Offer blocks to the end times

“Really,” Chito took a diary out of his bag. “Even if the book is gone, at least we have this diary. As long as we keep writing, the diary will eventually become like a book.”

As she spoke, she slowly flipped through her diary and then noticed some strange drawings at the end. "Hmm, what is this? You, Yu, you've doodled here again, haven't you?"

"Hey," Yuri said, sounding a little embarrassed as if her actions had been discovered.

"Don't just scribble on things! What is this supposed to be?"

"Chihiro's face."

“My face doesn’t look like that.”

"Because Chihiro is asleep."

Qian Shou also looked at it from behind and found that there was a portrait drawn on it, and several symbols below it, which were probably characters.

"Hmm," Qianhu closed his eyes, and after a while said, "You, there are still some words written wrong."

"Sigh!" Yuri was also a little surprised, but the atmosphere between the two returned to normal.

Seeing that the two had returned to normal, Senju breathed a sigh of relief. He had been feeling very depressed since morning.

"You two have finally made up."

"Hehe, that's the power of a gift."

"No way, I didn't see any gifts, Yu."

"Huh? Doesn't the drawing from earlier count?"

"No, that doesn't count. We need to use better things, like food."

"Oh, really? Chihiro, please forgive me."

"Really, Yu's food is mine now, haha."

"What should we do, Senju? Senju is acting strangely."

"Wow, our relationship has become really good."

After the car had been driving for a while, Yuri asked, puzzled, "Why are we coming out now?"

"Because we have to go find food."

"But don't we still have plenty of food?"

"Huh!" The two people next to them suddenly realized that there was no need to go out in this snowy weather. They were actually smarter than a mere Yuri.

"Ahem, what You said makes sense. What do you think, Senju?"

"Ah, really? Yuri is absolutely right. Let's go back."

After a brief, lackluster performance, Qianhu reversed the car.

Back in the warehouse, Senju was glad he hadn't dismantled the heated kang he'd made the night before. Now that there was a place to sit, he added some scrap materials and then the group lay down on the blankets that had just been laid out on top.

After lying down for a while, Senju felt that the surroundings were a bit empty, so he built a small hut around the heated kang (a traditional heated platform bed), and the two people next to him lay there watching.

"Yu, even though I've seen it many times, I still think it's amazing."

"That's true, Senju. Let Senju build us a big house so the three of us can live happily together."

"Oh, that's true, Yu. Do you feel your body getting hotter?"

"Ah, that's true, it's getting a bit hot down there, it feels so good."

Looking at the two people lying there lazily, Senju asked with some confusion, "What are you talking about?"

"Senju, this stone slab is getting warm. It feels so comfortable to lie on it." The two lay there, feeling the warmth coming from below.

"Huh, will this work?" Qian Shou, who had finished building more than half of the house, temporarily stopped and walked to the side of the heated kang. He touched it and found that it was no longer as cold as it had been the night before, but instead radiated warmth.

"Could it be that this will take some time?" Senju wondered for a moment before realizing that she had been too hasty last night and hadn't noticed that heating takes time.

After throwing some scraps into the fire pit, Senju continued to finish building the house, which then became dark inside.

"Ah, Chihiro, it's night now." Yuri opened her eyes slightly, and the surroundings were dim.

"Oh, it's really night now, let's go to sleep."

The two, who were lying there half asleep, were about to fall asleep again when the temperature below them suddenly became hot, and they woke up in confusion.

"Yuri, is it very hot down there?" Qianhu touched the stone slab, somewhat puzzled. Yuri did the same, "It's very hot."

She was closer to the fire pit than Qianhu was, and the temperature was higher there.

"What on earth happened?" the two wondered. They went out through the side door and saw Senju constantly adding fuel to the fire pit.

"Senju, what are you doing?"

"Oh, you guys are awake? I want to let this place burn for a while before I go in and lie down for a bit. You guys go in and play first, I'll be done in a bit."

"No, no, no, it's already very hot inside, there's no need to burn it anymore, and it's very dark inside, you can't see anything."

"Really?" Senju walked inside with some doubt, only to find that he had only left one door open in the room. It was dark inside. After thinking for a moment, he stuck a torch in the wall and knocked a hole in the wall on one side, then put an iron bar on it.

Chapter Thirty-Seven: Speculations on the Destruction of Humanity

"Hmm, that's good," he said, then walked over to the heated kang (a traditional Chinese bed-stove) and touched it. "It's so hot!"

However, after trying other places, he found that the temperature gradually decreased in the areas far from the fire pit, while the middle area was the most comfortable. At this moment, Senju was glad that he had built a large enough place.

After telling the two people what they had discovered, everyone pulled the blanket that had been laid out over there and tried it out. It felt really good.

“Ah, the blanket got really warm in that spot too, but the room is quite warm now,” Chito said, taking off her coat and pulling the blanket over herself.

"Ah, Chiyo is so cunning, that's my blanket!" Yuri went up to crawl inside as well.

"No, this is my bed, You, you can just go get some more."

Rejected without a second thought, Yuri could only stare at Senju, "Senju—"

"Yes, yes, I understand," then Senju threw out a bunch of blankets and covered the stone slabs, and Yuri rolled around on them, "Oh, oh, oh."

