Ark Undead

Kroos's eyes lit up, and then he nodded frantically!

Seeing Kroos's expression, the Doctor found it somewhat amusing. Nevertheless, he went to the counter and bought another bottle of orange juice, which he then brought back and handed to Kroos.

"Drink slowly this time, my meal card has been used up quite a bit these past few days."

The doctor himself also needs to pay for his own meals with his own meal card, so he is quite frugal when it comes to spending money.

Upon hearing this, Kroos simply took a large gulp and then put the lid back on.

Judging from the doctor's expression, he didn't seem to have any intention of making things difficult for me.

Melantha quietly raised her head and looked at the Doctor.

"Doctor...aren't you angry?"

"angry?"

The doctor didn't understand what Melantha was talking about.

Why are you angry?

Melantha turned her head and glanced at the several bags of raw meat placed beside her, including leg and breast meat.

They took those out of the freezer in the homemade section.

Although the ingredients in the self-service area are for the operators who cook for themselves, they still need to be purchased by swiping a card.

When the two arrived, they found that the cafeteria's card-swiping system had run out of power, but the freezers were still running 24 hours a day.

So I plan to take the raw meat out of the freezer and come back tomorrow to make up for the evening's portion once the energy supply is available.

"You guys don't refuse to use cards, right? Besides, the ingredients in the self-service area are originally prepared for the operators. Many operators who come back in the middle of the night don't want to eat convenience store food, just like you guys."

The doctor didn't think there was anything wrong with what Melantha did. Sometimes when Amiya was hungry in the middle of the night, she would go to the cafeteria to get some ingredients and cook for herself.

"You never knew this all along?"

"Is that so?!"

Melantha's eyes widened; she had thought she and Kroos were the first to do this.

I didn't realize so many predecessors had already done this!

As her guilt subsided, Melanie's anxiety eased.

Although Kroos didn't quite understand what the two were saying, she roughly understood that she hadn't done anything wrong, so her golden ears perked up again.

"Okay, looks like you really didn't know. From now on, don't sneak around, just go in directly. I thought some operator was planning to come and blow up the kitchen in the middle of the night again."

The doctor said, half-jokingly.

"However, more than that, I'm curious why you guys would come looking for ingredients in the middle of the night. I remember the reserve team hasn't had much training these past few days, right? Would they be that hungry?"

With the events in the core city and the rescue mission in the outer ring of Chernobog largely completed, the returning reserve team had finished their tasks.

The instructors, led by Dubin, planned to give the reserve team a few days off.

Logically speaking, Melanie shouldn't have anything to take up her mealtime.

Melantha and Kroos exchanged a glance.

"The purple cat asked in a low voice."

"Doctor, we have a plan. Would you like to join us?"

"What plan?"

Judging from Melantha's tone, the Doctor was indeed somewhat interested.

"Is it fun?"

The paperwork these past few days has put some pressure on the PhD student.

He didn't mind using some fun methods to relieve stress. Besides, if he went back to work now, Amiya might wake up again.

"It's so much fun!"

Melanie nodded solemnly and said seriously.

"And it's very exciting."

So, ten minutes later.

The doctor had two more skewers in his hand, with several pieces of raw meat on each skewer.

Before him was a sizable campfire burning on a specially designed floor. The entire room had been fireproofed, so there was no need to worry about anything catching fire.

"Can any of you explain this to me?"

The doctor's helpless voice rang out at just the right moment.

Melantha and Kroos, who were having a great time, were holding skewers of grilled meat on the campfire when they turned to look at the Doctor.

"what?"

"Why is your plan to hold a barbecue party in Mr. Undead's room?"

"Keopatra puffed out her huge chest with self-assurance," she said.

"Ceobe! Hungry!"

The Undead sat next to the Doctor, clenching his fists.

But seeing the happy expressions on Kroos and Melantha's faces, he grabbed a piece of firewood from the side, broke it in half with both hands, and threw it into the campfire in front of him.

Then continue to clench your fist.

"..."

Feeling the gaze of the armored man sitting next to him, the Doctor felt that the danger might not come from the flames, but from something more violent and primal.

249. The Doctor's Night Talk with the Immortal

Almost all the food brought from the restaurant ended up in Kroos's stomach; Kroos really can eat. For her, there's only how much she eats, never the concept of being full.

