Offer blocks to the end times

"Hmm?" Qianhu, who was washing his face nearby, looked up. "As for water, there's plenty here."

"Oh," Yuri ran over, scooped up some water and started rinsing her mouth, gurgling and splashing, "Ah, that feels so good! What was that? It definitely wasn't sugar!"

"Yuri, what are you doing?" Chito looked on, puzzled. She glanced at Yuri rinsing her mouth and then at Senju smiling beside her. She was also confused. After drying her face and hands, Chito tasted the white crystals in the plate. "This is salt. Senju, you must have made a mistake."

“That’s right,” Senju took another bite of taro, “I just wanted to try the taro with salt.”

How did it taste? Looks like it was a failure.

“Hmm,” Qianhu also picked up a taro and dipped it in salt, “It does taste strange. The original taro tastes better.”

"Mmm," Yuri nodded repeatedly, biting into the taro as if trying to wash away the taste. Senju noticed that no one was interested in the taro with salt, so she added a little salt from the small plate to the boiling water. "Let's drink lightly salted water today."

After finishing the taro in her hand, Yuri finally breathed a sigh of relief. "Delicious! Have another one!"

“One for each person is enough,” Qianhu tapped Yuri on the head, but Yuri looked aggrieved. “But there are still many left in the pot.”

"This is everyone's lunch," Senju explained before continuing to eat.

Yuri was still a little tempted, "But it'll get cold by noon, so let's eat it now."

“That’s true,” Qianhu said with some concern. “It will get cold very quickly outside, and the water will freeze.”

“It’s alright,” Senju said smugly. “As long as someone holds these taro, they won’t get cold. The water is the same; as long as you hold it in your arms, you don’t have to worry about it freezing.”

“I see,” Yuri said thoughtfully, picking up a taro and eating it. “That’s true, it won’t get cold once it’s in your stomach.”

"..." Senju watched Yuri eat and realized that his words seemed to have been misinterpreted. He subconsciously grabbed a taro, only to find that it was sticky and difficult to put in his pocket. He took out two more from the pot and gave one to Senju. "These are really inconvenient to carry. Let's eat something else for lunch."

“Yes, that’s true,” Qianhu thought for a while and understood. “But, Yu, the water bottle is yours now. Keep it warm in your bosom.”

“Leave it to me,” Yuri nodded nonchalantly from the side.

After finishing their meal, everyone poured the boiled water into the kettle, and drank the rest in cups. After cleaning up, Yuri took the scalding kettle outside, but because of the gloves, she felt very comfortable. "It's so warm."

Senju and Chito put the necessary items into their backpacks and then took them to the car. Senju packed up the hut and then got into the car. Yuri was already lying down next to her, holding a water bottle, with a comfortable expression on her face. "Ah, this is really comfortable. Senju, do you want to try it too?"

However, she glanced at the armor worn by Senju and thought, "It seems that won't work. I'll just have to carry it myself."

After everyone was seated, Qianhu started the car. "Time to go again."

"Oh," Yuri called out from behind, and the car slowly began to move forward, the three of them continuing westward along the canal.

At first, Yuri was holding the water bottle with a happy expression, but after a while, she seemed to lose the warmth of the water bottle, took off her gloves, held the water bottle, and became happy again.

As time went by, the water in the kettle gradually cooled down. Senju watched Yuri's constant changes from the side. When she could no longer feel the heat in the kettle, she put it in her arms. "So cold!"

Senju found her performance somewhat amusing and thoughtfully draped a blanket over her, saying, "Keep it up, Yu, don't let the water freeze."

"I understand," Yuri tightened the blanket around herself, and after a while, she adjusted to the temperature of the kettle and slowly fell asleep while hugging it.

After driving for a while, Chito took over from Senju. She rested in the back for a bit, and Senju continued along the irrigation ditch. After some time, Chito took over driving again.

