After saying that, Wu Feiyan waved his hand and said, “Go and tell those scholars that they must report to me as soon as they get the news.”
Wu Tianlin respectfully replied, “Your subordinates obey!”
After leaving Wu Feiyan’s cultivation room, Wu Tianlin immediately sent a message to the Five Armies Command, ordering them to consult with all scholars to search for any clues related to the events in Antarctica.
Shortly afterward, a message from a White House official arrives, revealing the truth about the US military deployment to Antarctica.
Wu Tianlin hurried back to report to Wu Feiyan, saying, “Your Majesty, a White House scholar in the United States has reported that the US military has sent troops to Antarctica because Japan suspects that the scientific expedition team has collectively betrayed the country and has conducted large-scale illegal exploration in Antarctica. They are temporarily unable to send troops to Antarctica to quell the rebellion, so they have requested the United States’ assistance.”
Wu Feiyan frowned, “Without a doubt, the entire Japanese scientific expedition team is definitely controlled by Wu Bolin. Why would he allow these people to conduct such a large-scale exploration in Antarctica? I sent him to search for rare and precious materials, but they were all just small, inconspicuous objects that didn’t require geological exploration equipment. He must be looking for something big, or even something so big that it can’t even be called an object.”
Wu Tianlin said, “The US military has taken over most of the Japanese research team there and has intercepted some of their exploration records. The geological exploration equipment they use can probe thousands of meters beneath the Antarctic ice sheet, but it is generally believed that there is no exploration value below this depth because there are no ancient traces of human presence there. Even if there are some rare minerals, they are of little value for mining. The White House cannot know what the Japanese research team is looking for. I think only the Grand Elder knows the answer.”
Wu Feiyan clicked her tongue in confusion: “For today’s companies and countries, or for cultivators like us, Antarctica actually doesn’t have much exploration value. But Wu Bolin is a smart man. Since he’s put so much effort into monitoring Antarctica, it means there must be something there that we can’t even imagine yet.”
At this point, Wu Feiyan sighed: “If he hadn’t told the US military, I could have gone to Antarctica to find out what was going on. But now, no matter how curious I am, I can’t do anything under the noses of the US military.”
Wu Tianlin thought for a moment and said, “Sir, this happened after the US military withdrew from Antarctica. Now the US military is under immense public pressure. I don’t think they will be able to hold out for long before publicly withdrawing their troops, and they might even try to shift the blame to Japan.”
Wu Feiyan nodded and said solemnly, “Order all scholars to closely monitor all of the United States’ actions. I suspect they are also very curious about Antarctica right now, and they may even be conducting secret investigations and explorations there.”
Just then, Wu Tianlin received a notification on his phone. He immediately said to Wu Feiyan, “Sir, the White House is holding a press conference soon!”
Wu Feiyan immediately said, “Turn on the big screen, I want to watch it!”
Wu Tianlin nodded respectfully and immediately walked to one of the walls of Wu Feiyan’s cultivation room. He reached out and gently brushed the wall, and the stone wall immediately opened from the center to both sides, revealing a liquid crystal screen measuring at least 20 square meters.
This LCD screen is similar to the giant LED screens used by singers during concerts. It is assembled from modular parts. Although Wu Feiyan’s daily life and cultivation are largely the same as they were three or four hundred years ago, she is also intelligent and technologically savvy. Therefore, the Qing Breaking Society has all the necessary modern equipment, all of which is of high quality.
A dedicated satellite network communicates with satellites in space around the clock via antennas disguised as rocks on the island’s surface. Despite its location on the edge of the world, the network latency for watching a live White House broadcast here is no greater than on the mainland United States.
At that moment, a live White House video feed showed a large crowd of reporters packed into the press room, anxiously awaiting the spokesperson’s arrival. They had prepared numerous questions, ready to be asked at any moment.
Meanwhile, in the back room of the White House press conference room, the young spokesman sat and took deep breaths to adjust his mindset, while constantly making various sounds with his mouth to warm up his voice.
With only 10 minutes left before the press conference, he felt a little nervous. He knew he was facing a tough battle, and how to minimize the impact of sending troops to Antarctica and the mistreatment of the Japanese research team members had become his primary concern.
Just then, a team member rushed over and excitedly informed him, “The military has responded that the Japanese Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology have compromised. They will hold a press conference in twenty minutes to explain the situation to the world. They will admit that our deployment to Antarctica was at their request, but they will also admit that they want the investigation into the research team members completed as soon as possible, so they have instructed us to undergo rigorous interrogation.”
The spokesperson breathed a sigh of relief and smiled, “Good! Then, all we need to do is call the soldiers who abused the Japanese research team members, tell them it was their own fault, let the military handle them, and have them apologize to the victims. That would be the end of it!”