"During the investigation, did the probe detect the existence of aliens?" Zhou Xin asked. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"I haven't found it yet." Atlas shook his head.

"Didn't you say you saw the ship docked in this building? Why can't anyone see it now? Zhou Xin asked.

"People do see it." There was a hint of doubt in the little girl's voice, "But people don't know why no one can see it now." ”

After listening to Atlas's answer, Zhou Xin thought for a moment, and then asked, "How far has the probe searched this building now?" ”

"Probably less than a fifth." As he spoke, the probe's search progress appeared on the screen. At one end of the cylindrical space structure, about one-fifth of the space building is covered by green markers, while the rest is unexplored red markers. By the way, this space building is a typical tree-ring layered structure, along the sides of the cylinder, the building is divided into many layers, and the section of each floor looks like the growth rings of trees, and in the very center of the cylinder, there is a passage that looks like it runs through the entire building to connect each floor. Originally, the passage was equipped with automatic equipment similar to that of an elevator, but now it seems that it has long since ceased operation.

Looking at the schematic diagram on the screen, Zhou Xin hesitated, but then he didn't say anything more, but motioned for the probe to continue the investigation......

By the next day, the probe had searched nearly half of the space building. At this time, the place they searched for was no longer an industrial area, and the rooms in this area were generally very large, and a large number of shelves were placed tightly in the room, and on the shelves were disc-shaped containers, which contained some unknown liquids, and a large number of plants were neatly arranged, and it seemed that this should be a place similar to a planting area. However, the plants now lined up on the plate looked a little yellow, some had even withered completely, and the liquid in the container had turned grayish-black, looking like a pool of stagnant water, and it had obviously been a long time since anyone had taken care of it.

At the same time, the probe still hadn't found any aliens, which couldn't help but make Zhou Xin feel puzzled, and even the look on Atlas's face began to become anxious.

The entire planting area is much larger than the industrial area, but due to the simple structure of this area, the search progress of the probe is much faster, and in one morning, less than a third of the unexplored area of the entire building remains. At this time, the probe finally made a new discovery.

When they reached the new floor through the middle passage, they suddenly found that many of the doors were open, and the probe immediately reported it.

Looking at the door in the corridor that opened every other distance, Zhou Xin couldn't help but be a little vigilant, "Atlas, don't let the probe go out together, send one in to observe first." ”

In the middle of the screen, one of the images began to move, and the probe cautiously walked to the nearest door, then cautiously looked inside. However, all you see in the camera is pitch black.

Originally, Zhou Xin thought that there would be aliens in it, but now what he saw was still pitch black, and he couldn't help but be a little disappointed. And the probe, after discovering that there was no one in the door, continued to fly towards the next open door. After observing three rooms with open doors in a row, the probe found nothing.

"It looks like there won't be anyone on this floor anymore." When the probe flew to the fourth room, Zhou Xin couldn't help but whisper to himself.

Before he could finish speaking, the detector had already pointed the camera into the open room, and several unexpected rays of light appeared in the frame for a split second. Seeing these rays of light, everyone present was slightly stunned, and before they could react, Atlas made a judgment at that moment, and she quickly controlled the detector and retreated into the corridor.

When the detector was retreating, Zhou Xin reacted, "What did you just see?" He confirmed, somewhat confused.

"I think there's a light in the room." Dart's tone was also a little uncertain.

"It's a bright light, indeed." Then came Atlas's affirmative tone, and then, the screen appeared with the image that the probe had captured in a split second.

In the picture, Zhou Xin saw that in several different directions in the room, there were lights of different shapes and sizes, and one light even appeared very close to the door, and it may not be more than a meter away from the lens of the detector. Right next to this light, a complete figure appeared at the same time.

Seeing this figure, Zhou Xin hadn't been excited yet, when he heard footsteps in the picture. This time, it was Atlas who reacted immediately, and she controlled the detector to retreat to the front room.

"Strange, am I mistaken?" The footsteps stopped after a few sounds, and then in the same direction, the familiar language was heard, a very young male voice.

"What's wrong? What happened? After the young voice, a somewhat muffled voice rang out.

"It's nothing, it's just an illusion." The young man replied, and then he asked, "How's the search going?" Did you find any food in the room? ”

"Nope." The deep voice looked a little lost, "This room has been searched by others a long time ago, and there is nothing. ”

"This floor has been searched, and it looks like we'll have to go to the next level." At this time, a third voice sounded, this voice sounded somewhat similar to the first, but if you listen closely, you can still tell that it is not the same person.

"Well, how long are we going to stay in this hellish place, and when will we be able to return to the planet." A female voice complained.