The three traveled for a long time but still hadn't left the icy plain, so they stopped to eat. Thousand Hands prepared grilled fish for lunch, since it was the easiest thing to get.

Yuri, who was still half asleep, was woken up. When she heard that it was time to eat, she immediately sat up. "Great! It's finally time to eat!"

"Yu, where's the water bottle?" Chito asked. Yuri then took the water bottle out of her bosom and held it to her face. "It's still warm."

"Really?" Chito took it and tried it. Sure enough, the kettle was warm, just like the scent from Yuri's arms. She opened it and took a sip. "It's still warm."

“Of course, this is all thanks to me,” Yuri stood there proudly, waiting for Chihiro’s praise.

Chapter 126 The Clean Lighthouse

“Yes, yes,” Chito handed the grilled fish to Yuri. “This is Yuri’s favorite grilled fish. Eat it quickly.”

“Mmm,” Yuri excitedly took the grilled fish, then looked at Chito with a serious expression, “Chito, saying ‘yes’ once is enough.”

"Hmm?" Chito glanced at Yuri, then ignored her and started chatting with Senju. "This ice field is really vast. We haven't gotten out of here yet after all this time."

"It should be soon," Senju guessed while munching on grilled fish. "Although I don't know what this ice field is used for, the cities get smaller the higher you go."

“Yes, that’s true,” Chito sighed as she looked at the buildings that blocked out the sky. Then she became interested in the ever-bright lighthouses around her. “These streetlights are huge. What are they for?”

"Yes, it should be."

"They're for lighting, aren't they?" Senju looked at the glowing lighthouses uncertainly. "But there's nothing around that needs lighting. Could this have been some important place in the past?"

"Who knows?" Qianhu looked at the cold, icy plains around him, completely unable to imagine what kind of important place this could be. "Those mysterious creatures also said that this city would end, but it's still working perfectly fine here, isn't it?"

"I guess this uses clean energy," Senju chuckled, finding the concept of 'clean energy' somewhat amusing now, given that life on the planet is nearing its end and hardly anyone or anything understands the concept of 'clean' anymore.

"Clean energy?" Qianhu stared at the glowing lighthouses with a puzzled look. "Is there such a thing as clean or unclean energy?"

“Of course it’s divided. It’s probably based on whether the energy production process pollutes the environment,” Senju said, looking at Sento who still seemed puzzled. “The self-regulating machine that takes care of that fish also said that in order to survive, humans have distorted the energy cycle in nature, which will have a negative impact on the surrounding environment. That’s pollution and uncleanliness.”

Senju paused for a moment to let Sengoku process the information before continuing, "Although many power plants now use nuclear power, the materials used to generate electricity have all been eaten by those mushroom people. The only one that can still operate now is probably the steel forest we saw a few days ago, which uses wind power. Those mushroom people can't eat it."

"..." Qianhu listened, his eyes darting around. "So, this is powered by that forest of steel?"

“Probably,” Senju said, before Yuri chimed in, “Mushroom people, what are those? Are they tasty?”

“Those are the names I gave to those mysterious creatures,” Senju said, holding up a red mushroom with white spots. “Look, doesn’t it look just like one?”

“Yes, it is,” Yuri said, her mouth watering as she stared at the mushrooms. “Is this tasty?”

"This won't do, it's poisonous," Qian Shou quickly put the mushroom away. He had learned before that the more beautiful and brightly colored a mushroom is, the more poisonous it is. Just by looking at its bright red appearance, he knew that this mushroom was poisonous.

"Poison? Really?" Yuri took a bite of the grilled fish to calm herself down. "But it should still be edible after grilling, right?"

"..." Senju was speechless. He subconsciously glanced at the red mushrooms in the package. They weren't labeled 'poisonous mushrooms' but 'red mushrooms'. Senju was dumbfounded. Could they really be non-poisonous? But he wouldn't say it now.

