"Voyager, are there any probes on the planet that we have left? What is the current situation of the Norshan civilization? Realizing that the maintenance work on the Voyager could not be carried out for the time being, Zhou Xin simply turned his attention to other directions.

"A search is underway for the remaining probe signals on the planet." Voyager reported, after more than ten seconds of silence, it reported to Zhou Xin again, "It has received a response from the probe, and it is receiving data from the other party." ”

Then, before the Voyager could continue to report, Atlas said in a strange tone: "Brother Captain, after losing our traces, the Norsans on the planet immediately fell into chaos. However, in reality this chaos did not last long, and after about half an hour it returned - normal. At this, a look of hesitation appeared on her face, "Actually—people can't be sure if the Norzans have returned to normal, because their current state looks a little strange. ”

"Kind of weird?" Zhou Xin repeated in a questioning tone.

"Hmm." The little girl nodded, then elaborated, "The Nosan army that had gathered near the place where we fell to attack us began to retreat after the chaos was over, and almost at the same moment, the other armies that were still on the way to assemble also began to turn back. Of course, it's not surprising that the Norzans reacted like this after we left the planet. But strangely, according to reports sent back by probes from all over the planet, no matter which team they are, no matter how small they are, they are still in a state of high alert ready to fight. At the same time, not only the teams involved in the attack, but also the Norzans who remained in various places maintained the same level of vigilance. In other words—"

"In other words, the global alarm that sounded in the Noshan civilization before is not over yet?" At this time, Dart's voice came from behind Zhou Xin, and with this voice, he walked in from the hatch.

"That's it." As soon as Dart's words fell, the little girl on the screen nodded, and then she continued, "In addition, the observed results indicate at the same time. Almost all of the Norshan's consciousness on the planet today still seems to be under the influence of chips or other unknown means in their brains, rather than being held by the Norshans themselves. As he spoke, Atlas showed some images of the probe's presence on the planet's surface.

"How so?" Looking at the picture on the screen, Dart looked a little puzzled, "If the previous global alert didn't end because we were still on the planet, then what's going on now?" Why is it that the other party remains on alert even after losing all traces of us? It's completely different from what they were doing. ”

"Could it be that our previous guess was wrong? The Norsan's goal is not us at all? Spred speculated thoughtfully.

"It's obviously impossible." Zhou Xin shook his head, "If the Noshans are not targeting us, then what are they attacking us for?" Then he analyzed as usual, "Compared with the other party's previous behavior pattern, I think their current behavior pattern is more in line with the thinking and judgment of normal people." Think about it, if your target suddenly disappears, will you immediately give up your guard? Isn't it to continue to be vigilant and prevent the recurrence of targets? As he spoke, he looked at the picture of the city's martial law sent back by the probe from all over the planet on the screen, and said suspiciously: "But although the current reaction of the Noshan civilization is more in line with the thinking logic of normal people, after all, it is very likely that their thinking is not under their control now. So at the moment I have the same doubts as Dart, as to why the Norshans would react so distinctly under the control of the same consciousness. Then he whispered in an uncertain tone, "Could it be that the consciousness that controlled them before is not the same consciousness that controls them now?" As soon as he finished speaking, he denied it by himself, "How is it possible, the probability of such a situation is too low." ”

"Rather than a new consciousness, people tend to think that some of our previous actions triggered a certain judgment mechanism in the chip, which led to this consequence." Atlas also guessed.

The little girl's words seemed to remind Zhou Xin of them, and after glancing at the other two, Spred spoke: "If it is as Atlas guessed, then the most likely reason is the previous research on chips." ”

"But that's just speculation." Zhou Xin continued, "After all, we don't have any substantial evidence to prove this now. ”

"Do we need to continue our investigation now?" "It's all like this now, and I'm a little worried that we're in greater danger if we continue to investigate." ”

"Not really." Dart said with some disbelief, "We've all run into space, what else can the Norzans do to us?" Isn't there a complete lack of the concept of space in their minds? ”

"It's totally exact." Zhou Xin said cautiously, "You must know that the concept of losing space itself is very likely to be caused by the chip in the Noshan people's brain, which obviously only works for the consciousness of the Noshan people themselves. However, what we are dealing with now is not the consciousness of the Norsans, so we cannot judge by the consciousness of the Norzans themselves as we know them at all. ”

"How can I suddenly think now that the chip in the Noshan people's brain is very likely not invented by the Noshan civilization itself. If they really invented the chips, what we're experiencing here would be so strange. Spred said suddenly.

"Indeed, if the chip was really invented by the Norzans themselves, then there is no way to explain many of the strange phenomena we encountered." Dart agreed.

After thinking about it, Zhou Xin spoke, "No matter what, our most important goal at the moment is to restore the Voyager first. All subsequent investigations into the Norshan civilization must be conducted on this premise until we have the basic ability to leave this star system. ”

Zhou Xin's words were recognized by everyone in the command module today, and according to his ideas, all the probes left on the planet in the future have reduced their activity intensity. As for the Voyager, it slowly flew towards the planet at the edge of the galaxy according to the predetermined plan......