Chapter 9 Sputnik
"Then we'll have to move them to other hibernation devices first. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info" Zhou Xin sighed and made a decision, at this moment he still had a glimmer of hope for the survival of these compatriots. After making his decision, he also reminded, "Remember quickly, unless some of the people inside are completely injured and no longer have the possibility of treatment, they will all have to be transferred to a new hibernation device." β
After handing over the work to them, Zhou Xin ended the communication with them, and then sat down in his seat and remained silent with a pained expression.
"Let's mourn." Seeing Zhou Xin's reaction, Dart whispered comfortingly, "You should be glad that only one attack hit there." β
"I understand." Zhou Xin said solemnly, "Sure enough, just like Spred said not long ago, when disaster strikes, it won't pick a specific group of people at all." Their sacrifice saddens me, but it is not the most important thing, after all, we were ready to die when we left Earth. What makes me even more sad is that the ship has managed to reach other parts of the universe, but they can only lie there, not even seeing it before they die. β
"It's their fateβ" Dart sighed.
"Brother Captain, Brother Captain." Just as the atmosphere was in a state of grief, Atlas's excited voice suddenly sounded in the command module.
"What's wrong?" Zhou Xin's attention suddenly shifted to the screen.
"The big discovery, the new discovery of a probe that is being investigated in space." Here Atlas sells a pass, and she doesn't specify what the discovery is. When everyone's attention was on the little girl, she continued: "The probe has discovered an artificial satellite around this planet in space. β
This sentence immediately detonated the atmosphere in the command cabin, and Zhou Xin immediately opened his mouth to confirm: "Sputnik? β
"Sputnik is indeed." The little girl replied as she released a picture from space. In the center of the frame, a spherical object with a metallic sheen is resting silently, and the spherical object is slowly growing in size as time passes.
While Zhou Xin was observing the spherical object, Atlas was still explaining, "The probe discovered this artificial satellite in an orbit about 20,000 kilometers above the earth. The specifics of the satellite are not yet clear, and the probe is being asked to investigate. β
"There is actually a high-tech civilization on this planet?" Dart was surprised and said, "Did we hit the jackpot?" β
Zhou Xin was not as surprised as Dart, on the contrary, his expression became solemn, "This is not a good thing for us now. Atlas, order the probe to back off and not investigate the satellite yet. β
However, Zhou Xin's order was still late. As soon as he finished speaking, a white light shot out from the satellite in the middle of the screen, and in an instant, the image on the screen disappeared.
While everyone was in an uproar, the voice of the Voyager rang out, "Contact with the probe has been lost. β
"Discovered by the civilization here?" Zhou Xin suddenly became nervous.
"Probably not, they've only discovered one of our probes at best." Atlas's tone also carried a hint of apology, "This time people are too impulsive, but who would have thought that it was actually an armed satellite." β
"Let's not talk about it too much." Zhou Xin made his own judgment at the first time, "In order to prevent more probes from being discovered by the other party, let's withdraw all the probes in space first." Who knows if there are more armed satellites in orbit. β
"It's kind of weird to say that." Atlas said in a strange tone, "It stands to reason that a civilization that can install weapons on satellites should not have a weak level of technology. For various needs, a large number of satellites should be placed in orbit. But so far, such a satellite has been found in space, and not even garbage debris or anything like that. After a pause, she continued, "In addition, the probe has not scanned the planet's surface, but it has not found any signs of large-scale man-made modification on the ground. Judging from the technology revealed by the armed satellite, this is also not quite in line with common sense. β
"Could it be that the armed satellite was not launched by the civilization on this planet?" Dart speculated, "Or a probe satellite from another planet?" β
"Have you ever seen a weapon installed on a detection satellite?" Zhou Xin glanced at Dart, "Moreover, unless there is a planet in this galaxy with a better environment than this planet, do you think other places can develop advanced civilizations faster than here?" The higher civilization that launched that satellite is most likely to exist on this planet, as for why the situation we are observing is so abnormal now? Saying that, Zhou Xin shrugged his shoulders, "Who knows?" β
After a pause, he continued, "Okay, we're all too busy to take care of ourselves now, and we still care about what the civilizations on this planet do. I don't even want them to bother us during this time, let alone go and provoke them. β
"That's right." Darton nodded, "From a security point of view, it's really not appropriate for us to communicate with the civilization here. These things will be talked about until we have the ability to leave this planet after we repair the Voyager. β
Now that the decision has been made, Atlas has collected most of the probes in space according to Zhou Xin's instructions. But it was just wishful thinking on the part of Zhou Xin, and a few hours later, the last thing they wanted to see happened.
By this time, Spred had finished his treatment and returned to the command module. As a Lei Xingren, he paid attention to the situation of his compatriots at the first time. When he learned that the number of casualties exceeded 100, Spred's face instantly showed a painful look. However, it only took a few minutes for his expression to return to normal, and then he mentioned to Zhou Xin about repairing the warp engine.
Looking at Spred, who looked like usual, Zhou Xin's heart showed some worry, "I can understand your grief, the losses suffered by the Thunder Star people this time are far from comparable to the last time on the Green Star, compared to the few Thunder Star people on the spaceship, it is better to vent if you want to......"