One Thousand Four Hundred and Thirty-Five Different Discoveries

"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. Let me see, I will probably have to do more reconnaissance after the results are obtained. Want to go back? "

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, "just wait here!"

"Yes, just wait here!" The soldiers agreed.

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, "Team leader, 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 ahead, it's best to dig some fresh ones and bring the ice with you... 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. 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 were native organisms, they would have been destroyed by aliens long ago.

Is there any difference whether it is chemically tested 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 is resources. 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 that something was not right: "The aliens are hiding under the water. If they come out of the battleship, can they bring out the microorganisms?"

"The microorganisms brought out 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, "Bridge, how's the situation up there?"

"Everything is normal. Seven ice caves have been opened and three teams have gone down."

"When did this happen?"

"It's just a ten-eighth thing."

"Got it, 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 to find a group leader and 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 away. 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 into the water, 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 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."

"Not surprising." Ye Han said, "The shallow water on Earth is so lively because of the light. This place is so dark that you can't see your hand in front of you. If there are living things, they must be under the water. Only those with brain problems would run to shallow water."

Although there is an underglacial ocean on Europa, the environment under the ice is too harsh. Even if protozoa have evolved, their habitat should be deep-sea hot springs in the deep ocean, not shallow seas without a single hair.

Thinking of this, Ye Han felt that he had a brain problem when he asked Luo Qi to take water samples for testing.

The two were chatting casually, and Ye Han suddenly received a new communication: "Suihe detachment report, we found something different!"

Ye Han immediately said: "What? Give me a picture!"

He immediately received the picture. It was an ice wall that was inserted obliquely into the water. The angle between the ice wall and the water surface was very small. There was an ice hole of a large diameter on the ice wall near the waterline. The upper half was on the water surface, and the lower half was buried underwater.

At first glance, this hole is nothing special, but after a closer look, Ye Han immediately found something wrong - this ice wall is covered with vines, but there is nothing near the ice cave. The vines near here seem to have been specially trimmed and look particularly neat.

It is a bit unclear from the distance, so Ye Han simply ordered: "Zoom in a little!"

The soldiers from Suihe immediately did so, and the picture near the cave entrance was zoomed in, and Ye Han immediately saw the obvious cross section.

"This place is wrong!" Ye Han immediately made a judgment, "Suihe detachment, withdraw immediately!"