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Dwarf In The Future - Chapter 46.3

Published at 12th of July 2023 11:30:07 AM


Chapter 46.3

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Character List

=The Chu Family=

Qiao Zhiya: Half-elf, half-dwarf MC.

Chu Rong: Marshal ML.

Chu Yan: ML’s younger brother. Is the same age as MC, currently attending intermediate college.

=The Xiang-Wei Family Alliance=

Xiang Kun: Chu Yan’s mortal enemy. Xiang Hui’s younger brother. Mecha manufacturing student.

Xiang Hui: A colonel. The Xiang family’s current heir. Xiang Kun’s older brother.

Xiang Lingyun: Xiang family’s head. Xiang Kun and Xiang Hui’s father.

Xiang Jing: Xiang Kun’s paternal female cousin. 22 years old.

Wei Xiongchang: Wei family’s head. A Liutenant General.

Wei Yu: Wei Xiongchang’s grandson. Probably around 20 years old.

Wei Lan: Wei Yu’s younger brother. 14 years old.

=The Ning Family=

Ning Kongran: A fifth-grader at intermediate college. Ning family current heir.

Chairman Ning aka Ning Tianya: Ning family’s head. Ning Kongran’s father.

Ning Kongting: Ning Kongran’s female cousin. 19 years old.

Ning Konghua: Ning Kongran’s male cousin. 21 years old. 

=The Presidential Faction=

Long Baorou: the President’s daughter. 24 years old.

Long Ruizhang: Long Baorou’s younger brother. Probably 23 years old. Correction: he isn’t one of the supervisor. He’s just mentioned.

You Xia: Long Baorou’s maternal male cousin. Older brother to You Yuanyuan.

The audience watched them eat wild vegetables and fruits and kill strange animals. It made them feel that the ordinary lunch at their hand became a top-rated delicacy in comparison. At the same time, they couldn’t help but sigh again for the stability and reliability of the big family’s children.

The supervisors on the warship were quite satisfied with the performance of the juniors, and their expressions were relaxed. After all, the juniors passed the first level of the experience activity smoothly.

While cooking, Chu Yan lit the fire with the attack skills of his mecha model, making the audience watching the live broadcast praise him for his wit.

When it was ready, Qiao Zhiya was in charge of cooking the soup and providing the seasonings; Ning Kongran was in charge of the barbecue; Wei Yu, You Xia, and older boys were in charge of patrolling around the periphery; and the rest were cleaning and disinfecting the pots made of trees.

After lunch, the people did not separate into teams, but set out together to find water sources and a place to rest for the night — obviously, the water they brought alone would definitely not last for seven days.

While looking for water sources, Xiang Kun made another mistake. He confidently analyzed and pointed out where the water sources might exist through the experience accumulated by the Xiang family in searching for materials for so many years. Then he deliberately asked Qiao Zhiya for his opinions.

Qiao Zhiya glanced at him, shook his head, pointed in a direction completely opposite to what he said. “Water source is over there.”

Xiang Kun stared at him. “What evidence do you have?”

“Water vapor,” Qiao Zhiya pointed to his nose and replied bluntly, “I can smell it.”

“You can smell—” Xiang Kun choked again, not knowing how to refute his answer.

The audience watching the live broadcast couldn’t help laughing — it’s really fun to see these teenagers get along with each other.

With two polar opposite directions pointed out, they fell into a discussion. In the end, everyone agreed to see both. First, they would go in the direction Xiang Kun pointed to.

Qiao Zhiya didn’t say anything. He simply followed them in the direction pointed by Xiang Kun.

An hour later, the speed of the team slowed down. Ning Kongran glanced at Xiang Kun, whose expression was becoming more and more uncertain, and asked Qiao Zhiya, “Can you still smell the water vapor?” 

“Yes,” Qiao Zhiya nodded, turned around and walked in another direction, pointing out: “It’s over there. The stream should be flowing diagonally from our perspective. The distance is about half an hour walking time from here.” 

Chu Yan followed him first, followed by Ning Kongran, and finally, the rest. Some of them were quite disbelieved by Qiao Zhiya’s deduction, and it showed in their frowning faces. 

Xiang Kun muttered a few words in dissatisfaction, and then pretended to be depressed and lowered his head when he remembered that it was broadcasted live.

Half an hour later, a stream appeared in front of everyone.

The audience: [Wow.]

Xiang Kun: ‘What kind of nose does this Native have! He actually smelled it???’

The atmosphere became a little awkward, but the water source was finally found, and everyone no longer had to worry about the lack of water.

