The Polar Car was speeding across the snowfield, kicking up billows of snow and dust behind it.
Jiang Chen held the steering wheel and glanced at the yellow dots on the car's GS.
There were still over a hundred kilometers to go, and at his current speed, he should be able to get there in about an hour.
He had already taken off the power armor and originally threw it on the back seat of the car. After driving far, he threw it into the storage space. There was also the suitcase that was said to contain 1g of antimatter, which he also threw into the storage space.
After passing directly through Wilkes Land and arriving at the George V Coast, Jiang Chen gradually slowed down his speed, pressed the button to open the trunk, and at the same time reached out and tapped on the holographic screen that popped up on his watch.
The trunk popped open, revealing the drone terminal hidden inside, as well as a wide-winged fixed-wing drone about the size of a person—Falcon Z-2, produced by Camp 27.
On the way here, Jiang Chen stopped the car and replaced the drone terminal in the trunk of the polar car. The reconnaissance capability of the Hummingbird UAV is mainly reflected in the short range. If the target is located on the vast sea, the detection efficiency of the fixed-wing UAV is higher.
Falcon Z-2 flew a certain distance towards the Ross Sea and quickly arrived at the target sea area. Just as Jiang Chen expected, the target had already moved away from its original position.
But it doesn't matter. It's only been two hours since the communication ended. Even if it accelerates the ship from 0 knots to 20 knots in two hours, it will only travel sixty or seventy kilometers at most. Jiang Chen's polar car parked next to the snow hills on the coast. Jiang Chen squatted down and touched the little penguin approaching, and then focused all his attention on the watch connected to the drone terminal.
The Falcon circled the target sea area twice and quickly locked onto the target.
It was a polar research ship. From the outside, it looked no different from other research ships. However, when the Falcon Z-2 turned on the life detection device, nearly two hundred sources of life were found on the ship.
This number of people is certainly not normal for a polar research vessel!
Having determined the target, Jiang Chen immediately took out the amphibious mechanical exoskeleton for diving from the storage space and put it on outside the cold-proof suit. After checking the equipment, he took a deep breath and jumped into the sea.
The biting cold was blocked by the cold-proof clothing. Jiang Chen turned on the propulsion device behind his back, maintained a water depth of about 5 meters, and headed straight in the direction on the map.
…
In the captain's room, Griffin sat at the table, looking at the black circle marked in the hinterland of Antarctica on the map, and gradually frowned.
There lies the legacy of the Third Reich, a treasure that the Freemasons have been hunting for nearly a century.
"I didn't expect that he actually cracked it. It seems that Mr. Rothschild is right. This Jiang Chen is indeed not simple." Griffin tapped his fingers lightly on the map, leaning on the chair and looking at the ceiling. .
"Since Mr. Rothschild has told you that Jiang Chen is not simple, I don't quite understand why you are still seeking death."
Griffin was suddenly startled when a cold touch touched his neck. At some point, a man covered in black combat uniform was standing behind him, holding a dagger against his throat.
"I advise you not to do anything that will hurt yourself." The man in black said with a smile, while pressing the dagger down two points.
Feeling the sharpness piercing his skin, a drop of cold sweat ran down Griffin's forehead. He slowly took out his right hand that was in his pocket for the gun, and put his hands on the table.
"Who are you?"
"Who am I?" The man in black smiled, "When asking someone's name, shouldn't you tell yourself your family name first?"
"Griffin Tours, leader of the French Antarctic expedition..." The dagger pressed against his throat tightened two more points, and Griffin stopped speaking tremblingly.
"Stop pretending with me, it's a waste of time," the man in black said impatiently, "Antarctic research ship? Do you need to bring guns and bullets to go on an Antarctic expedition? I will do it for you one last time. Who are you and why did you attack me?"
"You...are you Jiang Chen?" Griffin opened his eyes in surprise.
Jiang Chen held the dagger wordlessly and said calmly, "I will count to three. In three seconds I will cut off your right ear, and then I will count again."
"You are playing with fire. Do you know who you are going against?"
"Three." However, Jiang Chen ignored him.
A drop of cold sweat slipped from Griffin's forehead.
"do not do that."
"two."
His hands began to tremble, and large beads of sweat oozed from his forehead. Ignoring all of this, Jiang Chen calmly read out the last number.
"one."
"It's a Freemason! Let me go! I'm just being instigated by others..." Griffin trembled and confessed his identity.
"Freemasonry? What is that?" Jiang Chen was slightly stunned and frowned.
Just when Jiang Chen was about to ask further questions, there was a sudden click on the door of the captain's cabin. At the same time, there was a "sizzling" sound from the ceiling as the balloon deflated.
Jiang Chen looked at Griffin and saw that there was no longer any fear in his pupils, replaced by an almost fanatical smile.
Obviously, the expression just now was all faked by him.
Taking advantage of Jiang Chen's stunned moment, he pressed the switch on his watch. The captain's cabin was sealed, and something that looked like a fire sprinkler on the top started spewing out gas.
"Let's go meet Satan together." Griffin smiled sinisterly, ignoring the blade pressed against his throat.
Facing the fearless Griffin, Jiang Chen sneered and put away the dagger.
"Little tricks."
Three high-explosive grenades fell to the ground. In front of Griffin, Jiang Chen activated the optical invisibility on the exoskeleton and disappeared into the room.
Then, under Griffin's horrified gaze, he started traveling and left the room.
"boom!"
The exploding flames ignited the gas, causing an even more violent explosion. A physical heat wave washed away the doors and windows, enveloping thick white mist and leaped onto the deck. The crew member who was accidentally burned fell to the side wailing, and the first mate hurriedly directed the crew to put out the fire.
The mercenaries on the ship were fully armed and rushed towards the captain's cabin where the explosion occurred. However, before they could get close to the stairs, they were suppressed back to the bunker by the rain of bullets falling from the sky.
The bullets jumped between the steel, playing a symphony of ping-ping-pong-pong.
With orange-red gun flames, Jiang Chen walked out of the smoke. His steel armor was like the armor of a Hell Knight, waving a sickle named "Bullet" to harvest fresh lives.
Accompanied by the incessant gunshots, screams came one after another. In order to avoid the machine gun fire, the crew members on the deck jumped into the sea in panic. However, jumping into the sea with floating ice in a down jacket was no different from committing suicide.
If they cannot swim more than ten meters, they will lose consciousness due to the cold, and eventually sink to the bottom of the sea and drown.
"go to hell!"
A mercenary resisted the rocket launcher and pulled the trigger on Jiang Chen.
Dozens of orange-yellow ballistic paths penetrated the mercenary's body without any suspense, and the vortex engine behind him sprayed out. Jiang Chen easily dodged the unguided rocket and at the same time raised the minigun and used it. The firepower of Zanshe crushed him back hard.
Blood flowed from the bow to the stern.
When the smoke from the minigun dissipated, there was not a single living person visible on the entire deck...
Next up is the cabin! (.)