Offer blocks to the end times

“No problem,” Senju said, looking at the bridge leading to the top of the rocket. “I’ll set up the passage first, and then everyone can go in.”

"Hmm, that's a good idea," Sento finally felt a little relieved after hearing this, while Senju began to pack up the row of machines next to the window. Although some of them were damaged, Senju still wanted to try to find some information.

When Senju put the machines away, the projections displayed outside also began to disappear, as if the machines had been operating all along.

"Let's go," Senju said, glancing at the now empty house and gesturing for the two to go up to the rocket.

The three walked around inside the building for a while and came to an iron ladder that was erected outside at an angle. The ladder was covered with snow and some ice could be seen below. Senju tried to step on it and felt that it was wobbly and very unsafe.

Senju stopped and began making stone steps. Chito and Yuri also stopped, believing that Senju would have a solution.

After a while, Senju had built enough steps, and he began to install them on top of the original iron ladder. The two people behind him followed him up.

After ascending the stairs, you'll find yourself on a suspended bridge leading into the rocket's interior. Although there are railings on both sides, this bridge is more dangerous than the previous iron ladder because there's a 'Danger' sign at the end of the bridge.

“Wait, this is dangerous,” Qianzhi pointed to the sign and then looked at the exit protruding from the rocket in front of him. “That’s the rocket’s cockpit; people sit inside to reach space.”

Yuri looked at the target ahead, but was a little puzzled. "Why would someone want to go to space? There's nothing in space, right?"

“Well, there are stars in the universe, but they are very far apart. The rest is basically just empty space,” Chito said, standing to the side and looking at the rocket, sharing what she knew.

“Xiaoqian is right,” Qian Shou said, laying out blocks ahead of the two behind him. “However, most of the stars in the sky are the sun. Humans venture into the universe to explore the unknown world and to find other life and habitable planets.”

"Other life forms?" Qianhu asked, somewhat puzzled. "Could it be that humans exist on other stars?"

"Well, who knows? Maybe humans explore the universe to find companions, or maybe it's just for survival, which is why they prepared rockets," Senju sighed for a while, then said with a hint of self-deprecation, "Maybe there are similar places in other cities, and maybe some people have already gone to live in space."

“The universe,” Yuri stared blankly at the sky, “Is there anything delicious to eat there?”

“When Yuri thinks about food, she wants to explore it. This is probably a similar feeling,” Chito nudged Yuri in front of him, and the two followed Senju, who was paving the way ahead.

After a while, the road finally reached the entrance. The newly paved road was actually more than a meter lower than the entrance. Thousand Hands added another block here, which made it easy to enter.

However, Senju did not go in immediately. He noticed that the original passage was slightly off-center and realized that the rocket was tilted. He didn't want the rocket to suddenly fall over while he was exploring, so he started installing a ring of blocks around it to stabilize it.

While Senju was securing the rocket, Chito and Yuri went inside to search. As the two moved around inside, the rocket began to sway, but was then stabilized by the surrounding blocks. However, a layer of residue fell off the rocket, and Senju then realized that the shiny, ice-like substance on the rocket's surface was actually just ice.

He was standing to the side and was worried when he saw the rocket swaying, but it didn't fall down in the end, so he breathed a sigh of relief. He then expanded the surrounding blocks and built a platform there.

After the ice layer on the rocket fell off, the symbol '04' appeared on it. After turning around for a while, Senju saw it. He recalled the projection he had just seen and knew that this rocket was the one represented by the dotted line, but now it had no chance to fly at all.

Chito and Yuri ran out when the rocket started shaking. They breathed a sigh of relief when they saw the platform next to them. They stood on it and were relieved to see that the rocket hadn't fallen over. Yuri then showed Chito a bag, saying, "Look, this looks like food."

"Phew, thank goodness, nothing collapsed here,"

Sento breathed a sigh of relief and followed Senju's gaze. "04? I see."

"What's wrong with Qian? I recognize this number too," Yuri said, looking at the number marked on the screen. For some reason, both of them were staring at it in a daze.

“If this is the fourth one, on the projection inside the building, although 01 and 02 have been broken, 03 has extended to a very far place,” Qianhu said blankly, then stared at the sky in a daze.

Yuri looked at the sky, as if she could see rockets flying continuously in space. "Are they still flying? How far have they gone?"

"Hmm, maybe it's still flying. This rocket was probably originally intended for a fourth launch, but it's no longer going to have that chance," Senju said from the side, then looked at the two people next to him, "Senju, what did you find inside?"

“Yes, we found a bag that looks like a military ration, and there are a lot of other things inside, but we didn’t notice it when we were shaking it just now,” Chito explained to Senju, who was standing to the side, while Yuri held it up. “This is it.”

"I see. Let's go in and take another look," Senju said and went inside. Chito and Yuri followed, and the small cabin felt a bit cramped.

After searching inside for a while, Senju noticed a box on one side. It looked like it was made of aluminum. After clearing away the ice on it, he saw some writing he didn't quite understand on it, and there was a mechanism on one side that held it in place. Senju opened the box.

