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"Brother Captain, it's over." Zhou Xin was still waiting for the next video without saying a word, Atlas reminded.

"Is it over yet?" Zhou Xin reacted at this time, but then he didn't speak, but fell into deep thought, and after a long time, he slowly asked, "What do you think of these videos?" ”

As soon as Zhou Xin's words fell, there was a buzz in the command cabin, and almost everyone began to discuss with the people next to them, only a few people didn't say a word, and seemed to be thinking alone. After more than ten minutes, the discussion continued, but no one opened their mouths to answer Zhou Xin's question.

After a long time, no one put forward his opinion, and even Spred, who had always been good at analysis, still pondered and meditated, and did not seem ready to speak. Zhou Xin was not in a hurry to urge them, because even he had a lot of doubts in his own heart, he simply closed his eyes, recalled the content on the video, and then listed the doubts one by one in his heart.

After a long time, one of them hesitated and asked, "You say, is what is in this video true?" Why do I always feel that the above things don't happen in reality? Are there really so many people who do what they do on video for a little food? ”

"Sometimes, what seems the most false is the most real." At this time, Spred seemed to have finished thinking about it, and he spoke, "I'm afraid that the content on the video is indeed true, otherwise how could anyone be idle and bored to investigate these things." And judging from Jane's attitude towards the unemployed on the video, he may not really be a sociologist, but I think it is more likely that he is a state worker, and the sociologist may just be a shell for him as a cover. His first conclusion was surprising.

After listening carefully to Spred's words, Zhou Xin nodded, "I also mentioned it before, judging from his living habits, he really doesn't look like a sociologist, but let's not care what his specific profession is, let's discuss the other content in the video."

"No, no." Spred shook his head, "It's important to determine his profession, only by understanding what he does, can we judge the authenticity of the videos, not to mention anything else, if Jane's profession is an actor, then the authenticity of the information obtained from these videos will probably be greatly reduced." ”

After listening to this analysis, Zhou Xin couldn't help but nod in agreement, and then motioned for him to continue.

"After it was established that he could be a state worker, the credibility of the videos became very high." Spred continued, "Although what is presented in it may be an exaggeration. ”

"It's just too exaggerated, it's completely impossible." Dart continued, "Judging from Luke's words that appeared in the previous video, if what he said is indeed true, then this civilization has not even achieved the minimum food and clothing of the people?" Their daily diet on the ground doesn't even have three bags in the space city, no, it should be two bags of space food, which sounds unlikely. They can even build a small city in space, how can they not be able to fill the stomachs of the people with such a level of technology. ”

"Maybe it's really true." Spred said slowly, "Do you remember the other people you saw in the video?" Have you ever paid attention to their outfits? ”

Under Spred's reminder, everyone showed a look of remembrance, and it didn't take long for one person to speak: "I remember that everyone's outfits don't look special, they all look quite simple and normal." ”

"Don't you think it's too simple?" "Everyone was wearing the same clothes, and some people were reluctant to change their clothes when they were torn, so they mended them and put them back on." Not counting the unemployed, the rest of the people are dressed like this, it stands to reason that they have serious jobs, how can they not even afford a good set of clothes. What's even stranger is the waiter in the store, shouldn't they be dressed better? But they didn't, and they were still wearing the same clothes, which is too much to say. ”

Zhou Xin thought about it carefully, and then found that what Spred said seemed to be true, and he vaguely remembered that everyone was wearing the same attire, but he didn't pay too much attention to it at the time. Now after Spred said it, Zhou Xin suddenly felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't say what this kind of wrongness was, so he asked, "Then what does this mean?" ”

Spred didn't answer directly, but continued to remind: "Aside from these, do you remember the goods in those stores?" ”

After thinking about it carefully, Zhou Xin shook his head in confusion, he really couldn't remember this kind of detail.

So Spred motioned for Atlas to play back the video, and this time, Zhou Xin deliberately stared at the counter in the store before discovering something strange.

"How so?" Zhou Xin's tone was very surprised.

"It seems that you have also noticed that the variety of goods sold in these stores is very simple, you look at this, this, and this shop." Spred pointed to several places on the screen, "The goods sold in it are almost identical." ”

Zhou Xin looked at the position that Spred was pointing to, and found that what he saw was indeed as Spred said, and he couldn't help but nodded.

