Chapter 414 - 180: Birthday Gift (Part 2)
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That night, the indigenous people who had only one set of clothes were granted permission to enter the clean house to prevent messing up their freshly cleaned clothing.
The indigenous people responsible for building the fortifications moved into the large log cabin at the camp at the foot of the mountain.
And the other two indigenous people who worked on the farm with Sunday were fortunate enough to be allowed to rest in the mountain cabin.
The mountain cabin was built by Chen Zhou to escape earthquakes, and after clearing out the stored goods inside, the room was quite spacious, with a door, windows, and a stove. The sun room on the other side was covered with grape vines, making it much more comfortable to live in than the simple cabins at the foot of the mountain.
On usual days, these two indigenous people took care of the crops and herded the goats.
As for pruning the grape vines, Saturday mainly took charge—an easy task that didn't take much time, and could be done in spare moments.
Because of this, although the two indigenous people had worked with Sunday for over half a month, they had never seen this beautiful cabin.
On the night they moved in, lying on the soft mattress, they were so happy that they couldn't sleep for half the night.
After Sunday returned to his house, and there was no one to supervise them, these two guys immediately began talking excitedly.
They were certainly not discussing big things like escaping the island or plotting to murder the leader; they neither had such thoughts nor the courage.
Their conversation revolved around the happy new life on the island and finally circled back to this spacious cabin.
They quickly reached several points of consensus—
Firstly, Sunday, who was responsible for managing them, is a downright bastard, but this bastard is so capable that they still had to keep their heads down and not anger him.
Secondly, the zebra is a sycophant, much like the warriors who always stayed around the original tribe leader, but the zebra is smarter at learning to speak quite quickly at least.
Thirdly, running errands for the leader isn't bad, nor is it shameful.
If they could eat those peculiar delicacies every meal, wear better clothes, and shoes, and stand idly watching others work without putting in effort themselves, they were willing to stick by the leader's side.
Fourthly, if they worked well, learned to speak quickly, and managed to please the leader, perhaps they might live in the house where the zebra stayed—
They didn't dare to imagine that they could one day live in such a cabin.
The small cabins of Saturday and Sunday were already the best dwellings in their minds; right now, even just one small hut would make them utterly delighted.
Such a splendid and sturdy house naturally belonged to the high-standing leader, and they didn't consider themselves qualified.
Even in the distant future, they didn't think they possessed that kind of potential.
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On the morning of August 1st, Chen Zhou got up early and reached the beach.
Seven indigenous people were under the supervision of Saturday and Sunday, dressed neatly. As a special treatment for the festival, those without shoes received a pair of temporary shoes today.
Previously, dressing simply meant putting on clothes.
On festival days, they couldn't be sloppy, not even with their buttons misaligned.
Today, clothes needed to be cleaned and worn properly, not to mention having crease-free attire, and at least being neat and aligned.
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At about a dozen meters from the toppled wood and stone wall, before getting closer, Chen Zhou heard a deep and resonant "moo~."
Initially, he thought he was experiencing auditory hallucinations—
After all, this is an island; how could there be a cow's moo?
But as he gradually approached the wooden stone wall, through the visibility-obstructing wooden boards, he heard two more cow moos in succession, realizing things weren't so simple.
Approaching the wood and stone wall closely, even though the cow had stopped mooing, he could vaguely smell a hint of cow manure.
"No way? Can they actually send something alive over?"
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Since the start of the challenge until now, there have been as many as sixty-nine mysterious rewards sent over.
Among them were common, niche, cheap, and expensive items, even military materials like TNT and seamless rifled steel pipes—Chen Zhou had received them all, except for living creatures, which he was encountering for the first time.
Before reaching the wooden stone wall, hearing cow moos from inside the wall, he thought it might be some device that emits sound, never expecting it to be an actual cow.
"I wonder if it's a beef cow or a dairy cow, surely they won't send an African buffalo over…
Today's my birthday, even if the Space-Time Administration Bureau had twisted humor, they wouldn't send a cow to gore someone on their birthday…"
Even saying this, Chen Zhou still felt uncertain.
To be prudent, he called Saturday and Sunday to bring along the other indigenous people and let both of them bring their respective weapons.
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Under Sunday's command, the indigenous people carefully maintained their clothing's tidiness and meticulously began dismantling the wood and stone wall from top to bottom.
During this process, the occasional cow moos from within made them particularly uneasy.
After all, there had never been a cow existing on the archipelago where they lived since ancient times. To the indigenous people, the cow was entirely something that existed outside the realm of imagination—a "Devil" or "monster."
The deep resounding "moo" the cow emitted was also their first hearing experience.
While dismantling the wood and stone wall, most indigenous people felt this task was rather unpleasant.
Two timid guys, smelling cow manure, assumed there was a terrifying man-eating monster inside the wall, causing their legs to start trembling.
If it weren't for Chen Zhou and Sunday's long-established authority, supervising behind them, these two would have surely turned tail and fled.