Chapter 108: A Discussion of the Communication Tower
"According to Wren's judgment, if they continue to work like this, within a month, there will be a risk of a crisis similar to the previous space sickness event on the ship," Spred said with a solemn expression.
"Moreover, if you want to restore the crew's body, you don't have to let them return to their previous routine." Dart then added, "They need to relax completely. After saying this, his tone relaxed a little, "Fortunately, the symptoms that everyone is showing are not very obvious now, so according to Wren's estimate, the crew only needs to rest for about a week before they can return to normal." Of course, those who have not recovered from their injuries will certainly not be allowed to return to work until they have fully recovered from their injuries. β
Hearing that as long as he had a week's rest, Zhou Xin, who was still worried about the physical condition of the crew, was also relieved, and he said: "Since this is the case, then order it to go down, and everyone should rest for a week." Anyway, it's only seven days, which is nothing compared to the crew's body. After giving the order, he sighed slightly.
With the same sigh, Spred said to Dart, "Although the order has gone down, I don't think many people will obey it." I'm afraid we'll have to keep an eye on the crew for the next few days. β
"Hmm." Dart nodded heavily, and said fiercely, "If anyone dares to disobey, then they will be directly arrested and confined for seven days, and when I see it, they dare not rest." β
"I'll keep an eye on the Voyager too." Zhou Xin said, "We can't let the crew mess around anymore." β
After dealing with the crew's affairs, Zhou Xin naturally brought up Atlas's recent discovery. After listening to the introduction of the little girl relayed by Zhou Xin, Spred said with some surprise: "I didn't expect it to be really a communication tower." Soon, the same doubts as Zhou Xin appeared in his heart, "But, why would anyone build a communication tower on such a remote planet?" What is the point of building a communication tower on a planet that is clearly not fit for life? β
"I don't know." Zhou Xin shook his head, "Atlas hasn't investigated any other useful information yet. β
"Also." Spred's train of thought didn't stop because Zhou Xin didn't know, "You just mentioned that the communication tower on the planet is receiving information from the armed satellites in orbit on North. Regardless of whether it makes sense to be built here, if that tower was built here just to receive information, do you think it's a bit counterintuitive? β
"Huh?" Spred's words made Zhou Xin realize that he seemed to have overlooked something before. Seeing that Spred's words were interrupted by his own subconscious voice, Zhou Xin waved his hand and motioned for him to continue.
After sorting out his thoughts, Spred continued: "Of course, it is not impossible to just have the function of receiving information, but the number is relatively small. What's moreβ" he said, the full picture of the communications tower captured by his probe was brought up on the screen, "don't you think that this tower looks more like a transmission tower than a receiving antenna in terms of shape?" β
"Not to mention, Spred's point makes a point." Dart soon realized this, and he chimed in.
"It's true that I did ignore that before." Zhou Xin nodded, "If it only has the function of receiving information, it does seem a little weird." But for some reason, Atlas hadn't mentioned before that tower had the ability to send messages. β
"Maybe she forgot, but I think it's more likely that she hasn't discovered it yet." Spred answered.
"If that tower has the function of sending messages, where will it send messages?" Dart asked curiously.
Spred replied, "I can't be sure of that either, but there are two guesses. The first guess is that the information processing center at the bottom of the tower has processed some important information from the armed satellites and converted it into commands that need to be executed, such as sending global alerts and the like. To be precise, this is no longer an information processing center, but an information decision-making center. Of course, such a function may also be able to be accomplished by those central towers on the planet Norsan. However, it is not excluded that for the sake of insurance, such a decision-making center will be built outside the planet. At this point, Spred paused, and then focused his gaze on Zhou Xin.
At this time, Dart was listening and nodded repeatedly, and when he saw Spred suddenly stop, he subconsciously urged: "Is there another guess?" What is it? β
After a moment's hesitation, Spred continued, "Another guess is that the information sent from that tower was not sent to the interior of this star system at all. After saying this, he stopped again.
"What do you mean?" Dart still hadn't figured out the point, he asked.
Zhou Xin glanced at Spred, and then followed behind Dart and said solemnly: "If that's the case, it's a bit scary. β
"What are you talking about? Why can't I understand? Hearing this, Dart knew that Zhou Xin had understood, and he asked again.
"What Spred means is that the information may have been sent to other star systems." Zhou Xin explained.
Without caring about Dart's sudden realization, Zhou Xin turned his head to Spred and said, "According to the current situation, the Noshan civilization has no ability to leave its own planet, let alone leave this star system. If the communication tower was really capable of sending information beyond the star system, it was most likely a civilization that had nothing to do with the Norshan civilization. β
"In other words, the chips in the Norshan people's brains send information to the central tower, which in turn sends the information to the armed satellite in the sky, and then from the armed satellite to the communication tower here, through the communication tower, and finally sends the information to other civilizations." Soon, Spred sorted out the entire chain of information transmission.
"If the information was sent to other civilizations, doesn't that mean that the chips in the Noshan's brains are likely to have been invented by other civilizations?" Dart asked, confused. Although his mind had not yet kept up with the rhythm of Zhou Xin and Spred, it did not prevent him from deducing some information from the conversation......