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A chapter of Aeon's Surreal Renaissance, SurrealDB's narrative SurrealQL course." url: https://surrealdb.com/learn/book/chapter-18/what-happens-now --- ![Course content preview](https://surrealdb.com/assets/static/part-18-goodbye.scxy9JIP.avif) [Back to Courses](https://surrealdb.com/learn) Course chapters [Aeon's Surreal Renaissance](https://surrealdb.com/learn/book) [Prologue - your story](https://surrealdb.com/learn/book/welcome/prologue) [Chapter 1: One year later](https://surrealdb.com/learn/book/chapter-01) [Chapter 2: The grey book](https://surrealdb.com/learn/book/chapter-02) [Chapter 3: Gone in an instant](https://surrealdb.com/learn/book/chapter-03) [Chapter 4: The security door](https://surrealdb.com/learn/book/chapter-04) [Chapter 5: A long road to travel](https://surrealdb.com/learn/book/chapter-05) [Chapter 6: Inspiration from the past](https://surrealdb.com/learn/book/chapter-06) [Chapter 7: A rude surprise](https://surrealdb.com/learn/book/chapter-07) [Chapter 8: A nice surprise](https://surrealdb.com/learn/book/chapter-08) [Chapter 9: A peaceful interlude](https://surrealdb.com/learn/book/chapter-09) [Chapter 10: The ancient world reappears](https://surrealdb.com/learn/book/chapter-10) [Chapter 11: A growing map](https://surrealdb.com/learn/book/chapter-11) [Chapter 12: The wires return](https://surrealdb.com/learn/book/chapter-12) [Chapter 13: The outsiders](https://surrealdb.com/learn/book/chapter-13) [Chapter 14: Learning from each other](https://surrealdb.com/learn/book/chapter-14) [Chapter 15: France saves the day again](https://surrealdb.com/learn/book/chapter-15) [Chapter 16: Keeping knowledge free](https://surrealdb.com/learn/book/chapter-16) [Chapter 17: Landevin's journey](https://surrealdb.com/learn/book/chapter-17) [Chapter 18: Restoring civilisation](https://surrealdb.com/learn/book/chapter-18) [What now?](https://surrealdb.com/learn/book/chapter-18/what-happens-now) [Chapter 19: Aeons later](https://surrealdb.com/learn/book/chapter-19) [Chapter 20: Take three](https://surrealdb.com/learn/book/chapter-20) [Chapter 21: Breaking out](https://surrealdb.com/learn/book/chapter-21) [Congratulations](https://surrealdb.com/learn/book/the-end) [FAQ (no spoilers)](https://surrealdb.com/learn/book/faq-no-spoilers) [FAQ (contains spoilers)](https://surrealdb.com/learn/book/faq-with-spoilers) # What now? You're still here? Aeon and Landevin are long gone. ... In fact, it's already been 100 years since they left. The world has lost most of its technology again. SurrealDB is forgotten. Computers are forgotten. Trees cover the entrance to the tunnel. Nobody visits there anymore. Some people remember stories about Aeon the Great, but life is too hard for it to matter. Living day in and day out is what matters now. ... How can we continue our movie database project without Aeon and Landevin? This book needs a story to follow, and we can't have another chapter without one. ... Well... Maybe if we wait, something will happen. ... Sometimes when you wait, and wait, and wait, something will finally happen. ... We just have to be patient. ... Very patient. ... ... Very, very patient. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... A hundred more years have passed. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... And a few hundred more. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... Yes, there it is! The sound of a door opening. ... Someone is trying again. ... Let's see how it worked out! Previous Chapter 18: Restoring civilisation [Previous](https://surrealdb.com/learn/book/chapter-18) Next lesson Chapter 19: Aeons later [Next lesson](https://surrealdb.com/learn/book/chapter-19) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Course","name":"Aeon's Surreal Renaissance","description":"Welcome to Aeon's Surreal Renaissance! 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