Chapter 30: Strange Marks
"Brother Captain, come and see." As Atlas spoke, the screen changed, "This is a footage that someone stumbled upon while sorting through all the footage from the detector, and it was supposed to be an attacker, and the contents of it may help us reveal the identity of the attackers." Perhaps for fear of affecting Zhou Xin's judgment, the little girl did not directly state her conclusion in her hesitation, and even the introduction was quite brief.
The screen had just switched to a new picture that attracted the attention of most of the people present. Without careful observation, or even a brief introduction to the little girl, Zhou Xin found that the scene depicted in that picture was quite simple. Three-quarters of the frame is made up of dark water, with a black shadow visible in less than a quarter of the upper left corner. Not only that, but the image appears to have been captured by the probe at high speed, and the only black shadow captured is as blurry as what Atlas had described.
But although the content in the picture is simple and vague, since the little girl can solemnly take it out and introduce it, it means that there must be some important information hidden on it. After a brief thought, Zhou Xin immediately ruled out the deep-sea environment that would be seen in all the pictures, and focused his attention on the black shadow in the upper left corner.
At first glance, there was nothing special about the dark shadow, and perhaps the only thing worth mentioning was the edge of the arc. But if it was only about the shape of the black shadow, Zhou Xin didn't feel the need for Atlas to make such a fuss, so he didn't open his mouth casually, but continued to observe.
However, just before Zhou Xin noticed the clues in the picture, the other people in the command cabin noticed the anomaly in the picture earlier than him, "Look, there seems to be a light-colored markings in the dark shadow?" A voice suddenly sounded in Zhou Xin's ears.
After receiving the reminder from the voice, Zhou Xin noticed the shallow spot in hindsight. No wonder he hadn't noticed it just now, because the color of the scar was not much different from the surrounding black shadows, and the picture itself was quite blurry, so it was easy to mix it with the black background if he didn't pay attention to it.
However, even if they noticed the markings, not many people thought that it was what Atlas mentioned that was worth paying attention to, and even Zhou Xin thought so at first. However, after repeatedly confirming that there was nothing else hidden in the dark shadow, Zhou Xin had no choice but to refocus his attention on the light-colored mark.
This time, after careful observation, Zhou Xin seemed to have found some clues, and he asked in an uncertain tone, "Do you think that the shape of that shallow spot looks a little familiarββ? β
"Well, I just found out." Spred nodded in agreement, "But you didn't notice it, I thought it was just my delusion." β
But although Zhou Xin felt a little familiar, the picture itself was too blurry, and further observation could not give more accurate results, so he had to ask: "Atlas, isn't there a clearer picture?" β
"Brother Captain, wait a minute, people are processing the picture." The little girl replied, and less than a minute later, a similar image appeared on the screen. Although the picture is still a little blurry, it is much better than before. In this picture, Zhou Xin and the others finally saw the true face of the mark.
At the first moment, everyone in the command cabin, including Zhou Xin, showed a look of surprise. The reason for their surprise was not that the pattern of the marks themselves was too complex, but that the structure of the marks themselves was quite simple, with only a few lines, but the shape of the lines themselves felt very familiar to them.
"Are you mistaken?" Immediately, Spred asked in a skeptical tone, "How could it be this shape, is it caused by the refraction of the sea itself?" β
"It's impossible, people have already ruled out the effect of sea water on light." Atlas denied with the utmost certainty, "This is what the pattern was meant to be." Although no one has ever found the exact same pattern in the ruins of the sea floor before, judging from the shape of the pattern itself, it should belong to the same type of script as the script used by the destroyed civilization. β
That's right, the markings are the same as the ones Zhou Xin and they saw before, although there are only a few brushstrokes, but they obviously have the shape of waves. If this shape appeared in the ruins of the seabed, Zhou Xin and the others would not be surprised at all, but it appeared on the bodies of those attackers, which had to surprise Zhou Xin and them.
"How is that possible?" As soon as the little girl's words fell, Spred said in a tone of disbelief, "Doesn't this mean that those raiders may have a great connection with the extinct continental civilization on the planet?" Is it even possible that they are the descendants of continental civilization? How is this possible, and how can a civilization living on land adapt to the marine environment in such a short period of time? And doesn't that mean we've made a mistake in our previous judgments? There is no such thing as a major war between a land civilization and a sea civilization, so what would be the reason for the sudden rise in sea level? β
"Calm down." Zhou Xin said calmly, "It's just the same type of text, and it's not completely certain that there must be a relationship between the attackers and the mainland civilization, maybe it's just that the words they use are relatively similar." Immediately afterward, he instructed Atlas, "Go ahead and check the images sent back by the detector to see if we can find more evidence like this." β
"Ever since this image was discovered, people have been conducting a full inspection." The little girl replied, "Now some suspicious images have been discovered, and they are investigating them one by one." β
Due to the sheer number of images captured by the probe during this time, it took almost a day to check all the data, even with Atlas's capabilities. In the end, in the huge amount of information, the little girl only found a dozen shots with similar words.
"Although the number of useful pictures is not much." In his report to Zhou Xin, Atlas said, "But it was mainly due to the poor shooting conditions. Judging from the current information, anyone who can photograph a specific location of the other party's individual can see a similar sign existing. According to probabilistic statistics, it is almost certain that each individual of the attacker should have a similar logo printed on the same place......"