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Dwarf In The Future - Chapter 46.2

Published at 12th of July 2023 11:30:09 AM


Chapter 46.2

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Five minutes into the broadcast, the eleven people divided into three teams and dispersed, and the live broadcast screen also divided the screen into three parts very cooperatively, showing the action tracks of the three teams. At the same time, there were eleven personal screens lined up beside them. The live broadcast screen was divided into screens, sorted by age. Chu Yan and Qiao Zhiya were on the No. 8 and No. 9 screens respectively.

Chu Rong moved his gaze to screen No. 9 and paused; then moved to screen No. 8 and nodded. “That’s right.” 

‘They finally acted.’ 

Other supervisors: “…” Shameless, he clearly just stared at his family and praised them.

The audience didn’t know what happened half an hour ago. Seeing that everyone was reminded by Marshal Chu to start the broadcast, they immediately worked as a team to find food for lunch. They all lamented that children from big families were indeed more reliable. 

At the same time, the melon-eating crowd finally got a rough look at everyone’s appearance, and then the face-cons boiled over.

These young masters and ladies are so good-looking! Even the lowest one is still a beauty! Standing together is really eye-catching!

As they were excited, their eyes fell on Qiao Zhiya, who was wearing a hat. 

This was the only Exoplanet Native in this event? He looked a bit small, and his face was covered by a hat, so it’s hard to see him clearly… 

There was a sudden noise above the woods. Qiao Zhiya’s ears moved, he looked up with keen eyes as he touched his waist — he was feeling around in search for his crossbow. It was made from a vine, and the size was small enough to be mistaken as a toy. 

Chu Yan, who was walking by his side, also glanced at Qiao Zhiya’s weird movement. “What’s the matter?”

The voice appeared for a moment and then disappeared quickly. Qiao Zhiya removed his hand from the crossbow, shook his head and replied, “It’s nothing, probably misheard.”

You Xia, who was walking behind them, added to the topic at the right time, and asked with a smile, “Qiao Zhiya, what is that on your waist, a bow? It looks cute.” 

Qiao Zhiya turned his head and greeted him politely. As he touched his crossbow, he replied, “This is not a bow, it’s a crossbow. I… well, my strength is weak, and I’m not as good at using bows and arrows as my clansmen, so I made a crossbow for daily battles. “

When he was in the Magic Continent, he couldn’t use magic. If he used bows and arrows, the lethality of bows was far lower when he couldn’t transfer the magic power to the arrows. So in order to ensure the attack power, he made himself a semi-autonomous crossbow with the help of his father. By increasing the attack frequency, he ensured that his combat power would not be much lower. 

Hearing this, You Xia recalled Qiao Zhiya’s third-level disability, and showed a trace of pity on his face. He nodded to express his understanding, then changed the topic and said, “There seems to be no wild fruit in this area. We have to find a way to catch some small animals.”

The topic went back to searching for lunch, making Qiao Zhiya to remember everyone’s state – they hadn’t had breakfast, so they were all hungry. He glanced at You Yuanyuan, the only girl in his group. After thinking for a while, he looked around, then ran to the grass under a tree. He dug something from there, then ran back and handed the soil-stained lump to You Yuanyuan, saying, “If there are no wild fruits, the roots of some plants are also edible. This one smells sweet, and there are traces of insect activity underneath, so it should be non-toxic. Here you go.” 

You Yuanyuan didn’t expect that after finding the food, Qiao Zhiya didn’t eat it himself or give it to Chu Yan first, but gave it to her first. You Xia was moved, and stretched out his hand to pat her head. She snapped out of her trance, took the fist-sized root that was still caked in dirt with a red face, and hurriedly said, “Thank you, thank you.” 

You Xia also thanked him with a smile.

Qiao Zhiya waved his hand to his reciprocity and replied: “It should be like this because Chu Rong said that ladies should be prioritized.” 

Then, he explained to her how to clean and prepare the root to be eaten. After that, he ran back and continued digging. 

One of the audience members who saw this scene commented: [Wow… their conversation is really pure1pure as in “purely platonic”… But why is this Exoplanet Native still wearing a hat? I can’t tell what he looks like.] 

Several other supervisors on the warship snuck a glance at Chu Rong when they saw this scene, wondering with a strange look, ‘This evil god can say “ladies first”? So strange…’

Chu Rong, who was watched by them, frowned and stared at the live broadcast. He looked at Qiao Zhiya, who was obviously addicted to digging with his back facing the camera. He began to tap the armrest with his fingers irritably. ‘There is nothing wrong with the whole “ladies first”, but… damn Bald Chicken!’2clarification: he’s jealous lol

Long Baorou, who was sitting beside him, glanced at him sideways. She pursed her lips and showed an inconspicuous smile, and raised her hand to brush her hair. She somehow felt special; after all, she’s the only lady in the supervisor group. 

Qiao Zhiya, who grew up in the forest, quickly found enough food for the four of them to temporarily fill their stomachs. Then their team moved on to find ingredients for lunch, and the four of them gradually became familiar with each other.

Meanwhile, the situation of the other two teams was not so good. In the Xiang-Wei team, although Xiang Jing found some ingredients, they all fed to Xiang Kun and Wei Lan who were waiting for their elder to take care of them as if they were on an outing. Although they caught a small animal, it wasn’t big enough to satiate all of them. 

