thefictionvixens Chapter 1176 I did this for Nata
Chapter 1176 I did this for Nata
Seeing Shao Yun was completely clueless and completely clueless about Nata's basic system, Yifa put down the skewers, drank a sip of beer to calm his nerves, and patiently explained to him:
"It's not that you're unpopular, it's probably because everyone thinks you're a 'great hero' and assumes you know this."
"Anyway, the settlement process in Nata is very simple... You go to the leader or elder of the Hanging Wood tribe, and they will take you to the tribe's 'Great Spirit'."
"After passing the Great Spirit's recognition ceremony, you will receive the blessing of the tribal Great Spirit and officially become a member of the tribe. This means you have successfully settled down."
He paused, counting on his fingers, and continued, "After settling down, you can enjoy all the services provided by the tribe. For example, if you have children, they can go to the tribal school to receive education."
"The tribe's 'processing team' can collect and dispose of household garbage and excrement from the pasture, so you don't have to worry about it yourself."
At this point, Yifa suddenly remembered something and added, "Of course, to enjoy these services, you also have to pay tribute to the tribe, which actually means paying taxes."
"But I heard your ranch is tax-free, so you don't have to worry about these things. You just need to go through the registration procedures."
After Shao Yun listened to Yifa's detailed explanation of the settlement process, including finding a tribal leader or elder and then getting approval from the Great Spirit before joining the tribe, an idea suddenly flashed through his mind.
"I feel like this process is very similar to that of the Indians, where members are accepted through tribal rituals and the approval of the gods..."
"No wonder Charles Smith feels like this is his hometown he has never been to..."
Yifa didn't hear Shao Yun's muttering clearly, and subconsciously raised his head and asked, "Who? What did you say Indians were? What tribe is that? There doesn't seem to be a settlement with that name in Nata, right?"
Shao Yun was afraid that it would be too troublesome to explain, so he quickly waved his hand and changed the subject with a smile: "Nothing, thank you Mr. Yifa for telling me so much today."
"After Ying and I finish our honeymoon, I'll quickly find Mr. Waina of the Hanging Wood Tribe to register us there, to avoid any further trouble in the future."
As he spoke, he picked up a skewer of roasted beef hearts and took a bite, but he still couldn't help but feel doubtful in his heart.
"But seriously, why didn't anyone tell me in advance that I needed to register? Sinoning and I talk so much, but he never mentioned this. It's really strange..."
Shao Yun didn't know that it wasn't that he was unpopular in Nata.
After all, his honor value had already reached +7 or +8, and everyone in Nata regarded him as a hero.
The reason why no one reminded him to settle down was because this was originally the responsibility of Mavica.
When Shao Yun built a ranch near Xuanmu Man, Mavica planned to wait until the ranch was completed and then personally take Shao Yun and his family to see Elder Waina to complete the settlement procedures.
But later on, there were too many trivial matters in the construction of the ranch, and she herself was emotionally frustrated and depressed, so busy and confused that she completely forgot about this matter.
You said this happened unexpectedly...
……
At the same time, at a camping site in the waters of Liuquanzhong.
Mavica was sitting by the campfire, poking the flames with a branch.
Suddenly, her nose felt itchy and she couldn't help but sneeze loudly.
“A-choo—!”
She rubbed her nose, looked up at the night scene around her in confusion, and said to herself:
"Strange, why do I feel like someone is whispering about me behind my back?"
……
On the other side, above the Huayu Society’s tribal territory, high in the sky far away from the ground, a huge aerial workshop was floating among the clouds.
Tartaglia sighed for a moment, and his words came true.
Dr. Dottore is indeed in this Nata-style hot air balloon workshop!
Dr. Dottore, wearing a white research robe, held a report sent by a researcher between his fingers. He scanned the data on it, his back to a mysterious female figure standing in the shadows, and said playfully:
"I didn't expect you to have such a secret aerial workshop hidden here. Haha, I originally thought you were just a primitive person with some technology left over from the ancient dragon era..."
As he finished speaking, he slowly turned around and his eyes fell on the other person.
"Ms. Alpa."
The person standing behind the doctor was none other than Alpa, the elder of the Huayu Society and also the leader of the flight team.
At this moment, Alpa lost the gentleness he had during the day and stood there with his arms folded, his aura completely different from that during the day.
"Mr. Dottore." Alpa narrowed his eyes and interrupted his teasing in a bad tone.
"I'm simply impressed by your Fatui's advanced scientific research capabilities, and I'd like to leverage your technology to break through the bottleneck of phlogiston extraction. This is simply a technical exchange between us, so don't get carried away with anything else."
Upon hearing this, Dotole nodded thoughtfully, a meaningful smile appearing on the corner of his mouth.
"I understand. You think that the efficiency of using pterosaurs as experimental subjects to extract phlogiston was too low, right?"
"Haha, to be honest, your Nata's industrial base is indeed too weak. Your technological development relies entirely on the archaeological discoveries of the Dragon Relic Research Association. You can't even build a complete set of phlogiston purification equipment. No wonder you're looking for me to cooperate."
His words were full of undisguised sarcasm, but every word hit Nata's sore spot.
Alpa's face darkened, but she didn't object. Dottore was telling the truth, and that was the fundamental reason she had to let go of her guard against the Fatui and seek their cooperation.
Dotole seemed to see through her thoughts and changed the subject, offering a rare objective assessment: "Having said that, the idea of extracting stable phlogiston from the pterosaur is quite creative. I'm impressed you were able to come up with this method..."
