Genius Club.

Chapter 537 Final Deployment

“Antarctic Treaty.”

Liu Feng continued Du Yao's words and said:

"Now that Ms. Du Yao said that, I understand. There is no place on Earth more special than Antarctica. It is indeed the only absolutely pure land on Earth for hundreds of years."

"Except for Antarctica, all other places on Earth have been claimed by a country or occupied by a certain country; including the territory of the Arctic, which has long been divided among the countries within the Arctic Circle."

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

"Ms. Du Yao's analysis is correct. Nowadays, even the top of the Himalayas, Point Nemo, and the bottom of the Somali Trench have been built into tourist attractions and connected to the communication network. No inch of land on the earth has any secrets for humans... except Antarctica!"

"Yes."

Cheng Qian nodded:
"Antarctica is indeed the most easily overlooked place, because even VV and I cannot go deep into Antarctica to conduct scans. After all... due to the restrictions of the Antarctic Convention, Antarctica prohibits all construction other than scientific research facilities, so there are no networks, servers, or transfer computer rooms."

"It is indeed possible to infiltrate the scientific research stations outside Antarctica through the satellite network, but VV has already investigated those places and there is no clue of Galileo either. They are basically outpost laboratories of countries around the world."

"Um……"

Jask listened to the argument, rubbing his chin and falling into deep thought:
"But in any case, Antarctica is indeed the most likely hiding place for Galileo. I feel that Ms. Du Yao's idea is not wrong."

"After all, the Antarctic Treaty is a perfect defense, a natural protection for Galileo. Just like old Brooke... cough, cough."

Jask quickly covered it up with a cough, almost giving away the secret.

What he originally wanted to say was that if he had not bought the entire land of Brooklyn over the past few hundred years, even the shelter under Einstein's farm would have been discovered by humans long ago.

Urban land is like this, it is inevitable to rebuild every few decades; coupled with the current world population explosion, humans have set foot in almost every place, and it is simply a fantasy to want to hide underground shelters like in the 21st century, as they can be easily exposed.

and so.

This is also the reason why Jask believes that Galileo is most likely hiding in Antarctica.

The reason why coughing was used to cover up Einstein's secret shelter was because when Lin Xian was recounting the events of 1952, he also avoided the main issue and did not mention the existence of this shelter at all.

If Lin Xian didn't mention it, Jask certainly wouldn't mention it either.

At this point, only Lin Xian, VV, and Jask knew about Einstein's farm in old Brooklyn and the shelter underneath the farm.

……

Lin Xian glanced at Jask and of course understood why he stopped abruptly.

When he "told it all" just now, many parts of this long story were only briefly mentioned.

That's what happened with Einstein.

Lin Xian did not describe in detail what happened when this founder of the Genius Club, a tragic old man who had great and kind intentions but was deceived, disappeared.

Einstein himself was already miserable.

He originally wanted to save the world and the future, but he was used by a mysterious force and became the promoter of world destruction. This incident hurt Einstein too much, and Lin Xian didn't want to rub salt into his wounds, so he didn't tell him the existence of the underground shelter.

A secret, let it remain a secret.

That was Einstein's last bit of face.

"In that case, let's carry out the two tasks simultaneously."

Lin Xian raised his hand, signaling everyone to be quiet, and made a final summary:

"Now, we have two problems to solve. One is to find Galileo as soon as possible, and the other is to find out the truth about the world-destroying white light as soon as possible."

"So far, a lot of information is just speculation without evidence. If we want to truly verify the answer, we must find relevant evidence. This is what we will accomplish in the next few months."

"The task of launching the space-time particle detection rocket and searching for the world-destroying white light in advance will be given to Jask, Liu Feng, and Gao Wen to complete."

"The search for Galileo in Antarctica was completed by VV, Cheng Qian, and Du Yao."

"As for Galileo's hiding place, I actually have some ideas..."

Lin Xian looked around and said slowly:
"Galileo hibernated earlier than before the Gauss virus outbreak, and earlier than we hibernated."

"This means that if Galileo planned to hibernate in a secret base in Antarctica, it means that his secret base was already prepared and ready to be used at any time."

"I even have reason to believe that by 2024, Galileo will have mastered the method of triggering a super-disaster and has even deployed it. When to launch this super-disaster depends entirely on his mood."

"Whether it's 2400 or 2600, they are all integer years. It's obvious that Galileo's plan is not affected by other factors. If we have to say the difference between these two super disasters... it seems that the destructive power of the disaster in 2400 is not as great as that in 2600. The reason is unknown."

"So, think about it, given the restrictions of the Antarctic Treaty, will Galileo be able to build an underground shelter in Antarctica before 2024?"

Du Yao shook her head:
"In theory, it is not very realistic. The Antarctic Convention prohibits anyone from carrying out construction work in Antarctica for any reason, except for scientific research."

"But if it's scientific research, it will definitely be recorded. It's impossible for VV and Cheng Qian to not find the relevant information."

"So... this is also a contradiction. If Galileo really hid in Antarctica, how was his hiding place built?"

