Nikke, something’s seriously wrong with this evacuation point! Chapter 149 149: The Other Shore Base

"We've finally arrived."

Charon slowly brought the car to a stop.

"The terrain around here really has changed a lot…"

Looking through the car window at the outside world, Charon felt a deep sense of lancholy.

Back then, this place had once been a base used by the lee squad.

Now it had already been ravaged into ruins by the Raptures.

Which ant the Raptures had already pushed even deeper inward.

That city from back then had probably beco ruins as well.

Abby really was impressive – every ti she spawned sowhere safe.

Charon, on the other hand, always had to head toward the most dangerous places.

Though he himself wasn't necessarily in much danger, almost every ti he ca carrying a mission.

Even if he truly were going to die, he had to wait until the job was finished first.

Otherwise it would just be a complete loss.

After getting out of the car, he decided to continue on foot, just like before.

Besides, if he drove directly toward the lee squad without warning them first, they'd probably beco extrely tense.

But if he personally walked over slowly, then even if they discovered him, it wouldn't lead to anything serious.

"So, are the won over here also your old flas?"

"No!"

Charon laughed helplessly.

Rose was becoming more and more skilled at teasing him.

"Can you stop calling everyone my old fla all the ti? Let put it this way – if I really picked up every girl I t, do you think my body could actually handle it?"

He said this without even the slightest embarrassnt.

"Even though you're still a vi–"

"Wait, don't say things like that out loud!"

"Heh heh. So you humans are just like this after all."

Rose's voice carried open disdain.

"As for your body… I wouldn't be so sure about that."

"Huh?"

"Nothing. Let's move on."

The two chatted idly while passing through the forest.

Occasionally they could see Rapture corpses.

Most had been cleanly cut in half, though so also bore traces of blunt-force trauma and gunfire.

Looks like they weren't far from the destination anymore.

Originally Charon had expected to encounter them on the road, but even after nearing the secret laboratory entrance, he still hadn't seen a single Nikke.

Don't tell sothing happened?

A bad feeling arose in Charon's heart.

Still, following the route from mory, he arrived at the sowhat concealed entrance.

The once-hidden crack in the rock wall was now completely covered by dense vegetation.

And upon closer inspection, the plants had clearly been carefully trimd.

At first glance, they genuinely looked like naturally ford curtains of vines, covering the surrounding rock walls entirely.

Charon even had to spend so ti before finally locating the entrance.

A door disguised as part of the rock wall had been added there.

It seed to be the sa model as before.

As long as one found the correct spot and applied a little force, it could be pushed open.

Inside was the exact sa tunnel from back then.

However, the ground was now piled with barricades obviously intended for blocking the path.

At a critical mont, pushing this pile toward the entrance would completely seal the gate shut.

Rose seed to notice sothing.

But she said nothing, simply watching quietly as Charon cautiously entered the cave.

Following the passage downward and turning a corner, the darkness beca so thick that visibility without a light source was nearly impossible.

Charon picked up the Shittim Chest and activated flashlight mode.

At this point, outside sounds had almost been completely isolated.

Eventually, a tightly shut double door appeared before him.

This thing definitely hadn't existed before!

If he rembered correctly, the central hall should be directly behind this door.

He chose to push it open.

Yet with that single attempt, the massive gate – which looked like the final defensive line – swung open imdiately.

Inside was pitch-black darkness.

The mont Charon stepped in, all the surrounding lights suddenly burst to life.

And instead of the cold fluorescent lighting from the past, these lights emitted a much warr yellow glow.

Before him stood nine Nikkes lined up in a row.

They imdiately bowed deeply toward Charon.

"WELCO BACK, LIEUTENANT!!!"

The sound was so loud his ears hurt.

"Y-You all…"

Charon was both shocked and overjoyed.

Because the Nikkes who had once modified themselves into those grotesque half-human monstrosities had now returned to proper human appearances.

They possessed normal Nikke bodies once more.

Even their uniforms were different from before, seemingly entirely newly configured.

And when the Nikkes raised their heads again, Charon realized that every single one of them was crying.

"Why did it take you so long to co back…?"

"We… we've had such a hard ti surviving out there…"

"But… but we managed to grow sweet potatoes…"

"We caught lots of fish…"

"We even raised chickens and ducks…"

"And… and lots of vegetables too…"

No.07 was practically sobbing uncontrollably, speaking incoherently through tears.

Yet even from those fragnted words, Charon could still hear the hardships this entire lee squad had endured.

"Sorry, 07. I've had a lot to deal with."

"But…"

"…you all did incredibly well. Really, truly well."

He looked around.

This place was now completely different from when he had left it behind.

"Lieutenant."

Rose(lee) stepped forward.

As the most mature person in the team, she had already restrained all her emotions.

At this mont she rely showed Charon a gentle smile.

"Allow to introduce what the place you left for us has beco."

"Ahhh, Captain is so unfair! I also want to stay with the Lieutenant!"

" too, too!"

"This is the first ti I've seen the Lieutenant since getting a proper Nikke body again – I want to join too!"

The mont Rose(lee) finished speaking, the Nikkes imdiately crowded around him.

At this point they looked completely like little girls acting spoiled.

Surrounded by a chorus of cheerful female voices, Charon simultaneously heard Rose(Hacker) whisper into his ear:

"See? I told you."

"No matter where you go, you always end up with a bunch of future– uh…"

"…people who really enjoy being around you."

"…"

Charon could only choose silence.

He admitted there might genuinely be sothing with Cinderella.

But with Rose's(lee) squad, there truly wasn't.

In the end, they decided everyone would introduce the laboratory's changes together.

No–

It had a na now.

"The Other Shore."

Incidentally, even this na had been chosen by Liliweiss herself.

And its aning was entirely connected to Charon.

The Nikkes staying here were all people who had already "died," beings equivalent to those who had crossed into another world.

And Charon was the "ferryman of the River Styx" guiding Nikkes safely to this place.

Charon honestly hadn't expected the na to fit so perfectly.

Still, he accepted it.

After all, they had already been using it for several years. Changing it now would feel strange.

The central hall had now been completely repurposed into a multilayered vertical farm.

Inside abandoned tal containers, enormous amounts of high-quality soil had been gathered for growing crops.

Many ultraviolet growth lamps had been installed overhead.

Apparently this technology had been modified using techniques provided by Abe, causing the crops to flourish spectacularly.

Tomatoes, sweet potatoes, potatoes, and many other crops filled the entire "farm."

The forr botanical agriculture rooms had all been converted into green vegetable plantations.

There were even grain crops intended for brewing alcohol.

And sohow they'd even built an irrigation system.

Nurous transparent pipes now stretched across the ceiling while groundwater continuously flowed through them.

The current Other Shore Base was already astonishing beyond belief.