Europa, also known as Europa, is one of Jupiter's 67 moons, the fourth largest in mass and diameter, and 600 million kilometers away from Earth.

Mu Chen has always been a little puzzled, why did the Earth Federation go to the planet Europa to build a colony, where the temperature was too far from the sun, the temperature was incredibly low, and he didn't wear special cold-proof clothing, and he froze people to pieces in seconds. The surface is also covered with up to 100 kilometers of ice, and it is difficult to find some soil or anything.

The volume is not large, smaller than the size of the moon, and the only advantage is that there is a thin atmosphere on it, and oxygen is quite sufficient.

After receiving this task, Mu Chen never stopped pouting, and the long-distance flight of 600 million kilometers will take at least more than two months to go back and forth, and if there is a delay halfway, it will take even longer.

"Forget it, I can't run away anyway, I'd better prepare more snacks or something, I don't want to eat more than two months of in-flight meals." Mu Chen muttered to himself.

Although he hated this escort mission, Mu Chen still asked the crew of the Reaper to be ready and wait for departure at any time.

At this time, Li Wenjing's value was reflected, and he gave all the crew members two days off to let them handle all the housework properly, and then it only took one day to arrange all the materials in place, and the food level during the mission was improved a lot, and it is said that two cooks who are good at Chinese food were also specially found.

This makes Mu Chen very pleased, he can't soak the girl during the escort mission, and the pressure is also very high, the only thing that can bring pleasure to the crew is food, Mu Chen doesn't want to eat steak hamburgers for several months in a row, this thing is really indigestible if he eats too much.

In the blink of an eye, the day of travel came, and the Grim Reaper frigate was the first to sail out of the spaceport, driving in front of the Giant Whale, and more than 20 Hurricane-type space fighters on both sides were responsible for reconnaissance.

With the protection of the frigate, the Giant Whale transport ship instantly improved by a force, and the sailing speed was much faster than the previous missions, but General Renault was still the same, treating the command room as his home, and he directly entered the mission at the beginning.

This Admiral Renault is notoriously vigilant and steady, the fleet has only been traveling for less than an hour, and he has already talked to Mu Chen more than a dozen times, and each time it is the same question, "Did you find anything abnormal?" "Report any abnormalities in a timely manner." It made Mu Chen a little nervous.

The top boss set an example, coupled with the intensive frequency of "checks", Mu Chen simply moved his food and accommodation to the cab, so as not to find no one when General Renault contacted him.

In fact, in Mu Chen's opinion, this is not necessary at all, but now that he has just left the earth, which thing that does not have long eyes will do it here?

Even the craziest interstellar pirates won't be so brainless, this area is a training ground for space battleships, and all kinds of warships are in this area when they conduct daily training, who dares to do things here, it's really a long life.

"Captain, a suspended meteorite has been found ahead, please instruct." Star map analysts reported.

"Observe and determine the volume of the meteorite."

"The volume of the meteorite is 500 cubic meters, and it is recommended to destroy it with laser weapons." The star map analysis observed for a while, and after confirming the data, he said.

"Weapons officer, hand it over

You're done, manual aiming and shooting. Mu Chen said casually.

The weapons officer knew that this was the opportunity given to him by the captain, and this kind of meteorite in the flight trajectory could almost be used as a fixed target, which was very beneficial for practicing the attack of the battleship.

The weapons officer immediately used an optical sight to lock on, followed by a laser cannon that hit the target with precision.

Before Mu Chen could open his mouth to praise him, he received a call from the Giant Whale, and it was still General Renault's mother.

"Is it dangerous to detect an attack by the Reaper?" General Renault said with some nervousness.

"There was no danger, just the destruction of a meteorite on its route."

"That's good, report back anytime." General Renault said tirelessly.

ended the call, Mu Chen's brows furrowed instantly, this thing seemed a little abnormal.

Even if General Renault is a cautious person, it is impossible to be so cautious, and it is already a bit neurotic to call and ask even about the obstacles on the route every day.

General Renault obviously couldn't be insane, and it was impossible for him to be idle and unleash Mu Chen, which meant that the things transported this time made him a little nervous and didn't dare to relax in the slightest.

Mu Chen suddenly remembered the previous conversation, and General Renault clearly reminded himself that this mission was not trivial, and asked him to be vigilant, and the meaning of the words was that the items on the Giant Whale could not be lost.

What exactly is being transported? Mu Chen couldn't help but guess in his heart, but he couldn't think of anything for a while.

