Technology Laboratory

Marketplaces

Both of Dimas' parents stared at Dimas closely from head to toe. Dimas' father stopped the game first and waved to Dimas to get closer to him. Dimas unhesitatingly approached his father and sat down in an empty place.

"If you want to go out looking for some secondhand stuff then you better come with me in 3 days, I'll go to the official shelter to exchange our supplies" Dimas' father suggested.

After Dimas made a portable nuclear fusion reactor that could produce electricity better than a generator made oil that had previously been a generator fuel reserve for several years to be in vain, dimas' father therefore wanted to exchange some of this oil for other supplies.

Hearing her father's suggestion Dimas did not immediately reject her, she recalled the position of the meteor fragments and also the official shelter quite close together. That way Dimas can certainly succeed to get permission from his parents, but even so Dimas did not immediately agree. The meteor flakes that were previously taken were only the size of marbles and it had already turned into atoms after the laboratory that was inside it was installed into Dimas, it is thought that only a small part of the meteorite debris was left when Dimas picked up the meteor fragment that developed into a small tree after absorbing global heat. It is conceivable if it is a larger meteor flake and absorbs a lot of heat energy, it is likely that the zerg nest seeds developed more quickly and may have produced zerg eggs or even hatched at this time. If Dimas leaves with his father, it will harm his father, while for himself Dimas can make sure he can survive with the help of the laboratory.

Dimas could put his body into the laboratory like putting other items into the laboratory, he could have entered his father into the laboratory if in danger but Dimas did not want to expose the existence of the laboratory. Dimas kept thinking of finding the right way out and after a few minutes later Dimas nodded in agreement to his father.

"Okay, I'll wait another 3 days to go with you dad" Dimas replied.

"Yes, be patient in a moment" Dimas' father nodded and then continued playing PS.

Dimas' mother didn't say anything. If Dimas went alone maybe he would refuse firmly but, this time there was his father who would accompany Dimas later so he didn't have to worry too much about any problems. Dimas though always forward-thinking but he is too careless and often involved with problems, with the presence of his father is expected to make Dimas will not act carelessly and avoid problems.

Dimas returned to his room after agreeing to his father's advice for his father to go with him within 3 days.

In the next 3 days Dimas decided to prepare in advance. Dimas put some of his consciousness into the lab and started looking for some technology in the lab and then studied all that technology. Dimas chose many technologies to study, most of these technologies were not even high-level technologies on Earth so Dimas could understand them very easily when that knowledge was in his brain.

Dimas replaced the equipment in the laboratory with the appropriate one then started the research activities. Starting from drawing the design, adjusting the parameters, determining the raw materials of manufacture until finally what was researched by Dimas was completed exactly on the day that Dimas and his father would leave for the official shelter to exchange supplies.

Dimas and his father currently wear thick clothing, jackets, and other winter clothes to reduce the cold. This time they will bring 2 barrels of oil to exchange for other supplies. The environment outside was a world filled with snow, even in the equatorial area snow filled the entire place.

Most rv cars that have been modified walk out of underground parking lots, leaving their residential areas and leaving only traces of long lines made by crawler wheels. From the house opposite the former Dimas family home someone was seen watching their departure and then left the place, that person was the same person who had previously noticed Dimas when he checked the rv a few weeks ago but again he did nothing and left that place.

Inside the rv, although Dimas had seen the surroundings after the meteor collision but this time the environment he had seen a few weeks ago had changed again into a new environment. The sky was dark with no light due to the volcanic ash and smoke of the burning accumulated in the atmosphere, the road was deserted, some street lights were seen to break apart, the houses and shops on the street were all empty. 

The whole city that used to look crowded now looks like a dead city, a clean road from a car or motorcycle unlike in the film with the theme of natural disasters where many vehicles block the road. The government had announced the fall of the meteor a few months earlier so people wouldn't be too stupid to walk down the street when the meteor hit Earth. 

Dimas and his father talked lightly while spending time so as not to get bored on the trip, they talked about many things until finally after 40 minutes driving them to the official shelter area. A special guardrail was made around the official sanctuary, the, rv Dimas and his father were now right in front of the entrance to the guardrail and after some soldiers had made sure that their luggage was safe they were allowed to enter the area of the refuge.

Entering the territory of an official refuge does not mean entering an official refuge, the official shelter is underground while the destination of Dimas and his father is the part of the place at the top of the shelter where people can exchange supplies as needed.

"It's the same as the market" Dimas saw several booths with some paper written with the inventory they had and which he wanted to exchange in the paste on the front of his stand.

"This is indeed a market, because of the large demand to exchange supplies the government decided to create a market where everyone could trade" Dimas' father told Dimas.

They parked the rv in an empty place, then approached one by one the stand that sold the necessary supplies.Dimas did not follow his father to exchange supplies because he wanted to do something more important at this time, he said, Dimas moved away from the crowd and opened a realisation queue containing three completed items realized and only needed to be confirmed.

"Dimas?" A voice arrived coming from behind him.

A hand then landed on Dimas' shoulder leaving Dimas shocked and reflexively turned to look towards the person holding his shoulder. Dimas was surprised to see the person who patted his shoulder and remained silent for a while before finally regaining consciousness.

"Dea?"