r18novel Chapter 271 Rich and Delicious Dry Foods and French Stews
Chapter 271 Rich and Delicious Dry Foods and French Stews
The engulfing of Nirvana is more like an indiscriminate carpet-like coverage.
Dark red wax seeped through the cracks in the concrete and silently spread along the ventilation ducts and cable trays to the second-floor living area.
At first, it was just that the shadow in the corner was a little darker, and a little bit of a sticky, dark red, asphalt-like substance seeped out from the seams of the floor.
Those who were still scavenging for supplies on the second floor did not notice anything unusual; it was Chen Pei who was the first to notice something amiss.
He looked down.
A patch of dark red "moss," no bigger than the palm of his hand, was slowly extending upwards along the wall at his feet.
Wherever it passed, the paint and dust on the walls disappeared silently, revealing the original texture of the concrete below, eerily clean.
Chen Pei frowned, but did not alert anyone else.
"Brother Dao's 'Nirvana'?" Chen Pei understood in his heart, but just watched quietly.
The dark red figure seemed to sense his gaze, but made no attempt to conceal it.
Instead, it moved more cautiously along the base of the wall, avoiding areas where people were, and began to devour the all-metal structure on the second floor.
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An extremely faint sound, like the rapid turning of paper, could be faintly heard through the heavy fire door.
This thorough decomposition and absorption, a return to the origin of matter, momentarily stunned Chen Pei.
……
The lobby on the first floor.
The hall visibly emptied out, and Shao Bing, Yang Fan, Li Miao, and the others instinctively became wary.
"Brother Shan? Is this really okay?" Xiao Wu, who was nearby, asked in a daze, but the rifle in his hand offered no sense of security whatsoever.
"It's alright, I trust Daozi," Tashan replied in a deep voice.
His gaze, however, drifted to Xu Si's motionless figure not far away.
[Current Oddity: Nirvana]
[Rank: 503]
The numbers are jumping again, about to break the 500 mark.
Xu Si could feel that as his ranking improved, his connection with "Nirvana" became increasingly close.
You can even vaguely sense its "preference" for different substances and its digestion efficiency.
It seems that it is no longer satisfied with the simple "quantity" and has begun to pursue a more complex and functional "quality".
"Red Hair, I drove the pickup truck in too. Why don't you let it eat Little Pikachu? It's a shame to leave it here!"
She wouldn't have given up on Pikachu if it hadn't been so badly damaged.
Xu Si glanced at her. The little girl spoke generously, but her eyes were still glued to the dilapidated pickup truck.
Although it had been repaired by Tieyuan, the windows were still missing, and even the original paint was almost gone. The tire treads were barely visible.
"Are you really sure?" Xu Si asked.
"Let him eat, why all the nonsense?" Jiao Jiao puffed out her small chest, but her voice became a little stronger.
Xu Si didn't expose her, and directly communicated with Nirvana.
The pool of dark red wax that was digesting the ammunition box paused slightly, then split into a thin stream.
Like living tentacles, it slowly flowed toward the pickup truck parked to the side.
Wax was applied to the pickup truck's scratched hood, slowly enveloping it.
Smoothing out those deep dents little by little, as if reading the remaining "memories" of this vehicle.
For a time, the pickup truck seemed to have been given a new lease on life.
Jiao Jiao held Su Su's hand tightly, her eyes filled with reluctance. Without this vehicle, it was uncertain whether they would still be alive.
The dark red wax gradually engulfed the entire pickup truck.
This time, not a single sound of erosion was heard.
Time seemed to stretch out.
A few minutes later, the wax coating disappeared, leaving the area empty.
Jiao Jiao's shoulders relaxed almost imperceptibly for a moment, then straightened up again.
"Thanks," she whispered to Xu Si, giving Pikachu a final act of courtesy.
Then he quickly turned around, ran back to his newly replaced honey badger vehicle, and pretended to check the tires.
Wang Hu, Xiao Wu, and Li Miao followed the same method.
Although the vehicles were old, they had been with them all the way, and they couldn't bear to leave them as scrap metal in the desert.
Becoming part of Nirvana may be their best destiny.
After a very long time, as darkness fell in the desert.
As the waxy coating faded from the wreckage of the last armored vehicle.
The entire first floor has been completely restored to its original state, which can be described in two words.
That is—the unfinished product
[Current Oddity: Nirvana]
[Rank: 437]
The second floor was almost half devoured by this time, and the devouring of the third floor had begun not long ago.
"Is it... over?" Doubao asked softly, breaking the silence.
"It seems so..." The sausage stretched its neck to look around, confirming that no new "magma" was gushing out.
Chen Pei remained silent.
Xu Si didn't speak, but he knew perfectly well.
Although the first layer has ended, the devouring of the second and third layers has only just begun.
"Finally... it's stopped." Tashan breathed a long sigh of relief, even he felt quite pressured.
He looked around and grinned, "This is really clean now, not even a screw was left."
Fu Xiaojian stood at the entrance of the passage, looking up at the ramp leading to the second floor.
The place was equally desolate; the clean corridors left behind after the wax had melted away stretched into the darkness under the lights.
"Old Xu!"
"It's turned to the third floor?" He turned to Xu Si, his voice tinged with inquiry.
"Hmm," Xu Si replied, seeing no need to hide anything.
Fu Xiaojian's lips twitched. This guy really wanted to empty out this military base.
However, Fu Xiaojian didn't react much; he figured if he swallowed it, he might as well.
Xu Si knew what was on the third floor, but Fu Xiaojian didn't!
What the others didn't know was that if Nirvana made a mistake, the entire base might be sent flying.
"Alright! Everyone pack up, have dinner, and go to bed early. We'll leave tomorrow morning. Is that alright? Here..." Fu Xiaojian said.
The sound echoed back and forth in the empty, single-layered space.
"No problem!" Although today was quite exciting, everyone is happy to get a good night's sleep tonight.
And Nirvana thoughtfully returned some of its wax to condense into a vehicle, allowing Xu Si to rest at night.
"No need, you go eat too!"
The vehicle seemed confused for a moment before understanding Xu Si's meaning, then turned back into wax and flowed into the second-floor space.
"Brother Dao, I have extra blankets here, why don't you sleep here tonight!"
Xiao Luo thoughtfully laid out a military blanket for Xu Si next to his own bed.
He always regarded Xu Si as an older brother, and Xiao Luo was visibly happy to be able to sit next to Dao Ge.
Xu Si did not refuse.
"Hmph," Xiao Luo said. On the other side was Jiao Jiao's bed.
It can only be said that he has the potential to be a warm-hearted man at such a young age.
For dinner, we had "rich and flavorful dry food French stew", which was basically just a pot of soup made with compressed dry food.
You could also just eat compressed biscuits directly, but you can imagine how bad they taste.
"Brother Dao, your 'Nirvana'... will it become even more powerful after it devours the base?" Xiao Luo leaned closer and whispered.
"Yes," Xu Si replied, the soup in his hand tasted quite good.
"Then... what will it become?" Xiao Luo's voice was filled with childlike curiosity.
"I don't know," Xu Si replied honestly.
"Huh?" Xiao Luo clearly didn't expect Xu Si's answer. He nodded as if he understood, and didn't ask any more questions.