The next problem to be solved is how to sleep at night.

“Qiao Zhiya, what’s your idea?” Ning Kongran asked first, as if he had just gotten acquainted with him.

Although Qiao Zhiya didn’t understand the reason why the older man pretended not to know him, he cooperated with this notion. He pointed to the tall trees by the stream, and replied, “Sleep there at night.” 

Everyone looked over, confused. ‘Where to sleep? There are just trees over there.’

Obviously, the audience also has this doubt, and the barrage area was full of question marks.

The experienced supervisors quickly understood Qiao Zhiya’s intentions. Chu Rong nodded with obvious satisfaction — in the wild, using the tree as a camping spot is indeed a good choice. Not only can it be a protection from wild animals prowling on the ground, but it also makes a good vantage point to see a broader view. 

Only Xiang Lingyun and Xiang Hui had ugly expressions. They were dissatisfied by their Xiang family being slapped in the face twice a row just now. 

The witty and hard-working dwarf boy once again showed his outstanding ability to survive in the forest. He went around the forest with a hammer, and soon dragged back a lot of tree branches. Then, he nimbly climbed to a thick and sturdy tree branch. On the tree, he used his cuttings of branches to skillfully build a simple tree house. 

“It’s so cool!” Chu Yan cheered, and said loudly, “Qiao, I’ll help you!” After speaking, he picked up a branch and began to climb the tree.     

Xiang Kun said, full of doubt, “Is this tree house strong? Will it break down in the middle of the night and throw us down?”     

In the absence of a tent, someone who could set up a house and came out, which seemed to be the best situation.     

Xiang Jing patted Xiang Kun on the shoulder to remind him to stop talking, and also stepped forward to help. Wei Yu took Wei Lan to greet everyone, and went to the forest to find ingredients for dinner, obviously not interested in building a house.    

The few remaining people looked at each other for a few seconds, and were busy with their own division of labor, be it helping out, or looking for ingredients.

With the cooperation of everyone, the construction speed of the tree house became faster. When the sun was about to set, the three tree houses had already taken shape.

Qiao Zhiya took out the insect repellent plant he found in the afternoon and lit it in her hand. He went around the houses so the smoke would permeate around. Then he took out the quilt from the storage ring and spread it inside, and cleaned up the house.

Looking at it like this, the audience has been completely captured by his thoughtfulness and ability. There were more people complaining about the hat blocking his face. If anything, they shifted to scolding the cameras for being too stupid and only knowing to fly above their heads.

Dinner was soup and barbecue as usual. After the sky completely darkened, Qiao Zhiya dug a bathtub out of a super large black stone, covered it with sheets and other things, and made a simple bathroom for the girls. He also thoughtfully padded a space with stones under the black stone barrel, so that the girls could put firewood to boil water in advance and take a hot bath.

The audience shouted that they couldn’t stand it, and shouted that they wanted to marry such a heart-warming good boy.

Of course, such comments only pissed off Chu Rong. 

The boys were fine with not using the bathroom. They took a dip in the stream to wash instead. 

In the evening, the older boys shared the work of the night watch. Unconvinced, 19-year-old Wei Yu forced himself into the night watch team, and was dubbed “Brother Hardcore” by the audience.

It was completely dark, the live broadcast screen also went dark, decreasing the number of viewers as they lost interest. Everyone had a very good impression of the first day’s live broadcast, and most of the comments were positive.

The supervisors also left late at night. They ordered a couple of officers to watch the live broadcast in case there’s an accident happening in the middle of the night. Out of all the supervisors, only Chu Rong remained in the live broadcast room, resting his chin on his hands and watching the No. 9 screen. 

The youth inside the screen was helping everyone with their sleeping arrangement. Then, after he finished, he asked Chu Yan to help guard him while he took a bath in the dark. Seeing this happening, Chu Rong’s eyes softened. 

The Marshal remembered that he asked Qiao Zhiya to not let others touch his ears. As a result, this Bald Chicken, which was surprisingly obedient this time, actually wore a hat the whole time to cover his ears.

‘Stupid.’ 

He tapped the armrest of the chair with his other finger, and his posture relaxed.

The next day, everyone didn’t move from their resting spot and were still active by the stream. Xiang Kun tried to order Qiao Zhiya again, but was stopped back by Chu Yan with witty words. This almost lit a fire of war between this pair of bitter nemesis. 

Everyone has basically adapted to life in the forest, and has confirmed that there was no danger around them. Gradually, they let go of their worry. They started to play around in the forest freely — that is, to show off their respective talents. 

