Hero of heart The amazing son in law complete
Chapter 7441
Wu Bolin, who became the head of the Wu Han Palace, reorganized and restructured the internal structure of the Wu Han Palace.
First, he ordered the dismantling of the nearly 100 square meter polar laboratory, emptied of all the belongings inside, and then used it as his own bedroom.
The room was called a bedroom, but it was actually a place for meditation and cultivation. After all, for someone at his level of cultivation, sleep was no longer a basic necessity.
Second, he consolidated the dormitories for the Japanese research team members. Previously, some leaders could stay in single rooms, but now all of them had been converted to four-person rooms. The dormitory closest to his palace had been completely emptied, creating an additional layer of physical isolation between him and the others.
However, Wu Bolin did not continue to be lulled into empty fame and the illusion of being adored by dozens of people.
After a simple internal renovation, he asked Kohei Kikuchi to find the largest and most detailed map of Antarctica, and began to plot the direction of future exploration on it in search of the legendary Gate of Ascension.
He instructed Kohei Kikuchi to mark an area within a 50-kilometer radius of all Antarctic research stations on a map using a compass, based on the situation of human activity in Antarctica, and then to mark an area within a 100-kilometer radius of the South Pole also using a compass.
While observing the circles scattered on the map, Wu Bolin focused his attention on the areas furthest from the circles, or areas where there were no circles at all.
He felt that modern humans had been exploring Antarctica for many years, and this research station and the area around the South Pole had certainly been explored by them. Even if there were any remains of cultivators, they would likely have been discovered long ago.
Therefore, he plans to ignore these places and focus on places that are rarely visited by humans, or even places that are almost impossible for humans to explore.
At first, he thought he would go alone, because as long as he was on land, this kind of environment would not be a problem for him at all.
But he soon realized a serious problem: he was having trouble finding his way in the middle of the Antarctic polar night.
After all, with so many freelancers from Japan, why not make the most of them?
So, he used a red marker to circle some areas on the large map, then pointed to a nearby area and asked Kikuchi Kohei, “How long does it take to drive here?”
Kohei Kikuchi measured the distance on the map with a ruler and then calculated it using a calculator. He said, “Reporting to the teacher, it’s about 300 kilometers to here. However, we need to cross several mountains, so the total distance is about 400 kilometers. The snowmobile journey will take two days.”
Wu Bolin said calmly, “Four hundred kilometers is too far to cover in two days. Go and form a team of ten people with three cars. We’ll leave in two hours and must arrive within 24 hours.”
Without hesitation, Kikuchi Kohei immediately said respectfully, “Yes, Master, I will arrange everything immediately.”
Two hours later, a team of ten had gathered in the courtyard of Wu Han Palace.
They prepared three tracked snowmobiles, which were very large and could carry ten people each.
Wu Bolin rode in one car, while Kikuchi Kohei was the driver, and the other passengers rode in the other two cars.
Three snowmobiles sped out of camp and headed into the mountains hundreds of kilometers away.
Wu Bolin’s vehicle was in the middle of the convoy. He didn’t rush to meditate and practice. Instead, he sat in the passenger seat, looked out at the vast, ice-covered continent around him, and asked Kikuchi Kohei, “Kikuchi, how thick is the ice sheet in Antarctica?”
“Ice cap?” Kohei Kikuchi paused for a moment, then said, “You mean the ice cap, right?”
Wu Bolin waved his hand: “It’s the same. I just want to know how thick the ice layer between the ice sheet and the land actually is.”
Kohei Kikuchi thought for a moment and said, “Most of the flat land in Antarctica consists of an ice sheet formed entirely from frozen seawater, with an average thickness of over two thousand meters.”
“Two thousand meters…” Wu Bolin was a little surprised.
As the old saying goes, “It takes more than one cold day for the ice to freeze three feet deep,” and three feet is only about a meter.
However, the ice layer here is on average more than two thousand meters thick.
If the legendary Gate of Ascension is not in the ice sheet, but on the land beneath, wouldn’t we need to explore two thousand meters into the ice to find it?
