Chapter 17 Gemma's cryo - casket had been placed in the deep sea . Andre explained to Murphy that their cryogenic research group had only built cryo- casket storage facilities in the deep sea , not a fully operational research base . The storage rooms were only for housing cryo - caskets ; they were not designed for human access . " Mr. Townsend , as you may know , the seabed environment is vastly different from the surface . The low temperatures and high pressure make building a full research base under the sea incredibly expensive . To be honest , our research group has always struggled with funding , so we could only afford to construct cryo - casket storage rooms - not full experimental facilities . " Additionally , to protect the cryo - caskets from seawater corrosion , the storage rooms are sealed , and even the air inside has been removed . Air contains oxygen , and oxygen can cause the materials of the cryo - caskets to oxidize . As a result , the storage rooms are completely inaccessible to people . " If you insist on seeing Ms. Gemma , we can use machinery to transport her cryo- casket back to the surface . All that's required is a transportation fee . " For Murphy , anything that could be solved with money was not a problem at all . He immediately paid triple the transportation fee and demanded the research group retrieve Gemma's cryo - casket as quickly as possible . Even so , the process would take two days . Two days was 48 hours . It did not sound like much . Yet for Murphy , every minute and every second felt like an eternity of torment now that he had lost Gemma . He left the cryogenic research facility in a daze , driving aimlessly through the vast city . He was like a restless ghost , wandering with no destination in sight . He did not want to return home . There was no one waiting for him there anymore . 1/3 Chapter 17 +25 Bonus He eventually parked his car by the side of the road and stepped out , finding himself at a busy intersection . Standing at the center of the crossroads , he watched the endless flow of people . For the first time , he truly understood what Gemma had written in her letter . [ I once stood at a crossroads , watching the crowds rush by . This city was filled with people , yet to me , they were all strangers . Only you were different , Uncle Murphy . You were my only connection to this world . ] Yet when she needed him most - when she was battling cancer and desperately needed someone to stand by her side - he had severed that connection with his own hands . Gemma had written in her letter that none of this was his fault . However , how could it not be his fault ? E He was the one who had cut off her last thread to the world . He was the one who had pushed her into that cold , despairing abyss . He was supposed to protect her !