Chu Yan was disgusted by their bragging and taking the opportunity to show off, so he simply dragged Qiao Zhiya away from them. He chose to explore the woods with Qiao Zhiya, trying to find something useful to prepare for tomorrow’s mission.

At ten o’clock in the morning on the third day, the highlight of the live broadcast finally arrived – their mission was about to be released.

On various forums, the viewers who have already gotten acquainted with this group of proud sons of heaven have found their favorites. They started to cheer wildly to show their support. 

“Your mission this time is to search for treasures and climb to the top of civilization. At the end of the event, the family with the most treasures will receive a mysterious gift, and the family with the least treasures will be punished.” 

At exactly ten o’clock, Long Baorou’s hologram was projected from a hovering device. The second her voice fell, a large crack suddenly appeared on the blue sky. It slowly began to spread and peeled off, revealing the real sky outside — in the vast sky, there were several huge birds that were circling and flying in the sky.

“The treasure map, your previously confiscated mechas and various supplies are on these birds. Go and catch them. Come on, the people of the Federation are looking forward to your performance,” Long Baorou encouraged them, and then communications were cut off.

The audience: [Damn! This play is exciting!] 

As for the juniors, they were shocked stupid. 

Xiang Kun finally couldn’t pretend to be reserved and noble, and asked in a surprised voice, “Our things are all on the bird? Could it be that my precious materials are also… No! Who came up with this bad idea!”

The audience watching could swipe on their screen to see around the juniors. With one glance, they understood the absolute shock the juniors felt. Their objectives and supplies were tied to the birds? How the hell are they going to catch it without mechas?? 

Ning Kongran was the first to come back to his senses, and said with a frown, “Maybe we can use food to trap them.” 

“When I was wandering in the forest before, I found some traces of birds moving. If food traps are not enough, we can still find their nests,” You Xia added. 

“Or we can provoke them, lure them down and kill them,” Wei Yu looked up at the ugly giant birds in the sky, and his wild instinct that had been suppressed for two days began to emerge. His eyes were full of fighting spirit.

Chu Yan was also very excited, and had already started to rummage through the weapons he carried with him, trying to find something to get those “big money” birds down.

The audience once again lamented: As expected of a child raised by a big family, their adaptability is really great. If they were faced with this situation, they would definitely not be able to come up with a solution so quickly!

Just as everyone was trying to find a way and was distressed, Qiao Zhiya, who had been silent all this time, suddenly took off the crossbow from his waist, removed the arrows inside, and took out a few deep purple gemstones from his storage ring. He put them on his arrow, raised his arm, then shot at a giant bird with a neat movement.

“Whoosh—”

The arrow cut through the air, and flew towards the giant bird in midair with a speed and strength that didn’t match Qiao Zhiya’s delicate appearance. 

Xiang Kun turned his head when he heard this voice. He glanced at the toy-like miniature crossbow in Qiao Zhiya’s hand, curled his lips, and said, “What’s the use of your toy, the real battle is not something you can do with such a backward thing in your ha— ”

A piercing hissing of a bird interrupted his words. One of the giant birds hovering in the sky seemed to be attacked by something, suddenly raised its neck in pain and let out a painful cry. Its wings then limply fell as its body plummeted towards the ground. 

“—nd… Oh my god, what’s going on? What are your arrows made of? It’s weird!” Xiang Kun couldn’t help exclaiming, seeing glowing tips of the arrows. 

The audience who saw this scene were also a little confused. First, they were full of question marks, then they were silent for a few seconds, and then finally roared excitedly: [Is this all right? That toy-like weapon actually killed the bird in one shot? How did he do it? This Native is domineering!]

The supervisors also had different expressions, and then they all looked at Chu Rong.

Chu Rong raised his eyelids calmly, looked at Qiao Zhiya whose face was half covered by a hat on screen No. 9, and said in a nonchalant manner, “His aim is good. It’s also decisive enough.” 

“…” Bah! You are the one who only praises your own junior! You become more and more shameless!

“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh——”

Several arrows flew out one after another. It hit one bird at a time, wiping out all the birds one after another. Qiao Zhiya put away his crossbow, glanced at the crowd, and said, “Go get the bird! This is the last thing I can do to help you.” After speaking, he patted Chu Yan and walked towards the place where the birds fell.

Everyone woke up from their trance, and belatedly remembered that everyone is now in a competitive relationship. They hurriedly rushed towards the place where the birds fell.

T/N:

CR to QZY: Stupid (affectionate).




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