"The escape pod is empty. www.biquge.info"After opening the hole, Atlas glanced inside, and then said to Zhou Xin.

Hearing Atlas's report, Zhou Xin felt a little disappointed, but also a little happy. Under this complicated emotion, he quietly looked at the escape pod that was still smoking on the screen, and was silent for a long time.

"Brother Captain, Brother Captain." After being silent for a long time, Atlas finally couldn't help but call Zhou Xin.

"Huh? Yes. Zhou Xin reacted, "Is there anything else found in the escape pod?" He asked subconsciously.

"Nothing was found." Atlas said again, but then she added, "But the internal structure of this escape pod is quite different from that of the previous fusiform devices, and it is worth studying." ”

"Oh, then you can transport it back to the lab and study it." Zhou Xin replied emotionlessly.

As if hearing Zhou Xin's thoughts, Atlas opened his mouth to comfort: "Brother Captain, don't worry too much, people will be able to find a good escape pod sooner or later." ”

"I hope I can find it." After listening to Atlas's comfort, Zhou Xin's mood eased slightly.

However, it is a pity that until this time the next day, Atlas still did not find a good escape pod, which made Zhou Xin a little anxious.

"Atlas, still haven't you found a survivor?"

"Not yet, don't worry, brother captain, you'll find it soon."

I don't know how many times this kind of conversation happened this day, not even a word has changed, even Zhou Xin asked this question has become very mechanical, and when it was almost evening of this day, Zhou Xin's tone began to be impatient.

"Still haven't found it?"

"Not yet, don't worry, brother captain, you'll find it soon."

"Hurry, hurry, the longer it drags on, the lower the probability of finding a survivor." Zhou Xin finally couldn't help but urge, and his tone still had a hint of reproach.

"The speed of the people is already very fast." Atlas's tone was a little aggrieved, "People even use the computing power of other projects to find the escape pod, but they can't find a single survivor." ”

"Forget it." Zhou Xin's tone returned to calm, "Anyway, you can do it as soon as possible." ”

Five minutes later, Zhou Xin spoke again, "Not yet-" He reacted to the question he had just asked in the middle of speaking, so Zhou Xin hurriedly changed his words, "Voyager, hasn't there been any new discovery in the investigation of the wreckage gathering area?" ”

"The debris in the core area of the wreckage is too dense, and the orbit of the large amount of debris is very irregular, and the movement of the probe in this area is severely hampered, so the progress of exploration is extremely slow." Voyager replied, adding, "Since yesterday, the probe has been searching the wreckage gathering area for more than twenty-seven hours, investigating more than 10,000 pieces of wreckage, but even so, it has only searched no more than 10 percent of the core area. ”

"Is it so slow?" Zhou Xin was a little surprised, "Forget it, slow down, Voyager, is there anything you found in the area that has been searched." ”

"Nothing was found." Voyager's answer was the same as Atlas's, and then it added, "Most of the debris found by the probe today are metal fragments no more than ten meters in diameter, and it is preliminarily judged that these fragments originally belonged to the outer shell part of the spacecraft." Although a small number of fragments can be determined to be part of the outer shell of the ship, it is not possible to determine which part of the ship these fragments belong to because there is no specific structure of the ship's ship. ”

However, what Zhou Xin wanted to hear most was not these, seeing that the Voyager had not reported what he wanted to hear for a long time, Zhou Xin finally couldn't help but interrupt the Voyager's report, "Have you found any survivors in the wreckage that has been searched?" ”

"Not yet." The Voyager's answer was crisp.

"Okay," Zhou Xin had expected the probe for a long time since there were no new discoveries, so he didn't seem very disappointed.

After waiting quietly in the command module for a long time, but until it was almost late at night, no new discoveries came from the Voyager and Atlas, and Zhou Xin had to go back to his room to rest in disappointment.

But just as he was about to lie down, the Voyager came with a very strange message, "Your Excellency, the probe has found several unidentified ships roaming the wreckage area for unknown purposes. ”

"Unidentified spaceship?" Zhou Xin looked puzzled, and now his drowsiness disappeared instantly, and he hurriedly put on the clothes he had just taken off and returned to the command cabin.

There weren't many people in the command cabin at this time, and when he came to the command cabin, there were only a few people on duty pointing at the screen inside, and they didn't even notice Zhou Xin who walked into the command cabin.

Zhou Xin took a few steps forward and looked at the big screen where others were pointing, far away from the screen, several things with obvious shapes different from the probe were flying between the wreckage, these things were not flying fast, and they stayed near some wreckage from time to time, as if they were looking for something.

"Are these the unidentified ships?" Zhou Xin asked.

At this time, the few people who were discussing these spaceships finally discovered Zhou Xin's existence, and the scene suddenly became quiet, and after a few seconds, a person replied: "Yes, just now, the probe found that several unidentified spaceships also came to the wreckage area, and after this period of observation, we found that the purpose of these spaceships seems to be to explore this wreckage area." ”

"Is it the same purpose as us?" Zhou Xin looked at the screen and fell into thought, and then he asked, "Voyager, when did you find those spaceships?" Any idea where they come from? ”

"Just ten minutes ago, these ships suddenly appeared from behind a large amount of wreckage, so we don't know exactly where they came from. However, judging from the current location of these ships, it does not seem to be coming from the direction of the planet. The Voyager replied.

