"What's going on? And where did the alarm come from? "It was supposed to be a quiet day. However, this calm was shattered by a long-lost siren that suddenly sounded.

"Our probe on the planet has been attacked by an unknown source." The Voyager reported as usual without any emotion.

"Has the previous assailant finally reappeared?" Hearing the Voyager's report, Zhou Xin's mood calmed down slightly. Although the other party has not appeared for more than two months after the first attack on the probe, Zhou Xinzhong has always remembered and worried about their re-attack, and now the appearance of the other party makes him not need to worry about it all the time. After calming down, Zhou Xin asked, "How is the situation now?" ”

"The offensive of the other side is quite fierce, and so far sixteen probes have lost contact." But although Zhou Xin's heart was already prepared, Voyager still gave an answer that surprised him, "Moreover, there are more probes on the planet that are being attacked by the other party." ”

"Didn't you disappear immediately after the attack this time, but continued to pursue the probe?" Zhou Xin muttered to himself suspiciously. Although Zhou Xin was still quite happy that they didn't hide it immediately this time, but now the other party's completely different behavior from before also made him feel a little incomprehensible.

"The other side is not only chasing our probe, but even more than one." At this time, Atlas's voice rang out, "They are controlling the attack probe to escape, but our probe doesn't seem to be as fast as the other party. ”

"Did you come a lot?" Zhou Xin was shocked, "What are they trying to do?" ”

"People can't see each other's intentions for the time being." The little girl replied with a solemn expression, "However, it can be seen that their attack was clearly prepared, and it was clearly organized. ”

"Where was the attack going?" Hearing Atlas's answer, Zhou Xin's brows couldn't help frowning, and he asked.

"It's the biggest city we discovered a little over a month ago." Atlas replied, "They suddenly appeared from the deep sea direction at the edge of the city, and immediately launched an attack on the nearest probe in that direction. After destroying all the nearby probes, they immediately continued their way into the city. As he spoke, the image on the screen changed, "This is the image sent back by a detector that is outside the range of the opponent's attack." ”

In the footage, Zhou Xin saw several elongated oval columnar objects that were clearly different from the shape of the detector moving at high speed. Not only that, but from time to time, the cylinders also emitted white beam-like objects to attack the fleeing probes around them, and the whole picture was like a tiger entering a flock of sheep.

Just as Zhou Xin frowned and carefully observed the picture sent back by the probe, an eager voice came from behind him, "I heard that the probe on the planet has been attacked, how is the situation?" As he spoke, Dart walked in through the door of the command module. Zhou Xin didn't answer this question, he just subconsciously pointed to the picture on the screen.

Allowing Dart to observe the picture on the screen, Zhou Xin opened his mouth and asked Atlas, "Can you determine the number of attackers?" ”

Shaking her head, the little girl replied: "The current situation is still very chaotic, and there is no way to accurately count the specific number of each other, but it is preliminarily estimated that there are at least a hundred cylindrical objects like this in the picture." ”

"Is there a way to determine the identity of the other party?" Zhou Xin looked at the slender blurred outlines on the screen and continued to ask, "Can't you shoot a clearer picture?" ”

Atlas shook his head, "At this depth, the surroundings are quite dim, and if the probe doesn't get close to it, it won't be able to get a clear picture at all. Speaking of this, she smiled wryly, "As for approaching, in this situation, brother Captain, do you think the probe can capture stable pictures at close range?" As she spoke, the little girl literally switched to one of the probes dodging the attack. But in the lens of this detector, Zhou Xin only saw a black shadow that could not even be seen clearly and the occasional flash of white light. Just a few seconds later, the words "Signal Loss" appeared on the screen. Seeing these four words, the fate of the detector that sent back the picture can already be imagined.

At this time, after carefully observing the images on the big screen, Dart came to his senses. At the first moment, he had the same doubts as Zhou Xin, "What kind of purpose does the other party have in attacking our detector with such fanfare?" ”

"I also want to know the answer to this question." Zhou Xin replied helplessly, and then he continued to ask Atlas, "Since you can't shoot a clear picture now, what about when the other party first appeared?" ”

"It's a pity that people didn't expect the other party to appear in the direction of the deep sea, so there was no detector lens aimed in that direction at that time." Atlas's answer disappointed Zhou Xin again.

Disappointed, Zhou Xin opened his mouth and ordered: "Since the other party didn't hide immediately this time, then we must seize the opportunity to find a way to find out their identity, at least to know whether they are human beings or some special life form on the planet." It's better to figure out why they're attacking us, otherwise we'll be too passive if they keep attacking like this. ”

"People get it."

So, according to Zhou Xin's instructions, in the following period of time, Atlas did not hesitate to kill casualties to control the probe to get close to the other party, intending to find an opportunity to get close to the other party and take a clear shot. But the probe had just gathered towards the location of the cylinders, and the intention seemed to have been guessed by the other party. Immediately, they immediately abandoned the attack on their current target and turned to flee. Of course, this was not enough for Atlas to give up, and she quickly took control of the probe and outflanked it. However, due to the natural disadvantage of speed, the probe could not catch up with the other party, but was thrown farther and farther away by them. But even so, Atlas did not give up chasing them.

Under such a chase and escape, the two sides gradually came to the edge of this underwater city......