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The video ended here, and there was darkness on the screen, seeing this, Zhou Xin and Spred glanced at each other, and then Zhou Xin said in a low voice: "I don't know if the Atlanteans managed to escape in the end." ”

"Let's hope they can succeed." Spred said, "But what kind of civilization is attacking the Atlanteans, it seems that there has never been an individual of this civilization in the video, why is that, can't the Atlanteans capture an individual of the other party in the heat of battle?" ”

"Who knows." Zhou Xin spread his hands, "Maybe they captured it but didn't record it in the video, maybe they really didn't capture it." ”

"Yes." Spred nodded, and continued, "The video is over, what should I do next?" ”

"Continue to explore this underground base." Zhou Xin said as he motioned to the probe to examine the platform carefully, "Let's see if there is any other information hidden in the underground base besides this video." However, no matter how the detector pressed the button on the table, there was no response on the display, and after trying for a while, Zhou Xin finally gave up, "It seems that there are no more clues here for the time being, and the rest of the work will be left to the detector." ”

"That's enough, we've got a lot of clues in this video." Spred said.

"Actually, if you think about it, it's not much." Zhou Xin thought for a while and replied, "We just know the origin of the civilization on this planet and how this planet was formed, but what civilization is attacking the Atlanteans, and where the Atlanteans went at the end of the video, these things are not explained." Moreover, none of our initial questions have been answered: What are those special creatures? What exactly is hidden in their range of activity? He thought about it again, "Actually, after watching that video, I have more questions, were those special creatures created by the Atlanteans?" Why did they create these creatures? Also, after so many years, why did the Atlanteans choose the Cretaceous as the ecological environment of this planet? ”

After listening to Zhou Xin's series of questions, Spred was stunned, and he thought for a while, "Listening to what you say, it seems that this is really the case." There are not a few problems solved, and there are more and more new problems. ”

"This Atlantean civilization is really weird, and if you don't make it clear at one time, you leave so many things for us to guess." Ralph said with a pout.

"Maybe they're afraid of leaving too many clues, so that the enemy can follow the clues they left to find them, especially if there are clues about their whereabouts." Zhou Xin thought for a while and said.

At the same time as they were discussing, the probe had completed its investigation of this conference hall, and it was a pity that there was no other information left in this conference hall except for that video, and Zhou Xin sighed when he heard the news, "It really looks like in the video, they took all the information away." ”

"If that's the case, then there is still a need for investigation at this base." Ralph said.

"Of course, maybe there's information left behind by the Atlanteans in some corner." Zhou Xin said with hope.

However, the next investigation completely dashed Zhou Xin's hope, and in the next half a month, more probes came to this underground base, and conducted more detailed investigations on the places that have been explored or not explored in this place, but in the end no more information was found.

On this day, Zhou Xin sat in the command module, and there was a report in front of him, which was about the last unexplored area, the living quarters, in which the probe found no other information about the Atlanteans except for some personal belongings that had not been packed up too late.

After reading this report, Zhou Xin said helplessly to Spred, "It seems that apart from that video message, the Atlantean civilization really didn't leave us any other information." ”

Spred frowned, "If that's the case, it's a problem, the Atlanteans haven't left us any clues about where they are, so where are we going to find them next?" ”

"That's right." Zhou Xin had a bitter face, "Even if you are afraid of revealing your whereabouts, you don't tell the specific planet in the video, so you can give us a direction." ”

"Or leave some vague clues like before." Spred said.

"I said you guys got the point wrong." Ralph said casually, "Our purpose is not to explore space, so it doesn't matter if there are Atlanteans or not, we just need to find a direction to explore." ”

"But half of the investigation always feels very unpleasant." Zhou Xin said, "Moreover, after all, the Atlantean civilization and I belong to the civilization born on the same home planet, so it's not normal for each other to care about each other's whereabouts." ”

"But what about after catching up? Just say hello? Or will you fend off the spherical battleship with them? Ralph said unceremoniously, "Do we have the strength?" ”

This sentence reminded Zhou Xin, and he suddenly realized, "Yes, what are we going to do, with our current level of science and technology, we can't even compare to the Atlanteans, let alone the spherical battleship, so what are we going to do, can we help?" After thinking about it carefully, Zhou Xin said helplessly, "Okay, let it be, if we can find the whereabouts of the Atlanteans is the best, if we can't find it, then follow our own route." ”

"Here's the problem." Spred asked, "Are you sure you've finished exploring this planet?" If we're done, where are we going next? ”

"I should- it's the end of the investigation." Zhou Xin replied uncertainly, "The exploration of the entire planet has been completed, and the investigation of the underground base seems to have been completed." There seems to be no other place on this planet to investigate. As for where to go next—" he asked Spred subconsciously, "is there anything else in your library worth exploring?" ”

"Yes, yes." Spred shrugged, "But these planets are too far away, the nearest one is 1,000 light-years away, and it's hard to reach at the current speed of our spacecraft. ”

Hearing Spred's words, Zhou Xin sighed, "If only we had a faster warp engine, or if we had the Atlantean hyperspace jumping technology." ”

"Captain, you're thinking too much." Spred glanced at Zhou Xin, "I really want to have such a high technology, but our current level is like this, you better not think nonsense." ”

"Just think about it." Zhou Xin smiled bitterly, "Since you don't have any place to choose, then I'll just find a nearby star and take a look." ”

"Is it reliable?" Ralph said with disbelief, "Don't find out that it's a barren planet, and there's no value in exploring." ”

"How do you know before you arrive?" Zhou Xin replied helplessly, "Of course, I will definitely not look for those planets that obviously cannot have life, but I can't be sure that the planets I find will definitely have life." ”

Just as they were discussing where to go next, the Voyager interjected.

