It was a huge silvery-white space entity. It looked like it had been in that position for many, many years. There were many new and old ancillary facilities on its ellipsoidal shell, and many small bright spots were shuttling between those facilities, like a swarm of bees flying around a beehive.
When Nolan zoomed in, Hao Ren saw that the 'swarm' was actually a variety of spacecraft. They looked very small compared to the space station, and the size of the 'silver giant egg' could be seen.
Hao Ren naturally thought of the information he saw on the reliefs in the city ruins. At the last moment of the catastrophe, humans built a huge spaceship and launched less than one-tenth of the population and a large number of resources into space. The spaceship depicted in the picture looked like a huge egg. Although there were some differences in the details, it could be explained by the continuous renovation and construction of the spaceship for thousands of years.
The space station that Nolan had observed was the exiled spacecraft that had been launched many years ago. It did not go to the deep space but stayed in the high orbit?
And this spaceship was not hunted by the First Born, but safely escaped the doomsday disaster on the ground and survived until today?
Hao Ren frowned and made a bolder speculation. "Could this space station be the 'Zenith' that the spacecraft mentioned in the communication?"
Hao Ren had been looking for the location of the survivors' base for the past two days. However, Nolan had expanded the scanning range to more than half of the planet. Apart from a large number of traces of fighting and capturing a few battle scenes, she did not see anything that looked like a human base. Nangong Sanba once wondered if the humans on this planet had built their base underground. But his speculation made Nangong Wuyue roll him up with her tail and shake him for 15 minutes. Wuyue thought that her brother had gone crazy and needed to be shaken dry. Everyone agreed with her.
Wasn't it obvious? What else was underground except for a bunch of tentacles of the First Born? Only humans would run into the First Born's armpit to take refuge!
So after finding no human base on the surface, Hao Ren guessed that the survivors might have come from outer space. But before Nolan could take off, he did not have the ability to expand his range of activities into space, so he did not take any action.
Who would have thought … that his guess would be verified so quickly?
"So the escape spaceship has become a space station in orbit?" Hao Ren scratched his chin. "Where is this' ship 'now?"
"You may not believe it. We have always thought that there were two moons in the sky, but in fact, the smaller moon is this' ship '." Nolan's figure jumped out from the corner of the holographic image. "It has become a stable orbit facility, and I have observed the same type of aircraft as the' bomber 'leaving the space station and flying to the planet's surface. So basically, I am sure that the survivors observed on the surface came from there. It is the' Zenith 'mentioned in the communication."
"Just as I guessed, the ship didn't go far." Hao Ren pressed his finger between his eyebrows. "There's no way to explain this. Why would the First Born watch the enemy's base under its nose and not attack? The laser beam released by its tentacles is enough to destroy everything in orbit. There is no reason that the 'Zenith' could not be destroyed. "
At this time, Y 'zaks also threw the cards in his hand aside. "More than that, I am more curious about where these survivors got their resources from. They lost several bombers every time they launched a mission. This kind of operation has probably been going on for years. They only have one spaceship in orbit. How could they produce so many weapons of war? How did they keep the space station running for so many years, let alone production? "
"They have a raw material production site, on the real moon," Nolan said, and the holographic image changed.
Hao Ren saw a pale land with a slight arc and countless industrial facilities built on the land. The industrial facilities were as old as the space station in space. They were distributed on the land in a continuous manner, with complex and huge orbital systems and pipeline connections between them. It was as if the land was covered with a layer of metal chainmail. Between these industrial facilities, there were large gullies and rifts. They were so large that they could even be seen in space. There were countless tracks and cable-like things extending into the depths of those rifts.
Hao Ren blinked and realized that it was a continuous mining site, and it was also the truth of the "wood grain" he saw when he observed the moon.
Lily tossed the last two ice cubes into her mouth. After chewing and swallowing, she squeezed out a few words. "This is …"
"This is the base camp of the survivors," Nolan replied. "The moon is their industrial raw material production site and munitions factory. A large number of weapons of war are produced from there. The space station between the earth and the moon is their command center and frontline fortress. The army is assembled and dispatched through this fortress before they set off for combat missions on the surface of the planet. I have observed the whole process. They appear to be orderly and well-trained. The various industrial and military facilities are mature and stable. Obviously, this stalemate has lasted for centuries."
