"What a joke." Zhou Xin looked at the central star on the screen, which was already the size of a marble, and said angrily, "If there is an asteroid belt inside, then where else can a planet be placed in this star system?" ”

"Maybe it's in the middle of two asteroid belts that the probe just flew over. After all, the gap between the two asteroid belts is not small, and it is more than enough to put one or even two planets. At this time, even Atlas became interested in this joking topic, and she answered with a smile as soon as Zhou Xin's words fell.

However, the little girl's words that sounded like a joke reminded Zhou Xin. He was slightly stunned, then put away his half-joking face, patted his head in annoyance and said, "Oops, I forgot that there is still such a situation, why didn't you say it earlier." Well, it's going to be a waste of hours to get the probe to turn back. ”

"Ann, la, la." Atlas quickly explained, "This situation has been considered for a long time, and the only thing you have seen is the images sent back by the first batch of probes to leave, and they have already asked the latter probes to search between the two asteroid belts." However, based on previous observations, it was inferred that the probability of a planet in the inner orbit should be higher, and the area around the star that needs to be searched is much smaller than between the two planetary belts, so the exploration was focused on there first. ”

"Well, now that you've arranged it, just do as you say." After listening to the little girl's explanation, Zhou Xin breathed a sigh of relief, and then he explained with some unease, "The Voyager is still waiting for repairs, and the planet here must be found as soon as possible." ”

"What if there are no planets in this star system, or we haven't been able to find the location of the planet, or if we find a gas planet?" Spred also put away his joking look and asked seriously.

This series of assumptions made Zhou Xin stunned again, but his brain moved quickly this time, and he gave the answer only a few seconds later, "Then we can only go to the asteroid belt to collect resources, although it is a little dangerous, but it is better than having nowhere to go." ”

Thankfully, none of Spred's assumptions came true. Moreover, this time, it seemed that the bad luck that had been haunting Zhou Xin and them for a long time was gone. Within half a day of the probe flying over the second asteroid belt, Zhou Xin and the others got good news from Atlas.

"Brother Captain, Brother Captain, I've found it, people have found the planet here." At the same time as the voice sounded, the picture on the screen changed, "Hey, where is the captain's brother?" Is it a break? ”

It didn't take long for Zhou Xin, who received the news, to walk out of his room directly in his pajamas. At this time, he was almost sleepy, "Have you found a planet?" In what place? He asked, looking at the screen in front of him.

"I didn't expect that planet to be right in front of the flight path of one of our probes." Even Atlas was a little surprised to be able to find the location of the planet so quickly, "People haven't started to search for probes yet." ”

"Anyway, it's good to find it." Zhou Xin said casually while observing the picture. After taking a look, he realized that what appeared in the probe's lens was only a faint point of light, and he wondered how Atlas could identify it as a planet. But judging from the tone of the little girl's speech now, I think she is still relatively sure of her judgment. Therefore, although he felt a little confused, Zhou Xin did not raise any objections at this time.

Then, as the probe continued to advance, Dart and Spred, who also received the news, also came to the command module one after another. At the same time, the originally faint point of light in the picture became brighter and brighter, and it was only then that Zhou Xin was finally able to preliminarily determine that the point of light was a planet. Because if it were a star, it would not have been able to have such a significant change in brightness except for some special types.

After arriving at the command module, Spred and Dart were speechless, not even the two of them, and many people in the command module also looked at the light spot on the screen silently. Because everyone knew so well what discovering a planet meant to them right now, they didn't have any intention of discussing anything right now.

About half an hour after Atlas reported the discovery of the planet, the point of light that everyone was concerned about changed, and it began to slowly dim. Of course, this does not mean that Atlas's judgment is wrong, and when the light dims to a certain extent, it occupies more space on the screen. Not long after, the original point of light was replaced by a faint spherical object that glowed.

I don't know if it's an illusion, but at the same time as seeing the spherical object, Zhou Xin seemed to hear everyone around him let out a sigh of relief. Of course, Zhou Xin didn't care about these at this time, and his attention was already focused on the planet in the picture at this time.

Everything that followed went so smoothly that as the probe approached the planet, the vague sphere that was only vaguely recognizable at first faded little by little, revealing the planet for what it really was. However, when they actually saw the planet, Zhou Xin and the others were not as happy as they expected, and they felt a little surprised in comparison.

After staring at the screen for a moment, Spred said a few words out of his mind, "Blue - planet?" ”

That's right, even though the planet in the picture still looks the size of a marble, and there is no way to see the details of the planet's surface, but that doesn't stop everyone from recognizing its color. It was a blue planet, and no matter how closely you looked at it, there was not a trace of impurities on the surface, and it looked like a pure sapphire.

Although the planet in front of him is indeed very beautiful in appearance, Zhou Xin is not very willing to see it now. Because underneath this appearance, the type of planet that is most likely to fit is -

"Ice—a superstar?" Following Spred's words, Zhou Xin subconsciously said to himself, "No-if it's really an ice superstar, then it's troublesome......"