The three of them fell silent. They ate their grilled fish, pondering things that only they knew. After a while, they finished the fish and sat there to rest for a bit. Qianhu took out his camera and started taking pictures of the lighthouse next to them.

After drinking some more water, Qianhu packed up his camera and food box and hung them on the car. "Let's go. Hopefully we can get out of here soon and reach the tower those mushroom people mentioned."

"Oh, let's go!" Yuri was already waiting in the car. She hung her water bottle around her neck and stood behind, shouting. Senju sat beside her, watching Yuri boost morale.

With a roar, Chito started the car and drove forward. Yuri sat down in the back and hugged the water bottle again.

After driving for a while, Sento stopped the car, and Senju subconsciously stood up. "Senju, it's my turn to drive."

“No,” Qianhu said, sounding somewhat troubled. “The canal changes direction here, and we don’t know how far it will take to reach the city.”

“I see,” Senju glanced to the side, where the irrigation ditch beside them changed course and headed in another direction. “But as long as there’s sunshine, you won’t get lost.”

“That being said, I’m still a bit worried,” Chito said with some concern. “I have absolutely no idea how far the city is.”

“If we climb those lighthouses, we should be able to see them,” Yuri suggested, looking at the tall lighthouses around them.

“That’s a good idea,” Senju agreed at first, but then remembered the many fallen lighthouses they had encountered along the way. “But it feels dangerous. I’d better build a tall tower and see how it goes.”

"Senju, aren't you afraid of heights?" Yuri looked at Senju with some confusion. "And what kind of tower is Senju going to build?"

"You two wait here, I'll build it for you right now," Thousand Hands jumped off the car and ran to the side. He first placed a bucket of water on the ground to create a body of water, and then built a high platform in the water.

However, after a while, Senju built the platform very high. Sento and Yuri ran over to take a look. The platform was made of two concrete blocks built side by side. At its current height, it looked very fragile, as if it would break if the wind blew.

"Senju, come down quickly! It looks dangerous!" Sengo shouted from below. Senju, who was above, was also a little scared. Although he knew that falling into the water wouldn't hurt him, he was still a little afraid, but he was too embarrassed to actually go down.

"How interesting!" Yuri looked at the tall platform with great excitement, but the waterway prevented her from seeing it from the sidelines.

Feeling that the height was sufficient, Senju sat at the top of the platform, took out his binoculars, and slowly began to observe westward. At first...

At first, it was still a vast ice field, but as we moved further away, some different colors appeared ahead, and there seemed to be some buildings there. But we couldn't see clearly any further ahead.

Senju looked in another direction, where there were ice fields with towering lighthouses and traces of water channels.

Chapter 127 Sunshine on the Ice Field

"It's really vast," Senju said with some emotion as he looked at the surrounding terrain. It was a small, single-level city, yet it had such a vast plain, which seemed to serve no purpose whatsoever.

However, after observing the terrain, Senju ignored all of that. He slowly dismantled the blocks, lowering them one by one until they reached the ground. After collecting the water source, Senju explained the situation ahead to the two of them.

“There seem to be some buildings ahead,” Qian pointed to the west, “but we can’t see them clearly even with binoculars from up there, and I don’t know how far away they are.”

“I see,” Qianhu said, taking out his binoculars and looking in that direction. However, he didn’t see any conspicuous buildings, only many lighthouses. “Let’s see if we can get there tonight.”

After learning about the situation ahead, the three of them drove towards the building that Senju had seen. Along the way, they were only accompanied by lighthouses and ice blocks on the plains. However, after walking for a while, they noticed that some lighthouses around them had started to go out.

However, as more lighthouses went out, the surroundings became much brighter. After driving for a while, Qianhu slowed down the car. "It's really blinding."

The two people sitting behind them then noticed a shadow behind them, and the surroundings turned red, with light also appearing on the lighthouse.

The two turned around and saw the sun appear in front of them. The blood-red sunset cast a dim red light, illuminating the area. It turned out that it was dusk again.

