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"That's amazing, Yuri! You've solved a huge problem for me," Senju praised Yuri's inquisitive spirit. However, Chito, who had finished his grilled fish, glanced sideways at the smug Yuri. "Even though Senju says that, we still need to punish Yuri a bit. How should we do it?"

"Oh, that's so unfair, Chihiro. You ate it too, so you have to participate in the punishment as well," Yuri moved behind Chihiro and hugged her, then looked up at Senju, "Senju, you got a share too. I really helped you out."

"Yes, yes, so what exactly are we doing?" Senju scratched his head, and after thinking for a while, Chito said, "I'm..."

I read in a book that in ancient times, people would gather around a stove at night to tell interesting stories, and everyone involved would have a great time. Let's try it too!

A cold sweat trickled down Senju's back. Could this be a twisted version of a summer ghost story—a winter night's tale? Yuri had already hugged her and shouted, "I agree! Senju is so smart!"

Then the three of them sat around the fireplace and prepared to start telling stories. Senju added a few fish to the fireplace, making the fire burn even brighter. Yuri then mentioned a rule: there would be fish to eat after the story was finished. The two people next to her agreed somewhat reluctantly.

Yuri was the first to speak. After thinking for a while, she finally said, "One day, I took my two little Chihiro and found a big city. There was food everywhere, it was warm everywhere, and there were many, many people. Then I lived happily ever after with everyone."

"What's next?" After waiting a while, Chito was a little confused when she didn't hear anything more. She looked up and saw Yuri acting cute. "Are you done talking? Can I eat the fish now?"

"This must be Yuri's dream. There's no such thing as a wonderful place," Chito complained, then looked at the drooling Yuri. "Alright, you can eat now. I'll start the story next."

"I read this story in a book. Once upon a time, there was a very small person who wanted to grow big, so he searched everywhere for a way. After traveling to many places, he saw two ghosts bullying people in one place. He went up and defeated them, and then the two ghosts gave him a treasure that made him grow up. After he grew up, he happily returned home."

"Chihiro is lying! How could a lowly person defeat a giant demon? Chihiro's fish is mine!" After hearing this, Yuri looked at the fish she had just eaten and tried to snatch Chihiro's share as well.

"Stop! This is my fish!" Chito quickly stopped Yuri, who was about to bite into her grilled fish, and pushed her aside. Yuri then stuck out her mouth as if to eat Chito's grilled fish.

"Ahem, now it's my turn to tell the story," Senju quickly coughed. "This story takes place a long time ago, when everyone still lived on the ground. There was a divine tree there; its branches and leaves, when eaten, could cure illnesses. One day, a fruit grew on the tree, and there was..."

"Wait, Senju, what is a tree? And what is the fruit?" Yuri was a little confused about the story Senju was telling.

Chapter Seventeen: The Tree Was Originally Square

“It must be an ancient plant. The book says there used to be a lot of trees there, but they’re all gone now,” Qianhu explained while eating grilled fish. “The fruit was probably a kind of food for ancient people, like the fruit-flavored compressed rations we used to eat.”

"Ahem, I'll show you a tree in a bit. But for now, let me tell you a story. Someone ate this fruit and gained powerful abilities," Senju said, adapting the ninja version of Kaguya's story. However, judging from their confused looks, it was clear that they didn't understand the meaning of some of the words; they just found it novel.

After Senju finished speaking, he picked up the grilled fish and started eating. After a while, Yuri spoke up, "So, eating the fruit will make you a very strong person. Senju, have you ever eaten the fruit?"

"Of course, I've eaten a lot," but the two women's words had completely different meanings. After finishing the grilled fish, Yuri insisted on seeing what a tree looked like, and Chito was also very eager to see it. They had never seen what a plant looked like before.

Senju had no choice but to run to the side, then dug a hole in the ground, put a clod of soil in it, and then placed a birch sapling on it. The two people ran over to look at it. "So this is what a tree looks like. It's so small, and it's white. It's completely different from what I've heard."

