Chapter 3.4 (1/2)

Chapter 3 Part 4

The land rover approached the next stop, the city of Grabika. In the pa.s.senger’s seat, next to Dingo, a completely recovered Angela was seated.

“Sleep. There are six more hours until Grabika.”

While adjusting her blonde hair, Angela said, “I’m already fine. And if I continue to lie in bed, I will just go crazy.”

“Is the bed so uncomfortable?”

“It’s rather the fact that in Deva, I do not take rest often.”

“Then how do you relax? Or do you not sleep at all?”

“No, we rest, of course, just the resting process in Deva is optimized. But for this, you just need a click on the corresponding icon in the system’s capabilities, and then all the resources are unloaded. Like this, I can sleep for five minutes.”

“A dream in five minutes? Yep, sounds terrifying.”

“And you sleep too much.”

There was still only sand and rocks around the land rover. From time to time, a few vestiges of the departed were seen. But these cities were completely absorbed in sand. These ghost towns were like islands in the burning sea of sand. It looked like the end of the human race on Earth. Angela looked at Dingo. Despite the landscapes that surrounded him, he was humming something happy and fun to himself. This was just impossible to understand.

They saw a large truck for long-distance transportations parked at the side of the road. The hooded man was waving his hand. It seemed as though he wanted them to stop. Dingo pressed on the brakes and slowed down. He stopped behind the parked car.

Surprised, Angela asked, “Why did you stop? This is just a waste of time. Let’s keep driving.”

“No. Maybe he stopped because something broke. Anyone rarely pa.s.ses here. Staying here is just life-threatening. We can’t leave him here.”

Angela pouted.

“Nothing will happen to our work. Wait a bit.” having said that, Dingo got out of the car.

He approached the man and spoke to him. Angela opened the window and listened in. She heard a tired voice of a man.

“Please excuse me. I just thought that the engine was jarring, but then it stopped working. I don’t understand what’s the matter.”

“Maybe the battery.”

“No, that’s not it. Something else broke, but it’s not clear as to what broke. I will not be able to move until I find the reason.”

“Hm… And where were you going?”

“To Jed. Listen, can you tow me?”

Dingo folded his arms on his chest.

“Well, I don’t know. We will need to go back. Maybe it would be better to go to Grabika?”

“There’s no one who can repair my truck there. Please. This is a matter of life and death. If I don’t get there…

They heard a voice.

“Show me the drive unit computer control.”

Turning around, Dingo saw Angela, getting out of the land rover.

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p;  “What are you going to do?”

“I want to look inside. Maybe the programs are faulty.”

“Is this possible?” Dingo asked the man.

He nodded and let Angela into the driver’s seat. Angela looked at the dashboard connection terminals and asked Dingo standing behind her.

“Is there a cable that could be used to connect to my terminal?”

“I think so. I’ll bring it now.”

Dingo brought out a connecting cable from his car. Angela connected her wrist terminal to the control computer. The display on her palm showed the language of the program code. With just a glance, she was outraged.

“What’s with this code? Did a child write this? There are only system errors here. It is amazing that this even worked.”

With fast movements of her hands, she began to fix the program code.

“I think this is good. I rewrote the algorithm. Try to start the engine.”

She let the man into the driver’s seat and he carefully started the engine. The engine growled and the console indicators lit up. Everything worked normally.