In the end, Zhou Xin synthesized everyone's opinions, and after nearly a day of careful consideration, he decided to agree to Demancha's request. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 Of course, in this, Spred's initial words played an extremely crucial role, especially his final addition, which persuaded many Thunder Star people who were originally opposed.

"We have lost our homes because of our mistakes, and now we are still watching a similar tragedy happen in front of us?" Spred said this in a sad tone, and after hearing his words, the command cabin at that time suddenly fell silent.

"Now that we have the opportunity and the ability to change the fate of those two civilizations, or even the entire planet, why should we refuse Demancha's request? Is it just because it's a danger that is no longer a good thing? By the time he said this, Spred had already taken on a questioning tone. Then he softened his tone, "I hope that all of you here will be able to make your own judgments carefully. Don't end up regretting the decision you made now just because you saw the extinction of life on this planet. ”

This passage made many of the Thunder Star people present lower their heads, and after they raised their heads again, many people's eyes suddenly changed. Also from this time, the idea of acceding to the request of the Community began to prevail in the command module. And Zhou Xin also understood why Spred strongly supported Demancha's idea from the beginning.

Of course, because of the importance of this matter, Zhou Xin, who was inclined to agree at the beginning, did not make a decision after listening to Spred's words, and still spent some time thinking about it. However, after making the decision, Zhou Xin did not immediately contact the community. Because at this time, everyone's attention is focused on the post-disaster investigation of the central city.

"Brother Captain, the radiation from Yangcheng has weakened a lot. The probe is ready to move on. Because of staying up all night, Zhou Xin, who had rested for a few hours, heard Atlas's report as soon as he returned to the command cabin.

Looking at the picture that had just appeared on the screen, Zhou Xin found that most of the mushroom clouds he had seen before had long disappeared on the screen at this moment. Instead, there were earthy yellow clouds in the sky, which were mixed with the white clouds in the sky, and at first glance it gave people a strange feeling. What's even more strange is that not far in front of the probe, there is even a heavy earthy rain, and the rain that falls on the ground also collects into yellow streams, and the whole world looks as if it is covered with a layer of loess.

In the earthy yellow world, Zhou Xin saw a mushroom cloud in the center of the screen whose shape was still faintly recognizable. Of course, due to the relationship that has passed for such a long time, the mushroom cloud at this moment has long been spread and deformed, and obvious distortion can already be seen in the middle of it, while a small part of the bottom close to the ground has even completely disappeared.

This mushroom cloud was the target of the probe's trip, and after a short distance in its direction, the probe plunged headlong into the rain. Then, the image, which had not had much distraction, distorted again.

"Brother Captain, the interference comes from the large amount of radioactive dust mixed in by the rain." Atlas reported.

"Will the detector still work in this environment?" Zhou Xin asked with concern.

"It's a little more than the upper limit of bearing, but it's not a big problem, it's just that the interference is more serious, and people just spend some effort to process the picture." The little girl replied. After she said this, the distortion of the picture was significantly reduced.

After the probe entered the rain zone, Zhou Xin discovered that it was not only heavy rain with radiation dust that was falling here. Along with the rain came a large amount of rubble, which could be as small as a grain of sand, and the crisp sound of it hitting the probe's shell could be heard in the sound coming back. The large gravel was larger than the size of the small detector, and Zhou Xin saw with his own eyes that a stone about the size of a fist landed on the ground in front of the detector's lens. It is precisely because the probe has to avoid the impact of these debris in the process of moving forward that the speed of progress is much slower. In this way, after the probe slowly advanced for a distance, Zhou Xin saw the first victim on the screen.

Of course, the victim was not a Kazran, but an animal that Zhou Xin had not seen before. They are slightly larger than goats, but they may be a little shorter than goats when they stand up. At first glance, its forelimbs were thicker than its hind limbs, a feature that made Zhou Xin feel a little strange. Continuing to look at the head, the shape of the animal's head also looked a little strange, although it did not have goat-like horns on its head, but the width of the head was nearly twice its length, and the whole thing looked like a winter melon lying horizontally.

However, while everyone in the command module was curious about the strange animal, they were more concerned about the cause of its death. However, in fact, there is no need for a detector to conduct a detailed investigation, and judging from the appearance of the animal, the cause of its death is already very obvious.

Sure enough, it didn't take long for Atlas to give a predictable cause of death, "The cause of death of this animal was due to exposure to a large dose of radiation." ”

Now that the cause of the animal's death was known, Zhou Xin motioned for Atlas to let the probe collect some samples before moving on. In the process of advancing the probe, Zhou Xin and the others saw a lot of dead animals, the carcasses of those animals were only half the size of mice, but the big ones were much larger than the largest horse on the earth, and all the animals died under the radiation without exception. The most surprising thing was that not all the carcasses of animals were seen along the way, but several animals survived the radiation. Although the largest one is much smaller than the cat, it also has obvious symptoms of radiation exposure. But they did survive, and one of them even discovered the presence of the probe and followed it for some distance.

Compared to animals, the survival rate of plants is much higher. From the most delicate grass to the sturdy trees, a significant number of them have survived. However, most of the plants have withered on the side facing the central city, while the other side is relatively intact and remains in their original state.

After advancing some more distance, a path appeared in the detector's lens. Looking along the road, Zhou Xin saw a convoy parked not far ahead, most of the vehicles in the convoy were parked on the road, and only a few cars rolled over on the side of the road.

