Teresa won't starve

With Karen's permission, Teresa reached out and rubbed her fingertips against the cold stone for a while.A look of enlightenment suddenly appeared on his face.

It's just that Karen looks very strange when she looks like this.

"Have you never seen this kind of stone before? No, you should also carry this kind of stone on your body!"

Otherwise, there is no way to explain how Teresa has that kind of power.

"No."

Teresa was telling the truth.It's just that to Karen's ears, it's more like a cover-up.

She guessed that the 'growth' might be in a 'strange' place, so Teresa was embarrassed to say it.

1400 "A girl's age is a secret"

However, Teresa didn't know this, she just confirmed one thing.

"I see, is it a Honkai crystal?"

This makes sense, why the 'stone' person who lives on his body has all kinds of incredible abilities.And why as soon as the meteor fell, the world began to appear on a large scale 'zombies' or 'first dead men'. (not the white-haired lady)

Humans at that time had no Honkai energy antibodies at all.

Except for those who were successfully inoculated with the "Honkai Crystal", it can be said that there is almost one person, and all of them cannot escape the ending of becoming a "zombie".

As for why the 'zombies' have turned into white-skinned monsters, it is probably caused by nuclear radiation—in layman's terms, it is evolution.

of course.

Being inoculated with the 'Honkai Crystal' doesn't necessarily mean a good thing, and Teresa doesn't know why Karen didn't mention it.But in the contact just now, she discovered a strange thing.

That is the Houkai energy in the "Honkai Crystal", which is in a relatively stable structure.As a result, unless a creature touches it, the Houkai energy will not be released.

There is a clear difference between the similar substances in Theresa's impression.

"Perhaps... this is also the main reason why the Houkai energy of this world is extremely inert?"

"By the way, I almost forgot to tell you."

After talking so much, Karen realized that the topic seemed a bit far away:

"Because it was that meteor that brought disaster to the whole world, we collectively called that meteor the 'Broken Star' (Crafting Star). The stones we carry on our bodies from the 'Broken Star' are also called 'Broken Stones'. The monsters we encountered just now are 'Bane Ghosts'. You can guess how they came from."

"Ah."

Teresa nodded, expressing her willingness to continue listening.

"We who carry these 'scourge stones' on our bodies don't actually have an accurate name. Generally, they are called 'warriors' or 'scavengers'. The function is the same as the name, and they are warriors who specialize in crusade against 'scourge ghosts'." , and scavengers who specialize in finding food."

Karen was afraid that she would not understand, so she explained more about the current situation of human beings:

"Most of today's human beings are not like us. They can't resist the cold and can only live in underground settlements. Therefore, the responsibility of defending their homes and finding food can only be left to us."

"In this case, why don't you resist? Isn't it strange that the strong obey the orders of the weak?"

Maybe Karen has her own reasons, but such a sick social structure is beyond Teresa's comprehension.

After all, this is not a broken world, and humans still have scientists who can develop technology; but here, the weak almost have no reason to exist, and are simply moths that waste food.

"this--"

After a moment of silence, Karen continued, "You'll find out later."

"I won't stay in this world forever!"

Kallen didn't take it seriously after listening.

It just so happened that they, who were talking and hurrying, had already returned to the outskirts of the settlement in Qiancheng District.

At most, she could go back by walking a short distance, so Karen had to turn her head and remind her: "By the way, you'd better not tell others about the things I told you just now. That can be regarded as my little secret."

"You mean?"

"A girl's age is a secret that cannot be told."

Teresa understood in seconds.

To put it simply, Teresa is not allowed to tell others that the "girl" in front of her is actually over 500 years old.As for why she chose to tell Theresa, tell this secret to a little girl who hasn't spoken a few words yet.

That may be the reason that Karen himself only knows.

In short, don't ask!That's right!

1401 "What misunderstanding do you have about dumplings?"

Teresa followed Karen to an open space that seemed to have nothing.After watching her fumble for a while, she dug out the snow and dug out a manhole cover.

After opening it, she signaled Theresa to go in first, and she held a handful of snow behind and put it on the manhole cover.

After the manhole cover is covered, there will be a part of snow on the manhole cover naturally.In addition, there is always heavy snow in the sky, which will be completely covered up in a short time.

It can be said to be extremely careful.

But it is.

If it weren't for this, living sloppily like ordinary people, maybe one night in the future, an enemy of unknown origin would steal his home.

Below the manhole cover is a sewer-like environment.

Fortunately, it does not emit sewage, so it does not have that disgusting smell.It's just because the ventilation is not very good, the air in the room is very uncomfortable, and I really want to leave this place immediately.

But neither Teresa nor Karen paid any attention to this kind of thing.

The former has an abnormal physique, while the latter is already used to it.

Karen groped in the dark, took out a flashlight from the groove on the side and turned on the switch.

