Joseph slid down the pipe into the culture chamber, triggering the machine's automatic control system, and he was immediately injected with a large amount of anesthetic gas as if he were entering the chamber, and entered a closed and dormant state.

At the end of the civilizational era, the secret plans developed and carried out by countries varied greatly. Strictly speaking, the cultivation pod that Joseph accidentally fell into was not a dormant pod in the true sense, and it did not have the long-term dormancy effect of the machinery used by Tianhao. Coupled with frequent low-intensity earthquakes, it is inevitable that this ancient ruins under the city of Gabriel will be affected. Although the computer responsible for the basic functions of this area has a stable source of energy, there have been procedural deviations that have led to an increase in the interval between cleaning and maintenance of the chamber every five years to three years.

Three years later, the sleeping Joseph was awakened.

He was terrified of this strange place, but one of Joseph's greatest strengths was his mental strength. Although he was a believer in the Holy Lord, this did not prevent him from understanding and knowing the natural world and science. The computers responsible for controlling the area are similar to the "old mama", and have an intelligent question and answer system unique to the civilized era. Although Joseph was an outsider, he had been dormant in the culture chamber for three years, and had already passed the preliminary approval of blood samples and genes (of the same family). Of course, it is impossible for the intelligent computer to mistake him for the master or the person who gives him the highest order, but it has given Joseph the lowest level of access to the base.

"Open only to the same kind", this is the rule common to all national bases in the era of civilization.

Most of the pods are concentrated in the base's medical quarters, the area that Joseph accidentally dropped into. The base space is divided according to different functions, and is usually divided into several categories, such as combat, manufacturing, logistics, and training. Among them, the "logistics" region is subdivided into multiple communities, including medical care, warehousing, drinking water purification, food processing, ......

Joseph was fortunate in that he had always attributed what had happened to him at that time to the apparitions of the Holy Lord and his care———— and although the entire medical area was badly damaged, the two training pods were still intact. Walking through the passage more than 60 meters long, the 118th warehouse and food processing area is opposite.

The base that Tianhao discovered in the northern part of the continent uses Chinese, and the ancient world that Joseph discovered under the city of Gabriel uses English.

Hundreds of tonnes of pork and beef are frozen in cold storage. These remnants of civilization are deboned from the time of slaughter, cut into pieces on the production line, sent to special molds, pressed into a hexahedron 30 centimeters square, and sent to cold storage for long-term storage. The magma from the ground ensured the base's energy supply, and emergency measures were activated during the cataclysm, and the cold storage in this area was not affected, so that when Joseph opened the door of the warehouse, the frozen meat that had been sealed for a long time was still edible.

As an outsider with minimal privilege, the computer authorized and graphically taught Joseph to use certain physiological maintenance functions, including the basic operations of food production and processing plants. It was a huge cylindrical room where various crop seeds were sown on a prefabricated artificial platform. Without soil, the whole platform is a dense hole in regular sections, and the machine sows seeds in each small hole, injecting nutrient solution and the required water, and by setting the temperature and light, to ensure that the crop matures within the predetermined time.

When he walked into the multi-purpose cultivation workshop for the first time, Joseph was stunned and filled with great shock.

He finally realized that wheat did not need soil to survive, and he only needed to tap a few random keystrokes on the console, and the cultivation workshop with an area of more than 2,000 square meters would automatically operate. "2,000 square meters of single-layer cultivation area" is a number on paper, in this huge cylindrical room that stretches from the ground to the surface, countless cultivation platforms are stacked on top of each other? It's like a neat and orderly beehive. Standing next to the controller in the middle of the shop floor and looking up, you can see a large number of robotic arms working around these platforms. This is equivalent to the superposition of hundreds of "2,000 square meters", or even tens of thousands of "2,000 civilians" planting area.

Just a precise timing of each season's harvest? Inject the corresponding nutrient solution? The wheat will then ripen in forty-five days.

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In a month and a half, a season of grain is planted...... Joseph was thrilled and shocked at the same time? I also understand how much chaos and madness it would cause if the secret here was made public.

Through the query of computer data? He soon understood that this kind of short-term cultivation could not be normalized. Even with the advanced science and technology of the civilized era? The wheat produced in the base should normally mature for three months? That's ninety days. Is the planting pattern of the 45-day cycle in case of unexpected situations? For example, if the grain reserve is completely destroyed due to some accident, a batch of grain must be produced as soon as possible to sustain life. Crops cultivated in ultra-short cycles don't taste good? Can't get enough of the elements your body needs? But the benefits of this are also obvious———— it can save lives at critical times.

Joseph did not understand the principle of electric heating at all, but this did not prevent him from learning how to use various household appliances such as induction cookers, microwave heaters, electronic incubators, and electric ovens from smart computers.

He is a timeless Robinson in the truest sense of the word. The difference is that this is not a desert island, but a little remnant of the long river of time left by the era of civilization. There are no goats, turtles and pigeons, but there is a huge amount of frozen meat that tastes a little worse but does not affect the consumption. Robinson's poor fellow cherished a dozen wheat seeds, and it took years to save up enough ripe wheat and eat bread? Joseph didn't need a sickle or a hoe to get this, and he had all kinds of processes for baking bread stored on his computer. Baguette, German brown bread, Russian leba, English cookies and muffins...... As long as you don't overdo it for taste and texture, and ignore the lack of toppings such as milk, you can easily fill your stomach, and even try your hand at making pasta and abbreviated burgers in your spare time.

