After thinking for a long time, Spred finally agreed: "You are right, if the other party is a relatively normal civilization, their behavior is indeed too radical. ”

"It's quite radical, but they do it, why is that?" At this time, Zhou Xin also reacted, and he continued with a puzzled tone.

"Maybe the other party is such an impulsive barbarian civilization?" Dart's idea was very simple, "After all, the universe is so big, we haven't encountered it before, and it doesn't mean that there is no civilization with this kind of character in the universe." Unexpectedly, Dart's statement was unexpectedly agreed by several people.

"I can't understand this way of thinking at all." Zhou Xin shook his head. Since the crowd was still unaware of the attackers, even though they were all very confused, no one came up with their own ideas, and the command module fell silent once again.

However, this time the quiet time was not very long. A few minutes later, Atlas's voice was the first to sound, but her voice was a little hesitant, "Brother Captain—perhaps—someone has a way of explaining why their actions are a little strange." ”

"Oh?" Zhou Xin looked up at the little girl on the screen, "What kind of thoughts do you have, say it and listen to it." ”

"Although it is said that no one has yet found clear evidence to prove the true identity of the other party." "But judging by the previous patterns of the attackers, do you think they don't behave like normal intelligent beings, but rather like the probes or robots we usually use?" ”

After listening to the little girl's words, many people, including Zhou Xin, immediately began to recall. After a while, Zhou Xin slowly spoke: "Listen to you say this-it seems to be a bit like, so you think that it is not some kind of intelligent life that controls those attackers, but some kind of artificial intelligence?" ”

"Semi-artificial intelligence, maybe even a simple defense program." Atlas corrected, "Their way of behaving is rather rigid and they are certainly not artificial intelligence." Then she began to explain her thoughts in detail, "People think that those attackers may be some kind of defense equipment left over from the long-disappeared continental civilization on the planet, they themselves do not have too high intelligence, and what they can do is limited to defending the former towns and now the ruins. As for the attack we encountered, it may be that our probes triggered some kind of alarm device set up when the mainland civilization was still in existence in the process of investigating the ruins of those towns, which attracted the attack of the other side. ”

After the little girl finished speaking, Spred thought for a moment before speaking, "Indeed, if we follow this statement, many of the unreasonable things we have seen before can be explained more reasonably. For example, the words on the attackers' bodies, since they were made by mainland civilization, it is not surprising that they carry the words of mainland civilization on them. In addition, they were reluctant to attack even one more time in the face of the probes leaving the range of the ruins, because the program set them to defend the range where the town was located, and the rigid program would not make any changes. Even if they don't warn, the direct attack can be explained, because they are simply a defense program and do not have the same thinking skills as we do. At this point, he couldn't help but admire, "Yes, Atlas, you really have you, and you can actually see this from the way they behave." ”

"Nope." Under Spred's praise, the little girl looked a little embarrassed, "Maybe it's because people are also artificial intelligence, so they will care more about their behavior that is more similar to the program." If you give everyone a little more time, you will be able to analyze these things like everyone else. ”

"But—" Although all the explanations sounded very reasonable, Zhou Xin still felt a little puzzled after thinking for a long time, "If that's the case, wouldn't that mean that the civilization on the continent had deployed such a huge defense system on the entire planet before it disappeared?" How can such a defense system still be effective after nearly a thousand years and still retain such a powerful force? How strong was the civilization that lived on the planet back then? Could such a civilization be completely extinct just because of the rise in sea levels? What's more, they were a civilization living on land back then, how could they possibly build a defense system at the bottom of the sea? Even if it was built on the ocean floor, how did this defense system protect the towns that were still on the land? ”

Hearing Zhou Xin's series of questions, Atlas, who was in a state of excitement, immediately showed a look of embarrassment on his face. Obviously, she hadn't thought about these issues before. Next, it was Spred who took the lead in answering for the little girl, "Who said that the defense system back then could only be built underwater, maybe it was an integrated defense system of land, sea and air, but after the extinction of the continental civilization, only the defense system in the sea remained." ”

Zhou Xin didn't fully believe Spred's supplementary explanation, because he didn't explain clearly why the mainland civilization had such a technology but still completely disappeared in the end, and even the little girl's face showed a trace of doubt. But this is the most plausible explanation they have speculated so far, so even if they don't fully believe it, Zhou Xin only has a slight suspicion. He thinks that it may not be enough to get more clues now, and that if he can get more clues in the future, he may be able to complete all the details.

At this time, Dart asked, "Now that we have basically been able to confirm the identity of the other party, what should we do next to their attack?" If we leave it unchecked, it won't be long before they discover the resource gathering points we have set up on the planet. ”

Dart's question made Zhou Xin show the same embarrassed expression as Atlas before, and he was silent for a while before he sighed, "It would be good if the other party belonged to a normal intelligent life, so that at least there was hope to be able to communicate with them." But I didn't expect that they were just a program that couldn't communicate......"