Chapter 280: Is the Patriarch Coming
After Charles arrived at K18, he studied the surroundings to make further arrangents. The five governors had their own tasks.
All the Earthlings had gone through the portal, and everything proceeded in order. If sobody deliberately made a mistake, they would face the death penalty. With that forcible rule, no one dared try anything, obediently following the instructions.
When all the Earthlings arrived at K18, they almost filled the entire flatland. If Himl Soan hadn’t planned in advance, things wouldn’t have gone so smoothly. Sothing would have gone wrong.
Thirty minutes before the portal closed, Charles received a ssage from Warren, saying that the materials had arrived. All the Soans went off to organize the materials and build so makeshift housing facilities.
However, their progress would never be fast enough. The whole world’s population was here. They would need to build housing facilities for at least a billion people.
Comparatively, there were only a hundred thousand Soans. The three divisions worked like there was no tomorrow and could build a tent in a minute. A simple house took them only ten minutes to build.
Under Charles’s instruction, more people joined in. As ti passed, more and more people were working on the construction, and houses were built one after another.
Before long, Charles sent people to build other facilities, such as water tanks, signal towers, and power generators. They were all necessary to maintain people’s daily life.
The plan went smoothly as if it had been rehearsed. Very few things went wrong. Even if so mishap happened, the problem was soon resolved.
The scientists, engineers, and architects worked in their own fields and ford their own systems.
For instance, the chief engineers would decide what outco they wanted, and their students would draw the blueprint before teaching the ordinary people how to do the actual work.
The whole system ca alive. Everything was wholeso and in the right order. Everybody spared no effort. These projects would determine their future living standards.
Their lives were starting from scratch. If they didn’t do this properly, they would live with the consequences later.
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They were building houses that they were going to live in for a while. Because of that, they had no reason not to work hard.
With everybody’s effort, the houses were set up one after another.
So scientists found a large river by the flatland. They tested the water and concluded it was clean enough to drink directly. People were sent out to fetch water and store it for later use.
A basic power generator was also set up before long. They were still all on the flatland, so they built a signal tower at its center. The signal was just powerful enough to cover the entire area.
They stopped working at nightfall. The houses had been built, and they had worked hard for a whole day. It was ti to take a break.
Besides, they couldn’t work in the dark. They could sleep through the night and work hard the next day.
The night was quiet, and everybody relaxed. Many people went to bed as soon as they retired to their rooms.
However, not everybody could do that. The Soans and Charles hadn’t returned to their rooms yet. They were all waiting in one place. It was where they walked out of the portal.
The portal had disappeared already, and all the Earthlings had co out except for one person. The most important person.
Himl Soan.
He still hadn’t arrived at K18.
“Has Mr. Himl Soan told you when he’s coming?” Charles’s voice was hoarse.
He had been asking that question since he arrived at K18. However, he had been given the sa answer over and over again.
“Patriarch didn’t tell .”
Drake, Phoebe, Liam, Warren, and other important Soan mbers had all gathered here. They were all perplexed.
“Is it possible that Mr. Himl Soan isn’t coming?” Charles asked.
“I have no idea. We’ll wait here until the Patriarch arrives!”
“If the Patriarch doesn’t co here, we’ll find a way to return to Earth!”
“Yes! We’ll do that!”
“...”
They had just reached K18, but they were already talking about going back. It was because their Patriarch wasn’t there.
Roams also felt conflicted.
He had joined Moon for Himl Soan and had been trying to learn more from him. It had never occurred to him that he wouldn’t co to K18.
He didn’t know what to do. However, he couldn’t help but speak up when he heard the others.
“Our culture fell back by fifty or even a hundred years when we landed on K18. We can make up for that loss in five years or even shorter. However, it’ll be extrely difficult to build a portal in that ti.
“My estimation is that we’ll need at least fifteen years to build the portal. But just that won’t be enough. It needs the energy to stay open. That’s to say, we’ll need at least two decades before we can return to Earth.
“We aren’t even sure if Mr. Himl Soan is still on Earth!” Roams spoke his mind.
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