Chapter 13: Chapter 13: A New Goal - To The Tower!
After laying Yuuri next to Chito,watching the two of them sleep, Senju couldn't help but sigh. How could these two teenage girls persevere in this apocalyptic world? He could tell by their looks that they were exhausted today, so let sleep take over. Soothe their bodies and minds.
Senju gradually felt that he was different from them. His sleep was mainly to relax his mind, but the main factor that affected his physical activity was whether his hunger level was full. Now he just felt a little tired mentally, but he did not feel tired physically.
(T/L: Perks of having the "Interface" I guess, though through the chapters I have read in the raw, when he sleeps, unlike in Minecraft where its instantly day, I have theorized that because there are other humans out there that are still alive, this phenomenon will never happen... Unless he suddenly went all Chara and commited Genocide - near mass Extinction of this world's humans...)
After thinking about it, Senju began to relax by fishing. However, it seems that fish was the only thing he was getting. After continuing to 'fish' for a while, the harvested varieties were all fish, and there were no other items. Looking at these seven or eight fish, Senju decided to rest now.
(T/L: Some reason there was a word 'Xiao Yu' I didn't know if it was referring to Chito or Senju- but Senju after 'Xiao Yu' was written, Senju's name popped up, so I don't know if 'Xiao Yu' was about him thinking that Chito would be happy about this...)
Looking at his inventory, Senju was a little confused, but he still wore a suit of armor and lay on his quilt. Anyway, he couldn't feel the coldness, and roughness of the armor, and the armor gave him a sense of security.
*Pop* *Pop* *Pop* *pop* *pop* *p*~~~~
The sound of rain outside gradually disappeared, and only the sound of wind was still whistling. With this soothing sound, Senju fell asleep after thinking for a while.
After waking up in the morning, Senju found that Yuuri was still sleeping there, while he saw Chito checking the their vehicle. After sitting there for a while, Senju decided to make breakfast, but the most food they have right now happened to be raw fish, so he decided to make a fish soup.
(T/L: Removed 'popular' between 'most ____ food' since it didn't make sense.)
As usual, he just boiled the fish in water. After sorting out the ingredients, Senju looked at the small pot on the electric stove and was lost in thought.
After a while, Yuuri had woke up from the aroma of food being cooked and came to watch the process of cooking(boiling) the fish, looking at her hands.
The way she was holding a bag of compressed seeds and eager to try it showed that she wanted to add some new ingredients to this dish.
"No, you can't add random things." Senju quickly stopped her, but Yuuri said coquettishly in a cute voice, "What does it matter? After adding these, it may be unexpectedly delicious."
"I doubt it'll be delicious" 'And my "Interface" might not register it as "Stew" ' Senju thought .
(T/L: Changed "Fish Soup" to "Stew", since I was dumb and didn't search up the true name of Minecraft's "Fish Soup" .(๑•﹏•) )
"If it's not delicious, then this will be Yuu's food for today" Chito returned to the house after checking the car.
"Tch, Chii-chan is really stingy~ you have to experiment sometimes~" despite saying this, Yuuri gave up her approach... for now.
"Yes, I'll try taking 'risks' for Yuu in the future." Chito comforted Yuuri, and the two(plus Senju, who was beside them)of them just stared at the small pot and waited for the fish soup inside to come out.
After a while, the fish soup was finally ready.
Senju was poured the stew directly into their respective cups, then Chito took out a spoon. Although she didn't know what happened to it, it looked very clean now.
After the soup was distributed, the three of them held the stew in one hand, and started eating the rice with the compressed seeds in the other.
In this cold weather, it felt great to take a sip of warm stew. Senju saw the two girls ,opposite to him seemed to melt away in comfort, with blissful smiles on their faces.
After eating, Senju began to pack his things. Today's goal was the conspicuous tower, from which he could reach a higher level. However, most of Yuuri and Chito's belongings were still in the car. They packed rather quickly.
The two girls who had taken care of their own affairs came to watch Senju's work. Although they knew Senju's abilities, they are still suprise , as they watched him 'put' away his items one by one into nothing.
After finishing, the three of them drove the car and prepared to set off. However, when they came outside, they discovered that the snow on the ground turned into ice. Probably because of the rain last night, the snow melted and condensed into ice.
However, the road surface was much smoother. Chito and Yuuri's car drove smoothly on it without any problems. Senju also followed them out of the building.
After being on the road for a while, Senju realized something was wrong.
'What the? Am I getting further and further away from them?'
After a closer look, he realized that his car was still skidding in place and had not traveled very far at all.
He quickly called out to the two people in front. The two in front noticed that they almost lost a team member. After the three people checked for a while, they discovered that it turned out to be the result of Senju's car not having tracks.
Originally, Chito suggested connecting the two cars with a rope and letting the crawler pull his car forward. However, Senju suddenly thought of something and tried to load up the car in his inventory. In an instant, in front of the two, the car disappeared, but after Senju checked his inventory, he found no sign of a car. Instead, there was a pile of sundries and a pressure plate.
(T/L: Sundries- various items not important enough to be mentioned individually.)
After putting the car out again, Senju knew that the current car could no longer run because the most important power source was no longer on it. Chito and Yuuri looked at his actions with curiosity. He putted it away for the time being.
'What does Senju what to do with it?' They both thought at the same time
After putting the car away again, Senju suggested that he also sit on their vehicle. There were not many things on the car, so there was enough space to take Senju with him. In this way, the three of them rode in a car towards the direction of the tower.
Perhaps due to the influence of the rain last night, there were no traces of flames or plumes of smoke in the direction of the oil depot. There were also many ice blocks attached to the surrounding buildings, and there were many strange-shaped ice flakes on the road. The entire city seemed to be completely carved out of ice.
Seeing these strange landscapes, Yuuri started photographing the scenery again. Now she hangs the camera around her neck and holds the camera in both hands. She will take pictures when she encounters strange sights, while Senju is covered in a blanket in the car looking at the surrounding landscape.
It's still a long way from the tower.
Sometimes when are getting closer, they found that the surrounding roads have been cut off or blocked. Moreover, many roads with high slopes are difficult to drive due to ice. After stumbling like this, the three finally arrived near the tower.
The three of them have all seen the hugeness of the tower, but it still feels very spectacular when viewed up close. And this is only a small part of the entire building. Everyone can't help but feel a little emotional.
'The people in the past were really amazing.' The three thought with amazement
It's still early, so Chito was ready to reach the tower in one go. She did not know how many turns she took, but with the guidance of the map(that Senju gave her)of the tower, they would not get lost. The three of them finally arrived near the tower.
After arriving here, Senju began to show Chito the way and followed the route he took out to the entrance of the tower. After entering the tower, Chito and Yuuri were very surprised. According to them, the passage up to the tower didn't look like this before, and they didn't expect that the inside of these towers looked like this.
After some inquiries, Senju found out that the person who contacted them didn't know that there was only one route to the tower, and they had reached this level by another method.