The captains who were having a heated discussion just now looked at me and I looked at you, but no one said anything.
The conference room was a little cold, and Huo Qiang's eyes swept across the room: "What's wrong? Aren't you all very talkative at ordinary times? Why do you lose control at the most critical moment? Say what you have to say,
If I say something wrong, how many more times can I stab you?"
Everyone was amused by Huo Qiang. Although no one laughed out loud, the atmosphere in the conference room became much more relaxed.
Seeing that no one was talking, Ye Han came up with the idea that had been in his mind for a while: "The ice cave is just a straight line, just like hundreds of needles inserted into a watermelon. It looks like a lot, but it doesn't take up much space, right?
Cut it horizontally, just like splitting a watermelon with a knife, and then you can see everything under the ice."
Huo Qiang nodded immediately: "This is a good idea, what do you think?"
"Good idea!" Zhuang Bo agreed.
Wu Han also said: "I also think you can give it a try. It's worth spending more time."
"Then let's do it this way, deepen the hole first, and then cut it horizontally!" Huo Qiang agreed without hesitation, "Now let's talk about the third question, what should we do if we still don't find it after cutting it horizontally?"
"Probably not?" Zhuang Bo said, "Unless the aliens are not under the ice."
Wu Han said: "I suggest using nuclear bombs!"
Huo Qiang was noncommittal: "Tell me in detail."
Wu Handao: "Nuclear bombs can melt a large amount of water ice, and the water will flow to lower places. When the time comes, the hot water will definitely pour into the ice cave. We can infer the direction of the ice cave through the subtle temperature changes under the ice."
Zhuang Bo didn't believe it: "That's dozens of kilometers under the ice. Can temperature changes be measured on the ice?"
"Yes!" Wu Han's answer was categorical, "It's definitely impossible to measure a temperature of ten to eight degrees, but a temperature difference of hundreds of degrees is definitely no problem."
"Then I agree!" Zhuang Bo immediately voted in favor.
Huo Qiang nodded: "Okay, let's keep this suggestion for now. It's best if we find something, and use it when we don't find anything. Does anyone else have any suggestions? No? Okay, let's adjourn the meeting. We will implement the meeting decision immediately when we get back. Let's adjourn the meeting!"
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Huo Qiang acted vigorously and resolutely, and the discussion ended in just a few minutes. After Ye Han returned to the Leishan, he saw the laser beam outside the ship at a glance and knew that He Lu had implemented the order, and he was relieved.
As time passed, the nearby ice cave first ceased fire, and groups of drones were lowered into the ice cave. After hitting the bottom, the results were reported to the Jizhou.
In this way, the fire ceased layer by layer from near to far, and then the detection was carried out step by step. As the distance increased, everyone's hearts sank step by step. After checking the outermost circle of ice caves, there was no result in the end.
Huo Qiang ordered the crosscut without hesitation, so each ship fired again. The laser no longer stayed in one position, but moved slowly at an extremely slow speed. In this way, the beam did not continue to deepen the ice hole, but instead
Melt one side of the ice cave to expand the ice cave.
If the fleet is given enough time, it will not be a problem to turn all the ice caves into ice canyons.
After several hours of continuous cutting, most of the ice caves have turned into ice cracks several kilometers long. However, the results of the quantifiable exploration still have not changed, and there is still no trace of aliens.
I didn’t say anything, put on a nuclear bomb!
A nuclear bomb was sent into the shaft below the Jizhou, and a few minutes later it detonated. A bright light suddenly burst out from under the ice, just like a 120-watt light bulb covered in a quilt suddenly turned on.
After the flash dissipated, the dead ice surface became calm, as if the flash just now had never appeared. Until dozens of seconds later, the ice surface shook violently like chaff, and a large spider web pattern radiated from the center of the ice cave to the surroundings.
After a while, it occupied a large area of ice.
After a while, the ice cave began to collapse downward and gradually spread to the surrounding area. This process was very slow but extremely firm, and it took more than ten minutes to slowly stop.
Everyone was waiting for the detection results of the Jizhou rover, but what they were waiting for was still no result. The Jizhou rover only measured abnormally high temperatures under the ice cave, but other than that, no other abnormalities were found.
Did you choose the wrong place again?
After the Jizhou gave an order, several warships located in different directions simultaneously sent nuclear bombs into the mine.
The nuclear explosion went very smoothly, but the result was no different, and no clues were found.
Huo Qiang vaguely felt that something was wrong, so he simply ordered all the warships to attack together. Each ice cave was destroyed by nuclear bombs, and pieces of ice collapsed downwards, but he could not find anything wrong.
Wu Han felt bad all over and kept thinking about what was wrong.
Are nuclear bombs not powerful enough? Or are aliens really not on the equator? Do we have to blow up the entire ice to find where the aliens are?
Huo Qiang summoned Zhuang Bo and Wu Han, and the three of them had a small discussion, and they all felt that it was necessary to avoid the equator.
Aliens are interstellar civilizations that are more familiar with the universe than humans. Their understanding of planets is definitely better than humans. So, guessing that humans may use synchronous orbits is nothing. Even if aliens enter Europa from the equator,
It is also not certain that aliens are definitely near the equator.
Since you can't find it at the equator, then look for it somewhere else. As long as the aliens haven't left Europa, you won't have to worry about catching the enemy.
So Huo Qiang ordered the fleet to leave the equator and at the same time open holes in the northern and southern hemispheres and the polar regions.
And this time, instead of just drilling a hole and being done, the ice was cut directly across the ice.
When the fleet left the equator, everyone was full of expectations, but reality soon gave everyone a heavy blow. No matter where the ice cave is, no matter how deep it is, and no matter how far it crosses, the final result is still the same.
Nothing was found.
Huo Qiang almost pulled out his hair. He saw so many aliens hiding in Europa. Why couldn't they be found?
Huo Qiang once again called the captains together. His old face was full of solemnity. He didn't say anything but sighed: "We had a discussion just now, and our previous ideas may have gone into misunderstandings...
No, it’s not possible, but it’s definitely a misunderstanding!”
At this point, he took a breath and paused: "The aliens should not be hiding in the ice, but in the water!"
"In the water?" a captain exclaimed, but he immediately remembered that the aliens who landed on the earth have been hiding in the sea, and no one knows where they are until now.
"Yes, in the water!" Huo Qiang's words were loud and clear, "We have almost turned over the ice. I can't think of anywhere else they could hide except in the water!"
Everyone looked at each other in confusion for a while, but the more they thought about it, the more they felt that Huo Qiang's conjecture was reasonable. They couldn't help but agree with each other, and their hearts that had sunk to the bottom began to surge, and they began to discuss how to find the location of the aliens.
