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Chapter 5 Falling into the Abyss Inside Europa

In the cosmic environment, crises exist all the time. The real cosmic environment is not like novels or TV series that can give you leisurely time to think and prepare.

The moment Chen Qiang's left foot stepped on Europa, the pressure alarm suddenly sounded. Chen Qiang's left foot stepped out of the cabin and immediately endured a pressure of 255 kPa. Although he was well prepared before leaving the cabin, the huge pressure accelerated

In addition to energy consumption, each step must be advanced by consuming huge amounts of energy.

Due to the violent impact of ice flakes, even though the deformable protective suit has a powerful silencing function, you can still feel the sound of thousands of bullets hitting the armor every second.

Time was running out. Following Chen Qiang’s first step, I was the second to step out of the safety cabin and became Aldrin of Europa.

(Note: Aldrin was the second astronaut to land on the moon after Armstrong).

Under the strong external pressure, Chen Qiang and I quickly walked towards the jet outlet. The ice blades on the floor were not only long but also extremely sharp. They were also extremely hard, as if they were filled with irregular sharp daggers.

The deformed protective clothing walks on it, burning huge energy for protection. Data shows that our protective clothing consumes 30% more energy faster. This is just walking, we must speed up.

"Jiajia, give me the accurate data on the height of the ejection port!" I said.

"The height of the nearest jet is 80 meters." Jiajia replied.

80 meters may not be high, but if you feel it, it is a vertical height, and you will know how shocking it is. You need to look up and look straight.

Through the helmet's video transmission, we could see that the entire mountain was covered with sharp ice picks. I quickly sampled an ice pick from the mountain.

Because the materials on the ground are exactly the same as those on the mountains, and because the ground is covered with a large amount of sediment, we cannot touch the specific materials on the surface at all.

It is impossible for us to climb up to a height of 80 meters. Our spacesuit has a jet flight function. On such a satellite with very small gravity, it does not take much energy to rise. However, the oncoming ice rain causes the energy to rise quickly.

Reasons for consumption.

"Captain Chen, can you hear Zangyue?" Xiao Ming's voice suddenly came from the earphones.

"Received, please speak!" Chen Qiang replied.

"The latest situation, the mothership has discovered that a huge storm circle has formed from the north pole of Europa and is flying towards you. The main body of the storm circle is very large and tight. Existing detection equipment cannot analyze its specific components. It is estimated to take two hours

When we arrive at your location later, please be sure to pay attention to changes in the environment and withdraw in time if difficulties arise." Xiao Ming eagerly conveyed the latest situation.

"Reminder received!" Chen Qiang replied.

To be honest, I felt very bad after listening to Xiao Ming's words. Why does this small planet have so many problems?

My understanding is that after we came to Europa, we changed the original gravitational structure of the star, and a lot of problems came out. Now what we need is to race against time.

"Crane Moon, turn on navigation mode, get up!"

Following Chen Qiang's order, the two of us activated the flight mode of our spacesuits, jumped up directly from the ground, avoided ice cones along the way according to the laser guidance mode, and arrived at the jet port in a short while.

The vent is similar to the crater of Blue Star. The scale of the vent here is not very large. Compared with the two-level vent of Europa, it is simply dwarfed.

However, the mountain pass where the jet stopped was covered with ice cones, and all the irregular sharp ice cones were densely intersected. Due to the low wind speed in the jet mouth, these objects were densely packed, making it impossible to land.

In this environment, high-altitude levitation consumes a lot of energy. Robots Duoduo and Laodu quickly calculated the landing point based on the video data we sent back.

"We found it. There is a huge ice cone ahead at 3 o'clock, with a larger landing site on it," Lao Du said.

According to the guidance, Chen Qiang and I landed quickly. I used a safety rope made of a special tough and anti-cut material to quickly wrap around the ice pick and gain a firm footing.

The wind speed here is relatively low, as low as 100 kilometers per hour, which is equivalent to a Category 10 typhoon on Blue Star. In this environment, it is similar to calm seas.

I quickly completed the sampling work of the jet port.

For a moment, I tried to turn off the visual system to feel it. It was pitch black in front of me, with zero visibility. Chen Qiang stood next to me and turned on the headlights. I felt that there was just a small white circle, and the blue star was visible.

The evolved organs cannot adapt to an alien planet, so I quickly restored the visual mode.

After the sampling is completed, the next step is to conduct a depth test. The thickness of the ice outside the jet vent is about 100 kilometers. The jet vent is a shortcut that can directly reach the interior of the planet.

Standing on the ice cone, facing directly above the hole, I fired the laser detector I carried with me. The ice layer data came back shortly, with a thickness of 20 kilometers! This is the thinnest place where the ice layer we have found so far.

"Perfect!!" Chen Qiang and I high-fived each other.

Although the drilling environment here is harsh, from a scientific research perspective we found the nearest hole point.

Without further ado, we immediately sent the data back to the mothership for analysis and awaited further instructions.

At this time, news came from Maldo that they had detected more than a dozen points on the ice sheet, and the thickness was all about 50 kilometers. In other words, the jet vent we were in was currently entering the interior of Europa.

The nearest point.

Soon, the headquarters gave an order. In view of the fact that the storm was coming in 100 minutes and time was tight, we were ordered to dig holes quickly, put in the detection robot, and quickly evacuate the area.

After receiving the order, Chen Qiang ordered me to activate the drilling robot immediately. In order to prevent signal loss, we installed a remote silk thread on the drilling robot, fixed the other end of the silk thread on the ice pick, and put 5 pressure sensors into the injection port.

5 different places to prevent excessive pressure from causing ejecta to surge out of the jet and cause icebergs to erupt.

Chen Qiang and I are waiting with great anticipation to create new exploration miracles, and the drilling robot is also working quickly.

The depth soon reached half. At this time, the alarm suddenly sounded loudly, and the pressure monitor suddenly showed that the pressure underground increased sharply, but instead of the object being ejected outward, it was contracting inward!!!

"Danger!!" Robot Duoduo suddenly shouted.

In just a split second, our drilling robot was suddenly sucked into Europa's interior by an internal force. A huge force sucked the entire hole in and fell into the depths, causing the entire earth to shake violently.

"Retreat quickly, Chen Qiang, Zangyue!!!" Lao Du yelled crazily on the kangaroo car.

At this moment, Chen Qiang and I immediately turned on the protective take-off system and flew upwards. However, a huge indescribable attraction completely ignored the power of the spacesuit and sucked us directly into the jet port.

The huge force and speed actually knocked me unconscious during the process of pulling against the power of the space suit.
Chapter completed!
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