Chapter 3624 Damn, so far?

Driven by curiosity about the underground city in Antarctica, Ye Chen embarked on his journey back to the Nordic research station.

At this time, the vehicles transporting the fuel had already poured all the fuel they had brought into the storage tanks at the Japanese research station.

Wu Bolin rarely had the interest to leave his Wu Han Palace. Standing in the central square, he looked around and sighed to himself with a smug look on his face: "Having such a modern team is really useful in a barren place like Antarctica. It's just a pity that we are still a bit short-handed. Compared to the hundreds of thousands of members of the Po Qing Society, this number is indeed a bit meager."

Just then, Kohei Kikuchi was supervising the fuel delivery. After checking the remaining fuel, he instructed the person in charge of the transport in Japanese to pay close attention to the fuel safety warning line. Once the fuel level approached the warning line, regardless of the weather, they must immediately set off for the research vessel.

Wu Bolin looked at him from afar, then smiled and waved to him: "Hey, lackey, come here."

Kohei Kikuchi hurriedly ran up to him and asked respectfully, "What are your orders, Master?"

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

Kohei Kikuchi quickly replied, "Reporting to Masato, the three ground exploration teams are still advancing, but as you know, the coverage width of radar is limited. We are currently advancing in three directions at two 70-degree angles. The farther they go, the larger the area they need to cover, and the slower the speed of advancement. It is almost impossible to scan the entire Antarctic region in a short period of time."

After saying that, he quickly added, "By the way, Sir, our helicopters are running low on fuel. They can only last for two more days before they have to stop. So I was wondering if you should stop the helicopters and save the fuel for emergencies."

Wu Bolin frowned and asked him, "Don't you transport a lot of fuel back every day? Why is the helicopter running low on fuel?"

Kohei Kikuchi explained, "That's right, helicopters use specially processed aviation kerosene, which is different from the diesel fuel used in our generator sets, heating equipment, and ground vehicles. Research vessels have a large diesel fuel reserve, since they also rely on diesel for power, but helicopters have a relatively small fuel reserve. In addition, we have been flying non-stop these days, so the fuel consumption is indeed too high."

Wu Bolin was somewhat annoyed and said with a threatening expression, "If the helicopter stops, the search speed will decrease. Don't you have any other options?"

Kohei Kikuchi said helplessly, "Well... we really don't have any ideas. After all, we can't extract and refine oil in Antarctica. The only way to get aviation kerosene is to transport it from China, but now it's impossible for any ships to get in."

Wu Bolin gritted his teeth and asked unhappily, "Is there really no other way in Antarctica?"

After saying that, he had a flash of inspiration and immediately said, "If all else fails, we can just go to other research stations and steal some!"

Kohei Kikuchi immediately said in a panic, "Absolutely not, Masato! If we go to other research stations to seize it now, and they report it, it will become an international dispute, and we will be in big trouble."

Wu Bolin sneered, "So what? Didn't they say they couldn't get in? Let's just rob them! Once summer comes, I'm leaving this place, I don't care what happens to anyone else!"

Kohei Kikuchi explained, "Masato, the statement that they can't come in only applies to regular scientific expedition teams. Regular scientific expedition teams really can't come in right now. Let alone not having the equipment to come in, even if they had the equipment, the expedition members themselves wouldn't have the capability. However, the fact that scientific expedition teams can't come in doesn't mean that the military can't come in. If it attracts international attention, perhaps a country will send its military to intervene."

Wu Bolin asked him, "What methods do you think the army has to get in?"

Kohei Kikuchi said, "The main methods the army uses to get in are airdrops and parachutes. In case of an emergency, they have the ability to airdrop special forces and light armored vehicles here, as well as bombers that can conduct precision bombing around the clock, not to mention long-range strikes."

"Damn it," Wu Bolin muttered, somewhat annoyed.

I thought I was the local tyrant of Antarctica, but I never expected that the armies of various countries could come whenever they wanted.

However, the possibility of the military delivering aviation kerosene to the scientific expedition team is extremely slim, so the helicopters will still need to be grounded.

But then a new idea popped into his head, and he blurted out, "If I can't rob them openly, I can always steal them covertly, right? Which country has the most research team members, supplies, and equipment in Antarctica right now? Tell me, and I'll take control of them all. I can not only make them supply fuel and supplies, but also get them to help me search!"

Kohei Kikuchi subconsciously said, "If you're asking about the research team with the most personnel, it's definitely the American research team. They have several research stations in Antarctica, the largest of which is McMurdo Station, where there are as many as two hundred research team members stationed there during the winter. There must be a lot of equipment and supplies there."

"More than two hundred people?"

Wu Bolin was a bit overwhelmed and said, "There are just too many people. I can't even give them hints. Is there anyone standing where there are fewer people?"

For Wu Bolin, psychological suggestion is also a form of spiritual energy consumption. Last time, he suggested it to dozens of people at Showa Station, which consumed a lot of spiritual energy. If he were to suggest it to more than two hundred people, he would probably have very little spiritual energy left. What if he encountered some danger? He didn't have many pills in his pocket, and replenishing them would be a big problem.

Kohei Kikuchi didn't know what he was worried about. With the intention of solving his problem, he respectfully said, "Masashi, other American stations have at most a few dozen people. Their material reserves can't compare to McMurdo Station. McMurdo Station is not only the largest Antarctic research station, but also the logistics base for all American Antarctic research stations. So it has a lot of supplies and equipment stored there. There are probably more than three or five helicopters, not to mention fuel."

Upon hearing this, Wu Bolin was suddenly tempted again.

If we could bring them under our control, with so many resources and equipment, our search speed could probably increase several times over.

That would greatly increase my chances of exploring Antarctica.

Although it might consume a lot of spiritual energy, putting me into a dangerous period of depletion, there are no enemies in Antarctica, so what do I have to worry about?

Moreover, if he could control another two hundred people, he would have nearly three hundred men at his disposal, along with a large amount of modern equipment. It seemed unlikely that anything in Antarctica could threaten him.

In that case, why not take the risk and give it a shot?

With this thought in mind, he immediately asked Kohei Kikuchi, "Where is that McMurdo Station you mentioned? How far is it from here?"

Kohei Kikuchi said, "The straight-line distance from here is about 1,300 kilometers. If you drive, you'll have to go around in a big circle, nearly 3,000 kilometers."

Wu Bolin almost coughed up blood: "Damn it, it's that far?!"