Genius Club

Chapter 1414: Chapter 52: Final Deployment

"Antarctic Treaty."

Liu Feng continued Du Yao’s words:

"When Lady Du Yao put it this way, I understood. There is no place on Earth more special than Antarctica, truly the only absolute pure land on Earth over the centuries."

"Aside from Antarctica, every other place on Earth has been claimed or occupied by some country, even the territories of the Arctic have long been divvied up by the countries within the Arctic Circle."

"However, in 1959, the ’Antarctic Treaty’ signed by major countries worldwide fundamentally restricted human development and occupation of Antarctica. Any activities in Antarctica are strictly controlled."

"Lady Du Yao’s analysis is spot on; nowadays, even the top of the Himalayas, Nemo Point, and the bottom of the Somali Trench have been turned into tourist spots and integrated into the communication network. There’s no secret on any piece of Earth’s land for humans... except Antarctica!"

"Indeed."

Cheng Qian nodded:

"Antarctica is truly the most easily overlooked place because even VV and I have no way of penetrating deep into Antarctica for scanning. After all... due to the limitations of the ’Antarctic Treaty’, Antarctica is prohibited from constructing any buildings other than research facilities, thus lacking networks, servers, and relay rooms."

"The outer scientific research stations of Antarctica can indeed be infiltrated via satellite networks, but those places have already been investigated by VV, and there are no leads on Galileo, as they are basically outpost laboratories of various countries."

"Hm..."

Jask listened to the debate among the people, rubbing his chin, deep in thought:

"But in any case, Antarctica is indeed the most likely hiding spot for Galileo. I feel Lady Du Yao’s line of thought is probably correct."

"After all, the existence of the ’Antarctic Treaty’ is a perfect defense, a natural protection for Galileo. Just like Old Brooklyn... cough, cough."

Jask quickly used a cough to cover, almost letting something slip.

What he originally intended to say was that over the centuries, if he hadn’t bought all the land in Brooklyn, even the underground shelter beneath Einstein Farm would have been discovered long ago.

The urban land is such that a redevelopment project is inevitable every few decades; plus, with the world population booming, almost every place is accessed by humans, making it a fantasy to hide underground shelters like in the 21st century, easily exposed.

Therefore.

This is also why Jask believes that Galileo is very likely hiding in Antarctica.

The reason for using a cough to conceal Einstein’s secret shelter is because Lin Xian had also carefully avoided mentioning this shelter while narrating events of 1952.

Since Lin Xian did not mention it, naturally, Jask would not either.

As of now, only Lin Xian, VV, and Jask know about the farm in Old Brooklyn and the shelter beneath it.

...

Lin Xian glanced at Jask, of course understanding why he suddenly stopped.

In his "full disclosure" process just now, many parts of such a long story were also briefly mentioned.

Like the theft of Gao Wen’s research results and the secret shelter of Einstein, he did not mention.

Well, how to say...

It feels like there’s really no need for such things.

Especially with the matters concerning Emperor Gao Wen, who is now in high spirits, believing himself to have escaped the cage of the Black Hand and living a second life.

Why bother tearing up the scars to tell him the truth?

"Hehe, that Black Hand who always gets ahead of you is me~"

Such words are indeed hard to say.

If Emperor Gao Wen’s mental fortitude crumbled because of this, wouldn’t it be a loss?

Since Emperor Gao Wen is doing so well now, let him believe he has defeated the Black Hand and destiny.

And then.

The matter of Einstein is similar...

The founder of the Genius Club, a kind-hearted and tragic old man deceived, Lin Xian did not narrate the details of his dissipation.

Einstein himself was already quite tragic.

He originally wanted to save the world and the future but was exploited by mysterious power, becoming a catalyst for world destruction, which hurt Einstein greatly. Lin Xian did not want to rub salt in the wound, so he didn’t reveal the existence of the underground shelter.

Secrets should remain secrets always.

That is, after all, Einstein’s last dignity.

"In that case, let’s proceed with two tasks simultaneously."

Lin Xian raised his hand, signaling everyone to calm down, to make the final summary:

"At present, we have two issues to resolve, one is to quickly find Galileo, and the other is to quickly uncover the truth of the World-Ending White Light."

"So far, much of the information is our conjecture without evidence. To truly verify the answers, we must find relevant evidence, which is the goal to be accomplished in the coming months."

"Launch the Space-Time Particle probe rockets and anticipate the search for the World-Ending White Light, assigned to Jask, Liu Feng, and Gao Wen."

"The task of searching for Galileo within the territory of Antarctica will be accomplished jointly by VV, Cheng Qian, and Du Yao."

"Regarding Galileo’s hiding place, I also have a bit of insight..."

Lin Xian looked around and slowly said:

"Galileo’s hibernation time was earlier than when the Gauss virus broke out, and also earlier than our hibernation."

"This means that if Galileo intended to hibernate in a secret base in Antarctica, his secret base must have been ready and in a state of readiness for activation."