Transmigrated into Another Apocalyptic World (BL)-Chapter 284 - 283: Walking around the base

The next day, Luciel woke up to Treyton’s kiss.

They kissed for a long time before Treyton was finally willing to let him go.

"You guys are leaving? Bye," Luciel said lazily once Treyton pulled away.

"Tsk. You really have no sense of sentiment. There’s not even a hint of reluctance in your voice," Treyton complained.

"Why should I be reluctant? You’re only going away for a few days, not a whole year," Luciel still replied languidly.

"So you’re only going to miss me if I disappear for a year?"

"Maybe."

Treyton didn’t reply—he just kissed him hard again before finally saying, "Alright, I’m going now. We’ll be back in a few days."

"Yeah, bye," Luciel replied casually. He didn’t even watch Treyton leave; instead, he closed his eyes again to continue sleeping.

It was already 9 in the morning when he finally woke up to have breakfast.

When he went downstairs, he headed straight to the kitchen to look for food.

After eating breakfast, he went to the living room and saw the kids sitting on a mat, surrounded by a scattered pile of beads.

"What are you kids doing?" he asked.

"We got a lot of beads from Aunt Cana. They were all mixed up, so we’re separating them first," Ashlee answered.

"And what are you going to use those beads for?"

"We’re going to make lots of necklaces and bracelets! I’m going to give one to you later, Brother!" Sophie said cheerfully.

"Yes! I’ll give one to you too, Brother," Ashlee also said with a smile.

Even the usually quiet Theo, Nash, and Lisa chimed in.

"I’ll make one too," they said softly before returning their focus to sorting beads into different containers.

Since arriving at the base, Lottie’s younger sister, Lisa, had been staying with Ashlee and the others. They often played and learned together.

But even though Lisa had already been with them for several days—and had been with Theo for about a month—she still wasn’t very talkative.

She was even the oldest among them because she was already 7 years old, but when it comes to talking, the others were better than her, especially the youngest, Sophie.

"Then be sure to make them beautiful," Luciel said, grabbing a word search puzzle book from the cabinet beside the TV. He settled onto the sofa and began searching for words.

He didn’t disturb the kids and simply focused on his puzzles, quietly enjoying the activity.

And just like that, the day passed with Luciel solving word search puzzles and watching a few movies.

As for the kids who had eagerly planned to make bracelets and necklaces, they didn’t manage to complete a single one. They spent most of the day sorting and organizing the mixed beads, and by the time they finished in the afternoon, there wasn’t enough time left. fгeewebnovёl.com

They still had to attend training and visit Aunt Cana’s place, so the bracelets and necklaces would have to wait for another day.

The next day, Luciel woke up late as usual and had a late breakfast.

After having breakfast, he wanted to walk around for a bit, so he decided to go around the base for a while.

He grabbed his jacket and headed out without any specific destination in mind.

Wandering out of their community, he made his way toward other areas of the base.

It had been a few months since he last visited the base market, so when he saw it, he decided to go in and look around for a bit.

The base market was livelier and had more stalls compared to a few months ago. There were also more goods being sold than before. However, despite the variety of items available, no one was selling food.

Luciel also noticed that the exchange rate for goods and base points in return for food had increased slightly.

Although the prices weren’t as high as those in other bases—like the Sunset Base, where the exchange rate was at least five times higher than at the North Base—it was still clear that the cost had gone up.

This indicated that even in the North Base, food supplies were still insufficient, and the rising prices reflected that scarcity.

If they couldn’t find more food sources outside or become more self-sufficient, the value of food would continue to rise, and so would the cost of living in the base.

Such a situation didn’t have much impact on their team, as they still had enough supplies to last for a few years.

They also had members with water and plant abilities, so food wasn’t something they needed to worry about.

At the moment, the only supply they were somewhat lacking was meat. However, with mutant animals already appearing outside the base, they could always hunt some for food.

Luciel had forgotten to remind Treyton and the others about this simply because their meals still included plenty of frozen and dried meat, so he hadn’t felt any shortage yet.

Still, even without his reminder, the people in the base who were running low on meat had surely remembered the existence of mutant animals.

He could tell they were aware of this because one of the objectives in the mission Treyton and his team had accepted included a note: if they encountered any mutant animals, they were allowed to bring a few back so the base could test whether they were safe to eat.

Even without the base officially testing them for safety, some people had probably already started eating mutant animals after managing to kill one—or a few.

After all, there were only a handful of teams as well-supplied and wealthy as their team.

So, those who still had the ability to go outside but didn’t have enough supplies probably already tried eating some mutant animals.

Well, eating mutant animals is actually a good thing, especially for those with superpowers, because mutant animals also have more energy compared to ordinary meat.

As long as those people didn’t eat animals like rats that have eaten whatever they encountered, then even if they weren’t checked by the base for safe consumption, then there’s no problem at all.

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