68. Reacquaintance

Farther away, two huge horn-shaped buildings can be seen buried and towering into the sky. The height of the horns is at least 700 meters, and even a cloud on the horizon looks like a large ball of marshmallows on the horns......

Both Joyna and Ryuhei were taken aback.

They know it!

Because it's so famous. Humans living in pre-civilizations have seen it on television, magazines, and various public relations media to a greater or lesser extent.

It was the "Indian Princess" - those of them who had lived in a former civilization recognized it as a very famous "maritime city". A man-made object at sea with a displacement of up to 80 million tons! It is surrounded by 360 giant anchors, each as tall as a building.

It is composed of many independent plates, which is called modular design by the designer, which can float on the sea surface forever, and those modular designs provide a template for the construction of human space cities in the future.

It is like a small metropolis drifting on the sea between the Indian and Pacific Oceans, and was reported by the media at the time that it was an "unsinkable" human city.

But now, this "unsinkable" city, this eternal legend, is also lying quietly on the sand dunes.

At its peak, it is said that at its peak, it was home to more than 270,000 people.

In order to adapt human beings to the living environment of the ocean and reduce the depletion of land resources, a super-rich man whimsically built it.

It took the rich man a lifetime, with his own efforts, to invest a huge amount of money, and it took more than 30 years to build it gradually.

And the giant horn-shaped building is just one of its 26 buoy towers.

"It's also retired......"

"Hmmm! yes......"

“……”

Joyna seemed to realize something, and she suddenly turned her head to look at Long Ping.

However, unexpectedly, Long Ping also turned his head and stared into her eyes......

After staring at each other for a moment, both of them said "Ah! "Yes.

There was a hint of surprise on Joyna's gorgeous face.

"How do you know? You too...... Pre-civilized humanity! Joyna asked, surprised.

"You...... Could it be too? Long Ping was even more surprised.

It was only at this time that Joyna and Ryuhei had a new understanding with each other, and after confirming their eyes, both of them were shocked!

"Oh my God!"

That's right, both of them are humans who have lived in a pre-civilization.

“……”

"Y- how did you wake up from hibernation?"

Joyna asked after quickly regaining her composure, judging that Ryuhei should also be hibernating humans.

“…… Alas, I'm ashamed to say that I don't even know what's going on. I remember that after participating in the military's hibernation program, I didn't know anything. ”

Long Ping shook his head with a wry smile.

"When I woke up, I found that the hibernation chambers around me had been opened, and I didn't know if those people were still alive, I just knew that I was the last one to wake up."

"That'...... Do you remember waking up there? Who are the people in those empty hibernation silos? Joyna asked.

"I don't know...... It was a structure that resembled an underground, and even the light source for the lighting was brought by the people themselves. I guess it's probably somewhere on the central continent, and the people in the other cabins are probably scholars or dignitaries like me....... ”

Long Ping said in a low voice.

Joyna was surprised, and she asked, "Then you woke up and saw them...... What kind of people are they? The ones who opened your hibernation chamber. ”

"I don't know...... It's people I've never seen before. I just woke up with a dizzy mind and blurred vision. But I still remember that there were a few people who were preparing stretchers or something, and they should have come prepared. ”

"Then I fainted and didn't remember anything......"

Long Ping shook his head, rubbing his forehead with his hand again.

"Oh? Someone was on the side...... They also deliberately woke you up, that said...... They know you! ”

Joyna pondered, who would he be awakened by?

"Then I don't know, maybe I found out my ...... by mistake"

"Also, when I woke up again, I had a hood on my head...... They transported me for a long time, 'clang', and I knew I was in a car. By the time I got my hood off again, it was already number 33. ”

Long Ping bowed his head miserably and said.

For him, it was a time when he was led by the nose like an animal.

Silence appears from time to time in the conversation between the two people, both reminiscing and thinking......

In the middle of a conversation between 2 people, time passed quickly.

Both Joyna and Ryuhei learned something from each other.

Among them, the most shocking thing for Joyna was that Long Ping said that he had participated in the "Titan Project".

She kept asking Long Ping about the details of this plan. Because, after she was selected to be the subject of the implementation of this plan, the people of the military lied to them, the experimenters!

They blocked all sources of information from the outside world. They told Joyna and all the experimenters that the experiment was only to increase the subject's physique in order to test the effects of humans on bodily functions after a long space trip, as well as the effects of hibernation devices on the human body.

Outright lies, but at that time, Joyna had no power to choose......

Although, at that time, Joyna did not participate in this program completely voluntarily - she was an army instructor herself, and a soldier is a supreme vocation to obey orders.

Because of her excellent physical condition and other qualities, she was selected as a volunteer for the "Titan Project".

After being selected, she had also heard that in the military's earliest experiments, there were also individual volunteers who were involved in the program.

Those people are the real forerunners and fearless people.

However, she once overheard the conversation of some scientists, and she heard a lot of words that she didn't understand. It seems that these experiments, called "Project Titan", are not as simple as testing physical fitness or anything like that......

With her intelligence analysis ability, it is easy to detect that there are some strange things in this.

She pondered Long Ping's words.

"So, in the research you're involved in, there's a drug that has been used...... Or the refining of some kind of plant, I don't know how to describe it - to change the constitution of the human being? ”

"Well, that's right. However, my research is only part of the story, we do basic research and most of the theoretical research. Later, I don't know what their follow-up work will be......"

Long Ping replied truthfully.

Joyna pondered for a moment.

"That'...... How is your research progressing, and are there any major breakthroughs? ”

"Of course, the team I led has been going very well in this regard, we have experimented with extracts of thousands of plants, and those preparations with certain characteristics have been repeatedly proportioned, and we have been experimenting non-stop for several years."

"In the end, we found a catalyst that could act on the cells of the organism with a strong reaction......"

Long Ping continued.

"Also, according to what my colleagues know, other research groups have also found ways to alter certain properties of genes through energy excitation. This is like extracting the juice of a certain plant requires a flask and fire, and the energy of the fire is the source of excitation for the extraction of matter, and the flask is the container that carries the change. ”

"It's said that they're using those gamma rays, or some other kind of radiation, as a source of excitation."

After Long Ping finished speaking, his head lowered again.