Half an hour after Noah finished his dinner and began meditating, the soldier he had captured finally awoke from his stupor.
The moment he woke up, the soldier reached for the laser gun beside him.
For a Krieg soldier, if each soldier was worth 50 credits, then 49 credits of that value would be the laser gun in his hand.
It could be said that the gun was more important than the Soldier himself.
However, he obviously didn't grasp it.
His dilapidated laser gun had long since been directly disassembled by Noah to create a soul testing device.
To be honest, if Noah wasn't a researcher, he wouldn't even be able to tell that the thing could be called a gun.
Anyway, Noah thought that this gun was purely a piece of junk, so melting it down shouldn't be a problem.
Feeling his hand grasp at empty air, and realizing his laser gun wasn't there, soldier reached behind him, looking for his life-bound weapon, the entrenching tool.
This time he succeeded; he successfully touched his entrenching tool.
At least Noah didn't melt this item.
Although Noah still hadn't figured out the purpose of this entrenching tool.
After all, the Terran Federation had long since adopted phase entrenching tools, and such metal-made entrenching tools were truly rare.
The efficiency of digging with this metal entrenching tool was not even as high as him simply reaching out and grabbing a handful of dirt from the mountain.
However, since the person in front of him was a fellow human, although Noah didn't understand, he still chose to show respect.
Perhaps this entrenching tool was some ancient ancestral item of his?
He chose to directly dissolve that tattered laser gun.
After all, it contained materials he needed, but for the entrenching tool, he chose to leave it as a memento for the fellow human opposite him.
After touching the entrenching tool behind him and taking it into his hand, the soldier visibly let out a sigh of relief.
Immediately after, he saw Noah beside him, observing him with curious eyes.
Just that one glance instantly raised his guard.
The almost unspoken silence of the soldier was broken at this moment.
He painstakingly searched for the few words in his mind, and after a strenuous effort to organize them, he uncharacteristically spoke a string of words, asking.
"Who are you? Why are you here? Why am I here? Shouldn't I be in the fortress?"
This was the greatest confusion of the soldier; being able to utter such a long string of sentences already indicated the extent of his bewilderment.
If he remembered correctly, he should have been in the fortress, but why had he suddenly come here?
More importantly, he had lost that laser gun, which was more precious than himself.
As he asked these questions, his hand tightly clutched the entrenching tool he held, his vigilant posture unmistakable.
Noah observed the other party's cautious behavior, and in response to his questions, Noah chose not to answer directly but instead posed a question to him.
"I can answer your questions, no problem.
But you need to answer one question for me first: you said you were in a fortress before, why were you in a fortress?"
The soldier did not answer; the clothes Noah wore, which he had never seen before, looked very luxurious.
Although a smile remained on his face, seemingly attempting to appear more approachable, as a man who had come from Krieg and served in the Death Korps for a full year, he still possessed acute perception.
He could feel an extremely powerful force within Noah, as if he could crush him with a mere lift of his hand.
This was an extreme sense of terror and danger.
It wasn't that this soldier was afraid of death; the main reason was that their siege regiment had been deployed to fight the orks.
Since they were fighting orks, then this human opposite him, let's call him a human for now, might not be an enemy.
The Death Korps of Krieg also protect the citizens of the Imperium; even if the person opposite them looked very strange.
But as long as he hadn't been confirmed as an enemy, the soldier would not immediately draw his weapon on him.
However, he still maintained his guard, as various kinds of heretics exist within the Imperium of Man.
If the person opposite him happened to be a heretic, he would be ready to immediately intervene and stop this heretic.
Seeing that the other party didn't say a word, Noah was a little confused. Was his attitude not gentle enough?
Why was the fellow human opposite him not saying anything?
Noah couldn't help but pick up a mirror he had just made and looked at the expression on his face. Yes, it was a smile, wasn't it?
Why didn't the fellow human opposite him answer his question, and instead looked so wary of him?
The current situation was caused by the different circumstances of humans in two universes.
In the universe where the Terran Federation resides, all humans are united under the banner of the single-headed golden aquila.
Furthermore, because the Terran Federation agreed to the Post Scarcity proposal in the Interstellar Council, this led to the Terran Federation providing its citizens with a utopian abundance.
