Next, although Ralph and the others were still able to stay on the Green Star for nearly twenty-four hours, after playing with the sudden little ones for a night, many of them obviously lost the interest of exploring on the Green Star as they did yesterday, including those who strongly requested to come to the Green Star. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 However, Ralph and how they are going to spend their time next don't have time to know for the time being. Now all his attention was on the new discoveries made by the probe on the Green Star after the little ones appeared. Obviously, the little ones who appear around the spacecraft's landing site are not exceptional.

"Brother Captain." Atlas said to Zhou Xin, "After those unknown humanoid creatures appeared around the spaceship, the probe found traces of similar life-like activities all over the Green Star. In addition to the small humanoid creatures, a large number of other signs of life activity have also been found on the Green Star. However, although the probe found a large number of living organisms, the vast majority of animals are very small, and even no life forms can be found to be more than ten centimeters long. ”

"It seems that our previous guess was correct, and all the life on the Green Star has indeed gone into a dormant state because of the long night." Zhou Xin muttered to himself thoughtfully.

Atlas continued, "In addition, the probe did not observe the behavior patterns of higher intelligence in other beings other than those small humanoid creatures. Basically, it can be judged that those small humanoid creatures are the only high-level life forms that exist on the Green Star. ”

"Hmm." Zhou Xin nodded, and then asked, "Has the probe investigated more information related to those little guys?" ”

"The small humanoid creature that appears around the spaceship is a diurnal and nocturnal lifeform, which is distributed in most areas of the surface of the green star, and there is no very obvious difference in appearance and form between similar lifeforms in various parts of the planet. Most small humanoid creatures prefer to live in higher tree cavities, especially those near the top of trees. They hide in tree hollows during the day and come out at night to feed. The food is mainly fruits grown on trees, and if there are no fruits, some living organisms are occasionally seen feeding on flowers and young grass stems. Then she laughed, "As you know, Captain, they have a soft spot for sweets. ”

Moreover, although they are group creatures, there is no class in the group as a whole. Small beings in the same population can live together as equals, even between different populations. Because of their playful nature, the two populations can get acquainted with each other in the shortest possible time after they meet each other, and even quickly become inseparable from each other. ”

"But there's something strange about it." Suddenly, the little girl's tone changed, "Judging from the probe's investigation in various places on Green Star, the number of individuals in each population of those small humanoid creatures is generally small, about one hundred to two hundred. Only Ralph and the others encountered a strange population, which numbered more than a thousand. ”

"I guess I just happened to encounter some special situation." Zhou Xin said casually, "This is not important, the important thing is that after such a long time, have you figured out the language patterns of those little guys?" ”

"After a long period of observation, it was discovered that the body language used by the little ones, although complex, was not completely untraceable. Combined with their actions, people did guess the meaning of some of the actions. The question made Atlas's brow furrow, and she nodded and then shook her head, "But at the same time, people have found that the same action often means different things to the little ones. ”

"It's not normal." Zhou Xin said, "There are many words in our language that can express multiple meanings at the same time. ”

"It's completely different." The little girl elaborated, "According to other people's analysis, the same action they make can generally express five or six meanings in different contexts, and sometimes even more than ten meanings can be expressed in one action, and some of the meanings are completely opposite. The most extreme case that people have ever seen is that a little guy does two sets of the same movements in a short period of time, but these two sets of actions express two completely different meanings. Then she added with a smile, "And he is not expressing two diametrically opposed meanings, but two meanings that are completely unrelated." In the case of the example I just gave, one of the two things the little guy was trying to convey was 'This is delicious,' but the other was 'play with me.'" If it weren't for the next behavior of the little guy, how could this person guess. And this is not a special case, but a common phenomenon in the body language of the little ones. ”

"How is this possible?" Zhou Xin asked in surprise, "If the difference is so big, how can the little ones themselves distinguish the different meanings that their companions want to express?" ”

"This person doesn't know." The little girl shook her head, then guessed, "I'm afraid there's a different system hidden in their body language that people don't know about yet." ”

"Then continue the investigation and figure out the language of those little things as soon as possible." Zhou Xin instructed, "Otherwise, it will be inconvenient to communicate, and it will be even worse if you misunderstand the meaning they are trying to express." ”

"Understand ......"

The day passed quickly, and it was time for Ralph and them to leave Green Star. Because it happened to be dusk, Zhou Xin reluctantly agreed to let them stay on the Green Star for a few more hours at Ralph's strong request (mainly coquettish).

That night, the little ones did show up as promised, and when they appeared, they recognized the "big friends" who had been playing with them yesterday. However, the number of little ones was significantly less, less than a fifth of yesterday's, and they didn't stay long, and only three disappeared and then returned to the woods, which made Ralph feel a little regretful. In addition to regret, Ralph's reaction can be imagined, it is obvious that Zhou Xin, who has already indulged them once, will not be able to let them stay on the Green Star for more than forty hours, with a look of displeasure, Ralph can only return to the spaceship and prepare to go.

What Zhou Xin didn't expect was that the spaceship carrying Ralph and his party had a small accident when they returned to the base.

"The spacecraft is ready to enter the standard landing procedure...... During the ship's landing...... "While the Voyager reported to Zhou Xin the status of Ralph's ship, he buried his head in writing something on the table. Because everything reported by the Voyager was normal, Zhou Xin did not react extraordinarily, and continued the work in front of him.

