Chapter 340

"Damn it! Why is there another earthquake?"

An underground base is shaking violently - despite the earthquake, the strength of its building materials is enough to allow it to maintain its existence stably, and also ensure that the base members who were originally moving between different areas can still run in the passages to where they were originally going.

“How many earthquakes have there been this month?” The boy with light gray hair complained as he moved deeper underground, avoiding the areas that were not yet repaired and were constantly falling dust. “Damn it! If this continues, this place will be destroyed by a natural disaster before the new performance can be held—! Mr. Shakespeare?”

"Hmm, this smell... is Aoi." Sifen, who was standing next to Shakespeare, moved his nose and looked back at Zhuchuan Aoi. "The passage in front was broken during the earthquake because it had not been renovated in time. Mr. Shakespeare and Flatt are trying to ensure that the load-bearing part will not be damaged before the earthquake ends... Where are you going?"

"Look at how hurried Aoi-kun is. It's obvious that the current base manager, A, asked him to go - Lu Xian-kun." Flatt poked his head out from behind the giant familiar and winked at Sphinx with a smile. Before the magician who had been upgraded to the OB of the El-Melloi classroom could react, he said, "However, the passage leading to A's dormitory... let me think..."

"There is only this one way - he himself said that he would leave this section of the passage for the last renovation." Zhuchuan Kuishi rolled his eyes at his leading actor in annoyance. "I really hope he can learn from Mr. Mi of the winter group of the Mankai Theater. Then I won't have to go to his single dormitory to wake him up."

"Why can't you move over there?" Shakespeare, who was directing the familiar with the same name as the protagonist of his play to clear the rubble, also turned his attention here, "Isn't A usually sleeping all the time..."

"But he has to go to bed at night - and Mr. Mi of the Mankai Troupe can even sleep on the concrete floor." Zhu Chuan Kuishi also relaxed a little during the conversation and began to think about other issues. "However, after Mr. Gui Shu fell, there are only two of us left in the actors of "Hundred Flowers" - but the most serious problem is that we don't have a script. Apart from the script, everything else can be considered a small problem."

"Ah, should we take some time to ask for help from other bases? I remember that the script for Mankai's performance seemed to be perfected by Mankai's scriptwriter and the newly hired playwright of GOD's theater based on the script that Mr. Hakkaku left for the first generation of Mankai..."

"If you need a script, why don't you ask Mr. Shakespeare?" Sifen blinked in confusion. "Although his works are all masterpieces that have been performed by many actors, it doesn't mean that we can't ask him to write a new script? After all, Mr. Shakespeare just likes to procrastinate, and he is not as obsessed with..."

"What happened just now, was it considered a regional attack?" Flat looked at Sfen warily.

"I didn't mean it." Sphin hit back at Flat, "After all, no matter how bad it tastes, the worst thing in the world must be the nutritional meal made by that Lord's familiar, right!?!"

"I think we need to revise the concept of life-sustaining food." Flatt looked at Sven seriously, "That can't be called food at all! It's just a substance like glucose solution and physiological saline that can maintain life activities! Look, even little Mary and Waldem can't eat it!!!"

"Glucose and saline are both better than this nutritional meal - in a physical sense." Sifen decisively ended this dangerous topic and returned to the conversation about the script. "It doesn't matter. As long as we can find a qualified editor, we can subdue this group of writers who love to delay manuscript submission. The Cave King who always provides coffee to the writers is also here, and the job of urging manuscript submission can be handed over to him."

"Isn't the word 'uniform' a bit too cruel!?!" Shakespeare screamed and protested to several people, "Even if I was supplied with honey and milk tea all day long, I would not rush out a script within a week!?! This kind of experience once is enough. After returning from there, I swore that I would never believe what Xiao Lixiang said - 'If you have nothing to do, why not go and make use of the remaining energy' in this life!?!"

"Wait, the earthquake has stopped." Sven interrupted Shakespeare's scream, his fingertips began to transform into beasts, and he was ready to jump directly to the lower floor through the hole in the ground, "I'll go downstairs and take a look--"

"Wait a moment." Zhu Chuan Kui Shi stopped Sifen's action and called out a translucent screen directly from the wall next to him, "It seems that someone is coming outside - the sign shows that it is from the GOD building. It's really strange, why did the GOD building come so quickly this time... the earthquake just ended -"

“Didn’t they encounter an earthquake?”

"I'll report the situation here." Lenis parked the car near the entrance of the suspected Baihua base and explained the current situation to Kirshtalia and Kadoc who were acting separately on the other side. "Based on the experience of Mary and me, it has proved to a certain extent what Wodeym said yesterday about the "special point of the stage drama dream."

