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Just when those spacecraft were about a thousand kilometers away from the surface of the satellite, the surface of the satellite changed.

"Brother Captain, look, what's that?" Atlas was the first to spot an anomaly on the surface of the satellite, and she zoomed in on the images captured by the probe.

Zhou Xin saw that Atlas focused the probe's lens on a small area on the satellite, which was part of a large plain on the satellite, which looked like a very ordinary flat land. At first, everyone did not notice the anomaly in this area, and after staring at it for a while, everyone saw some clues on this ground.

"This—do you think—the ground is moving?" A few minutes later, Zhou Xin spoke, his tone a little uncertain.

"I've seen it too, and the ground is really moving." Dart replied as he looked at the screen carefully, then hesitantly added, "And- it looks like the ground is moving in either direction?" And everyone in the command cabin also said that they had seen it too.

After looking at it for a while, Zhou Xin finally confirmed that what everyone saw was not wrong, and that area was indeed moving to both sides. Although most of the probe's view was blocked by the spacecraft, Zhou Xin still saw a clear gap in the middle of the moving area.

"Looks like a door?" Zhou Xin's brows furrowed slightly, and then he opened his mouth to guess.

"It's like a door, indeed." Dart continued, and then he made a very bold speculation, "Could it be that -- the base of this force is hidden beneath this satellite -- ? ”

"Underground?" Zhou Xin's tone was a little surprised, "No, the two civilizations on the planet have built satellite bases on the surface of the planet, does this force have the technology and strength to build the base underground?" ”

In the end, though, Dart's idea turned out to be correct. If you zoom out on the field of view of the probes, you can see that at this time, the spacecraft have stopped at an altitude of a thousand kilometers from the surface of the planet, and the tail flame ejected from the engine has also weakened significantly, and it is obvious that these spacecraft have begun to prepare to enter the docking state.

Ten minutes passed, and the ships were still in place. By this time, the area that had been moved had changed significantly, and the original plain had been replaced by a square opening. The square hole was probably slightly longer than the width of a spaceship, and there was not a single light coming out of the hole, and the whole hole looked dark and impossible to see, and at this time, the ground stopped moving.

Then, the screen seemed to stand still, and the ship remained in place, and the hole did not change. It looked like a man-eating beast, with its mouth wide open, quietly waiting for its prey.

However, this static picture did not last long, and after a while, several beams suddenly appeared from the hole in the surface of the planet, and at the same time, the beam continued to change direction, and after passing a few unusual trajectories in space, the beam flickered rhythmically, and then disappeared.

At the moment when the beams in the cave disappeared, Zhou Xin noticed that the spaceships seemed to be responding to the beams, and several beams of light were also shot out from the spaceships, and the beams also disappeared after similar changes.

Then, the beams in the cave reappeared, but this time there were only two beams, and the beams did not change much. The two beams shot out from both sides of the cave in parallel trajectories, shooting straight in the direction of the ships.

At the same time as those two beams appeared, the spaceship, which had been stopped, finally began to move again. One of the spaceships adjusted its direction slightly, and then began to move forward slowly, Zhou Xin noticed that while advancing, the spaceship was constantly adjusting its direction, and finally, the entire spaceship was sandwiched between the two beams. Maintaining a slow and even speed, the ship slowly sailed into the open hole.

Just after the first ship had traveled some distance, the second ship also went into action. Almost like the first ship, this one cautiously sailed between the two beams, following the first one about a hundred kilometers behind. Next, the remaining spaceships flew towards the hole on the planet one by one in order, and when the last spaceship began to move forward, the first spaceship had already entered the hole, and the first half of the second spaceship had also fallen into the darkness of the hole, and at the hole, only the back half of the spaceship could be seen, which looked very strange.

After another half hour, shortly after the last ship had entered the hole, the ground on both sides of the hole began to slowly close. After five minutes, the hole was gone, and the ground was back to its original state, as if nothing had just happened.

"Looks like the stronghold of this force is here." Seeing that the entrance to the cave was closed, Zhou Xin also turned his attention back, and he said, "I didn't expect them to build a base in such a hidden location, if it weren't for tracking their spaceship, who knew that there would be an underground base here." ”

Darton nodded, agreeing with Zhou Xin's opinion, and then he added, "I think it's probably a little too early to be sure that this is their home base. However, judging from the degree of concealment of this base, even if it is not the base camp of this force, it should be a very important base. ”

Zhou Xin nodded, "It's still more thoughtful for you, but whether this place is their base camp or not, this is also the first base we have found related to them, and it is still necessary to explore." Then he ordered, "Voyager, find a way to investigate the situation in this base." Or be careful not to be discovered by the people inside. After thinking about it, he added, "Judging from the situation at this base, it should be unlikely that ordinary probes want to get in." Voyager, send some small probes and see if you can find a way into the cave from where you just entered. ”

"Understood." Again, the Voyager replied emotionlessly.

