Chapter 1415: Chapter 52: Final Deployment (Part 2)

“I even have reason to believe that by 2024, Galileo already mastered the method to trigger a super disaster, and may have completed its deployment, ready to start it whenever he feels like it.”

“Whether in 2400 or 2600, these are whole number years; it’s evident Galileo’s plan is not affected by other factors. If we must differentiate these two super disasters… it seems the destructive power of the 2400 disaster is not as great as the one in 2600, the reason is unknown.”

“[So, everyone think about it, due to the restrictions of the ‘Antarctic Treaty’, does Galileo have the ability to establish an underground refuge in the Antarctic region before 2024?]”

Lady Du Yao shook her head:

“In theory, it’s quite unrealistic. The ‘Antarctic Treaty’ prohibits anyone from constructing buildings within the Antarctic region for any reason except scientific research.”

“But scientific research would certainly be documented, VV and Cheng Qian couldn’t possibly fail to find relevant records.”

“So… this point remains contradictory. If Galileo truly hid in Antarctica, how was his hideout constructed?”

Lin Xian slightly smiled:

“This is what I want to remind everyone about–”

“The ‘Antarctic Treaty’ was signed in 1959 and came into effect in 1961. All the restrictions and rules discussed earlier can only constrain post-1961 actions.”

“You must know, human exploration of Antarctica began long ago, and the most frenzied and chaotic period should be during World War II.”

“In that era of global conflict, German troops secretly explored the Antarctic continent multiple times. Historical records don’t divulge what they did; there are various claims, some are quite fantastical.”

“Regardless of that, I believe that during that chaotic era without the ‘Antarctic Treaty’, the German troops, and other countries too, must have conducted unordered and chaotic explorations of Antarctica.”

“Therefore, facilities excavated during that period, underground facilities, are all under national secrets, very well hidden; even if many places have become desolate, if used as Galileo’s secret hibernation base, wouldn’t it be the perfect convenience?”

Everyone was suddenly enlightened.

“Great thinking!”

Jask gave a thumbs-up to Lin Xian:

“You mean–[Galileo didn’t actually build a refuge himself, and certainly he didn’t have such ability after the ‘Antarctic Treaty’ went into effect; so, he took advantage by directly finding an abandoned exploration base from a certain country during World War II in Antarctica, occupied it like a cuckoo, and transformed it into his hibernation site!] ”

“Brilliant… thinking about it this way, everything becomes rational. With this thought, our search for Galileo in the vast Antarctica narrows considerably.”

“Indeed.”

Cheng Qian nodded along:

“Without the ability to construct a secret Antarctic base, finding a leftover and abandoned underground base from World War II is indeed the best choice for Galileo.”

“Moreover, from this perspective, Galileo could have begun his actions early, so it’s not surprising he could prepare this secret underground base before 2024, ready for use anytime.”

VV lifted a clip high:

“During World War II, there was no internet or electronic storage equipment; all confidential documents existed in paper form, and Germany before defeat burned a large number of confidential documents, leading many historical accounts to become completely mysterious…”

“If these burned documents indeed contain information about the secret Antarctic bases, then these abandoned locations truly become world unsolved mysteries, with no one knowing of their existence, much less locating specific sites.”

“Understood! Cheng Qian, Lady Du Yao, let’s follow Lin Xian’s advice and investigate Galileo’s hiding spot from this angle! No matter what… the Antarctic continent is the largest in the world; if we were to conduct an aimless carpet scan, who knows when we’d find it.”

Du Yao and Cheng Qian also agreed with Lin Xian and VV’s plan, taking on this heavy responsibility.

Thus.

This first gathering of the new Genius Club was considered complete.

Not exactly fruitful, but at least on track, beginning to execute plans systematically and organized.

…

After all members had left, the meeting room was left with only Lin Xian, VV, Liu Feng.

Liu Feng looked at Lin Xian and smiled slightly:

“I thought you would reserve a place for Gao Yang. After all, our club is just emulating and padding numbers; adding Gao Yang as a fixture wouldn’t be inappropriate.”

“After all, Gao Yang was your first friend, your childhood buddy, the person you trust most, and who trusts you most; so… it was quite surprising that Gao Yang didn’t participate in today’s Genius Club gathering.”

Lin Xian sighed lightly:

“Of course, I invited him, but you understand, just like Gao Yang previously didn’t participate in our discussions… he’s very self-aware, knowing he can’t offer much help, so he’d prefer not to trouble us, thus declined.”

“…”

Thinking of this old comrade and partner, Liu Feng felt helpless, speechless, choking silently.

He always cared about Gao Yang and paid close attention to Gao Yang’s mental state.

This era.

In the distant 2504.

Even this group of “geniuses” tasked with a mission frequently feels lonely and out of place with the world.

Let alone… Gao Yang, a person meant to live in the old days?

No one has ever intended to isolate Gao Yang.