(This chapter is 886, I typed it wrong by mistake, sorry.)
The tranquil space was unobstructed. The aliens knew that the Fourth Fleet was nearby, so they never used the planetary engine. The Fourth Fleet followed day after day, but could never find an opportunity to make a move.
Beidu also understood that it was not a good idea to follow them like this, so they simply gritted their teeth and pulled the fleet back.
The environment in space is like this. There is no place for you to hide within the distance of a firefight, and there is no place for me to hide. If we continue like this, there will be no results. We might as well withdraw the fleet as soon as possible.
Ling Yu said that he was unwilling at all, and kept insisting that he reserve his opinion and urged the fleet to continue to follow.
Just because it's not used now doesn't mean it won't be used in the future. Europa's current speed is 38 kilometers per second. If it wants to stop in Earth's orbit, it must find time to slow down.
But Beidu firmly disagrees. Are you kidding me? The Earth's orbit is escaping at a speed of 42.1 kilometers per second. Europa's current speed is only 38 kilometers. As long as the direction is correct, it can fly out without slowing down after entering the Earth's orbit, okay?
If Io is allowed to maintain this speed, it will catch up with the Earth in a year or two.
Keeping looking at Europa is equivalent to letting aliens keep chasing the earth. Why not give the aliens a chance to slow down and fix themselves in the orbit of the earth.
Aliens do not necessarily slow down, and the key lies in these three words: not necessarily.
Besides, the Fourth Fleet only has a few battleships, and only the Nanzhou is the capital ship. If the aliens are determined to chase the earth or slow down, and directly send a few alien fleets, the Fourth Fleet can fight with all their strength.
How many enemy ships were lost?
No matter how you look at it, there is no point in continuing to follow Europa. It is better to withdraw as soon as possible.
As a result, just a few days after the fleet withdrew, Europa started its planetary engine to change its orbit, and its orbit changed from oblique outward to direct, reducing the original three-month voyage to just over a month.
As Europa advances, it receives more and more sunlight, and the ice and snow on the surface begin to melt, forming rivers, oceans and lakes.
The large craters created by the collision of several small celestial bodies were first filled with meltwater, and then the entire front of Europa was invaded by surging meltwater.
The front of Io was attacked in turn by the expeditionary force and the international fleet. The overall height was lower than the global average altitude, and the terrain in the center of the front was particularly low. As a result, the entire front basically became an ocean, with only some land on the edge.
The situation on the back is much better than the front. After the snow and ice melted, more than half of the area became land.
In other words, the upper quarter of Jupiter's moon is land, not counting the polar ice caps.
When it reached the Earth's orbit in a few days, Io began to slow down, and it was not an ordinary deceleration. It pushed Io to rotate while slowing down. By the time Io got stuck in the Earth's orbit, its speed had dropped to 29.77 times per second.
Kilometers are exactly the same speed as the Earth.
It is obvious that aliens intend to stay in Earth orbit for a long time.
At this time, Io did not retract its planetary engine, but continued to adjust its attitude. By the time the aliens retracted its planetary engine, Io already had a 21-hour rotation and an almost non-existent magnetic field.
Reappeared, and the intensity is not low. The center resists high-energy particles from outer space.
At this point, it was obvious what the aliens wanted to do. Brother Yi and Qiu Tianning sat together again. While they were thankful for their previous misconceptions, they were also troubled by the fact that Io remained in Earth's orbit.
Although the straight-line distance between the two is 60 million kilometers, Europa is not an ordinary planet. It has long legs and can run. Who knows if they lose their nerve and come to Earth one day.
The safest way is to destroy the planetary engine... This topic is simply a cliché. Who can destroy it and wait until today?
The entire Europa recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye. Within a few days, the remaining ice and snow melted completely, the temperature quickly stabilized, and the dead Europa turned into a blue planet with turbulent sea water, which looked like the Earth.
Little brother.
However, the recovery of Io is not that easy. Not to mention other things, the cobalt-60 remaining on the surface alone is enough for aliens to drink a pot. Only time can remove the radiation dust all over the world.
But this is just the idea of human beings. A few days after Europa Zero arrived, groups of giant insects with thick shells emerged from the ground. They were in groups of three and five. They seemed to be running around aimlessly, but in fact they were
They are looking for the ubiquitous radioactive dust, using their hoe-like mouths to open up the ground, and eat all the radioactive dust they can find.
The radiation bugs attracted the attention of the earth as soon as they appeared, but after several days of observation, it became clear what these big guys were doing, until green shoots grew in the areas cleaned by the radiation bugs. The intelligence officer responsible for observing Europa
It suddenly dawned on me.
The intelligence officer was very curious and wondered how aliens clean up the radioactive dust in the sea. Probably because intelligence officers like to get to the bottom of things, he immediately called up the observation records of the ocean. After careful analysis, he found that there were also giant insects in the water. However,
The shape of bugs in water is more suitable for underwater.
At this point, the last shackles on Io's recovery have been lifted. Unless humans take the initiative, there will no longer be any obstacles to Io's recovery.
Brother Yi doesn't know whether Io's recovery is good or bad. On the one hand, he is very willing to see Io's recovery, because in this way, aliens will have their own habitable planet and no longer have to rob the earth;
But on the other hand, he was worried that Europa would become a bridgehead for aliens. You can imagine how conflicted his mood was.
Deep down in his heart, he even had the idea of snatching Io and turning it into a human colony star.
Of course, just thinking about it, there are so many underground cities and caves in Europa, even if the global military power is concentrated, there will be nothing to do.
When a layer of new green gradually covered the land of Europa, the Fourth Fleet finally returned to the long-lost Earth. The fleet first arrived at Beiyue Continent and stationed in the space city.
As soon as Ling Yu got off the Nanzhou, he received the news about Jupiter Zero. He was so angry that he didn't eat for a whole day. He was so angry that he almost bit the roots of his teeth. He regretted it so much.
If Io wasn't already hibernating when it changed orbit, he would have had to bring his fleet to fight back.
Countries did not relax their vigilance because of the aliens' standstill. The Beiyuezhou Fleet and the International Fleet have both entered the first level of alert and can set off at any time as long as they receive orders.
The same goes for the ground forces of various countries. They are all ready to prepare. Even the US military units counterattacking in South America have received orders to rest and recuperate.
As for Africa, well, they have been waiting for the US military to recover South America and free up their hands to help recover Africa.
