Chapter 914: Chapter 38: The Girl in the Hibernation Pod (Extra for the Silver Alliance Patron loading7!)_3 Chapter 914: Chapter 38: The Girl in the Hibernation Pod (Extra for the Silver Alliance Patron loading7!)_3 The three of them exchanged a glance, nodded, and ran together toward the northeast direction.
“Warehouse Four.”
Lin Xian looked at Gao Wen:
“Since the foreman has asked us to collect those lockers and put them in Warehouse Four…
maybe your locker is also in Warehouse Four!
Brother Gao Wen, you might be able to get your ‘mory Notebook’ directly!”
Gao Wen nodded.
Never had he imagined that by a stroke of misfortune, he would get such a once-in-a-lifeti opportunity:
“Let’s go and check out the situation first.”
Soon.
The trio arrived at the northeastern corner of the huge pit.
This was indeed an Underground Hibernation Base ruin.
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The reason it was called a ruin…
was because the elevator from the surface to the inside of the base had completely broken down, rusted, and shattered into pieces.
Only a few stubborn stainless steel pieces barely revealed the shape of an elevator.
Lin Xian had understood the operational principle of such an Underground Hibernation Base:
These bases were generally built dozens to hundreds of ters underground, often choosing naturally gifted terrains like natural caves and natural sinkholes.
Then they would use chanical and construction materials to process, preserve, and seal it, ultimately forming an underground base that could withstand collapse for hundreds of years.
Then a large number of hibernation pods equipped with nuclear batteries and capable of independent operation would be transferred in for storage…
in this way, a secluded, tranquil, and safe Underground Hibernation Base was completed.
The only passage connecting the Underground Hibernation Base with the outside world was that elevator leading to the surface.
Presumably on the surface, there should have been a small building to protect the elevator shaft, but in the sweeping catastrophe of Earth in the year 2400…
any structure on the surface was dood to be flattened into debris.
Finally.
After more than ten minutes.
The steel gate of the Underground Hibernation Base was pried open.
It’s worth ntioning that the double-opening steel gate surprisingly hadn’t rusted, suggesting that Earth’s level of technology and materials science before the year 2400 had indeed made significant progress.
However, this sudden disaster instantly turned millennia of human civilization’s efforts and struggles into nothing.
Lin Xian peered forward with eager curiosity.
Although he always considered Big Face Cat and the other Slave Workers to be primitive…
in terms of perspective, he was the only one among these people who had never actually seen a Hibernation Pod!
Gao Wen had co out of a Hibernation Pod.
Big Face Cat and many Slave Workers around him had witnessed this “unlucky guy” wake up from a Hibernation Pod.
So, don’t be fooled by their shabby clothes.
But an old, outdated thing like the Hibernation Pod was not unfamiliar to them.
But Lin Xian was different.
He had never actually seen a real Hibernation Pod.
Previously, in the projection corridors of Third Dreamland, he had seen photos of Zhao Yingjun sleeping in a Hibernation Pod…
but could photos compare to the real thing?
Obviously, being there in person was more shocking.
In Rhine Sky City, in Zhao Yingjun’s personal exhibition hall, there indeed was a display of an original model of the first-generation Hibernation Pod, very large and complex, looking like a big truck, quite different from the Hibernation Pod seen in science fiction movies.
So.
Lin Xian was naturally curious…
What kind of scene would this newly opened Underground Hibernation Base reveal?
With excitent, he was eager to test it out.
Big Face Cat walked in the front, holding a burning torch and stretching it inside as he walked; the fla was very stable, showing no signs of extinguishing or weakening.
He then gave a big wave to the ones behind:
“Seems like there’s an oxygen circulation system here, and it’s working well.
The oxygen content inside is fine; we can safely co in.”
Then.
Seven or eight Slave Workers arranged by the foreman began to work as instructed.
They checked each Hibernation Pod individually to see if the Hibernators inside were intact.
Lin Xian had originally hoped to see a scene from the movies, rows upon rows of Hibernating Transmigrators.
The reality, however, did not live up to his wishes.
The Hibernation Pods indeed were arranged in very neat rows, each about the size of a small car in length, width, and height, lined up together, visually quite stunning.
But…
From a distance, it was quite shocking; up close, it beca sowhat horrifying.
The first few Hibernation Pods Lin Xian checked were all broken for various reasons…
leading to the people inside becoming dried up skeletons, without even a hint of decay left.
Clearly…
the bodies had been there for a long ti.
“It seems that Hibernation Pods also need regular maintenance.”
Lin Xian complained:
“Theoretically, they can be left alone, automatically cycling for hundreds of years.
But any machinery, due to various reasons, can develop small issues which over ti accumulate and transform into bigger problems, ultimately causing the entire system to collapse.”
Gao Wen nodded:
“That is a well-known fact.
No machine can guarantee 100% problem-free operation.
Even machines that have just co off the assembly line, just been calibrated, and inspected can’t absolutely guarantee that they won’t malfunction the next day…
It’s a matter of probabilities.
Even if the chances are minimal, as long as it isn’t zero, there’s always a possibility of occurrence.”
“Especially for Hibernation Pods, which are inherently complex and high-tech, they really need regular maintenance and checks.
Of course, I believe these Hibernation Pods when in operation certainly have various self-monitoring, self-checking, and automatic alarm features, which should be able to automatically issue alerts, notifying maintenance personnel to co for repairs.”
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