The return journey was a lot slower than the outward journey. This is because the car they had left in had been replaced with a truck and the load being transported was not exactly light.
Jocelyne seemed to have taken a vow of silence. The same was true of Jackson. Neither of them really wanted to talk.
In the end it was Jackson who broke the ice: "I hope you know what you are doing"
"I know" Jocelyne replied simply. Though she had gone mute as her cloistered nun, her eyes still burned with determination, which was enough for Jackson to believe she wasn't lying. "Do I have your word that you won't speak?"
"I trust you and I know you have your reasons" Jackson replied. "As long as you promise me you won't make me wrestle with a carnotaur again, my lips are sewn up"
Jocelyne barely laughed at that joke. “I won't let you fight a dinosaur anymore, I guarantee it” she said. "How did you go with Abe?"
Jackson's face went dark, but not
It had been about five days since Malcolm, Ellie and Alexander had been released. Since they were a family too, they had 'priority' over others. Therefore, after two months of waiting, they had finally been released following the last exchange with the dinosaurs.Initially he was not at all sorry; they were finally free and could go home. Unfortunately, they soon realized that the world had changed a lot in their absence.The entire global economic system had been disrupted, with a consequent increase in many prices in the energy and food fields. Even though Jocelyne had found the solution to these problems and Hammond was working to solve them, the rest of the world was slower on the uptake and consequently a small economic crisis was inevitable. The prices of fuel, food (especially meat) and utility bills had all gone up. And to make matters worse, they now no longer had a place to live or a job.Both Malcolm and Ellie worked exclusively in the colony. Now tha
“Jocelyne, my dear! It makes me strange to be called that way. Godfather…""I can go back and call you 'Mr. Hammond' if you wish"“No, no, godfather is fine! I could get used to it..."Jocelyne gave a chuckle. It was clear that Hammond genuinely enjoyed his new role. As she chuckled, however, the old man's tone became more serious. “So… how did it go? If you called me you must be back in one piece""I'm alive, as you can see""What happened with the dinosaurs?"Jocelyne considered, not knowing how to describe it. "It was an experience... very enlightening. Lord Sobek is an excellent speaker. He made me see a lot of things that were confusing before” she replied. “However, I couldn't get him to open up to us. He intends to keep his boundaries closed... for now""For now?""Yes. Lord Sobek is right, opening the borders would be too dangerous at the moment. So I intend to eliminate that
One year. A whole year had passed.During that time many things had changed, but Sobek had mostly focused on one thing: eating. And finally, that day the System notification confirmed that he had reached enough skill points to maximize all of his abilities."At long last!" Sobek exclaimed as he spent his skill points to max out [Linguistics (3)], the latest skill not yet fully updated. "It took me a whole year... but I can finally stop"He had taken every free moment to eat. Every second he wasn't asleep or didn't have to worry about herd management had spent attached to his Personal Manger. He just couldn't take it anymore. "System, open the interface. Who knows what level I've reached..."[Spinosaurus perfectus]Level: 43Length: 43 mHeight: 13.5 mWeight: 21.5 tonDiet: carnivore, piscivoreStrength: 369.123Agility: 320,150Defense: 298.311Top speed: 44 km/hExperience points: 820,0
In the city of the Neanderthals, life had changed a lot in the last year.Thanks to Sobek's gifts, Neanderthals no longer had to worry about getting food. It was now a guarantee. They still needed water, and in fact they periodically went to the river to fetch it, but with the dinosaurs that no longer attacked them everything had become easier. There were still prehistoric mammals and reptile-mammals, of course, but they were much smaller and less dangerous than the ferocious giants that reigned over the forest.Thanks to this, working in the fields and farming had become largely obsolete. Food was no longer a problem, so there was no longer a need to produce it. This clearly left many people out of work, as 90% of the city's inhabitants were focused on the primary sector. They hadn't initially noticed the problem as they had to focus on building the armor, but now, after more than a year, the effects of this change were starting to be felt.Within a year, the N
"Great job," Sobek confirmed satisfied when Mazu brought him the good news. "Another piece went in his place" He now had a lot of bonus money, which meant he could afford a lot of weapons and armor. Also, at the next battle, Sobek planned to take over the whole continent, which would earn him a huge number of bonus money. Which meant he could afford to equip his army with better means than mere individual strength. Sure, he couldn't spend it lightly anyway. Thanks to Rambo and his intelligence, he knew that humans were setting up surface-to-air missiles. When the time came he would need an effective counter. With marine reptiles he could have created a blockade to prevent ships from passing by and with pterosaurs he could stop planes, but to block the missiles the only solution was another missile. There were no third possibilities. However, he would think about the war when the time came. For now, the truce still held. He could afford to focus on something else. For example, he no
Sobek took Buck to guide him to visit all their camps around Latissa. Thanks to the power of [Teleportation], traveling several tens of kilometers in a few moments was absolutely simple. Sobek gave many speeches, one for each camp, to inspire his troops to work even harder.Sobek had found that most of Latissa's recruits weren't ready to go to war yet. Even with [Regeneration] and the food provided by the feeders, their bodies had taken months to recover, reducing the time for actual training.Unfortunately the environment, or rather the pollution, worked against Sobek's designs. The spinosaurus could see that the situation was much worse than he had initially imagined. Human-controlled continents were reduced to deserts, but even where humans had not yet reached the sea level was rising, the oceans were full of garbage, the climate was changing, and life had to struggle hard to survive.Sobek knew that there was a 'no-return limit', that is a maximum time withi
After completing his inspection of the other continents, Sobek returned to Maakanar. He didn't like what he saw very much, but on the other hand he already knew it would be like this: he remembered the effects that climate change had had on Earth, so it was not surprising that the same would happen. on Eden.With his actions, Sobek had helped slow the catastrophe. He was pretty sure he had gained a few years, maybe even a decade or more. That time was more than enough to 'fix the world'. Very soon, in fact, the second phase of his plan would begin.He knew that it was now only a matter of time before humanity attacked... exactly as he hoped.He had been certain that humanity would not keep the peace when Rambo confirmed to him that humans were starting to build armaments again. His intelligence network had infiltrated all overseas nations, and thanks to it Sobek had constantly under control all movements of humanity.As he had feared, the humans had resum
It wasn't just the dinosaur world that was changing. Human world was also undergoing constant change.For a few months after the discovery of the existence of intelligent dinosaurs, fear had continued to spread through the streets. However, people adapted quickly. After nearly a year of peace, people got used to dinosaurs.By now people talked about dinosaurs as they talked about ethnic minorities or a country they were at odds with. The population of all nations was divided between those who aimed at coexistence and those who hoped for their total extermination.Humans were malleable and hypocritical creatures. The same people who in fear had asked governments to negotiate for peace a year earlier, now that the fear was gone wanted nothing more than to see the dinosaurs disappear from the world.John Hammond was at the head of those seeking a coexistence relationship with dinosaurs. For a whole year he had been promoting campaigns that favored lifestyles