Lin Xian smiled slightly:
“This is what I want to remind everyone—”

“The Antarctic Treaty was signed in 1959 and came into force in 1961. All the restrictions and rules just discussed can only constrain behavior after 1961.”

"You know, humans have been exploring Antarctica for a long time, and the craziest and most chaotic period was probably during World War II."

"During the war years, the German army went to Antarctica several times in secret to explore. Historical records don't tell us what they did there, and there are all kinds of stories, some of which are very fantastic."

"But let's not worry about that. I believe that in that chaotic era without the constraints of the Antarctic Treaty, the German army and even other countries must have conducted disorderly and chaotic expeditions to Antarctica."

"Then, the base facilities and underground facilities excavated during this period are all classified as secrets of various countries and are well hidden. Even though many places have been abandoned, if they are used as secret bases for Galileo's hibernation, wouldn't it be a unique convenience?"

In an instant, everyone was enlightened.

“Great idea!”

Jask gave Lin Xian a thumbs up:
"You mean - [Galileo did not build a shelter by himself. Of course, he did not have the ability to do so after the Antarctic Treaty came into effect; so he took advantage of the situation and directly found an Antarctic exploration base of a certain country that was abandoned during World War II, and then took it over and made it his own! He transformed it into his hibernation place!]"

"Great... When I think about it this way, everything makes sense. With this idea, our search for Galileo in Antarctica has been narrowed down a lot."

"really."

Cheng Qian also nodded:
"Galileo does not have the ability to build a secret base in Antarctica, so finding an abandoned underground base left over from World War II is indeed the best option."

"Moreover, from this perspective, Galileo could have started operations very early, and it is no wonder that he was able to prepare this underground secret base and put it into use at any time before 2024."

VV holds the clip high:

"During World War II, there was no Internet or electronic storage devices, and all confidential documents existed in paper form. Before Germany was defeated, it burned a large number of confidential documents, causing a lot of history to become completely confusing..."

"If these burned documents really contain information about secret bases in Antarctica, then these abandoned sites will become unsolved mysteries in the world. No one knows of their existence, let alone finding their specific locations."

"Understood! Master Cheng Qian, Ms. Du Yao, let's listen to Lin Xian and start investigating Galileo's hiding place from this aspect! No matter what... Antarctica is still a very large continent. If we really do a random carpet scan, how long will it take to find it?"

Du Yao and Cheng Qian also agreed with Lin Xian and VV's plan and took on this important task.

This is the end.

The first meeting of the new genius club is over.

Although it cannot be said to be fruitful, it is at least on the right track and is beginning to be carried out in an orderly and organized manner.

……

After waiting for all the members to leave, only Lin Xian, VV and Liu Feng were left in the meeting room.

Liu Feng looked at Lin Xian and smiled slightly:
"I thought you would leave a place for Gao Yang. Well, our club is just a copycat club, so it wouldn't be inappropriate to have Gao Yang as a decoration."

"After all, Gao Yang is your first friend in life, your childhood friend, the person you trust the most, and the person who trusts you the most, so... I was quite surprised that Gao Yang didn't come to participate in today's Genius Club gathering."

Lin Xian sighed softly:

"Of course I invited him, but you know, just like Gao Yang had not participated in our discussions before... He was very self-aware and knew that he couldn't help much, so he didn't want to cause us any trouble, so he rejected me."

"..."

Thinking of this former comrade-in-arms and partner, Liu Feng felt helpless, at a loss, and speechless.

He has always been concerned about Gao Yang and his mental state.

this era.

The distant year 2504.

Even this group of "geniuses" with a mission often feel lonely and out of tune with the world.

What's more...what about ordinary people like Gao Yang who should have lived in the old times?
No one ever wanted to isolate Gao Yang.

But.

He could never be found.

"Alright, alright." Lin Xian patted Liu Feng on the shoulder.

They had been partners in the fight for hundreds of years, and were each other's worms. How could they not know what the other was thinking?

Lin Xian naturally saw Liu Feng's worry and comforted him:
"You don't have to worry about Gao Yang at all. He is like a tardigrade, an indestructible cockroach with a strong ability to adapt."

"Our dreams may be very ambitious, like saving the world and the future of mankind. But for Gao Yang...his biggest dream is actually to sell cars in a 4S store. It's only because he went to space with us to capture space-time particles and saw Chu Anqing jump out of the plane that he became obsessed with 'must save Chu Anqing'."

"Gao Yang, in fact, doesn't care about the world, the future, the laws of time and space, or the cosmological constant of 42. He just wants to save Chu Anqing and see the smiling face of his junior high school girl again, and then he will be satisfied and have no regrets."

"He and I grew up together, so I understand him very well. Although he is usually careless and heartless, he is actually very delicate and responsible. Chu Anqing's jumping off the plane... He, like you, has always had a knot in his heart that he can't untie."

"Hey."

Liu Feng scratched his head and shook his head:

"I also know that Gao Yang will not be like this, but it still feels like we all hibernated and fought together for a common goal hundreds of years ago; but now, only Gao Yang is getting farther and farther away from us."

"Don't accuse me of being hypocritical, you know..."

