Chapter 4 Invitations, Lunches, and Impressions

There is no such thing as a feast, and even a rational creature like a human being will one day fall apart, leaving the round table of mutual trust and heading for a hall full of lies and strife.

Perhaps the background of the work "The Girl's Final Journey" is a portrayal of the future of mankind one day......

However, in Gu Wu's own opinion, even if the world is full of malice, there is also goodwill that can offset this malice, after all, everyone wants to live, not struggle in pain.

Gu Wu looked at the building that had completely collapsed in front of him, and the fertilizer he had collected just now was all in vain, and the possibility was very low if he wanted to dig it up.

Most of the things that covered the ruins were heavy stones and rotten steel, which would be even more dangerous if they collapsed twice.

Although Gu Wu thought about using his ability to clean up the ruins in front of him and find out the soil that could be used as fertilizer again, the question was what if the soil was polluted?

Even if it is not polluted, the ability to last only ten seconds may not be able to clear all the rubble in front of you, and then it seems pointless.

Gu Wu, who was thinking like this in his heart, planned to investigate before taking action, if there was no problem, he would naturally use his ability to clean up all the broken stone slabs and rusty steel covering the fertile soil.

Back to the present, the two girls who saved Gu Wu and Del were also staring at the ruins that were gradually calming down, and the black-haired girl named Qianhu shifted her gaze to Del.

"It's been a long time since I've seen anyone else, old man, what are you two doing down there?"

"It's just collecting fertilizer...... Looks like this place is no longer usable. What about you? Why are you two girls here? ”

The questioned Senho looked at the huge pillar that was still some distance away, and it was the road that led to the upper floor.

"We were going to continue our journey upper, and as we passed by here, we heard your conversation below, and it just happened to collapse."

Speaking of this, the thousand households raised their heads, and the top of their heads was the point of the upper floor, and because the composition of the structure had not been repaired for a long time, there were indeed occasional heavy objects falling and brackets collapsing.

Like Chino, Yuri raised her head, but looking up, she expressed a different feeling.

"The whole bottom looks like burnt bread."

"How the hell did you come up with those things......

"Because I'm already friendly with Despair, everything looks delicious to me!"

"That's just a simple delusion on your part as a foodie."

Chiho was complaining calmly, while Yuri was giggling 'hey, hey, hey'.

After a moment's rest, Del, who had buried all the props in the ground except for the miner's hat, sighed, thumped his hand to his waist and stood up from the pile of lumber piled up in the corner.

With a tired look on his face, he looked at a completely collapsed building, and an expression of disappointment and frustration appeared on his face for a moment, but he quickly adjusted his state and said to Gu Wu on the side.

"Forget it today, Gu Wu, let's go back."

Until then, Del had not forgotten the help of the two young girls, so he made an invitation.

"Are you coming? I still have some food in my place of residence, as a thank you I will give you a part, by the way, you can call me Del, this guy's name is Gu Wu. ”

Gu Wu, who was smiling, nodded, and he couldn't help but think about it as his eyes were on Old Man Del.

Obviously, in the apocalypse, the old man who has materials is everything, actually used food as a thanks, and he could have left without doing anything.

Could it be that Old Man Del saw the firearm that Yuri was carrying on his back? So you think you have to come up with something?

No matter what, for Gu Wu, the old man in front of him is not a bad person, he has his own beliefs and creeds, and he is a tenacious and stubborn survivor.

The invited Senho fell into deep thought, but Yuri nodded unceremoniously, and her eyes lit up.

"Is it food?! Is it delicious?! To go, to go!! ”

"Yu! It's really ......."

"They're not bad people."

"No, I'm not saying they're bad people......"

Whether it's a bad guy or not, Qianhu is somewhat worried.

It's just that this concern of Chiho is broken by Yuri's gluttonous attribute, and I saw the foodie girl entangle her companion and ask her to start a half-track motorcycle to keep up with Del who is leaving.

