Captains who were still discussing it just now, look at me, I look at you, and no one spoke.

The conference room was a little cold, and Huo Qiang's gaze swept over the audience: "What's wrong?" You guys one by one, don't you usually be able to speak? Why do you drop the chain when it comes to the most critical time? Say, what do you say, how many more stabs can I stab you if I say something wrong? ”

Everyone was amused by Huo Qiang, although no one laughed out loud, but the atmosphere in the conference room was much more relaxed.

Ye Han saw that no one was talking, and turned over the thoughts that he had thought about for a while: "The ice cave is 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, is it cut horizontally, it's like splitting a watermelon with a knife, and then everything under the ice will be seen." ”

Huo Qiang immediately nodded: "That's a good idea, what do you think?" ”

"Good way!" Zhuang Bo agreed.

Wu Han also said: "I also think I can try, even if it takes more time, it is worth it." ”

"Then do it, deepen the hole first, and then cut it horizontally!" Huo Qiang clapped the board without hesitation, "Now let's talk about the third question, what if I still don't find it after cross-cutting?" ”

"Probably not, right?" "Unless aliens aren't under the ice." ”

Wu Han said: "I suggest using a nuclear bomb!" ”

Huo Qiang was noncommittal: "Tell me in detail." ”

Wu Han said: "A nuclear bomb can melt a large amount of water ice, and the water will flow to a lower place, and then the hot water will definitely pour into the ice cave, and we can infer the direction of the ice cave through the subtle temperature changes under the ice." ”

Zhuang Bo was a little unconvinced: "That's dozens of kilometers under the ice, and the temperature change can be measured on the ice?" ”

"Yes!" Wu Han's answer was categorical, "Ten degrees and eight degrees must not be measured, but the temperature difference of hundreds of degrees is definitely no problem." ”

"Then I agree!" Zhuang Bo immediately voted in favor.

Huo Qiang nodded: "Okay, this suggestion is kept for the time being, it is best to find it, and use it when you don't find it, what other suggestions do others have?" Didn't you? Well, adjourn the meeting, and immediately implement the decision of the meeting after returning and adjourn the meeting! ”

Huo Qiang was resolute, and a discussion meeting ended in only a few minutes, and 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 the minutes and seconds passed, the nearby ice cave first ceased fire, and groups of drones were put into the ice cave, and the results were reported to the Jizhou after hitting the bottom.

In this way, from near to far, there was a ceasefire layer by layer, and then layer by layer of probing, everyone's hearts sank step by step with the increase of distance, and when they finished checking the outermost circle of ice caves, in the end there was no result.

Huo Qiang did not hesitate to order a cross-cutting, so the ships re-fired, and the laser no longer stopped in one position all the time, but moved slowly at an extremely slow speed, so that the beam did not continue to deepen the ice cave, but melted one side of the ice cave, so as to achieve the purpose of expanding the ice cave.

If the fleet is given enough time, it will not be a problem to turn all the ice caves into ice gorges.

After several hours of non-stop cutting, most of the ice caves turned into several kilometers of ice crevasses, but the results of measurable exploration still did not change, and there was still no trace of aliens.

Didn't say it, get on the nuclear bomb!

A nuclear bomb was sent into the shaft under the Jizhou, and a few minutes later it was detonated, and a bright light suddenly burst out from under the ice, like a 120-watt bulb covered in a quilt.

After the flash dissipated, the dead ice surface was calm, as if the flash had never appeared before, until dozens of seconds later, the ice surface shook violently like chaff, and a large spider web pattern radiated around the ice cave as the center, and it didn't take long to occupy a large area of ice.

After a short while, the ice cave began to collapse downwards and gradually spread to the surrounding area, a very slow but unusually firm process, which took more than ten minutes before it slowly stopped.

Everyone waited for the detection results of the Jizhou, but everyone waited for no results, and the Jizhou only measured the abnormally high temperature under the ice cave, and other than that, no abnormalities were found.

Is it the wrong place again?

At the command of the Jizhou, several warships in different directions simultaneously sent nuclear bombs into the well.

The nuclear explosion went well, but the result was no different, and no clues were found.

Huo Qiang faintly felt that the situation was wrong, so he simply ordered all the warships to act together, one by one the ice caves were destroyed by nuclear bombs, and pieces of ice collapsed downward, but he couldn't find anything wrong.

Wu Han's whole person was not good, and he kept thinking about what was wrong.

Nuclear bombs are not powerful enough? Or are aliens really not on the equator? Is it possible that the entire ice must be blown up to find out where the aliens are?

Huo Qiang summoned Zhuang Bo and Wu Han, and the three of them discussed it on a small scale, 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, and their understanding of planets must be above that of humans, so guessing that humans may use synchronous orbits is nothing at all, even if aliens enter Europa from the equator, it is not certain that aliens must be near the equator.

Since you can't find it at the equator, let's look for it in another place, and as long as the aliens haven't left Europa, you won't have to worry about catching the enemy's pigtails.

So Huo Qiang ordered the fleet to leave the equator and make holes in the northern and southern hemispheres and the polar regions at the same time.

And this time, instead of making a hole, it's just cutting the ice.

When the fleet left the equator, everyone was full of anticipation, but reality soon hit everyone hard, no matter where the ice cave was, no matter how deep it was, no matter how far it was crosscut, the final result was still nothing.

Huo Qiang almost didn't pull his hair out, seeing so many aliens hiding in Europa, why can't he find it?

Huo Qiang once again gathered the captains together, the old face of the ravines was full of solemnity, and he sighed first without speaking: "A few of us discussed it just now, and our previous thoughts may have gone into a misunderstanding...... No, it's not possible, but it's definitely a misunderstanding! ”

Speaking of this, he took a breath and paused to speak: "Aliens should not be hiding in ice, but in water!" ”

"In the water?" One of the captains exclaimed, but immediately remembered that the aliens who landed on Earth had been hiding in the sea, and no one knew where they were.

"Yes, in the water!" Huo Qiang's words were loud, "We're all about to turn over the ice, I can't think of where else they can hide except in the water!" ”

Everyone looked at each other for a while, but the more they thought about it, the more they felt that Huo Qiang's speculation was reasonable, and they couldn't help but agree with it, and their hearts, which had sunk to the bottom, also came alive, and began to discuss how to find the location of the aliens.