2041 A.D., October 1, Europa Resource Base.

Hua Kejing was strolling in the ice and snow with Li Chenjing.

The so-called stroll, in fact, is more like bouncing.

Because gravity here is much smaller than on Earth, about one-seventh of the level.

With a diameter of 3,100 kilometers and a slightly smaller volume than the Moon, Europa is the fourth largest moon of Jupiter, the sixth largest moon in the solar system, and the fifteenth largest celestial body in the solar system.

Its entire body is composed mainly of silicate rocks and has a small metal core with an outer layer of ice + water up to 100 kilometers thick.

Because of this ice shell, Europa's surface appears so "smooth" that it becomes the brightest moon in the solar system (reflectivity).

In addition, Europa, although it has a rarefied atmosphere containing oxygen, is almost negligible compared to Earth.

"I never thought that when I looked at Europa up close, there would be such a different kind of coldness!"

On a slightly raised ice slope, Hua Kejing stopped his jumping steps, he wiped the ice on his mask and sighed.

Li Chenjing also stopped, smiled, and teased his old partner: "Don't ask for Wen Zou Zou to say a few words, I would have asked you to come over and have a look!" Your boss Hua is really busy. ”

"There's no way, I'm working on an interstellar spaceship before." Hua Kejing patted Li Chenjing's shoulder, "Aren't there two of you fathers and sons here?" ”

"Hammer ......" Li Chenjing waved his hand and continued to climb towards the ice slope in front of him, "Oh, there is no way, we have tried our best, there are not enough manpower, and Europa Water Resources Base can only do it to this extent." ”

Hua Kejing nodded and silently followed.

Located in Europa's equatorial region, it's already the warmest place on the planet, but it's still as low as minus 170 degrees.

can imagine what a poignant and quiet world this should be.

Standing on the ice slope, Lao Hua and Lao Li remained silent, looking down at the ice and snow in the distance as calmly as water.

Cold to the bone, yet extremely pure.

The entire field of vision was filled with a silvery white ice cap, and the eyes were full of cold and bleak light.

"Lao Hua ......"

"Huh?"

Li Chenjing's voice suddenly broke the silence.

Hua Kejing could hear it, and the tone was full of emotion, and Lao Li was afraid that he had something to say.

"Look......" I saw Lao Li wave his finger and sigh into the distance, "It's really fucking good-looking!" ”

Hua Kejing was dumbfounded, and it took a long time to hold back a sentence: It is really good-looking.

"However, such a beautiful place doesn't belong to us!"

Li Chenjing's hand pointing to the billion-year-old frozen soil slowly drooped again.

Although the protective suit had the effect of warming and keeping warm, he still felt a cold and desolate feeling that penetrated into the depths of his soul.

"R, you fairy board! Lao Tzu is not convinced! ”

Li Chenjing shouted at the white world through the mask.

Hua Kejing walked up slowly, patting Lao Li's shoulder and still silent.

He can understand Lao Li's mood,

Human civilization once had a good hand, but in the end it encountered a king bomb.

People who are struggling to survive, everyone is just a group of beings who have no choice.

Whether it is the bright, frosty world in front of you, or the other moons of Jupiter, or the homeland of human civilization.

Now they have to give it to others!

The world is so big, the solar system is so grand, there is no place for human civilization anymore.

"Lao Hua ......"

"Huh?"

"Did you really decide to go?"

"Hmm."

"Do you have to go?"

"You know, it's my responsibility, it's slim, but I don't want to give up."

"Otherwise, let's go together."

Hua Kejing smiled slightly, patted Lao Li's shoulder and did not answer.

In fact, of course, Lao Li couldn't go.

Not only is his body unable to carry it, but the spaceship is only enough to take one person to the Silver Heart.

Human civilization is really too weak, not to mention that they are now left with only a world to survive.

"The City of the Galaxy still depends on you." Hua Kejing finally spoke, he took another step towards the edge of the ice slope, and looked down into the distance, but the words full of words finally only became one sentence, "You have to hurry up, you have to run quickly." ”

"Yes." Li Chen nodded, "In another three or five years, when the fourth phase of the Galaxy Capital project is completed, we will run." ”

"Well, be sure to collect more resources."

"When are you going to go?"

"I'll leave at the end of the year."

Li Chenjing turned his head and nodded through the mask: "Okay, since you have decided, let's go all the way, the sooner you go, the greater the hope, and it will be a waste of time for you to keep it, and it will consume your body and fighting spirit." ”

"Hmm."

"Are you sure?"

"What are you sure of?"

"Live to scare those aliens!"

"Nine deaths, one life."

"Gua Wazi, you are swishing! God speaks in a mess! ”

Li Chenjing said a dialect with an unnatural expression, then hurriedly turned around, frowned and jumped back in the direction of the road from which the ice slope came.

"What hammer are you talking about!?"

Hua Kejing was a little confused when he heard it, and he also jumped down.

"When are you going to talk to Xiaomin?"

"Let's not talk about it."

"Why don't you talk about it, you scumbag."

"Would you like to make her sad again every day?"

"These things must be told to her."

"I'll tell her when I'm leaving."

"Count the birds, count the birds, Lao Tzu can't understand your ...... in this life"

"Hey......

Just as the two of them smiled and staggered back towards the water resource base,

Suddenly, in the realm of silence,

A raging fountain burst out of the ice in the distance without warning!

Look at that height, reaching into the sky, at least more than 100,000 meters high.

"MA sells hemp batches, and almost scared Lao Tzu to death."

Li Chenjing was stunned for a moment, stopped and scolded.

To say that the eruption of this geyser is indeed a major feature of Europa.

But this place is obviously far away from the chaotic terrain, but a fountain suddenly popped up, which really startled Lao Hua and Lao Li.

The fountain is more than 100,000 meters high, what a spectacle!

Like a majestic water dragon gathering momentum, it will reach the sky in an instant!

Finally, the intermittent fountain, which was particularly high due to microgravity, turned into countless ice foams and fell in an environment of more than 100 degrees below zero.

Due to Europa's thin atmosphere, the ice foam fell quickly and intensively, and in the blink of an eye, it was piled up around the already frozen vent.

PS: Because Jupiter has an important influence on Europa's tidal gravity, it causes cracks in the ice on Europa's surface at its farthest point, and fountains erupt from these cracks, which gradually close when it reaches Jupiter's perimeter.

"Lao Li."

"Huh?"

Seeing the lump of ice foam in the distance, Hua Kejing suddenly remembered something.

"Aren't you going to dig ice holes with your son here to catch alien monster fish, and what is the result?"

"The alien monster fish of the hammer is just a blind dragon gate array." Li Chenjing smiled, "The average thickness of the ice is 2.6 kilometers, and Lao Tzu has such a long fishing rod." ”

Hearing this, Hua Kejing also laughed.

It's impossible to fish anymore, and I'm afraid I won't have the opportunity to fish in my lifetime.

……

I salute every friend who has been with me all the way, thank you for your support!