176: Absolute Zero

Chapter 175 Absolute Zero

He led Xu Jingzhe through several stone caves in succession. All the members of the Reptilian Clan in the hibernation pods were dead; not a single one had survived.

"How do you know so much about the Reptilian Clan?" Xu Jingzhe asked, puzzled.

This guy was truly extraordinary; she knew a bit too much.

"I saw them tens of thousands of years ago. The relationship between our Tang Family and the Reptilian Clan was average. When the Reptilian Clan was being besieged, they once asked our Tang Family for help, and we secretly helped a few direct descendants of the Reptilian Clan. That's all."

Xu Jingzhe stared at Tang Ruyi with wide eyes, stammering, "You, you, you're an old monster who has lived for tens of thousands of years?!"

"Hibernation is just a method used by all the major families; there's nothing to be surprised about." Tang Ruyi carefully examined the hibernation pods again and discovered that the materials used for them were very mediocre, not even reaching the level of a Tier 3 alloy, and the energy leakage was severe.

Even using the best life fluid and energy stones available at the time, they wouldn't have lasted fifty thousand years.

This couldn't be blamed on the Reptilian Clan; having been besieged fifty thousand years ago, it was already quite an achievement to have built so many hibernation pods.

Xu Jingzhe took a long time to calm down, thinking of Ji Qingci, who had been in hibernation for a full hundred thousand years.

"Have you heard of... the Ji family?" Xu Jingzhe asked.

Tang Ruyi was somewhat surprised and said, "I know of them. They were once one of the major families on Blue Star, possessing numerous resources and mineral deposits."

"But they should have declined by now. I wonder how many clansmen survived."

Speaking of this, Tang Ruyi felt somewhat disheartened.

The development and continuation of generation after generation were all for the sake of pursuing the pinnacle of technological civilization, aiming to achieve the goal of immortality.

How difficult it is!

"Click, click."

Tang Ruyi opened one of the hibernation pods, and a foul odor wafted out.

Immediately after, the incredibly handsome Reptilian Clan member lying inside the hibernation pod began to decay rapidly, like snow encountering boiling water, turning into a pile of ash within seconds.

"Let's go see the King of the Reptilian Clan; perhaps they are still barely hanging on."

"If they are still alive, ask them to find your friend. This place is too vast, and all instrument signals are blocked. We don't know how long it would take for the two of us to find them. We might as well take the opportunity to extort them." Tang Ruyi, holding her Tang sword, looked up at the sky obscured by black fog and said calmly.

Xu Jingzhe was stunned and secretly gave a thumbs up. Extorting... the Reptilian Clan from tens of thousands of years ago—it was something he wouldn't even dare to imagine.

After walking for about an hour, they arrived at a particularly different crossroads.

The east-west passage was almost as wide as the major rift running north-south. Entering the eastern passage, there were no stone caves on the stone walls on either side, only a very large cavern entrance.

Upon entering the cavern, the two felt a significant change in the surrounding temperature. The temperature was very low, and it seemed as if there was a layer of tiny, invisible ice crystals in the air.

Inhaling it into the lungs, it felt cool and refreshing at first, but then it started to feel like it was piercing the lungs.

Tang Ruyi paused, relaxed her body, and carefully felt the change in temperature. She exclaimed, "Could it be that the Reptilian Clan was besieged by the major families because this technology was actually developed?"

Xu Jingzhe heard clearly from the side and asked, "What technology?"

He was also very curious that the development of a single technology could actually be the trigger for a siege by all the major families.

What kind of heaven-defying technology must this be!

"Absolute Zero," Tang Ruyi said after a pause. "It can maintain a creature's physical characteristics in a special state, a delicate balance point where cells are kept between hibernation and activity."

"Simply put, it can extend the duration of hibernation by several times or more, and there are no sequelae."

Tang Ruyi shook her head. The sequelae after hibernation could be minor or major; the major ones could cause a person's memory to become disordered and their strength to plummet.

Blue Star has developed for billions of years, and multiple civilizations have emerged. However, when each civilization reached its peak and began to decline, and when Blue Star's resources were insufficient, they would migrate the entire clan away from Blue Star. But without exception, they would all leave behind some 'seeds' in hibernation to continue the life of the family.

And the methods of hibernation were all the same: nutrient solutions developed from various elements (similar to Moon Soil Evolution Fluid Pure Liquid) combined with energy stones, placing clansmen in hibernation pods to survive the long years.

However, this method was not exactly mature; some families could keep their clansmen in hibernation for hundreds of thousands of years, while others could only keep them in hibernation for tens of thousands of years.

But! The Absolute Zero technology developed by the Reptilian Clan could stably keep creatures in hibernation for as long as millions of years, and without any sequelae.

This is a truly terrifying technology!

After hearing this, Xu Jingzhe was silent for a long time. As of now, the average lifespan of ordinary people in the Seed Zone on Blue Star is only about eighty years, while the average lifespan in the Chemical Zone can reach two hundred years.

A technology that can let humans sleep for millions of years is truly heaven-defying. No wonder... they were besieged.

Who wouldn't covet that!

Walking a few thousand meters further inside, the scene before them changed drastically.

One after another, huge circular stone platforms—at least hundreds of them—were there. On the stone platforms, hibernation pods were placed, and each hibernation pod had three transparent hoses connected to it.

Hundreds of transparent hoses all pointed to the same place: a cylindrical glass container that could be several thousand meters high. Inside the container, it was almost full of an unknown red liquid.

These liquids continuously provided various nutrients to the Reptilian Clan members in the hibernation pods, ensuring the vitality of their cells.

The soft, fine hairs on Xu Jingzhe's body stood on end as he watched this scene.

"Boom~"

"Click!"

Just then, on one of the platforms at the very front, a hibernation pod opened automatically.

A Reptilian Clan man stood up from inside, naked, his whole body covered in fine scales. He was about two meters tall, with gray, lusterless eyes, and very handsome features, only slightly inferior to Xu Jingzhe.

"Who are you? How dare you intrude upon my..." He stared fixedly at Tang Ruyi, his words stuck in his throat halfway through.

He rubbed his eyes, stepped out of the hibernation pod, and confirmed that he hadn't seen wrong.

"The Second Young Master of the Tang Family?! Why are you appearing here among my clan?" Yuan Qiu suddenly became agitated, pointing at Tang Ruyi, and said, "You found the Concealment place of my clan!"

Tang Ruyi looked at this 'old acquaintance' in front of her and said calmly, "Tens of thousands of years have passed, and the families of the past have long since disappeared from Blue Star."

"My friend and I came looking for someone and arrived here by chance, only to discover that your Reptilian Clan was hiding under the Abyss, barely hanging on."

Yuan Qiu's chest heaved. He glanced at the hibernation pods on the platform behind him, his emotions gradually stabilizing. He held his head and whispered, "Has it already been tens of thousands of years? But I clearly feel like it was only yesterday."

"After your clan fled, the major families had another intense war, launching genetic, meteorological, and antimatter wars, and the living beings on Blue Star were once on the brink of extinction."

There was a deep look of reminiscence in Tang Ruyi's eyes. Two people from the same era, meeting again after tens of thousands of years—there was much to reflect upon.