The attackers were the Poison Arrow mercenary group, affiliated with the Arrow Military Company registered in Madagascar.
Speaking of which, this company had some troubles with Xinguo before. The Philippines once hired him to carry out military operations against the new country, openly committing murders on the streets and trying to kidnap Jiang Chen. Although the team sent to Coro Island was killed on the island, and Jiang Chen later dismembered this rogue country by supporting the Moro Liberation Organization, but for this military company in Africa, He never paid much attention to it.
This time they were hired by the Freemasons and launched an attack on Jiang Chen and others who were exploring the polar regions. Five sea lions were killed and the other five were injured to varying degrees... But the blood debt was paid in blood.
After using veritaserum to get information from several prisoners, Jiang Chen ended their suffering.
After using EM to clean up the electronic equipment on the polar research ship and eliminating the possibility of being located, Jiang Chen drove the ship to the open sea. After putting down the speedboat on the ship, installing a gun on the deck to blow it up and sinking it, he drove the speedboat back to the shore next to the polar car, put the speedboat into the storage space, and then drove the polar car back. Camp.
Faced with the question from the leader of the inspection team about the casualties of the Sea Lion Special Forces, Jiang Chen did not make any response and just said that he was caught in a storm.
Although the wounds on Garrett and others do not look like they were caused by "hail"...
After returning to the Antarctic Gull Research Station, Jiang Chen returned directly to the ship and then locked himself in his room.
Freemasonry, Rothschild, Arrowhead Military Company, Golden Apple, 1g of antimatter... all these keywords are intertwined. He now needs to sort out this information and think about future countermeasures.
"Freemasonry?" Jiang Chen pinched the ring in his hand and observed the lines on it.
This ring was taken off the finger of Griffin, with two "V"s facing each other and a capital "G" in the middle. Just looking at this pattern, Jiang Chen couldn't tell what the reason was. He thought it should be the symbol of the Freemasons or something like that.
Shaking his head, Jiang Chen put the ring aside.
One thing that is certain is that there must be a connection between Rothschild and the Freemasons, and the purpose of his trip to Antarctica was probably what Rothschild told the Freemasons. This can be inferred from Griffin's soliloquy.
At this time, there was a knock on the door.
"who?"
"It's me, Marshall." Marshall's voice came from outside the door.
"Come in, the door is unlocked."
Opening the door, Marshall walked into the room and looked at Jiang Chen with a nervous expression.
Anyone would be nervous, especially seeing those injured special forces soldiers and the five bodies in body bags, and having no idea what these people had been doing for nearly twenty-four hours.
"You, you're looking for me?"
Jiang Chen glanced at Marshall, and he could read the nervousness in his pupils.
However, Jiang Chen didn't care. He just smiled. After a moment of pause, he said in a gentle tone, "Get ready. We will set off in five hours and return to Koro Island."
After being slightly stunned, Marshall continued to ask.
"What about the people on the inspection team?"
"Do whatever you have to do." Jiang Chen said.
The Freemasonry's target is just him, there is no reason to attack the research station out of context and make a big news internationally. If he stayed here at this time, it would bring danger to the people of these inspection groups. The only thing he has to do now is to return to his new country as soon as possible. That's the only place that's absolutely safe.
"But… "
Although he had many questions to ask, Marshall's intuition told him that it was better not to say anything unnecessary at this time. The more you know, the more dangerous you are, that's how it's always shown in movies.
"… yes."
All the confusion turned into one word, and Marshall nodded in response, turned and left the room.
Early the next morning, the Pathfinder prepared to return.
After what happened, the members of the inspection team were deeply uneasy about staying here. This uneasiness stems from the fear of the unknown. They don't know what Jiang Chen encountered in the hinterland of Antarctica, and they are not sure whether they will encounter it as well.
After some thought, Jiang Chen finally decided to order the temporary evacuation of the research station.
Although there is no reason for the Freemasons to take action against the ordinary scientific researchers of these expeditions, since they plan to explore the fortress in the hinterland of Antarctica, they will inevitably log in at Cape Goodenough, and there is still a possibility for the two sides to meet.
June is just over a month away, when the polar night phenomenon will make Antarctica extremely cold, and the climate here will no longer be suitable for scientific research activities. Evacuating now is only more than a month too early.
After locking the equipment, He Gaoyang finally boarded the polar research ship. Captain Marshall put away the anchor chain and ordered the Pathfinder to set sail, ending this short Antarctic trip ahead of schedule. As for what kind of danger he encountered in Antarctica, Jiang Chen's explanation was that he met heavily armed kidnappers. Those people knew that he would go to Antarctica, so they deliberately waited for him in Antarctica...
A very far-fetched reason.
He didn't know whether such an explanation would be convincing, but at least it would reduce some unnecessary speculation.
After he returns, he will order people to sign confidentiality agreements with the members of the expedition team and the crew of the Pathfinder to suppress this matter.
The two-week voyage was long, but also very peaceful. Jiang Chen originally thought that they would be chased and intercepted by the Freemasons, but in fact they did not encounter any trouble, except for a few storms with lightning and thunder.
Griffin's ship was bombed and sunk, and the Freemasons didn't even know that Jiang Chen and others had left Antarctica. It would be at least two weeks before they realized Griffin was dead. The search for the sunken polar research ship may take days or even months depending on the character.
Even if they know that Jiang Chen has left Antarctica through intelligence analysis at the first time, they will have to face two choices-either to search for traces of Jiang Chen in the Pacific, or to focus all their energy on investigating the fortress in the hinterland of Antarctica. .
But no normal person would choose the former, because it is an almost impossible task. Even with the help of satellites, it is not an easy task to locate a research ship that is only a hundred meters long on the vast sea. . But if they choose the latter, they are destined to gain nothing.
The suitcase containing antimatter has been taken away by Jiang Chen. In addition to a lot of equipment that can be put into the museum, the only thing in the entire bunker is the "radio station" that can communicate with the survivors in the void.
Jiang Chen did not take the "radio station" away. The "ghost" had clearly told him that they no longer had enough energy to interfere in the more distant future. And that 1g of antimatter is the last help they can give to people online in the world.
After removing some parts, he left the basement.
Leaving that "radio station" here can confuse the Masons and divert some of their energy to that machine that has lost its function.
However, compared to the troubles coming from within humans, what Jiang Chen cared about more was the "gift" he received from the void.
That antimatter weighing about 1g may be hope... (.)
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