He shrugged and looked at Lin Xian:

"You are the only few friends I have, so... every one of you is precious to me."

"Do not worry."

Lin Xian said softly:

"Gao Yang is my good brother. Even if he doesn't come to the meeting, I never intended to hide these things from him."

……

Half a month later, Rhine University, cafeteria.

Gao Yang, wearing the uniform of a security captain, picked up a peanut and pointed at Lin Xian with his chopsticks:

"You're going to Antarctica?!"

"Ah."

Lin Xian put down his wine glass:

"VV, Cheng Qian, and Du Yao worked together to find a lot of ancient data, and finally locked down 24 German fortification sites during World War II in an area. We suspect that Galileo's hibernation base is hidden in one of the sites."

"No."

Gao Yang frowned:

"Antarctica, big brother!"

"What happened to Antarctica?"

Lin Xian filled a glass of wine for Gao Yang and said disapprovingly:
"What era is this? Technology is so advanced now. Do you still think there is any danger? Traveling to Antarctica is almost the same as going to Jiuzhaigou. The only difference is that you need to wear thicker clothes."

"Won't it be dangerous?" Gao Yang picked up the wine glass.

"Of course not." Lin Xian also picked up the wine glass.

The two of them clinked their glasses and drank it all in one gulp.

"Who's going?" Gao Yang asked.

"Jask's expedition team has a very luxurious lineup and equipment. Rhine University also has a large team. As for our friends here... me, Jask, Du Yao, and VV."

"Ah, it doesn't really matter whether VV goes or not. After all, it's a data stream. It's everywhere where there's a network. The hafnium alloy trash can should be left at Rhine University. We can just bring a satellite network terminal and hide a VV inside it."

Gao Yang smacked his lips:
"This is a long journey... Even if you count the time we went into space, this is the longest journey you have ever taken in your life."

Lin Xian was amused:
"What are you doing? Why are you suddenly so worried?"

……

Gao Yang rubbed the wine glass and remained silent.

for a long time.

Then he slowly spoke:
"I've been having nightmares all the time."

"What kind of nightmare?"

“All kinds.”

Gao Yang said:

"I'm different from you. I always have the same dream. My nightmares are all kinds of things. Whatever movie I watch during the day, I'll have a similar nightmare at night. There are all kinds of themes, but every one of them scares me."

"You were never afraid before." Lin Xian chuckled.

"That was before!"

Gao Yang muttered:
"That was our era before. It was full of security. When we woke up, we felt grounded."

"But now, ah, how should I put it, I feel that life is light and floating, and the real world is no different from a dream."

"Forget it! Let's not talk about this anymore! Let's drink!"

He raised his glass and poked it in front of Lin Xian:

"We haven't had a drink in a long time. Let's get drunk today! Drink!"

"drink."

"drink!"

……

The midnight moonlight illuminates the University of the Rhine, casting a veil over the white jade statues of Yingjun and Yuxi.

Gao Yang got drunk as he drank and started to act crazy. Holding the bottle in his left hand and grabbing Lin Xian with his right hand, he insisted on running to the statue in front of the entrance of Rhine University and shouting.

Lin Xian couldn't hear clearly what Gao Yang was saying, his speech was incoherent.

Just looked up quietly, looking at Jingjing's statue, looking at Jingjing and her mother and daughter.

"Lin Xian!"

Gao Yang suddenly turned around, walked over and put his arm around Lin Xian's shoulders:

"Listen to my buddy, you don't have to go on this Antarctic survey."

"You must be kidding."

Lin Xian smiled and said:

"As a leader, I proposed the plan, but I won't go myself?"

"I beg you."

Gao Yang's strong arms held him tighter:
"Brother, I only ask you for this one thing in my life. It doesn't matter if you don't buy the car you promised to buy for me, or if you don't open the 4S store you promised to open for me... You don't have to promise me anything, but this time, I beg you, don't go to Antarctica."

Lin Xian said nothing and looked at the drunk Gao Yang.

He didn't know that Gao Yang was really worried about him;
Still under the statues of Yingjun and Yuxi, they didn’t want him to take risks;

I don’t know if Gao Yang will still remember these nonsense after he sobers up tomorrow.

"hehe."

Lin Xian chuckled:
"I say the same thing again, Gao Yang, I have to go... If I don't go, who can go for me?"

"I!"

Gao Yang shook his head and said:

"Your family has already given too much to this world. We can't let your family take the lead in everything and any risk."

"I've always wanted to help you guys... but you see, you know, I only have this much ability, I can't help you at all."

"To be honest, this nightmare has really made me worried about you, so I am even more worried about letting you go to such a far place as Antarctica. Besides, you are the leader, you are the commander. If there is any danger in Antarctica...if something happens to you, who will continue to lead the Genius Club?"

"so……"

Gao Yang burped, opened his bloodshot eyes, and looked up at the white jade statues of Zhao Yingjun and Yu Xi:
"So, Lin Xian, let me do something for this world, for the future of mankind, for your family, and for Chu Anqing..."

He looked determined, stood up straight, and patted his chest:
"【This time, you stay and I'll go to Antarctica for you!】"

(End of this chapter)