After listening to Atlas's introduction, Zhou Xin became more and more surprised. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"Has it all spread so far?" "It's okay to say that the place near the coastline is so far away, how did the pollution come from so far away?" ”

"I don't know much about it for the time being." Atlas shook his head, "None of the detectors found the source of contamination within a fifty-kilometer radius of this place shown on the screen. There is speculation that perhaps the source of the pollution is underground, so the detectors cannot be found on the surface. ”

Zhou Xin nodded, "Well, that's very possible. Then he asked, "Atlas, has the probe detected the extent of the ground contamination?" ”

"Not yet." Atlas replied, "The farthest point of the probe has been more than five hundred kilometers inland, but the residue of various toxic substances can still be clearly detected in the soil on the ground, but—" the little girl paused, then continued, "but at this distance the probe has detected a small number of small animals." As he spoke, a new image appeared on the screen, and against the background of withered yellow bushes, a creature that looked like a cat appeared in the middle of the screen. Its coat is gray and yellow, and many parts of it have even fallen off, revealing its dark gray skin, which looks a little scary.

"There are animals in this kind of place?" Looking at the picture on the screen, Zhou Xin was a little surprised, "How did they survive?" ”

"The probe didn't carry dissecting equipment, so it's unclear how the animals deal with the highly toxic substances, but it's certain that most of the animals feed on plants on the ground."

"No matter what they feed on, it's amazing to be able to live in such a toxic environment." Zhou Xin said, "If you have the chance, you can bring one or two back to study it." ”

"This--people try their best." Atlas's tone wasn't quite sure either.

Staring at the strange creatures on the screen, Zhou Xin thought for a while, and then subconsciously asked, "Since the probe has found animals, has it found the settlement of this civilization?" It was only after saying this that he realized that he seemed to have asked a useless question.

"Brother Captain, wake up, how can such a place be inhabited." Atlas's tone was a little exaggerated, "Living here, they can't find death." Then the little girl's voice stopped, and after a while, her voice began to sound again, "Brother Captain, the probe is sending back the latest detection data. Before she could finish her words, the panoramic topographic map that Zhou Xin had seen at the beginning appeared on the screen again, and then the topographic map shrank a little, but its edges expanded outward a lot.

"What about the newly discovered places, and the pollution still hasn't gone away?" Looking at the newly emerged terrain, Zhou Xin asked.

"It's not clear, the probe has only just taken a complete topographic map." Atlas replied, and after ten minutes, she shook her head and reported the latest analysis from the detector, "The highly toxic substances in the soil are still present in large quantities and have not changed. ”

"How did they do it?" After listening to the little girl's report, Zhou Xin looked very puzzled, "How do they give birth?" How long did it take to produce such a large area of contamination? However, everyone present did not know the answer to this question, and they looked at the screen in confusion like Zhou Xin and thought. Only Atlas replied, "That can only be known in the industrial area of this civilization." ”

Just as everyone was thinking, the voice of the Voyager rang out, "Your Excellency, the probe has discovered that two civilizations have made a new move. ”

"Atlas, let the probe continue the investigation." Hearing the Voyager's report, Zhou Xin reacted immediately, he first explained, and then asked, "What's the situation?" What did the two civilizations do? ”

Unexpectedly, Zhou Xin's answer made Zhou Xin a little surprised, "There seems to be a fight between the two civilizations on the satellite. ”

"Satellites?" Zhou Xin frowned slightly, and then he remembered the huge moon that he had been ignoring revolving around this planet, "There are still two civilization bases on the satellite?" When was it discovered? ”

"It was discovered when the ship first arrived in the vicinity." Voyager's answer once again surprised Zhou Xin, "However, the bases built by these two civilizations on the satellite are not very large, and they are located almost opposite each other on this satellite, and there has been no obvious movement before. Then he reminded, "The report on the discovery of the base should have been shown to you very early." ”

"Is that so?" Under the reminder of the Voyager, Zhou Xin suddenly realized, and then his face was a little embarrassed, "I should have forgotten." Forget it, don't mention this, when did they start fighting. ”

"Just now." The Voyager replied, and then the screen switched to the surface of the satellite, but Zhou Xin didn't see any fighting at first. Under the instructions of the Voyager, Zhou Xincai finally found a few hundred people gathered together on the screen, as well as a small number of planetary vehicles.

"Is it just such a small person?"

"It's not a lot of people, but all the people who appear on the screen already account for almost half of the total population of the two bases."

"What do you think they're doing?" Zhou Xin looked at the battle screen on the screen suspiciously, and after a few glances, it could be seen that the two sides of the battle should not have experienced any combat training before, and they almost didn't hold any weapons in their hands, not so much fighting, but a group fight.

"I can't—I can't see it." Dart also stared at it for a long time, and finally squeezed out these words.

"Forget it." After Zhou Xin looked at it for a while, he quickly lost interest in the picture on the screen, "Voyager, let the probe continue to pay attention to this matter, remember to notify me if there is any new news." With that, he turned his attention back to the probe's survey of the planet's surface.

During the time that Zhou Xin was observing the satellite, the probes explored a small area, and in this small area, they unexpectedly discovered the existence of a small town.

