Chapter 31/Carnival of the Festival

Author: Charcoal Grilled Rice Mushroom

Chapter 31 Festival Carnival

After the baggage trucks sprinkled a large amount of harvest, the guards at the security level formed a long human chain to stop the excited crowd.

Then the sweepers at the central level rushed forward quickly and cleared a path through the hill of supplies, clearing the way for the expedition team to move forward.

And as the armed convoy, filled with gunpowder smoke and traces of battle, disappeared at the end of the road in the golden square, the fanatical shelter residents finally calmed down.

Jiatu heard someone shouting loudly in the square:

"Line up! Don't mess around! Go to the square door one by one to receive gifts! Everyone has a share! Don't grab them!"

He saw Herna pointing to a shouter under the box and saying to Warren:

"Shall we go down too?"

However, the young man just shook his head: "We are VIP guests in the box, and someone will bring the things up in a moment."

Sure enough, not long after he said these words.

A young man wearing a red robe and a golden ribbon pushed a dining cart, knocked on the door and walked in.

When he saw the room full of young people from the lower class wearing brown robes, his eyes flashed with surprise, but he still put down the things on the dining cart very politely, and then respectfully asked Warren if they needed anything else.

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"Bring us one, two, three... ten more cups of wood wine!"

Just when Warren was about to shake his head and refuse, Zhiti stopped him. The girl counted the number of people present, then took out ten 10-quota coins from her pocket and handed them to the man.

"Okay, ten cups of wood wine, right? I'll bring it to you right away."

The man in red nodded calmly, took the ten coins, turned and left the box.

Then Warren immediately opened his mouth to question the girl:

"Zhiti, why are you buying wood wine? Don't you know that the wood wine here is twice as expensive as outside?!"

The ninth floor where Warren was located was not wealthy either, so seeing the girl spending money so lavishly made her feel a little sad.

However, the girl just replied with a smile:

"But the only chance to drink sake here is now, right?"

Jiatu watched the interaction between the two and realized that they were not really angry.

At the dining car, Wei Wei also handed out free chocolates:

"Come, come, come and see, everyone has a share, come and get a piece!"

Jiatu took the tinfoil chocolate handed to him by the little fat man, opened it and took a look.

What he got in his hand was just ordinary military dark chocolate, specially used to refresh himself. Not only was it bitter due to the lack of sugar, but it was also covered with a thick layer of white frost.

Considering that he had just satisfied his appetite at Chef Lumino's not long ago, he put the chocolate away calmly.

Compared to his unlucky situation, the chocolates Hena and Heda received were much more normal, at least they looked like ordinary sugary chocolates.

Hedda seemed very happy when she tasted this for the first time. He was pleasantly surprised by how soft and sweet the solid chocolate melted on the tip of his tongue. He was stunned by the surprise.

After taking a bite, Hena realized something and silently put the chocolate in her hand into Heda's pocket.

In addition to chocolates, the dining cart pushed in by the man in red also contained candies, raisins, mustard, spicy strips and freeze-dried vegetables.

Kato even saw dog food in the food truck.

But when he saw Wei Wei and the others eating happily, he didn't say a word to remind them.

Obviously, Warren was also aware of what was contained in the package with phonetic characters printed on it.

He lowered his head and whispered something to Zhiti. His eyes met Jiatu's, and both of them seemed to understand what the other was thinking.

They nodded to each other, and Jato stopped Hena's outstretched right hand and stuffed a packet of sunflower seeds into her hand.

With the tacit understanding of girls, it only takes one look to know that it is something that should not be touched.

Although it can be eaten, as a human it is best not to touch it.

So although the things in the dining car were a bit messy, Jiato was still a little moved by the smell of industrial fragrance that he hadn't experienced for a long time.

"Sure enough...natural things just can't be compared with industrial products...the taste has not changed after so many years...it's still the same...it's nostalgic."

Jiatu picked up a pack of spicy sticks and took a bite, feeling deeply moved.

There are not many things in the dining car, and not every item is enough for ten people.

So after Jia Tu took a bite, he habitually handed the spicy sticks in his hand to Hena.

The girl also took a small bite and gave it all to Heda.

Warren and Zhiti looked at this scene with some surprise.

The young man couldn't help but ask: "Is this how you usually eat?"

"Um?"

Jiatu was stunned for a moment: "I can't finish one dry food bar. One bite is enough for three people. What's wrong?"

"Herna usually doesn't eat with us... This is the first time I've seen her take things handed to her so naturally..."

As her best friend, Zhiti couldn't help but feel a little emotional. It seemed that she often gave things to Hena, but then she was rejected.

"We are family after all..."

Jiatu was a little unimpressed.

However, he noticed that Zhiti and Hualun looked at each other strangely.

Just when he was about to ask further questions, he heard a knock at the door.

It turns out that the guy in red from before has left and returned.

He walked in pushing something like ten glasses of beer, but it was only then that Zhiti suddenly remembered:

"Ah! I forgot that Hedda is too young to drink a whole glass!"

Is that the problem?!

Jia Tu couldn't help complaining in his heart.

Don’t you know that underage people can’t drink?!

However, there seems to be no such rule in the shelter, so everyone sitting here got a cup.

Jato sniffed the liquid in the cup. It had the aroma of beer yeast, but judging from the wooden container containing it, it was not the result of the expedition team, but a self-made product of the shelter similar to a training stick.

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"It's made from fermented wood chips, just like the dry food bars we eat."

Hena whispered beside Jia Tu.

Jiatu nodded. He knew that the main components of wood fiber were carbohydrates, just like starch. After proper processing, it could be used as a raw material for food and wine making.

Thanks to this technology, the residents of the shelter did not starve to death when food was scarce.

Drinking the wood wine, which exuded a faint musty smell like dry food bars, the young people in the box gradually became enthusiastic.

Jiatu listened to them talking about the graduation exams in the next few days and smiled silently.

He hasn't figured out yet whether he wants to participate in the team selection of the Explorers like Warren said.

But the fastest way to cure his leg is to become a wilderness explorer.

After all, he saw many expeditioners using prosthetic limbs at the Return Day Ceremony.

But he still has the secret of the research institute, and the casualty rate of the explorers also makes him stop.

"After all, people are going to die..."

Jato recalled those explorers who had more than two closed masks hanging around their necks.

Then I saw these energetic young people in front of me.

If they all became explorers, how many of them would survive to adulthood?

When Jiatu thought of this, he felt a little entangled in his heart.

His eyes swept over Hena, and even looked at Warren and Zhiti.

They were all good children he had never seen in his previous life, but in the end, they had to sacrifice themselves in order to survive in the shelter...

So as an adult, what should I do correctly?

Just when Jiatu was gradually thinking about it, the door to the box was pushed open again.

Jia Tu saw the blond boy in the next box, who had quarreled with Warren before, and a group of his boys, pushing the door open and walking in drunkenly.

Jiatu noticed that many of them had red eyes, as if they had just cried.

After the blond boy came in, he immediately shouted provocatively at Warren:
To be continued...