Man on the ark, forced to become king

"Um... you seem to have spoken too late?"

"Um?!"

"I just touched it lightly, I didn't do anything else!"

White lights suddenly illuminated the massive array of stone coffins, causing the cables laid on the ground to tremble slightly. A ring of shimmering white stripes also appeared around the edge of the stone coffins in front of us, as if they had been activated.

Lani shrank back and subconsciously took two steps back.

She never expected that simply touching the raised symbol on the surface would make this thing seem... activated?

hum!

A white light band lit up in the middle of the largest vertical rectangular device in the entire array, and even Lin Lu could feel the surging energy flowing through the cables and pipes beneath her feet.

snort~

A wisp of steam escaped from the edge of what was originally a perfectly sealed stone coffin that appeared to be a single piece of stone. The top rose slightly with a soft hum, then slid to one side, revealing the space inside.

"Hiss~ This coffin actually has a sliding lid?"

"Is that all you've noticed?"

The lid of the sarcophagus slid open, exposing the pure white space inside. Lani curiously peered inside, but found nothing.

The entire interior of the sarcophagus was completely covered by a substance that looked like metal or gelatin, forming a large oval shape. Although no holes were visible, a layer of light blue liquid slowly filled in from the bottom.

Compared to its overly plain exterior, the interior of this thing was incredibly technologically advanced in Lin Lu's eyes, perfectly matching his imagination of 'technology'.

On the surface, the fully unfolded sarcophagus looks like a cultivation chamber or human modification chamber from a science fiction novel. Coupled with Kal'tsit's description of it, Lin Lu suddenly had a bold guess.

Could this stone coffin be a device used by those so-called 'divine beings' to cultivate and modify organisms?

Perhaps the demi-humans living on this land today were born or manufactured from similar instruments?

After all, no matter how you look at it, this extremely complex instrument is something that Terra's current technology cannot achieve. With such a powerful energy source, its function must not be simple.

"Don't move! And don't even think about lying down to try it out!"

For some reason, since coming into this world, the princess's curiosity has been growing, sometimes acting like a child who is hundreds of years old.

Lin Lu reached out and grabbed Lani, who was trying to get some liquid inside the sarcophagus, pulling her behind her and giving her a helpless warning.

How can you touch this thing without understanding its specific function?

How dangerous!

Do I seem like such a reckless person?

Pulled to the back, Lani snorted in dissatisfaction, her fiery red hair swaying back and forth, and argued, "I just felt that there was a familiar component in those liquids, like Originium, but not quite."

"You'd better not, my princess, take a rest!"

Yes, you don't look like it, you are!

Having witnessed Lani's insane actions at the border, such as plotting to commit suicide by stabbing herself with a destined death and wielding a finger knife to cut two of her fingers, Lin Lu was not fooled by her seemingly quiet appearance. Although this girl looked like a homebody, she actually had a lot of tricks up her sleeve!

...Although I don't know why this high-tech product, which looks so technologically advanced, is so user-friendly with a single button to start, it's too late to say anything now that it's already running.

The problem now is, how do I turn it off?

Lin Lu tried pressing the spot where Lani had pressed again, and a series of electrical sounds came from the instrument array, which sounded like some kind of language, but she couldn't make it out.

Everything about this stone coffin is perfect, except for the speaker, which is broken!

Moreover, the lid of the stone coffin was not closed again after the sound disappeared.

It has a foolproof startup, but no foolproof shutdown. What kind of genius designed this operating system?!

I was internally ranting and raving, but there was nothing else I could do but call in an expert.

He took a rhombus-shaped crystal out of his pocket and threw it. The crystal spun a few times in mid-air, bursting with golden light, and hovered a few tens of centimeters above the ground, slowly rotating and spreading out rings of pale golden light.

—The Improved Version of Mimicry Blessing.

It adds a large amount of golden power to the original mimicry blessing, enough to support at least one Golden Tree Teleport (Multiplayer Version), specifically for spatial movement in emergency situations.

Lin Lu originally planned to find a secluded spot inside Chernobog to plant the golden tree, and then discuss the sarcophagus issue with the doctor. However, now that everything is so easy to start with a single click, she can't wait until later.

The golden light shone and faded, then shone again. Lin Lu's figure disappeared for several seconds, and when she reappeared, a white-haired woman was beside her.

"Alas!"