I have to say that Del is an old man who can take care of others, and when he returned the same way, he did not go through the stairs, but specially selected half of the ruins and small slopes that can be easily climbed by tracked motorcycles.

Gu Wu was in the middle of the group, but soon Qianhu, who was driving a half-track motorcycle, caught up.

Chiho looked at the back of Del in front of him.

"Excuse me, bothering you."

"Don't worry, you helped us just now."

"You said you were looking for fertilizer in that abandoned facility, do you mean you're planting something? Is it food? ”

Qianhe is indeed very careful, after all, in her opinion, it is obviously not very reliable for ordinary people to take risks to find fertilizer for ornamental plants, so she guesses that it is food.

Gu Wu nodded in this regard.

"Yes, I heard from Old Man Del that he is growing food, because I have just met him, so the details are not very clear."

"I'm actually growing food, but it's been introduced in the books, and I thought there was nothing left to provide for plants to thrive."

Del, who had heard the conversation in the rear, coughed, and he declared

"It's true that there are many places where there is no real land! Even if you find dirt, there are not many nutrients, and even some of the soil will make the plants die, and the world is really terrible. ”

The old man was born to complain, but Yuri, who was an optimist and had just gotten along with Desperate Friendship, didn't care about this.

"Nana, Gu Wu Gu Wu, do you have anything to eat?"

Yuri, who had used a strange name, asked with an interested expression, but because she was lying on Chino's head, Chiho, who was driving, took the time to slam her in the abdomen with his elbow.

"Wow!!"

"Stupid, don't get in my way."

"It's not gentle at all, Xiaoqian!"

"Whose fault do you think it is?"

The two complained to each other, and Gu Wu on the side also gave an answer.

"I don't know what kind of food Mr. Del has, but I found a lot of good food."

"Really?!"

Yuli, who was drooling, seemed to see the food in front of her, and when she heard Gu Wu say this, even Qianhu became a little curious.

"Hey! Don't worry about chatting, be careful not to fall! ”

Del warned in front that there was a hole on the left side of the slope where everyone was currently located, presumably the result of a previous bomb attack.

Below the cavity, stacks of ruined floors can be seen, some of which are charred black, leaving traces of what had been burned by the heat.

"Okay!!

Yuri responds loudly to Del, and then reminds Chito to be careful, but of course Chiho is ignored.

Looking at the interaction of the girls, Gu Wu let out a long breath.

Since I came to this world, I have basically been walking around, and I was still digging the soil just now, and the accumulated tiredness in my body made my stomach hungry.

Fortunately, there are no man-eating monsters in this world, and there are no cruel enemies, except for the occasional city that collapses, it is generally quite safe.

It's just that this 'security' simply means that there is no enemy, and as for the material problem...... It's very difficult to find something to eat.

"Go this way!"

Del in front reminded everyone again, and instead of continuing to chat, everyone accelerated to follow.

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Del's base is a warehouse with flowers.

The warehouse is both a trellis and a place for his daily life.

Arriving at their destination, Senho parked his crawler motorcycle at the entrance of the warehouse, and Yuri also got off the back seat with a gun on her back and looked up at the tall warehouse.

Gu Wu and Del slowly pushed the warehouse door open as before, and with a slightly harsh sound, the warehouse door slowly opened under the impetus of gravity.

Bang! The sound of the door being pushed to the end sounded, and at the same time there were exclamations from Chiho and Yuri.

The sunlight that slanted into the interior of the warehouse soaked the colorful flowers like dye, and they flickered like neon signs, and the smell of flowers swayed as the warehouse door was opened, giving off a scent of earthy flowers.

"Wow......"

"Wow!!!! Xiao Qian! Xiao Qian! It's Hanada Ya!! ”

Yuri ran into the warehouse with her hands held high.

It's just that when Yuri passed by Del, she was grabbed by the old man by the back collar.

"Uh-huh——!!!"

"Little girl, don't run around, it will be bad if you trample those flowers."

