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After a while, the raised snowflakes fell back to the ground, and Zhou Xin and the others finally saw the true face of the shadow.

As they had guessed, the shadow was an object similar to the weapon platform they had seen on the previous planet. Now it was turned over on the ground, the four supporting feet were facing upward, the wheels on the supporting feet were still turning in vain, one of the wheels seemed to have been hit by a laser, and there was still green smoke on the wheels, and what connected the four feet was a small platform above them, and some pipes and things like that could be seen at the bottom of the platform. Other than that, Zhou Xin and the others couldn't see anything else, because the object was deeply sunk into the snow, and it seemed that the damage caused by the fall just now was not light.

Seeing that the object seemed to be unable to run, Zhou Xin motioned for the combat robot to get closer to see its situation, so the combat robot walked to a place about a meter away from the platform, on the screen, Zhou Xin saw that the platform was now in addition to the wheels, and the other parts could not move, and after a while, the wheels also began to slow down, and finally stopped.

Fearing that the platform would continue to fight back, Zhou Xin waited until the wheels stopped before letting the battle robot touch the platform. At first, the robot's movements seemed a little cautious, but after a while, seeing that the platform was indeed not fighting back, the robot's movements began to be bold, and even the probe came to the front of the platform and began to inspect the platform.

After a while, the examination of the bottom was completed, and the probe came to the conclusion that the bottom of this platform was exactly the same structure as the weapon platform it had seen on that planet before, and even the same location at the bottom had a topographic map of the Great Western Continent. At this point, Zhou Xin and the others can finally determine that this platform must be inseparable from the Atlanteans.

After inspecting the bottom of the platform, the battle robot tried to flip the platform over. Stuck deep in the snow, the platform didn't seem to be very heavy, and the robot flipped it over with a single attempt. After flipping over, the robot moved the platform to the flat snow next to it.

After turning it over, Zhou Xin and the others saw the difference between this platform and the previous weapon platforms. On this platform, the laser emitter still exists, but it is a bit smaller than the weapon platform, and it is positioned on the side of the platform. The difference is more obvious, the grenadier device is gone, and the one installed in the middle of the platform is a hemispherical unknown object, at a glance, Zhou Xin They don't know what this spherical object is for, it is completely a smooth hemisphere, and there are several antennas and other things poking out of the hemisphere, other than that, there is no obvious mark on this hemisphere. The probe circled around the strange hemispherical shape, and they still didn't see what the spherical object was for.

"Could it be the Atlantis probe?" Pointing to the antennas on the hemisphere, Zhou Xin guessed.

"It looks a bit like it, why don't you take it apart and take it apart?" Spred suggested.

Zhou Xin nodded and agreed to this suggestion, but since there were only probes and combat robots on the scene, they did not have the conditions to disassemble the platform, so Zhou Xin ordered the combat robots to transport the platform back to the Voyager for a detailed inspection.

More than three hours later, the platform was transported back to the Atlantis, and then it was sent directly to the purpose-built laboratory, where many researchers were already ready.

Half an hour after the start of the inspection of the platform, Zhou Xin received an urgent message from the laboratory, so Zhou Xin cut the screen to the laboratory.

Appearing on the screen was Renard, the leader of the first group, and now, his face on the screen was a little strange, with a hint of excitement but a little panic.

Before Zhou Xin could ask a question, he quickly said, "Your Excellency, Captain, we have made a major discovery inside that platform. He paused for a moment before continuing, "Inside that hemispherical shape is a cockpit-like space where we found an Atlantean!" ”

"Atlanteans?!" It took Zhou Xin a while to digest this piece of information, and then he asked eagerly, "How is that Atlantean doing now?" Still alive? The rest of the command cabin, hearing this, also focused their attention on Renard.

Renard shook his head slightly, seeing his movements, Zhou Xin's mood suddenly became depressed, and before Renard could continue, he said disappointedly: "It's all my fault, if only I didn't give the order to attack." ”

"No one could have predicted that." Spred comforted beside him, "Who knew there was an Atlantean hiding in this platform." Moreover, it had attacked our probe first. ”

Zhou Xin nodded helplessly, then sighed, "I know, but I didn't expect that our first meeting with the Atlanteans would be like this. This is a big misunderstanding, and it would be bad if the Atlanteans treated us as enemies. He said worriedly.

"That's no way, who can predict this situation, and can only take one step at a time." Spred sighed and continued.

At this time, Renard on the screen asked strangely, "What's wrong with you?" Why are you so depressed all of a sudden? ”

"Originally, we could have met a living Atlantean, but now we ......," Zhou Xin couldn't continue.

Renard reacted, and then explained, "Uh-I mean, the platform is in a bad condition, and it seems like the impact damaged the structure of the platform badly. We found a lot of broken parts in the interior of that cockpit, and even the cockpit panels were damaged. ”

"And then? What about the Atlanteans? Zhou Xin asked this question again.

"This—" Renard's tone hesitated, "the Atlantean was still wearing something like a hazmat suit in the cockpit, and the suit didn't seem to have been hurt much. But no matter what method we used, the Atlantean didn't seem to show any signs of coming to his senses. ”

Zhou Xin looked puzzled, "I wasn't injured, but I didn't wake up, what's going on." ”

"I'm not a medical expert -- so I don't know what's going on." Renard said helplessly.

