Chapter Twenty-Seven: The First Meeting

Just as Zhou Xin was trying to find a way to get the engineering ship through the valley, Christy, who kept in touch with Zhou Xin at all times, came with a new piece of news. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

"Grandpa Dean sent a message that the person he sent out has arrived at the predetermined location, and asks how long it will take for you to arrive?" Christy reported.

"Reply to him: Our engineering ship has reached the sky above the target site, and we ask them to guide the terrain in the valley." Zhou Xin said, and suddenly he remembered, "By the way, Christy, can you send Pryt's signal to the engineering ship?" ”

"I'll give it a try." Christy replied on the screen, and then she lowered her head and operated on the communication module, and after a while, a screen in front of Zhou Xin lit up, and the figure of Plitt appeared in it.

"Hey, that kid on the ship, can you hear me?" It seems that Pratt also saw Zhou Xin, and he asked on the other side of the screen.

"Old man, can you please stop calling me boy, I have a name." Zhou Xin couldn't laugh or cry a little.

"By the way, that kid, what's your name?" It was only then that Prit remembered to ask Zhou Xin's name.

Zhou Xin was a little speechless, "Okay, to introduce it officially, my name is Zhou Xin, an earthling, and I am now the captain of the Voyager, and it is a pleasure to meet you." ”

"Prit, Atlantean, I'm not glad to see you." Prit said unceremoniously.

"Uh-"

Before Zhou Xin could answer, Prit went straight to the point: "Our people have already arrived at the predetermined location, why haven't you arrived yet?" ”

Zhou Xin was a little embarrassed, and he patiently explained: "Didn't we mention it yesterday, we don't have a detailed topographic map of this area, so we want you to guide you when we land." ”

"Did you mention that? Sorry, didn't hear that. "And why bother, I'll send you a topographical map of this area and fly in myself." Then he added, "Please hurry up, time waits for no one." Before Zhou Xin could reply, Prit unilaterally ended the communication. After a while, a topographic map of the area appeared on the screen.

At this time, Christie's figure appeared on the screen, "This-I'm very sorry, Grandpa Dean has such a temper, please don't worry about his old man." She apologized weakly across the screen.

"Don't worry, I don't care." Zhou Xin waved his hand, "Okay, the topographic map has also been sent, and we are ready to go down." As he spoke, Zhou Xin motioned for the main engine of the engineering ship to fly towards the valley.

According to the topographic map obtained, the valley in this direction was not suitable for landing, and the engineering ship had to go around the highest mountain and reach the other side of the valley before landing.

However, when the engineering ship flew around this mountain, the hopeful Zhou Xin did not see the magnificent scenery he imagined, this mountain was different from what Zhou Xin had seen on the earth or the thunder star before, the snow covered the peaks, covering any protruding edges and corners on the peaks, and Zhou Xin could only see a smooth snow hill similar to a sand dune, which inevitably made Zhou Xin a little disappointed.

As the ship rounded around most of the peak, another mountain side by side began to show its figure behind it, at first this peak was still very small, but as the ship continued to advance, it grew larger and larger, and by the end it was about the size of the first mountain. After a while, when the second mountain peak completely appeared in front of Zhou Xin's eyes, the scene that appeared on the screen made Zhou Xin a little surprised.

The peaks are still the same, there is only a large snow hill on the screen compared to before, and the surprising scenery appears between the peaks. Zhou Xin saw that there was a huge span of ice bridge connected to the mountainside of the two peaks on the screen, the bridge was slightly arched, and the bridge deck was covered with thick snow like the peaks, and the most amazing thing was the bottom of the ice bridge, under which there were jagged ice edges, which were tens of meters short and hundreds of meters long, and some of the ice edges were even connected to the foot of the mountain, looking like a bridge pier from a distance. These countless ice edges silently guarded this ice bridge that had not been visited for thousands of years like soldiers standing guard, and they did their duty without moving a single step.