"Ah!" A scream rang out. It was Chihiro, who had been run over by Yuri. She hadn't gone back to sleep; she'd just sat up when Yuri, who had rolled back, bumped into her. She immediately grabbed Yuri, crying, "Yuri—!"

"Ah, Chihiro, have mercy on me, ahahaha," Chihiro said, tickling Yuri incessantly.

Senju watched the two playing around and was also very happy. He sat down on one side of the heated kang and took out a book he had found to read. Although he couldn't read the words, these were for future enchanting purposes, and the pictures inside were not bad.

After a while, he felt a weight on him, and two heads appeared behind him. "Senju, what are you looking at? This is nuclear...power...steam...what is it talking about?"

Senju turned around and saw that the two people behind him were both wearing short robes, with their coats tossed aside. "Aren't you two cold?"

"Sigh, but it's so warm inside. It would be a waste for you to wear armor like Senju. Why don't you sit up there too? It's very warm."

"Oh," Senju put away his armor and took off his coat, though he was wearing much thicker clothes underneath than the two people next to him.

Then he noticed that Chito was looking at the books placed beside him. "Chito, are you interested in books?"

"Yes, the book is very interesting. It should be about electricity."

"Really? Then I'll give you this book."

"Really? There aren't many books left in the world these days."

"It's okay, it's okay, I just remembered there's something even more fun."

As he spoke, Senju placed an anvil on the ground to the side, put the electronic products he had found on it, and spent three experience points to repair three things that looked like cell phones.

"Here, one for each person."

"What is this? It doesn't look like food."

After fiddling with it for a while, Qian Shou turned it on. Seeing the screen glowing, two other people squeezed over to look at it. There were many patterns on it. Qian Shou knew it was software, but he didn't recognize the words on it.

“This is a camera,” Qianhu tapped on an icon, and then three people’s portraits appeared on the screen. “Huh, is this also a camera? That’s strange.”

"No, no, no, this should be a mobile phone, with various functions," Qian Shou tried it a few times, took a few pictures, and then adjusted it back. "Qian, do you recognize the words under these pictures?"

"Hmm, let me see. Phone, photo album, books, maps, documents, videos, what are all these?" Qianhu touched the items and a new page of images appeared.

"Ah, I think I know how to use it," Qian Shou swiped the screen and clicked on the video, which showed a series of patterns.

Qianshou clicked on one, and then singing and shouts from many people came through, as if a concert was being held.

"Wow, there are so many people! What is this place?" Chito and Yuri were quite surprised. They had never seen so many people gathered together before, and the singing inside was really beautiful.

"This must be a tool that people used in the past. There are similar ones in my hometown, called mobile phones, which are handheld devices."

"Oh, that's amazing. Can this even be used?" Yuri fiddled with the machine in her hands, but couldn't turn it on. "Senju, can you teach me how to use it?"

“Me too,” Qianhu squeezed in as well.

Then Qian Shou taught the two how to use the phone, and the group started playing on it. Luckily, Qian Shou had a stronger immune system and remembered to add fuel, otherwise the kang (heated brick bed) would have gotten cold.

After an unknown amount of time, the two, engrossed in their phones, suddenly felt a strong hunger and woke up. Chito quickly threw the phone aside, saying, "So this is how humans used to perish? How terrifying."

"Hehehe, with this I don't even need to eat," Yuri said, still clutching her phone. Chito quickly slapped her a few times. "Wake up! If this keeps up, Yuri will starve to death too!"

"Ah, Qian, what are you doing? I was enjoying watching it."

"Phew, Yu, are you awake? Are you hungry?"

"Ugh, I'm so hungry. I just ate something, Chihiro gave me some."

"Yu, are you confused? We haven't eaten in a long time. This is confiscated." Qianhu grabbed the phone and put it in the bag next to him. Yuri hugged Qianhu with pleading eyes, "No! Let me play a little longer. It'll be over soon."

"No, we have to finish eating first." Chito firmly stated her decision, and Yuri had no choice but to agree. "Oh, why is it like this?"

"You guys are finally done playing? I thought you weren't going to eat until tomorrow," Senju put down her phone, but Chito looked terrified. "What is this? Why is it so..."

"This is what people used to use for entertainment in the past, which is why it's so addictive. You can see it too, there are many books on it."

"That's true, but it's still too dangerous. You should keep pretending. If this continues, I won't be able to hold back anymore."

"Don't worry, these are just ordinary tools; this is the first time you've seen them."

"No, you can keep these, Senju. Yu and I still can't resist the temptation." Senju made up his mind and handed the two phones to Senju.

"Sigh, it was so much fun," Yuri said with some regret, but she still went back to what she had done before.

"Alright, you can use these things once we get to a stable place. Let's eat now." Senju put all the phones into the package, intending to save them for later.

"Oh, it's time to eat. I'm so hungry," Yuri's attention returned to the food.

After finishing their meal, everyone lay down on the heated kang bed. Yuli felt a little sad. "People in the past created such amazing things, so why did they have to fight? In the end, only we are left."

"Well, who knows? Maybe they got addicted to these machines, and then most of humanity went extinct," Chito could only guess.