"Back off, this tree is dangerous now," Senju said, pulling the two away before sprinkling bone powder on the sapling. Instantly, the sapling transformed into a low-growing tree, its square leaves filling a two- to three-meter radius around it, reaching all the way to the roof. Only the bottom remained empty, revealing a white, square trunk.

Chito and Yuri circled around the strange tree. Yuri even took a few photos, while Chito diligently recorded in his diary, "The tree is a white and green plant. It is square, which is completely wrong as described in the book as round."

Senju felt a chill run down her spine as she watched the two of them. She was torn between telling them the truth or not. But then she thought that the trees were indeed square now, so she decided not to say anything. After all, all the trees in the future would be square anyway.

After the two finished admiring the trees, Senju took out an axe and began chopping wood. Yuri quickly stopped him, "What are you doing? These are such beautiful trees, why are you destroying them?"

"First, I need this wood, and second, I'm helping them grow more," Qianzhi said, pointing to the newly fallen saplings and making up a story. This nonsense actually fooled Yuri. "Really? But what's that red thing?"

"Red? Could it be an apple?" Senju turned around and saw a red apple on the ground. He picked it up. "An apple, a golden apple, an enchanted golden apple, but I can't make one now. Here, Yuri, this fruit is delicious."

"Really? This is the 'fruit'?" Yuri stared blankly at the apple for a moment, then ran over to Chito to show it off. "Chito, look at this. After you eat it, you'll become really powerful. Chito, you should eat it quickly."

"What? It's an 'apple'!" Chitoge carefully examined it.

After examining the fruit, he recognized it. "This is a fruit that people in ancient times often ate. Yu, you should eat some too. Senju, you should try some as well."

“No need, I’ve eaten plenty before, you guys eat,” Senju continued chopping down the tree, but Yuri was a little disappointed. “What is this? It’s just ordinary food. I’ll eat it.” She was about to take a bite, but that was just to scare Senju. She then put the apple in Senju’s hand. “Eat together, Senju.”

While the two were eating apples, Senju finished processing all the leaves and tree trunks, obtaining three saplings and four pieces of birch wood. After casually replacing the soil on the ground with concrete blocks, Senju finally realized what he had overlooked: with the stones and wood, he could make a more convenient lever.

With that in mind, he got to work. The creation of the levers didn't require a workbench. He rummaged through his backpack and only had three cobblestones left. After a few quick movements, he made three levers. Looking at the levers in his hands, he felt like he was remodeling a more convenient vehicle.

Just as he was about to show off the items in his hand to the two of them, he saw them staring at him expectantly. "Senju, do you have any more apples?"

The apple they had just tasted seemed to have given them quite a shock; they couldn't believe such a food existed in the world, completely different from anything they'd eaten before. However, Senju was eager to show off the lever in her hand, "That's all, but look at this..."

"What? There's nothing left, Chihiro. Let's have some water and go to sleep," Yuri pulled Chihiro aside. Suddenly, Chihiro thought of a serious question—could the lever and the minecart move together?

Thinking about it, he started experimenting. First, he made a minecart with a few iron ingots. After placing the cart on the ground, Senju found that he couldn't control the direction. He couldn't possibly lay rails on the road every time. Thinking of this, he was a little discouraged. The minecart looked spacious inside, enough for him to lie down, but not being able to control the direction was obviously a problem.

Looking at the cramped space inside, Senju decided to modify it before using it. The two people beside him drank some water and then went back to the car to sleep. Senju glanced at them, then went outside to check the temperature. It was still bitterly cold inside the factory, and the sound of the wind outside carried there; the snow seemed to be getting heavier. (694936135)

Back inside, he checked the torches around him and found nothing wrong. The stone stove and electric stove were also radiating heat, which put his mind at ease. With nothing else to do, he spread his blanket out next to the stove, tried pulling the lever for a while, and then fell asleep. In his dream, he saw himself sitting on a minecart, flying around.

When Senju woke up in the morning, he saw that Chito and Yuri had just returned from outside. They said that the snowstorm outside had not stopped and they would have to stay here for a few more days. However, they decided to take advantage of the time to explore the inside of the factory.