"Your Excellency, Captain," the Voyager reported, "the previous analysis of the location of those particular creatures has been completed on this ship, do you need to see the results?" ”

They focused their attention on the screen, and Zhou Xin spoke: "Is it finally done, I almost forgot about it, how about it, have you gotten some regular results?" ”

The analysis results of the Voyager appeared on the screen, and at the beginning, it was Zhou Xin who had seen the pictures before, and after these pictures were released, the new analysis results of the Voyager appeared, looking at the new lines that appeared and looked regular, Zhou Xin frowned, he did not see the pictures that could catch his attention in the following pictures. After flashing over a dozen seemingly meaningless pictures, the next one that appeared caught Zhou Xin's attention.

It was a graphic very similar to the terrain on Earth, and seeing this figure, Zhou Xin asked the Voyager to stop for a while. After the image froze, the Voyager explained, "This picture is the result of the ship's orderly connection of the locations of those special animals. ”

"Are there only special animals?" Hearing the Voyager's explanation, Zhou Xin fell into deep thought, "Could it be—" he asked the Voyager as he spoke, "what about the rest of the dots?" Can it be connected into a pattern? ”

"If you want, you can try this ship now."

"Then give it a try."

Since there were many fewer special plants than animals, there were only more than thirty locations, so in less than half an hour, the Voyager came to a conclusion, and in the process, Zhou Xin stared at the graphic on the screen with some unease, as if he was thinking about something.

When the Voyager came to the conclusion of its analysis, Zhou Xin came back from his contemplation, and then, next to the similar topographic map, a regular pattern appeared. After the appearance of this pattern, the Voyager explained on the side, "Of the remaining points, this is the most likely pattern." ”

Looking at the two patterns in front of him, Zhou Xin once again fell into deep thought, and kept muttering, "So that's the case, I didn't think of it before." ”

After a long time, Ralph finally interrupted, "Uncle Captain, did you think of something?" Say it and we'll work together as a staff officer. ”

Zhou Xin came back to his senses at this time, and he said with a wry smile: "It turns out that I have always thought wrongly, those animals and plants should be looked at separately, just like in front of me." He pointed to the screen in front of him, "The locations of special animals form a topographic map of the earth, and this topographic map is an important clue that we haven't found before, if we had found this topographic map earlier, maybe many of the previous doubts would have been solved long ago." ”

What does the other picture represent, Ralph asked, "It looks like a bunch of concentric circles, and it's okay to draw a bunch of concentric circles." ”

"I don't know yet." Zhou Xin replied honestly, "But topographic maps at least have special meanings, so I think these two patterns are the most likely answers." ”

"I agree with you." Spred thought for a moment and replied, "The first topographic map is at least what I think is the most meaningful, and as for the second map, I wonder if we are missing something, whether this map should be analyzed together with other clues." ”

Hearing Spred's statement, Zhou Xin nodded in agreement, but Ralph asked: "Then what is missing, we have all explored this planet, are there any clues related to this map?" ”

Zhou Xin thought about it for a while, and said hesitantly: "It seems that there is no clue, could it be that we have missed any clues?" Then he looked at Spred, wanting to get an answer from him, seeing Zhou Xin's gaze, Spred thought for a while and shook his head, he didn't think of any clues.

Seeing that he couldn't think of any clues related to this map for the time being, Zhou Xin had to put this question aside first, and he motioned to the Voyager to continue to release the analysis map, although he had found a very likely result, but he also wanted to see if there was a more likely pattern behind. After reading all the patterns, Zhou Xin also discussed with Spred, and finally agreed that the two separate patterns were the most likely result. As for what the second concentric circle represented, they were still puzzled.

"Concentric circles? What does this relate to? Seeing that Spred and they couldn't come up with anything, Zhou Xin said to himself, "Speaking of concentric circles, the first thing that comes to mind should be the latitude, but do the Atlanteans also use this system to determine the direction?" Even with this system, what's the point of them drawing this on a whole planet. "He looked at the diagram carefully, and found a strange phenomenon, that the points that make up the concentric circles were not evenly distributed, but were sparsely divided, but the distribution of the points happened to be represented by several concentric circles." Could it be that the Voyager was wrong? Instead of concentric circles, these dots make up a pattern that makes more sense? He thought to himself. Then he asked the question, and the Voyager was silent for a moment, then replied, "Unless the Atlanteans think too differently from humans, there is an 80% chance that this ship is sure to be this pattern." ”

"Is it really that there is too much difference in the way of thinking between the two?" Receiving this answer, Zhou Xin fell into deep thought......