Chapter 347 - 149: Iron Massacre
"The spirit isn’t quite there, but they’re much more presentable."
Helping the two native boys adjust their clothes, before setting out, Chen Zhou thought of how they curled up on the wooden floor to sleep and retrieved a set of bedding from the storage room.
The mysterious reward on October 20th brought four bags of fifty-kilogram laundry detergent. While preparing for the natives’ rescue, Chen Zhou took the time to wash some of his household linens and bedding, and this set was among them.
All four bags of detergent were modern chemical products with strong stain-removing ability. The washed bedding emitted a faint lavender scent, prompting the two native boys to sniff involuntarily.
He stuffed the bedding into the arms of the native boys, indicating they should follow him.
Returning to the wooden house, he took down the wooden box containing food and the clay pot filled with water from the bed, spread the bedding on it, and demonstrated how to sleep on the bed for the two natives.
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"Do you understand?"
Looking at the still slightly bewildered faces of the two skinny monkeys, Chen Zhou shook his head helplessly.
"Forget it, let’s take it slow. I hope they’ll show some smarts later on..."
It was clearly not an easy task for two people who had never used a blanket or pillow since childhood to grasp the lifestyle of modern people.
If there were a fabled memory infusion device, Chen Zhou would love to instill all the knowledge he wanted the two natives to know into their brains in one go.
Unfortunately, that was impossible.
To gain two outstanding helpers and laborers, he had to cultivate them slowly—
And how exceptional the helpers could become entirely depended on his training effectiveness.
Of course, whether the domestication method was correct and whether the education capability was exceptional only determined the lower limits of the natives. The upper limits still depended on the natives’ ability to accept new things and their learning talents.
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After making the bed and simply teaching the two natives to sleep on it, Chen Zhou pulled open the small cabinet drawer in the room, telling them they could place food in the drawer and water on top of the cabinet.
Using all his might, squeezing his imagination and physical expression abilities, it took Chen Zhou a full ten minutes to make the natives understand what a "new way of eating and sleeping" was.
He originally wanted to teach the two native boys to wash their faces and brush their teeth in the morning and wash their hands before eating.
But communicating with these natives, who didn’t speak his language and were at different stages of civilization, was too exhausting. Just a brief ten minutes had drained Chen Zhou’s patience.
Looking at the sky, it was already late. He finally compromised with himself, deciding to push the cart and take the two natives to the beach to witness the "miracle."
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Dressed in casual clothes, having shed his armor, Chen Zhou appeared entirely different from usual.
As usual, he had a long-handled hand axe strapped to his waist, a backpack on his back, and wore a straw hat, leisurely pushing the cart, while Lai Fu ran at the front.
The two natives who had just put on clothes and shoes followed closely behind Chen Zhou, acting very cautious, as if having a lot to say but not daring to speak, relying only on eye contact for communication.
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Maintaining silence all the way down the mountain.
As they reached the beach, Chen Zhou, who was already looking forward to this reward, immediately spotted the giant object standing between the wooden and stone walls.
"Hey! What a treat! Just when I wanted to show off in front of these two, the reward turned out to be a big one."
Delighted, he looked at the mysterious reward wrapped in a layer of black velvet, but having been bitten before, Chen Zhou felt a bit apprehensive.
"Wouldn’t the Space-Time Administration Bureau put a completely naked model in there, or even something heavier, to embarrass me?
Knowing their style, it’s not entirely impossible.
Just to be safe, I should first unwrap and check the contents to make sure everything’s fine before showing it to the natives."
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The wooden and stone wall, sliced by space-time into boards and bricks as always, toppled to the sides.
Logically, witnessing such a spectacle far beyond human imagination, Chen Zhou should perform a tribute to the so-called "new gods," if not dancing, at least murmuring something like an old priest from a primitive tribe.
However, Chen Zhou really had no talent for performing, and before rescuing the native captives, he hadn’t specifically practiced any mystical rituals in front of a mirror.
After a brief consideration, he ultimately abandoned the notion of instilling a new faith in the two natives for now.
After all, they didn’t understand anything he was saying now, so he might as well keep a stern face and go about his business. They would eventually come to their own understanding.
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Having made up his mind, Chen Zhou nonchalantly stepped over the wooden and stone wall and approached the tall black velvet-wrapped reward, drawing his dagger to take a peek inside.
This mysterious reward was massive, standing almost 1.9 meters high, resembling a single-door upright refrigerator.
Its sharp edges clearly indicated there was a solid object enclosed within.
Chen Zhou glanced furtively at the natives behind him, relieved to see they dared not step beyond the wooden and stone wall, standing dumbfounded on the beach.
He cut the nylon strap binding the black velvet, held the top of the velvet to prevent it from slipping off and revealing the true face of the reward inside.
Upon finding the seam on the edge of the velvet, he carefully lifted a corner, and upon seeing the object inside, he couldn’t help but widen his eyes.
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The sun hung brightly in the sky, not a cloud in sight, the light intense.
Even lifting just a corner, he could clearly see the object beneath the velvet.