Chapter 375: 600 Years Old (2/2)

'What significance would a rusting car have?' Alex wondered.

The lady looked to the group and said, ”As everyone can see, this is a car. However, the reason this is being kept in a museum is that…this car is over 600 years old.”

”What?” everyone was shocked at the revelation.

”No way, miss. Didn't cars only come to existence a little over a hundred years ago?” a student asked.

”Yes. The first car was indeed made 112 years ago, and it was also inspired by this car too. However, the car we currently have and this car is completely different, ” the lady said.

”We aren't sure how this car works or where the electricity is stored. We don't even think it uses electricity. According to the records we have, it used something called 'Petrol' and 'Diesel', but there is no proof that such a thing even exists.”

”Even if they did, they aren't here anymore,” the lady said.

The lady let them look at the car for a little longer and took them to another exhibition, A smartphone.

”Once again, the current smartphones were copied from these phones as well. They couldn't immediately make these, so they had to go through other creations first, but in the end, they managed to reach and surpass what existed 600 years ago.”

”These clothes used to be worn by people over 600 years ago.”

”These are metal utensils made over 600 years ago.”

”They used to have plastics over 600 years ago when plastic was only able to mass manufacture some 50 years after the war ended.”

The lady kept on walking and showing one exhibition after another.

”Look at this, do you know what these are?” she asked the crowd who turned to look at the next items. Alex looked at the items and frowned.

They were circular plates made up of something that looked like glass and had a hole punched through the middle. 'I know these things. What were they called again?' he tried to remember what he was taught in the computer science class.

”That's a CD, right? They are supposed to store data,” somebody said. ”They lasted for maybe 4 months after they were made.”

The lady smiled and said, ”Yes, that's true. However, they didn't make CDs for it to last long. They made it so that they could see what was inside these things.”

”Don't tell me… ” one of the teachers said.

”Yes. These CDs were made 600 years ago as well,” the lady said. ”Most of these had lost all of its information. However, we managed to salvage a few.”

”These CDs ended up containing movies made 600 years ago. Here is a clip from a movie,” the lady said and pointed to the screen.

The movie scene played was a normal one about a man walking in the city. However, the thing that surprised everyone was the world around the man.

It looked just like the current world. They watched the scene until it ended and the lady spoke.

”That was from 600 years ago. Either, the people from 600 years ago were good at guessing what the future looked like, or… the more possible reason, the world 600 years ago was very advanced.”