SURVIVORS
Chaptre 337. Experimentation
"But I don't want to go without certainty. I don't want the place we're going to endanger our son!" waturi Strict.
The room was quiet again. What Widuri said, is true. All this time, it was fine for him to pit his fate across the various cracks of the world wall, teleportation doors or worm holes. But now she's going to be a mother. And like most mothers, her instinct is to protect her baby-to-be, defeating all egos.
"Let's take a break. Tomorrow I try to study the teleportation door." Dr. Chandra ended the discussion that night.
Hearing that, they felt that there was a hint of hope. Then all disperse with various thoughts that wander in each head. Especially Dean, who had a hard time saying his different wishes, to Widuri.
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In the morning, Dean and Indra immediately continued the work of sowing seedlings in the wheat field. While Sunil prepares a place to dry sea water to become salt. Robert helped Chandra's doctor examine and compare the two teleportation doors there.
According to Robert, the coordinate point on the teleportation door they were carrying, was already almost correct. Only the difference in years. So now they need to figure out a way to change the time and location of the exit. But that's not easy either. Without experimentation, we cannot make comparisons.
At night, they discussed it again.
"We have to try first, to see if the coordinates we put in are right or wrong" Robert said.
"You mean, we try one goal, then come back here if it's wrong?" ask Dean.
"Robert nodded. " Yes, it can only be so. Because none of us are experts in this teleportation" he said.
"Then who's gonna go try?" ask Indra seriously.
"There must be enough people leaving, in order to bring back the teleportation door. You guys did that time. Tell me, how much energy does it take for people to pull it?" ask doctor Chandra.
"Well .. that's heavy. The three of us were a bit of a problem, right?" Sunil asked his friends for their opinion. Dean and Indra nodded.
"That means, it would take at least three people to bring the teleportation door back on the way home." Doctor Chandra mangosteen.
"Sunil and Robert, tomorrow we do our first try." Doctor Chandra has chosen his candidate.
"Let me come, please" Dean bargained.
"No! You have to take care of Widuri. And Indra has to help and look after this place. After all, this is just an experiment. Whatever the outcome, we'll be back." Dr Chandra's decision cannot be changed.
"All right," Dean could say nothing more.
"Now we rest and gather energy for tomorrow!" doctor Chandra's orders.
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After finishing breakfast, Dean and Indra went to the cave, where the teleportation door of the place and the one they brought from Russia, was laid.
According to Dr Chandra, the coordinates on the teleport door from Russia led to the small world they inhabit today. So what must be rearranged is the coordinates that are on the teleportation door in the cave.
They compare the numbers and the written text. Then Dean recorded the exact same one, on the cave wall. That would be their benchmark for resetting, if the newly created coordinates were to go far.
"Well, we can start" Sunil said.
"Don't forget the provisions for your journey." Dean reminded.
"All that," Robert nodded.
"Let this teleportation door I keep," said Dr. Chandra. The others agreed.
The teleportation door from Russia, tied with a cord, had already disappeared in Chandra's doctor's storage.
Now Robert and Sunil stand flanking Dr. Chandra. The three of them faced the teleportation door that was in the cave.
"Be careful" Dean said.
"okay!" robert Sahut.
A ball of white light glistened, forming. Then slowly, it floated in and was swallowed in the light of the teleportation door.
Dean and Indra were worried, but they got orders to look after the wife and this place. So it's impossible to argue.
"What do you want to do?" ask Indra. It feels like everything that matters, they've been working on it for the past two weeks.
"Cutting trees that are too tight. If it's right to stay here, then we have to prepare enough wood" Dean replied.
"Accept ...."
Indra followed Dean, flew out of the cave and into the forest, at the end of the meadow.
By late afternoon, many trees had been collected. All laid out on the edge of the forest.
"Dean, if you build one tiny cottage here, wouldn't it be nice?" chirps Indra.
Dean looked at the edge of the forest that was now starting to light up.
"If the cottage faces this small time, then the view will be very spectacular," Indra pointed towards the hills behind the wheat field.
Dean smiled thinly. He acknowledged Indra's judgment. The view is beautiful now. There was a pasture filled with sheep, on the left. And there's a whole grain field on the right side of Kali.
In the distance, the falling waterfall can still be seen. The clear water is like surrounding the entire place, as a natural irrigation. Then the background of the hill in the blue sky, it was incredible.
"It will be more beautiful when the wheat is golden," Dean finally admitted.
"The gazebo on the top of the hill must also be repaired" he added.
"And the trees that block the view of the sea from the hill, we must also cut down."
Unknowingly, they made some planning for the place. Upon realizing the conversation, the two fell silent.
"Are you planning on staying, Dean?" Indra asked Dean.
"don't know. I honestly feel a dilemma. Between following Widuri's wishes and my desire to continue to guard the Ruler." Dean sat on a tree trunk.
"I guess I'm the only one who feels that way." Indra laid his body on the grass.
"But this place is indeed very good to be used as a place to live" he added.
"If only the teleportation door could connect this small world with our home world. Then we can go back and forth coming and going out, if we need anything." Indra expressed her hope.
Dean digested Indra's sentences. "If only it could be so. How wonderful life is," Dean.
But Dean knew that not all human desires could be fulfilled. That humans are often faced with choices that are very complicated and not liked.
"It's almost evening. Let's help me pick apples and pears before I get back, " Dean.
The two flew back towards the vast forest in search of fruits that could please their women.
"Have you ever been to this orchard, Dean?" ask Indra.
"Yet. The ruler said it. That's why I'm looking," replied Dean honestly. "But I never thought that this was a orchard. I thought there were only a few fruit trees tucked away in the forest" he added.
"It feels like this orchard is much more diverse than the small world on the rock. It's time to harvest!" Indra laughed happily.
Gleefully, the two flew to and fro picking fruit. They are like butterflies dancing in every flower that is in bloom.
"It's almost dark. Let's return. They will panic!" Dean reminded.
"Let's go after me!" challenge Indra. He darted quickly and flew around in circles over the meadow.
But Dean ignored him. He went straight to the waterfall. Widuri should not feel anxious.
At dinner.
"The ruler has not returned yet." Indra could no longer hide her anxiety.
"Didn't they have to check the surroundings first. If it's not checked, how do you know where those coordinates are going." Dean comforted himself with that logical answer.
Indra no longer argues. But the anxiety does not want to disappear. After the women rested, the two sat under the moonlight, in front of the waterfall pool. The anxiety and worry made them unable to sleep.
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