Hearing the sudden alarm, Zhou Xinzhong was slightly shocked at first, and then became nervous, and then he blurted out without thinking, "What's wrong?" ”

Hearing his voice, everyone in the command cabin who was also stunned came back to their senses. Immediately after, they reacted and hurriedly checked the screen in front of them.

"Everything is working well with the powertrain." "The life-sustaining system found no anomalies." "There are no problems with the main engine either." …… However, the flurry of reports had only just begun, and the alarm sounded only a few times before it was stopped without anyone turning it off. But even so, Zhou Xin still didn't dare to let down his vigilance. After the alarm ended, he continued to have the crew inspect the Voyager in detail, and it was not until it was finally confirmed that everything was in order for the spacecraft that Zhou Xin really relented.

At this time, Dart hurried to the command module. As soon as he reached the door, he gasped and asked, "Why did the alarm go off suddenly?" What happened? ”

"I don't know, the ship's inspection results are all normal." The normal result made Zhou Xin feel a little puzzled. While answering, Zhou Xin had already calmed down. That's when he realized that he seemed to be a little too nervous just now.

Zhou Xin shook his head, as if he was a little dissatisfied with his reaction just now, and then he opened his mouth and asked, "Voyager, where did the alert come from?" Hearing this, Spred was slightly stunned, and then patted his head in annoyance.

"The alarm is coming from a probe on the planet." Unaffected by the tension, the Voyager replied mechanically.

"Probes on the planet?" Zhou Xin asked, "What's wrong with the detector?" Under attack? ”

"The detector did send back a signal that it had been attacked, but the specific situation is still being investigated." This time Atlas answered.

"Now that you already know that it's the alarm from the detector, why didn't you say it earlier." Zhou Xin said with some reproach.

"Didn't they investigate the situation of the detector just now, and besides, after the alarm sounded, they didn't stop it very quickly."

"......" For the little girl's answer, Zhou Xin felt speechless for a while. After a while, he said in a helpless tone: "Okay, forget it, then what results have you investigated?" What exactly did the probe be be attacked? What's going on now? ”

"The probe didn't specifically capture the object that attacked it, just a dark shadow." As he answered, Atlas showed the last image sent back by the probe on the screen.

In the picture, the first thing Zhou Xin saw was the endless sea water. Judging by the brightness of its surroundings, the probe had descended to a depth of several hundred meters, but judging by the fish that occasionally appeared in the frame, it continued to dive deeper into the water at a steady pace, and everything seemed so calm.

However, this quiet picture did not last long. More than a minute later, Zhou Xin saw that the originally dim picture slowly lit up, and after confirming that the probe was still in a state of diving at a constant speed, he couldn't help but feel a little puzzled when he looked at the sea water that was getting brighter little by little in the lens. But it didn't take long for Zhou Xin's doubts to turn into surprise. When the brightness of the sea water rises to about the same level as dusk, a shadow suddenly flashes in the camera, and then the entire screen goes dark, and all that can be seen is the words "lost signal".

"What just happened at the end?" Although the shadow was fleeting, it was still noticed by Zhou Xin, and he asked.

As soon as Zhou Xin's words fell, Atlas began to play back the video she had just played, this time she slowed down the playback, and when the picture reached the brightness of dusk again, Zhou Xin and the others saw the black shadow again. This time, the little girl freezes the picture. But even so, the black shadow in the picture still looks very blurry, and only a curved outline can be vaguely seen. Relying on a silhouette alone, no one could identify what it was, and Zhou Xin was naturally no exception.

So he asked, "What is that shadow?" ”

"There's no way people know for sure." The little girl replied, "Based on the footage captured by the probe, the most people can tell that it may be some kind of large aquatic creature that emits light endemic to this planet. ”

"Aquatic creatures?" This time it was Spred who asked, "Can aquatic creatures have the power to destroy our detectors?" ”

"Then it depends on the extent of the destruction." Atlas replied, "If it's just to destroy the detector's transceiver antenna, a little bit more force can do it." As soon as the words fell, the little girl's brows furrowed on the screen.

"What's wrong?" Noticing the change in Atlas's expression, Zhou Xin asked.

"I'm afraid — it's not as simple as it seems." Atlas's answer took a solemn tone, and as he spoke, a new picture appeared on the screen, "This is the picture that the subsequent probe who arrived at the bottom of the sea corresponding to the location where the previous probe lost contact was just taken, Brother Captain, you can also take a look." ”

At this depth, the surroundings are as invisible as a moonlit night, and all that can be seen is a small area illuminated by the probe's light. And it was on the circular seabed illuminated by the lights that the crowd saw - a large number of scattered metal fragments.

Next, following the light of the detector, Zhou Xin took a cursory scan of the entire area littered with debris, and then Dart spoke: "The missing detector must have exploded, and only an explosion will scatter the debris into such a large area." ”

"Is there really a living organism capable of destroying a probe so completely?" Of course, Zhou knew that the detector could not be destroyed, but as he said just now, he did not believe that a living entity could do this, especially if it could destroy an entire detector to the extent shown in the picture. Therefore, now he seems to be a little confused.

Atlas also agreed with Zhou Xin's idea, and she replied: "No matter who did this, a large number of probes have been sent to the nearby area to investigate, and I believe that it will not be long before the culpr......it will be found."