Chapter 2535: Fuel Waste?

Chapter 2535: Fuel Waste?

To Ning Shu’s surprise, the substance was actually very flammable. The small bit that she took out burned for a long time, and would crackle and splatter when she dropped some water on it.
It behaved somewhat like burning oil.
Could this substance be fuel waste, then?
It was hot in Sehlde during the day. This thing seemed to become soft and viscous after being exposed to the sun.
Ning Shu took a broken bowl and filled it with water. She took some of the substance, put it in the bowl and lit it. The flames in the bowl burst upwards.
This substance could burn even when submerged in water?
This was great. She could use this thing as light during nighttime.
She also had a lot of this stuff.
She didn’t know what kind of fuel exactly this substance was. However, she now knew that it could burn for a very long time.
Suddenly, an idea appeared in Ning Shu’s heart. If she handled it well, she and Alviss would really be able to leave Sehlde, this increasingly unlivable planet…
Ning Shu put the broken bowl aside. She took out the fruits that she’d found in her sack and washed them. Then, she dug out the parts of the fruits that were rotten. She gave one of the fruits to Alviss and gnawed on one herself.
The fruit was very sweet—sweeter than any fruit that Ning Shu had ever eaten before. She must be too hungry. Everything would taste more delicious when one was near starvation.
Alviss saw Ning Shu beaming with delight and asked, “Sister, did something good happen?”
Ning Shu smiled and said, “Don’t you think this fruit is delicious?”
“I found a few more of them. I’ll leave them for you to eat when you want to,” Ning Shu said.
Alviss gnawed on his fruit. “Keep it. You can eat it whenever you feel thirsty when you’re scavenging.”
“No, I’m fine. Let’s just eat them quickly. Since it’s so hot during the day here, it’ll rot soon,” Ning Shu said.
During the next few days, when Ning Shu went out, she noticed that some people seemed much more uplifted than usual. From time to time, they would look up at the sky, as if anticipating something.
Could it be that a garbage-bringing spaceship from another planet was coming?
The garbage that the spaceship brought could bring them a feast.
Seeing other people being so excited made Ning Shu also a little excited.
Ning Shu: …
Why was she getting excited just over some garbage?
She couldn’t fall to their level. She couldn’t…
While she scavenged for food in the garbage, Ning Shu also kept an eye out for the fuel substance that she’d previously found. The more of those that she had, the better it would be.
Ning Shu also asked Mach to help her find more of the substance. When Mach heard her ask, he raised his chin and asked back, “What’s in it for me?”
“Nothing, but if I find something good, I’ll give it to you,” she replied.
“I’ll keep an eye out for it.”
Mach then left with his own gang of fellow lackeys.
That substance would probably be hard to find. Even if there was more of it on this planet, it was probably scattered all over Sehlde and impossible to find.
It might also be buried somewhere under the impossibly large amount of garbage that had piled up on the surface of this planet.
Ning Shu felt that the few barrels of fuel that she’d found were not much. It’d be great if she had more of them.
A few days later, as Ning Shu had expected, a spaceship flew over Sehlde and dropped endless garbage.
The garbage came down in a continuous, unending rain.
Thanks to this, Ning Shu and Alviss had two full meals.
They also got to stock up on some food.
Although, it was difficult to preserve food on Sehlde, considering how hot it’d get during the day.
Soon after this, Mach came to Ning Shu’s home to inform her. “Hey, I found that stuff you talked about.”
Ning Shu was cooking some food when he came. When she heard what he said, she quickly asked, “Where is it?”
Seeing that Alviss was reading inside the tent, Mach lowered his voice and said, “It’s from the new garbage delivery. The thing you want is there.”
“Good job, bro!” Ning Shu slapped Mach’s arm. “Come join us for dinner.”
Mach clutched his arm and said, “Your slap hurts so much.”