"A small town?" Hearing Atlas's report, Zhou Xin felt a little surprised, but also a little surprised, "Is this town within the contaminated area?" How can there be a small town in such a place, do these people not want to live? Atlas, have you investigated this town, and what's inside? ”

"Brother Captain, you guessed right, this town is surrounded by polluted areas." Atlas first affirmed Zhou Xin's thoughts, and then she continued, "As for the inside of the town, the probe has not yet entered to investigate, and people are worried that there will be detection equipment of this civilization in the town, so let the probe observe the situation outside for a while." ”

"Very well done." Zhou Xin praised, and then, he began to observe the periphery of the town.

In the footage that the probe has sent back, Zhou Xin saw that this town is not very large, its length and width are about a thousand meters, and its shape shows an irregular quadrilateral. The town is divided in half by a distinctly wide road, one end of which leads towards the coast and the other that leads away from the coast. In addition to this main road, there are several small roads that divide the town into several parts and extend from other directions of the town, but these paths break off a short distance from the town and become a headless road. However, although in terms of size, this should be a small town, the buildings seen in the town made Zhou Xin feel a little surprised.

Most of the buildings in the town are not low-rise houses like in the usual town, but skyscrapers of different heights. Zhou Xin counted a little through the blurred picture, and then found that the skyscrapers on the screen were more than 20 floors, and even hundreds of floors. If you look closely, you can also see that the skyscrapers are not separated by each other, but close to each other, and it looks like a city center with no outer buildings, even higher than the density of buildings in the city center that Zhou Xin has seen on earth.

After glancing at the town on the screen for a few moments, Zhou Xin asked hesitantly, "Is this a town?" ”

"There's no way to know for sure." Atlas's tone was also a little embarrassed, "Judging from the size, this is indeed a small town, but in terms of the scale of the building, this is much larger than the town, is this a small town after all?" "She's also a little confused.

"It doesn't matter if it's a small town or not, just go investigate first." Dart said, "Maybe after the investigation, we'll understand why this place is the way it is." ”

"That's right." With that, Zhou Xin put aside the doubts in his heart, and then asked Atlas, "How is the probe observing on the outskirts of the town?" Can you go in and investigate? ”

"Wait a little longer." The little girl on the screen replied, "The probe hasn't finished checking the area around the town yet, and it hasn't found anything special for the time being." ”

Hearing Atlas's answer, Zhou Xin did not continue to ask, but silently looked at the picture sent back by the probe before. Ten minutes passed, and the little girl's voice finally rang out, "Alright, Brother Captain, the probe has searched the entire perimeter of the town." ”

"How? Did you find anything abnormal? Zhou Xin blurted out and asked directly.

"Everything works." Atlas's answer reassured Zhou Xin a little, and then she continued, "The probe has already started to enter the town, and there should be news in a while." ”

Sure enough, in less than ten minutes, the probe sent back the latest investigation results, and as soon as he saw the results, Atlas's voice of confusion rang out.

"Huh? What's going on? ”

"What happened?" Even Atlas felt that the things he was puzzled about must be very strange, so hearing her voice, Zhou Xin hurriedly asked.

"This—Captain's brother—" the little girl's tone was puzzled and confused, "the probe has entered the town, but it hasn't found anyone. ”

"Didn't find anyone?" Hearing Atlas's answer, even Zhou Xin was puzzled, but then he was relieved, "Isn't this just entering the town, it's normal to not find anyone, maybe no one is near the detector." ”

"But—" Atlas said, glancing at the probes' report again, "five probes are entering the town from five different directions, so could there be no one in these places at the same time?" ”

"This—" Even Zhou Xin couldn't be sure that what he said before was correct, and he said noncommittally, "Maybe that's really the case?" Let the probe continue to investigate. But by this time, his mood had fluctuated slightly.

Five minutes after Zhou Xin said this, the probe still did not report the news of the discovery of aliens. Ten minutes later, Atlas was still silently waiting for news from the probe, but her brow was already furrowed. Twenty minutes later, even Zhou Xin began to get anxious, but the probe still didn't see a single figure except for a large number of detailed images of the buildings in the town.

The waiting time always seemed very long, and after waiting for half an hour in silence, the little girl finally couldn't help but speak.

"Brother Captain, the probe has searched most of the main roads, but still hasn't found any people, it looks like there is really no one in this town."

"No, it won't." Zhou Xin still didn't believe the little girl's conclusion, and looked at the scene in the town that was still constantly improving on the screen, which Atlas was gradually forming by combining the scenes captured by the detector, and then he said, "Look, isn't there still so many places that have not been investigated, and the probe has only explored the floors near the ground, and the top of the tall buildings has not been seen at all, how can you be sure that there is really no one in this town?" After looking at it for a while, Zhou Xin continued to add, "And, Atlas, didn't you find the road so neat and tidy?" Even the walls. If there were no people in this town, how could it be so clean? ”

Atlas couldn't answer Zhou Xin's question, but she asked rhetorically: "But if there were people, there wouldn't be no one on the street, right?" ”

"I don't know." Zhou Xin shook his head, and then he said, "And whether there are people or not, after all, this is the first civilization settlement we have seen on this planet, so it must be thoroughly investigated." ”

"Of course." Atlas replied, and then she added, "But wouldn't it be easier for the probe to investigate if there were no one." After saying this, the little girl stopped talking, and at the same time showed a serious expression on her face, and many places on the screen were blurry, and the town began to quickly swipe out the detailed terrain, and it seemed that Atlas was quickly processing the information sent back by the probe.

However, an hour has passed, and the probe still has not found a single figure in the town......