The robot arm continued to flip through the diary, but after December 28th, the diary was only blank, and Candela's diary ended here. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

However, Atlas did not stop her movements, she kept flipping through the diary, but until the back cover of the diary, no one saw a word appear in the diary.

Looking at the blank back cover, Zhou Xin fell into deep thought, he recalled what was recorded in the diary, and after a long time, a few words couldn't help but pop out of his mouth, "That substance-?" ”

Halfway through the diary, he summed up a lot of the properties of the substance described in the diary. But until now, he hadn't guessed what that substance was, so when he thought about it, he couldn't help but ask.

After asking these words, Zhou Xin's thoughts also returned from the diary, and he asked everyone in the command cabin: "What do you think 'that substance' is?" ”

Most of the people in the command cabin turned their heads to look at the people nearby after Zhou Xin asked this question, and then shook their heads in unison, even Dart shook his head after thinking about it for a long time, obviously they couldn't guess what "that substance" was.

Spred on the other side also showed a thoughtful expression after Zhou Xin's question, and after a while, his brow furrowed, as if he remembered something, and shortly after Dart shook his head, he replied, "I have a sense of déjà vu with the 'substance' described in the diary. ”

"Do you know what that is?" Before Spred could finish speaking, Dart hurriedly asked.

To everyone's disappointment, however, Spred shook his head at last, "It just feels familiar, I vaguely remember someone who seemed to have introduced me to something similar a long time ago, but—" he paused, his expression thoughtful, "but it's been so long since I've forgotten a little." ”

Zhou Xin comforted: "Forget it, it doesn't matter if you can't think of it, I'm just curious about what 'that substance' is, anyway, this thing has nothing to do with us." ”

"It doesn't have to be okay." Dart objected to Zhou Xin's judgment and asked, "Do you remember the last paragraph in your diary?" ”

"Aren't you just going to run away?" Since it was the diary he had just read, Zhou Xin answered without thinking about it.

"What did they use to escape?" Dart asked.

"Isn't it a space shuttle?" Zhou Xin received it, and suddenly, he also reacted, "Could it be that the space shuttle mentioned in the diary is the same shuttle that was destroyed in front of the probe before?" He muttered to himself with suspicion.

"Isn't that the most likely?" Dart began, "Isn't the name alone to tie the two together?" And if we extrapolate it this way, wouldn't the reason why the aircraft was attacked also be explained? He spread his hands, "The alien named Candela managed to escape from the lab, but was found and chased by the military in the process of escaping, and then the space shuttle they used to escape was destroyed in front of the probe's camera." ”

"So, one of those two bodies is the Candela?" After listening to Dart's analysis, Zhou Xin also felt that it made sense, he subconsciously asked, but after thinking about it, he felt that something was not right, and then he changed his words, "No, if this is the case, then this diary should be in one of the two fusiform devices, and now it is placed separately in a device that has nothing, does that mean-"

"He probably didn't have time to escape at all, but stayed in the lab, leaving a journal in the device to give some clues. Or maybe he managed to escape, but he didn't have time to enter the escape pod at the moment when the shuttle exploded, so only his diary was left inside. Dart continued.

Zhou Xin nodded, "I really didn't expect that there was such a bizarre story hidden behind the shuttle flying machine before. ”

"No, no, no, that's not the point." Once again, Dart reminded, "Did you forget one more thing in your diary?" Candela: They must have taken 'that substance' with them when they fled. ”

Under Dart's reminder, Zhou Xin also thought about it, and his tone was surprised and delighted, "Are you talking about the fusiform device with strong radiation?" Is it likely that it's 'that substance' in it? He was surprised because he had opened the fusiform device without knowing it, but there was no accident, and he was naturally happy that they had accidentally obtained 'that substance'.

"Otherwise, what would you do with such a dangerous thing in your escape device?" Dart asked rhetorically.

"That's right." Zhou Xin showed a thoughtful expression, but before he could continue, Atlas's curiosity was mobilized instead, "Brother Captain, since it contains the 'kind of substance' mentioned in the diary, do you need someone to study it?" Although she had read the diary several times, Atlas had not deduced what 'that substance' was, and her curiosity had long been suppressed to know what it was.

However, at this time, Zhou Xin had already calmed down, although he had a strong curiosity about 'that substance', but he thought about it and rejected Atlas's request first, "It's better not to do it yet, this civilized person has some understanding of 'that substance' and there have been so many accidents in the process of experiments, not to mention that we don't know anything about it, let alone experiments, if something happens when the device is turned on, the consequences will be unimaginable." But he finally added, "Anyway, now that 'that substance' is in our hands, we have no problem studying it whenever we want." Let's wait until we get some more information about it from other sources and look into it when we are sure. ”

"Okay." Atlas replied casually, with some lack of interest. However, Zhou Xin didn't care, and then asked everyone: "Do you have any other questions about the contents of the diary other than the 'substance' mentioned in the diary?" If you have something to say, let's talk about it. ”

Spred began, "I'm interested in the 'other plan' mentioned in the diary, and judging from the few words mentioned in the diary, Candela's 'other plan' seems to be much larger than studying 'that substance.'" And it seems that the study of 'that substance' is also a prerequisite for 'another plan'. ”

"I can see that, too." Zhou Xin nodded, "But the description of 'another plan' in the diary is even less than the description of 'that substance', and it is only this one term that appears." Until more information is available, there is simply no point in discussing this issue now. ”

Spred nodded, not continuing the discussion on the issue.

