Chapter 1544 (1/2)

In the space command center around the Star City, the staff sitting in front of computers are also waiting for the news from Europa.

Although the outpost on Europa is equipped with quantum communication devices, there is still a slight delay in communication. When the picture of the drilling platform was blown up, almost everyone in the space command center held their breath.

After about half a minute or so, the staff quietly took off the headphones, and many people sighed.

Different from the feelings of depression and regret in the minds of these researchers, Jiang Chen only felt a pang of pain when he looked at the drilling platform blown up in the holographic screen.

Such a ”blowout” would have cost at least 20 billion metric tons of water. At the same time, it also meant that the efforts of Europa outpost for more than a month were in vain.

The upwelling sea water will backfill the hard drilled cracks in a short time, and it will be frozen again soon. Fortunately, the colonists started the perforating device in time, leaving the drill bit and the deep-sea robot behind the drill bit under the ice sheet. This effort for more than a month did not lead to nothing.

However, thinking that most of the funding for Europa's colonization was borne by other major member states, Jiang Chen felt a little better. At least he was not the only one who lost money.

”Drilling for water is a wrong choice. It's hard to imagine the high water pressure at the bottom of the sea floor. When our drill bit is more than 200 meters away from the bottom of the ice sheet, the underground ocean directly cracks the lower ice sheet, leading to subsequent blowout.”

From the perspective of an orbiting satellite, Kelvin's brows are locked tightly together and he is lost in thought when he looks at the umbrella shaped fountain in the holographic screen.

”What about deep sea robots?” Jiang Chen asked.

”It is in good condition and can be started after the current environment is stable.” Hearing Jiang Chen's question, Kelvin pointed to the line of parameters in the lower right corner of the holographic screen. ”Here is the pressure environment. We can see that the parameters are changing dramatically. Our deep-sea robot is probably”

”will it be swallowed by a big fish?”

Kelvin was stunned, and then found that Jiang Chen was joking with him in a teasing tone, so he said with a smile.

”There is no such thing. In such a primitive ecosystem, it is impossible to have too large organisms. Otherwise, there will be serious problems in both organic matter consumption and heat supply. It's no exaggeration to say that it takes only one whale to crush Europa's ecosystem

”That's not good,” Jiang Chen said with a smile and looked at the parameters of the line. ”When we first set foot on Mars, we thought it was a desert? But under the sand, there are always strange things to drill out. ”

No one can guarantee that his inference will be correct until the truth is revealed.

Of course, from the investor's point of view, he still hopes that there will be no strange things under Europa. Otherwise, in addition to increasing the cost of developing Europa through the ring trade, there will be no benefits. The solar system will be too busy.

”You're a crow's mouth - ouch!”

Being knocked on her head, Lin Ling covered her white forehead and glared at Jiang Chen angrily.

Knowing that he didn't exert himself at all, Jiang Chen ignored Lin Ling's grandiose reaction and pretended not to see it. He continued with the topic just now.

”What about life signals? Should have been monitored? ”