moving in the sky, changing in size as it moves.

"What is this?" Seeing the UFO, Zhou Xin's curiosity was immediately raised, and then he ordered, "Let the probe follow and take a look." ”

Without his command, Atlas had already controlled the probe and flew over. As the black triangle in the picture slowly became clear in front of the camera, Zhou Xin's emotions also changed from curiosity to surprise at the beginning.

"Is this—a bird?" Looking at the picture that appeared on the screen, Zhou Xin asked subconsciously. That's right, what appears in the frame at this moment is an object that resembles a bird. Although it is said that compared to the birds on the earth, its appearance is slightly strange, and the wings on both sides are actually fan-shaped. But judging from the action of flapping his wings, Zhou Xin is basically sure that it belongs to birds.

Zhou Xin, who was sure that it was a bird, seemed a little excited, and he said happily: "I didn't expect there to be animals on this planet, it seems that we are really a blessing in disguise this time." ”

Of course, at this time, Zhou Xin didn't have time to observe any birds. After making sure that the alarm was just a false alarm, he turned his attention back to the Voyager. While letting the medical robot give him simple treatment, Zhou Xin sorted all the urgent matters on the Voyager according to their urgency. However, after only a few moments, Atlas's startled voice sounded in the command module, and she seemed to have made a new discovery in the sky.

"What's it this time again?" After learning from the past, Zhou Xin's reaction this time was not as exaggerated as before. He looked at the documents on the screen and asked casually, "If it's still a bird or something, don't say it." ”

"Brother Captain, this time--it doesn't look like a bird." The little girl's answer sounded a little uncertain, "It's a little strange all in all, you better take a look." As she spoke, she switched to what was on the screen.

Hearing Atlas's answer, Zhou Xin also felt a little curious, he looked up and turned his gaze to the big screen, and soon he found the flying object that the little girl said "didn't look like a bird" in the picture.

It was a clover-shaped object, and after observing it for a while, Zhou Xin found that it was indeed different from ordinary birds. Although it can move through the air like a bird, its appearance has never changed.

"It does look a little bit like a bird." After a few minutes, Zhou Xin said to himself thoughtfully, "Atlas, let the probe fly closer and take a look." ”

Then, something strange happened, as the probe moved towards the clover-shaped flying object, it also began to move in the same direction as the probe, as if it was consciously moving away from the probe. Seeing the other party's movements, Zhou Xin became more and more curious.

"Could this be—" Looking at the flying object that seemed to be "fleeing", Zhou Xin suddenly had a strange idea, but then he shook his head, "How is it possible, if this is really the case, it is too coincidental." Then he said to Atlas, "Forget it, don't chase it yet, it might just be a unique life on this planet." The situation on this planet is still unclear, and now that our defenses are very weak, let's not act rashly for the time being. If you accidentally provoke the revenge of some creature, it will be a big problem. Anyway, it is estimated that we will need to stay on this planet for a short time, and it will not be too late to investigate this planet in the future. ”

So, at Zhou Xin's orders, the probe stopped tracking and let the strange flying object disappear from view.

It took nearly half a day or so for Spred and the others to come to their senses. At the same time, the Voyager also counted the casualties of the crew.

Although he knew that the number of casualties should be not small, after seeing the report, Zhou Xin couldn't help frowning. More than a third of the crew members were injured in the attack or fall of the spherical battleship, and this only refers to those who had to be sent to the medical chamber for treatment, and there are no statistics at all about those like Dart who only need to rest for a while to recover. In addition to the wounded, the attack of the spherical battleship also caused the deaths of more than three hundred people, as well as the disappearance of nearly a hundred, of which more than half were Thunder Star people.

It is known that the majority of the Thunderers died in the attack on Sector 1 of the Living Module. Although Zhou Xin had dealt with it in time at that time, the core area directly hit by the beam and the personnel who were instantly deprived of oxygen around the core area were inevitably sacrificed. Of the remaining casualties, most of the deaths were due to direct attacks or were in the attacked compartment, with the exception of a few crew members who died by accident. After listening to the Voyager's explanation, Zhou Xin was silent for a long time, and then sighed.

"It's still inexperienced, if everyone immediately put on protective clothing at the beginning of the attack alarm, the death toll will be at least halved, and there won't be so many people dying because of lack of oxygen." As he spoke, he instructed the Voyager, "Add a sentence after the ship-wide warning that all crew members must immediately put on protective clothing. ”

"After all, we haven't had any experience with large-scale attacks before." Seeing that Zhou Xin's mood was still a little bad, Dart opened his mouth to comfort, "So sacrifice is inevitable." ”

"Nope." Zhou Xin shook his head, "This kind of sacrifice could have been avoided. Because what I'm talking about is the ordinance, and if it's us, everybody knows it's supposed to be done. But because you all came on board later, you weren't familiar with many of the regulations, or you didn't actually train, which was my negligence. After thinking about it, he made a decision in a heavy tone, "It seems that it is necessary to train all the crew......"