At this time, a researcher sitting in front of Zhou Xin mentioned a detail in the diary, "Have you noticed the time recorded in the diary?" War calendar? This seems to be the name of the calendar used by this civilization, why do they use the 'war calendar'—" He thought for a moment, but could not come up with any suitable words, so he said, "such a strange name." ”

Zhou Xin didn't notice the question he asked, he showed a puzzled look, and then Dart continued: "Have you also found this?" Indeed, I don't think it's a good idea to use the word 'war' to describe the calendar. Atlas, is it a problem that you have in translation? Does the term "calendar" used in the diary mean anything else? ”

"Nope." Atlas replied, "That word only has the meaning of 'war', and it appears in many other sources, and people can't get it wrong." ”

"Is it really war?" Zhou Xin showed a strange expression, "Why do you use such a name, could it be that the calendar they use is really related to war?" ”

"Maybe it really has something to do with it." "Have you noticed that they've been using this calendar for less than three hundred years?" Judging from the current technology of this civilization, their history is definitely more than this short 300 years. In other words, the calendar they used three hundred years ago was definitely not the war calendar. Maybe they really broke out less than 300 years ago in a war that could change the course of civilization or something, so they changed the name of the calendar to this one. ”

"Maybe so." Zhou Xin said as he pondered, and then he asked, "Atlas, have you seen this civilization use this calendar name in other places before?" ”

"That's the name everywhere." Atlas replied, "At first, people thought the name of the calendar was strange, and they thought it was a mistake. But later I found out that this is indeed the meaning, and I got used to it when I looked at people. Then she added, "Oh, by the way, people remember, in some historical materials, people have seen the names of the calendars they used to use, and it seems to be translated as 'Kanda calendar' and 'Taihao calendar', which are two very strange names, and they are transliterated. People don't find words that have the same meaning in the three languages we use. ”

"Are there two different names for the calendar?" Zhou Xin was puzzled for a moment, but after thinking about the three known forces of this civilization, he felt that there was nothing strange. So he continued, "Although the name is also very strange, it is quite normal compared to the 'war calendar'. At least I think that using the word 'war' as the name of the calendar gives the impression that there was constant war during the time when the calendar was in use. After thinking about it, he added a question, "Atlas, how long have these two calendars been in use?" ”

"At least according to the records that people have seen in the materials, the 'Kanda calendar' is more than 2,500 years old, and the 'Taihao calendar' is also more than 2,100 years old, and the two calendars are still very different in the calculation of time. But less than 300 years ago, both calendars were unified under the name 'war calendar'. ”

"So, maybe there was a war that could affect global civilization three hundred years ago? That's why the two sides coincidentally changed the calendar to the same name? Dart guessed.

"Maybe that's really the case." Zhou Xin replied, and then he shook his head, "Forget it, there is no point in dwelling on the names of the calendar, there have been many stranger names in our history." It's simply impossible to deduce much information from just one name. ”

"That's right." Dart also nodded, "Instead of thinking here, it's better to go directly to the relevant information, Atlas, you just said that you have read the historical materials before this civilization, is there any record of why they changed the name of the calendar?" ”

The little girl shook her head, "I haven't found anything about it yet, and the information that people have found before the war calendar is very limited, and the records are all trivial things. And it seems that people in this civilization don't want to talk too much about history, and a lot of historical materials are encrypted and stored in their own archives, and there is no way for people to crack their encryption system for the time being. They were secretive about what had happened even in the early days of the war. The earliest historical information on the war calendar was written 97 years after the advent of the war calendar, and it only records some of the climate changes of that year. ”

"Don't talk about history? It's a bit quirky indeed. After listening to Atlas's words, Zhou Xin also felt a little strange, he thought about it and asked, "Haven't you already cracked the daily communication of this civilization?" What exactly do they talk about? ”

"Don't talk about anything." As soon as these words came out, everyone in the command cabin showed strange expressions, and Atlas continued, "The daily life of this civilization is very strange, except for work, they have no entertainment activities at all, and even when they chat, they only discuss the content of work, and there is no nonsense at all. ”

"Isn't this kind of life tiring?" Zhou Xin was a little surprised.

"At least people don't hear the tiredness from their conversations, it seems that the people they talk to are quite satisfied with their current lives, and it seems that from their conversations, there are people who are worse off than them." Atlas replied, "According to people's inference, perhaps because the lifespan of this civilization itself is relatively short, it is because their usual pace of life is so fast." ”

"I still think it's a little weird." After Atlas finished speaking, Zhou Xin answered, he thought for a while, and then shook his head, "I still don't understand why they are like this, forget it, I don't want to, it seems that the topic is a little far away, let's go back to the content of the diary......"