Seeing this ice bridge, Zhou Xin was stunned for a while, and then exclaimed: "It's really spectacular, how did such a big ice bridge come to be?" It must have spanned more than a kilometer. ”

"About nine hundred and eighty meters." The host gave accurate data.

Zhou Xin asked the engineering ship to stop in place for a while, he carefully observed the huge ice bridge for a while, and then remembered something, he glanced at the topographic map sent by the Atlanteans, and then said to himself uncertainly: "According to the topographic map, we won't fly under this ice bridge." ”

"That's true." The main engine of the engineering ship gave a positive answer.

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"Your Excellency, Captain, we have reached the entrance to the valley, do you want to move on?" The host asked solemnly.

After hesitating for a moment, Zhou Xin still gave an order, "Then move forward." ”

As soon as Zhou Xin's words fell, the engineering ship hovering in front of the ice bridge began to move, for fear of hitting the ice bridge, the speed of the engineering ship was not very fast, but even so, a few minutes later, the engineering ship also arrived in front of the ice bridge.

As the engineering ship moved forward, Zhou Xin saw that the ice bridge on the screen was getting bigger and bigger, and in the end, the peaks on both sides basically disappeared from the screen, leaving only the ice bridge standing alone in the middle of the screen. From this point of view, Zhou Xincai felt the huge ice bridge, although the engineering ship is not a big ship, but it is also more than 20 meters wide, but compared with this huge bridge, it is simply the gap between ants and elephants. As the engineering ship continued to move forward, the bridge slowly moved to the top of the engineering ship, and at this time the engineering ship became more careful, although it would not cause much damage to the engineering ship, but if it hit too many ice edges, it would still have a great impact on the progress of the engineering ship. However, even if the engineering ship moves forward very carefully, it will still hit some particularly long ice edges from time to time, and Zhou Xin can even feel the slight vibration of the engineering ship when it hits the ice edges, and some particularly huge ice edges will form a piercing scraping sound in the ship. Zhou Xin was a little worried about this situation, he was very afraid that the hull would be damaged and destroy the temporary life-support system, but fortunately, the strong hull withstood the test, and it took five or six minutes for the engineering ship to successfully cross the ice bridge.

After crossing the ice bridge, the nervous Zhou Xin finally put his mind at ease, "I didn't expect this ice bridge to be so wide, and it took so long to pass." Zhou Xin said with palpitations.

After crossing the ice bridge, what appeared in front of him was a wide valley, seeing this situation, the engineering ship also accelerated and landed below the valley, from this angle, Zhou Xin could already see that there were many black spots under the valley, and some black spots were still moving around, thinking that these were the Atlanteans who had arrived a long time ago.

As the engineering ship landed, the black spots on the ground became clearer and clearer, and Zhou Xin could vaguely tell that those black spots were not Atlanteans, but their planetary vehicles. At the same time as seeing the planet car, Zhou Xin also saw the figure of the Atlantean next to the planet car. The engineering ship continued to land, but at this time the landing seemed to be difficult, the ice walls on both sides of the valley began to gradually narrow, and at the same time, Zhou Xin saw that the width of the bottom of the valley was even about the same as the width of the engineering ship, so the engineering ship could reduce the speed of its fall and carefully land towards the bottom of the valley.

After a long time, the engineering ship finally came to a steady stop at the bottom of the valley, and just as the engineering ship had just turned off its engine, it was surrounded by Atlantis' planetary vehicles in front and behind.

Seeing this situation, Zhou Xin was a little confused, so he said to Prit on the screen: "Old man, I have arrived, what should I do next." ”

But at this moment, Prit disappeared on the screen, and then appeared on the screen a young Atlantean in a protective suit, standing there expressionlessly, and Zhou Xin saw that the background behind him happened to be his own engineering ship.

At this time, Pryt's voice came from the screen, "I'm too old to walk, the one in front of you is my grandson Dart, and the next handover will be handed over to him." With that, Prit's voice faded away.

"I'm Dart." The expressionless man on the screen spoke, but after only four words, he reverted to his expressionless appearance.

