Chapter 22: A Room Without a Door
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Seeing that Spred and they all looked at him suspiciously, Zhou Xin continued: "Now that we can spot them without alarming those weapon platforms, then we can explore the rest of this room first." β
Seeing that Spred and the others all showed a look of sudden realization, Zhou Xin didn't say anything anymore, he ordered the probe to bypass those weapon platforms to continue the reconnaissance, and at the same time, he once again sent 100 combat robots to the ground to support.
So, the screen began to move, the probe adjusted its direction, and then continued to explore, advancing for about 10 minutes, about a hundred meters, the probe reached the other wall, and walked back 50 meters along the wall, and the probe returned to the side of the alloy door.
Zhou Xin looked at the route map of the probe on another screen, and found that the route of the probe was enclosed in a rectangle, it was about 150 meters long and about 100 meters wide, of course, this was to remove the area occupied by the combat platform, but according to this route map, Zhou Xin could basically deduce the size of this place.
Looking at the route map of the probe, Zhou Xin instructed: "Let's investigate the area enclosed by this route first, pay attention when investigating, if you encounter a combat platform, avoid them, first investigate the places that can be investigated, and wait for the rest to wait for the combat robots to arrive." β
Just after Zhou Xin gave the order to the probe, Leia asked hesitantly, "Captain-I seem to have found a problem." β
"Huh? What's the problem? Knowing that the careful Leia must have found something wrong, Zhou Xin turned to her and asked.
"ThisβI didn't see it clearlyβ" Rea replied, "and as the probe walked along the wall, I noticed that there seemed to be no other door than the alloy door in which it came in. β
"Is that so?" Zhou Xin was a little unconvinced, but looking at Leia's expression didn't look like a joke, Zhou Xin ordered the Voyager, "Voyager, release the image of the probe just now from the beginning and take a look." β
It took more than half an hour, Zhou Xin and the others re-watched the process of the previous probe, this time, they focused on observing the wall on one side, and after their careful observation, they found that the walls were all intact, and there were no traces similar to the door.
Upon discovering this, Ralph was a little surprised, "Isn't that the door to the other rooms in this room?" β
"Don't worry, maybe the door is in that part of the area we haven't explored yet." Zhou Xin's words carried a hint of unconfidence, "Let's take a look at the current detection status of the detector first." β
The picture on the screen switched to the real-time perspective of the detector, and from this perspective, Zhou Xin and the others happened to see a trench half a meter wide and about five or six meters long.
"Trench?" Zhou Xin muttered to himself, and then he commanded the probe, "Let's go down and have a look." β
Hearing Zhou Xin's order, the probe entered this trench, and Zhou Xin and they saw that this was just an ordinary trench, it was about one meter deep, and there was an ordinary soil layer underneath, and there was nothing special about it.
"Strange, this is just an ordinary trench?" Zhou Xin was a little puzzled, "Probe, have you found the same trench before?" β
"In previous explorations, the machine has found similar trenches." The detector answered in the affirmative.
"Why is there a trench here?" Zhou Xin was puzzled, and after thinking for a while, he found that he didn't know the point, so he motioned for the robot to continue exploring.
In the next two hours, the probe explored most of the area of this hall, and in the process of exploring, Zhou Xin and the others found that a trench appeared on the ground from time to time, and at the same time, they also saw a lot of bullet holes and explosion marks on the ground, and in addition, there were only some ordinary weeds left.
In the process of exploration, Zhou Xin looked at these traces with a puzzled expression, but he did not interrupt the process of exploration of the probe. When the probe reported that it had completed the exploration of the security part, Zhou Xin asked with a puzzled voice: "Why are there traces of battle on this ground, and our battle has not spread to such a wide area, right?" Could it be that there have been battles here before? β
"I think so too." Spred, who was on the sidelines, replied, "And with so many traces of battle, I think there was once a fierce battle in this room, maybe even more than one." β
"Could it be the traces of the civilization that came here to explore before and fought against this civilization?" Zhou Xin thought about their previous battle and asked.
"It's not impossible." Spred replied.
Zhou Xin recalled the battle traces he had seen before, and then compared them with the battle traces of the battle robots and weapon platforms just now, and said, "The battle we just had not caused such deep marks on the ground, and the battle that could cause such serious battle marks must have been very fierce, and they even dug trenches on the ground for this, thinking about the opponent we just faced, I think that the technological level of the civilization fighting with this civilization here is at least about the same as the civilization here." He said worriedly, "This is not a good situation for two civilizations with a higher level of technology than ours at once." β
Ralph was a little unimpressed, "Uncle Captain, you think too much, who said that this must be caused by the battle between two civilizations, maybe it is a civil war between civilizations on this planet." β
Zhou Xin nodded, "What I said makes sense, I was misled by the battle just now." Thought that only the civilization that entered would fight them. He looked down for a moment, then continued, "It seems that we don't know the reason for the battle here for the time being, and I hope that relevant clues will be found in the future." β
Then, they discussed this hall for a while, but they found nothing special other than the traces of battle, and they had no other ideas other than many conjectures about why the battle took place in this hall. After a long day of discussion, and the various ideas put forward by the researchers could be written into a novel, the Voyager reported: "Your Excellency, the battle robot has arrived at the predetermined position and is waiting for your orders. β
Zhou Xin and the others stopped discussing after hearing the Voyager's report, and Ralph first shouted excitedly, "Oh yes! There's another battle, Uncle Captain, I'll go and call someone first. Without waiting for Zhou Xin's answer, she ran out of the command cabin.
