In just a few short sentences, Rooney had already traveled through thousands of years. The feeling of time passing by so mercilessly made everyone present tremble in fear.
Rooney looked at Tang En and the others. "When I sent out the signal for help, I saw some changes quietly appearing in Prandal. Those were the characteristics of intelligent life forms. I was ecstatic, but no reinforcements came. At this time, I found out from the timer that two thousand years had passed."
"I knew that even if civilization began to recover, it would take a long time to develop. So, I did not wake the others up. Instead, I set the hibernation time to a hundred years."
"I woke up once every hundred years. Looking at the changes in Prandal, I saw hope. I checked everyone's equipment and reset the time. I saw the hibernation pods of my companions malfunctioning one after another. I watched them die tragically, and then I switched to another hibernation pod. Looking at everyone's situation, I knew very well that every time I entered the hibernation pod, it was a process of approaching death. I did not know if I could wake up again after entering the hibernation pod, but I had no choice."
"Later, because food could no longer be preserved, and the nutrient solution gradually ran out, the interval between each awakening became longer and shorter."
"However, just a few years ago, when I sent out a communication request for the last time and ended the watch again and was about to enter hibernation, I found that there was only one hibernation pod left for me to use. The refrigeration and nutrient solution were also gone."
Rooney looked at them. "So, I made a difficult decision..."
"I turned off everyone's automatic awakening system and let everyone hibernate indefinitely."
"Until a new civilization visited here and woke us up."
"I don't know how likely this is, but we had no other choice."
"Then, we finally waited for you."
Rooney was in tears.
Tang En and the others were all moved.
They could not imagine how a person could watch over such a lonely place alone for ten thousand years. Even if it were them, they would probably go crazy.
"There's no time to lose."
Tang En said decisively. "Now, let's check other places to see if there are any surviving hibernators."
Everyone immediately split up to search for survivors, but when they gathered again and did a headcount, they realized that there were less than a hundred survivors left!
Most of the survivors had more or less undergone the same mutation as Rooney. The psionic crystals had completely merged with their bodies.
Until now, Tang En and the others still did not know whether this mutation was benign or malignant, so he had a headache about how to deal with it.
When the survivors were awakened one by one by Twain and the others, the sound of wailing in the hibernation chamber rose one after another. Even though they were all highly educated elites of the prehistoric civilization and had mastered the most advanced knowledge and technology of the prehistoric civilization, under such circumstances, it was difficult for them to control their rationality. This was especially so when they saw their companions in the other hibernation chambers who had entered hibernation at the same time as they had turned into that rotting unknown substance. The psychological impact on these people was even more severe.
"When the last batch of survivors went into hibernation, there were a total of 4,763 members. In the end, including me, there were only 97 survivors …"
When he saw the survivors gathered to watch the video recorded by Lavin to understand the truth of what happened that year, Rooney felt extremely uncomfortable.
So many of his companions had died in the process of hibernation …
Klotto comforted him. "The duration of hibernation is too long, equipment failure is inevitable."
After they finished watching the video, Tang En gathered them together and took out a large amount of liquid food for them to replenish their strength. At the same time, he used Nola's power to heal their weak bodies.
After they had recovered their strength, Rooney brought the survivors to Tang En and introduced them one by one. Although there were some language barriers, with the help of the intelligent wristwatch, they could still communicate with each other fluently.
"Hello, I'm the chief engineer of Bastion Anlo, Efe Eddie —"
What a talent!
Tang En's eyes lit up and immediately went up to shake his hand. "Hello, hello, nice to meet you —"
"— First Assistant, Mike Phil."
"…"
The corner of Tang En's mouth twitched, but he didn't show too much disappointment. Although it was a little disappointing that he wasn't the chief engineer, the assistant of the chief engineer was also very impressive. His knowledge of the prehistoric civilization was definitely far beyond the average person.
"Hello, I'm the chief engineer of Bastion Anlo, Guy Mark's student, Dobin Hill, majoring in psionic reactor and psionic power engine …"
This time, Tang En didn't act rashly. He patiently listened until the end. When he found out that this was a talent in psionic power engine research, he was immediately excited. "Hello, nice to meet you!"
