A few hours later, Voyager began orbiting the white planet, while launching a large number of probes to explore the galaxy, and of course, several probes towards the surface of the white planet. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Before the probe was launched, the observation equipment on board Voyager observed another planet in this star system. Sadly, the newly observed planet is a gas giant.

Hearing the Voyager's report, Zhou Xin said to Spred, "The Atlanteans will not guide us to a planet that doesn't even have land. Now it seems that it is the planet beneath our feet that hides the most likely secrets. ”

"Maybe new planets will be found in closer orbits." Spred replied, "The living environment of this planet under our feet is so harsh, can there really be life?" ”

"That's right. But I'm wondering if our thinking is falling into the wrong way. Zhou Xin sorted out his words, "Perhaps the purpose of the Atlanteans guiding us here is not to find any life, but to find something. If that's the case, the surface environment on this planet is actually quite suitable. ”

"Then it's up to us to find out what happens." Spred replied, "Find all the planets in this star system, and then determine the most likely planet that the Atlanteans are directing us to." ”

Zhou Xin nodded, "Well, I hope the final result won't disappoint us." ”

For the next two hours, Voyager circled the white planet. In the process of orbiting, Zhou Xin and the others found that the surface of the planet was all covered with a white substance similar to ice and snow, which made Zhou Xin a little surprised and a little familiar at the same time. Zhou Xin thought for a while, and finally remembered a scene he had seen before.

"Do you think we've seen this planet before?" Spred asked.

"Yes." Zhou Xin nodded, "Do you remember the permafrost planet we saw in the video left by the Atlanteans before?" ”

Under Zhou Xin's reminder, Spred and the others finally remembered, and Spred's tone was with a hint of surprise: "It can't really be such a coincidence." ”

"I think that's normal." Zhou Xin said calmly, "The Atlanteans will never guide us to a planet that they have never even visited, so it is not surprising that this planet has been visited by the Atlanteans before. ”

"But isn't the Atlantean commander on the video dissatisfied with the planet's ecology, I remember him shaking his head and sighing." Ralph asked.

"Shaking his head and sighing, I think this planet is not suitable for life." Zhou Xin guessed, "After all, the most important thing for them at that time was to find a planet suitable for life, and we don't know if the commander was hiding something on this planet behind the video." ”

"What do you think he's hiding?" Ralph asked curiously.

"The scientific and technological materials of this civilization or something." Zhou Xin guessed, "Save a backup to avoid your own annihilation in the end." ”

"Did they have such pessimistic thoughts at the time?" Ralph continued, "I think the Atlanteans will at least run away if they don't fight them." ”

"In the face of a civilization whose technology is higher than its own, anything can happen." Spred explained, "After all, technology is higher than your own, and the Atlanteans don't know what kind of hidden means the other party has, so I think it's normal to keep a backhand." ”

Zhou Xin nodded and agreed with Spred's opinion.

Ralph rejoiced, "Aren't we lucky enough to get all of the Atlantean's technology?" ”

"Perhaps." Zhou Xin was noncommittal, "It may also be cumbersome—" He said the latter sentence very quietly.

"What?" Ralph didn't hear clearly.

"Nothing." Zhou Xin shook his head, "Let's still care about the situation of this star system." ”

At this time, the launched probe had reached the vicinity of the gas giant, and on the screen, Zhou Xin and they saw a planet covered with striped patterns.

According to the rover's report, the gas giant is one-third larger than Jupiter, and although there are no huge storms like Jupiter's Great Red Spot, the gas activity on the planet's surface appears to be more intense than Jupiter's. The surface of the planet, like Jupiter, is an ocean of liquid hydrogen, and there is no land.

Seeing the condition of this gas giant, Zhou Xin and the others discussed it for a while and collectively agreed: The place guided by the Atlanteans is unlikely to be this planet, but this planet is a good place to collect fuel. So, their investigation of the galaxy continued.

After another two days, the probe finally found a third planet at a very close distance from the star, which is even closer to the star than Mercury is from the Sun, only 0.2 AU, and even about the same size as Mercury. Such a close distance, such a small size, caused the planet to be completely hidden in the light of the star, and it took a long time for the probe to discern the planet's existence in the light of the star. At the same time, because the planet is so close to the star and there is no atmosphere on the surface, the temperature on the surface of the planet reaches a terrible 700°C during the day and as low as -170°C at night. In the extreme environment so close to the star, it is theoretically impossible for a planet to exist, and Zhou Xin and they don't even know how this planet survives under the scorching stars, and even the probe, after working on the surface of the planet for three hours, lost contact with Voyager. According to Voyager's calculations, the planet will be completely swallowed by the parent star in a maximum of several million years under the influence of the gravitational pull of the parent star.

The environment is more extreme than the frozen planet, and the probability of hiding secrets is obviously lower, Zhou Xin and the others finally focused their eyes on the planet under their feet, but looking at the surface of the planet in front of them, and then thinking back to the investigation results of the Atlanteans in the previous video, Zhou Xin couldn't help frowning.

