Chapter 73: Useless Collections

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However, Chito, who knew the truth the next day, didn't say anything. Instead, she asked Senju to brew less tea at a time so that it would last longer. It appeared that she, too, enjoyed the tea.

After stowing their belongings in his inventory, Senju stored the hut away, and the trio resumed their search for supplies. As they ventured deeper into the city, the temperature gradually declined.

A few days later, the three of them sensed a return to cold weather. It seemed that the brief warm period had come to an end.

However, because they had already prepared supplies, everyone was still very leisurely.

They casually searched for supplies in nearby buildings and found them inside.

After picking up some food and encountering a refueling point, Senju collected a few more barrels of fuel.

As the trio traversed the city, numerous iron walls loomed before them. These walls stood independently, each towering over ten meters in height, stretching more than thirty meters in length and one meter in width.

Dotted with small doors, they suggested hidden spaces within. Rows and rows of these black walls adorned the flat expanse ahead, extending into the distance seemingly without end.

These black walls and the dark clouds in the sky together created a depressing atmosphere, but for the three who had survived in the ruins for so long, they had no impact at all.

After progressing a distance, Yuuri asked Chito to stop the car. She then rushed to a nearby wall and began exploring.

To her excitement, Yuuri discovered a protruding box from the wall. Delving into it, she unearthed what seemed to be a radio after a brief search.

"Yes!" Yuuri clapped the radio in her hand curiously, "What is this?"

The two next to her came over curiously, and Chito was also curious, "Show me."

"There is a button here." Yuuri ignored Chito and continued to turn some buttons on it, but the machine showed no response. "It's not working. What is this machine for?"

"This should be a radio," Senju took the radio and began to adjust it, but now that there is no radio, the machine becomes a thing that only makes a hissing sound.

"Radio? What's the use of it?"

"It can receive radio waves. If someone around you plays a sound through the radio, you can pick up the sound with the radio."

Then he handed the radio to Yuuri and said, "Keep it. If there are other sounds coming from it, it means there are working radio stations around, and there should be humans there."

"Well, let's name you Human Detector!" Yuuri shouted excitedly, holding up the radio.

After shouting, she came up with the idea of finding other boxes, faced with a tightly sealed one, she asked for Senju's help with a lever.

Senju was also very interested in these and wanted to see what was inside, eagerly joined her to explore what lay inside.

Senju tried to pull the box next to him, but there was no handle on it, so he used a pull rod to place it on it.

After applying the lever, several items spilled out, and a few bone meal items jumped into Senju's inventory.

Among them was a hand, but Senju remained oblivious to it. Upon inspecting the box, the trio found it empty.

"There's nothing," Yuuri was a little disappointed, but she still hoped that there would be something in the other boxes.

After the two drove a few more times, they found that there was only a piece of iron inside, so they gave up. After sitting in the car, Senju didn't want to make trouble with Yuuri anymore and lay on the car like a salted fish.

However, Yuuri still paid attention to the boxes around her along the way, and she found some small things.

After wondering around for a while, Chito voiced,"What exactly is this place for?"

"Indeed, it's another mysterious structure."

"Well, it appears that no one lives here, and there are no factories or anything in the vicinity."

"All these black walls. What purpose do they serve? It's a peculiar place." Yuuri reclined in the back, tinkering with the radio.

"But the oddest part is," Chito's voice echoed from the front.

Yuuri thought she was talking about the machine in her hand, "Sure enough, this machine called 'radio' is the weirdest."

"That's not it"

Chito rejected Yuuri's idea, "It's those drawers on the wall. They're practically sealed shut and can't be opened. Even if a few are opened, they're all empty. They've been there from the start. Someone might have placed items there, but someone must have taken them away."

"Chii-chan, wait, there is a drawer out there, let me go and see what's there."

Chito stopped out of habit, and then saw Yuuri climbing up an iron ladder protruding from the wall.

"Be careful!" Chito looked worried at Yuuri's shaky movements, but Yuuri was not afraid at all.

After opening the drawer next to her, she found a button inside, "Even if there is something inside, It's not something important."

"That's right," Chito felt relieved after watching Yuuri climb down. "What's in there that we've found so far?"

"Well, let's take a look." After Yuuri sat in the car, she took out the collected things, "Radio, iron pieces, empty cartridge cases, rags, and the buttons I just found, that's pretty much it. If Senju helps, there will be more."

Senju ignored Yuuri and continued to pretend to be salted fish, but Chito was surprised, "Hey, did you bring them all?"

"Well, I think it might be of some use." After Yuuri put away the rags and other things, she fiddled with the radio there. After twisting it for a while, a rustling sound came from inside.

"These things are basically useless," Chito turned to look at Yuuri, and then continued to drive forward.

"I think it will be of some use, Senju, what do you think?" Yuuri listened to the sound on the radio and asked Senju on the side.

"Well, it probably has some use."

"What use can those rags be used for?" Chito couldn't help but complain, and then she couldn't help but sigh.

"Why do you actually collect things that are useless and worthless?"

As the car moved forward, the surroundings became colder. Senju tightened the blanket around him and wrapped it more tightly.

However, when he breathed, he could see a stream of white air coming out of the front. Senju regretted not looking for a scarf to tie around his neck.

The two people next to him also felt the cold air and were trembling a little.

At this moment, Chito suddenly yelped in surprise, "Ah, there is something very familiar in front of us."

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