Thinking of this, Wu Bolin felt desperate.
After looking at a map of Antarctica, he already knew how vast the continent was. He had initially thought the search for clues would involve ice sheets covering millions of square kilometers, but now it seemed he would be searching across a vast expanse of ice and snow, stretching millions of square kilometers across the surface and reaching depths of two kilometers. The difficulty level could be described as hellish.
However, despite the extremely difficult level, Wu Bolin still had no intention of giving up.
He knew full well that under Victoria’s command, he had no chance of escaping her control. If he couldn’t find a path to immortality, he might not even outlive Victoria. Therefore, Antarctica might be his best chance.
So, he secretly swore that as long as the legendary Gate of Ascension really existed, he would find it no matter where it was!
After a non-stop journey for a full 24 hours, the three snowmobiles finally arrived at the location designated by Wu Bolin.
This place is located on a north-facing mountain path, where the cold wind blows very hard.
After getting out of the car, Wu Bolin walked onto the glacier. After a few steps, he stopped, pressed his palms against the ice surface, and released his spiritual energy to explore and sense the situation and structure beneath the ice.
With Wu Bolin’s strength, if his spiritual energy spread through the air, no movement within a ten-kilometer radius would escape his perception. However, when faced with a layer of ice over two thousand meters thick, his transmission power was significantly reduced.
Let alone exploring the area under the ice layer within a radius of ten kilometers, even after his spiritual energy was released and penetrated the ice to reach the rocky ground, the range of its spread was only about three or four miles.
Seeing him stroking the ice with his hand and his brows furrowed, Kohei Kikuchi, who was loyal to him, couldn’t help but ask anxiously, “Masato, what are you doing?”
Wu Bolin said impatiently, “This is not something you need to worry about.”
After saying that, he stood up and said to Kohei Kikuchi, “Get in the car and drive straight south for two kilometers.”
Kohei Kikuchi immediately nodded and said respectfully, “I obey!”
Then he immediately called the others to get on the bus.
Wu Bolin returned to the car, sighing and clicking his tongue. He couldn’t help but think, “Each exploration only covers an area of about two kilometers. How long will it take to explore the entire Antarctic continent?”
“Furthermore, the spiritual energy consumed each time we explore depths of more than two thousand meters is enormous. If this continues, our spiritual energy will be depleted, and we won’t be able to replenish it. Won’t we have no choice but to give up?”
While driving, Kohei Kikuchi couldn’t help but ask, “Masato, is something bothering you? Why don’t you tell me and see if I can help you?”
Wu Bolin sneered: “Drive your car properly. This is none of your business. If you talk again, I’ll cut off your tongue!”
Seeing that Kikuchi Kohei looked a little angry, Kikuchi Kohei immediately didn’t dare to say anything else.
Wu Bolin was unaware that modern Antarctic scientific research already had something called ice radar.
This device has a detection depth of two to five thousand meters and can detect structures beneath the ice surface. It can detect numerous subglacial basins, bedrock, lakes, and even ice cracks.
This type of radar comes in two forms: ground-based and airborne. Ground-based radar, as the name suggests, is operated and used on the ground, while airborne radar is lifted into the air by an aircraft or drone. Both types of equipment were present at the Japanese research station, which is now the Wu Han Palace.
However, the use of ground-based ice radar is not hampered by the current winter, which prevents aircraft from operating.
If Wu Bolin had told Kikuchi Kohei about his needs, Kikuchi Kohei would have immediately recommended a ground-based ice radar. He would simply have to go back and install the radar on his vehicle, and he could conduct detection along the way, which would be much more efficient than Wu Bolin searching for it piecemeal himself.
Unfortunately, Wu Bolin, who had been in seclusion for a century, had not read many books, and lacked a deep understanding of modern technology, thus knowing nothing about these things. He even had an overwhelming sense of superiority, believing that other than spiritual energy, it was impossible for anyone to detect what lay beneath the ice layer more than two thousand meters deep.