Offer blocks to the end times

After a while, Senju tested it with a spoon, felt it was about right, and then took the pot off the stove, leaving only the fire burning.

"Everyone, dinner is ready, let's eat!"

After putting the beef stew with taro into everyone's cups, the three of them sat down at a table and began to eat.

"Hot, hot, hot!" Yuri started eating eagerly, then burned herself. She blew on a small piece to cool it down before eating it. "Mmm, delicious."

"Hmm, it's really good," Qianhu also started eating, but because it was still very hot at first, everyone ate very slowly.

Senju was relieved after trying it, although she still felt that potatoes would have been good, but taro was also nice.

After the three of them happily finished their dinner, they washed the dishes and put them on a shelf to the side. Then they went about their own business, and Senju prepared to make some tea for everyone.

While Senju was boiling water, she watched Yuri begin to maintain her rifle. Perhaps because she had found some bullets, she wanted to go out and practice her marksmanship, but after lying on the bed for a while, she forgot about it.

Chito continued writing in his diary, seemingly trying to record everything he hadn't written in the past few days.

"Xiaoqian, what are you writing?" Qian Shou asked curiously as she watched her draw.

"Well, I haven't been keeping track of what's been happening these past few days because I've been quite busy. So now that I have some free time, I'm writing down things about Ishii, the airplane, and the food factory."

"Oh, Senju is so diligent. Come and try the tea I just brewed," Senju said, bringing over a steaming cup of tea, which he had just brewed.

"What is this?" Qianhu looked at the white cup containing a clump of emerald green liquid, which emitted a strange fragrance. "This strange stuff, is it really drinkable?"

"Of course," Senju said, taking a sip of her tea. A faint bitterness mingled with the aroma of tea in her mouth. "Hmm, the taste..."

"Not bad."

"Really?" Chito also tried it. "It tastes strange, but it's not bad."

"Hey, what are you all eating?" Yuri jumped off the bed, and Senju handed her a cup.

"Hmm, it tastes strange, a bit bitter, but it's very delicious. It has a peculiar flavor."

"Really? That's good. Yuri likes tea too."

"Hmm, I had a beefy taste in my mouth just now, but now it smells refreshing. This is really good stuff, much better than water."

"Yes, yes, yes," Senju slowly sipped his tea. The three of them finished the whole pot of tea before realizing it was time to rest.

So everyone lay down on the bed, with Chito and Yuri on one side and Senju on the other, but none of the three felt sleepy after lying there for a while.

"Yuri, are you asleep?" Chito asked Yuri beside him, her eyes wide open. Yuri, her eyes also open, replied, "No, I'm not asleep at all."

"Hoo hoo hoo," Senju pretended to be sleeping soundly. The two people next to him lay there for a while before they became sleepy, and then the three of them slowly fell into a deep sleep.

Chapter Seventy-Three Useless Collectibles

However, when Chito learned the truth the next day, she didn't say anything. Instead, she told Senju to brew less tea at a time so that it would last longer. It seems that she has also come to like tea.

After packing up their belongings, Senju put the hut away, and the group continued their search for supplies. As they ventured deeper into the city, the temperature gradually dropped.

A few days later, the three of them felt the weather getting colder again, as if the warm season had passed. However, because they had prepared supplies in advance, they were still quite relaxed and casually searched for supplies in the nearby buildings. They even found some food and a gas station, and Senju collected a few more barrels of fuel.

However, as they passed through the city, many iron walls appeared ahead. These walls were built separately, each more than ten meters high, thirty meters long, and more than one meter wide.

There were many small doors above, seemingly hiding something inside. These black walls, arranged in rows and columns on the open plain in front, stretched into the distance as if they were endless.

The black walls and the dark clouds in the sky created a depressing atmosphere, but it had no effect on the three people who had survived in the ruins for so long.

After the three of them had gone some distance, Yuri asked Chito to stop the car, and then she ran to the wall next to her and started feeling around.

