Embed active-task figure gallery in root README

Author: sunshineluyao

README.md

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 ![Q-GATE reviewer journey](./figures/submission/reviewer_journey.svg)
 
-
 ## Scientific animation
 
 <p align="center">
@@ -157,16 +156,55 @@ The project does **not** claim:
 - superiority over every advanced classical method;
 - universal quantum advantage.
 
-## Quantum and trusted-computation visual gallery
-
-![Locked feasible-subspace QAOA distribution](./figures/q_ops_global/c1_2_locked/locked_c12_quantum_distribution.svg)
-
-![Locked fancy quantum circuit](./figures/q_ops_global/c1_2_locked/locked_c12_fancy_quantum_circuit.svg)
-
-- [Quantum state blooms](./figures/q_ops_global/c1_2_locked/locked_c12_quantum_state_blooms.svg)
-- [Classical ambiguity map](./figures/q_ops_global/c1_2_locked/locked_c12_ambiguity_map.svg)
-- [Trusted scheduling certificate](./figures/q_ops_global/c1_2_locked/locked_c12_trusted_certificate.svg)
+## Active-task visual gallery
+
+Each panel below is embedded with a private-repository-safe relative path. Click an image to open its full-size SVG.
+
+<table>
+<tr>
+<td width="50%" valign="top">
+<a href="./figures/q_ops_global/c1_2_locked/locked_c12_fancy_quantum_circuit.svg"><img src="./figures/q_ops_global/c1_2_locked/locked_c12_fancy_quantum_circuit.svg" width="100%" alt="Fancy constrained-QAOA circuit schematic"></a><br>
+<strong>Constrained-QAOA circuit schematic</strong><br>
+<sub>Warm-start preparation, cost and mixer phases, constraint ancillas, readout, and trusted adoption logic.</sub>
+</td>
+<td width="50%" valign="top">
+<a href="./figures/q_ops_global/c1_2_locked/locked_c12_dashboard.svg"><img src="./figures/q_ops_global/c1_2_locked/locked_c12_dashboard.svg" width="100%" alt="Locked held-out evaluation dashboard"></a><br>
+<strong>Locked held-out dashboard</strong><br>
+<sub>All seven prespecified gates, including feasibility, classical separation, selective adoption, and sample-efficiency ratios.</sub>
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td width="50%" valign="top">
+<a href="./figures/q_ops_global/c1_2_locked/locked_c12_quantum_distribution.svg"><img src="./figures/q_ops_global/c1_2_locked/locked_c12_quantum_distribution.svg" width="100%" alt="Feasible-subspace QAOA state distribution"></a><br>
+<strong>Feasible-subspace state distribution</strong><br>
+<sub>The depth-two QAOA probability landscape for a representative held-out retained core.</sub>
+</td>
+<td width="50%" valign="top">
+<a href="./figures/q_ops_global/c1_2_locked/locked_c12_quantum_state_blooms.svg"><img src="./figures/q_ops_global/c1_2_locked/locked_c12_quantum_state_blooms.svg" width="100%" alt="Quantum state blooms"></a><br>
+<strong>Quantum-state blooms</strong><br>
+<sub>A presentation-oriented view of warm-start steering, cost-phase shaping, mixer exploration, and the retained-core energy landscape.</sub>
+</td>
+</tr>
+<tr>
+<td width="50%" valign="top">
+<a href="./figures/q_ops_global/c1_2_locked/locked_c12_ambiguity_map.svg"><img src="./figures/q_ops_global/c1_2_locked/locked_c12_ambiguity_map.svg" width="100%" alt="Classical ambiguity map"></a><br>
+<strong>Classical ambiguity map</strong><br>
+<sub>Held-out instances positioned by greedy–ALNS disagreement and the prespecified ambiguity score.</sub>
+</td>
+<td width="50%" valign="top">
+<a href="./figures/q_ops_global/c1_2_locked/locked_c12_trusted_certificate.svg"><img src="./figures/q_ops_global/c1_2_locked/locked_c12_trusted_certificate.svg" width="100%" alt="Trusted scheduling certificate"></a><br>
+<strong>Trusted scheduling certificate</strong><br>
+<sub>Feasibility, classical-search separation, quantum sampling diagnostics, and evidence maturity in one audit-style card.</sub>
+</td>
+</tr>
+</table>
+
+### Additional project visuals
+
+- [Reviewer journey](./figures/submission/reviewer_journey.svg)
+- [Research-evolution timeline](./figures/research_evolution/hero_timeline_next_stop.svg)
 - [Literature–experiment–blueprint network](./figures/knowledge_network/qgate_literature_experiment_blueprint_network.svg)
+- [All Q-OPS locked figures](./figures/q_ops_global/c1_2_locked/)
 
 ## Challenge alignment