Chapter 32 - Cafeteria!

In adams carrier in a hanger bay used to repair destroyers, in fact all carriers had hanger bays for repair as they still had a lot of space after adding the 1 million soldiers, in the hanger bay right now the 30 ships of the merchant fleet were landed in an open space inside the merchant fleet the crews of each fleet is waiting at the doors to disembark theyre ship as the doors open on each ship 5 thousand adults and kids came out of the 30 ships as for the 5 thousand men, woman and kids what greeted them was an extremely open space that had barracks where they saw soldiers living some of them repairing weapons while others making stuff in fact the barracks and living area of the soldiers was ridiculous small compared to the ridiculously big space in fact all carriers can carry up to 1 billion troops but for obvious reasons they can't fill up that's why they use the extra space as repair bays there was around 100 soldiers waiting the recieve them the person in front of the soldiers said "who is the captain?" Hearing him the 5 thousand people spread apart allowing Stephen to walk through as Stephen walked up the soldier with a smile he reached out his hand for a handshake the soldiers seeing Stephen being so cooperative also smiled and shook his hand and said "we have arranged living quarters for your people" he said while pointing at the huge barracks " you will be living with them for now I assume you are hungry looking at your malnutrition, lunch is about to start so how about I show you around before eating" said the soldier to Stephen and the 5 thousand people, the people were satisfied originally thinking they were going to sleep on they're ships now they were going to sleep on a barrack they think it can't be worse than the ship but it won't be good atleast its not the ship they thought Stephen saw nothing wrong and simply nodded and said "thank you very much" the soldier just smiled while he and the other 100 soldiers led the people through the barracks

As Stephen and his people were led around the camp they were left speechless as everyone thought they were going to sleep in a simple barracks full of people what really greeted them was rows of houses with beautiful designs there are even stores set up by soldiers there's a lot of food around the aroma alone intoxicated them the houses so beautiful, they saw robots they never saw before and soldiers haggling with coin like objects with enough energy to power theyre fleet for years all in all this barrack looked like an entire city they even saw some soldiers talking to holograms that looked like they're families what really shocked them was resources that would be valuable in they're original worlds were thrown around like garbage and looked like they weren't worth much as the tour was ending a bell rang throughout the barracks hearing this the soldier leading them said "it's lunch time let's go" said the soldier as he leads them Stephen curiously asked "why have lunch time when we just saw food around" hearing Stephen the soldier nodded at his observation "well typically we aren't free and we have duty's to do so lunch time is our break to eat as for the food around today is special as the admiral gave us a day off so they sell food but it cost money most of us wait till lunch time as it's free the food sold just serves as snacks" hearing the soldier all 5 thousand people were stunned because the food sold look like a full course meal for them and it's a snack but then looking at the incredibly huge sizes of the ultimas they nodded as it started to add up

As they made they're way to the cafeteria they saw other ultimas doing the same as they reached the middle of the barracks they were shocked as a building enough for millions of people was there filled with chairs and tables that already have ultimas sitting and eating and chatting although they got some looks it was just to see the unfamiliar people after the looking for a second the ultimas returned to eating and chatting like what they saw was normal seeing this Stephen asked curiously "isn't this your first time seeing an alien?" Hearing Stephen the soldier was initially stunned then said "we had never seen one but we know of them to us aliens are just life and that's it it's nothing special" said the soldier casually like what he said was some mundane thing but to Stephen he was stunned "may I ask how old are you?" "Huh me? I'm 2,360 years old" said the soldier walking them making all of them stunned and the older ones almost got a heart attack, Stephen the one that asked was visibly stunned and subconsciously asked "you're so old" instantly Stephen and the 5 thousand people got terrified as Stephen said this subconsciously but before he could apologize for being rude the soldier said "hmmm old? Well too you I would seem old but in my race I'm fairly young hey man you know my kids are older than any of you haha let me tell you my boy he got a really good job he works for…." Then the soldier was ecstatically telling Stephen about his family and such making Stephen and the others stunned but they sighed in relief that the soldier wasn't mad but then hearing about his giant family stunned them again making them almost immune to being stunned as they got to theyre tables the soldier said "sit down a robot will come to serve you as we never tested what our food does to others we will eat with you" said the soldier as he pointed to the other 100 soldiers as they collectively recalled theyre armor and sat down and started talking and laughing like normal but Stephen was stunned for a second as he caught something in the soldiers words 'what they're food does to others?' Does that mean it could be harmful thought Stephen but the rest of the people started getting comfortable and started talking soon the food was brought over by robots looking at the food everyone was stunned except the ultimas as they got down to eating and drinking the reason they were stunned was because one plate was big enough to feed 10 of them and the smell and the exquisite look excited them it smelled so good it made them feel rejuvenated and full of energy as they took they're first bite they were stunned as they instantly became full of muscle and meat and look extremely in shape while the kids grew bigger the older ones instantly get younger they could feel extremely high levels of energy's inside of them starting to leave them Stephen tried to force it in but heard "it's not advised as your body isn't suited to absorb this much energy if you absorb more it will do more harm then good it looks like your racial limit is only 5%" as Stephen heard what the soldier said he felt it was a pity but then was left speechless as the soldier said they're racial limit was only 5% the energy in the food as Stephen looked around he could see ultimas chomping down on the food like it was nothing and couldn't help but think 'what a monstrous race'