"Who knows." The deep male voice replied, "We've seen the consequences of violating the ban, anyway, I don't want to be like those people before, let's wait here honestly." ”

"But it's not a good idea to stay here all the time." The male voice at the beginning objected, "There are more and more people here, and there is not much food left, and if we don't think of any other way, then we won't live long." Then his tone became a little angry, "Anyway, I don't trust the government anymore, look at what they did, almost the entire people of Space City, they just wiped out without mercy." And they cut off all our supplies, which is completely going to kill us. ”

"Maybe the government has its own troubles, and in the end, it's the damn war to blame." A deep male voice said.

"Stop defending them." At first, the male voice looked excited, "Anyway, I can't trust them anymore." ”

With a sigh, the deep male voice was about to speak when it was interrupted by the female voice, "Okay, now is not the time to discuss this, let's think about how to find food." ”

Next, in their conversation, Zhou Xin learned. The owner of the male voice at the beginning is called Tucker, and the person who has a similar voice to him is his younger brother, named Tate, and the name of the person with a deep voice is Prom, and the only female voice is from Fed. The four of them were from the same ship, and now they were scouring the area for food.

At the same time, the four of them revealed some other information in the conversation, that there were at least two hundred people still alive in the space building, but that there were at least four factions among the two hundred. Three of the factions were outsiders, that is, they had migrated to this building from other space buildings, but they had come here at different times, and the four of them were also members of one of the small groups, and one of the factions was the natives of this space building, and they were the largest in number.

In fact, in the beginning, there were not so many factions here, but as the food in this space building became less and less, strife began to arise. At first, the locals of the building began to reject those who had taken refuge in the ship, but later, with the arrival of the new ship, there was a lot of friction between the newcomers in order to compete for more food. Although there have been no major fights these days, it has become inevitable that the food in this building has decreased.

While discussing their future fate, the four of them went to the level that the probe had just explored, and after exploring a room separately, the four of them gathered together again.

"Although I saw some plants in the room, it seemed that they were no longer edible." Prom spoke first.

"I'm here too." What followed was the voices of the Tucker and Tate brothers in unison.

"What about you? Is it the same? After a moment of silence, Prom spoke, sounding as if he was asking Field, but the probe heard no answer.

After a while, it must have been Tate who spoke, "These damn natives are not only plundering ready-made food, but they don't even care about the space farm they originally managed?" Don't they want to live? His voice was angry.

"You can't blame them too much." Prom sighed slightly, "After all, most of the production of these plants is automated, there are not many people who need to take care of them, and the most important thing is that most of the energy has been lost in this building, and it is almost impossible to restart the production of food." ”

"Strange, why is the energy here running out so quickly, are those locals deceiving us?" Tucker asked.

"I don't think so." "Except that they may have a little more food than we do, I've seen them live in the same situation as we do." And, if there was any energy, the farm wouldn't be what it is now, and they wouldn't be able to live with food. ”

"So what's next?" The next question was from Field, "Looks like we can't find the food we need here." ”

"Let's look for it again, I just saw that there are actually a small number of plants alive here, let's just collect them and bring them back, so they can be counted as food." After a pause, Prom continued, "For the rest, we'll see what the other groups have to offer." ”

"Well, that's all there is to it." Tate said, "Then hurry up and do it, collect it early and go back early, so that you can save a little energy." ”

Then the four of them separated again, apparently collecting the plants.

Seeing this situation, Zhou Xin thought for a moment, and then ordered several probes to follow them cautiously to see if they could continue to get other news from their mouths. In the meantime, let the remaining probes continue to explore the building.

After arranging the work of the probe, Zhou Xin said: "I didn't expect them to come to find food like this now, it seems that they have really lost their supplies. ”

"But why is that?" Dart was puzzled, "Those in the fleet can barely say that they were attacked because they violated the ban. What about these people in Space City, they didn't violate any prohibitions, why didn't their government care about them? ”

"Perhaps, that's why those flying machines let the ships that escaped in the first place." Spred thought of the original attack on the fleet, and then he thought of the worst-case scenario, "I'm afraid, their government has already made a decision to abandon everyone in Space City completely." ”

"It can't be." As soon as Spred's words fell, he was opposed by Dart, "No matter how you say it, they won't be so ruthless." Moreover, didn't Aina say that this space city is the crystallization of the wisdom of their entire civilization? How is it possible to say give up and give up, what good is it for them? ”

"I'm just saying they're going to give up the people here, but I'm not saying they're going to give up the entire Space City." "At least from the information we have now, that's the most likely outcome, unless you have anything else." ”

"But why would they give up everyone here?" Dart still couldn't believe it, "What did these people do wrong. ”

"I don't know." Spred spread his hands.

As they spoke, the probe had already explored the level where they had just encountered the four aliens. As the four of them had just discussed, all the edible contents of the rooms on this floor had been collected, and in a few rooms there was even more such a mess, with several shelves toppling down and the disc-shaped containers on the original shelves scattered all over the floor. It felt like someone had robbed you. And, in the process of exploring, except for the four people just encountered, the probe found no one else in this level.

Seeing this, the probe, after inspecting the last room on this level, flew directly to the next level......