"It's that sad light again. Why is it always so melancholic?" Yuri stared at the sunset, seemingly remembering the cat that had left. She took out her camera from her backpack and started taking pictures.

Senju, on the other hand, closed her eyes and faced the setting sun, seemingly wanting to feel the warmth it brought. However, all she could see with her eyes closed was a blood-red expanse, and she could only feel a trace of warmth. "Yu, sunlight is not sad, it is the source of life for the entire planet."

"Is that so?" Qianhu seemed to be both sentimental and puzzled. "Perhaps it's because life on this planet is almost over that the sunlight has become so melancholic!"

"Perhaps," Senju opened her eyes and looked at the sunset in front of her. Life on the planet will always be destroyed several times. Perhaps it was because it had witnessed countless destructions that it had become so sad.

The three of them silently gazed at the sun for a while, tears seemingly welling up in their eyes. Yuri also became melancholic, shielding her eyes from the sunlight with her hand. "It's still going to be a sad day, huh?"

However, the sunset brought not only sadness and warmth, but also blinding light that made it difficult to see the road ahead. Qianhu slowly reduced his speed.

After watching for a while, the two people behind felt a lump in their throats, so they turned around to ignore the light and sat in the back, looking at the scene behind the car. Under the sunlight, the ice field turned fiery red.

However, the commanders ahead were not in such a leisurely mood. They could not ignore the light ahead and could only keep their heads down and slowly move forward, occasionally looking up to observe and carefully guarding against possible traps on the ground.

"Ah, my eyes are so sore. Let's rest here for today," Qianhu said. After driving for a while longer, his eyes also started to hurt, so he stopped the car.

"Well, the temperature is starting to drop now," Senju said, feeling the warmth from the sunlight gradually disappear, and a cold wind seemed to be blowing around them.

After observing their surroundings, they noticed some collapsed lighthouses nearby, and the standing lighthouses were no longer shining, as if they were broken. Qianhu then drove the car to a fallen lighthouse.

This spot provided some shelter from the cold wind, so Senju set up the hut next to the fallen lighthouse. The three of them packed their belongings from the car into their backpacks, and then Senju drove the car to the side and covered it up.

The three then went inside. The warm little house was now their home. Once inside, they started boiling water and cooking food. Senju also took off his armor, preparing to process it later.

After a while, the food and hot water were ready. The three of them happily finished their meal and then began their work. Yuri was still maintaining the rifle. Although she hadn't used it for a while, she still took great care of it. On the other hand, Senju had long forgotten that she even had a gun.

Chito sat there and began writing in his diary, which contained both pictures and words. However, Senju could only understand the pictures and did not understand the words at all. Although Chito wanted to teach Senju, Senju still did not recognize many words.

Thousand Hands then began enchanting his armor on the anvil. In the morning, he had fished up an enchantment book with Thorns 3, Protection 3, Underwater Breathing 2, and Sharpness 4. This enchantment book gave him a great surprise. He should have used it in the morning, but he kept putting it off until the evening.

Thousand Hands looked at the enchanted book again, feeling a little reluctant. It would be great if these effects were applied to diamond armor, but for now, iron armor would have to do.

After enchanting, Thousand Hands crafted several more...

He took out the iron sword, which was not very useful, but could be used to cut vegetables. After doing all that, he took out a water bottle, which was also a catch from fishing. However, he couldn't use it to make medicine now, so he could only put it aside as a decoration.

After Yuri finished maintaining the rifle, she began to check her ammunition reserves. A while later, she went to the box by the bedside and took out several boxes of ammunition to examine them, but these bullets were clearly not compatible with the rifle.

The two people next to them noticed Yuri's actions and couldn't help but feel relieved that Yuri hadn't gotten her hands on those cannonballs. Otherwise, the situation would definitely be very tense. Senju was also afraid that Yuri would come over and ask him for some cannonballs to study.