"It would be nice to say that the other person belongs to a normal intelligent life, so that at least there is hope to be able to communicate with them. But I didn't expect that they were just a program that couldn't communicate. Zhou Xin sighed.

"Speaking of communication, it seems that we haven't tried to contact each other since the first time they appeared." Zhou Xin's words suddenly reminded Spred of a key question.

"I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint everyone." As soon as he finished speaking, Atlas replied, "After discovering that there was a certain degree of mutual contact between the individuals of the attackers, they tried to imitate their contact methods and tried to contact the attackers, but they never received a response. Because of this, people have not reported this situation. ”

"Looks like he's completely ignoring us." Spred smiled bitterly, and at the same time, the expression on Zhou Xin's face began to become ugly.

"Actually, Brother Captain, you don't have to worry too much." As if she had guessed Zhou Xin's thoughts, the little girl opened her mouth and comforted, "If you want to say a way, it's actually not nothing." This sentence made many people present focus their attention on the screen.

Before Zhou Xin could ask a question, Atlas continued: "If it is only a defense system that attacks us, excluding the possibility of human manipulation, in order to maintain the operation of the defense system, there should at least be a control center. As long as we find this control center and find a way to operate it, we may be able to stop the attack. ”

After listening to the little girl's words, Zhou Xin suddenly showed an expression of sudden realization, and he subconsciously nodded again and again. The frequent attacks during this period made him a little anxious, so he didn't think about things as carefully as before. However, as he nodded, Dart frowned and asked his doubts, "That being said, but with such a large surface area on that planet, where are we going to find this control center?" ”

I have to say that Dart's question is straight to the point, and everyone began to think deeply after listening to it. But soon, several people, including Zhou Xin, seemed to remember something, and after glancing at Spred, Zhou Xin said in an uncertain tone: "Do you think it is possible for the control center to hide in the ruins of the largest town——? ”

As soon as the words fell, several people who had just thought of this answer almost at the same time as him showed expressions of approval. It didn't take long for some of the rest of the people to figure it out. Seeing that there were still many people with their expressions still quite confused, Spred opened his mouth and reminded, "Didn't we already discuss it before?" The reason for the initial large-scale attack on our detectors in the ruins of that town was most likely that we had touched some sort of secret in the town. Judging by the scale of their original attack, this secret is probably not small. It's not a 100% possibility, but since the secret isn't small, can we tell that it's very likely to be hidden—"

"Their control center!" Before Spred's words were finished, someone in the crowd who had not figured it out suddenly understood, and one of them even interrupted his conclusion.

"But if it's me. Then there would not be a choice to establish such an important control center in such an obvious place. Dart said again with a tone of confusion, "I would choose to build it in a more secluded location, and even with technology like theirs, it is not impossible to build it in the deep sea." ”

"I didn't say that the control center must be hidden in the ruins of that town." Zhou Xin replied, "It's just that this possibility is relatively high. And this situation is not without precedent, and the previous Norsan civilization did not build their most important center tower in the very center of each city. ”

"That's right." This Datter finally agreed with Zhou Xin's opinion.

"Now that we already have a clear goal." Zhou Xin turned his head to Atlas on the screen and ordered, "Then continue to send more detectors to that ruin, and find a way to find the control center hidden in it as soon as possible." Even if it is finally confirmed that the control center is not there, we must find out the secret hidden there as soon as possible. My gut told me that the secret might be very important. ”

"If there's really a control center hidden in that ruin." "Now that it's functioning, it's clear that it won't be as badly damaged as the ruins we've seen on the surface of the sea." Therefore, I think that the control center is very likely to be hidden in the rock formations of the ocean floor, so I suggest that in the following investigation process, the probe should not only investigate the debris that can be seen on the surface of the seabed, but also go deep into the rock layers of the ocean floor to see if there is a hidden space underneath. ”

"If you need to go deep into the rock formations, the workload is huge, at least twice as much as before." Atlas replied embarrassedly, "And there are still a lot of difficulties." First of all, there has never been an attempt to have a probe search through the rock formations on the ocean floor; Secondly, we must add the interference of seabed sediments to the detection equipment; Last but not least, the detector must be on the lookout for attacks throughout the search. All of this is combined, and I am afraid that we may not be able to complete the investigation of the ruins in the next three months. ”

"But Dart does have a point, and we do need to investigate the rock formations on the ocean floor." After listening to the little girl's analysis, Zhou Xin also looked a little helpless, "And it must be completed as soon as possible, otherwise there will be no chance to stop the other party's attack at all." ”

"That being said, there's no way we can speed up the entire investigation all at once." Spred interjected in annoyance.

"yes." Zhou Xin sighed, "Forget it, it's useless to talk so much, let's take it step by step." Atlas, let's finish the unfinished survey of the surface of the ruins, and then think about investigating the rock formations beneath the ruins. ”

"Hmm." The little girl nodded.

In this way, Zhou Xin and the others continued to slowly carry out the repairs of the Voyager while launching a larger investigation into the ruins of the town they were discussing......