Melanie was also eating with gusto, her mouth drooling. This was quite different from her usual way of eating; she had rarely eaten barbecued directly over a fire like this. It wasn't just about the deliciousness of the food; the grilling process itself was also a very interesting experience.

The two girls tried to get the doctor to join in the commotion, but he kept shaking his head; he couldn't really eat these baked foods either.

All his eating was under Kal'tsit's strict control. It was fine for him to sneak out and have a little of something delicious like this, or eat a hamburger or fried meat in the cafeteria. But the Doctor's self-control prevented him from eating too much.

Although it was indeed delicious, Ceobe's baking skills were quite good, even when she wasn't that hungry.

Having experienced so much wandering alone in the wild, Kroos still had some experience with satisfying his hunger.

The doctor only scratched the surface, but it still left a deep impression on him.

Ceobe had a good impression of the Doctor, not only because the Doctor had fed her two or three times, but also because her instincts told her that the Doctor could be trusted, and that there were almost no obstacles in communicating with the Doctor.

After the two girls had finished their commotion, their stomachs were full.

After washing their hands, Kroos and Melantha snuggled together on the only bed in the Undead's room, whispering to each other for a while. They didn't even cover themselves with the blankets before drifting off to sleep.

A short while later, a soft snoring sound could be heard.

The immortal came to the bedside, opened the blanket he had never used before, and gently covered the two girls with it.

Kroos pursed his lips, instinctively curled up into a ball, placed his hand on Melantha's waist, and pulled Melantha closer to him.

Melanie instinctively grabbed the blanket and pulled it up, wrapping the two of them up.

After doing these things, the Undead came to the fire again.

The undead threw all the things they had used into the fire, and in a short while they turned into a pile of ashes, merging with the layer of ashes beneath the fire. Even some hard metals and bones disappeared.

"What a convenient ability!"

The doctor exclaimed in admiration as he watched.

"Garbage can dissolve like this, turning into a pile of ash. Can non-biodegradable materials do the same?"

"Anything is fine."

The Undead nodded and pointed to the ceiling.

"Including this ship. Once it gets on you, it will turn to ashes."

The doctor felt a chill run down his spine. He stared at the flames in front of him, and for some reason, he didn't think it was a joke.

He even had a vague feeling that he had seen this scene before.

"But I can control it."

The Undead added, under his gaze. The flames gradually shrank, and the crackling sound of the burning trees also lessened.

This is the power of an immortal being; if he wanted to, even if the Doctor stood inside, he wouldn't get burned.

“Every time I sit with you, I feel a strange palpitation. Even though my reason tells me that you are not in any danger.”

The Doctor hasn't chatted with the Undead in a long time.

It hasn't been that long, only a little over a week since we last sat down and talked like this. But because so much has been going on lately, it feels like half a year or a year has passed.

Sometimes, the passage of time is also related to one's senses.

"You have been burned by fire."

The Undead pointed to the campfire in front of him and said to the Doctor.

"The first time I met you, I saw what you looked like."

The Undead recalled their first meeting on the outer ring of Chernobog, when the Doctor leaned against the coffin, convulsing and trembling. At that moment, the Undead knew that the Doctor had definitely seen the First Flame and personally experienced the feeling of being burned by it.

"Hmm, was it back in Chernobog? To be honest, I didn't know anything then... Of course, I still don't know anything now. But as Amiya and the others said, at least I had a good time on Rhodes Island."

The Doctor shrugged. His willingness to stay on Rhodes Island and work with Amiya and Kal'tsit was, in a way, a choice made from his own heart. He genuinely felt the bond he shared with Amiya and Kal'tsit.

Although Kal'tsit, that old woman, always spoke to the Doctor with a cold face, the expression she revealed when they occasionally discussed some strange topics still felt somewhat familiar to the Doctor.

Especially when Kal'tsit hits the Doctor with whatever she has on hand, the Doctor always feels a strange sense of pleasure for some reason.

"Kal'tsit, not bad."

The Undead had a high opinion of Kal'tsit, even though he and Kal'tsit didn't get along very well.

This isn't just about personal feelings; Kal'tsit's abilities are inversely proportional to her temperament. Even the Undead have to admit that Kal'tsit's ability to maintain the entire Rhodes Island before the Doctor arrived was already quite remarkable.