"It's not just the similarity of the goods." Spred continued, "Let's not consider the closed stores, but just the few stores that are open, don't you think they have too few items on the counter? With such a large counter, some stores don't even have a row full of goods. This is what Jane said is the busiest commercial street in Space City? Even if it's not the peak season for tourism, shouldn't they put on more different kinds of goods to attract the few tourists who are already few? ”

"It's really counterintuitive." After listening to Spred's analysis, Zhou Xin felt more and more strange, and, after watching the video for so long, he felt more and more that the situation in the video was a bit familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen a similar scene after thinking for a long time, and after thinking for a while, he asked: "So-what does this prove?" ”

"Did it prove anything?" Spred's expression became cautious, and he was silent for a while before slowly speaking his guess, "I suspect that although this civilization's technology has reached the level of being able to settle in space, their light industry may not be developed, and may even be extremely backward. ”

As soon as Spred finished speaking, Zhou Xin showed a sudden expression of realization, and he finally remembered where he had seen a similar situation. Dart, on the other hand, disagrees with Spred, "Unlikely." He opened his mouth to object, "Their technological level is at least enough to settle in space, how can they not even solve the simple problem of food and clothing, no matter how you think about it, I don't think it's very reasonable." ”

"Then you go and recall the video you watched before and see if you can find evidence that my idea is wrong." Spred didn't explain it directly.

After saying this, there was silence in the command cabin, and everyone was thinking about the reasonableness of Spred's words. They recalled the details they saw in the video and tried to refute this claim, but after a long time, they still did not find an obvious counterexample, and after thinking about it, Spred's statement was more and more confirmed.

Nearly twenty minutes later, Dart shook his head helplessly, "It seems that I really can't find it, and there are indeed many places in the whole video that reveal that the level of technology in this space city is not low." But in terms of people's livelihood, I feel that the standard of living of all people is indeed very low, and there is nothing to praise. ”

"And it's not just the low standard of living." Zhou Xin added, "I felt a little strange when I watched the video from the beginning, but I couldn't tell where the strange place was, and I just said this I understood what the strange feeling was." Have you noticed that although this space city has a strong sense of science and technology, the infrastructure is not half a star? ”

"Well, I found out too." Spred nodded, "If it's just an ordinary space station, the facilities here are quite up to the mark, after all, astronauts don't work and live on the space station for a long time." However, if you think of it as a space city where residents can live for a long time, there are many civilian facilities that I think are necessary. This space city gives me the feeling that it is not a space city, but more like a space station that has been expanded as it is. ”

"We haven't built cities in space before, though." Zhou Xin said, "But I also think that the space city of this civilization is too different from the space city I imagined. ”

"I'm afraid - this space city might be of another use." Spred said thoughtfully.

"Regardless of the use of this space city for now." At this time, Dart also believed Spred's judgment, and he asked curiously, "Since you said that the level of light industry in this civilization is extremely low, then why don't they develop light industry?" ”

"Who knows." Spred shrugged his shoulders, "Maybe this civilized person thinks that light industry is not important, maybe the focus of their development is not light industry, maybe they may also want to develop other industries first to drive the development of light industry, anyway, there are only a few reasons, and this is not explained in the video." ”

"Perhaps—is it because—" Zhou Xin whispered with a thoughtful expression.

"Because of what?" Dart heard Zhou Xin's words.

"Maybe I'm overthinking it." Zhou Xin shook his head, "There shouldn't be such a coincidence." Then he changed the subject, "In this way, what we can at least be sure of now is that the civilization on the triangle continent south of the planet has a high probability that their light industry level is extremely low, and the reason is still unclear." ”

"Actually, there is another possibility." Spred added, "The level of light industry on the planet's surface may not be so bad, but due to technical limitations, they can't develop the same light industry in Space City, so the Space City we see in the video will be like that." ”

Zhou Xin nodded, "Judging from the situation introduced by Luke, this possibility is too low, forget it, let's consider it a possibility." Then he asked, "Actually, I'm more curious about what the situation is like on another continent on this planet?" It would be interesting if it were the same as what we are seeing now. ”

"This—" Spreed's tone was a little embarrassed, "of all the information we have now, not a single one of them describes life on the other continent. If you really want to understand, then maybe you have to think of another way. ”

"It's kind of difficult." Zhou Xin said helplessly, "The protection on the surface of the planet is tight, and there is no space city in space like the Southern Continent, and even the number of spaceships is very small. Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered, and then Zhou Xin asked, "Atlas, in all the communications you have monitored, is there any information related to the daily life of the Northern Continent?" ”

"Captain, wait a minute, I've heard a lot of content during this period of time, let me look for it." Atlas replied, and after a few minutes, the little girl on the screen shook her head, "Yes, but there aren't many, they rarely communicate about it, and even if it is related to daily life, none of them express dissatisfaction." ”

"Isn't there anyone complaining?" Zhou Xin's tone was very strange, "No, is everyone very satisfied with their current life?" ”

"Not really." Atlas added, "It's just that no one has expressed their dissatisfaction, but they haven't been heard to express their satisfaction." And as people have said before, they rarely discuss topics outside of work, and a lot of the content is inferred from the conversations between them. ”

"Is it still speculation?" Zhou Xin's tone looked a little disappointed, "Then this kind of speculation is useless." ”

"There's no way, they've done their best." Atlas spoke with a hint of apology.

"It's not your fault, you can't force what they're chatting about." Zhou Xin comforted.

Before Atlas could answer, the Voyager's voice interjected, "Your Excellency, the probe has found traces of the shuttle......"