"Didn't you come from a planet?" The doubts in Zhou Xin's mind were even greater, he thought for a while, and suddenly remembered a possibility, he seemed to ask others, and seemed to be talking to himself, "Could it be that it came from a space building?" Before he could confirm the idea to the Voyager, however, another voice suddenly rang out.

"Brother Captain, Brother Captain, wake up, people have found a few unusual spaceships." Atlas's voice came from the communicator on Zhou Xin's body, "Hey, haven't you slept at such a late hour, brother captain?" The little girl appeared from the screen and asked in a strange tone.

However, Zhou Xin didn't pay attention to her question, his attention was completely attracted by Atlas's previous words, and he asked directly, "An unusual spaceship?" ”

"Yes, in the process of searching for the escape pod, they found several unidentified spaceships, and these spaceships seem to be searching for the escape pod like others, but they don't seem to know the specific escape route of the escape pod, so they just blindly search the periphery of the debris radiation area. People saw from a distance that the spacecraft had recovered a few escape capsules, and as for whether the recovered escape capsules were good or bad, they were too far away to see clearly. Atlas replied.

"An unidentified spaceship again?" Zhou Xin muttered.

"What, has the captain's brother seen a similar spaceship before?" Atlas asked curiously.

"Just now." Zhou Xin replied, "For specific information, you can go to the Voyager and ask for it yourself." ”

As soon as Zhou Xin's words were finished, Atlas's voice suddenly realized that came to mind, "So that's the case." ”

"Atlas, have you traced where the ships you found came from?" Zhou Xin asked the same question as before.

"I don't know." The little girl on the screen shook her head, "They appeared in the footage of the probe from a long distance, people only know the road map of these spacecraft after they appeared in the camera, as for their previous routes, people can't guess." And the ships change direction at random with each passing distance, and it seems as if they are deliberately concealing their flight path. ”

"The ships searching for the wreckage gathering area operate in the same way, fine-tuning their direction every other distance, and this direction adjustment is completely random and irregular." The Voyager also added.

"Oh? Is the whereabouts so weird? Zhou Xin suddenly raised his curiosity, "Can you find a way to confirm the identity of these spaceships?" ”

"It's hard here." The little girl's face wrinkled, "The nearby debris is too small and scattered to cover it at all, and if the detector gets too close, it will be easy for the other party to find it." But it seems that the little sister can do it, there are so many debris in the wreckage gathering area, and if you rely on those debris as cover, you should be able to rely on the spaceship closer. ”

"The debris in the gathering area was so dense that it was difficult for the probe to find a safe path through the debris to approach the spacecraft." Voyager replied.

"Look at me." Before Zhou Xin could respond to Voyager's answer, Atlas hurriedly said, "It's not easy, little sister, you give me control of the probe, and let me approach those spaceships to show you." Her tone was unusually relaxed.

At Zhou Xin's signal, Voyager handed over control of the probes closest to the spacecraft to Atlas, and at the same time, the camera on the screen was also switched to one of the probes.

On the screen, Zhou Xin once again saw the few objects that were obviously different from the detectors flying regularly, and sure enough, as Atlas said before, these objects shuttling between the wreckage had to change their direction every time they flew a distance. And after the change of direction, they did not approach a very clear goal, which is clear proof that the ships are disguising their flight paths.

At the same time, debris near the probe's lens began to slowly move towards the edge of the screen, indicating that Atlas was controlling the probes as they approached the ships, but although the probes were controlled by Atlas, they were still cautious when it came to operation. She needs to control the probe while dodging the large amount of irregularly moving debris around her, while also finding a suitable cover to hide the probe from being discovered. So, what Zhou Xin saw in front of the camera was: from time to time, there were small fragments flying at high speed in front of the camera, and even several times Zhou Xin saw that the fragments were about to hit the camera directly, but finally flew out of the edge of the screen, and the spaceships that the probe lens was aimed at were also blocked by the cover that Atlas was looking for from time to time, of course, it didn't take long for them to appear in front of the probe's lens again.

This process lasted for a long time, and at first, Zhou Xin didn't even feel that the probe was advancing, because the size of the spaceships on the screen had not changed at all. If it weren't for the receding fragments on the screen reminding him, Zhou Xin would have even started urging Atlas. This situation lasted for about half an hour, and when the probe just bypassed behind a large piece of debris, and the spacecraft reappeared in front of the camera, Zhou Xin saw that the spaceships had obviously become larger on the screen, and the spacecraft that was originally only the size of a finger was now close to the length of half a finger, which made Zhou Xin feel a little surprised.

"It just so happens that those spacecraft are moving in the direction of the probe after changing direction, which saves people a lot of trouble." Atlas's words woke Zhou Xin up, and he showed a sudden look, and then continued to watch the actions of both sides on the screen.

As soon as the ships changed direction, the probes approached significantly faster, but Atlas didn't want the two sides to approach so quickly, because it would be easier to reveal his whereabouts if they were too fast. So she took the initiative to slow down the probe, and even hid behind a large piece of debris for a full five minutes without moving forward, and by the time the probe came out of the debris, the ships had changed direction again. Although they were no longer facing the probe this time, the ships were still approaching the probe. However, at this time, Atlas was very cautious, and after confirming that the ships had indeed not found the probes, he once again steered the probes and began to slowly approach the ships.

Another half an hour passed, and when the probe flew out from behind a large piece of debris again, it was not far from the spaceships, and the spacecraft on the screen was now the size of a pigeon, and Zhou Xin was finally able to see the shape of the spaceship......