In the end of the ice age, I hoarded tens of billions of supplies

Chapter 2595 Guardian 1

The story was over, and Elon Freeman's eyes were filled with reminiscence.

Yang Xinxin slowly said, "So you later became the richest person because you transformed the technology there into a marketable product?"

She discovered from historical records that in that era, this young man from Ivania rose rapidly in a short period of time, creating numerous technological products and becoming one of the world's top technology giants!

Many people suspect that he either obtained alien technology or was a chosen one.

Because those explosive technological achievements have completely revolutionized many areas of human technology.

Looking back now, everything makes sense.

“I used every technology I could think of. In fact, I started deliberately learning these technologies as soon as I knew I would return to Earth one day.”

Freeman shrugged, his expression a mixture of helplessness and smugness.

"You should know that once cutting-edge technology is demonstrated, money will naturally flow in. But money is not my goal. What I ultimately want to do is build a spacecraft that can go to Mars!"

The wind from the Martian world whistled through the ruined towers, like scattering the dust of an entire city down your throat.

The artificial celestial bodies in the distance lost their light, making the sky appear even colder.

After listening to the story told by the former tech tycoon, Lu Keran's eyes lit up like lamps: "There's still something I don't understand. You were only unconscious for a short while on Earth, but seven years have passed here. How does that timeline make sense?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yi and Yang Xinxin also looked at Freeman, which was something they were also curious about.

Freeman adjusted his exaggeratedly large hat brim, and a line of slight noise flashed across the screen before returning to clarity: "The body resides in a three-dimensional world, while time is four-dimensional. However, human consciousness originates from a higher dimension. In other words, my consciousness traveled for seven years in a higher dimension, but when I returned to my three-dimensional physical body, only half a year had passed."

Zhou Ke'er frowned, carefully trying to understand Freeman's words.

This account of dimensions and time comes from the elder of the Sandstalker civilization mentioned by Freeman.

This certainly requires careful analysis.

Yang Xinxin explained it to everyone simply: "Simply put, his consciousness has traversed time and space. Therefore, in this dimension, time cannot be measured by common sense."

As someone who has personally experienced time travel, Zhang Yi is better able to understand Freeman's story.

He glanced at Freeman and pointed his finger in the air: "Then the world you went to might not be Mars as it is now. It might be hundreds or even thousands of years ago."

He squinted, his gaze becoming complicated, and before he knew it, tears were welling up in his eyes.

"Only human longing can transcend time and space."

He began to understand everything and learn the secret of his rebirth.

Freeman's screen narrowed as if he were smiling: "I tend to agree with that assessment. For you, Mars is just a coordinate in three-dimensional space; for me, it's a ladder of time."

Zhang Yi's gaze deepened, as if he were pressing a long-overdue puzzle piece into the gap.

He thought to himself, "So, my ability to go back to the past wasn't just luck. It was because I awakened the spacetime attribute before I died, and my mind traveled through time and space."

Yang Xinxin recorded the conversation, her voice steady: "Your initial ambition was to use the advanced civilization of Mars to cure the diseases of Earth's civilization. But when you actually arrived on Mars, you found that this civilization had already perished. Were you disappointed at that time?"

Freeman's screen remained silent for a long time, with only the sound of wind behind him.

"I still think it's the answer I'm looking for."

"The existence of the answer will not disappear just because the books that record the questions are burned."

"The Sandslayer civilization is far more advanced than human civilization. Naschi promised me that we would meet in the future. So I believe that she is waiting for me somewhere!"

He looked into the distance, at that unreachable space, at the towering Tiantong Tower that reached the heavens and the earth.

"She must be there, even if all that remains is her thoughts and will, she must be waiting for me there!"

Zhang Yi raised an eyebrow and subconsciously glanced at Ling beside him.

The behavior of the Sand Raiders civilization sounds so similar to that of the Ihen Clan, who abandoned the physical bodies of their entire race and sent their spirits into the Heavenly Palace.

Ling sensed Zhang Yi's question and said dismissively, "Different paths, same destination, that's all."

Avoiding the calamities of epochal cycles is the ultimate goal that almost all civilizations have been striving for.

Choosing to isolate oneself and detach from the physical body is a method not only the Ihen tribe would do.

Or perhaps it was an imitation of the Ihen tribe by later generations.

Freeman continued, "So later, I began to search. To find a way into the Sky Tower area, and also to find the reason for the destruction of the Sand Raider civilization."

"I believe that once all of this is understood, it will have tremendous guiding significance for the fate of mankind!"

Freeman said with burning eyes.

Zhang Yi nodded slightly and held out his palm: "So, did you find it?"

Freeman suddenly raised his hat brim by an inch, as if joking but also inviting: "Let's go. The key to the Sky Tower area is on the way. What you see there will allow you to draw your own conclusions."

Words are powerless; he wanted Zhang Yi and the others to see things for themselves.

Those were all that he had witnessed firsthand over the past decades in his mechanical life form.

He turned around, leaped down from between the gray and white buildings, and landed on a half-collapsed beam with a crisp metallic sound.

Without the slightest hesitation, Zhang Yi and the others immediately followed.

"The core area is called Tiantong Tower."

Freeman walked and talked, drawing simple diagrams in the air with his fingertips.

"It's an isolated space. Perhaps it was a self-preservation mechanism set up when a civilization fell. Or perhaps it was for some other purpose, but I believe we can find all the answers we're looking for there."

"There is only one way to get into the Tower of Heavenly Prosperity: find the key."

"It took me a long time, even risking being killed time and time again, to finally figure out where the key was."

"There are three guardians of civilization in the inner world, and each guardian possesses a key. Only by obtaining all three keys can the gate of the Heavenly Tower be opened."

"It's just that these guardians are very strong. Even though I became one of them, I didn't have a chance to get close to them."

“Guardian…”

Zhang Yi found it strange, "If civilization is about to perish, what use are guardians?"

Ling glanced at Zhang Yi: "Then what value do you think my existence has?"