Seeing that Zhou Xin was still silent after hearing his words, Atlas continued: "In addition, nine of the thirteen different markings found on those attackers so far are exactly the same characters that they have seen in the ruins of the town they have investigated before. Such a high rate of similarity suggests that it is likely that the same script was used by the raider and the civilization that was in ruins. ”

After the little girl finished speaking, Zhou Xin took a long time before he slowly spoke: "Could it be that there is really some kind of close connection between the attackers and the former continental civilization?" ”

"So, the main purpose of the other party's previous self-destruction is likely to be to destroy this similar mark on their body?" However, Atlas's judgment now did not solve any of his previous doubts, and Dart immediately asked, "But even if we see this sign, at most, we can only associate the other party with the continental civilization." Is it necessary for them to self-destruct so bluntly just to hide this message? ”

"What is not important to us may be the most important thing to the attackers." Spred guessed thoughtfully, "Since the attackers tried their best to hide their identities, it shows that they didn't want anyone unrelated to them to know about their connection to that terrestrial civilization. As for why you don't want others to know, maybe – we can find the answer in the ruins of those terrestrial civilizations? After thinking along these lines for a moment, he continued, "You say—could it be that the attackers came to stop our investigation of the ruins? ”

"It's not out of the question." Zhou Xin replied while thinking about Spred's statement, and soon he raised his doubts, "But what happened to the land civilization in the first place?" How can the attackers be able to disassociate themselves from them even if they pay the price? ”

"The only thing that can be thought of now is the cause of the destruction of the terrestrial civilization." Spred continued, "Only such a serious reason would make the other party make such a decisive self-destructive decision without any luck when there is only a slight possibility of exposure." ”

"Isn't it just rising sea levels? Although the reason itself is quite serious, I don't think the other party has to self-destruct for this reason. Dart looked confused.

"I'm afraid there's another reason behind rising sea levels." After Dart's words, Atlas continued with a solemn look, "The results of the probe's investigation on the planet show that the magnetic field of the planet under our feet is very likely to have changed drastically thousands of years ago, which coincides with the time period of sea level rise. Such a coincidence makes people wonder if there may be some kind of connection between the two. ”

"Has the magnetic field ever changed?" Zhou Xin held his chin with his thumb and said, "Why are there more and more mysteries on this planet, what has happened on the planet?" After a while, he shook his head, "Forget it, it's impossible to guess what the result of this question is, it still depends on the next investigation." After putting the issue aside for the time being, Zhou Xin asked the crowd, "Do you have any other doubts related to our ongoing investigation?" I just brought it up and let's discuss it together. ”

Hearing Zhou Xin's question, most of the people present subconsciously shook their heads. Seeing everyone's reaction, when Zhou Xin was about to continue speaking, he heard a somewhat hesitant voice.

"Actually—I had a question from the beginning," you say—why would those attackers attack our probes directly——?"

"Why?" Hearing this question, everyone was slightly stunned, and Zhou Xin involuntarily repeated it. But soon Dart reacted, and he replied casually, "Why? Haven't we discussed this before? It's not like we haven't found a specific reason yet. ”

"If you guess based on the current situation." "The most likely reason is probably because our investigation has touched on some kind of mystery related to the attackers." ”

"No, no, I mean, why would they attack our detector 'directly'?" The man shook his hand again and again and repeated his question, emphasizing the word "direct".

"What do you mean ——?" After listening to the question again, especially after his emphasis, Zhou Xin seemed to have an understanding, and he asked.

Seeing that Zhou Xin was interested in his question, the man became fluent in speech, and he began to explain his thoughts in detail, "It doesn't matter if it was the former continental civilization that attacked us or another civilization that we didn't know about. As high-level intelligent beings, how could they rashly launch a direct attack on an unknown individual who might belong to another intelligent civilization without confirmation? Didn't they think about the fact that we might be far superior to them? Aren't they worried that a rash attack will provoke us to fight back? ”

Seeing that everyone was still thinking about their words, he continued, "Even if our detector touches the other party's secrets, according to our way of thinking, we must at least give a warning first, and then attack the intruder after the warning is ineffective." But the other party did not give any warning, but directly attacked. Can a civilization that has developed to such a stage still deal with problems so savagely? For example, even if we made such a big noise, the Norsan civilization only sent a large number of people around us to keep an eye on us, and tried to establish contact with us in the process. This is a relatively normal way to deal with an encounter between a high civilization and an unknown target. ”

"Of course, all of this I said is based on the fact that the other party is an intelligent civilization with the same degree of thinking ability as us, and if the other party is not an intelligent civilization, but just some ordinary life form on the planet, then it is a different matter." After explaining his thoughts, the man added.

Although there is no direct evidence so far that the attacker must not be a non-intelligent civilization, judging from the performance of the other party, many people have already ruled out this possibility in their hearts. Therefore, after listening to that person's doubts completely, many people, including Zhou Xin, showed puzzled looks......