"Kilometers thick permafrost." Zhou Xin sighed, "This planet is not much better than that blazing planet." ”

Spred shrugged his shoulders, and then said helplessly: "Although I don't believe that this frozen planet will hide anything, but compared to another planet, the environment of this planet will at least be a little better, right?" And at least this planet appears in the video, and the planet near the star may not have been there by the Atlanteans. ”

"Okay." Zhou Xin said helplessly, and then he ordered, "Voyager, focus your investigation on the frozen planet at your feet." ”

"Understood." Voyager replied, and a preliminary investigation of the frozen planet appeared on the screen:

The planet is located 20 AU from its parent star and has a diameter of 5,731 km, which is slightly smaller than Earth. The rotation period is about 127 hours, and the revolution period is about 113 years. The surface temperature fluctuates around -190°C, there is a magnetic field around the planet, which is supposed to be a rocky planet with an iron core, and there is no atmosphere on the surface of the planet, but the surface is covered with a layer of permafrost up to kilometers thick (Atlantis video data).

"It's unimaginable." Zhou Xin said, "This planet is really covered with such a thick layer of ice, I don't know if the Atlantean detection data is correct." ”

"If it's really ice, I don't know where all this ice comes from." Spred also sighed on the side, "There are really a lot of strange places in the universe. ”

"yes." Zhou Xin nodded, and then continued to look at the scene on the screen.

In the screen, a probe has fallen to the surface of the planet, and at the moment of falling to the surface, the probe stirred up a large number of white particles, and after a while, the stirred white particles fell again, and Zhou Xin and they finally saw the scenery on the surface of the planet.

As they had seen in space, the surface of the planet was a pure white world, and as far as the probe's lights could reach, they had found nothing but a patch of white. Following in the footsteps of the probe, Zhou Xin and the others began to explore the nearby situation. However, after looking at it for about ten minutes, Zhou Xin's eyes began to fatigue in a snow-white, Zhou Xin rubbed his eyes and said, "It seems that this planet is not suitable for us to observe for a long time, and the burden on our eyes is too great." ”

Ralph also rubbed his eyes and said, "yes, my eyes started to bloom after a while, and this planet is so boring, a snow-white, when will it end." ”

"I'm afraid it won't come to an end." "I just looked at the topographic map of the planet's surface, and most of the planet's surface is plains, not even mountains, and the highest peak is less than two thousand meters. ”

"It's another boring planet." Ralph said boredly, "It's similar to the stone ball before, this time it's an ice hockey puck." ”

Zhou Xin couldn't laugh or cry, "How can we meet a planet suitable for life every time, in that case, our luck is not too good." ”

"That's right." Spred chimed in, "You think we'll find a living planet every time like we did the first time." ”

"Still." Zhou Xin rested his eyes for a while and then put his gaze back on the screen, and then he whispered, "What is the purpose of the Atlanteans in luring us to this planet, and what secrets are hidden in this desolate planet." ”

Spred heard Zhou Xin's words, and he said, "Don't worry, our exploration has just begun, isn't it." ”

Zhou Xin nodded, "Yes, the next thing is to rely on those detectors." ”

Over the next two weeks, Voyager launched a large number of probes to explore the permafrost beneath its feet, and with so many probes surveying, the planet's detailed topography has been successfully mapped. Originally, the work of mapping the landform was not so simple, but because the surface topography of the planet was relatively simple and the undulations were not very large, the probe easily mapped the terrain of the planet. In the process of drawing the topographic map, although the surface terrain of the planet is very simple, Zhou Xin and the others still saw a lot of strange scenery on the planet. Even Ralph began to take a little interest in the planet after seeing these strange sights.

At first, a probe happened to land on a plain, of course, just an ordinary plain is not surprising, but the surface of this plain is completely frozen by a whole piece of ice, at first Zhou Xin they didn't believe it, until the probe walked in one direction for a long time, Zhou Xin did not find a crack on the smooth and flat ice surface, which made Zhou Xin and them feel very surprised, they discussed for a long time did not discuss how such a large piece of complete ice was formed.

Then, another probe arrived at the foot of the highest mountain on the planet, in the picture, a towering white iceberg stands in front of the camera, limited to the light of the probe, Zhou Xin They can't see the whole picture of the mountain, but seeing this part of the iceberg in front of him, Zhou Xin sighed slightly, "It's really unimaginable, such a high mountain composed of ice, although there have been icebergs higher than this on my home planet." ”

Hearing this, Ralph interjected, "Was Uncle's planet once so cold?" ”

Zhou Xin shook his head, "It's in the polar region, the polar region of our planet used to cover ice more than two thousand meters thick, and there was also an iceberg more than four thousand meters high, but there are still rocks in the interior of this mountain, and it's the first time I've seen a mountain like this that is completely made of ice." ”

"Isn't that thicker than the ice on this planet?"

Zhou Xin nodded, "But such a thick layer of ice is only like this in the polar parts, and the rest of the place is still a normal ocean, unlike this planet, where the entire surface is covered with ice." ”

Ralph nodded in understanding, then she pointed to the screen, "Look, what's that." ”

A new image appeared on the screen, in which a large amount of ice was spewing out from the top of a small hill on the ground, which was not very high, but covered a large area, and the diameter of the vent that spewed out the ice was more than fifty meters in diameter, and the detector that sent back the picture was now near the vent, and it recorded this spectacular scene.

"Ice volcanoes?" Zhou Xin subconsciously said this word.

"Ice volcanoes?" Ralph repeated, "Is it something like a volcano?" ”

"Almost." Zhou Xin nodded, "But the ice volcano is not magma, it is just ice, I have only heard of this kind of scene before, but I have not actually seen it." After explaining, he also watched the eruption of this ice volcano with curiosity......