"Please, can you not use such formal terms?" Kirshtalia took a breath with toothache and complained to Lenis helplessly. "Such formal terms always remind me of the time when the Lord and the teacher threw a lot of papers on my head without blinking an eye. I even suspect that even if the Lord doesn't mention it after I go back this time, the teacher will ask me to write a paper on this special point as the theme."

"That's a good idea. I'll tell my father." Olga Marie, who was sitting in the passenger seat, smiled and replied to Kirshtalia, "Let's talk about something serious. Based on what we see now - Lenis and I have uploaded the photos to the chat room - the Baihua Base obviously experienced an earthquake not long ago, and maybe it just ended."

"But you didn't encounter anything unusual along the way, and even arrived at the Baihua base safely." Kadok concluded.

"That's it." Lenise looked ahead at the gap in the ground that suddenly appeared, and unilaterally ended the communication between the two teams. "Well, the inspection of the Baihua base has been completed. Mary and I are going to go in to confirm the situation - you two should also do your best... If you see any interesting natural disasters over there, remember to take pictures for us."

"Interesting natural disasters..." Kirshtalia, who was sitting in the driver's seat, smiled bitterly and exchanged a rather ominous look with Kadok, "It was an earthquake over there, and here..."

"What a mistake. I should have at least downloaded the design of Shadow Border into the communicator—" Cadoc covered his face with his hands. "The Apocalypse is not an amphibious vehicle. We can't cross this body of water... But is the KICS base really under this body of water?"

“No, strictly speaking…” Kirshtalia paused, looking away, “There’s probably a flood here. What we need is probably an ark.”

"...You're right." Cadoc took a breath in despair, "It seems we can only wait here until the flood recedes before going down."

Inside the KICS base, the "Mining Disaster" who are always busy quarreling with each other are using their magic to fill the gaps in the base buildings to prevent the floodwaters that flood the ground from seeping through the soil into the underground, eventually turning into a scene where water leaks everywhere in the base - of course, the actors in this base are also busy rescuing the life and production materials that the entire base will need in the future.

——After all, this is a new base, and overall it is not good at preventing natural disasters or resisting zombies.

"It would be great if the flood could recede soon..." Tosaka Rin sighed deeply and used gem magic to isolate the excess moisture outside the base. "We can't rely on gem magic as a barrier for long. We still have to strengthen the waterproofness of the base itself. But even if we want to do the renovation work, we have to wait until the flood is over..."

"Eh...all of a sudden there's no more water vapor seeping in?"

"The flood has receded." Kadoc reached out and patted Kirshtalia, who was trying to catch her sleep on the steering wheel. "There's even a rainbow - who's thinking about the Bible?"

"I don't know who came up with the Bible, but I know we are stuck on the mountain like Noah's Ark." Kirshtalia opened his eyes and complained about the road conditions in front of him, "Wait a minute, I'll compress the air to make a way down and then develop the motivation. If we go down directly, I think our means of transportation will leave this world before we are scrapped."

"...You're right. We won't die if we fall from this height, but the vehicle may not be able to operate." Kadoc nodded in agreement, watching Kirshtalia use air to create a path under the vehicle. "Let's go. I hope the inspection process at KICS is not as complicated as the base."

"No, generally speaking." Kirshtalia started the engine and stepped on the accelerator to drive forward. The wheels rolled over the road paved with compressed air, creating ripples like the surface of water. "According to Mary and the others, as long as you have proof of identity in the four existing bases and show the authentic symbols of your base, you will be allowed in directly by other bases."

"Our procedures that day were so complicated, and we had to go through two more inspections later because we were complete strangers to the Mankai base. They needed to confirm whether we were safe before they could put us into the inner living area. Otherwise, they would be irresponsible for the safety of ordinary people living in the inner area."

"Mankai's marking system is a bit more complicated." Kadoc looked down at the small flags placed on his lap and began to look for the marking flags that the two of them would use next. "In addition to the flag of the Mankai base, the flag of the Winter Group must also be placed on the door... Speaking of which, what are the flags of different groups used for?"

"In normal times, it only indicates the group to which the members belong, but in extraordinary times... when the base is fully opened, an additional group flag will be added." Kirshtalia touched his chin, remembering what Sakuma Sakuya had introduced to them, "Different flags have different meanings of asking for help or trading - but the autumn and winter flags are rarely used as the third flag in extraordinary times."

"Well, let's see how long it takes for KICS to open the door for us."