Just an hour after the fusiform was brought back to the Voyager, Atlas completed an inspection of the fusiform's interior. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Brother Captain, Brother Captain." The cheerful cry of a little girl sounded again inside the ship.

"What's wrong with this time?" At first, Zhou Xin thought that Atlas had made some new discoveries.

"The broken fusiform has already been inspected." Atlas said triumphantly.

"Huh? So fast? Zhou Xin was a little surprised, and he asked, "What's in that fusiform device?" ”

"I don't know yet." The little girl shook her head, and then explained in detail, "People are also afraid of damaging the contents inside, so they haven't opened the fusiform device yet." ”

"And how did you check?"

"They drilled a hole in that crack and put a probe in it to inspect it."

"That's a good way." Zhou Xin praised, "Then how can you not know what is inside?" ”

"The probe has been checked." Atlas replied, "But I didn't see anything in the lens, there is a metal shell inside this fusiform device, this shell is also made using seamless technology, people have been looking for a long time on this metal shell, but they have not found a way to get inside." ”

"A second shell?" Zhou Xin said in surprise, "What is it that is in this fusiform device that needs such strict protection?" ”

"It's got to be something very important." Atlas nodded heavily.

"No matter what's in there, just open it and see." Zhou Xin muttered to himself, and then he continued to ask Atlas, "What's next?" Are you ready to open that fusiform device directly? ”

The little girl shook her head, "People plan to open the broken shell first, and as for the shell inside, they have to wait for the shell to be opened before making a decision." However, it may take a long time, and if you are in a hurry to know what is inside, you can open it directly. However, in this case, there is no guarantee that the contents will not be damaged during the opening process. ”

"Take your time." Zhou Xin shook his head slightly, "Originally, we didn't have many clues related to the civilization of this galaxy now, if the device was destroyed because it was opened rashly, it would be worth the loss." ”

"Okay—" replied Atlas, "and the house will start working." As she spoke, the little girl on the screen disappeared.

After ending the conversation, Zhou Xin thought for a while, and then whispered to himself, "What is inside?"

Due to the various unexpected events in orbit, the civilization on the planet seems to have strengthened the planet's defenses, especially after the explosion of the shuttle vehicle, Voyager found that the number of vehicles patrolling the orbit has increased significantly, and new vehicles are constantly being launched to the patrol orbital altitude. Whereas a maximum of one or two vehicles could only be seen in the footage of a single probe, nearly ten vehicles can now be seen flying on the screen, no matter which probe Voyager switches to. This is not just the case at the site of the fusiform crash, but also around the world. Zhou Xin was very puzzled by why an ordinary flying machine would arouse the global vigilance of this civilization, and he was even more curious about the objects placed in those several fusiform devices. However, at this time, Atlas still has not yet researched a way to safely open the inner layer, and Zhou Xin can only wait patiently for her good news. At the same time, to be on the safe side, he ordered the probe to temporarily halt further investigation of the planet, and instead stay in orbit further above the synchronous orbit to keep an eye on the vehicles below, waiting for their defenses to relax before making a decision.

In the blink of an eye, the next day came, and what worried Zhou Xin was that the defense of this civilization had not been relaxed, but had become tighter, and in front of the camera of the probe, in addition to the patrol aircraft that had long been tired of seeing before, there were also spaceships such as warships that might be the real use of this civilization. The overall shape of the spacecraft is a streamlined cylinder, one end of the cylinder is pointed, and the other end is the engine vent, and wing-like wings are stretched out on both sides of the cylinder, the shape of the wing is also very strange, it is actually a fan, and this wing can really be opened and closed like a fan, according to Atlas analysis, this type of wing should be able to play a role in maintaining balance when the spacecraft lands. The total length of the spacecraft is about 200 meters, but the wingspan is only about 20 meters, and it looks very small, like a sharpened pencil. Since the spacecraft is only in a normal patrol state, the probe has no way to investigate other details about it, including possible weapon systems, and Zhou Xin's knowledge of these is blank. However, fortunately, there are not many spaceships of this type, only three were found within the lens range of the probe, and the target they were targeting was not the Voyager, so Zhou Xin was not very worried about this for the time being.

The location where these three spaceships appeared was above the Circular Continent, and at this time, the direction of the Circular Continent was exactly in the direction where the Voyager was located, and for safety reasons, Zhou Xin also ordered the Voyager to retreat a certain distance so as not to be discovered by the other party. As for the other continent of the planet, their reaction was not so intense, except for the aforementioned aircraft to strengthen the patrol, the probe did not see no trace of the large spaceship, but the keen Zhou Xin still found a little strange place after observation, most of the aircraft on this side are concentrated in the range of the planet near the equator, and their vigilant target seems to be the aircraft on another continent, when the aircraft of the circular continent flies near the equator, They were intercepted by a variety of aircraft, but the two sides did not really open fire, that is, they chased two circles near the equator and flew back to the direction of their respective continents.

"It seems that the people of the two continents are not very friendly with each other." Seeing this situation, Zhou Xin guessed.

"Maybe the people on the two continents are two of the three different forces we speculated earlier?" Dart speculated further.

