"What should not be possible is absolutely impossible!" Ye Han said, "It looks like nothing under the ice, but in fact it is not that simple. The flagship must get the reconnaissance results of the entire sub-ice space before it can decide whether to evacuate or not.
If you want me to see, after the results are obtained, there will probably be additional reconnaissance. Want to go back? Just wait!"
Everyone was in a good mood, but after hearing Ye Han's words, they all felt a little depressed.
Luo Qi asked: "Then how long do we have to wait?"
"Wait slowly." Ye Han said, "Where is the road? How many holes have been opened?"
"Four!"
"Listen!" Ye Han looked filled with indignation, "With so many battleships, how many holes have been opened in total? There are even fewer teams that can get under the ice. Do you think the flagship can let us go back at this time?
?”
Everyone's mood got worse.
Ye Han added: "Also, I am the temporary commander of this reconnaissance mission. Even if you can go back, I still have to watch here. Do you think you will leave if I don't leave?"
"We're not going anywhere!" said the group leader, "we're just waiting here!"
"Yes, just wait here!" The soldiers agreed one after another.
Ye Han sighed: "Okay, okay, all of you are pretending, I want to go back, who of you dare to say you don't want to?"
Everyone laughed sheepishly.
"Okay, please be patient." Ye Han said, "The leader of the group, arrange for two people to go down and watch, while the others rest where they are!"
Luo Qi said: "Boss, those vines down there are quite strange. Do you need to take some back with you?"
Ye Han nodded: "Go, it's best to dig some fresh ones and bring ice with them... Also, find a way to get some water samples and take them back together."
Get water?
Luo Qi was a little surprised. He first called the team leader over and arranged the task. After the soldiers left, he asked in a low voice, "Boss, why do we need water samples?" This was what Luo Qi dared to ask. If it were replaced by something else
Who dares to talk too much?
Ye Han said: "Take it back and let the superiors test it to see if Europa is alive."
Luo Qi's eyes widened: "Isn't it necessary? Even if there are native organisms, the aliens have already wiped them out. Does it make any difference whether they are transformed or not?"
"Yes." Ye Han said uncertainly, "The laboratory has been studying for so long and has accumulated a lot of alien gene templates. If there are microorganisms in the water, comparing the genes should be able to determine the identity. Besides, aliens
What they need are resources, and they have plenty of ways to utilize the resources in Europa’s water. Do they still need to raise microorganisms?”
Luo Qi thought this sounded reasonable, but he felt something was wrong: "The aliens are hiding under the water. If they come out of the battleship, can they bring out the microorganisms?"
"The microorganisms brought in unintentionally can't adapt to the environment of this place, right?" Ye Han suddenly opened his eyes when he said this, "Why are you talking so much nonsense today? Just tell me what to do!"
"Hey, hey, I'm afraid you'll be bored all the time!" Luo Qi laughed in a very silly way, "How boring would you be if I wasn't here?"
"Go on, I'm annoying you so much!" Ye Han snorted twice, "Bridge, how's the situation up there?"
"Everything is normal. Seven ice caves have been opened and three teams have gone down."
"When did it happen?"
"It's just a ten-eighth thing."
"I know, let me know if anything happens immediately." After the communication, Ye Han waved to Luo Qi, "The other teams are coming down, take two people to the gap, and add repeaters inside and outside!"
"Yes!" Luo Qi agreed, turned around and found a group leader, asked for a few people, jumped out of the ice cave and flew away quickly.
A few minutes later, Ye Han received Luo Qi's contact signal, as well as several signals transferred from the repeater. After combining all the signals, the space under the ice that Ye Han saw expanded more than three times.
The soldiers' operations are still continuing, and the electronic map of the sub-ice space is still being expanded and improved, but no clues related to aliens have been found.
However, the situation soon changed. The team from Pinghe brought several rubber boats. After entering the sub-ice space, they divided into two parts. One half spread out to survey the sub-ice space, and the other half unfolded the rubber boats and threw them.
After entering the water, the team members fell into the rubber boat and used simple observation equipment to check the underwater situation.
The underwater situation was transmitted to Ye Han's armor in real time through the data link. He was originally somewhat interested, hoping to see something different, but after seeing it, he realized that there was nothing but darkness underwater.
After a while, a team member on the boat took out a fluorescent stick, broke it twice and threw it into the water.
The special fluorescent stick quickly sank underwater, illuminating the surrounding area with a faint light.
Only then did everyone realize that the seemingly pitch-black water was incredibly clear. Even after the fluorescent rod sank dozens of meters underwater, it was still extremely clear in the lens.
In addition to helping the team members determine that the sea water was very deep, this fluorescent stick only saw a wall of ice extending underwater.
Those glowing vines cling to the ice wall, and their tendrils are much thicker than those on the water.
Several more fluorescent sticks were thrown into the water, illuminating a small area of water, but until all the fluorescent sticks disappeared under the water, nothing different was found.
Luo Qi, who also saw this scene, said: "It seems that there are no living things in this place."
"It's not surprising." Ye Han said, "The shallow water is so lively because of the light on the earth. It's so dark here that you can't even see your fingers. If there is any living thing, it must be under the water. It's because of something wrong with your brain that you run into the shallow water."
Although Europa has a subglacial ocean, the environment under the ice is too harsh. Even if protist organisms evolved, their habitat would be hydrothermal springs deep in the ocean, not shallow seas without even a single hair.
Thinking of this, Ye Han felt that there was something wrong with his head when he asked Luo Qi to take a water sample for testing.
The two of them were chatting away, and Ye Han suddenly received a new message: "Suihe team reported that we found something different!"
Ye Han immediately said: "What is it? Give me a picture!"
He immediately received the picture. It was an ice wall inserted diagonally into the water. The angle between the ice wall and the water was very small. There was an ice hole with a large diameter on the ice wall near the water line. The upper half was above the water, and the lower half was above the water.
Half buried under water.
At first glance, the cave seemed nothing special, but upon closer inspection, Ye Han immediately discovered something was wrong - the ice wall was covered with vines, but there was nothing near the ice cave.
It has been specially trimmed to look particularly neat.
The distance was too far to see clearly, so Ye Han simply ordered: "Pull the camera closer!"
The soldiers from Suihe immediately followed the instructions. The scene near the entrance of the cave was zoomed in, and Ye Han immediately saw the obvious section.
"This is not the right place!" Ye Han immediately made a judgment, "Suihe detachment, withdraw immediately!"
