novelraw Chapter 1379 60: Past Achievements
Chapter 1379 60: Past Achievements
The once desolate grasslands now stand a brand-new city, surrounded by walls of varying shades of beige, and the former mountain hollow camp has now become the western inner city.
Compared to the outer city where ordinary people reside, the mountain hollow inner city is inhabited by the core members of the organization, where precious food supplies, armaments, and other important materials are stored in the caves.
In the lower level of the caves, warm electric lights hung on the walls light up the passage, connecting to many rooms, mostly storage rooms. Due to the lack of sunlight, few people live here permanently, except for the Silkworm Moth Species.
At night, several little fellows flap their wings with excitement as they traverse the corridor to a larger room by the passageway exit. The space here is ample, with lights hanging from the ceiling illuminating around a dozen tables below.
The steaming hot meals are cooking in the pot, and the water vapor condenses into droplets upon the icy stone walls as it falls along.
"Papana, how much longer?" A petite silkworm moth leans on the windowsill, watching her twin-tailed companion cooking inside.
"Almost there, almost there, just 3-4 more minutes." The silkworm moth inside flutters its wings, continuing to watch the steaming pot in front.
Apart from the two, six other silkworm moths sit by the outer tables waiting. They are in good spirits, not particularly anxious about eating.
"Today I finished weaving a piece of silver silk cloth, I'm so happy~" Having completed the organization's assigned tasks, this silkworm moth feels incredibly joyful.
"I finished too~"
"Lady Loloria said completing one piece every three days is enough for us, but it's too easy for us."
"I want to quickly share the finished cloth with everyone."
"Winter will arrive, and everyone will be wearing new clothes~"
For the silkworm moth species, helping others and making contributions bring immense joy and satisfaction, an instinct carved into their genes. They almost never refuse requests from others and always strive to fulfill them wholeheartedly, even at the expense of themselves, it doesn't bother them much. On the contrary, they feel happy because they helped everyone.
This trait makes silkworm moth species never resist and are the best slaves. Although they are delicate, many settlements are willing to keep them.
Unfortunately, as pollution and toxins spread, their numbers are dwindling.
After the establishment of the Chasing Star Covenant, the organization gathered all silkworm moth species hidden in nearby settlements and placed them here. Since the Chasing Star Covenant currently holds the method to purify toxins, these silkworm moth species can live longer, without having to hibernate, avoiding the excessive ingestion of pollution-related toxins.
Here, approximately 20 silkworm moth species reside. They mainly perform weaving tasks, Hexia initially arranged for them to weave one piece every five days. However, at their request, it changed to one piece every three days, and now many skilled silkworm moths can complete a piece in a day.
Most of these silkworm moth species are innocent and without guile, focusing intently on their tasks. In the absence of external interference, their efficiency is astonishingly high.
Considering their unique temperament of never refusing requests, Hexia specifically designated this area for them to live in. Generally, outsiders aren't allowed inside, only those responsible for daily logistics come to collect the cloth and deliver living supplies.
"The food is ready~" Papana noticed the pot's contents seemed adequate. She turned off the thermal stove and called her companion.
Then, together they carried the pot to the table. Shortly, these little fellows each approached the pot with bowls to serve themselves food.
The soup contains potatoes, carrots, greens, and meat chunks. The broth is slightly viscous, emitting a pleasant aroma.
Possibly due to moth wings, silkworm moth species are somewhat afraid of fire; they dislike grilled or stir-fried food, preferring and enjoying cooked dishes.
Several silkworm moths orderly served their food and then gathered around the table, savoring it with occasional expressions of happiness. In their view, this is a life only found in dreams.
Every day they have tasks that help everyone, they get to eat delicious food, they aren't beaten, they can sleep in a clean bed, and have many companions together.
After eating a bowl of food, they are mostly full. Although not having large appetites, silkworm moth species make efficient use of food, compensating for their picky eating.
After dinner, it is now 8 PM. They wanted to continue working but couldn't due to the lack of power supply in their work area.
They usually go to bed at 10 PM sharp, so this leaves them 2 hours of free time. During this period, they take out the distributed books for learning, with those whose basics are shaky receiving help from their companions, starting from recognizing words and pronunciation.
Apart from some knowledge-related books, Hexia also prepared for them some entertaining storybooks, including many fairy tales and some historical anecdotes from human history, which the silkworm moth species love to read. It's perhaps one of their few channels to understand normal human living contexts.
It's through these books that these little fellows first learned about princes and princesses, ships, oceans, forests, hunters, tigers, lions, and other things they had never seen before.
"The story of the Ugly Duckling." Temeluna held the open book pages and recited the text eagerly word by word, looking curiously at the depicted duck in the pages.