"It's very likely." Zhou Xin's thoughts were similar to Dart's, but he still had doubts in his heart, "What about the third force?" Where are they? ”

Dart spread his hands and was about to say what he thought, but was about to say something about to be interrupted by Atlas, "Brother Captain! Brother Captain! ”

"What did you find this time?" Zhou Xin asked curiously.

"A big discovery." Atlas's tone was still so excited, but for a moment the little girl's face showed a mysterious expression, "Brother Captain, guess what they found in that fusiform device?" ”

"Oh? Have you already turned on that device? Have you found a way to open the inner layer? Zhou Xin asked curiously.

"The old way, drill holes." Atlas's answer made Zhou Xin cry and laugh a little, and then she said in a coquettish tone, "People really haven't found a way to open it, so they have to use this method." Okay, Brother Captain, don't worry about this kind of detail, things, what's inside is more important. ”

"And what did Atlas find inside?" Seeing that Atlas had been emphasizing what was inside, Zhou Xin finally asked this question.

"There's a man lying in the fusiform device." Atlas said a result that Zhou Xin didn't expect at all.

"People?" Zhou Xin screamed in surprise, and then he asked without thinking, "Is it alive?" ”

The little girl shook her head, "They just put the probe in and took a look, and when they saw a person lying inside, they immediately sealed the opening, and they haven't checked it in detail." ”

Zhou Xin agreed with Atlas's approach after a little thought, and then he asked: "Have you sampled and analyzed the air inside?" What are the ingredients inside? Is it any different from the composition of the air on the Voyager? He asked the last question with a hint of concern.

"Of course." Atlas replied proudly, "As soon as you open it, people will sample the air inside." He heard the worry in Zhou Xin's tone, and then comforted, "Brother Captain, don't worry, the air composition in the device is not very different from the air composition on the spaceship, you don't have to worry about affecting each other." Atlas then reported detailed information, "According to the analysis, the gas content in the fusiform device is about 26%, the nitrogen content is about 72%, and the remaining 2% is a variety of mixed gases, and the concentration of gas in the device is about 1.2 times the concentration of air in the Voyager." According to the fact that there was a person lying in the device that was later discovered, it was inferred that the air composition in the device should be the composition of the atmosphere on the surface of the planet. ”

After listening to Atlas's report, Zhou Xin nodded, and then fell into deep thought.

However, Zhou Xin didn't think long before he was interrupted by Atlas, "Brother Captain, what are you going to do with that device now, do you need someone to open it?" Then she added, "When people dismantled the shell before, they found a small number of pipelines between the inner layer and the outer layer, which looked like internal air filtration devices, and several pipelines had been slightly damaged. People are afraid of the person inside—"

Zhou Xin hesitated to forcibly open the device when he was thinking about it, and now when he heard Atlas's reminder, he had to make a hasty decision, "Then what else do you want, you can only open the device first." However, he then instructed, "Before opening, you should pay attention to put the device in the isolation area and set up the same environment as the inside, so as not to have problems during the opening process." ”

"Captain, don't worry, everyone knows about it." Atlas said confidently, "Everything is ready, just waiting for your orders." With that, the little girl disappeared, apparently going straight to the opening of the fusiform mechanism.

Seeing Atlas's anxious roar, Zhou Xin shook his head, but at this time, the Voyager sent a new report, and Zhou Xin had to focus on the report sent back by the probe.

For the next period of time, Zhou Xin was constantly looking at the images sent back by the probe, most of which were about the movements of the aircraft in orbit below. However, after reading a few reports, Zhou Xin found that most of the so-called anomalies were small conflicts between aircraft from two different continents in the area near the equator. Therefore, after watching a few similar images, Zhou Xin had no intention of continuing to watch, and he began to worry about the alien lying in the shuttle-shaped device in his heart.

But this time Atlas's progress didn't seem to be going very well, after more than an hour, Zhou Xin didn't hear her voice again, seeing that the time on the ship was close to late at night, Zhou Xin had to give up the idea of going to sleep after getting the news, and returned to his room-

In the early morning of the next day, Zhou Xin was woken up early by Atlas while he was still asleep.

"Brother Captain, Brother Captain." Unlike yesterday, this time her tone seemed a little flustered.

"What happened?" Zhou Xin asked while yawning.

"The device has been opened, but the man lying inside has no signs of life." She said it in one sitting.

Hearing Atlas's words, Zhou Xin woke up in an instant, he got up from the bed with a bone, and asked while getting dressed: "You mean, the person lying inside is dead?" ”

"At least none of the equipment on board has checked for any sign of the man's life." Atlas replied, "They can't even check it out themselves." ”

Zhou Xin still didn't believe Atlas's conclusion, "Are you sure it's not wrong?" Could it be that the other party's life form is not the same as ours, and the instruments on the spaceship can't check it? ”

"No, it won't." Atlas directly denied it, "People have examined it, and that person's life form is the same as that of the captain's brother, an ordinary carbon-based life, and the functions of most of the organs in his body are similar to those of the people on the ship." After explaining the basic situation of the man, Atlas added, "Not only that, but the specific cause of the man's death was even checked, he died from a violent blow and bleeding from his internal organs." ”

At this time, Zhou Xin had already put on his clothes, and after listening to Atlas's report, he hurriedly walked out of the room to the location where the fusiform device was placed, wanting to see with his own eyes the situation of the person lying in the device......