Chapter 177: Neutron Matter in the Ruins

In this way, time passed day by day, and nearly two months passed. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 In Zhou Xin's expectations, the probe explored almost the entire northern continent, even the towns in remote areas, but they gained little.

In a town near the edge of the continent, the probe finally found a warehouse that could store neutron matter. The reason why it is only possible is that this town is not one of the places known to Zhou Xin that may have stored neutron matter, and even the town itself was discovered because the detector received anomalous antineutrino rays. Immediately after discovering the characteristic rays that clearly indicated neutron matter, Atlas reported to Zhou Xin. Hearing the little girl's report, everyone, including Zhou Xin, was immediately excited.

The site where the probe found may contain neutron matter is only a small town, probably only a few dozen square kilometers in circumference. Even when the probe was only 100 kilometers away from the town, the camera was still able to encompass the entire town in full view.

With a little excitement, Zhou Xin carefully observed the town that appeared on the screen. As the probe continued to get closer, the buildings in the town began to become clearer a little. At this time, Zhou Xin pointed to a certain place in the town and said, "Look at that pit, it seems that this place has also been attacked by the wreckage of space buildings before. ”

"I didn't expect that even such a small town would not be spared." Spreed's tone was tinged with emotion, "Still, the town's luck seems to be good." Judging by the size of the pit, the wreckage that fell here does not seem to be large. ”

"The size of the wreckage that fell here should be between twenty and thirty meters." Atlas gave the exact answer, "In addition to the largest one, several traces of debris impact have been found within the town. As she spoke, she marked some damaged buildings on the screen.

However, Zhou Xin didn't care about the dilapidated buildings, but asked, "Can you be sure that the source of the radiation is that town?" ”

"It's basically certain." Atlas replied, "The degree of antineutrino radiation on the detector has been rising as it approaches the town, and there is no other place where neutron matter could be hidden." ”

"Then hurry over and see what's going on." Zhou Xin urged.

"Got it."

Then, everyone in the command module looked at the screen with expectant eyes. When the probe reached the outskirts of the town, Spred suddenly realized something, and a trace of worry appeared on his face. But after a moment's hesitation, he didn't voice the worries in his heart.

As the probe continued to approach, a faint siren sounded in the command module. Zhou Xin was slightly startled, and he breathed a sigh of relief after subconsciously glancing at the alarm. This is because the source of the alarm sound is not from inside the spacecraft, but from the probe.

But even so, Zhou Xin still asked with concern: "What happened." ”

"The degree of radiation is too high, and it has exceeded the upper limit of the instrument." Atlas replied.

"How is it possible, if there is such a strong radiation here, then this town-" Zhou Xin didn't dare to think about it.

"I'm afraid the neutron material stored here has started to leak." Spred said hesitantly, "Otherwise, I wouldn't have detected such a high level of radiation." ”

This sentence made everyone present slightly stunned, and then they couldn't help but start to get nervous. In fact, they should have been aware of this when the detectors were able to detect radiation at such a distance from the town, but the signs of finding neutron matter made them subconsciously ignore it. They began to focus all their attention on the picture on the screen, still praying silently in their hearts.

"Although there are other types of radiation mixed with the radiation, antineutrino rays still occupy the main part of it. It may be that there has been a leak in the container in which the neutron material is stored. But then Atlas's explanation relieved them slightly.

On the screen, although the degree of radiation has exceeded the detection limit of the instrument, it is still far from the upper limit of the detector's tolerance. So the detector was still approaching the location of the radiation source, and some subtle interference images had begun to appear on the screen at this time, but under Atlas's correction, the picture returned to normal after a while.

It didn't take long for Zhou Xin to notice that the probe seemed to be heading in the direction of the largest crash crater in the town they had just seen. It didn't take long for Atlas to confirm this as the crater grew larger and bigger on the screen. This inevitably made Zhou Xin worry about whether the neutron matter stored here would suffer the same fate as Yang Cheng, but because of the little girl's previous explanation, Zhou Xin did not say the worst thoughts.

Time passed, and all that remained on the screen was a fall pit and the buildings around it. However, the probe's lens then shifted slightly to the edge of the crater. The worst-case scenario predicted by Zhou Confidence did not happen, but it was not much better. Although the direction of the probe was not directly facing the large crater, it was not very far from the location of the crash crater.

In less than a minute, a dilapidated building appeared in front of everyone's eyes. In contrast, the building in the center of the frame should be far less tall than the other buildings that once existed around it. However, perhaps because of its low height, the building did not collapse completely like the surrounding buildings, but instead preserved the part away from the fall pit.

At this time, Atlas's voice rang out, "Brother Captain, based on the data transmitted by the probe, it is inferred that the source of radiation should be that building." However, it is not known exactly where it is located in that building. ”

Before she could finish speaking, the crowd began to take a closer look at the building on the screen. Because part of it had collapsed, the interior of the building was completely exposed to Zhou Xin and them. At first sight, Zhou Xin noticed that the building was structurally different from those Kazlan buildings he had seen before. The rooms inside are not the same size as those in residential buildings. They varied in size, and their arrangement within the building did not seem to be very regular, with the largest room being at least eight times the size of the smallest. Just by looking at the layout of the rooms, you can realize the special features of this building.

