Jocelyne had had to go through another intense discussion with her parents, which this time was joined by her newly proclaimed godfather. From their point of view, it was foolish to risk her life again. However, from Jocelyne's point of view, she took far fewer risks in dinosaurs' territory than in humans' one. The argument went on for at least two hours, until the three adults gave in to the fact that she would do what she wanted regardless of what they were told.
She had returned to Odaria the day before in an airliner; although Hammond had offered to give her a private jet, she had preferred to travel by conventional means. The result of the fact that the richest man in the world had become her godfather was immediately evident: if this hadn't been the case, there would have been a sniper waiting for her at the airport exit, or the car on which had traveled it would have been blown up by a car bomb. Instead, as she expected, the heads of the families had lowered the crest
"What do you mean that humanity, at the current state, cannot be saved?" Jocelyne asked."Don't you understand by yourself?""No. Enlighten me"Sobek let out a sigh, as if what he was about to say was absolute obviousness, which annoyed Jocelyne who frowned a little."If humanity was different, I would agree to do what you suggest to me. But since in reality things are different, I can't. At the current state humanity cannot be saved, because you all submit yourself to the wrong people" Sobek replied. “He is intrinsic to your society. You are fickle creatures who succumb very easily to the lure of money and power. You submit to others for grains of sand, and you are so used to it that you have lost the will to fight injustice, and therefore allow a few to market your life as if it were an object"Jocelyne shook her head: “I'm afraid you are wrong. I know that some countries are like this, but there are also others that protect human lif
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