“Phew~~ That was refreshing.”
Early this morning, Scarlet and Snow White arrived at the designated coordinates of the Ark and completely wiped out all the Raptures entrenched there.
Scarlet did almost all the work throughout the process, while Snow White held her weapon in the back to provide support and barely lifted a finger.
“Staying with Young Master, I feel like my body has started to rust after just a few days.” Scarlet wiped her sister’s relic, her precious sword—Fleetly Fading—and sheathed it.
“Ever since Young Master came to the outpost, I haven’t even been interested in killing Raptures.
I’m really looking forward to life in the Ark with Young Master.”
Snow White nodded.
“Yeah.
Combat seems to have become simpler.”
In fact, Snow White hadn’t fought around Kai yet, so she hadn’t had the chance to experience what her Burst Skill was like.
But after Kai arrived, apart from going out to find supplies, scouting paths, and standing guard at the outpost, Snow White had almost never fought Raptures at close range again.
She would just fire a few shots from afar, and her teammates would take out all the Raptures.
Even the Mass-Produced Nikkes hadn’t suffered any casualties.
One must know that in the past when guarding temporary outposts, the Raptures’ attack intensity was nowhere near what it is now, yet the Mass-Produced Nikkes still suffered heavy casualties.
The Commander’s arrival had completely changed the Nikkes’ way of fighting.
“Let’s go, Snow White.” Scarlet called out to the contemplative Snow White.
“Next, we’ll go directly to destroy the large elevator used for transporting supplies.
It’s said that they sent us quite a lot of supplies through the elevator at the end.
Maybe there’s a lot of delicious food, huh?”
“—” Snow White snapped out of it completely, wiped away her drool, and then followed the departing Scarlet toward the elevator’s location.
After the two of them received the supplies, Snow White easily destroyed the large elevator with her weapon—Seven Dwarfs.
By the time they returned to the temporary outpost with the supplies, the Ark’s contact person happened to call via instant communication.
“Destruction of the large elevator has been confirmed.”
“Thank you very much.
The Ark will now enter the final stage of sealing.”
“The estimated time is another 3 weeks.
We will have to trouble everyone for the remaining matters.”
Dorothy even offered some comfort, clearly in a good mood.
“Don’t worry, our Goddess Squad will complete all tasks.”
“—” The man’s voice paused for a moment, then changed the subject.
“Did you receive the supplies sent through the elevator?”
Scarlet and Snow White set down the huge supply crates and opened them in front of Dorothy.
Dorothy: “Yes, we received them.”
She glanced at the supplies, and her gaze was drawn to one particular item.
“Hmm~, what is that cement-like stuff?
Is it reinforcement material?
The size is a bit too small for that.”
Hearing Dorothy’s words, before the man could even answer, Snow White was the first to put on a mask of pain.
Scarlet also covered her mouth, almost unable to hold back her laughter.
The man’s voice rang out: “Ah, that is called perpeti (an Ark top secret); it is the staple food of the Ark.”
Dorothy looked at the two in front of her, feeling very confused: “Food…?”
Kai walked slowly to the crate and poked his head in to look.
Scarlet leaned into his ear and whispered: “Young Master, this is good stuff transported from the Ark!
Even Snow White said it was good after tasting it.
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Snow White: It’s good indeed!
Good and disgusting.
Then Scarlet used her finger to pick up a small piece of perpeti and fed it to Kai’s lips.
Snow White turned her head to the side and didn’t say a word.
This is perpeti?
The Ark’s top secret?
Kai felt a bit tempted.
“Haha, the taste is a bit scary, right?
This is the initial finished product; flavor hasn’t been considered yet.
However, theoretically speaking, it is a perfect food.”
“If one only eats perpeti, theoretically, a human can live to be a hundred years old.
But, well—unless it’s a last resort, I suggest you all don’t eat it.”
The man’s voice came from the robot’s speaker, and the scene fell silent.
Scarlet silently withdrew her hand, and Snow White had long since distanced herself from Scarlet to go stand guard.
“Well then, I will contact you once a day from now on.”
Dorothy: “Alright.”
Communication ended.
Looking at Scarlet who wanted to slip away, Kai asked: “Scarlet, has Snow White tasted the perpeti?”
Scarlet had no choice but to stop, her eyes shifting as she turned around.
“Snow White took one bite and then put the rest away.
She said she’d wait until there were no more supplies to eat it.
