Chapter 3623

With curiosity about the Antarctic underground city, Ye Chen set out on the journey back to the Nordic research station.

At this time, the vehicles transporting fuel had already poured all the transported fuel into the storage tanks of the Japanese research station.

Wu Bolin rarely had the interest to step out of his Wu Han Palace, standing in the central square and looking around, his face full of pride as he secretly sighed: "Having such a modernized team in this barren land of Antarctica is truly useful, but it's a pity that manpower is still insufficient; compared to the hundreds of thousands of the Breaking Qing Society, this handful of people is indeed rather shabby."

Coincidentally, Juke Hangping was supervising the fuel transfer at this moment, and after checking the remaining fuel, he instructed the transport personnel in Japanese to pay attention to the fuel safety warning line, and once the fuel approached the warning line, they must immediately set off for the research vessel regardless of the weather.

Wu Bolin watched him from afar and waved with a smile: "Lackey, come here."

Juke Hangping hurried over, trotting all the way, and arrived respectfully, asking: "Master, what are your orders?"

Wu Bolin asked him: "How is the exploration situation progressing now?"

Juke Hangping quickly replied: "Reporting to Master, the three ground exploration teams are still advancing continuously, but you also know that the radar's coverage width is limited; we are now advancing in three directions forming two 70-degree angles, and the farther they go, the larger the area each needs to cover, so the advancement speed also slows down; wanting to sweep the entire Antarctic in a short time is nearly impossible."

After saying that, he quickly added: "By the way, Master, our helicopter fuel is almost exhausted, and it can last at most two more days before the helicopter stops, so I wanted to ask you whether we should first ground the helicopter and save the fuel for emergencies."

Wu Bolin frowned and asked: "Isn't a lot of fuel transported back every day? Why is the helicopter fuel running low?"

Juke Hangping explained: "It's like this, Master: the helicopter uses specially processed aviation kerosene, which is different from the diesel used by our generator sets, heating equipment, and ground vehicles; the research ship has a large diesel reserve, after all, they also rely on diesel for power, but the helicopter fuel reserve is relatively small, and we have been flying nonstop these days, so the fuel consumption is indeed too high."

Wu Bolin became somewhat resentful, his face full of威压 as he said: "If the helicopter is grounded, the search speed will drop again—don't you have any other solution?"

Juke Hangping helplessly said: "This... we really have no other way, after all, we cannot possibly mine and refine oil in Antarctica; the only way to obtain aviation kerosene is to transport it from within the country, but now it's impossible for any ship to get through."

Wu Bolin gritted his teeth, displeased, and asked: "Does that mean there's truly no other way in Antarctica?"

After saying that, a flash of inspiration struck him, and he immediately said: "If it really doesn't work, let's just go to other research stations and seize some fuel!"

Juke Hangping immediately said in alarm: "Absolutely not, Master! If we go to other research stations to seize fuel now, and they report it, this could become an international dispute, and the trouble would be great."

Wu Bolin coldly snorted: "So what? Didn't you say they can't get in? Then seize them, damn it! When summer comes, I'll leave this place myself—I don't care if others live or die!"

Juke Hangping explained: "Master, saying they can't get in refers only to regular research teams; regular research teams indeed cannot get in now, not to mention lacking equipment—even if they had equipment, the team members themselves lack the capability; but research teams being unable to enter does not mean the military cannot enter; if international attention is drawn, some countries might send military forces to intervene."

Wu Bolin asked him: "How can the military get in?"

Juke Hangping said: "The main ways for the military to enter are by airdrop and airborne insertion; once the situation becomes urgent, they have the capability to airdrop special forces and lightly armored vehicles here, and bombers can conduct all-weather precision strikes, not to mention long-range strikes."

"Damn it." Wu Bolin felt somewhat gloomy.

I thought I was now the Emperor of Antarctica, but I didn't expect that damn it, various countries' militaries could just come whenever they wanted.

However, having the military deliver aviation fuel to the research teams seems highly unlikely; in that case, the helicopter will still have to be grounded.

But at this moment, he suddenly had another idea and blurted out: "If we can't seize it openly, can't we seize it secretly? Tell me which country has the most research personnel, materials, and equipment in Antarctica—I'll directly take control of them, not only making them provide fuel and supplies, but also having them help me search!"

Juke Hangping instinctively said: "If you're asking which research team has the most personnel, it's definitely the American team—they have several research stations in Antarctica, and the largest one, McMurdo Station, has over two hundred personnel stationed in winter, so there must be a large amount of equipment and supplies there."

"Over two hundred people?"

Wu Bolin felt somewhat overwhelmed at first, saying: "This is too damn many people—even subtle influence won't work; isn't there a station with fewer people?"

For Wu Bolin, mental suggestion is also a form of spiritual energy consumption; last time he influenced everyone at Showa Station—several dozen people—already consumed a considerable amount of spiritual energy; if he had to influence over two hundred people, his spiritual energy would likely be nearly depleted, and what if danger arose? He only had a few pills left in his pocket, and replenishing them is also a major problem.

Juke Hangping didn't know what he was worried about, and from the perspective of wholeheartedly solving his problem, he respectfully said: "Master, other American stations are at most just a few dozen people in scale, and their material reserves cannot compare to McMurdo Station; McMurdo Station is not only the largest Antarctic research station, but also the logistical base for all American Antarctic research stations, so the reserves of supplies and equipment there are very substantial—there are certainly more than three or five helicopters, and the fuel need not even be mentioned."

Upon hearing this, Wu Bolin's heart suddenly stirred again.

If we could bring the other side under our control, so much material and so much equipment would likely increase our search speed by several times.

In that case, our chances of exploring Antarctica would also increase greatly.

Although it might consume a large amount of spiritual energy, putting me into a dangerous depletion period, Antarctica has no enemies, so what do I have to worry about?

Moreover, if we could control over two hundred more people, we would then have nearly three hundred people available, along with a large amount of modern equipment—coming to Antarctica, it seems impossible for anything to threaten my existence.

If so, why not take a risk and give it a try?

Having reached this thought, he immediately asked Juke Hangping: "You mentioned that McMurdo Station—where is it? How far is it from here?"

Juke Hangping said: "From here, the straight-line distance is about 1,300 kilometers or so; if driving, one would have to take a detour, nearly 3,000 kilometers."

Wu Bolin nearly vomited blood: "Damn it, this far?!"