Inside the box was a golden record with several patterns engraved on it: squares, wavy stripes, circles, and radiating rays. There was also a stylus fixed inside, like an old record player. After seeing it, Senju knew how to use the mechanism.

He moved the needle to the record, and immediately a sound came from the side. Someone spoke in English, but the three of them couldn't understand it at all. After a while, several minutes of strange language came from inside, and Senju understood one of the sentences: "How are you all? I hope you can come and visit sometime."

Chapter 165 The Sound of Earth

Chito and Yuri seemed to hear familiar voices as well, and the three of them listened attentively to them. Although the voices were different, they all expressed the same meaning: "We hope to come to Earth."

After the few real words disappeared, strange noises came from around them, followed by terrifying sounds. The three of them were so frightened that they immediately huddled together.

"Senju, what is this?" After hugging each other, they realized there was nothing around them, so they let go and asked, looking at the record in front of Senju.

"Cough cough," Senju was also startled. The record looked very precious, but it was making such eerie sounds. He was also startled, but now he had to learn to understand. These were probably animal sounds. "This is a record. It contains the sounds of wild animals from the past."

However, the record didn't cooperate at all, and the sound of a heartbeat and the wind appeared again. Senju fell silent for a moment. The three of them listened to the sounds inside, and strange sounds kept appearing one after another. They carefully tried to distinguish the sounds inside.

Senju felt a little embarrassed. These were supposed to be the sounds of various foods on Earth, but he only understood a little bit of them.

"What are these sounds?" Yuri asked, puzzled by the jumbled noises inside. Just then, she heard a 'woof' sound, and Senju said, "That's a dog barking."

"A dog?" Qianhu said from the side, but his voice quickly changed to something else, "Oh, I know that, it's the sound of a machine, the sound of a car driving."

"Hmm, that's the sound of a car, that's a train," Senju continued, explaining as she listened to the sounds. Yuri, standing beside her, was very curious. Then she heard a familiar sound too, "That's the sound of the wind, and what's that?"

“That’s the howl of a wolf, followed by thunder,” Senju explained to the two of them as he listened to the sounds. The two then chimed in, “That’s the sound of flowing water.”

Hearing these sounds, Yuri was very excited. "It's amazing that they put all these sounds in there."

“Hmm, this is a record. It’s probably meant to be taken into space to convey everything about Earth to extraterrestrial life,” Senju said, somewhat understanding as he had heard of similar things before.

“That’s wonderful. People in the past could go to space if they wanted to,” Yuri said with some envy, looking at the constantly spinning record. “There must have been an era where time was used not for conflict or food, but to satisfy people’s curiosity.”

She then looked at Chito, "If Chito lived in that era, she would be super happy, after all, she loves investigation so much."

"What will it be like?" Chito also began to think. As if it were her imagination, some music started playing from the record, cheerful and lighthearted. The three of them sat there and listened.

After about ten minutes of music, the three heard familiar music, and Yuri exclaimed, "Ah, this feels just like the music of Rain!"

“Hmm,” Chito nodded as well. The music inside did indeed sound like percussion music heard on a rainy day, with the same percussion sounds repeating over and over.

The three sat in the cabin listening to the different songs playing in January.

The music captivated the three of them, making them completely lose track of time. Although they couldn't understand the lyrics, they could grasp the sentiments conveyed within.

"Ah, I'm satisfied," Yuri said, stretching slightly after listening to the last piece of music. Her body seemed a little stiff, as did the two people next to her, who were still immersed in the final music.

"I didn't expect there to be so much music, with all kinds of rhythms," Chito said, her eyes shining as she looked at the record. "Hey, let's take this with us."

"Hmm, let me put it away," Senju took the needle off the box, closed it, and stopped. After thinking for a while, she decided not to put it in the package to avoid turning it into a note box.

He removed the screws securing the box, then held the box in his arms. After a while, he separated the box and placed it in the small hut.

Chito looked at Senju's actions with curiosity, then looked at the things around him: some photos and documents, some food and machines. After thinking for a moment, Chito put the photos and documents into his backpack, intending to take them back and hang them in his house.

Yuri put all the food into her backpack and pulled out a box from it. Senju, seeing that there was nothing left, said to the two of them, "It looks like there's nothing else. Everyone, go out first. I'll put this rocket away."

"Can this be stored too?" Chito and Yuri were somewhat surprised. The three of them went to the platform outside, and Chito put away the rocket. As the rocket disappeared, the ice layer attached to it also fell off with a whoosh.

Looking at the empty space in the middle, Senju took out the hut and placed it aside. She turned to the two of them and said, "I want to put this box in the hut. Senju, you should also put away what you found."

“Hmm, I just found some photos that I can hang up,” Chito also entered the hut, followed by Yuri who dragged a suitcase into the hut behind her.

"I'm a little hungry," Yuri said, rubbing her stomach after putting her things down. It felt like a long time had passed. The two people next to her felt the same way. "Let's eat first, and then we'll collect the things here later."

"Okay, let's go together later and see what else we have here," Qianhu said, taking out some grilled fish and water from the side. The three of them ate there, with the aluminum box placed on the table next to them.