After thinking for a while, Senju agreed. Although there seemed to be plenty of food now, even just fishing would require wood and line to make a fishing rod, and it was unknown how long it would take to find food again. Of course, he couldn't let any opportunity slip by.

After the three of them ate some compressed food and drank some hot water, Senju took everything he could carry with him except for the house. He also enlarged the entrance, but he was too lazy to dismantle the rest, so he left it there as a souvenir.

After Yuri snapped a photo, everyone left the room and began exploring the factory.

Chapter Eighteen: The Abandoned Armory

After walking along the passage for a long time, the three of them gradually realized that the factory was beyond their imagination. They thought they had learned enough about the place after being here for so many days, but in retrospect, they realized that they had only been operating on the surface of the city and did not understand its true power.

After all, when Senju first arrived, he looked at the building in the sky and knew that there might be a similar space beneath his feet. Moreover, he was lucky enough to find enough food, so he used small amounts of explosives, afraid of blowing a big hole in the place. However, after wandering around the factory for so long, he realized that all the explosives he had were not enough to break through the foundation of the entire city.

The surrounding temperature gradually warmed up, and the group regretted not coming here sooner. It had been too cold there last night. After a while, they arrived at a row of huge doors marked with numbers. Some of the doors had collapsed, some were half-open, and some were tightly closed. The sound of machinery was coming from inside one of the sealed doors. Qianhu stopped there and walked towards the doors. Yuri also leaned over the tightly closed door, trying to figure out how to open it.

Seeing this, Senju told the two to step back and watch his performance. He placed the lever on the wall next to the door, and when he pulled it, the door opened with a bang. The noise of the surrounding machines suddenly increased. After entering, everyone saw a tall machine still running, with a huge iron hammer constantly striking the cushion below, as if processing something. However, the machines around it had all stopped, and nothing would come to process anything anymore.

After checking the surroundings, the group found many broken small robots that looked like they had encountered various accidents. In addition to these, Yuri also found several huge metal supports piled up to the side, which looked like the skeletons of giants.

After searching, Qianhu found nothing that could...

The items they took were from what was just a parts processing workshop. They then searched other workshops, where the machines had long since stopped, and the ground was littered with fallen parts and shells.

After searching for a long time, the group found a few spoils of war: a small truck used for transporting goods inside the factory. It was very small, about the same size as Qianhu's truck, but it had a roof and a small empty cargo box in the back, which seemed to be used to transport small parts. Yuri had loaded some shells into the back, as if she wanted to take them out for use.

Originally, Senju thought this little car wasn't very useful because his own car was much better. Senju felt he was just missing one, but first he needed Yuri to move the shells away because he wanted to test the lever modification. Amid Yuri's somewhat dissatisfied voice, Senju loaded the shells. He didn't want to lose his life because of these shells one day, even though Yuri kept saying they were safe and wouldn't explode.

However, the final modification by Senju was successful. The car was able to move after the addition of the lever, and it did not require any additional fuel. However, it still had the same drawback as before: when it was folded up, it would separate into two parts.

After getting the new car, Senju followed Chito to search other places. Soon they came to a huge iron gate. It should have been opened by a machine, but looking around, they knew it was impossible.

Fortunately, the things from the Thousand Hands were quite unreasonable. No matter how intricate the mechanism on the door was, it could be opened with a lever. When the door opened, what appeared in front of everyone was a row of tanks and several assembled robots. Only then did everyone realize that this was a factory that specialized in producing tanks and robots.

Yuri was very interested in the weapons, but judging from her drooling, you could tell what she was thinking. Senju tried to put away a tank and saw that it was identified as a 'damaged tank'. Several other tanks were identified as the same, apparently because they had been stored for too long and were already broken.

At this moment, Yuri stood next to the robot and asked Chito to take a picture of her. Next to such a large robot, she seemed much smaller. After Chito assembled the robot, he realized that it was not yet fully assembled because the identification result was miscellaneous items. Looking inside the robot, he found that the corresponding machines had not yet been installed. These robots were just empty shells.

