Title: Imperial Dictionary Compilation Library
Foundation Dreams
Part Four: Storm is Brewing
Section 2: Imperial Dictionary Compilation Library
Prehistory
Galactic Era 12028
Daneel Olivaw resigns as Prime Minister. Hari Seldon becomes Prime Minister.
Galactic Era 12038
Hari Seldon resigns as Prime Minister.
Galactic Era 12040
Wanda Seldon is born.
Galactic Era 12048
Dors Venabili passes away. Bellis Seldon is born. Hari Seldon’s close friend, Yugo Amaryl, passes away.
Galactic Era 12067
As a result of the trial against Hari Seldon, the Public Safety Committee exiles the Encyclopedia Foundation to Terminus.
Overview of the Story
Part One: Daneel’s Exploration of Earth
Part Two: Gaia
Part Three: Wanda and Gaal’s Exploration of Earth
Part Four: Storm is Brewing
Part Five: Tee Tree
Part Six: Bayta Darell
Part Seven: Arcadia Darell
Part Eight: Arcadia’s Legacy
Summary
Gaal, overjoyed at reuniting with Hummin, suddenly feels drowsy and falls asleep. When he wakes up, he finds himself on an unfamiliar spacecraft with a beautiful woman standing before him. Wanda engages him in conversation, mentioning the completion of their mission. Protected by a radiation defense shield, they explore the desolate Earth. Gaal is captivated by Wanda’s joy in collecting water from a spring, surrounded by clover. The water is divided into three cylinders: transparent, purple, and yellow. Wanda asks Gaal to deliver the purple cylinder to her sister, Bellis, who has evacuated to Terminus. Gaal loses sight of Wanda at Parkside on Terminus, reflecting on the edge of the galaxy.
Meanwhile, Bellis visits the location and writes a letter to her mother, Manella, about the experience. In a strange turn of events, Bellis is instructed in a dream by her grandmother, Dors, to visit a newly established park using peculiar rituals.
Several decades pass, and as predicted by Hari Seldon, the Galactic Empire begins to show signs of decline. Terminus, symbolizing the Foundation’s role as a library for the Galactic Empire, quietly fulfills its duty. When the independence movement in the Anacreon sector erupts, Terminus=Foundation swiftly subdues Anacreon under its control, led by Salvor Hardin.
The Dornick family, now in Dors’ era, includes Bellis, a woman admired by Gaal and entrusted with a mysterious task involving the two-colored cylinder. Meanwhile, Bor Alurin, Gaal’s ally, prepares for the next phase of Terminus=Foundation’s development.
Readers are encouraged to refer to Yi Yin’s “Meeter’s Adventure” and the first part for further details. This marks the beginning of the next generation’s story.
Chapter 22
(From “Dors Dornick’s Diary”)
“My mother, Bellis, lived a beautiful life loved by my father, Gaal. She harbored a mysterious power but never revealed it. She believed that kindness alone gives meaning to life and that everything else is insignificant. Bor Alurin, a psychohistorian and Wanda’s acquaintance, visited me on Trantor, mentioning the unveiling of Hari Seldon’s first ‘Time Vault’ hologram at the Imperial Dictionary Compilation Library after eight years. He said Gaal had arranged it in his final year on Trantor. Bellis, who loved me dearly, also adored Salvor Hardin, the child next door, who has become a councilman. Perhaps he will play a crucial role in the fate of Terminus!”
To be continued…
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