To describe this level of abundance in terms that humans of the 2k era could understand, it was the ultimate realization of an utopia!
It achieved the pinnacle of an utopia!
Because of this, all humans lived very good lives.
Humans greeting each other had basically become a fundamental interaction.
Even if some people were more reserved or shy, they wouldn't go so far as to act so guardedly.
After all, they were all their own people.
With an abundance of material and spiritual satisfaction, the federation's crime rate was almost non-existent.
Moreover, the federation's legal system was not to be trifled with; breaking the law was equivalent to immediate execution.
Furthermore, the soul would be sent to the Warp, the soul space opened up by the Terran Federation itself, to suffer and be punished.
The suffering of the soul was unbearable, and because of this, the Terran Federation had almost no criminals.
In Noah's understanding, it was very normal for humans to converse with each other.
Generally, it was friendly and amicable, unless there was some conflict.
Noah believed that he had not had any unpleasant or bad experiences with the soldier opposite him.
Although he had dragged him out of his so-called fortress.
Although he had knocked him unconscious and brought him here.
Although he had melted his laser gun.
However, Noah believed that these actions were done rather secretly, and the other party shouldn't know about them.
Since the other party wouldn't know about this, then he shouldn't be angry with him because of such things.
Theoretically, that's how it was.
However, ideals are beautiful, but reality is stark.
Although Noah thought this way, it was clear that his attitude could not sway the man opposite to him.
Noah and the soldier opposite him just stared at each other.
Neither of them spoke again until a rumbling sound came from the man's stomach.
A growl of hunger broke the stalemate, and the face under his gas mask inadvertently flushed.
It was somewhat embarrassing.
Noah, on the other hand, pointed to the bento box opposite the soldier.
The bento box prepared for him was a roasted goose and pig's trotters combo rice, a quick and convenient food that humans often ate during the Earth era.
To be honest, Noah also liked to eat these things, so when he had his smart wristband prepare food for him, he chose to make this meal.
The sound of his stomach rumbling was undoubtedly a bit embarrassing. Facing Noah's gesture, the soldier was somewhat embarrassed.
Although the other party didn't speak, he could still understand his meaning.
Since the other party hadn't made any unfavorable moves, he tiptoed forward and then reached out and grabbed the roasted goose and pig's trotters combo rice.
As he reached for the roasted goose and pig's trotters combo rice, the entrenching tool in his hand remained tightly gripped, guarding against any unfavorable actions Noah might take towards him.
The important thing was that he could at any time atone for the God-Emperor.
After confirming that Noah had no intention of acting against him, the soldier gently opened the lunchbox in front of him, made of thin nanofiber.
Do not underestimate this lunchbox; to meet the usage needs of federation citizens and potential usage needs when they do not wish to control their strength.
Therefore, a lunchbox made from this material is strong enough to withstand 500,000 tons of tensile force without any damage.
Not only that, it can not only withstand such immense pressure, but it is also exceptionally lightweight.
Not to mention using it with a genetically modified body.
Even ordinary people would find it very light, much lighter than a foam box.
After the soldier opened the lunchbox, the mixed aroma of roasted goose and pig's trotters combo rice immediately wafted out.
The meal was still steaming hot, as the lunchbox had excellent odor isolation and insulation properties.
This brings us to another advantage of this lunchbox.
Its shock absorption is also top-notch; by the standards of the Imperium of Man, even if a Basilisk fired a shot at this lunchbox, the contents inside would feel nothing.
There wouldn't even be any shaking.
However, due to its light weight, the lunchbox itself would still be directly blasted away by a Salamander.
But the contents inside would absolutely not undergo any changes, or rather, any deformation, due to any external shaking.
Of course, that's beside the point.
However, precisely because of this, in addition to its enticing aroma, the appearance of this fast food was also very appealing.
After Adjutant Alexander, under Noah's guidance, performed scientific, precise, and human-preferred plating techniques, it could be said to be perfect in color, aroma, and taste.
How could a soldier, who had eaten nothing good except during military training and major battles, have ever seen such a thing?
The moment he opened the lunchbox, he swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
"Gulp..."
It was too fragrant, too beautiful, like a work of art, making him want to eat it but also reluctant to.