"Yes." Zhou Xin nodded, and then ordered, "Let's ask Dr. Wren to check it out and see what is wrong with that Atlantean." ”

After ending the call, Zhou Xin turned to Spred and said, "I'll go to the laboratory to see the situation of that Atlantean, and I'll leave it to you here." After seeing Spred nodding, Zhou Xin walked out of the command cabin.

When he arrived at the makeshift laboratory, Zhou Xin saw the dilapidated platform at first glance, and now, the platform was surrounded by several engineering robots, which were dismantling the platform. Not far from the platform, several researchers were standing in a circle around a large table, they were carefully observing the things on the table, and they were still discussing with each other, because the researchers were in the way, Zhou Xin did not see what was on the table. However, Zhou Xin, who was concerned about the safety of the Atlantean, did not care about this, and he walked quickly to the table, wanting to ask the researchers about the Atlantean.

Seeing Zhou Xin's arrival, those researchers gave him a place, and at this time, Zhou Xin finally saw what was on the table.

It was a humanoid object, somewhat similar to a hazmat suit, and at first glance, the suit was very high, about two meters tall, but noticeably bloated. There are also some small devices on the protective suit that do not know the function, and the overall look is similar to that used by Zhou Xin.

Looking at the protective suit lying on the table, Zhou Xin didn't have to think about it to know where the Atlantean was. However, because the protective suit was in the direction of Zhou Xin's feet, Zhou Xin didn't see the Atlantean inside, so Zhou Xin walked a few steps and came to the head position of this protective suit.

When he turned to the head position, Zhou Xin realized that Dr. Wren had already arrived, and he was now crouching near the head of the protective suit to check something, and from time to time he also looked at the medical device he was holding in his hand. Zhou Xin walked to Wren's side and looked at the face shield of the protective suit, the face of the protective suit was protected by a transparent hemispherical cover, through this cover, Zhou Xin saw the Atlanteans inside the protective suit.

Inside the hood was a delicate face, her face was very elongated, her eyes were slightly closed under her slender eyebrows, there was a small and straight nose under her eyes, a small cherry mouth grew under her nose, and the most obvious was the two pointed ears on her head, which showed her Atlantean identity. The person inside the protective suit is actually a girl, and now she is lying quietly in the protective suit, like the sleeping beauty in the fairy tale.

Zhou Xin carefully examined the face, then turned to Wren and asked, "How is her condition, is she injured?" ”

Wren put down the medical device in his hand and replied: "No obvious external injuries were seen, but due to the barrier of the protective suit, a more detailed examination cannot be carried out for the time being, and the different body structures will also affect the investigation of the medical device, it is best to bring her back to the medical cabin for me to have a good examination." ”

After listening to Wren's words, Zhou Xin nodded, "Then I'll leave it to you, and give an inspection report as soon as possible." Then he looked at the suit and asked, "What about the suit, it's impossible for her to wear the suit for the next inspection." ”

"Don't worry about that." "We've taken the air from the suit and analyzed it, and then we're going to improvise the same environment for this Atlantean to live." ”

At this moment, a researcher walked in from outside and handed a report to Renard, who glanced at it and said to himself strangely, "Huh? The indicators in the protective suit are actually similar to the environment in the ship? ”

Zhou Xin was not so surprised, he explained to Renard: "This is quite normal, this civilization still lived on my home planet until more than 5,000 years ago, so it is not strange that the environment in which she lives is similar to that on the ship. But that's fine, there's no need to build a temporary room for her. After a pause, he then said to Wren, "But don't take it lightly, don't take off her protective suit all at once, lest she have any problems with the ship's environment." ”

"I understand that." Wren nodded.

Zhou Xin glanced down at the Atlantean again, and then motioned for the researchers next to him to come over and help move the Atlantean to the medical cabin along with the protective suit. Then, Zhou Xin handed over the rest of the work to Wren, and he returned to the command cabin first.

As soon as Zhou Xin returned to the command cabin, Spred immediately asked with concern, "How is the situation with that Atlantean?" ”

"There were no external injuries, but I was still unconscious." Zhou Xin replied, "I've already transported that Atlantean to the medical cabin and asked Wren to examine her in detail." ”

Spred nodded, then asked suspiciously, "But why did an Atlantean appear out of thin air?" Where exactly did she come from? Will there be other Atlanteans on this planet? ”

Hearing this question, Zhou Xin thought for a while, "It shouldn't be just this one person, how can a single person survive in such a harsh environment." She must have come from an Atlantean base. ”

Spred nodded, "I agree, but where exactly is this base, we don't seem to have found anything like it on this planet right now." ”

Zhou Xin did not answer this question, but asked Voyager to release the topographical map depicted by the probe so far. On the topographic map, Zhou Xin saw that the probe had completed more than 90% of the terrain mapping of the planet's surface, and less than 10% of it was still black.

Looking at this incomplete topographic map, Zhou Xin asked the Voyager to re-examine all the information sent back by the previous probe, and after a long time, the Voyager completed the inspection, and it did not find any traces of life activity in the previous data. Hearing this conclusion, Zhou Xin fell into deep thought......