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Chapter 7452
(Title: The Mystery of the Antarctic Signal: When Japan Suspected Mass Treason)
A high-ranking official from Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, who usually follows a relaxed 9-to-5 workday, was surprisingly forced to work overtime today.
The atmosphere there was far from calm. They were engaged in a heated discussion inside a completely enclosed conference room. The main topic was the rapidly changing liquid level signals from their icebreaker far off Antarctica.
The person who first discovered the problem reported urgently:
“I personally believe this is a very serious matter. These people are hiding it from us and doing something in Antarctica.”
He continued his report with suspicion, “Furthermore, they are using all of Japan’s scientific research equipment, yet they are not carrying out the exploration mission issued by Japan. I have good reason to suspect that they have committed treason!”
Hearing the report, the responsible official at the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology was completely confused.
Even though in his heart he knew the situation was serious, as the person in charge, his ego refused to acknowledge the severity of the situation.
No official wants such a serious systemic problem occurring right under their jurisdiction.
Their minds raced: Once reported, how would they be held accountable? What about their performance appraisals? Worst case scenario, they might even be removed from their positions.
So, he tried to speak in as gentle a tone as possible to calm the atmosphere:
“Mr. Watanabe, please don’t be too agitated. We have no other solid evidence to prove that our Antarctic expedition team has betrayed the country. Furthermore, the signal you mentioned only appeared for a brief moment. What if it was just a false alarm?”
“Impossible, absolutely impossible!” the reporter denied immediately.
He explained the technical details, “The liquid level signal is not a complex, high-precision device, nor is it a microcontroller. Its existence is solely to provide backup redundancy for all electronic systems.”
“So,” he continued, “the fact that the signal can show altitude data proves that the physical buoy there must have reached that altitude. Unless someone jumped into the tank, grabbed the buoy, sank rapidly for a short time, and then immediately let go, such fluctuations in the data are impossible.”
The deputy commander then asked him to confirm, “You said there was a 1,300-ton difference. Does that mean they’ve been using that much fuel behind our backs?”
“Yes!” the reporter answered clearly.
“Their previous fuel consumption curve was very linear, slow, and reasonable. Furthermore, the icebreaker was frozen in the ice, so they wouldn’t be running their main engines, only their generators. The fuel consumption rate couldn’t be this fast under any circumstances, unless there was a massive fuel leak.”
Hearing that, the Person in Charge said expectantly, “It’s probably just a fuel leak!”
For him, an oil leak—no matter how serious—was far better than a mass betrayal.
Even if the icebreaker exploded and was blown to pieces, it would still be much better than a scenario where the entire crew betrayed their country.
After all, no scientific expedition team in history had ever committed such a colossal act as that committed by an entire renegade crew; if news of this had gotten out, Japan would likely have become an international laughingstock.
However, the Deputy Commander who wanted to clarify this matter said firmly:
“If the consumption of over a thousand tons of fuel was truly kept secret from us, that proves they were conducting a large-scale operation. We still don’t know what they were really doing.”
He added his greatest fear, “What if they commit some kind of terrorist activity? What if they massacre members of scientific expeditions from other countries in Antarctica? If this were to come to light, our country would lose face in the eyes of the world!”
Everyone in the room immediately expressed their strong agreement.
The place is now frozen, isolated, and people usually can’t get in. What if these people really go crazy and cause trouble there?
Besides, everyone knows the rules of the game: the person directly responsible for a major issue like this will bear primary responsibility, and the top leader will bear secondary responsibility.
Therefore, everyone hopes an investigation can begin immediately to prevent the situation from worsening. Otherwise, everyone in this room could lose their jobs.
The person in charge also almost fainted from the pressure.
He asked everyone desperately, “Can you help me figure something out? Under what circumstances could dozens of scientific expedition team members from different teams, units, and companies simultaneously betray their country?”
Even if you had eight brains, you still wouldn’t be able to solve this puzzle.
This is a mixed group of scientific expedition members, and they are not from the same team. Some of them are from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology, while others are from other research institutions.
The system is complex; all research institutions across the country, and even some private companies, will ask the Ministry for help renting research stations or purchasing quotas if they need a scientific expedition to Antarctica.
It was like a hastily assembled tour group; how could they possibly have such a strong and well-coordinated action?
Suddenly, someone shouted, breaking the silence:
“Shouldn’t we immediately check everyone’s survival status? What if many of these people have actually been killed or imprisoned? We can’t guarantee that all the reliable individuals are sane; what if there are some psychopaths or extremists, and a handful of these people have taken control?”
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