After finishing their meal, Sento took out some nails and pinned the photos they had found to the wall. Then the three of them left the hut, and Sento packed up the hut and left.

The three then began searching. Thousand Hands regretted not paying enough attention to those machines before, realizing now that they were quite useful.

After looting all the equipment at the launch site, the three returned to the car, rested for a while, and then continued their journey.

Everyone rode in the car and entered the upper level from the slope on one side. Here it was a wide, flat area covered with a layer of snow, and a city could be seen in the distance.

After looking at the map for a while, Senju drove towards the city, while Yuri sat in the back of the car humming a song and looking at the surrounding scenery.

Senju stared blankly into the air, but he was actually checking the contents of his package. He had made a lot of hauls earlier, and he was grinning foolishly at the air.

Chapter 166 An Elf?

After the three of them drove on the snow for a while, it gradually got dark, and lights came from the city ahead.

However, Qianhu did not speed up the entry into the city. After all, everyone had been sleeping in the small house for the past few days and did not need to look for a place to rest. She just wanted to take advantage of the time to get closer to the city.

After driving for a while, the car suddenly stopped. The two people in the back were a little confused. "What's wrong, Qian? Are we resting here?"

"Hmm, something seems a little off," Qianhu muttered, looking at the car's dashboard. The two people in the back looked around curiously, but there was nothing unusual.

“Look, some fuel has been used up here,” Qianhu said, pointing to the instrument panel as he watched the two looking around. “This dial hasn’t changed at all.”

"Hmm, I understand now. The car's durability has been depleted to a certain extent. Let's rest here for the night and fix it up while we're at it," Senju thought for a while and then realized what was going on. The system's added durability had been used up again during such a long drive, and the car needed to be repaired.

In fact, Senju had considered modifying the tracked vehicle into something else, such as adding a cover, but in the end he gave up. After all, the vehicle was still very reliable, and it would be troublesome if it broke after random modifications.

“I see. Let’s rest here,” Chito also understood and began to pack up the things in the car. “Yu also, come and help me take everything out of the car.”

“Understood,” Yuri jumped out of the car and started tidying up, while Senju set up the hut on one side and then built three snow walls around it to protect it from the wind.

When Senju returned to the car, he saw a backpack and various tools on the ground. He didn't say anything, picked up the car, went into the hut, repaired the car using the anvil inside, and then put it aside in the hut.

Then the three of them put the tools that had been placed aside back on the vehicle, covered them with a canvas, and returned to the hut.

Back in the cabin, Senju felt relieved to see the aluminum box beside her; nothing had changed.

Cheng Yinyin was making a musical note box, while Qianhu continued to hang the photos he had found on the side, and Yuri watched with some curiosity.

After looking at the records in the aluminum case for a while, Senju also came over to look at them. There were many landscapes and animals in the photos. Senju realized that he hadn't paid attention to them before, probably because the records had attracted his attention.

"Oh, Chihiro, what's this?" Yuri asked, pointing to a photo. Chihiro looked at it for a while, then seemed puzzled. "Hmm, this should be some kind of animal. It looks furry."

“It’s a cat,” Senju exclaimed, looking at the photo of a small orange kitten. The two of them looked at the photo and exclaimed in surprise, “Wow, is this what a cat looks like? Isn’t it supposed to look like that?”

The two gestured for a while, realizing that the cats they had all owned were white and could eat bullets, not this cute-looking creature.

“So, this is the real cat,” Senju said, looking at the two of them with a headache. “Here, there are lots of pictures of animals here. I’ll teach you how to recognize them.”

"Great, great!" Yuri cheered from the side. The three of them began to learn about animals, but they all seemed to have forgotten one thing.

After teaching for a while, Yuri's interest waned. She pointed to a photo and asked, "Senju, is this also a cat?"

“No, that’s a tiger,” Senju said, looking at the photo. It was of a tiger, though some people called it a big cat, but they were two different animals.

"Ugh, they look almost the same," Yuri slumped onto the table, looking utterly exhausted. "I'm hungry, isn't the food ready yet?"

"Uh, has anyone cooked?" Senju looked at Chito, but Chito shook his head. "I haven't prepared anything either. I was thinking of eating later."

“Alright, it seems everyone has forgotten,” Senju said after understanding the situation, then stopped teaching. “Let’s cook first, and we can talk about the remaining animals after we eat.”

"Hmm, what should we have for dinner?" Yuri excitedly chattered on the side. Senju, seeing that she was having trouble deciding, offered a suggestion, "How about bread and beef?"

“Okay, okay, let’s eat this,” Yuri said happily. No matter what the food was, Yuri always ate happily.

So Senju took out a few pieces of beef, chopped them up, put them in a pot to cook, and then took out some bread and put it on a plate.

After preparing, Senju sat down at the table, opened the aluminum box, and began to study the patterns on it. Although they looked like simple patterns, Senju knew that they must contain a lot of knowledge.

However, he still didn't understand after looking at it for a while. Just as he was scratching his head, a phantom image connected to the record. Thousand Hands was startled by the sudden appearance of the phantom image, and then he saw pictures appearing on the record.