"Hello, I'm Zhou Xin." Zhou Xin introduced himself, but Dart didn't greet him, still standing there expressionlessly, suddenly Zhou Xin felt a little embarrassed, this embarrassing atmosphere lasted for a while, Zhou Xin finally broke the silence: "You're already below, what do you need us to do next." ”

"Open the door and send someone down." Dart's answer was still concise and to the point.

"Thisβ€”it seemsβ€”" Zhou Xin felt a little embarrassed, and then he explained Retina's current situation to Dart.

After Zhou Xin finished speaking, Dart on the screen was silent for a while, and then said, "Open the door, I'll go up." Just after he said this, Zhou Xin saw that he showed a listening expression, and after this expression remained for a while, he spoke again, but this time Zhou Xin did not hear his voice. After he finished speaking, another Atlantean appeared on the screen, and at this time, Zhou Xin heard the voice again, but this voice was not Dart's, but belonged to another Atlantean.

"No matter who you are, if something happens to Captain Dart on your ship, then we won't let you go." The new Atlantean threatened Zhou Xin.

"Don't worry." Zhou Xin hurriedly replied, "Don't forget the purpose of my visit this time, how could I hurt Dart." ”

The man snorted heavily, and then said, "Who knows what the hell you cunning people will think." Then he tried to make a little threat, but Dart pulled him behind him.

"It's rude." Dart actually apologized.

Hearing his apology, Zhou Xin felt a little stunned, but then he replied, "It's okay, I can understand his feelings." ”

Hearing Zhou Xin's words, Dart, who was originally expressionless, also showed a relaxed expression, but this expression flashed for a moment, and then he continued to ask expressionlessly, "Can you start?" ”

Only then did Zhou Xin react, he hurriedly ordered the host to get ready, he got up from his seat, he put on his protective suit, and walked towards the hatch of the engineering ship.

A few minutes later, Zhou Xin arrived at the hatch, and then he ordered the host to open the hatch. As the hatch slowly descended, the scenery outside the door slowly appeared in front of you.

However, Zhou Xin had no time to enjoy the scenery, he saw several Atlantean planet cars parked not far from the hatch, and after the hatch was completely opened, those planetary cars began to move towards Zhou Xin's side. After moving some distance, the planetary rover stopped again four or five meters from the hatch. Then, the doors of the planetary vehicles opened, and from each car came three or four Atlanteans in protective suits, who slowly gathered together, and then they walked towards Zhou Xin under the leadership of an Atlantean.

Seeing the actions of those Atlanteans, Zhou Xin also led the two battle robots through the hatch and stood on the snow. At the same time, those Atlanteans had just walked a distance of four or five meters and stopped in front of Zhou Xin.

After looking at each other quietly for a while, Zhou Xin first opened his mouth to say hello: "Hello, I'm Zhou Xin, and I've just met in the video." ”

"Dart."

Once again, the atmosphere fell silent.

After waiting for a while, Zhou Xin had no choice but to speak again, "Okay, since you don't want to say anything, then come with me, let's go meet Redina." ”

After speaking, Zhou Xin turned his head and returned to the cabin, while Dart turned his head and explained a few words to the person behind him, and then led two people into the cabin with Zhou Xin.

On the way to Retina's room, there was nothing to say, but Zhou Xin really wanted to communicate with Dart. As soon as he entered the hatch, Zhou Xin tried to find a topic to chat with him, but after saying a few words, he found that there was no reaction behind him. Zhou Xin thought that Dart hadn't followed at first, but after turning his head, he found that he was following behind him expressionlessly, and even the two people behind Dart were like him, looking like they didn't eat oil. Seeing this situation, Zhou Xin had no choice but to give up his intention to continue communicating with them.

Along the way, the atmosphere was eerily quiet, except for the footsteps of the crowd echoing in the hallways, which lasted until they reached the door of Retina's room.

"This is Retina's room." Arriving at the door, Zhou Xin broke the silence again......