"That's right! That's right! Are those flowers edible? ”

"Their roots can be boiled and eaten, and they taste good, but it takes about half a month to fully ripen, and it doesn't taste very good when you dig it up now."

All in all, it's edible! Yuri had such an expression, staring at the flowers that shone in bright colors in the sunlight.

Qianhu, who entered the warehouse in the back, glanced at the scene and looked very impressed.

"Is this the flower you planted together?"

"No, it's all the work of Old Man Del alone."

Gu Wu immediately responded, and Del looked proud of it.

"That's right, after all, you need to be well prepared before you travel!"

"Travel? Is the old man going to the upper floor too? ”

"No, I'm going to the lower level."

"Lower? But ......"

Chinohe, who asked a question, was interrupted, and Del, who let go of Yuri, walked to the room inside the warehouse.

After a while, he walked out with an iron bucket, which contained food made from the roots of flowers that had been harvested once.

"It's no problem to distribute it to you at all, plus the food I will pick again in half a month, it is probably enough."

The inside of the bucket is filled with dried flower roots, which must be boiled in water.

Since they looked the same as the roots of the tree, Chiho and Yuri couldn't help but hesitate.

Before that, Gu Wu also took out his mountaineering bag, and when he opened the package, he took out the self-heating rice that had been prepared long ago.

"Old man Del's stuff is saved for tomorrow, and now come and taste the food I found."

There is a vegetable bag in the self-heating rice, just tear it open and pour it into the rice, and add some water.

Gu Wu, who took out four servings of self-heating rice, became the focus of everyone.

"Young man, what are you?"

"Eat."

"It's hard to get up."

"It's just the packaging on the outside."

Gu Wu, who said this, began to prepare in front of everyone.

He opened the package, took out the rice, put the heating bag on the bottom of the plastic bowl, added some water, and then put the rice back in, and the vegetable bag was padded at the bottom with heating.

The process took ten minutes, so Gu Wu was questioned on the way.

"Nana, Gu Wu, what were you doing just now?"

"Of course it's cooking, just a few minutes left."

"That means you can eat in a few minutes, right!!"

Yuri cares more about how often the meal is served than how it works.

"Is this really edible?"

Del didn't show any impatience, but he still had some doubts.

"Don't worry, old man, the taste must be much better than the roots of those flowers."

"See what you're capable of."

Qianhu on the side stared at the hot lunch box motionlessly, and after a while said to himself

"Why does adding water make it so hot on its own?"

The detailed principle Gu Wu didn't know, he only knew that it was some kind of chemical reaction.

So a few minutes passed, Gu Wu carefully opened the lid of the lunch box, poured the vegetable bag below into the rice, and took out the rice spoon that came inside.

"It's OK, but it's hot."

As soon as Gu Wu finished speaking, Yuli, who was wearing gloves, picked it up.

Chiho wanted to say something, but before she could stop it, Yuri put the rice and vegetables into her mouth.

"Delicious!"

The foodie's evaluation moved Qianhu's heart, and the old man Del was not idle, and he also picked it up and began to taste.

The self-heating rice is paired with a beef set, and although there is a pitiful amount of beef in it, it does not affect his taste.

"Young man, this thing is really delicious."

"This ...... It smells so good. ”

Del and Chihu made an evaluation.

Even cheap self-heating rice is incomparably delicious in this apocalypse.

Gu Wu, who put the meat in his mouth, planned to wait for some more drinks to come out, and after thinking about this, he heard the sound again.

Bang dang! A huge black iron plate fell from the sky, causing a loud bang when it hit the ground, and a building collapsed under the impact.

"I guess there are some places above that can't support it at all."

Del said in a flat tone, seemingly unconcerned about the crumbling world.

As the earth on which people used to live begins to collapse, what will be the impact of the crumbling living environment?

Humanity is on the verge of the end, the city of the past remains, and the travelers scattered everywhere have to move on, just like the girls in front of them, and now, it is their cherished time to rest.