Instinctively took a picture around him, and after confirming that Teresa was staying by his side, he stretched out his hand and grabbed her wrist, pulling her to walk with him, so as not to accidentally lose her and he had to look back for her.

After walking all the way in this way, it finally stopped in front of a large steel gate.He raised his hand and knocked on the door three times, twice after a while, and then three times.It sounds like it should be a password.

The big steel door was opened from the inside, and it was opened by a person who surprised Teresa a bit.

I saw that it was a scruffy handsome man with beautiful blond hair, almost exactly the same as the one in my impression.It's just that compared to that person's 'calmness', the one in front of him is really——

"You, you, you back, back, back? Ka, Ka, Karen..."

"Okay, Otto, don't stand in the way here."

Karen was very helpless to this man who was nervous when he saw her.

Although she has 500 years of experience, she knows why the other party is like this; but just like she has always turned a blind eye, at least she feels that she cannot respond to such expectations.

Because the two sides are not from the same world at all.

Karen turned sideways, allowing him to see the beautiful and lovely little girl who was following behind him, "I found this child outside, because I had nowhere to go, so I brought her back."

"Oh... oh oh!"

Otto was also taken aback for this little girl who looked a bit like Karen.

But in the final analysis, like is not equal to the same, so it quickly recovered.Immediately push back a few steps and let them enter this 'home' that belongs to them.

Then close the door tightly again, completely separating this place from the outside world.

Subsequently.

Karen took Teresa to meet everyone and introduced her to everyone.Everyone also welcomes her, but there is some confusion about how to call Teresa, whether she should be called elder sister or younger sister.

After all, Teresa's appearance age is exactly the kind that says that she is not the bottom when she is young, and she is not as old as Miu Na when she is said to be old. (What's the trouble with that?)

It's better for Teresa to let them call her name directly, because she whispered to Karen:

"I might be older than you!"

"Ha ha."

Kallen smiled noncommittally, as for whether she believed it or not, only God knows.

......

Survive all the time.

With the joint efforts of everyone, a room was finally vacated for Teresa.

Although according to Teresa, she can sleep as long as she finds an open space.But Karen refused on the grounds that she would get sick like that.

The curse stone just gave them superhuman physiques, but it didn't mean they were immune to diseases, and they couldn't survive without eating.

They can't miss the things that ordinary human beings need.

Sound like a hassle?

Still, the girls enjoyed it.

Because it will make them feel that they are still 'human beings' and have a more real sense of 'alive'.

"anyway--"

Sitting at the same table with several girls, Teresa, who was eating the plate with a knife and fork, suddenly felt less appetizing: "What are these?"

"Huh? Haven't you eaten it?"

Kallen, who was sitting next to her, had a great time eating: "This is a dumpling! It is said that a long time ago, from an ancient oriental country, the delicacy was spread all over the world!"

"I think you may have misunderstood the dumplings..."

It's not that Teresa can't recognize the shape of the food, but—

Cocoa-flavored dumpling skins, wrapped in some kind of sweet bean filling, boiled in sugar water?

Why don't you just say that this is glutinous rice balls?

1402 "Bored Karen"

Theresa held her chin and looked at the girls who were sitting aside, writing and drawing, who didn't know what they were doing.

Although they are still lively and active, it may be because of the environment they live in; the girls are all very quiet, neither making too much noise nor chasing around.

While appearing obedient and sensible, it also makes people feel that children should not be like this.

In contrast——

When she was still in the collapsed world, except for Xier who was always quiet, most of the children had more or less headaches.

But for some reason, Teresa prefers everyone like that.

"what are you thinking about?"

Karen, who was holding a few books in her arms, came over and sat on Teresa's table.I want to take this opportunity to learn more about the little girl I brought back from outside.

For this little girl who is inexplicably similar to herself, Karen always feels that she has a lot to say to her.However, when he was about to speak, he didn't know what to say.

"Do not."

Slightly raised his head and glanced at Kallen, then lowered his angle again—the posture was still quite awkward: "I just remembered something from the past."

"Though it might be impolite to ask...can you tell me about your past?"

"..."

Teresa put her hands down and leaned back, with a sullen look on her face, she said, "Since you know it's inappropriate to ask these things, why do you still ask?"

"Humans. There's always curiosity. And—"

Karen glanced back at the other little girls and saw that they were still doing their own things there.Then I turned my attention back to Teresa again: "If I don't do something, I will probably go crazy out of boredom."

"So you have survived all these years by looking for something to do?"

"I--"

Karen looked at the little girl who suddenly got skinny, and wanted to reach out and grab her little face to make her understand who was the boss.But at first they were not familiar with each other.

Secondly...

Karen laughed angrily at her like this: "Probably."

Although it was not obvious, there was a hint of helplessness in it.

"That's really hard work for you."

"Why all of a sudden?"