Chapter 120 Mass Evolution (15)

I woke to the sensation of a warm something hugging my form. I moved my arm and felt a soft blanket holding it down.

Flicking my eyes open, I blinked the sleep out of them, or at least as much as I could get looked around only to see that I was tucked into what seemed like a mattress and blanket sitting in the corner of the room I had used for yesterday's experiments.

Further down I saw Delta, her eyes closed leaning against the wall. Though immediately after I had looked at her the green eye that wasn't covered by her eyepatch had opened staring at me with a blank expression.

Delta's hand raised, pointing to the table where some nutritional slop was set out.

I rose from the bed, the blanket falling off of my form, and blearily walked to where Delta had pointed.

With the utensil that was already placed out I scooped it into my mouth, swallowing without tasting it. The slop was nutritious, lasting the whole day with the added bonus that I didn't feel any hunger but the taste was not doing it any favors.

It tasted like rotten fruit with the texture to match, that was the exact reason that I had just swallowed it. Even if I could not escape the texture of it, I sure as hell was going to escape the taste. Though even with swallowing it there was still this weird aftertaste that I went to rins from my mouth with some…

'Oh' I thought to myself, 'there's no water'

I could only let the aftertaste dissipate on its own.

Soon enough though my body had digested the food, the slop was made specifically by Delta to be digested by the body within minimal time. And with the food settling in my stomach my energy, that was almost nonexistent in the mornings was replenished, the aches in my body that came from the waking of my body were finally gone.

yawn~

With that final yawn I was awake. Looking at the table where my experiments had been done I found a set of equations that I would have loved to delve into, however I was not able to do that, there were still things to be done before I could start the day.

The rest of the things could be done in the bathroom, a shower and hygiene that was all that was left to do.

With that I left the room, heading to the only bathroom in this section of the buiding. Delta was considerate enough to have a bathroom installed in each wing of the dock that she had built meaning that there were three in total. One in the main building, one in the dock and one in the research side.

The one I was going to was in the research block. Once I got there it was a boring process that barely took five minutes.

With that fine I speed walked back, my excitement almost unbearable.

Opening the door I found Delta waiting for me, however I went straight to the table intending on researching the equations, though before I could do that a voice broke me out of my little fugue.

"Ready"

I nodded my head in reply, not bothering to do more as Delta approached the table.

…

When I found my apprentice, it was to her passed out form on the ground. Next to her was the sole table of the room, filled with hundreds of papers further filled with equations and observations.

Though before I could check and organize the papers a groan brought my eyes back to her.

'I could spare some resources' I thought to myself as I saw the uncomfortable scrunching of her eyes as she searched for warmth and the pitiful groans her mouth let out while. Her arms and legs unconsciously wrapped around her body, vying for the little warmth that they may give.

With a snap of my finger I raised the temperature of the room and although it seemed to alleviate some of the discomfort she felt, Rhea was still tossing and turning this way and that.

'This will do for now'

With that thought I left the room, heading for the matter generator.

It didn't take long, not even a minute, the generator was just down the hall and out into the cold night.

After I had arrived I input the setting for a bed and in moments it was done. With the bed being done I then input the settings needed for a fluffy blanket.

When that was done I lifted them both and walked back to the room.

The cool air that had enveloped me while I was outside was replaced by stagnant air that warmed my body.

Not that I needed it, all I did was note the change and continue on, reaching the room in seconds.

I placed the bed into the corner then placed Rhea there tucking her into the blanket.

With that I was done, I walked to the middle of the room and saw the numerous equations that had been written, rewritten and rewritten once more.

It seems that while I was busy that Rhea had been testing the viability of her idea.

With a flick of my wrist a pen appeared in my hands, new equations being written down based on the flammable liquid that I had made after numerous testings.

When I was done writing it down, I placed a nutrient paste and utensil on the table for when Rhea woke and walked to the corner and closed my eyes, my back leaning to the wall as I let time pass.

…

I opened my eyes again to the sight of Rhea waking up, with a slight point of my finger I pointed her to the direction of the food that I had put out for her.

After she was done eating she must have seen the equations that I had done earlier as her expression was sour.

Not because I improved upon her work but because my apprentice wasn't able to immediately dive into them, instead she had to go shower and freshen up.

Again I closed my eyes waiting for her to come back and I didn't have to wait long as 10 minutes after she had left Rhea was back.

Immediately upon entering the room my apprentice ran to the table where the equations were etched in paper.

"Ready?" I asked calling out to her and breaking Rhea from the fugue that she had almost set herself in.

A nod and a glance set at me.

"Yeah" with that excited exclamation we got to work.

…

The equations that were written down were much different than my own.

For starters they were assuming a different fuel source, one that was liquid and the other was that it would work perfectly unlike my own where there were some margins of error.

"Where did you get this?" I ask pointing at the part of the equation where the fuel was defined.

"Testing, the fuel is finalized" Delta replies succinctly before going back to watching me.

Though I didn't mind that, my mind wandered to the possibilities.

I took the blueprint and headed for the matter generator absentmindedly noting that Delta had followed behind me.