Zhou Xin smiled and shook his head, "It's really an urgent child, forget it, Voyager, connect the virtual reality to the combat robots, and solve those weapon platforms as soon as possible, so we can complete the exploration quickly." β
So, the Voyager repeated the process of connecting again. Ten minutes after Ralph ran out of the command module, she contacted Zhou Xin in the virtual reality, the researchers were ready, and the Voyager reported that the connection was complete.
Now that he is ready, Zhou Xin once again began to fight with the weapon platform, of course, he still used the previous tactic, some of the robots as bait, and the other part as a reserve, but because this time there are many more combat robots that can be used than the previous one, and the researchers are also much more proficient in operating the combat robots for the second time. So within 20 minutes, the battle was over with ease. When the battle situation was finally counted, Zhou Xin found that they had successfully eliminated each other after losing less than 40 combat robots in total.
After the battle was over, Zhou Xin breathed a sigh of relief, "It's finally over, clean up the battlefield, and the probe will explore the next area." β
At this time, Ralph's voice came from the communicator, "Why is this battle so boring, I am still looking forward to a fierce battle." β
Zhou Xin said speechlessly: "I don't want to have a fierce battle. Okay, let's see what's in that last area. "Since there were so many combat robots left, it didn't take long for them to clean up the battlefield.
In the next half an hour, Zhou Xin and the others followed the probe to explore the remaining area in detail, but it was similar to the area they had explored before, and there was nothing else on the ground except for the traces of battle and trenches. At the same time, Zhou Xin carefully observed the wall this time and found that on the wall in the remaining area, there was still no place similar to a door.
Zhou Xin said disappointedly: "Could it be that this place is over?" I didn't notice the existence of another door, which is unreasonable, hidden so deep in the ground is an inexplicable enclosed space, and this place was once a battlefield. This-this-" He didn't know what to say.
Ralph returned to the command cabin during their exploration, and at this time, she also said excitedly, "Then what's the point of our fight, I hope to find something more interesting in this room." β
Spred also smiled bitterly on the side: "How do I feel like I have been tricked, I have worked so hard to find this place, and then I have experienced an inexplicable battle, and I have lost so many robots, and finally told us that there is nothing here after the battle is over." He didn't know what to say.
Zhou Xin pondered for a while, and then said: "I still think that this place is not so simple, could it be that we ignored something in the process of investigation." β
"You mean there's something wrong with the detector?" Spred asked.
"Have you forgotten that this place is very disturbing?" Zhou Xin said, "I think there must be places that can't be detected by detectors under this kind of interference, and maybe the entrance to the next place is hidden in these places." β
"Are you sure?" Ralph asked.
"I'm not sure." Zhou Xin hesitated, "But as I said before, this civilization must have designed such a complex route, and it must have a purpose, and now the clue is broken in such an inexplicable place, I think it's unlikely." And we also experienced battles in this place, which gave me the feeling that these robots were protecting something. β
"If there's a clue here that we haven't found, how are we supposed to find it? The detector doesn't look like it's being able to find it. Spred asked.
"Since high-tech means can't be used, then we can only use low-tech means." Zhou Xin thought for a while, and then spit out two words, "Knock on the wall." β
"You think there's a hidden door in the wall that a detector can't find?" Spred asked.
"That's the most likely, don't you think the entrance will be on the ceiling or on the floor?" Zhou Xin asked with a smile.
"Who knows what this civilization thinks." Spred said vaguely.
"Uh-yes." Zhou Xin also began to take what he joked about seriously, "But let's check the walls first, and if you don't find anything, check other places." β
So, Zhou Xin ordered the order to go down, because this investigation method is too primitive, it takes a lot of time, Zhou Xin ordered to rest after the order to go down, and wait for the next day to learn about the results of the probe's investigation.
The next day, the energetic Zhou Xin came to the command cabin, but what he saw was Spred's disappointed expression.
"It doesn't look like there's a hidden door?" Seeing their expressions, Zhou Xin asked.
"After a night of investigation." They really didn't notice the existence of the hidden door, and Spred's voice was a little weak.
"Whew," Zhou Xin let out a long breath, "then it looks like we'll only be able to investigate the least likely place to have a door." β
"No, Uncle Captain, you really have to investigate the ceiling and the ground." Ralph asked in surprise.
"So what else can we do, it's impossible to do nothing, or let's just get out of here?" Zhou Xin spread his hands.
"That's not good, there are still so many secrets on this planet, how can you just say go." Ralph retorted.
"That's not it." Zhou Xin said, so he ordered the investigation order.
At the same time as he issued the order, the Voyager sent back a report of a planetary base.
"Your Excellency, those weapon platforms have been successfully delivered to the planet base, and the analysis of these weapon platforms has been preliminarily completed, do you need to take a look?"
"Oh?" After giving the order, Zhou Xin said, "Anyway, I'm waiting for the results of the investigation now, so it's not bad to look at the analysis report first, let's say it." β
"The engineering robot preliminarily dismantled those weapon platforms, and found that in addition to the weapons, there was a small ammunition box and a device similar to an energy generator on the platform, most of the energy generators were damaged, and the robot was analyzing how they operated, and at the same time, inside the platform, the robot also found an item similar to a chip, however, because the coding method was completely different, the engineering robot could not analyze the information inside the chip."
"It doesn't sound like there are any valuable clues." Zhou Xin said, "Are there any other discoveries besides?" β
"The engineering robot found an identical pattern at the bottom of each weapon platform......"