Chapter 111
Bloop…
All the decayed and crumbled grass scattered beyond my grip. As I rubbed the powdery grass and the sand of the desert that felt utterly lifeless, I quickly realized how ridiculous it was for people to claim nature is just beautiful.
Nature is this cruel. Rather than beautiful, it’s more fitting to say it’s savage. I scooped up some crumbled grass and sand and threw it into my mouth. Upon seeing this, Levitan grimaced and twisted her lips in disgust.
“Yuck—are you eating dirt?!”
“…Spat.”
“Can’t I at least give you milk if you’re hungry? Not that it’s out yet…”
I lightly ignored her question and scooped up sand from another spot, tossing it into a compositional analyzer to begin analysis. Not long after, the analysis results came out, and I confirmed that there was absolutely no sign of vitality in it.
It’s odd. Some portion of the scattered vitality could have dispersed into the surroundings. But it couldn’t have completely dried up like this. At the very least, it wouldn’t have happened overnight.
Feeling puzzled, I looked around at the people nearby—specifically, the fighters who clocked in this morning.