The vast Milky Way galaxy stretches as far as the eye can see, and the planets are always moving at a constant speed at a corresponding distance from each other in their respective orbits, as are Jupiter's 68 moons. On Europa, the Expander 1 spacecraft landed after a five-month long flight, with more than a dozen detectors moving to the intended target. One of its goals is to find the thinnest layers of ice to drill and then to collect living organisms.

Europa is extremely cold, with a minimum temperature of -15 degrees Celsius and a thin amount of oxygen. The entire planet is surrounded by ice, which is more than 2,000 meters thick. From time to time, fountains dozens of meters high erupt from the ice. The scene was like a fountain in a square, but there were no lights. The detector sends back the latest data to the ground at all times in a slow form.

Before the three probes with the burrowing function found the corresponding 900-thick ice at the thinnest point according to the predetermined target, the machine began to prepare to start opening holes under the ice. This hole is only 1 cm in diameter, which is completely like a needle in the human skin, or more precisely, smaller than just a cold pore. The three borehole detectors formed an equilateral triangle and began to drill with lasers, and in 3 seconds, the holes on the ice surface were drilled.

The detector on the other side sends back a real-time image to the ground. In the command center of the Beijing Aerospace Bureau, the staff are always paying attention to the movements of these detectors......

Once the hole was drilled, eight nano-cameras fell out of one side of the detector and fell like marbles from the air under the ice......

"Camera No. 1, the signal is normal, the direction is northeast, the depth is -3000 meters, there are no signs of life!"

"Camera No. 3, the signal is normal, the direction is southeast, the depth is -3100 meters, there are no signs of life!"

"Camera No. 5, the signal is normal, the direction is southwest, the depth is -3500 meters, there are no signs of life!"

"Camera No. 8, the signal is normal, the direction is northwest, the depth is -4000 meters, there are no signs of life!"

Command center staff use the microphone to broadcast messages from Europa to the command center.

Under the ice, the nano camera sends back signals to the ground every 50 meters of descent, and the machine continues to sink... Beneath Europa's thick ice lies a vast ocean, with a maximum depth of 33 kilometers according to the sounder.

The detector on the ice surface cuts the ice cubes into tofu-sized blocks and collects them into the experimental box, which melts the ice cubes at high temperature instantly, and the sensors on one side scan them at the speed of light, and then store the elemental data of the ice cubes into the computer chip.

Earth, northwestern Greenland, special forces cordoned off the frozen people in the area where the freighter was found. They continued to enter the E562 freighter, and at the moment, the gravity inside the freighter was still maintained, but the soldiers who entered still had to crawl forward with the help of ropes. The alarm on the tower sounded non-stop, the frequency band signal was very strong, the soldiers' expressions became nervous, Captain Hu took two people to the power control room to check the power supply, and strangely found that the power system here suddenly returned to normal.

Captain Hu came to the main power switch and broke it with his hand, and the signal suddenly stopped. Before he could put his hand back, the power jumped back and went back and forth like this three times, as if everything was set and didn't work at all.

"What the hell," Hu Yihu said

"Captain, why don't we try to cut the power cord directly!" Said the soldier on one side

"That's all there is to it, let's give it a try." Hu Yihu replied

After saying that, the two of them brought a large pair of pliers and prepared to forcibly cut off all the power supply on the ship.

"Everyone, pay attention, immediately forcibly cut off the power supply, please stay still and pull the safety rope." The captain used the walkie-talkie to inform all the officers and soldiers present.

The captain's voice came from the walkie-talkie headsets of the soldiers on the ship, and the signal was very weak, and it was suddenly interspersed with some bands of sound, intermittent. After five minutes, the intercom signal returned to normal.

"Report to the captain, the control room received!"

"Report to the captain, the underground warehouse area has received!"

The soldiers answered one by one

"Let's go!" Hu Yihu gave an order

Two soldiers on the side forcefully shortened the power cord with pliers. The alarm signal stopped suddenly.

The lights on the signal tower were immediately extinguished.

"Attention districts, the power has been cut off, evacuate the hull now!"

"Roger!"

By this time, they had found the tachograph inside the ship and carried it aboard with them.

As all the soldiers were about to step out of the hull, the hull began to shake again, at this time, everyone thought it was an earthquake or an avalanche, and the contents of the ship never landed, and the shaking lasted for five seconds and returned to normal. One by one, the soldiers marched slowly and cautiously from the hull to the ground.

Once back on the surface, everyone returned to their makeshift tents to rest, 52 hours after the operation......

Twenty kilometers away, Liu Fei sent back a message to Tucker from the Arctic camp:

Tucker Corporation:

Freighter E562 has been spotted

Coordinates: Longitude: -43.54 Latitude: 82.93

Of the 17 boxes of mohair, 14 were found, 3 were missing, and all the goods were missing

The frozen remains of all victims were found in 3 boxes (50 crew members, 4 fishermen)

Unknown signal source was not found, and the data was sent back to request sharing

March 25, 2021

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At the side of the E562 freighter, the tired soldiers were sleeping in the tent, and ten soldiers were working on the next ship dismantling work plan on the container side.

At this moment, a group of figures suddenly appeared on the mountain, their pace was fast, and they seemed to be very familiar with the terrain here, and instantly surrounded the entire perimeter of the army. They've been lurking around here since the sirens sounded.

The soldiers who were working seemed to sense something around them, ran to the side to check, and in an instant, the three soldiers turned into figures and besieged them to death from behind, and all this happened silently. By the time Hu Yihu realized the missing soldier, the surrounding figures had surrounded the entire area, and they were approaching step by step...

"All hands on deck!" The captain makes an emergency call

One by one, the soldiers climbed up from their tents and grabbed their weapons.

They hurried together, guns in a cluster, facing the enemy on all sides.

At this moment, nearly a hundred people had surrounded them on all sides. It turned out that these were Eskimos. With hatred on their faces, they pressed into the soldiers with weapons in their hands!

"No weapons until absolutely necessary!" Captain Hu said to the soldiers

"But with cold weapons alone, everyone is no opponent at all." The soldier said

"Do what you want!" Team Hu continued

"Who are you? We're here on a mission, why do we want to kill our brothers?"

The Eskimos ignored it and continued to approach ......

"Everyone is ready to pull the trigger," Captain Hu said

All the soldiers are ready to use their weapons......