Ye Zhou walked towards the main control compartment of the propulsion engine. The pre-start status of all engines was displayed on the screen. After checking them one by one, he pressed the unlock button of the working medium compartment.

The command has been transmitted to the central command system. After the captain confirms it, the working fluid tank will inject the stored working fluid water into the exhaust header, and then eject it after being heated by superheated plasma, providing a large amount of thrust.

Everything was ready. The big screen on the left displayed the real-time picture of the spacecraft cockpit, and continuous instructions came from Ye Zhou's ears.

"The visual carme has been visually inspected, the orbit calculation has been completed, the optimal entry path has been calculated, and the flight companion orbit has begun."

"Treading on the Stars"

"Washington, Dante are ready, Dangyang, Changping, and Humen are entering the accompanying orbit."

"After receiving the Humen coordination order, the entry path has changed and is being adjusted in real time."

"After the adjustment is completed, start to slow down and lower the orbit. The orbit will drop 4 kilometers."

"The descent is complete. Pay attention to the position of Terxinoe on the outer edge of the Carme star cluster. It is now only 6 kilometers away from us and there is a risk of collision."

"Understood, the avoidance orbit calculation has been carried out."

...

Ye Zhou switched to the exterior scene of the spacecraft. At this time, the Weiqing had already merged into the retrograde orbit of the Carme star cluster, but it was still wandering around the periphery of the star cluster. Only when the final push operation was carried out, would it further rise in altitude and move

Adjust yourself to the same plane as Carme, which is Jupiter.

On the left side of the direction of the spacecraft's forward direction, the three Chinese spacecrafts Dangyang, Changping, and Humen are also adjusting their accompanying orbits, while the USS Washington and Dante belonging to the US and Europe have completed all operations and are in the direction of flight.

The rear section is responsible for orbital warning tasks.

According to the plan, they will not participate in this push operation, but will serve as a backup to supplement the four Chinese spacecraft when something unexpected happens.

This requires them to remain on alert at all times. Objectively speaking, compared to China's four spacecraft, the risks they faced in the early stages of the push are much higher, because they need to carry out uninterrupted short-range maneuvers to avoid

All satellites of the carme constellation.

But similarly, they do not need to approach Io directly, there is no risk of falling into Io, nor do they need to enter Jupiter's low-Earth orbit, and the probability of successful evacuation is much higher.

In fact, in the early stages of formulating the plan, representatives of the three parties had many discussions on the division of labor, and the final plan fully took into account the opinions of all countries, including astronauts. However, even so, the people of the other side still had concerns about the division of labor.

This plan expressed strong dissatisfaction.

They don't care what the Chinese people have to face. They only know that their heroic astronauts' lives will be in danger.

But fortunately, most of those who can go into space are the best and most loyal people among mankind. After throwing away the shackles between countries, even Westerners can become trustworthy partners.

.

"The calculation of Terksinoe's orbital motion pattern has been completed, Wei Qing, and the data has been transferred to the central processor. This is the Washington, we are behind you."

Ye Zhou turned around subconsciously, and the screen display immediately moved to the wall behind him. There, Ye Zhou saw a small bright spot. In the blue flash, Washington, a full two thousand kilometers away from the Wei Qing, was

The latest detection signal was sent to them.

"Weiqing received it and began to fly with it according to the predetermined orbit."

"The Zhenghe has completed its slingshot flight and arrived at the scheduled assembly point in 4 hours."

"Understood, the position of the Zheng He has been obtained and the data has been transmitted."

"According to the current rotation of Io, Zheng He needs to correct its course by two degrees. Please use the Tewasta volcano group as the course coordinate adjustment."

"Received, heading coordinates, North Pole of Io, Tewasta volcano group, coordinates have been obtained."

After a series of orbit changes, the six spacecrafts finally entered their respective positions. From Ye Zhou's perspective, all the spacecrafts were relatively stationary - or in other words, even Carme Europa in the distance.

One, it also started to stop.

But on the contrary, in the orbit around the spacecraft, countless satellites and small dust clusters are flashing past at extremely fast speeds. At certain specific angles, they will occasionally reflect sunlight from far away, just like

It seems to appear suddenly and disappear again.

Such a scene was so beautiful that Ye Zhou couldn't help but think of fireflies on a summer night, and even had the hallucination of cicadas chirping in his ears.

But soon, he realized how terrifying those "fireflies" were.

Because one of the fireflies was gradually getting larger in the spacecraft's field of vision until it filled the entire porthole.

That was Europa of the Yarnan Nemesis Group. Its diameter was only 5 kilometers, but when it passed by at a distance of 20 kilometers, the instant impact was like that of a high-speed train 10 kilometers away.

Passed by each other at a distance of centimeters.

Ye Zhou looked at the direction in which Europa 24 disappeared with concern. A report on the completion of the engine test popped up on the screen. All data were normal, the divertor was in good condition, and the first wall temperature and radiation loss were so low that they could be ignored.

Don’t count.

Everything he can do has been done at this moment.

"The engine test is completed and it is ready to ignite at any time."

The so-called "ignition" is not actually a strict term. It refers to bringing the thrust engine into a saturated working state and starting to output thrust to the spacecraft.

"Received, ignition preparations are completed, and the working fluid compartment has been unlocked."

"The signal to unlock the working medium compartment has been received. Zhenghe, please start your thrust engines and prepare to enter Callisto's low-Earth orbit."

Ye Zhou issued an order to the Zheng He, and a moment later, along with a brief reply, he saw the Zheng He's thrust engine igniting on the display screen.

The working fluid pours into the fusion engine header. Under the heating of the plasma, the liquid vaporizes and expands instantly, and then is ejected from the rear of the engine.

Bright blue flames illuminated the night sky of the boundless universe. In just one minute, the acceleration generated by the Zheng He reached 30g. Under such an acceleration that lasted for more than 5 minutes, no human body could maintain its original position.

Some structures are not damaged.

But there is no need to worry about this problem on the Zheng He, because there are no living people on that spacecraft.

In other words, there is no living person in any carbon-based form.

All crew members who entered the Zheng He have undergone comprehensive transformations. Their bodies have all been replaced by mechanical structures, and their brains are protected in specially designed metal skulls. This protection is enough to allow them to withstand nearly 50g under extreme conditions.

of overload.

"The acceleration has been completed and it is expected to pass over the North Pole in two hours and 40 minutes."

"The channel enrichment status is normal, they are at our tail."

"The power of the beacon device has reached its maximum. The adjacent dimensional channels are currently open normally and the energy dissipation rate is normal."

"We can start pouring."

The reply message from the Zheng He was transmitted to all six spacecraft on standby. After a brief pause, the pilot of the Wei Qing switched the communication channel to global sharing mode.

From this moment on, he was officially promoted from the captain of the Wei Qing to the commander-in-chief of the entire fleet.

All seven spaceships must obey his orders.

Ye Zhou nervously stared at the screen, which showed the navigator's stern profile.

After a while, he heard the pilot's voice in his ears:

"Get started!"

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