Although Senju felt a bit disappointed, Yuri had a lot of fun. After taking the photos, she found a six-barreled machine gun and started firing it at the wall. The two people next to her were so scared that they ran out of the warehouse with their heads in their hands. After a while, the gunfire stopped, and Yuri came out. "That was so satisfying, Senju. Let's take one too."

"No!" Senju stepped forward and gave her a chop to the neck. Senju, who was standing next to her, was also a little surprised. Had she underestimated the physical condition of the people here? They could use such a heavy machine gun so easily.

Then there was a loud crash inside, as if something had collapsed. Then everyone saw Yuri blushing and looking very embarrassed. The two of them didn't know how to make fun of Yuri.

After leaving the warehouse, the group ventured deeper into the factory. The surrounding workshops became smaller, and after searching them one by one, they found that they were filled with various machines, but they had all stopped operating. Qianhu pried off a number of parts from here, intending to replace components on his own vehicle in the future.

Finally, everyone arrived at a huge workshop with many tall machines, as if it were a place for final assembly. In the middle lay a giant robot, but it did not seem to be the final product, because only its upper half was there, with many machines pressing down on its back. In front of it, there was a large hole connecting to the outside, and next to it were two twisted doors, as if it had been attacked by an enemy from the outside.

After taking a few photos of the giant, everyone noticed through the large hole that the snowstorm outside had stopped and the sunlight was shining in. They didn't know how long they had been wandering around there, so they stopped to get something to eat.

Senju took out several grilled fish and bread and put them on the oil stove to grill. Chito used an electric stove to boil water, while Yuri lay in the car and kept humming a song. Although the lyrics were only a few words, she sang happily. However, after smelling the aroma of food, she rushed downstairs.

After finishing their meal, everyone rested for a while before preparing to leave and continue their journey towards the snow-covered city.

Chapter Nineteen: Crisis in the Snow

Although the snow scenery in this city is beautiful and might attract countless tourists elsewhere, it has caused great trouble for those trying to survive in this apocalyptic world.

As the vehicle slowly moved through the snow, Qian Shou felt the convenience of the tracked vehicle more and more. It could move forward easily in the snow, ignore small potholes on the road, and most importantly, it was not afraid of steep slopes and had excellent anti-skid capabilities. It was simply the perfect vehicle for snow driving.

The reason why Senju was so emotional was that after leaving the factory, he got stuck in a pit three times, slid down a steep slope twice, and was almost overturned by debris hidden under the snow. In the end, he had no choice but to sit on the tracked vehicle in front.

After sitting down, he discovered another advantage: the engine was right below, and its heat was transferred to the top, making him feel very comfortable. Seeing Yuri's lazy appearance, Senju started chatting with her.

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Thousand Hands would occasionally chime in, but her attention was mostly on the vehicles. Thousand Hands wanted to know just how big these multi-story buildings were and how far they were from the ground, but they couldn't say for sure. They only knew that these buildings had existed for a long time, and that they used to live in one of the city's floors, but they escaped from there when the war broke out.

They have been traveling for a long time and have no way to find their way back. Moreover, all kinds of supplies have been exhausted in the places they have passed through, so they keep going uphill in the hope of finding other cities where people can still live a normal life.

Yuri was also very curious about Senju's past, especially since he had strange abilities that were unlike anyone she had ever met. After hesitating for a while, Senju told the two of them the truth.

He used to live on another world or planet, where everyone was an ordinary person, but there were no steel cities like here. Everyone lived on the ground, and the surroundings were not as desolate as here. Instead, there were various animals and plants. Although there was war in some places, the place where he lived was very peaceful.

After listening to Senju's story, Chito and Yuri felt a pang of envy. This was the ideal city they had imagined. However, they didn't quite understand the concepts of world and planet, and assumed that Senju was from somewhere else.

However, after Senju explained, the two fell silent. It was just too far away. Even with this vehicle, they couldn't reach it in a hundred or a thousand years.

Seeing that the two were silent, Senju began to explain his ability. He said that he had obtained this ability while playing a game. It allowed him to acquire and create many things, and eventually even create the world he wanted. Although it would take a long time, there was always hope.

Thousand Hands jokingly made a promise that after the trip, they would find a place to start their grand plan to restore this desolate apocalypse and turn it back into a vibrant world. Although it looks a bit square, everyone would probably like it.

