"Could it be such a ——?" With his eyes firmly fixed on the detector that suddenly broke in, Zhou Xin muttered to himself thoughtfully.

"What is it?" Spred heard Zhou Xin's self-talk, and he asked.

"I think — it still seems like they're deliberately distancing themselves from our units." Zhou Xin's answer seemed a little uncertain, and after thinking about it, he decided not to say his thoughts directly for the time being, but pointed to the local battlefield on the screen and reminded, "Think about it." If we remove the underwater attackers that belong to us in the picture, and then reduce the number of attackers to only a dozen or twenty, will you feel familiar with such a scene? ”

While listening to Zhou Xin's reminder, everyone worked hard to simulate the picture he described in their minds. It didn't take long for Dart to come to his senses, "Isn't that what they said about it—when they attacked us all over the planet?" As these words came out, everyone also thought about it, and while they showed a look of sudden realization, they also subconsciously nodded again and again, agreeing with Dart's statement.

"But what's the use of you mentioning the scene from that time now? Does it have anything to do with the current battle? After understanding Zhou Xin's words, Spred continued to think about it, and then he quickly thought of something incomprehensible.

"Of course it does, and it has a big deal." Zhou Xin nodded, and then when he was about to explain his thoughts in detail. According to Zhou Xin's previous words, Atlas had already taken the lead in analyzing it, and she hurriedly said: "Brother Captain, do you mean that even at this time, those attackers still intend to hide their identities in battle?" As if shattering the earth, this sentence suddenly stunned everyone present, and the expressions on their faces all became surprised. After the surprise, everyone almost simultaneously focused on the battle screen and began to observe it carefully.

"Not to mention, if this condition is added, then the other party's strange behavior does seem more reasonable." With this clear idea, everyone didn't have to guess like before, they just had to verify whether the idea was correct or not, and it didn't take long, so Spred quickly spoke, he looked at the screen and said to himself, "For example, the attacker in the upper left corner just now, the reason why it just made that strange move was to avoid the detector that appeared directly below. But—" A new question arose in his heart, "why did the other party try his best to hide his identity when he already had such a clear advantage?" Even in order to conceal his identity, he did not hesitate to seriously affect the course of the entire battle? Could it be that the consequences of revealing one's identity are even more serious than the consequences of losing a battle? ”

Zhou Xin shook his head, "I don't know about this, although I also think that the importance of the two is completely incomparable." ”

"From the very beginning, those attackers did not want to reveal their identities, and they still do, what kind of secrets are hidden in their true identities?" Spred continued to think about it, "Now we know that those attackers are likely to be descendants of the planet's former continental civilization, and even if they weren't, they had a great connection to that continental civilization. It can be said that their identities have been basically determined, but this has no effect on those attackers, and they are still attacking us. ”

"Eh, do you think—" Spred's confusion seemed to give Dart some hints, recalling the experience of the Voyager after it docked near the planet, and he said thoughtfully, "do you feel that the attitude of the attackers as a whole - as if they were a little afraid of us——? ”

"Scared? How is this possible? Why should the other side be afraid of us? As soon as the words fell, Spred retorted, "Before coming here, we must have never met each other, we have never met, so why are they afraid of us." What's more, judging from the strength shown by both sides so far, at least underwater, we are completely inferior to each other. In this case, it's good that we are not afraid of each other, why should they be afraid of us? ”

"Are you scared——?" After Spred finished speaking, Zhou Xin said thoughtfully, "I think what Dart said has some truth, whether the other party was attacking or in the process of escaping, I have always felt that the behavior shown was cautious. But after listening to Dart's words, I felt that these two words were no longer enough to describe their behavior, and that fear was more appropriate. ”

"I don't think so, and why is the other party afraid of us?" Spred pressed again, "Could it be that we did something that scared them between the time we arrived on this planet and the time we met them for the first time?" At this time, not only him, but also the other people in the command cabin also turned their puzzled eyes on Zhou Xin and Dart, wanting to get the answer to this question from their mouths. However, at this time, the two obviously did not know the answer to this question, and they looked at each other and shook their heads blankly.

"Oh, big brother captain, now you still don't have to worry about whether you are afraid or not." At this moment, Atlas's anxious voice interjected, "Our defense line is almost untenable, let's think about how to solve this problem first." Suddenly, the atmosphere in the entire command cabin became tense because of these words.

Turning his attention back to the battle situation on the planet, Zhou Xin found that the battle line had been compressed to less than three kilometers from the edge of the mining site. Although in this case, his side relied on a dense formation to temporarily resist the onslaught of the other party. But he knew very well that the current stalemate would not last long, and as the number of his combat units continued to dwindle, it was only a matter of time before the defense line was breached.

"How much of the mining rig has been recycled?" Zhou Xin hurriedly asked.

Shaking his head, Atlas replied, "Hurry up and hurry up and you're only half done." ”

"In order to avoid greater losses, it now seems that we have to abandon the other half of the equipment." Spred uttered his advice with regret.

At the same time, Dart, like Zhou Xin, was also observing the current battle situation. Unlike Zhou Xin, he always frowned and remained silent when observing, as if he was thinking about something. Suddenly, a bold thought flashed through his mind, "Why can we only be passive on the defensive, instead of actively launching a counterattack...... ”