Chapter 3622: Firmly in Grasp

Those who can work on this scientific research vessel are, without exception, top talents, and during his university years, Matsushita Heikichi, in addition to majoring in marine navigation technology, also obtained two degrees in marine electronic and electrical engineering, so his grasp of information equipment is also very thorough.

Ye Chen's request is not difficult; he only needs to remove the already-closed communication module of the transport vehicle, then install a set of Starlink equipment and connect it, and finally transmit the data to the designated address.

For Matsushita Heikichi, this is nothing more than a simple task that can be done with a flick of the wrist.

Thus, when the fuel transport vehicle arrived, Matsushita Heikichi took advantage of the fact that transferring fuel requires at least two hours, sent the staff away, and completed the equipment modification in less than an hour.

The vehicle's GPS positioning module is a plug-and-play foolish module; once powered on, it immediately begins searching for GPS satellites, obtains coordinates, and then pushes real-time coordinates to the data interface at a frequency of five times per second.

Any equipment in the vehicle that requires GPS coordinates can directly retrieve them from this data interface; the driving trajectory recorder captures GPS coordinates and stores them in the black box, generating route records through continuous capture, while navigation retrieves GPS coordinates to display them in real time on the map, providing navigation services for the vehicle, and the backend monitoring equipment also retrieves coordinates in real time and uploads them via satellite to the server of Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology.

However, because the original communication module has been removed, even if GPS is activated, the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology still cannot obtain the real-time coordinates here.

And the Starlink that Ye Chen asked Matsushita Heikichi to activate directly uploads these data to a relay server, which then transmits them to the AI model.

Besides, the vehicle's driving recorder, 360-degree surround view function, and the video signal from the cockpit camera are also linked to the Starlink, enabling real-time upload of all footage.

On the roof of the transport vehicle, there is a protrusion similar to a large backpack, where network communication, satellite positioning, high-power antenna, and other equipment are basically integrated; Matsushita Heikichi hid the Starlink here and then replaced the cover, basically achieving a seamless integration.

Ye Chen contacted Li Yalin via satellite phone, asking him to try to retrieve this information through the relay server; the relay server is an external firewall, so even if Ye Chen's modification by Matsushita Heikichi is discovered, others, through the settings of these equipment, can only see that the data was sent to the relay server, but who operates the relay server and who took the data from it cannot be traced.

Li Yalin also did not expect that the elder of the Broken Clear Society who went missing in Ushuaia had actually arrived in Antarctica, nor did he expect that Ye Chen would achieve a certain degree of anti-surveillance in this way; impressed, he immediately let the AI model start capturing the data.

Soon, the AI model grasped the vehicle's real-time dynamics and surrounding video signals.

Because the frequency of GPS coordinate acquisition is very high, even if the vehicle is driving at high speed, its position can be reflected in real time, and the accuracy is completely within one meter.

Even more impressive, because the data from the vehicle's 360-degree surround view camera has been obtained, once that elder appears near the vehicle, his face will be immediately uploaded to the AI model, which can then immediately recognize him.

Seeing this, Li Yalin said to Ye Chen: "Mr. Ye, if we could also connect the vehicle's intercom system's audio signal, it would be even better; we could then listen to their conversations in real time."

As expected of a Chinese detective, his sensitivity to information is much stronger than Ye Chen's; Ye Chen suddenly received a reminder and delightedly said: "This is simple; I'll have that guy get on it right away."

Matsushita Heikichi, diligent and uncomplaining, immediately also connected the vehicle's communication equipment and the audio of the vehicle's recording to the Starlink.

This way, not only will their communication channels be captured, but the communication of personnel inside the vehicle and the interaction of personnel around the vehicle will also have their sounds captured.

Moreover, even if people are far away, voices are unclear, or environmental noise is loud, these are not problems, because the AI model continuously iterates, and its audio processing capability has already reached heaven-defying levels; it can not only amplify sound but also strip away environmental noise and background noise entirely, making human voices much clearer.

Everything, firmly in grasp.

Two hours later, the transport vehicle loaded with dozens of tons of fuel began its return journey.

Its coordinates are updated in real time in the AI model, and all channel communications have been translated into Chinese in real time by the AI.

Li Yalin, upon seeing the AI-translated dialogue content, immediately discovered several very suspicious points.

For example, in their conversation, they mentioned a total of four internal code names: the First Land Exploration Team, the Second Land Exploration Team, the Third Land Exploration Team, and the Air Exploration Team, indicating that the other party is conducting a very large-scale exploration operation.

Furthermore, in their conversation, they repeatedly mentioned underground towns, several times requiring the other party to confirm whether the radar results showed any possibility of an underground town.

Thus, he immediately fed the situation back to Ye Chen.

Only then did Ye Chen suddenly realize: it turns out the other party has been continuously scanning the Antarctic ice sheet, precisely to search for an underground city.

By common sense, the formation time here far exceeds the emergence of Homo sapiens; even with today's highly developed technology, humans still do not possess the capability to establish a town beneath the Antarctic ice sheet, let alone ancient people.

In other words, if ancient people came to this place without proper equipment and supplies, they would absolutely face certain death.

While he was puzzled, he suddenly thought of Lin Wan'er.

Lin Wan'er has no strength to bind a chicken, but because she has taken the Eternal Youth Pill, extreme cold is not a problem for her.

Afterwards, he also thought: Lin Wan'er has no cultivation, yet she can withstand extreme cold without fear; what then of those who are like him, or even have cultivation far surpassing his?

If cultivators wanted to come to Antarctica, it would not be difficult; even if winter is hard to enter, summer is always unproblematic.

Thus, he gradually formed a clear ancient-modern comparison in his mind.

Currently, Antarctica is difficult for ordinary people to enter, but scientists with good equipment can.

In ancient times, Antarctica was impossible for ordinary people to enter, but cultivators with strong cultivation could.

This also means that in ancient times, Antarctica was, for cultivators, a true pure land.

Even if the Ten Thousand Great Mountains are very deep, ordinary people might still accidentally enter, but Antarctica is absolutely impossible.

The Devil's Wind Belt is like a natural defensive barrier, completely blocking ordinary people from outside.

And this completely isolated pure land, which blocks ordinary people, is, for cultivators, an excellent place for cultivation.

Could it be that the elder of the Broken Clear Society searching for an underground city here is actually seeking a city built by cultivators of old?

In the history of human civilization, Antarctica has remained untouched for at least several thousand years; if a sect seized this opportunity and developed and reproduced here for hundreds or even thousands of years, then the scale of that sect would certainly be very large.

Although the Antarctic ice sheet has formed for hundreds of millions of years, here, ultra-low temperatures, great storms, and heavy snow alternate back and forth; if cultivators wanted to long-term reside and reproduce here, even newborn, young, and elderly cultivators could not withstand such extreme weather, so the best choice would be to build an underground town capable of shielding against storms.

If this inference holds true, then during the Dharma-Ending Age, these cultivators lost their final ascension channel, leaving them only two possibilities: either that generation gradually died out, population dwindled, they fell into a population trap, and eventually all perished, or those people, in some unknown corner, have continued to reproduce to this day!