In this underground world, which is equivalent to an independent kingdom, Joseph learned for the first time what a silicone human body is, and also appreciated the essence of an island-style action movie. During that time, he was very fascinated by film and television works and indulged in it for several months. There is no Holy Lord, no rice frame, no daily homework, let alone a weekly mass...... Indulgence is indeed a source of happiness, and there is no high priest to supervise him, and he can do whatever he wants.

It's a fun life, but it's lonely. Joseph communicates with intelligent computers on a daily basis, and he learns a lot of secrets about the age of civilization, of course, limited to his "kindred" status.

Military, cultural, scientific and technological ...... Everything in the age of civilization unfolded before Joseph's eyes. He saw World War II through film and television works, saw an atomic bomb that could destroy an entire city, and saw airplanes and rockets, and understood that the world was not what the Gospels say, but a sphere revolving around the sun.

The pressure from the Holy Lord was so heavy that if these things were made public, Joseph would definitely be burned at the stake by the Inquisition as a "heretic". His faith collapsed, and he felt the urge to leave the place.

He learned some secrets about himself from the smart computer———— human lifespan can actually be changed by activating cells. Under normal circumstances, the limit of healthy human life is about 100 years. This is a theoretical limit, but in fact most people die at the age of ninety, eighty, seventy, or even sixty. However, the advent of the culture chamber made it possible to prolong life. Just like changing bad habits, eating regularly, and strengthening exercise, the direct effect will promote the overall improvement of the body. As long as you enter the culture chamber and undergo a one-year dormancy, you can enhance the vitality of the cells with the help of the computer and achieve the purpose of prolonging the life expectancy.

More importantly, during the dormant period, the intelligent computer adjusts the physiology according to the sleeper's own condition, so that the comprehensive values of the sleeper's physical fitness, spirit, and reaction ability reach the optimal state.

In civilized times, this was once the exclusive right of the rich and powerful. As technology continues to evolve, it has gradually entered the middle and upper class human groups. Joseph was fortunate to have been defaulted to the "remnant kindred" by the intelligent computer, so the relevant permissions were delegated and expanded, and he became the de facto owner of this part of the base space, except that he had no access to core secrets.

He spent a lot of time studying the passage he had fallen down and made some simple assistive devices with the help of a smart computer. Over the course of more than a year after waking up from hibernation, Joseph installed the devices and found an escape path that he thought had a high probability of success. Determined this, he went into hibernation again in the culture chamber and began a year-long period of biomodulation.

When he woke up for the second time, Joseph felt full of energy and strength, as if he had returned to his most energetic eighteen years old.

He left the underworld, and with his strong physique and extraordinary skills, he climbed the cliff and returned to the world.

During his time in the underground ruins, Joseph was thinking about his future and life. The Holy Lord and the so-called gods have long since lost their value in his mind, and he will no longer take the initiative to kiss the sacred rice frame, nor will he take the initiative to kneel down and pray when he hears the name of the Holy Lord. But this did not prevent Joseph from continuing to hide inside the Holy See as a clergyman. He was very familiar with the internal system of the Holy See, and directly set his sights on the research department. It was the "scientific department" of the Holy See, especially the clergy researchers of considerable status, who lived in seclusion and had few friends around them.

Joseph chose one of the guys, named Bob, assassinated him, and succeeded in replacing him.

Living underground for a long time, coupled with adequate nutrition and exercise, Joseph's appearance changed to a certain extent. In addition, when he entered the dormant chamber for the second time, he asked the intelligent computer to modify his appearance by internal adjustment...... His appearance in the human world is about eighty percent consistent with what he had been.

After making sure that no one doubted it, he began to throw out the weighty results of his research———— the Migal Elixir.

Yes, the same eponymous potion developed by Father Perias. The code name "Migael" was actually proposed by Joseph, and at that time it did not have the same significant effect as Perias's research, but was only an enhanced psychotropic potion.

Joseph chose this potion as a breakthrough to return to the Holy See because it had a wide audience. He used to be a junior priest and knew that many of the clergy dozed off during their daily lessons, especially evening prayers, but had to brace themselves to cope with the priests and ordination deacons who came and went...... It's not a problem that just a few cups of espresso can solve, after all, a refreshing drink can't work for everyone, but a refined caffeinated concentrate is different, and it only takes a tube the size of an adult's finger to solve all problems. What's more, the cost of refining is not high, just within the acceptable range of the Holy See.

The first Michael Elixir was immediately welcomed in the Holy See, and it completely changed the lazy image of the clergy during day classes and evening prayers. Joseph was rewarded and received by the cardinals and popes of the time. He took full advantage of these opportunities, using his conversations and insights to skillfully integrate with the field of theology, and soon became a "representative of the good clergy" in the eyes of the Holy See's hierarchy.

Next, he was promoted again and again, and Joseph also successfully became the vice-president of the court.

This is the position he once held.

Joseph never wanted to seek a higher position, and his chosen target was the deputy presiding judge. This happens to be at the heart of power, and it is qualified to participate in the discussion of important matters, but it is not seen as a potential competitor by the cardinal and others. In the eyes of the middle and lower clergy, the Inquisition was usually a black and majestic image, and the Deputy Judge was respected, able to command the Holy Religious Army, and had military power.

Three years later, Joseph developed a vast clergy system of his own. He co-opted thousands of junior clergy, especially seminary graduates. He is well aware that it will be extremely difficult to win over those in office, and it will take more to pay more costs. Young people who have just entered the society are different, in their opinion, they are already very high-status people, a word, even a look of approval, will make them feel inspired, and even directly become their strongest advocates and supporters.

Paul XXXI, Swabian, Black Langton, Carlson the Red Nose, Tudor the Good...... Joseph served many popes. From the very beginning, he had a clear purpose: to mentor, to guide secretly, to control the majority, but never to be the main figure in public.