After the petrification Senku woke up from his thousand years of being wrapped in stone and started rebuilding civilization.

While walking around to gather materials with Chrome he stumbled upon your statue and he recognized you immediately.

You were a part of the science club at his school. though you wouldn't call yourself a scientist but rather an assistant. Senku realized that you could be a great help for his experiments and poured the revival fluid over your statue without hesitation.