So I didn’t dare taste it.”
That’s impressive!
To think even Snow White was put off by it, it must be something.
Kai’s curiosity was piqued; he had to taste just how bad it was.
“Scarlet, let me have a taste.
I’m quite curious.”
“Really?
Here, here.” Scarlet quickly ran over; she hadn’t thrown the perpeti away yet, and she fed it to Kai’s mouth.
Then all the Nikkes present looked at the Commander with curiosity.
“!!!” Kai suppressed the urge to roll his eyes.
This taste, he didn’t know how to describe it for a moment!
It looked like cement and tasted like water-thinned mud, with an indescribable bitterness.
Chewing with difficulty, Kai’s teeth made a ‘crunching’ sound.
How should he put it?
It was like chewing soil that tasted like bitter melon.
“Mhm~~” Kai nodded to the Nikkes and then turned around and left just like that, as if he had made some kind of resolution.
“—” Dorothy, Scarlet, Rapunzel, and the Mass-Produced Nikkes.
So exactly how did perpeti taste?
Why did everyone go silent after eating it?
But in the end, not a single Nikke went to try the taste of perpeti; after all, it wasn’t a last resort yet.
Soon 3 weeks passed, and Kai spent this time safely with the Nikkes, feeling happy yet slightly troubled.
On this last day at the temporary outpost, everyone began organizing useful items.
Scarlet mysteriously led the members of the Goddess Squad and Kai to a patch of land at the outpost.
This place had been cultivated, and there were some young sprouts of crops.
Scarlet said proudly: “This is the sorghum I planted when I first arrived at the outpost.
It’s my treasure; it will become my wine in the future.”
“We are about to go to the Ark, so I’d like to ask everyone for help in moving these seedlings out so I can transplant them into the Ark later.”
Dorothy was quite speechless: “Hehe, to brew it into wine, you’ll have to wait a long time.”
Looking at her former bickering teammate and current acting superior, Scarlet wasn’t afraid of Dorothy: “So what?
We’ll have plenty of time in the Ark later.”
Snow White looked at the green, fresh crops in front of her: — “Hey!
I’m warning you in advance, if anyone eats it, I will never forgive them.” Scarlet thought to herself that she had miscalculated; she had invited the wolf into the house.
Kai found it quite funny: “Hahaha— as if anyone would crave your seedlings.
Although sorghum stalks are sweet, they’re too small now and have no taste.
Well, probably not.
It seems no one has tried it.”
Sweet?
Snow White, who had originally given up, unconsciously started drooling again.
Sigh!
Young Master, you’re just making trouble for me!
Scarlet walked straight up to Snow White, staring at her and said: “Snow White, it will be at its sweetest only after it grows up.
At that time, you can eat as much as you want.”
Snow White: — “Understood.”
As expected of you, Snow White.
Kai silently walked toward the soil and dug up a seedling.
Finally, after everyone helped Scarlet collect the seedlings, Dorothy led them to the cemetery where the sacrificed Mass-Produced Nikke sisters were buried.
Rapunzel led everyone in prayer.
Kai, a fellow without faith, also prayed sincerely at this moment, hoping they could be reincarnated into the China of his own world.
“Thanks to everyone.
Without everyone’s concerted efforts, today would not have been possible.”
“Everyone— has saved humanity.
Truly— thank you, everyone.
Thank you, all of you.”
After spending the last night at this temporary outpost, everyone packed up useful supplies and quickly evacuated to the vicinity of the Ark’s entrance through the passage scouted by Snow White.
Everyone was carrying large and small bags, except for Kai.
“Huff~~ Huff~~” Kai panted heavily, while the other Nikkes didn’t even have a drop of sweat.
“Commander, we’re almost there.
How about…” Dorothy looked at the gasping Kai; she was planning to carry the Commander the rest of the way.
“No need!
It’s nothing, I just ate a bit too much this morning!” The empty-handed Kai expressed that this was his last bit of stubbornness.
“Alright~, then let’s slow down a bit.”
“Okay!”
After a while, they finally reached the designated position.
Kai leaned against the robot that only had communication functions left, and then the robot automatically connected to the communication from the Ark.
“Thank you for your final watch.
The Ark’s sealing work is about to commence.”
“3, 2, 1—”
Rumble— Rumble— Rumble—
Accompanied by the shaking of the earth and mountains and a huge sound, the Ark’s sealing work was completed.