Love letters are not allowed in the exorcism notebook!-Chapter 1234 - 29: Instant Noodles in the Post-Apocalyptic Wasteland (Part 2)
"Are we really going to roll Dice to decide the direction?"
"Sort of, but I just thought of something—we can call someone here."
"Call who?"
"Our old classmate."
Li Mumu knelt, took out three cigarettes she picked up on the road, lit them, and stuck them into the ground. Then, following the ritual style of The Sutra of Guiding the Deceased to the Afterlife, she bit her finger and wrote the name "Sun-eating Wolf Tingdaros."
The saying goes: pray to the Buddha you meet in the temple you visit.
In this end-of-time world near the terminal of the timeline, summoning Lucia who hunts the river of time seemed to be the most reliable idea she could come up with.
Regardless of its effectiveness, trying costs nothing.
Vaguely, she heard a wolf howl from afar, and when she opened her eyes again, the world before her had shattered.
This was its most genuine aspect.
The road itself hadn’t changed, only that they’d carelessly stepped onto a temporal fragment.
Li Mumu’s own cultivation as a surgeon belonged to the Chess Herald Path, which possessed the ability to see through illusions and explore the truth, similar to Chess Herald.
One seeks inwardly, the other outwardly.
"Alright, follow me, this time there shouldn’t be any problems. Just make sure to follow my steps. If I go left, you go left; if I go right, you go right. Don’t make a mistake."
Indeed, the road ahead was smooth sailing.
Forty-five kilometers isn’t a short distance, roughly equivalent to a full marathon route.
By the time they reached their destination, darkness had fully fallen, and the trio was starving and exhausted.
"It’d be great if we could find something to eat; otherwise, let’s just find a comfortable spot to lie down."
Li Yufei complained weakly.
The popsicle in the pocket had been shared between the three, and although smooth, it hardly sated their hunger.
The expansive complex before them covered tens of thousands of square meters, completely encased in high walls and barbed wire, tightly sealed so nothing inside was visible.
There were no special signs at the main gate, the iron doors were tightly shut, making it appear deserted.
"What should we do, break in? Is there anyone inside?"
Li Yufei looked around warily, "Could there be automatic defense turrets that would open fire on us when we touch this door?"
"Don’t let your imagination run wild, even if there were turrets, they’re probably out of power by now."
Li Mumu gave her an eye roll, took a deep breath, and kicked the iron door hard.
Bang—!
The door didn’t budge an inch with a loud noise.
This body is too weak.
Just slightly stronger than an average person.
Li Mumu took off her gloves, testing her fingernails on the door.
Hmm, the door’s quality is good, just some scratches and nothing more from a few scratches.
"Move aside, move aside!"
Li Yufei pushed her aside, aimed the shotgun at the middle of the door, and pulled the trigger.
A loud bang, the small steel balls loaded in the shell scattered, almost blinding her.
"I can’t believe it..."
Li Yufei shrugged, looking up at the top.
The barbed wire protected the fence, but not the main gate.
"Could you jump over? Let me try, you two give me a boost."
But just as she stepped back to prepare for a sprint, there was a creak beside them; someone opened the side gate and walked out.
A middle-aged man with a thick beard stood there, wrapped in a heavy army coat, holding a very primitive hand flashlight—his look and demeanor screamed security guard.
The trio was taken aback.
Is there really someone here?
Damn, are we going to be arrested for trespassing on a military base?
"What are you doing?"
The security uncle opened his mouth, causing the three of them to shiver simultaneously.
They had a guilty conscience mainly.
Li Mumu quickly spoke up, "Sorry, uncle, we’re starving; we were looking for something to eat."
It’s not that she didn’t want to speak the truth, but she had no idea how to explain temporal loops and the annihilation of the phoenix to a security uncle, things she herself barely understood.
The security uncle looked them over, nodded after a moment of silence, and said, "Come in with me, but don’t wander off."
"Thank you, uncle!"
Turns out there are still good people in this world, unlike those dystopian novels.
Li Mumu felt incredibly touched.
Inside the compound was absolute darkness, except for the beam of light from the security uncle’s flashlight. It was especially eerie and terrifying.
But this level of eeriness and terror was nothing to Li Mumu and her friends.
The real biochemical crisis... the annihilation crisis they had fought were far scarier; in comparison, this was merely a power outage.
Walking into a pitch-black building, through silent corridors, Li Mumu subconsciously sniffed, detecting a scent.
It was scallions!
The cafeteria lay ahead.
The security uncle turned on the lights, illuminating an area by the cafeteria door.
"Only noodles and canned luncheon meat, want some?"
"Yes, yes, yes!"
People on the verge of starvation are not picky, especially when considering it’s cooked noodles and luncheon meat, not dead man’s flesh.
The security uncle was quick, and within ten minutes he served a full pot of noodles boiled with luncheon meat, even bringing various condiments.
Li Yufei eagerly took the chopsticks, thanking the uncle while loading her bowl with noodles, adding two large spoonfuls of chili oil.
Just as she was devouring a few mouthfuls, she turned to see Li Mumu staring blankly at her bowl of noodles.
"Eat up, what’re you spacing out for?"
Li Mumu raised her head, suspiciously eyeing the calm-faced security uncle.
Clear broth noodles, no matter how sentimental you are, can’t taste like home.
The reason your mom’s noodles taste different is because she adds other ingredients.
Vegetables, eggs, dried shrimp, pork bone soup...
Here, there’s nothing; even the condiments need to be added by oneself.
Li Mumu added a little soy sauce to her bowl, ate a few bites, and felt the warmth spreading in her stomach.
With carbs replenishing her system, her brain started running again.
She hesitated, then asked tentatively, "Uncle, what exactly is this place?"
"Military base."
"Oh."
The security uncle’s discretion was strong. If not for the current end-of-times situation, they would never have been invited in for noodles.
No apocalypse novel would dare write it this way, one man guarding a military base loaded with supplies, inviting strangers for a meal? Aren’t there any nefarious people he’s afraid of?
Beside her, Li Yufei casually asked, "Uncle, are you the only one left here?"
Are those lines for a hero’s role?
Before Li Mumu could retort, the security uncle shook his head, "Plenty of people; if you had dared to shoot another round, you’d be full of holes."
"Sorry, my bad!"
Li Yufei immediately became apologetic.
"But actually, there’s no one, right?"
Finally, Wen Ya, who had been quiet all along, spoke up, "The tables are dusty, and the chili oil is newly opened; there’s no trace of living. Except for you, there’s no sign of anyone else in the cafeteria."
"Cough, cough, cough—"
Li Mumu began coughing vigorously.
Are you trying to show off your wisdom, not knowing the saying that to court death is unwise?
The security uncle, living alone in such a huge place, surely has some tricks up his sleeve, right?
"You’re right."
Surprisingly, the security uncle didn’t conceal anything, responding candidly, "The others are in stasis; I’m the only one awake. In this sense, I am the only living person here without any weapons now."
"What are you planning? Rob me?"
Li Yufei slammed the table with her shotgun, loudly declaring, "Robbery! This base is ours now!"
