Knights of the Wasteland Fortress

Chapter 31 The Carnival of the Festival

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

Then the cleaners at the central level rushed up quickly, clearing a path from the hill of supplies, clearing the way for the expedition team to follow up.

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

Jiatu heard someone shouting loudly in the square:

"Line up! Don't be chaotic! Go to the gate of the square to receive gifts one by one! Everyone has a share! Don't rush!"

He saw Hena point to a caller below the box and say to Warren:

"Are we going down too?"

However, the boy just shook his head: "We are the VIP guests in the box, and someone will deliver the things in a while."

Sure enough, it wasn't long before he said those words.

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

When he saw the room full of teenagers in the lower area wearing brown robes, a trace of surprise flashed across his pupils, but he still politely put down the things on the dining car, and then asked Warren respectfully what else they needed .

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

Just when Hua Lun was about to shake his head and refuse, Zhi Ti 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-brewed wine, right? I'll bring them to you right away."

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

Then Hua Lun immediately opened his mouth and asked the girl:

"Zhiti, why do you buy wood brewing wine? Don't you know that wood brewing wine here is twice as expensive as outside?!"

The ninth floor where Hua Lun was located was not rich, so seeing the girl spend so much money, she couldn't help but feel a little bit pained.

However, the girl just replied with a smile:
"But the only chance to drink wooden wine here is at this moment?"

Gato watched the two interact and realized they weren't really angry.

And at the dining car, Wei Wei also distributed free chocolates:

"Come, come, everyone who sees it has a share, everyone come and get a piece!"

Jiatu took the tinfoil chocolate that the fat man handed him, opened it and looked at it.

What he got in his hand was just ordinary military-grade dark chocolate, which was specially used to refresh himself. Not to mention the lack of sugar, it was bitter, and it was covered with a thick layer of hoarfrost.

Considering that he had only satisfied his appetite at Chef Luminor's not long ago, he quietly put away the chocolate.

Compared to his bad luck, the chocolates Hena and Hedda received were much more normal, at least they looked like ordinary sugary chocolates.

It was the first time Heda ate this thing, he seemed very happy. He was surprised by the softness and sweetness of the solid chocolate melting on the tip of his tongue, and he was stunned by surprise.

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

In addition to chocolate, candies, raisins, mustard, spicy strips and freeze-dried vegetables were also placed on the dining car pushed in by the man in red.

Jiatu even saw dog food in the dining car.

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

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

He lowered his head, said something to Zhiti in a low voice, and met Jiatu's eyes, both seemed to understand what the other was thinking.

Nodding to each other, Jiatu stopped Hena's outstretched right hand and stuffed a bag of sunflower seeds into her hand.

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

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

So even though the things in the dining car were mixed up a little bit, Jiatu was still a little moved by the smell of industrial essence after a long absence.

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

Jiatu picked up a pack of spicy sticks and bit into his mouth forcefully, his heart was full of emotion.

There are not many things in the dining car, and not all of them are enough for ten people.

So after Jiatu took a bite, he habitually handed the spicy strips to Hena.

After the girl took a small bite, she gave it all to Heda.

Hua Lun and Zhi Ti looked at this scene with some surprise.

The boy couldn't help asking: "Is this how you usually eat?"

"Ok?"

Jiatu was stunned for a moment: "It's not enough to finish one dry food stick, one bite for each person, it's just right for three people to share, what's wrong?"

"Hena doesn't usually eat with us... It's the first time I've seen her take things that were handed to her so naturally..."

As a best friend, Zhi Ti couldn't help feeling a little bit emotional. It seemed that she gave Hena a lot of things on weekdays, but was rejected.

"We are family after all..."

Jiatu was a little unconcerned.

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

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

It turned out that the little brother in red had gone and returned.

He walked in pushing something like ten glasses of beer, but it wasn't until then that Zhi Ti suddenly remembered:

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

Is that the problem? !
Jiatu couldn't help complaining in his heart.

Don't you know that minors can't drink alcohol? !

However, there does not seem to be such a rule in the shelter, so everyone sitting there got a cup.

Jiatu smelled the liquid in the cup, and it smelled like beer yeast, but judging from the wooden container that held them, it was not the result of the expedition team, but a homemade product of the shelter similar to the wooden sticks used for training. .

"It's fermented from wood scraps, the same as the dry food bars we eat."

Hena whispered beside Jiatu.

Jiatu nodded. He knew that the main component of wood fiber, like starch, was carbohydrates. After proper processing, it could be used as a raw material for food and winemaking.

Thanks to this technology, the residents of the shelter did not starve to death in the absence of food.

Drinking wood-brewed wine that exudes a mild musty smell like dry food sticks, the young people in the box gradually became enthusiastic.

Jiatu smiled silently as he listened to their talk about the graduation assessment for the next few days.

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

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

After all, he had seen many expeditioners using prosthetic limbs at the ceremony on the Day of Return.

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

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

Garto recalled the explorers with two or more 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 tangled in his heart.

His eyes swept over Hena, and even looked at Hua Lun and Zhi Ti.

They were all good children he had never met in his previous life, but in order to survive in the shelter, he had to sacrifice himself...

So what is the right thing to do as an adult?
Just when Jiatu gradually figured it out, the door of the box was pushed open again.

Jiatu saw the blond boy in the next room who had quarreled with Hua Lun before, and a group of horsemen under him pushed the door drunk and walked in.

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

After the blond boy came in, he immediately challenged Hua Lun loudly:
"Warren! Is the dog food I gave you delicious? Hurry up and bark twice!"

When Jiatu saw Hua Lun's eyes darkened instantly, it seemed that even he didn't expect that the bag of dog food that looked delicious was actually put in the dining car on purpose.

Wei Wei and the others, who were still cleaning up the residue in the bag of dog food, were stunned.

They didn't expect that the bag of "biscuits" with the largest portion was actually dog ​​food.

This time, the blond boy managed to annoy everyone in the box.

Wei Wei threw the packing bag in his hand, and rushed forward, yelling and cursing.

Warren took two steps back, protecting the two ladies and Heda behind him.

However, before he opened his mouth to say anything, he saw a pink-haired figure jumping up behind him——

Hena also followed behind Wei Wei and joined the battle group!

Jiatu looked at Warren in some astonishment.

The two spread their hands and rushed towards the blond boy!

"Slap in the face directly! No need to keep your hands!"

Cato heard Warren shouting.

That's right, this is the young man...

Jiatu thought a little maturely.

Then he also swung his cane round, and slammed hard at the golden-haired boy in the distance!
(End of this chapter)