Cheng Cheng and the Cicada
Chapter 37 Emperor Gao Wen
Gao Wen, the name "Wei Lai Di Wen," made Lin Xuan straighten up in awe.
Who said the human race had no great emperors! The legend of Emperor Gao Wen, whose dragon was seen but never its head, had been thunderous even before this. The inventor of cryogenic fluid, the founder of the theory of space-time travel, his inventions and creations not only changed the future world twice, but also involved the study of the cosmological constant, which brought him the misfortune of the Genius Club's assassination attempt!
"...I never thought... that today, in the Sixth Dream, I would meet a living person!" With a snap, Lin Xuan, who had long been grateful to Emperor Gao Wen, shook Gao Wen's hands with admiration and respect, his eyes full of sincerity. "Brother Gao Wen, I have admired you for a long time."
Gao Wen was stunned! He sized up this young man whose style was obviously different. He was too fair-skinned, and looked more like a slave or a black laborer here! At the very least, his delicate skin didn't look like he was engaged in excavation work. He must be a coolie that the foremen had just grabbed from outside! He hadn't been tortured or beaten yet! Otherwise, there was no way to explain his overly fair skin! "You know me?" Gao Wen looked at Lin Xuan and asked. "Could it be that you, like me, were dug out of a cryogenic chamber by the foremen? But that's not right: Why do you have memories? What else do you know about me?" Lin Xuan pulled Gao Wen aside: "If you are the same Gao Wen I know, you should have entered cryosleep around 2200, and before that, you were likely a scientist with outstanding achievements, even a highly respected academician!"
"Speaking of which, if you've completely lost your memory due to cryosleep, do you even know what level an academician is?"
Gao Wen shook his head: "When I woke up from the cryogenic chamber, my mind was blank and I didn't know anything. All the knowledge I have now is what I've learned from listening to others here every day!"
"I know what a scientist is, but what exactly is an academician? That's a term I've never heard before!"
There was a bit of a gap in understanding between the two.
And he couldn't be completely sure if the Gao Wen in front of him was the Academician Gao Wen who changed the world line with his inventions!
So, he should first listen to the specific situation of the Gao Wen in front of him!
He had awakened in this world and had been working as a black laborer, a "damned egg," for many years!
Presumably, he knew a lot about the situation in the Sixth Dream world. Now he should first "gather some basic information. Why don't you tell me what you know first? After I understand your situation and what's happening in this world, I might be able to give you a more accurate answer!"
Gao Wen really wanted to know who he was, so he immediately nodded!
He began to tell his story, "I don't know when I started cryosleep, and I don't know how long I was in cryosleep. I only know that when I was forcibly awakened from the cryogenic chamber, I was in an underground cryosleep base!"
"Just like what Big Face Cat said just now, because of the micro nuclear battery technology, the cryogenic chambers can operate independently from external energy sources for hundreds of years! The super disaster in 2400 destroyed most of the underground cryosleep bases. It's really a miracle that my cryogenic chamber survived this disaster intact!"
"After waking up, I didn't know anything or what had happened, and I was directly escorted to the excavation site to work as a slave laborer, digging into the earth day and night under their command!"
"At first, I didn't even know what my name was. The slave laborers here, like Big Face Cat, called me 'Damned Egg'! Although I know that most of them don't have any malice, this title doesn't sound very comfortable! Finally, the foreman shouted my name when he was scolding me, and I found out that my name is Gao Wen! They said that next to my cryogenic chamber was a storage cabinet with several notebooks I left behind, in which my memories and a series of important events were recorded! If I could see those notebooks, I might be able to recover my past memories and know my past..." "But unfortunately, they don't treat me like a human at all. They took my storage cabinet away and forced me to work like a slave day and night. It's been more than three years since I woke up, and I've been transferred to four or five excavation sites, digging and digging non-stop, but I haven't dug up anything useful!..."
Listening to Gao Wen's description!
Lin Xuan roughly understood one thing - although the appearance of micro nuclear batteries did not change the super disaster on Earth in 2400, it completely changed the pattern of the world after the disaster! First of all! The most obvious point is—it's clear!
The Earth in the Fifth Dream does not have micro nuclear batteries, a black technology that provides continuous energy. Therefore, the 2400 version of the super disaster directly destroyed all the cryogenic chambers and the humans sleeping inside!
Without electricity on Earth, the cryogenic chambers naturally couldn't operate! Lucky ones like Zheng Xiangyue, Angelica, Wei Shengjin, and Liu Shiyu had their cryogenic chambers flown to Mars on Jask's ship, so they were able to escape the disaster!
Other cryogenic chambers on Earth certainly didn't have such good luck! Suddenly! Lin Xuan thought of something! He turned his head and looked at Big Face Cat, who was diligently digging in the soil. "Brother Face, you just said that micro nuclear batteries are everywhere, right?"
"That's right."
Big Face Cat said while shoveling dirt, "This thing is too durable. The shell is made of Hafnium alloy. Many micro nuclear batteries from hundreds of years ago can be used immediately by connecting the wires, and there's still a lot of power left!"
"Not to mention that the super disaster in 2400 nearly destroyed human civilization, burying a large number of equipment, cars, and appliances underground. There are so many micro nuclear batteries that we can't even use them all!"
Clang!
As he spoke!
Big Face Cat's shovel hit something hard!
He bent down, rummaged through it, and picked up a completely disintegrated mobile phone covered in rust!
In a few strokes, he pinched out a bubble gum-sized, flat, square, silver and shiny micro nuclear battery from it!
Big Face Cat blew the dirt off it and handed it to Lin Xuan: "Here, look, I dug up another micro nuclear battery. This thing is everywhere. Only those large nuclear batteries used in cars are worth something. These small ones are really useless."
Lin Xuan took the micro nuclear battery, which was not much bigger than a coin, and observed it in his hand. The surface was unremarkable, completely wrapped in a layer of Hafnium alloy, and he couldn't see the internal structure!
On the side!
The positive and negative terminals of the battery were marked!
Also made of Hafnium alloy and separated by insulating material to prevent short circuits!
He turned it over and looked at it again, and it was still silver and shiny!
Even if it was just shoveled hard by Big Face Cat's shovel, there wasn't even a scratch on it!
Hafnium alloy is indeed Hafnium alloy.