The PhD student, dressed in a T-shirt and jeans, had just stood still when he was shivered by the icy chill in the air. His whole body trembled rapidly as if he had a motor installed, and the spatula he was holding also vibrated.

"Where am I?! It's so cold!"

"...What are you doing with that shovel?"

The vibrating spatula was too eye-catching, and it was covered with a lot of liquid that looked like hot oil, with steam rising from it. Lin Lu couldn't help but ask a question out of curiosity.

"Cook, cook, cook! If you don't cook, what will Amiya and I eat?! The Yellow Golden Tree doesn't have a cafeteria! Stop talking nonsense and give me my clothes!"

The doctor was so frozen he was almost blurry, and he could barely hold onto the shovel. He spoke with a hint of gritted teeth, and only his last sentence was clear.

"Here, here you go."

Fortunately, Lani, who was next to her, took off her down jacket in time and also took off her scarf and handed it over.

As a deity, her physique is much stronger than that of a demigod. She wears these clothes only to avoid appearing too different, not because they are actually necessary.

"Thank you, thank you!"

The doctor shivered as he exhaled a puff of white mist, took the clothes and put them on, then wrapped the scarf around his neck. He squatted down, curled up into a ball, and trembled slightly. It took him a while to look a little better.

"Um, sorry."

Lin Lu felt a little guilty about the unexpected situation. He really hadn't considered the environmental problems in Chernobog. Even Chen felt cold in the weather, so it was impossible for someone like the Doctor, who was physically weak, to withstand it.

"no."

The doctor crouched shakily on the ground, and only then did he have time to look up and see his surroundings. He immediately saw the large, high-tech coffin in front of him, and the array of humming stone coffins next to it.

"Is that it?"

"You're definitely the professional!"

Lin Lu slapped her on the shoulder, which drew an angry glare from the doctor.

"For some reason, this thing had a little accident and suddenly started up on its own. Um... do you have any way to restore it to its previous state?"

"...These days, it's not easy to find someone who's still usable."

The doctor seemed very familiar with this equipment, his eyes filled with memories.

She stood up from the ground, still trembling a little, but much better than before. She stretched out her fair fingers from her sleeve and ran them along the side of the stone coffin. She didn't know where she touched, but a beam of pale blue light suddenly shone out and shone on her face.

"Beep—Authentication successful."

Amazingly, even the broken speaker returned to normal this time. The pale blue beam of light slowly converged, forming a flat operating interface in the air, covered with incomprehensible text and symbols.

The doctor's fingers moved rapidly across the surface, and he nodded from time to time.

"Oh, I see. These people are quite clever."

"Connecting a line out from the standby lighting system...tsk, luckily the power supply of this thing is stable enough, otherwise such haphazard operation could have blown it up on the spot."

"Usage logs...what's going on?"

"The operator... Kal'tsit tampered with this? It seems she didn't figure it out either."

"Okay, all done."

As she finished speaking, the humming of the stone coffin array gradually subsided, the lights went out one after another, and it returned to its previous state. The lids of the stone coffins that had slid open also began to automatically retract, fitting back together perfectly.

"It has to be you!"

Lin Lu watched the series of changes in the stone coffin, gave a thumbs-up, hesitated for a moment, and finally couldn't help but ask in a low voice, "What exactly is this amazing-looking device? What is it used for? You should know, right?"

"A single line drawn from the lighting system can supply the output of a mobile city, and that's still in standby mode?"

"Forehead……"

The doctor scratched his head, his expression somewhat subtle, as if he wanted to say something but hesitated, then stopped himself from speaking.

"Impressive...it really is quite impressive, isn't it?"

"You might not believe me if I say this, but—"

"—This thing is actually a home-use physiological repair device."

Chapter Sixty-Seven: The Future Exists in the Past

Home physiological repair device, judging from the name, is most likely a device used in small home environments.

However, this thing takes up a lot of space...

Lin Lu looked up. To store this set of instruments, Boris had built a huge, open structure underground in Chernobog. Perhaps for heat dissipation or other reasons, there was a skylight at least tens of meters above the ground where the instruments were located, and above that was the urban structure.

If you put the stone coffin at home, how much space would it take up?

Since it's for home use, it should prioritize 'easy to move'. Appliances like refrigerators shouldn't be this huge, right?

Moreover, for home use?

A single line drawn from the lighting system is enough to power a mobile city for over a decade without any energy problems. Is it a bit excessive to use this level of energy source in a household appliance?