Due to the damage to the Voyager, they were able to move at a relatively slow pace. As a result, it took them a full ten days to cross the two asteroid belts, from the edge of the star system to the vicinity of the previously discovered planet. And during this time, a large number of probes have completed their initial survey of the planet.

"Your Excellency, Captain." Although Atlas focused her investigation on the planet with Zhou's reminder, it was clear that she was more interested in the dark red asteroid. Therefore, after summarizing and sorting out all the information related to the planet collected by the probe, the little girl handed over the detailed analysis results to the Voyager and asked it to report to Zhou Xin, and she went into hiding to continue studying the asteroid.

The moment he heard the Voyager's voice, Zhou Xin guessed Atlas's thoughts. Of course, it was one thing to guess, but he didn't care who he was reporting to him now. Smiling helplessly in his heart, Zhou Xin focused his attention on what the Voyager had said.

"The target planet is about 0.8 times the size of the Earth, and the gravity on the planet's surface is about 0.6 times that of the Earth. Its rotation period is eighteen and a half hours, and the average surface temperature is about 30 degrees Celsius, but because the surface of the planet is covered with a large amount of water, the temperature difference between different places is smaller than that of the earth, and the highest temperature is only 50 degrees Celsius. The density of the planet's atmosphere is only half that of the Earth's atmosphere, of which nitrogen gas accounts for 76 percent of the total, oxygen 17 percent, water vapor 5 percent, and the rest of the atmosphere has no obvious toxic substances found in the atmosphere, except for rare gases. "In order, Voyager reports every piece of data on the target planet. At the beginning, the information was relatively ordinary, and there was nothing special about it, so Zhou Xin just listened to it once. It was only after a routine introduction that the Voyager touched on some of the things he was concerned about.

"According to the survey results of the probe, the surface of the target planet, which occupies more than 99.9 percent of the total area, is all water, and the deepest water area detected by the probe so far has exceeded 10,000 meters. In contrast, less than one-thousandth of the planet is land, and the total area is estimated to be less than 250,000 square kilometers, and these landmasses are still in the form of scattered islands, the largest of which is not more than 10,000 square kilometers. ”

Zhou Xin had seen this result from the footage captured by the probe before, so although he was very interested in some of the data, his emotions did not fluctuate greatly. But what the Voyager reported next surprised everyone, including Zhou Xin, in the command cabin today, even surprised.

"It is noteworthy that the probe has found an extremely large population of organisms in the waters that cover the entire planet. It is not just a simple single-celled organism, but a complete system of plants and animals, which is even as rich as the earth. Life is found not only in the water, but also on land, but in fairly rare numbers. The Voyager reported the information in a bland tone. At the same time as the report, the screen also showed some images of the flora and fauna taken by the probe on the planet.

"No, there really is life on a random planet? This planet with life is too worthless in the universe. Remembering that when he first saw this planet, he was still discussing with Dart whether there would be life on it, Zhou Xin looked at the images of animals and plants that he had never seen on the screen and smiled bitterly. Then he asked in a strange tone, "You won't tell me that the probe has discovered a civilization on the surface of the planet in addition to life." ”

Fortunately, the Voyager did not give this answer, which surprised Zhou Xin even more. To this question, its answer is no, "To date, probes have not found a high-level intelligent civilization on that planet." ”

"It's at least acceptable." Hearing this answer, Zhou Xin couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.

As soon as he finished speaking, Spred asked another question worth paying attention to: "How is the investigation of the distribution of minerals on the planet?" Have you found the resources you need to repair your ship? As soon as the question came out, the command cabin fell silent, and everyone waited with their ears pricked up for the Voyager's answer.

"The planet's mineral reserves are not very rich, and there are many rare minerals that are mainly concentrated on the seabed." The Voyager gave a bad answer.

"Isn't it very rich and at the bottom of the sea?" Zhou Xin said to himself thoughtfully, "This is a little troublesome, it seems that we need to stay here for a little more time." ”

"The length of time is not too much of a problem, at least we don't have to be forced by a strong external force like before this time, right?" Spred answered.

"Hmm." Zhou Xin nodded, and then said, "Having said that, I still hope that the Voyager can be repaired as soon as possible, after all, the current state of the spaceship is still a little worrying." Moreover, our mission is to explore this universe, and we can't just stay in one place and repair the spaceship. With that, he commanded, "Voyager, let's get close to that planet." ”

"Understood." The Voyager replied, as always, "The ship is slowing down and preparing to enter the orbit of the planet. ”

For nearly an hour over the next day, Zhou Xin and the others watched as the star in the outer view of the spacecraft slowly took up the entire screen from the size of a basketball. It was only at this time that the voice of the Voyager sounded again, "This ship has been captured by the planet's gravity and entered an orbital orbit. The gravitational pull of the target planet is found to be less than expected, and the flight speed is being adjusted to maintain the attitude balance of the hull. ”

Ten minutes later, when Zhou Xin learned that the flight trajectory of the Voyager had stabilized, he immediately couldn't wait to send the engineering ship out. Watching the engineering ship in the picture slowly leave the Voyager and fly towards the surface of the planet, I don't know what to think, Spred's mouth suddenly inexplicably came out of the words, "I hope this time, we won't encounter any more accidents." However, at this time, everyone's attention was all focused on the planet, and no one heard him whisper to himself......