"Hello, I'm Harvey Quill, Bastion Anlo's fire control system second-level engineer …"
"Hello, I'm Bastion Anlo's communications network first-level maintainer …"
An hour later, except for Rooney, the 96 survivors had introduced themselves to Tang En and the others. Although it was a very sad moment and it was very inappropriate to laugh out loud, Tang En was so excited that he wanted to cheer.
The construction of a Bastion was an incredible project for a planetary civilization. It involved almost every industry, including physics, chemistry, materials science, dynamics, structure, information science and so on …
The 96 survivors had mastered a wide range of professions and were involved in almost every aspect of the Bastion. If one thought about it carefully, it was obvious that those who were sent to build the Bastion were the cream of the crop. Even the Apprentices were the best of the best.
With the addition of these people, the progress of the data analysis and learning of the prehistoric civilization would be much faster in the future. Although these talents had been dormant for tens of thousands of years, most of them were still relatively young. This might be one of the factors that allowed them to survive. Therefore, they still had a relatively long lifespan and could assist Tang En in establishing a complete modern education system and industrial system.
With a complete education and industrial system, Prandal's development was bound to accelerate again. This was equivalent to completing the accelerated process of knowledge accumulation in advance and directly entering the information age. Even the most difficult problem, the energy source, was solved. Tang En's development path was now smooth. Before they reached the limit of psionic energy, there were almost no obstacles!
Just because of the knowledge that these survivors had, this trip was already worth it!
After getting to know each other, Tang En took them to inspect the place again. After confirming that there were no more survivors, Tang En was ready to leave with them. But before they left, Dobin, who was studying the psionic reactor, called out to him.
Tang En's eyes widened. "You're saying that the core of this satellite is a large psionic engine that you've already installed and calibrated?"
"Yes, we had already calibrated it, but we found that the driving force could not meet our needs, so the two leaders, Kirkin and Garia, decided to seek a stronger source of energy," Dobin said.
After a moment of silence, Dobin said, "But according to what you said, I think this engine may be of help to you. If you can send someone here to repair and restart it, we can restart Anlor. Then it will be much more convenient to reach the various areas."
Tang En pondered for a moment and said, "You're right, but we don't have enough people and tools with us now, so we'll think about it when we get back."
Tang En's words surprised the survivors. "… When is your next landing plan? Isn't your technology still quite backward? Can you already travel between two planets at will? "
"We have indeed forgotten too much technology. Even Sir Klotto couldn't restore our civilization to its former glory, but under the leadership of Lord Tang En, Prandal's technology has advanced by leaps and bounds."
Tang En smiled at the surprised survivors and said, "The route we're taking now is a little different from the route you took back then, but the two don't conflict. You'll know when we return to Prandal."
After saying that, Tang En looked at the map in his hand and thought for a moment, then said, "You guys take them back to the spaceship first. I'll set up a teleportation formation here and then go back …"
"A teleportation formation?" Rooney asked curiously. "What's that?"
"It's a kind of thing that can quickly travel a long distance by distorting space … It's a special product of our current civilization."
"I see …"
Tang En saw that Klotto wanted to say something, so he immediately said, "By the way, remember to inform Otinia. We still don't know if they're immune to psionic radiation, so protect them carefully."
In fact, Tang En wanted Otinia to pay attention to whether the mutated crystals on the survivors had psionic radiation. If the survivors already coexisted with psionic crystals and could emit psionic radiation outside, Tang En really couldn't bring them to Prandal. He could only build a living camp for them here.
Although it was inhumane, Tang En couldn't take that kind of risk.
Klotto immediately understood what he meant and nodded silently.
Rooney was stunned. "There's still psionic radiation outside?"
"The Lolita outside, which is also the Satellite An Luo that you speak of, has undergone tremendous changes. Large pieces of psionic crystals have grown on it. Even we don't dare to expose ourselves to psionic radiation. We need to be equipped. "
"But we don't see you guys wearing spacesuits."
Klotto pulled the thin inner armor on his body. "This is our spacesuit … Let's talk about it later. It's hard to explain in a short time."
Rooney and the others were stunned. Even with their technology, they couldn't make spacesuits so thin! Was their era's civilization really as backward as they claimed?!
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