"Although I was mentally prepared at a very early stage, such a heavy loss really exceeded expectations." With a long sigh, Zhou Xin's heavy words broke the silence for a long time.

"More importantly." "Such heavy losses, even those caused by the recent non-counterattack stance, add up to a temporary truce decision from the other side, and I really don't know if it's worth it." ”

"I feel like I'm losing." Dart shook his head and continued.

"Is it a loss?" Zhou Xin said to the people around him as if talking to himself, "But judging from the battle between our two sides during this time, even if we take the initiative to counterattack the strategy, I think we can only delay our stay on the planet a little, and in the end, we will inevitably be forced to leave, but we will completely lose the opportunity to reconcile with the civilization on the planet." ”

"But even if we do, there is still little hope of reconciliation with each other." Dart ruthlessly voiced this fact.

"Forget it, it's all in the past, and I've done it and I'm still struggling with something." Seeing that the topic seemed to be moving in the direction of controversy, Spred hurriedly said, "If you have time to dwell on this, why don't you think about what we should do next?" ”

Under his reminder, Zhou Xin and Dart finally came back to their senses. Immediately after, Zhou Xin's brows furrowed.

"What's next?" Zhou Xin rubbed the corners of his forehead and repeated slowly. As he spoke, his gaze turned to the big screen, and after some careful observation, Zhou Xin, with a grim face, spoke again, "I'm afraid it's impossible to return the engineering ship to the surface of the planet and bring back those intact and repairable equipment for the time being." Doing so rashly at such a sensitive time frame is for fear that it will touch the fragile nerves of the other party. ”

On this issue, Dart, who had just disagreed, agreed with Zhou Xin's idea, adding: "Since it is only a temporary truce, it is better to let everything on the planet remain as it is." Not only can the engineering ship not go back, but we even have to reduce the activities of the probes that are still stranded on the planet, otherwise if one of the actions of those probes causes them to misunderstand, then our previous efforts will be in vain. ”

"Makes sense." Zhou Xin nodded, and under Dart's reminder, he remembered another thing, "Atlas, let all the detectors lurking at the bottom of the trench and at the entrance of the shelter stop their activities and lurk in place, or take them back to avoid complications." At this juncture, we must minimize any actions that can arouse hostility from the other side. ”

"Understood, they're going to give orders." The little girl replied.

"That's right, Atlas." Zhou Xin then focused his attention on the most important purpose for them to come here, "What is the current maintenance progress of the Voyager, and if it flies at warp speed according to the current situation, will there be any problems?" Although he was able to learn about the maintenance of the spacecraft from the routine report every day, what could be reflected in the report was only the changes in the hull of the part that was being repaired at that time, and Zhou Xin did not have a comprehensive understanding of the overall situation of the entire spacecraft. In the current situation, he had to plan for the worst.

"Just get out of here?" The little girl in the picture first pondered for a while, and then replied, "There should be no problem, although the speed of repair is not satisfactory, but so far the repair of the main structure of the spacecraft has been completed, and most of the remaining work is only the reconstruction of the internal cabin structure." Of course, there was also the huge scar on the bow. The amount of work required for that part of the repair work is really huge, so people plan to repair the structural damage in other parts before considering it, but now it seems that it will not be possible. ”

"Wouldn't such a serious scar affect the ship's movement? Especially when the space is deformed at the beginning and end of warp speed flight. After hearing Atlas's report, Spred looked a little worried.

"You can rest assured of this big brother Spred." The little girl's face couldn't help but show a smug look, "It's not like people don't do anything about that scar at all." Although there is not that much time to repair it completely, after all, such a big scar, just leaving it there is enough to worry people. Therefore, it took some time to reinforce the scars. Although it is still terrifying from the outside, its overall structure is not as fragile as it once was. According to people's accurate calculations, it should be enough to resist the spatial deformation caused by warp flight, and at most it may need to be properly repaired after reaching the destination. ”

"That's enough." Zhou Xin was relieved, "At least if we don't negotiate in the end, we won't be trapped here." ”

However, the mood of the crowd had only just improved, and Atlas's words took a turn, "However, there is another problem here. ”

"What's the problem." Before the words fell, Dart immediately blurted out.

"In the previous star system, due to the sudden appearance of the spherical battleship, we didn't actually complete the refueling of the rush to escape." The little girl replied seriously, "Originally, people were expecting to replenish after arriving here, after all, the distribution of gas planets is relatively common compared to rock planets, but people did not expect that there is not even a gas planet in this star system. So, although our ships have now regained the ability to fly at warp speed, the fuel is not very sufficient. ”

"How far is all the fuel left to support us to fly?" Zhou Xin's heart, which had just let go of a bit, was lifted again, and he asked with a bitter face.

"Theoretically it should be between three months and three and a half months." Atlas gave an answer that didn't sound like a lot of urgency, but it was actually very close to the warning value, "It's about two light-years away, and that's the largest range that can be safely reached, and it's barely a bit farther away." People can't count every penny of fuel, otherwise it will be dangerous if they encounter any accidents on the road. After saying this, she added, "Also, according to people's observations of the actual starry sky of the star map in their leisure time. As far as we can reach now, apart from the star system where the Noshan civilization is located, there are no planets with signs of life yet......"