It turned out that Yuri had discovered a box protruding from the wall and excitedly ran over to see what was inside. After rummaging around inside for a while, she took out something that looked like a radio.

“I’ve got it!” Yuri clapped the radio in her hand, looking curious. “What’s this?”

The two people next to them also curiously came over, and Qianhu was also a little curious, "Let me see."

“There’s a button here,” Yuri said, ignoring Chito and continuing to turn some buttons on the machine, but the machine didn’t respond. “It’s not working. What kind of machine is this?”

“This should be a radio,” Senju said, picking up the radio and starting to tune it. However, without a radio station, the machine was now just a buzzing device.

"A radio? What's the use of that?"

"It can receive radio waves. If someone around you is broadcasting a sound on the radio, you can receive the sound with a radio."

Then he handed the radio to Yuri, "Keep it. If you hear other sounds, it means there are other radio stations operating nearby, and there should still be humans there."

“Okay, then let’s name you ‘Human Detector’!” Yuri exclaimed excitedly, holding up the radio.

After shouting, she set her sights on the other boxes, but seeing that the boxes were tightly closed, she had no choice but to ask Senju to help with the lever. Senju was also very interested in these boxes and wanted to see what was inside, so she followed Yuri over.

Senju tried pulling on the box next to him, but there were no handles. He used the lever instead. After pulling, several boxes around him came to a stop, and some bone powder jumped out and into Senju's pack, but Senju didn't notice. Then the three of them looked inside and found nothing.

“There’s nothing here,” Yuri said, somewhat disappointed, but still hoping there might be something in the other boxes.

After driving a few more times, the two found that there was only a piece of iron inside, so they gave up. After sitting in the car, Senju didn't want to mess around with Yuri anymore and lay down in the car like a lazy bum.

However, Yuri kept an eye on the boxes around her along the way and found some small items.

After walking and stopping for a while, Qianhu asked the question that had puzzled the three of them, "What exactly is this place for?"

"Indeed, it's another mysterious building."

"Hmm, it seems like no one lives here, and there aren't any factories or anything around."

“All black walls, what’s this place for? It’s so strange,” Yuri said, lying down in the back and fiddling with the radio.

“But the strangest thing is that,” Chito’s voice came from the front.

Yuri thought she was referring to the machine in her hand, "As expected, this machine called 'radio' is the strangest."

"That's not it,"

Chito rejected Yuri's idea, "It's those drawers on one side of the wall. They're all locked tight and can't be opened. Even if you manage to open a few, they're all empty. Were there never any items in them to begin with, or were they taken away?"

"Xiaoqian, wait a minute, there's a drawer over there, let me go see what's inside."

Chito stopped as usual, and then saw Yuri climb up an iron ladder protruding from the wall.

"Be careful," Chito said, looking at Yuri's swaying movements with some concern. However, Yuri wasn't scared at all. After opening the drawer next to her, she found a button inside. "Even if there's something inside, it's nothing important."

“Yes,” Chito said, relieved to see Yuri climb down. “So, what have we found inside so far?”

“Hmm, let me see,” Yuri said, taking out her collection after getting into the car. “A radio, metal scraps, empty bullet casings, rags, and the buttons I just found. That’s about it. If Senju had helped, we could have even more.”

Senju ignored Yuri and continued to act like a lazy bum, but Chito was surprised. "Oh, you brought all of this?"

"Hmm, I think it might be useful." After Yuri put away the scraps of cloth, she fiddled with the radio. After twisting it for a while, a hissing sound came from inside.

“These things are basically useless,” Chito turned to look at Yuri, then continued driving forward.

“I think it will definitely be useful, right, Senju?” Yuri asked Senju, who was sitting next to her, as she listened to the radio.

"Hmm, I guess it'll be useful."

"What use are those scraps of cloth?" the commander in front couldn't help but complain, then sighed.

"Why would someone collect something that's useless and worthless?"

As the car moved forward, it got colder. Senju tightened the blanket around her, wrapping herself up even more tightly. However, when she breathed, she could see a wisp of white steam rising from her chest. Senju regretted not finding a scarf to tie on.

