"Brother Captain, those attacking forces on the planet have stopped attacking!" Atlas suddenly screamed in surprise.

The sudden report made Zhou Xin, who was still focused on the communication in the ship, suddenly unresponsive, and after a few seconds of stunned, he quickly turned his gaze to another adjacent screen after coming back to his senses. Not only Zhou Xin, but in the next very short period of time, everyone present also threw themselves into the same place.

From the footage from the front line of the battle, Zhou Xin and the others saw that the blazing beams that were originally all over the battlefield had disappeared, and even the flames of the explosion were left. The only sound from the probe was the faint sound of water and the occasional explosion or two. In the picture at this moment, what Zhou Xin and the others could see the most was the large number of debris and wreckage left by the units that were destroyed in the battle, and which were still slowly sinking to the bottom of the sea. Of course, there are also the few surviving probes and submersibles piloted by a large number of civilizations on the planet.

Zhou Xin noticed that although the other party had stopped attacking, those submersibles showed no signs of leaving, and they were still patrolling back and forth on the battlefield as if they were patrolling their own territory. Of course, during the patrol, the opponent's submersible is still careful to keep a distance from all its active units. It is clear that the civilization on the planet is still extremely wary of outsiders like themselves. But even so, compared with before, the current status quo can still make Zhou Xin feel a little more relaxed.

While asking Atlas to mobilize the remaining probes to inspect the damage everywhere without arousing greater alert from the other party, Zhou Xin said to Geziol: "I really didn't expect it—thank you very much for being able to speak for us just now." ”

"To be honest, I still don't trust you guys." Geziol on the screen responded bluntly with a cold tone, "So it's okay to say thank you or something, you better find a way to explain everything clearly first." Then his tone was even more threatening, "You have to know, this is only a temporary truce, if we find out that you have made any unusual moves that threaten us, I don't need to say that you should know about the results." ”

"Don't worry, it's absolutely impossible." Zhou Xin patted his chest and said, "There is no hatred between the two of us in the first place, how can we do anything against you when your troops do not threaten us." Not only that, but we will also try our best to explain the misunderstanding. ”

"It's your own business." Zhou Xin's words did not make Gziol's mood fluctuate in any way, "Besides, by the way, I would like to remind you that those old men in the ark are not as easily persuaded as I am, so you can do it yourself." ”

"It's a matter of people—" Just as Zhou Xin was about to continue, the picture in the communication suddenly disappeared, and Gziol's side directly ended the communication.

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In the lower warehouse of the Voyager, Géziol, who had turned off the communicator, stood motionless, staring at the small screen above that had completely dimmed. After a few seconds, he let out a long sigh and muttered to himself, "I really don't know if this choice is right or wrong." With that, he crouched down and began to carefully retract the still exposed lines from the communications device that had just been urgently repaired. The other members of the team around him, even Mondcombe, could see that the captain didn't seem to be in a very good mood now, so after Geziol finished the communication, they didn't continue to pester their captain to ask this and that, but silently walked to his side and began to sort out the repaired communication device together......

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"Uh-" In the command cabin, facing the screen that suddenly lost its image, Zhou Xincai's half-spoken words were stuck in his throat. After being stunned for a while, he finally shook his head with a smile and said with relief, "Forget it, let's do it first, it will always change in the end." From the few words of dialogue just now, Zhou Xin keenly noticed that although Gaziol still maintained the most basic vigilance and alienation between words, the hostility that had been faintly maintained in his tone during the previous exchange had completely disappeared. This phenomenon is undoubtedly a great encouragement for Zhou Xin.

Retracting from his communication with Geziol, Zhou Xin looked at the screen and asked, "Atlas, how is the inspection going?" What about our losses? ”

"It's still a work in progress." The little girl replied with a solemn expression, "Because during the investigation, you have to pay attention to bypassing the opposing units that are still patrolling the battlefield, so the overall progress is very slow. However, the results of the survey so far do not show signs of optimism. ”

Hearing this, the hearts of everyone present sank at this time. Immediately afterwards, the little girl began to report the specific situation, "Now more than ninety percent of the units near the mining area have lost contact with others, although there are now units that are recovering contact, but the number is very few, according to the previous battle, people think that the vast majority of lost units should not be able to come back." In addition, before the attack was stopped, the vanguard of the opposing side had already stormed our mineral processing center in the center of the mine. Although the attack was relatively short-lived, under their ferocious firepower, the more core equipment that we had not had time to take away had been seriously damaged, and it is estimated that at least 40% of the equipment has lost its repair value, and half of the rest needs a complete overhaul. Of course, the premise is that the next civilization on the planet allows us to go back and ship back the equipment that survived. Also, don't count on those peripheral devices. Although it is now occupied by the other side, and it is impossible to investigate deeply, judging from the footage taken from a distance, all the units and equipment of our side in the outer area have not survived. ”

Atlas was accompanied by a long silence that lasted until the little girl had finished her report. After a few more minutes, Zhou Xin broke the long-standing silence with a heavy tone.

"Although I was mentally prepared at a very early stage, such a heavy loss really exceeded expectations......