studiobondurri Chapter 49: 49 Hibernation Pod
Chapter 49: 49 Hibernation Pod
Chapter 49: Chapter 49 Hibernation Pod
“What method?” Lin Xian asked curiously.
“Forceful destruction.”
An employee of the safe company explained to Lin Xian:
“One of our previous clients was in a similar situation where their finance manager had a car accident, and the company urgently needed the official seal inside the safe, so they took the whole safe to a scrapyard and cut it open with an oxy-acetylene cutting torch.”
“This safe is made of solid steel formed by stamping, and ordinary cutting machines or crowbars can’t open it – even explosives won’t work. The only way to cut through it is with an oxy-acetylene cutting torch; it’s the last resort.”
Hmm?
...
An idea flashed through Lin Xian’s mind:
“What kind of gun did you just mention?”
“An oxy-acetylene cutting torch, it’s a type of sprayer that burns high-pressure acetylene. It can produce a flame with temperatures over 3000 degrees Celsius to melt steel for cutting. It’s commonly used in industrial settings.”
Having said that.
The two employees picked up the paperwork, had Lin Xian sign it, left him a manual of precautions and a contact number, and then departed.
“Oxy-acetylene cutting torch...”
Lin Xian noted the name.
The steel safe in his dream that had his name on it... much of its paint had peeled off and it was rusting, without a doubt made of steel.
In front of a 3000-degree cutting torch...
It would surely be as vulnerable as tofu!
...
Lin Xian had thought he would quickly enter the dream and cut open that safe with his name on it.
But things did not go as he wished.
He had been too busy these past few days.
As the product launch was nearing, every day’s tasks were very heavy. Lin Xian and his team members stayed late into the night at work before going home. He hadn’t even had the chance to dream, not having dreamt for several days now.
It wasn’t just him.
Everyone in the company was working furiously, all departments were working overtime to meet deadlines, staying up late or even pulling all-nighters was the norm. Even the usually meticulous Zhao Yingjun... inevitably began showing faint dark circles under her eyes.
That afternoon.
Lin Xian had just finished a task he was working on.
Dingling ling dingling ling dingling ling dingling ling—
His phone rang.
Lin Xian looked at the caller ID...
“Professor Xu Yun?”
They hadn’t been in touch for several days, could there be some news?
Lin Xian picked up the phone.
He answered the call—
“Lin Xian! Do you have time right now?”
On the other end, Professor Xu Yun’s voice was unusually excited and agitated:
Perhaps Professor Xu Yun’s sealed pod could be considered a rudimentary “first-generation, youth version” of a Hibernation Pod, far from reaching the true concept of hibernation, only capable of reducing life activity efficiency by twenty to thirty times.
If this set of equipment could operate stably,
then the passing of twenty to thirty years in the outside world might only increase the actual lifespan of the mouse by one year.
This would allow a mouse that would normally live only three to four years to successfully “travel” to the future world of decades later.
Of course, this was just a mouse experiment.
Actually applying it to humans, whether it could maintain for a long time or how many times it could reduce life activities, was still an unknown.
“The real challenge of hibernation technology lies not in the freezing but in the [thawing and resuscitation],”
Professor Xu Yun patiently explained to Lin Xian:
“Next is the real historic moment that I invited you to witness.”
“We’re going to awaken this mouse that has been in hibernation for 40 hours at minus 60 degrees Celsius.”
Lin Xian didn’t quite understand, so he just stood there watching Professor Xu Yun operate.
Gradually...
the temperature of the sealed pod slowly rose, taking about half an hour to slowly reach around ten degrees.
Then Professor Xu Yun performed another series of complex operations.
“Squeak, squeak...”
“Squeak, squeak, squeak!!”
The mouse inside the sealed pod started to become restless, frantically rolling around in the pale blue liquid, its nails constantly scraping against the walls of the pod!
“Don’t worry, this liquid has a very high oxygen solubility. When it enters the lungs, it can carry out normal oxygen exchange, although of course...” there will be a lot of discomfort.”
Professor Xu Yun, holding his chest, looked at Lin Xian:
“It must be very uncomfortable, but it can indeed ensure breathing without the danger of suffocation. However, I haven’t tried it myself, and for now, it’s just a guess.”
Afterward,
Professor Xu Yun drained the liquid from the sealed pod, took the scrabbling mouse out, and removed all the electrode patches from its body.
“Squeak, squeak, squeak!! Squeak, squeak, squeak!! Squeak, squeak, squeak!!!”
The mouse shook violently, flinging off the liquid from its fur, and then leaped from Professor Xu Yun’s hands. It went crazy, jumping up and down in the lab.
“Such exuberance.”
Lin Xian remarked:
“It’s hard to imagine it was in suspended animation for 40 hours, especially at a temperature of minus 60 degrees...”
Technology is truly miraculous.
To put a person into a low temperature of minus 60 degrees would probably mean death in no time, frozen stiff.
Professor Xu Yun smiled slightly:
“Even though there are still many problems to be solved, this mouse’s successful hibernation and resuscitation signify that the liquid, this Hibernation Pod Filling Liquid, is perfect. The hibernation theories involved are absolutely correct.”
You could tell Xu Yun was genuinely happy; there was finally hope for his daughter, trapped in a vegetative state.
Watching the mouse bounce around, Lin Xian asked curiously:
“Teacher Xu,”
“how many years do you estimate it will take for the true Hibernation Pod to be developed?”