The two people next to them also felt the cold air and were shivering slightly.

Just then, Chito suddenly exclaimed in surprise, "Ah, there's something that looks very familiar ahead."

Chapter Seventy-Four: The Cemetery Where No One Will Come Again

"Oh?" Yuri turned to look, then let out a happy sigh, staring intently ahead. Senju also wanted to see what it was, but Chito had already stopped the car.

After the three got off the car, Senju realized that there was a familiar stone statue in front of him, with a cylindrical body and a slightly curved head.

“Oh, the mysterious stone statue!” Yuri cheered as she stood in front of the statue, then reached out to Chito, “Chito, camera, camera, hurry up and take a picture!”

Then Yuri took out her camera and started taking pictures of the statue, talking to it as she did so, saying, "It's been so long!"

"You really like this, huh?" Sento watched Yuri turn around and take pictures of the stone statue, feeling somewhat sympathetic to her hobby. Sento also realized that she didn't really like this pillar, but how about teaching her to draw funny portraits? Sento thought with some anticipation.

“Because the shape is so beautiful, it makes people feel calm,” Yuri took a few more pictures, and Senju and Chito sat on the platform next to her and watched her take pictures.

After a while, Yuri felt she had taken enough photos and said to the camera with great emotion, "Speaking of which, cameras are really useful. Once you take a picture, you won't forget it."

"We have to thank Senju for this."

"...Did this camera originally belong to Senju?" Yuri thought for a moment, forgetting where the camera came from, and took a picture of Senju and Chito.

"Have you forgotten? This camera was traded with Kanazawa using Senju's camera."

"Jinze, who is that?"

"Hey, you're the guy who swapped cameras with you." Chito raised her voice, while Senju took out a camera from the side and reminded her, "Oh, so this is what it looks like."

"Ah, I remember now," Yuri said after a moment's thought, "I would have forgotten about it if it weren't for this camera."

Then, looking gratefully at the camera in his hand, he said, "Thank you, camera."

"They wouldn't usually forget that easily," Senju and Chito both remarked at the same time, though one was thinking it to himself and the other was complaining about Yuri.

"I wonder if he's alright," Chito said, somewhat worried about Kanazawa's current condition. Senju also felt a little worried. "He should be fine, right? He was so energetic back then. He wouldn't give up until he finished drawing the map."

However, Yuri was quite relieved. "It's alright. As long as this camera is still here, Kanazawa will always remain in our hearts."

"Don't talk like he's already dead," Chito complained to Yuri, but Yuri understood perfectly, "But whether he's alive or dead, it seems like there probably won't be a second chance to meet him."

“Well, it is indeed difficult,” Qianhu said, then stood there lost in thought.

“I feel like I’ll forget him someday,” Yuri’s words resonated with Senju. She hadn’t thought of Kanazawa in a long time; he would probably disappear from her mind sooner or later.

"Ah, so that's how it is," the dazed Qianhu seemed to have discovered something, and ran to the wall next to him, followed by the two others.

They went along with it.

“Look here,” Qianhu pointed to a line of small print on the outside of the drawer, “It’s so small that we’ve always overlooked it, but there’s a name on every drawer. It must be the name of the owner of the things inside.”

"Are the things inside things that those people forgot?" Yuri was a little dazed, completely unable to understand, but Senju understood what Sento meant and couldn't help but feel a chill.

“It’s not so much that we forgot them, but rather that we put them here so that we wouldn’t forget them,” Qianhu hesitated for a moment, then looked seriously at the two people beside him. “This is a cemetery.”

As Qianhu spoke, snowflakes began to fall from the sky, seemingly weeping for these people. The three looked at the endless walls with a sense of sadness, "A graveyard, huh?"

"The items and names left here must be so that others will not forget these people's mark."

"I see." Yuri understood somewhat as well.

"But if even people like us who just pass by are gone, and the world becomes empty, who will remember them?"

“Look here,” Yuri patted the mysterious stone statue, “isn’t there this too?”