At this time, Zhou Xin's mood seemed a little excited, and he couldn't help but say to himself, "This third force has been hidden for a long time, and now they have finally found their base." Next, let's take a look at who they really are. ”

"I don't think you'd better be too happy." Dart poured cold water on it, "It's just that we found their base, and the next investigation is more important, judging from the degree of concealment of this base, I don't think our next investigation will go very well." ”

"What won't go well?" At this time, Spred's voice came from behind them. Then he walked in through the doorway.

"We've found the location of the Third Force's base." Zhou Xin replied.

"That's good." Spred's reaction was the same as Zhou's, "I'm finally able to investigate them." Did the probe go out? Then he received the same blow as Dart.

After being reminded by Dart, Spred scratched his head, "No matter what can be investigated, how much can be investigated, just send the probe out first." ”

"I've already commanded it." Zhou Xin replied, and then he remembered, "Voyager, the probe that followed those spacecraft before should have reached the surface of the satellite." As he spoke, he looked at the big screen.

"The probe is still approaching the surface of the satellite." "In order to prevent the presence of probes on the ground, the ship did not let the probes directly carry out the landing procedure, but probed the surface of the satellite at high altitudes," the Voyager reported. ”

"Very well done." Zhou Xin praised it, and then asked, "What are the results of the investigation?" ”

"No anomalies have been found in the area that the probes have explored, and no trace of the opposing probes has been found."

At the same time as the Voyager reported, Zhou Xin had already seen the picture in the probe's lens. On the screen, the probe patrols back and forth in the air about a few hundred kilometers from the surface of the satellite, and as seen from a distance, the lens shows a large endless plain, the whole plain is bare, only a few small pebbles dotted on it, and it looks very desolate.

At this altitude, the probe made two circles near the previously opened hole, and after making sure that there were no other probes or similar objects on the surface of the planet, the probe over the satellite finally entered the landing process.

In the picture, the surface of the satellite begins to approach rapidly, and a large arc-shaped outline that could be seen slowly turns into a straight horizon. After another five minutes or so, the screen shook slightly, and the probe began to slow down noticeably, and by this time it was so close to the ground that it seemed to be under its feet. The deceleration lasted for more than ten seconds, and then, the picture paused slightly, and then the camera began to shake violently, and the shaking was so violent at the beginning that no one could see what the detector had captured. Half a minute later, the probe's footage finally stabilized, and everyone was able to see the flat ground faintly.

After a few minutes, Zhou Xin's brows furrowed, "What's the matter, why hasn't the probe stabilized after so long, and the previous landing was too shaking." Voyager, is there something wrong with the probe's deceleration device? ”

"The status of the probe is normal." Voyager reported, "However, the probe's calculations were miscalculated during landing, and the planet's surface was much harder than expected, and the surface stardust was thin." The normal landing speed caused the probe to slam into the ground, which is why the camera shook so violently. However, although the impact was somewhat severe, the detector itself was not damaged, and it should be back to normal after a while. ”

After another seven or eight minutes, the picture finally stabilized as the Voyager said, although it was still slightly shaky, but it no longer affected the observation. Just as seen from the air, the shot shows a flat field, with very little stardust on the ground, and everyone can even see small undulations and narrow cracks on the ground. It was daytime in this place, and the light of the stars shone on the raised rocks, dragging black shadows on the ground, and other than that, there was nothing to be seen on the surface of the planet, it was a complete hellish scene.

Looking at the picture on the screen, Zhou Xin opened his mouth and asked, "Where is the landing location of the probe?" ”

"Just where the hole was opened earlier." Voyager replied, "The probe landed on the same piece of ground that was turned on earlier. ”

At the same time as the Voyager report, the on-screen probe began to move across the planet's surface. The image, which was already about to stand still, once again showed a serious shaking, but this time the shaking was not as violent as before, and everyone could still see the picture in front of the camera clearly.

Seeing that the probe had already started to act, Zhou Xin ordered: "Let the probe search the vicinity and see if it can find the entrance to the base." ”

"Understood."

Next, the probe traveled some distance on the planet's surface before coming to a stop in front of a crack about the width of a palm.

In the picture, the camera closes the distance between the crack, and as the crack enlarges in the screen, Zhou Xin finds that although it is only a narrow crack, he cannot see the bottom of the crack under the light of the detector. At a depth of more than ten meters, the lights disappear, and beyond that, there is endless darkness.

Just as Zhou Xin was puzzled, the Voyager explained: "According to the calculations of this ship, there is a high probability that this crack is the location where the hole was just opened before. ”

"Crack in the door?" Zhou Xin blurted out directly.

"If there are no errors in the calculations of this ship."

Staring at the crack on the screen, Zhou Xin said thoughtfully: "If this place can really lead to the interior of the base, it seems that only small detectors can barely get in." After thinking for a while, Zhou Xin gave a new order, "Let the detector investigate along the crack." ”

After a few seconds, the probe responded, and in one direction of the rift, the probe began to move slowly. As the probe progresses, its lens remains on the crack at all times. Along the way, Zhou Xin found that the width of the crack had hardly changed, and although the edges of the crack were not very neat, and there were jagged twists in some places, it still spread in a straight line roughly forward.

After about a hundred meters of walking, the crack that had been spreading forward finally changed......