Chapter 1543 - An Unexpected Discovery (1/2)

Inside the Celestial City Space Command Center, the staff that sat in front of the computers also waited for news from Europa.

Although the outpost on Europa was equipped with a quantum communication device, a slight delay in communication was still present. When the picture of the drilling platform being blown up was transmitted here, almost everyone in the space command held their breath.

After about half a minute, the staff took off their headphones in silence, and many people let out a depressed sigh.

Unlike the feelings of depression and regret in the mind of these researchers, Jiang Chen was in pain as he watched the platform blow up on the holographic screen.

A “blowout” like this was the equivalent of two billion dollars, and it also meant that the works of Europa’s outpost over the past month had been in vain.

The upwelling seawater would backfill the cracks that were drilled through quickly and eventually freeze again. Fortunately, the colonists activated the perforating device in time and left the drill bit and the deep-sea robot under the ice sheet. It was only saving grace behind the month of work.

But after Jiang Chen remembered that the costs of Europa colonization were split with major member states, he felt a little better, at least he was not the only one that lost money.

“Drilling for water is the wrong choice. The water pressure below the ice sheet is unimaginable. When our drill bit was about two hundred meters away from the bottom of the ice sheet, the ocean directly ruptured the ice sheet, which led to the subsequent blowout.”

Kelvin looked at the giant fountain shaped like an umbrella from the image captured by the orbiting satellite. The frown on his face was very apparent while he was in deep thought.

“How is the situation with the deep-sea robot?” Jiang Chen asked.

“It is operating normally. It can be activated again once the ocean current environment is stabilized.” When Kelvin heard Jiang Chen’s question, he pointed at the line of parameters in the lower right corner of the holographic screen. “This is the pressure. You can see that the parameters are changing rapidly. Our deep-sea robot is probably—”

“Will it be swallowed by a big fish?”

Kelvin had to process the question for a brief second. When he realized that Jiang Chen told a joke, he laughed out.

“It’s not possible. In such a primitive ecosystem, there can be no overly large organisms. Otherwise, there will be serious problems in both the consumption of organic matter and the supply of heat. It is no exaggeration to say that a whale will overwhelm the entire Europa ecosystem.”

“You can’t be certain,” Jiang Chen smiled and looked at the changing parameters. “When we first set foot on Mars, didn’t we think it was just a desert? But under the sand, there was always weird stuff coming out.”

Before the truth is revealed, no one can guarantee that their inference is correct.

Of course, from the perspective of investors, he still hoped that nothing weird would pop up from underneath Europa. Otherwise, it would not only increase costs with no benefits, but the solar system would also be too lively of a place.

“Knock on wood… HEY!”

Lin Lin head was gently tapped on as she covered her forehead and stared at Jiang Chen in anger.

Jiang Chen, who knew that he did not use force at all, ignored Lin Lin’s exaggerated reaction, pretended not to see her, and continued on the topic just now.

“What about the life signals? We should have been monitoring this, right?”