Chito and Yuri also sighed. Now was not the time to give up. They wanted to see if there were any other people up there, and they wanted to see what else was on the highest level. For the time being, they did not want to see the world that Chito had described, where everything was square, even the sun was square. That would be too terrifying.

However, they still kept their promise to Senju. Even in this desperate world, they still clung to a glimmer of hope, saying they would live with despair, but they were constantly fighting to survive here.

After driving around for what seemed like forever, Qianhu frequently searched the nearby buildings for possible sources of supplies. Finally, she spotted what appeared to be many vehicles on the other side of a flat snowfield. After returning to her car, she turned it around and headed towards that snowfield.

However, as the vehicle was about to cross the snow and reach another main road, a soft sound suddenly came from all around, as if something had fallen into the snow. Then there was a clanging sound on the helmets, and everyone realized that some small fragments had fallen off.

Qianhu quickly sped up, and the two people in the car were also carefully observing. Soon they saw small parts falling on the snow behind them. Looking up, they saw what seemed to be a black dot falling down, but it kept getting bigger and bigger.

Upon seeing the object above, Senju urged Chito to speed up. Yuri even had the mind to raise her camera and take pictures. As the fragment approached, Senju could see its shape. Its irregular shape was connected to some pipes, and from below, it looked as if it were heading straight for her.

At this moment, Yuri also became anxious and kept urging Chito to speed up. Fortunately, they were already not far from the building next to them. Chito quickly drove the car into the building in front. However, the debris behind them had not yet reached the ground, so the group ran to the door to see this rare sight.

After a while, the fragment finally reached the ground, landing in the middle of the flat snowfield. A loud bang was heard the moment it hit the ground, followed by a violent shaking, as if the area was about to collapse. Then a huge wind swept up a pile of snowflakes and spread them in all directions.

Senju quickly built a wall in front of them, and then they heard the sound of snow hitting the wall, like stones being struck repeatedly. After a while, the sound stopped, and Senju dug the wall open. The three of them then saw a flat snow wall in front of them.

After breaking through the snow wall, everyone came outside and saw that the surrounding buildings were covered with snowdrifts, as if someone had thrown snowballs. Looking at the spot where the fragment had landed, there was no smoke or fire, but instead many boards had been lifted up. Then, a series of cracking sounds came from nearby, and then water sprayed out of the crack on the snow. The fragment sank little by little, leaving only a lake surface full of broken ice.

Only then did everyone realize that the flat road they had just been driving on was actually a layer of ice on the water. However, because of the cold weather, the ice was thick enough to support the entire vehicle; otherwise, the three people would have fallen into the water long ago, and the vehicle would have been completely lost.

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With the lake still churning behind them, everyone relaxed. Yuri kept pinching Chito's face, and Chito promised that she would never take those seemingly convenient 'shortcuts' again, only then did Yuri let her go.

After playing around for a while, Yuri complained of hunger, so Chito had to bring out some compressed rations to calm everyone down. After slowly eating, everyone relaxed, and it was truly a blissful time, completely forgetting what had just happened.

After resting for a while, everyone continued on their way. They were not far from there. After a while, they finally arrived at their destination. Ahead was the location of the vehicles, a huge battlefield ruin.

Chapter Twenty: Guns and Swords & Shields

After Qianhu parked the car next to the ruins, everyone got out. It was unclear how long the battlefield had ended. After the snow and wind of the past few days, the area was covered with snow, but the snow could not cover the vehicles and weapons. Looking at the endless rows of vehicles, the group felt a sense of emotion.

Why must there be war?

"Who knows? In any case, all we have to do is gather supplies and survive."

"That's true, let's begin," the three of them said enthusiastically as they started their search.

Carefully navigating the various debris on the battlefield, they searched through the abandoned vehicles. Perhaps because so much time had passed, most of the items on the vehicles had been moved away. The group searched tirelessly and only found some boxes filled with weapons. These weapons had been there for who knows how long, many of them covered in rust, and only a few were still usable, but they were all ignored by everyone.