The probe had not yet reached the location of the convoy, and many people already knew in their hearts what they were going to see. The whispering in the command module stopped the moment they saw the convoy, and everyone watched quietly as the probe approached the convoy.

Sure enough, it was the neatly seated Kazlan people who appeared in the frame. However, by this moment, all of them had already lost signs of life. Disasters strike suddenly, and everyone maintains their last-minute actions before the disaster strikes, as if time has been frozen.

Looking at the Kazlan people in the car, many people, including Zhou Xin, felt extremely heavy in their hearts. The probe had only investigated a few vehicles, and Zhou Xin couldn't stand it anymore, so he hurriedly ordered the probe to abandon the investigation of the convoy. Continuing along that road, it didn't take long for the probe to reach the outskirts of Central City.

At this time, the Yang Cheng that appeared on the screen was no longer what Zhou Xin and the others had seen before. The original height of the towering buildings is less than a third, and most of the upper parts have already collapsed, and the remains of the buildings in the picture are arranged unevenly, looking very incongruous, but the parts that have collapsed are all neatly facing the direction of the outside of the city.

At the same time, at this distance, Zhou Xin and the others finally felt how huge the mushroom cloud above Yangcheng was. The diameter of its umbrella handle is equivalent to one-third of the width of the entire city, and it is even spreading rapidly at a speed visible to the naked eye, and the area covered by the umbrella cover even exceeds the area of the central city itself, and the height far exceeds the height of the clouds. Even the clouds that formed this heavy rain could only hang a third of the way down the handle of this mushroom cloud. As for the lens of the detector, it has long been impossible to fit it completely.

"Brother Jian, it is estimated that the height of this mushroom cloud is more than fifteen kilometers, far exceeding the lowest height of the stratosphere of this planet." At the same time, Atlas reported on the observations.

After glancing at the mushroom cloud on the screen for a few moments, Zhou Xin motioned for the probe to move on.

Although the outer buildings of the central city had already been visible, the probe still advanced for more than ten minutes to reach the wreckage of the nearest building. Today, it has long since lost its original appearance, and the remains of the once several hundred meters high building are only about fifty meters high. The wreckage was far away from the direction of the central city, and perhaps some part of the building had been preserved intact, but now it was lying quietly on top of a pile of rubble, looking like half of a tombstone. On the surface of the entire wreckage, the earthy yellow rain mixed with a large amount of radiation dust was constantly flowing downward, and the unstable gravel on it was still rolling down from time to time under the rain. After circling the wreckage, the probe continued its way into the city.

On the next road, Zhou Xin and the others saw a similar scene, the originally prosperous central city, now only a pile of broken walls and construction waste scattered all over the place. The probe was able to follow the road at first, but it didn't take long for even the only road that had been preserved relatively intact to disappear. The detector can only continue on a layer of rubble of unknown thickness.

In order to avoid being hit by debris falling from a height, and also to better orient itself, the probe raised its flight altitude. I don't know when the rain has stopped, but the quality of the images sent back by the probe has not improved because of the stop of the rain, but there are more interferences that cannot be solved even after being processed by Atlas.

"Brother Captain, the radiation intensity of the probe has increased by one level compared to the beginning, do you want to continue to move forward?" The little girl reminded herself, and then she added, "If you want to wait until the radiation intensity near the detector decreases, I am afraid it is unlikely that it will be in half a month." ”

"In that case, let's move on." Zhou Xin commanded a little helplessly.

With the image distorted from time to time, or even interrupted by a stroke or two, the probe continued to move forward, but more slowly than before. It didn't take long for the little girl to discover a new situation.

"Brother Captain, since just now, the temperature of the environment around the probe has begun to slowly rise, and now the temperature in this place is at least five degrees Celsius higher than the periphery." Before he could finish speaking, several lines of data appeared in the corner of the screen, including temperature and radiation intensity, as well as other information such as distance from the city center.

As the detector continues to advance, both the temperature and the intensity of the radiation slowly increase. What is somewhat surprising is that after ten minutes, the sky in the picture actually began to darken, and after continuing for about twenty kilometers, the sky slowly became darker than dusk. Of course, this is not because it is almost night, but because the probe has slowly flown under the handle of the mushroom cloud umbrella. Under the cover of thick clouds of dust, it is difficult for light from the stars to reach here.

After a while, even the remaining faint light in the frame completely disappeared, and the only way to move forward was to rely on the light of the detector itself. The increasing interference of radiation has also made it difficult to see the full picture on the screen, many of which can only be seen half, or even only a third, and even the sound coming back has begun to appear noticeably noisy. According to Atlas, some of the data sent back by the probe is completely blank, and there is no way to process it, only to release the parts that can be identified.

Seeing this situation, Zhou Xin simply asked the probe not to send back the real-time footage of Yangcheng, but to change it to a still photo. After that, the screen can only be seen as if it were a slideshow, and the images that the probe takes at regular intervals will appear. Although it looks a little awkward, the picture is indeed a lot more complete.

However, there is nothing noteworthy in the dimly lit picture other than the same ruins. Not even the bodies of the Kazrans were found, and most of them were probably buried under the thick wreckage.

After nearly half an hour of boring footage with little change, a faint red light finally caught everyone's attention in the latest photo sent back by the probe......