Over the next few days, everything went smoothly, both for repairs on the Voyager and for communication with the Norsan. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 Info Under the deliberate avoidance of Zhou Xin, they did not see the strange reaction of the Norzans again. With the exception of Zhou Xin, everyone else thought that their communication with the Noshan civilization would end there, and their understanding of them ended in Spred's speculation. But what I didn't expect was that just a few days later, some waves happened.

Of course, strictly speaking, this did not happen in the course of the communication between the two parties. But he still has a great connection with the Noshan people, because the problem lies with the Noshan children brought back by Zhou Xin.

Let's start at the beginning, on this day, Zhou Xin was listening to the Voyager report on the maintenance progress of the spacecraft.

"Your Excellency, the ship's main engine is nearly halfway repaired, and the entire power system has been repaired by thirty percent. If all goes well, the ship will be back to basic take-off capability within ten days of spaceship time-"

Before the Voyager finished speaking, the communicator in front of Zhou Xin sounded an emergency communication from inside the ship.

Signaling the Voyager's report to pause, Zhou Xin pressed the communicator's button. Suddenly, Dr. Wren's face appeared on the screen.

"What's the matter with being in such a hurry to find me?" Zhou Xin immediately asked, "Is there something wrong with the treatment of the crew?" ”

Shaking his head, Wren replied, "The injured crew members are all very normal, and those who can be rescued are all recovering, and those who can't be rescued are in recovery—" He was silent in the middle of his words.

Wren's words made Zhou Xin's face also show an unnatural look, and he was also silent for a while before asking, "Then what are you coming to me for?" ”

Hearing Zhou Xin's words, Wren also recovered from his silence, and he replied, "What I want to say has to do with the Noshans you brought back. After saying this, he couldn't help but pause before continuing, "I'm afraid -- we're going to have to find a way to remove the chips from the kids' brains." ”

"What? What's wrong with the chip in their brain? Zhou Xin asked.

Instead of answering the question directly, Wren asked a seemingly unrelated question, "Do you know what the average life expectancy of a Norshan is?" ”

"Huh?" Zhou Xin was a little confused about Wren's question, but he still replied, "Although I don't know the exact number, I still saw a lot of old people on the street, so I don't think it will be very low." ”

"It's about seventy." Wren replied, and then he continued, "Do you know the average life expectancy of the children you brought back?" ”

Hearing this question, Zhou Xin seemed to understand a little, and he guessed: "Is it only sixty years old?" ”

Shaking his head, Wren replied in a heavy tone, "Only less than thirty years old." Seeing Zhou Xin's expression of disbelief, he continued, "Don't doubt this number, this is what I learned from the child you brought back. ”

"How can it be so bad?" Zhou Xin asked in surprise, "Is it because their living conditions are too poor?" That's why the average age is so low? ”

"That's what I thought at first." Wren replied, "But later Atlas's findings suggest that this is probably not the case." ”

At this time, Atlas just took over the conversation. Zhou Xin noticed that the little girl's face was rare and solemn at this time, "Brother Captain, if people's analysis is not wrong, I am afraid that the chips in the brains of those children are the main reason affecting their lifespan." ”

"How is that possible?" Zhou Xin obviously didn't believe Atlas's judgment, "Aren't all Norzans implanted with chips in their brains?" Why is it that everyone else has a normal lifespan, only they are so short, and isn't the chip in their brain not functioning? ”

"It's because it didn't work that it led to this consequence." Atlas explained, "You already know the results of the previous inspection, Captain. Although the chip didn't do anything for the children, it continued to work, constantly sending electrical signals in their brains. The reason why the life expectancy of those children is so low is precisely the electrical signals that are still being emitted. ”

"In the past few days, people have spent a lot of time doing a detailed examination of the chips in all the children's brains and comparing the results of different people's examinations. Unexpectedly, I discovered a pattern - as children get older, the electrical signals released by the chips in their brains are gradually increasing. In the minds of those three or four-year-olds, there are hardly any abnormal electrical signals detected, but in those teenagers, this phenomenon is already very obvious. Especially in the brain of the little girl named Nunu, the intensity has even exceeded the brain waves formed by herself. ”

As for the reason for this phenomenon, according to people's speculation, I am afraid that it is because the chips in their brains that are still working are still trying to fuse with the brain. In the case of unsuccessful results, the chip can only continuously increase the output strength of the signal, trying to rely on this method to increase the probability of fusion. As long as it is unsuccessful, the signal strength will increase until it succeeds. ”

"Although the oldest Norsanite we have here is only Nunu, based on previous speculation, it should be possible to infer the condition of the chip in the brain of those incompetent people who are older than her." Atlas's tone suddenly became heavy, and she said slowly, "As they get older, as long as they don't fuse successfully, the current emitted from the chip will grow larger and larger, until their brains can no longer withstand it." ”

Of course, it was only a speculation at first, and to confirm this idea, I went to Nunu and asked her about age, and the answer I got from her confirmed my suspicion. According to her, incompetent people like them generally have a hard time living past the age of thirty, and they usually die in their twenties for unknown reasons. ”

"If that's what we say, then we're going to have to find a way to get the chips out of those kids' brains before they're twenty, right?" Zhou Xin asked.

"According to the facts told by Nunu, it seems that it will be fine to remove the chip before the age of twenty, but judging from the inspection results, the actual situation is not as simple as you think, brother captain." Atlas replied......