The Ning family team started out smoothly, and soon found some edible wild fruits and traces of animal activities, but… Ning Kongting was afraid of insects.

Although she refrained from screaming when she saw the bugs, she still inevitably disrupted the team’s advancing rhythm when she dodged. The team had to stop, drive away the camera equipment, and find a place to change her clothes.

Among the three teams, the Ning family’s team received the most attention. After all, the members were older, in good shape, and all very attractive. Xiang-Wei’s team and Chu-You’s team were a mixed bag of attractiveness, so relatively few people paid attention.

An hour later, the three teams returned to their original spot. The Chu-You team had the most harvest and seemed the most relaxed. The Xiang-Wei team looked okay overall, but the food they brought back was a bit small. The Ning family team brought back a lot of food, but Ning Kongting looked a bit embarrassed – her clothes were dirty and her hair was wet with sweat.

Then the new question came, who will cook?

Now that housekeeping robots have become very popular. There were very few people who could cook among the common people, let alone the young masters and ladies of these big families.

“I can do some basics,” It was Ning Kongran who spoke first, and then continued, “But before cooking, we have to fix the problem of kitchen utensils.” 

Since they were placed on a primitive planet, of course there’s no kitchen around. Everyone remembered to bring weapons, but no one remembered to bring kitchen utensils.

“Chu Yan, didn’t you go out to practice during your vacation? Why don’t you know how to cook?” Xiang Kun asked “naively” with a “curious” face, then looked at Qiao Zhiya, and continued asking, “Qiao Zhiya, your clansmen can cook food without housekeeping robots, right?” 

This question sounded reasonable at first glance, just a very simple inquiry by a young man who doesn’t know much about the life of the Exoplanet Natives. But combining the situation at this time and the grievances between the Xiang and Chu families, this clearly one of Xiang Kun’s petty schemes – he directly shoved this problem for Chu Yan and Qiao Zhiya to solve. 

Chu Yan wanted to beat Xiang Kun to death again. ‘Who the fuck go out practice with kitchen utensils, when there’s perfectly serviceable nutrient solutions?? This bitch Xiang Kun asked this because he wanted to use Qiao to serve as a cook for everyone, right?? His mind is nasty!!’

Qiao Zhiya patted Chu Yan to calm him down as he glanced at Xiang Kun. He swished out a large black stone from his storage ring and smashed it on the ground. Then he stood up, took out his hammer, looked at Xiang Kun in the eyes and replied, “Thank you for being willing to call me my name, instead of continuing to call me ‘that Native’. Lunch and kitchen utensils are actually easy to solve, as long as you are resourceful.” 

After speaking, he lightly raised his hammer and tapped on the black stone. With a click, the tall black stone was directly split into two halves.

Everyone: “…”

Supervisors from other families: “…”

Viewers watching the live broadcast: “…”

Xiang Kun stared blankly, screaming inside, ‘Here we go again! This Native is really disgusting!!’

The barrage and live comment section was silent for a while. Then after they digested on what actually happened, tons of exclamations and shouts of disbelief bursted out from all corners. This was the first small climax of the live broadcast.

In the eyes of everyone, Qiao Zhiya was a monster who could shape the hard and tough black stone with a small hammer. While they’re still in shell-shocked state, Qiao Zhiya nonchalantly sculpted the black stone into a pot and a flat surface. 

“Although the black stone is hard, it conducts heat very well. This pot can be used to cook soup, and the table can be used as a cooking surface. However, there is no running water around here. Xiang Kun, you didn’t find any food, so did you bring water?” 

After Qiao Zhiya finished all of this, he put away his hammer. His tone when asking Xiang Kun was also equally as “naive” and full of “curiosity”. 

Xiang Kun blushed when he was made to eat his own words. He held his breath and honestly shook his head. 

‘ You can’t swear, you can’t swear… Argh!! I didn’t expect this Native who looked very easy to bully to be so bad! If only this wasn’t a live broadcast!!’ 

Seeing this, Chu Yan almost fell to the ground laughing. He deliberately raised his hand and replied, “I brought water. Although the practice experience didn’t teach me to cook, it taught me the importance of water.” 

“I also brought some,” Ning Kongran smiled and spoke, as if he was simply answering the question.

You Xia also opened his mouth at the right time and said that he also brought a little water, but not much.

Wei Yu was silent, with a grim expression — this was not the scene of the event he had envisioned. What he was looking forward to was fighting monsters on the primitive planet, not getting a headache for food and water.

After the kitchen utensils and water were settled, Qiao Zhiya asked again, “Who will handle the ingredients?” He pointed to the food that everyone found, and focused on the small animals.

“I’ll do it,” Wei Yu came back to his senses, and spoke first, saving some face for not bringing water.

Xiang Jing followed suit, saying that she could help wash wild fruits and vegetables. Ning Kongting was silent for a while, and also said that she could help. You Yuanyuan also followed suit and raised her hand to signal that she wanted to help.

“Then I’ll go and pick up some firewood as a firestarter,” Ning Konghua glanced at them and took the initiative to find something for himself to do.

Everyone showed astonishing efficiency in the division of labor. After a while, they dispersed to do their respective jobs, tacitly stabilizing the unity of each family.

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