CIATB Chapter 1797 Small Times
Chapter 1797 Small Times
Chapter 1797 Small Times
What is the life of an adventurer like?
In the fairy tale, a group of strong people with different characteristics came together by chance, embarked on a happy journey, experienced some stories with tears and laughter, and finally created an epic.
Adventures in reality, smelly streets and hotels, trivial commissions, an extremely unstable life where income and expenditure cannot be balanced, most of the rookies get injured and disabled during their first period and then waste half of their lives in regret.
"Really? Will it be so bad?"
"Really? In my hometown, according to statistics from ten years ago, the one-year survival rate for newcomers was less than one-third. To be precise, half of the first batch of screened people died, and those who could work in the industry for ten years were among the top 10%."
Facing the frightened young man, Lu Ping'an happily shared his experience as a senior.
What he said was all true, except that it was from another world, which was enough to scare the cats and dogs in front of him so much that their hair stood on end and they trembled all over.
"Meow! Have a safe journey, don't destroy the newbie's dream, meow!!"
Even though he was bitten on the head by a cat, Lu Ping'an still shared his past battle experiences with great interest, such as the endless escape in the dark night, the battle of the gods caused by the falling stars, and the hunting of dragons and gods in the depths of the ocean.
"Humph! I finally understand! Brother, you are talking nonsense!"
The little boy who looked a bit like a dog finally realized that he had been fooled.
"Haha, what I said is true, but it's not in this world, uh, maybe in some dream world."
This is an oasis in the wilderness, with a few tents scattered along the lake.
There was a bright moon in the sky, and even the night wind was not too cold. There were not many people staying at the transit station, which was not far from Silla City.
Lu Ping'an and his group, who were sitting around a fire near the lake, looked very young, but they were obviously veterans in every aspect.
"How dare they walk at night!"
The outsiders who arrived at the oasis in the middle of the night, although they looked a little strange and young, were obviously powerful in all aspects, so they were naturally remembered by more people.
After setting up camp, a team of young people came over. It was their first time to go out for an adventure, and they came to inquire about the news and learn a little from their predecessors.
However, Lu Ping'an, who was asked for advice on risk management by his juniors for the first time, was in a really good mood and happily told some real adventure stories.
That's right, this sounds too fantastical and almost like a lie for children.
"Haha, I'm telling the truth. Adventure and fighting are not as wonderful as you think. Those poetic heroes you mentioned are lucky ones among millions."
Lu Ping'an knew that what he said was useless, but looking at the cute furry creature, he still said a few more words.
Sitting by the campfire, a team of four came to ask questions.
A pair of dog-men brother and sister, who seemed to be thieves with light armor, were fascinated by Lu Ping'an's story and were obviously simple newcomers.
A little further away, there was a female rabbit person who kept looking at Lu Ping'an's team. There were actually some stars in her pupils, making her look like a rare minority.
The last one was already sleeping by the fire. He was an ape-man with a tall stature. It was said that his vision seemed to be poor at night.
Looking at this team that was chatting in low voices from time to time, Lu Ping'an was a little surprised.
He had seen quite a few sub-human races along the way. The largest number were reptiles, dogs, cats, rabbits, and other species that obviously had stronger reproductive capacities. But if you looked at them in more detail, you could see that they varied greatly in size and fur color.
However, there is no racial discrimination or division.
"In our village? Everyone is poor, we are all the same. You are right, it is dangerous to take risks, but you can earn a lot."
A seasoned expert like Lu Ping'an could easily find out a lot of information.
For example, the local sub-races seem to have common ancestors or have interbred so many times that they appear to be separate races, but in fact they are all “one race”.
They are not like the creatures on Earth, where each of the mother and father contributes a gene, and then they piece together a complete genetic chain to "create humans."
Then, the genetic chain cannot be lost, and there will naturally be reproductive isolation from other life forms.
The creatures here are more like those genetic modules. Even if the dragon people and the rabbit people have offspring, they will not be half rabbit and half dragon people, but one of them will be randomly selected.
This kind of reproduction is not stable. The offspring of the rabbit people with a dragon father, even if they give birth to another rabbit person, there is a small chance that the hidden ancestral genes will be activated and the offspring of the dragon people will be obtained.
In this way, a family linked by blood may have four members of four sub-human groups. Naturally, their society cannot form the so-called racial concept.
"It's a pity that I don't have strong ancestors in the past two generations, so I'm still a small dog."
The younger brother looks no older than fourteen, but he is able to go out on adventures and is actually an adult.
But I'm afraid he will be like this for the rest of his life.
His sister looks younger than him. Although he is ecstatic about certain lives, it may not be a good thing for him.
Although this is a wealthy world, considering that the productivity is not even as good as that in the Middle Ages, it seems difficult to live a good life.
"Well, if they go to Earth and work in some service industry, they will probably make a lot of money. Otherwise, I will write a report to protect their basic human rights."
Lu Ping'an was already daydreaming and thinking too far ahead.
According to these "kids", their hometown has nothing but a lot of people.
After all, the earth is too generous. People will not starve to death even if they pick fruits. There is never too much labor. If people have nothing to do, they will have children. The more they have, the more they will spread.
I can live in my hometown, but I have nothing.
"No text?"
Lu Ping'an realized that the brothers and sisters in the team before him had never read any books.
Words and pictures are two completely different concepts. It is information itself, but it can also become a carrier of information.
A picture can simply identify something, and it can even be more vivid, but for more complex information, it becomes quite difficult.
Only with writing can history be easily recorded. With a long enough history, all kinds of technology, politics and culture can be slowly accumulated.
"There are paintings but no words. It is clear that they are intelligent and have a 'language' but no corresponding words. This does not seem to be a natural phenomenon at all."
Lu Ping'an was not in a hurry to "invent writing and movable type printing". After experiencing so many worlds, he knew that many seemingly unreasonable and abnormal phenomena in the world actually had local reasons.
If he messed around carelessly, it might lead to disaster, and he needed to know the reason now.
"Well, if there is a book, it would be very convenient to look up the reason."
Lu Ping'an, who was trapped in a dilemma of having neither chicken nor egg, sighed helplessly. In this world without written records and civilization, where should he start to investigate?
"Ask the elders. They have lived a long time, so they naturally know more."
And the little boy in front of him just said it directly.
Lu Ping'an smiled slightly and didn't take it seriously. The lifespan of local Asians was actually relatively short. Even if the old man who had no written records knew more, it was still destined to be limited.
"Dragon, just find an old dragon. They have lived for many, many years."
But the little guy gave an answer that seemed interesting.
(End of this chapter)