"They've put together all the probe pieces they've found." "It's only a part, but it's in the part that people find a problem. As he spoke, a new image appeared on the screen.

In the picture, Zhou Xin saw the assembled detector mentioned by the little girl. Although it was put together, the entire detector still looked a little broken, not only the traces of the splicing were quite obvious, but a considerable part of it was missing in the lower left corner. Judging from the assembled wreckage alone, it can be deduced how badly the probe was damaged in the first place.

The wreckage that appeared on the screen attracted the attention of everyone present, and the entire command module fell silent. However, after a few minutes of careful observation, everyone, including Zhou Xin, did not find anything suspicious on the wreckage. Finally, Dart couldn't help but ask, "I didn't see anything wrong with the wreckage, what did you find?" ”

"Look here." As he spoke, Atlas narrowed the picture down to a certain corner of the probe's wreckage, but even so, because the fragments that were put together into the wreckage were too fine, Zhou Xin and the others still didn't see the problem for a while.

But after all, Atlas had narrowed down the scope of his observations, so after some careful observation, Spred still noticed some clues. He pointed to a place in the upper right of the center of the frame, and then asked in a puzzled tone, "Are you talking about that place?" ”

As Spred asked, the others focused on the place he was pointing to in the picture. Then, after some careful observation, Zhou Xin finally found a small hole there. No wonder the crowd hadn't discovered the hole earlier, because it was so small that it wasn't in the middle of a single piece of shard, but was hidden in the seams of countless pieces spliced together. If he hadn't been reminded, it would have been almost impossible for Zhou Xin to notice the inconspicuous hole.

"Well, here it is." With this answer, the screen zooms out again to the vicinity of the hole. At such a close distance, everyone noticed the small circular hole.

The first time he realized that it was a small hole, Zhou Xin began to feel a little puzzled. Judging by the shape of the surrounding fragments, it should have been a single piece of metal, and it was impossible for such a small hole to appear. And as the lens zooms in and the details of the hole itself can be seen, this confusion becomes even more obvious. After removing the cracks around the holes, the holes themselves appear to be perfectly round, with smooth inner walls and slight traces of melting. Obviously, this small hole is not the original one on the detector.

"How did this hole form?" After realizing this, Zhou Xin's brows furrowed, and then he asked.

"It is preliminarily judged that this hole was formed at high temperatures." Atlas replied, "Moreover, this small hole is penetrating, not only on the outer shell, but also inside the detector. The entire trajectory leads from the small hole in the image to the part that the probe has not yet found, and in the current situation, it is highly likely that the small hole originally passed through the entire detector. Judging by the direction, it even passed through the probe's power system. Therefore, it is highly likely that the cause of the initial detector explosion was related to this hole. ”

"What kind of attack can cause such damage to a detector?" Looking at the screen on the screen, Spred muttered to himself. Soon, he got the answer to the question, "Is it a laser?" ”

"Most likely, it's just lasers." Zhou Xin affirmed, "Other types of attacks either don't cause such traces, or the energy is not enough to penetrate the entire detector." ”

"But with the ability of a living organism alone, can it emit a laser with such high energy?" Spred replied, confused. "If such a creature exists, doesn't that mean it's strong enough to stand up to our fighting robots? That's an exaggeration, isn't it? ”

"Although I don't want to believe it, the facts are in front of us, and we can't afford not to believe it." Zhou Xin pointed to the picture on the screen and replied helplessly.

"Judging by our experience since we arrived on this planet, though." Dart continued, "There shouldn't be a lot of individuals on the planet who have this kind of power, otherwise we wouldn't have had only one attack so far. ”

"You can't draw this conclusion on the basis of a single example." At this time, Zhou Xin's thoughts were not as optimistic as Dart, "Maybe such creatures also have settlements on the planet, and the probe just encountered the one that occasionally ran out of the settlement, and that guy hid back after attacking our probe, otherwise why haven't the probes found similar life forms on the planet for so long?" ”

"If such a settlement exists, it is most likely to be hidden in the deep sea. Few probes have ever arrived in that area, so there are few surveys. Atlas added.

"In that case, it's better not to go into the deep sea for the time being." Zhou Xin thought for a while and then ordered, "Our most important task today is to repair the Voyager, even if the probability of happening is not high, we will try not to cause any unnecessary trouble." ”

"Oh—people get it." Although he understood that Zhou Xin's decision was correct, Atlas inevitably showed disappointment when he answered. Of course, this little emotion was selectively ignored by Zhou Xin, who had long been accustomed to the little girl's reaction.

Next, Zhou Xin and the others spent another quiet day on the Voyager. During this time, the repair of the ship went smoothly, and there were no further attacks on the units on the planet. At the same time, according to Zhou Xin's instructions, Atlas did not continue to investigate in the deep sea, but significantly strengthened the investigation in the shallow sea. In addition, she did not relax in the search for the remaining debris of the attacked probe, and as the wreckage of the probe became more and more complete, the speculation that the small hole ran through the entire probe was also confirmed little by little. The only thing that made the little girl regret was that she never figured out what had attacked the detector in the first place.

Until one day, the probe made a new discovery on the planet......