"Wolf girl, you give orders to go down and let the flying team expand the reconnaissance area, and the marines will be on alert at all times. Something is wrong with this mission, so let's be careful. Mu Chen said solemnly to the deputy captain.

The wolf girl had already taken Mu Chen's words as a holy decree in her heart, and when she saw Mu Chen's solemn face, she immediately became serious, turned around and went to arrange.

The atmosphere in the wheelhouse was also a little heavy, although no one knew why the captain said this, but he still unconditionally believed that the captain was right, and everyone immediately became focused.

"Send 10 reconnaissance drones to reconnoiter the forward route at an ultra-long distance, intelligence officer, you keep an eye on the drones, report the situation immediately, even if it is a scrapped satellite, mark it for me." Mu Chen thought for a while and said.

"Star map analyst, how is the situation of the star map near the escort route this time?"

"This trip to Planet Europa is expected to sail 680 million kilometers, which will take about 28 days at the current speed, and after 3 days, (river crabs) will enter a strange star field, where it is known that interstellar pirates and dark forces are often seen." The star map analyst pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose and continued:

"We'll be traveling in an unfamiliar star field for about seven days, and then we'll reach the vicinity of Mars, where the whale needs to rest and refuel at the Martian spaceport......"

Mu Chen listened carefully to the report and nodded slowly.

The so-called strange star field was actually explored by the Earth Federation, but it was later controlled by the dark forces and became a paradise for pirates and interstellar mercenaries.

The Earth Federation is unable to determine the distribution of power and the degree of danger there, because

This kind of place is simply called a strange star field, and small transport ships will try to spare this kind of place, preferring to consume more fuel than risk it.

The Giant Whale transport ship can't do this, as the largest A-class space transport ship of the Earth Federation, if it dodges the area controlled by this dark force, although it will be safer, it will make people feel that the Earth Federation is afraid of the dark forces and dare not pass through the area controlled by the dark forces, which has a huge negative impact on public opinion.

So whatever was there, the Whale couldn't make a detour.

"Okay, I got it. In terms of star maps, you should pay more attention to the dangerous star fields as much as possible in advance, even if we can't avoid them, at least we must know in our hearts. ”

"Yes, Captain." The star map analyst immediately lowered his head and got busy, conducting a more detailed analysis of the electronic star map in front of him.

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The fleet flew peacefully for two days, and it was safe all the way, and the merchant ships that appeared on each route were detected in advance by space fighters and confirmed their identities, and no problems were found.

During the two-day flight, the crew of the Grim Reaper's wheelhouse was tortured by General Renault, and the few minutes of questioning were almost making these people nervous, and even when they went back to rest after changing shifts, their heads were General Renault's voice.

"Captain, did you say that General Renault was a little too cautious, and asked again every once in a while, did he not trust us?" At meal time, the weapons officer couldn't help but ask Mu Chen.

"It's not distrustful, at most it's just a little worried, the captain of a fleet is not so easy to do, I've heard before, this General Renault has never walked out of the command room as long as he is on a mission, I'm afraid this is also his habit, let's insist on it." Mu Chen explained to the crew with a smile, and did not tell them what he had in mind, so as not to cause everyone to worry.

Mu Chen is more and more sure that this General Renault has something to hide from them, in addition to the living area on the planet Europa, there is only a small laboratory, which is mainly used to do some meteorological research, what kind of things need to be transported in this kind of place?

It is nothing more than experimental equipment and daily necessities, but these things are not valuable, and General Renault has no need to be so nervous.

There must be something extremely important to transport, otherwise just to transport food and experimental equipment, a C-class transport ship is enough, there is no need to use the huge A-class whale transport fleet, because there are not many people on the planet Europa in total.

The climate there is cold and cannot produce food, the surface is full of water, there are no minerals worth mining, and the only value is to conduct some meteorological research, so it is naturally impossible to migrate on a large scale like Titan.

According to Mu Chen's understanding, there are less than 300 people in the colonies on the planet Europa, and for the needs of these 300 people, the most top-level transport ships and the most advanced frigates are dispatched, and there must be a big problem here.

Mu Chen felt that he had finally figured out some signs, which was also a problem with him, as long as he had doubts in his heart, if he didn't understand, he couldn't even sleep, and he couldn't help but ponder in his heart, until he knew that he had figured it out.

After eating, Mu Chen rested for an hour before replacing the co-pilot who was responsible for controlling the flight and letting him go to eat and rest.