After listening to Dart's words, Zhou Xin thought for a while, and then nodded in agreement. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Since the situation on the surface of the planet is still unclear, next, everyone in the command cabin is busy with their own work, while paying attention to the changes in the fleets of the two sides, while Zhou Xin began to carefully observe the fleets of the two sides.

In the fleet north of the equator, most of the warships were somewhat similar in appearance to what Zhou Xin had seen before, their main bodies were cylindrical, and then various accessories were added to the periphery of the cylindrical body. One of the spaceships has a strange shape, if you look at it from above, it is almost a square, only a slight change of angle, you can see its real appearance, it is a battleship made of several cylinders side by side, it looks like a bamboo row, the back of each cylindrical hull is spraying tail flames of different sizes, the size of each tail flame still changes from time to time, it looks like a naughty flame elf, but I think that the location of these elves is now on a battleship, Zhou Xin couldn't help but have some weird feelings.

This bamboo-shaped battleship is now staying at the back of the entire Northern Fleet, and next to it, there is a frisbee-shaped battleship that is staying there, in comparison, this frisbee-shaped battleship is much larger than the previous battleship, its diameter is nearly five hundred meters, although it is much smaller than the Voyager, but compared to the warships in front of it, which are generally only about 100 meters, it is very huge. Zhou Xin saw that there were now four warships docked above the disc-shaped spaceship that were the same as the fleet in front, and one of the battleships was just about to take off from above. Shortly after the battleship took off, more than a dozen battleships in the rear that Zhou Xin had seen before happened to arrive here, and after arriving, they stayed near the disc-shaped spaceship for a while, and then joined the fleet in front.

Around the frisbee-shaped battleship, in addition to the bamboo-shaped spaceship, there were several other spaceships with shapes that were very different from the ships in the fleet in front. However, like the bamboo row spaceship, the number of this special type is very rare, usually only one, and occasionally two or three identical ships exist. These special types of ships are now all concentrated in the vicinity of the frisbee-shaped battleships without exception, and this is the busiest place for the entire fleet these days. While the fleet in front was quietly confronting the enemy, countless aircraft were busy around the disc-shaped battleship, flying back and forth between the other ships and the disc battleship one after another, not knowing what they were doing.

In addition, the other ships of the entire fleet are now just standing still, and even the tail flame of the ship is very weak, which is only used to maintain the balance of the ship. All the spacecraft are evenly scattered in a narrow space hundreds of kilometers long, and from the lens of the probe, it gives people a very shocking feeling. It's like a pack of wolves ready to attack, waiting for their prey.

Adjusting the camera slightly, Zhou Xin shifted his gaze to the other fleet south of the equator, similar to the situation of the northern fleet, this fleet has not made any special moves now, they are also lined up in a narrow formation, facing their opponents from afar. Of course, it is still worth noting the few special types of warships that stay at the rear of the fleet, which are faintly led by one of the large warships and tightly surround it.

Seeing this battleship of the Southern Fleet, the look on Zhou Xin's face began to become strange. At first glance, it was hardly a battleship, but more like a thatched bird's nest, and moreover, a bird's nest that resembled a triangle. All Zhou Xin could see was a triangular prism style of small sticks of different lengths put together haphazardly, it didn't seem to be regular at all, there were still slight gaps in the middle of the sticks that were set up randomly, through these gaps, Zhou Xin vaguely saw that there seemed to be a disk-shaped base at the bottom of the battleship supporting the "bird's nest" above, and between the gaps, there seemed to be something moving, but because those things were too small, Zhou Xin couldn't see what they were. However, just seeing the appearance of this battleship was enough for Zhou Xin to be surprised, and he didn't care to observe the other warships around him, Zhou Xin suddenly screamed in surprise.

"This can also be considered a battleship?!"

When the camera moved to the Southern Fleet, everyone in the command cabin was also deeply attracted by the strange shape of the battleship. After Zhou Xin subconsciously shouted these words, the originally quiet command cabin suddenly became noisy, and everyone present expressed their surprise at the battleship, even Dart.

"This—" Dart was speechless for a moment looking at the strangely shaped battleship, and after a while he finally squeezed a sentence out of his mouth, "I have never seen a battleship of such a strange shape, is this really a battleship?" He also asked the same thing as Zhou Xin.

"How do I know?" Zhou Xin shrugged his shoulders, "I think this thing looks like a toy." ”

"I wish it was a toy." Dart's tone was a little strange, "But have you ever seen a toy this big?" Or on the battlefield? ”

"Just kidding, don't take it seriously."

Staring at the bird's nest-shaped battleship, Dart's tone became curious, "I'm curious about what kind of effect this battleship can play on the battlefield. Then he thought for a moment, "I think, in this strange way, that this ship will either work wonders on the battlefield or will not be of any use at all, and now I hope that this battle will go on so that I can see what kind of combat this ship can perform." ”

Zhou Xin didn't pay attention to Dart's military fanaticism, and after staring at the Bird's Nest battleship for a while, he shifted his perspective to the battleships around the battleship, although the surrounding battleships also looked a little weird, but compared with the "Bird's Nest", it still seemed a lot more normal. For example, at the rear of the Bird's Nest battleship, there is a triangular battleship resting there, and judging from the shape, this battleship is quite in line with the style of this civilization. But the peculiar thing is that the triangular battleship is actually erected, that is, from the side of the ship, the battleship is triangular. The height of this battleship is almost two hundred meters, but the width is less than thirty meters. Although in space, the shape of the entire spaceship does not have much impact on the flight, but looking at this spaceship, Zhou Xin always feels a little incongruous in his heart. However, it was such a spaceship, and it seemed to be the mothership of the entire fleet, because Zhou Xin saw that many aircraft were constantly flying in and out around this spaceship. Even the "Bird's Nest", which is much larger than it, does not have so many flying machines around it.

