Chapter 50: The Lost Detector
"The predecessors of these two asteroid belts are likely to be massive rocky planets." Atlas said.
"How is this possible?" As soon as the words fell, Spred rushed to ask in a tone of disbelief, "If they were rock planets in the past, then how did they completely shatter into the asteroid belt we see now?" β
"It's not clear yet." The little girl shook her head, "For this problem, people have also conducted many simulations. But no matter what method you do, you can't make an entire planet completely shattered. What's more, it's made both planets look like this. β
"Could that be your own judgment?" After considering Atlas's words, Zhou Xin asked, "Could there be other reasons for the formation of the two asteroid belts?" β
"Impossible." The little girl replied affirmatively, "Actually, there are several theoretical reasons for the formation of the two asteroid belts we have seen, but only the conclusion that it was a planet can be completely consistent with all the evidence that the probe has investigated in the asteroid belt." β
"That is." After a long breath, Zhou Xin concluded, "The previous investigation is not over, and now we have one more question - how did the asteroid belt form? Or how did the predecessor planets of the asteroid belt break apart? β
Zhou Xin's words made many people present fall into deep thought, but a question that even Atlas had spent a lot of time on simulations and still did not come to an accurate conclusion, how could they be able to come up with any results in a short period of time. Dart said casually: "The universe is so big, we can't know all the ways to completely shatter a planet, so don't be too entangled in the reasons." β
"But now it's two planets that are shattering almost simultaneously." The little girl continued, "There is no need to explain the coincidence, and my intuition tells people that the fragmentation of the planet may have a certain relationship with the extinction of civilization on the planet we are on now." It's just that there seems to be a very important link missing from the clues we have now, which makes it impossible for people to connect all the clues together. β
"To put it bluntly, we still need to continue the investigation." Zhou Xin helplessly held his forehead.
"Haha, haha." Atlas laughed awkwardly.
After the briefing, the command module fell silent once again. In the midst of such silence, everyone's attention couldn't help but focus on the investigation of the bottom of the sea. Before I knew it, the atmosphere was slowly tense again. Seeing that this was not the solution, Zhou Xin opened his mouth to break the silence, "I see that you have nothing to do here, and it is so late, so let's all go back and rest." β
"Do you think we'll be able to sleep until the results are out?" Spred asked with a wry smile, and as soon as this sentence came out, many people agreed.
Seeing that there were still few people leaving the command cabin, Zhou Xin sighed helplessly, and then fell into silence again.
In this way, after a long wait, Zhou Xin and the others finally waited for the entrance to open again in the early morning of the next day.
Without Atlas's reminder, after seeing the detector in the picture turn off its own lights, everyone immediately turned their attention to the big screen. At this time, it is in the center of the picture, and the light at the entrance has already slowly turned on. At the same time, with the brighter and brighter lights in the picture, everyone's hearts slowly rose.
"Did you get the signal from inside?" The moment the entrance was fully opened, Spred asked impatiently. However, Atlas did not open his mouth to answer the question, only shook his head silently. However, judging from the expression on the little girl's face, she is also a little anxious now.
As soon as Spred's words fell, the first attacker appeared at the entrance. They moved quite quickly, and in less than half a minute, the crowd had already seen the figure of six attackers. However, until the sixth attacker appeared, Zhou Xin and the others still did not get the good news they wanted from Atlas.
By the time there were no more assailants at the entrance, Atlas's expression had become very ugly. Soon, she said in a frustrated tone, "I'm afraidβ" As soon as she heard these two words, everyone had already guessed what she was going to say next, and their mood was also low.
However, what they didn't expect was that the accident happened at this time. Atlas had barely said two words when she froze, "This isβ" Before she could finish speaking, a look of joy began to appear on her face. However, as everyone was disappointed by the reclosing of the entrance at this time, no one noticed the change in the little girl's face at this time.
"Brother Captain, look, it's a probe." Just when Zhou Xin was also immersed in disappointment, Atlas's surprise suddenly sounded in his ears. Hearing this, he immediately became excited, "Probe? Where is the detector? β
At this time, the little girl realized that Zhou Xin and they couldn't see it yet, so she asked the detector to turn on her own light, but even so, under the cover of the sediment, Zhou Xin and the others still didn't see the detector coming out of the entrance. However, Atlas's report later reassured them that "the signal from the detector that infiltrated the shelter has been clearly received, and two-way communication has been successfully established, and the data sent back by the other party is being received." After a few seconds, the little girl reported again, "No damage has been received, and the detector is normal." β
"In that case, why didn't the probe contact us before?" Spred couldn't wait to ask why.
After a while, Atlas replied, "According to the probe's report, it was due to the presence of the shield, it had no way to get the message out directly, and due to the strict internal inspection of the attacker when he returned, the probe still couldn't find any chance to get out of it after several attempts." Based on the circumstances, it made its own decision to forgo contact for the time being, leaving it to look for an opportunity when the next entrance opened. Now it seems that there is nothing too wrong with this judgment......"