"The spacecraft has successfully landed." Before the words could be spoken, the Voyager's warning sounded, "Warning! Warn! Unknown lifeforms have been detected in the spaceship! Warn! Unknown lifeforms have invaded! ”

"What's the situation?" Zhou Xin's head was raised all of a sudden.

"In the process of scanning the whole ship, it was found that there were unknown lifeforms in the spaceship that had just landed that did not belong to the ship, the number of five. The ship has denied the ship's request to open the hatch, and is sending a probe inside the ship to conduct a detailed investigation. ”

After hearing the Voyager's report, Zhou Xin immediately contacted Ralph, who was still in the spaceship.

"What's going on, how can an unknown lifeform appear in the spaceship?" The moment Ralph appeared on the screen, Zhou Xin asked directly, "Did you bring something back?" ”

"I don't know." Ralph's face was nervous and confused, "I still know the rules on the ship, how can I bring something back casually." After you rejected my request, Uncle Captain, the spaceship flew back like this, and nothing happened in between? Later, Christy, who was next to her, also confirmed this statement.

"It's weird, what could be sneaking in." Zhou Xin muttered to himself suspiciously, and then he said to Ralph, "It seems that you will have to stay in the spaceship for a while, and you must find out the unknown lifeforms inside first. In order to avoid any accidents, you should ask the crew in the ship to put on all the protective suits. ”

Then, in a tense atmosphere for everyone, the probe launched a large search for the entire spacecraft. It didn't take long for the culprit who set off the alarm to be found.

However, after seeing the picture sent back by the detector, Zhou Xin felt a little crying and laughing. Because the five culprits who caused the riot were not aware of it at this time, they were still close to each other and fell asleep.

That's right, it's the little ones they met on Green Star who caused this mess. Five of the little ones didn't know how they managed to sneak into the ship, but they hid in the ship's warehouse and followed Ralph back to the base. Moreover, when the probe spotted the little ones on a small platform high up in the warehouse, they still didn't realize that they were exposed, and were still sleeping in a comfortable position. Even under the gaze of many eyes, one of the little ones turned over mischievously.

"Your Excellency, what should we do with these creatures now?" The Voyager asked.

After hesitating for a moment, Zhou Xin replied: "Don't alarm them yet, and close the warehouse for the time being." The probe is then asked to quarantine the parts of the ship except for the warehouse. He then asked Atlas, "Are there anything on those little ones that could threaten the life of the Voyager?" ”

"Initial examination results did not reveal any problems." After a while, the little girl replied, "It's strange that no microorganisms have been found on these little things, so theoretically they are completely harmless to us. ”

At this time, perhaps because the detector was moving a little too much during the inspection, the five little guys woke up one after another. At this point, they didn't even realize that they were no longer on the Green Star, and soon they flew off the platform, and then curiously explored themselves in the warehouse. At this time, Zhou Xin was somewhat surprised to find that the changes in the environment, especially the changes in the composition of the air, had not affected the little ones at all, and they were still moving as freely as when they were on the green star. After flying around the warehouse a few times, the five little ones flew to the similar-looking but no longer identical probes, and made a movement towards them.

"What are they trying to say?" Zhou Xin asked.

"I should be confused about how the surrounding environment has changed." Watching the little ones move, Atlas analyzed, but then she added, "It's possible that she wants the probe to play with them." ”

The two completely different answers of "......" made Zhou Xin not know what to say, but at this time he didn't have time to care about this. Because of the discovery of creatures on the ship that did not belong to the Voyager, not only the little ones, but even Ralph and the others had to stay on the ship for a while, waiting for the quarantine results to come out before they could be released. Even this accident affected the departure of the next group of personnel who were going to go to Green Star. In order to coordinate all aspects, Zhou Xin was busy all of a sudden.

After nearly a day of inspection, Ralph and the others were finally able to leave the ship. As for the five little guys, Zhou Xin's first reaction after thinking about it was to send them back to the Green Star. But in the end, at the request of Ralph alone, Zhou Xin had to reluctantly agree to let the little ones stay in the base for a while.

The news quickly spread around the base, and the appearance of the little ones caused a stir here, and everyone rushed to meet the cute little ones. Facing the strangers who appeared in front of them from time to time, the five little ones were not afraid at all, but were able to quickly become familiar with the strangers in front of them. Even after the addition of these lively elves in the base, the atmosphere that was originally a little lifeless due to a long period of boredom has become vibrant.

However, those little guys did not cause trouble for Zhou Xin and them. One of the most typical is that they like to fly around the base the most, which is fine, but they are reckless and will always accidentally bump into some people while flying. Of course, for these reckless and cute little ones, those who are bumped into are at most startled, and do not feel angry about it at all, and generally just laugh it off. The other is the habit of being nocturnal. Quite a few people, especially the ones who had traveled with Ralph to the Green Star, were often woken up by the little ones at night while they were asleep. For these little ones who woke up themselves, they couldn't get rid of them ruthlessly, and in the end they could only play with those little ones for a night with sleepiness.

While the five little guys made a "friendly visit" to the base, Zhou Xin did not stop the planned expedition to Green Star in batches......