"I didn't expect these rebels to be right under our noses." Nangong Sanba raised his eyebrows. "We have to think about a contact plan. Since we have found their base, should we go and have a look?"
"How? Tie a nuclear bomb to your ass and fire it? "Nangong Wuyue rolled her eyes at her brother." Nolan can't fly yet! "
Hao Ren scratched his chin. "Actually, I have some cruise missiles in my Dimensional Pocket that can perform space flight —"
Before he could finish, everyone around him rolled their eyes at him. So, he had to swallow the second half of his sentence. "Okay, okay, I know you may not be used to this plan. But to be honest, if you dismantle the combat unit, it's still pretty cool to sit on …"
This time, no one paid attention to him.
"Ahem, Nolan, turn your antenna to these space bases." Hao Ren could only cough awkwardly and took the initiative to change the topic. "Capture their communication signals and first figure out how this' survivor society 'works from their information network. By the way, determine if these survivors can be contacted smoothly. How long will it take for you to fly again? "
"The engine system and navigation system can be restored within three days. But for safety's sake, I suggest you wait one more day. I can also repair some of the weapon platforms, and most importantly, the shield system can be fully restored by the fourth day."
"Three days or four days makes no difference," Hao Ren nodded. "Take advantage of this time to collect as much information as possible about this survivor society. Before the fourth day, make a contact plan with them. How's the situation with the drone cluster? "
"The first batch of advance drones has entered Star Cluster X an hour ago, but it's a little far from us," Nolan replied. "After the raid, the ship performed a 'blind jump' without navigation, which directly led us to the depths of Star Cluster X. It's tens of thousands of light-years away from the jump point that the drones can reach. And since we were attacked, the energy environment in Star Cluster X has changed. A large amount of highly active divine energy is wandering around the star cluster like a patrol. They block most of the hyperspace signals, and the ship's ability to command and dispatch the drone cluster is greatly limited. "
"Man proposes, God disposes …" Hao Ren sighed. "But it's okay, the drone cluster will know what to do. You use the remaining bandwidth to send an order, let all the drones move in development mode toward the planetary system where the ship is located, set up production bases and bunkers along the way, and install high-power antennas in each base. Isn't there interference in space? Then let the drone cluster line up the bunkers and forcibly create a physical communication chain. I don't believe that we can't break through the interference layer of Star Cluster X. "
"Understood, Nolan."
Hao Ren rubbed between his eyebrows. The situation was still hazy, and it made him a little depressed. So he felt that he urgently needed some good news. "Anything else to report? It's best if it can refresh your mind … "
Nolan did have a follow-up. "Yes, it's about the First Born."
Hao Ren immediately regretted his request — this was not what he wanted to refresh his mind!
But he could not ignore the First Born's report, so he could only pinch his nose and let Nolan speak. "Then … go ahead."
"As per your instructions, I have been monitoring the activities of the First Born on this planet, and released a few probes into some natural caves and crustal cracks to find the First Born's nervous structure. After 24 hours of observation, I found some unusual phenomena."
Hao Ren perked up a little. "Unusual phenomena?"
"I found a large number of biological tissues of the First Born on the surface of the planet's crust, which can confirm that the First Born of this planet is in standard adult state. At this stage, the First Born should have quite strong nervous activity, and its nerve impulses can even cause physical visible supernatural phenomena on the planet's surface. But in fact, the nerve activity detected by the probe is abnormally low." Nolan's voice sounded puzzled. "The signals detected at several key nerve nodes even show that the First Born of this planet has lost the ability to control this part of the body. There are only the most basic conditioned reflexes in the tentacles, but no more advanced nerve impulses."
Hearing this, Vivian could not help but mutter, "How could this be?"
Nolan's voice was unhurried. "According to the current data, I think the First Born of this planet is brain dead."
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