After watching the fleets of both sides, Zhou Xin shifted the camera to the entire battlefield, and another half an hour has passed until now, but the fleets of the two sides still maintain a confrontational situation, each taking care of various places to make preparations before the battle, and he doesn't even have the idea of harassment. Therefore, the quietest part of the entire battlefield is the empty space between the two fleets, which can be said to be nothing but the white clouds floating below the fleets. However, this calm is only temporary, and there is no telling when a fierce battle will come here.

Seeing that the battle would not start for the time being, and he didn't know when it would start, Zhou Xin first focused his attention on other things.

"Atlas, Voyager, have you made any progress on anything else you've been focusing on these days?" Zhou Xin asked.

"The search of the debris area has been completed." The Voyager first reported, "The ship is now directing the probe to perform the final sweep to bring back to the ship the items that have been found that may be clues." ”

"Good job." Zhou Xin said, and then he added, "Remember to check carefully when you bring the searched things on the spaceship, so as not to bring back some items that will cause harm to the spacecraft like the last fusiform device." ”

"Understood."

"What else?" Zhou Xin continued to ask, "Is there anything else?" ”

"Everything else is still going on, and there's not much progress going on." The Voyager replied.

"People have found something here." After the Voyager finished speaking, Atlas spoke.

"Oh? What kind of discovery was it? Zhou Xin asked.

"It's related to the asteroid that exploded." Atlas replied, "Brother Captain, don't you really want to know what the cause of that asteroid's explosion was?" Maybe someone has found a clue that is very useful. ”

"Huh? Hadn't you already searched the fragments that had been left behind by the explosion? Did you find any new clues next? Or did the probe find new debris? Zhou Xin asked curiously.

"Not at all." The little girl on the screen shook her head, "The probe near the debris didn't find anything new, the clue was hidden in our own spaceship, and people only discovered this clue by accident." After a pause, Atlas said in detail, "Brother Captain, do you remember that after the asteroid exploded, even we could observe the violent light emitted by the explosion? ”

Zhou Xin nodded, "What?" Is the clue found related to the light emitted by the asteroid explosion? ”

"Pretty much." The little girl nodded, "Just as the light of the explosion reached our spaceship, the detectors outside the spacecraft detected a strange ray burst at the same time, but since this kind of ray had never been seen before, it was mistaken by the detector for a data anomaly and did not report it. Then her tone became smug, "But people have seen this kind of ray, so when they reviewed the data from the time point near the explosion, they found it, how about it, they are powerful enough." ”

Hearing Atlas's tone, Zhou Xin immediately understood what she meant, and after first praising her, Zhou Xin asked about things related to rays.

"Antineutrino rays." Atlas uttered a name that Zhou Xin had no previous impression of.

"Antineutrino rays?" Zhou Xin searched hard for this word in his mind, and after a long time, he faintly thought of something related to this word, and then he asked uncertainly, "If I remember correctly, this ray seems to have something to do with neutrons?" ”

"Brother Captain is really smart." Atlas complimented, "That's right, antineutrino rays do have a lot to do with neutrons, and neutrons produce a large number of antineutrinos when they decay. Of course, other radioactive phenomena may also produce antineutrinos, but judging from the intensity of antineutrino rays detected by the detector, neutron decay is more likely. ”

"The decay of neutrons." Zhou Xin wondered, "What does the decay of neutrons have to do with the explosion of an asteroid?" ”

"Of course, a small number of neutrons decay does not matter, but a large number of neutrons decay is different." "Based on the intensity of the detected antineutrino rays, it is estimated that at least a few tens of tons of neutrons are decaying at the same time, and if such a large number of neutrons decay, it is not impossible to cause a violent explosion like an asteroid explosion," Atlas elaborated. ”

"More than dozens of tons?!" Before Zhou Xin could speak, Spred was surprised first, "How is it possible?" Could it be that this civilization has mastered the technology to make neutrons? Then his voice was a little excited, "If it's true, then it's good news for us." ”

Zhou Xin's brow furrowed, and then he confirmed to Atlas, "Is this conclusion reliable?" ”

"That's basically it." Atlas replied, "Judging from the technology that this civilization has exposed now, it is not easy to do this, and people think that this is the most likely thing." ”

"That's great." Spred said happily, "Then our warp engine can be used again." ”

"I'm afraid it's not that simple." Zhou Xin thought for a long time, and then said slowly, "Do you think there may be another base that also stores so many neutrons?" I'm afraid that's impossible. ”

Hearing Zhou Xin's words, Spred's face suddenly showed a look of disappointment, but after a while, he remembered something, "No, the base on the asteroid is only one of the civilizations, maybe another civilization also has the same base......"