The footage was only frozen for a moment, and the probe began to investigate the building. Although, find the building and how much time it takes. Just over an hour elapsed between Atlas reporting signs of neutron matter and confirmation that the source was in the building. However, a thorough search of the entire building took almost a day. It wasn't until noon the next day of Voyager time that the probe finally found the device that stored neutron material in a basement buried in the rubble.

Sure enough, just as feared before, the device found by the probe was visibly damaged. Under the influence of neutron matter inside, the palm-sized gap is still expanding. Seeing this situation, Zhou Xin and the others were not flawless at all, but quickly ordered the probe to bring this device back to the Voyager. Of course, it is impossible to accomplish this task with a small detector for reconnaissance. Under the nervous gaze of the crowd, the device continued to lie in the rubble for nearly two hours before the recovery probe hurried to the town.

By this time, Zhou Xin and the others no longer cared about whether they would be discovered by the Kazlans, and immediately issued an order to recover and return when the probe arrived. However, perhaps because of the intense radiation in the area, or because their detection network was severely damaged in previous attacks. All in all, without being detected by them, the probe was able to bring the device storing the neutron material back to Voyager.

As the probe was preparing to take off from the planet's surface, there was a small episode: the device that stored the neutron matter was so heavy that with the probe's thrust, there was no way to take it off the ground with it. In desperation, Zhou Xin had no choice but to let the probe abandon all the movable devices that could be removed inside, and barely took off successfully from the ground.

It wasn't until three hours later, when the probe returned to Voyager, that everyone's hearts were finally relieved. At the first moment, the device was sent to a heavily guarded laboratory, along with the detector that had brought it back. On the way back from the probe, Spred had already left the command module and went to the laboratory with several researchers to prepare. He was desperate to know what was going on in the neutron material in the device.

While Spred was investigating the storage device, they received a communication from the Community.

"Hey, it looks like you're in a good mood. Did anything good happen? At the first glance of Zhou Xin, Demancha clearly noticed that he was different from before, so he asked curiously.

Hearing this question, Zhou Xin happily told him what he had just discovered.

"Congratulations." Demancha laughed, "I'm finally able to get something." ”

"Not good news for you." Zhou Xin reminded, "After finding the neutron matter, we should be ready to go." ”

"So fast?" Demancha frowned, "But we—" He reacted halfway through speaking, "Forget it, I should have thought of it a long time ago, we can't always ask you for help, not to mention that you have already helped us a lot." After thinking about it, he asked, "When are you going to leave, can you tell me in advance, and we can be prepared." ”

"Probably not so fast." Zhou Xin replied, "Everything has to wait for the results of the laboratory's investigation to come out before a decision can be made." Don't worry, we'll let you know in advance. And, when the time comes, I have one last piece of information to hand over to you. ”

"Thank you so much." Demancha said with a grateful tone.

"Forget it, I don't need to mention this." Zhou Xin waved his hand, and then asked, "By the way, how is your propaganda work, during this time, all my energy has been focused on my own investigation work, and I haven't asked the Traveler about it." ”

Demancha smiled, "It's not bad, since I contacted you that day, more and more people have begun to believe our claims in this time. Although it is still not a lot, and there are only tens of thousands of people at full capacity, we are already very satisfied. ”

"It's still too little." Zhou Xin's brows furrowed, "Judging from the attitude of the Kazlan people before, I am afraid that they will be ready to restart the war after completing the post-disaster reconstruction work. If we don't do anything about it, I'm afraid that the disaster of three months ago will happen again. ”

"Not really." Dart interjected, "Judging from our investigation during this time, there should be basically not much neutron matter left in Kazlan's domestic storage. Even if the battle resumes, it won't evolve to such a serious point for the time being. However, we have to guard against it. ”

"It's not that the rebuilding is complete, it's that the Kazlans have long been preparing to attack the Ewen Empire." Atlas's words were immediately shocked, "Brother Captain, do you remember the less than three hundred battleships left after the space building attack?" Originally, they had been preparing to launch an attack on that little warship. However, the next sentence eased everyone's nervousness a lot, "But when those warships were about to enter the territory of the Ewen Empire, they invaded the fleet's chain of command and simulated some defensive fleets in front of them, so they were forced to abandon that operation." Later, the Community broadcast was also broadcast on the Kazlan battleship, and in order to prevent military instability in the Community propaganda, the plan was shelved indefinitely. ”

"Then you'll have to come up with a solution as soon as possible." After listening to Atlas's explanation, Zhou Xin said to Demancha, "Although it is said that the next battle will not cause a serious disaster for the time being, it must also attract enough attention." ”

"I understand." Demancha's mood was a little depressed, "We have mobilized all the members who were previously assigned to the planet. But it didn't work out very well, and one of the best of them was that he had the support of more than 100 people among the Eun. ”

"There's nothing I can do to help you, after all, we don't have any manpower on the planet." Zhou Xin said helplessly, "Maybe there is no way to avoid the war between the two civilizations in the future, it depends on what you can do in the war." ”

"That's all it can be." Demancha's tone was also helpless, "We are already studying the information you have provided at the same time, and we hope to find some solution from it." ”

After that, the two sides chatted for a while and then ended the communication. It was at this time that Spred had just come up with the preliminary findings......