"I have to say, your research ideas are very bold and your methods are quite direct. I like them very much."
"But from an efficiency perspective, this approach is slower than a snail."
Alpa listened to Dottore's evaluation of his son's hard work and asked in a stern tone:
"Then let me ask you, since you've already used the technical ideas I provided to provide me with effective artificial refinement of gaseous phlogiston, solving the core problem of utilizing the 'phlogiston wings'."
"Then why do you still want my people to help you capture the Velvet Pterosaur? This doesn't conform to your principle of 'efficiency' at all."
She had long sensed that something was amiss. Dotole's obsession with the Velvet Pterosaur far exceeded "technical requirements," but she could never guess his true purpose.
Upon hearing this question, Dottore didn't answer directly. Instead, he asked, "Then I'd like to ask, why were you so obsessed with extracting phlogiston from the Velvet Pterosaur in the first place?"
This question touched Alpa's sore spot. Her eyes narrowed, her hands unconsciously clenched, but her tone was unquestionable and firm, and she responded with great righteousness:
"For my son Tepal, for myself, and for the entire Huayu Society, for the future of Nata!"
"Tepar encountered an experimental accident while researching the artificial refining of gaseous phlogiston..."
"I must complete his unfinished work and ensure that this research can truly benefit Nata, so I chose the stable phlogiston from the Velvet Pterosaur."
Looking at Alpa's "sacrifice for justice" look at this moment, Dottore suddenly laughed.
Alpa's posture reminded him inexplicably of an old man who had left a deep impression on him.
When Dottore looked at Alpa at the moment, he was immediately reminded of a guy who looked very familiar to him.
That person was the "Azar" who was played by Shao Yun in the scientific experiment: "Which falls faster, a person's body or his stocks?"
"You look like this, but it reminds me of an old man I know well." Dotole said slowly.
"He's just like you, always saying 'for everyone' and 'for the future', and he's completely absorbed in his research. Sadly, he ended up provoking a being that even I find terrifying, and ended up in disgrace."
Alpa frowned, not understanding what he was saying, but could sense the hidden fear in his tone.
However, Dotore did not intend to explain, and changed the subject to another topic.
"But I'm also curious about your son Tepal."
"Back then, without any advanced equipment, he was able to discover the unique properties of phlogiston in the pterosaur using only traditional Nata techniques. He even nearly developed a stable extraction method. He was truly a rare talent to achieve this from scratch.
"If he hadn't died in the accident during the experiment, I would really like to meet him and discuss the ideas of phlogiston research with him."
Alpa was already immersed in the memory of his child's past, muttering:
"Tepalta... is the child I gave birth to while wandering aimlessly after becoming a 'Wingless One'."
"His birth gave me hope. In the future, his mother should be a knight who soars across the skies, rather than a muddle-headed 'wingless one.'"
Then Alpa sneered and said:
"But his father wanted to return to the tribe peacefully and give his children a stable life. In the end, the quarrel ended, and the friendship they once had collapsed..."
"His father started a new family with another fellow traveler who was planning to return home, and I... returned to the Hanaha Society alone."
At this point, Alpa said with tears in his eyes: "I just didn't expect that this child followed them to Echo Son, but his heart still belongs to Sky."
"How surprised was I when he appeared in front of me and said he wanted to take part in the flight trial?"
"How proud I was when he told me that he didn't want to rely on my elder status and wanted to hide his identity and fly to the sky on his own?"
"But when he was rejected by the Velvet Winged Dragon and forced to become a 'Wingless One' just like me who was secretly injured back then... how painful it was for me..."
"My child sacrificed his life to fly into the sky, so I must carry on his will!"
Having said that, Alpa took a deep breath, raised his hand and wiped away the remaining tears on his face. His voice, which was originally filled with tears, gradually became steady, and the fragility in his eyes was replaced by an almost paranoid firmness.
She turned around, faced Dotore, and said firmly, "So, I choose to cooperate with you, the Fatui."
"I know you, the Fatui, are ambitious, and I'm also aware of the risks involved in this collaboration. But to fulfill my child's wish and complete his unfinished research, I'm willing to take this gamble!"
"Using your technology to popularize the Phlogiston Wing is my only goal right now!"
Dottore watched Alpa's transformation from tears to recovery as if he had watched a wonderful drama.
He slowly raised his hands, clapped his hands lightly, a meaningful smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and praised:
"Brilliant, truly brilliant. For the sake of her child's dying wish, for the love within her mother, she was willing to cooperate with us, the Fatui, and even to disrupt the coexistence of humans and dragons in Nata and harm the Velvet Winged Dragon."
"This 'madness' born out of love is really interesting."
Alpa didn't pay attention to the teasing in his tone. Instead, she seemed to have finally found an outlet for her emotions. She continued to speak, word by word, explaining the deep reasons behind her actions.
Perhaps it was to convince Dotore, or perhaps it was to allow himself to use the Velvet Pterosaur with peace of mind.
"I told you, I'm doing this not just for Tepal, but for Nata as well!"
"Those proud velvet pterosaurs only recognize the strong. Why should we, the Nata people, continue to rely on them? Why should our dream of flying be decided by a bunch of beasts?"
"Back then, Xibarak led us, the Natars, in a bloody battle to overthrow the dragon clan's rule and free us from the fate of slavery. But what happens now?"
"Yet we still have to look at the faces of these velvet pterosaurs who don't understand human language. If we want to soar into the sky, we have to wait for their approval. Isn't this a form of bondage in disguise?"
When Alpa got excited, his voice suddenly rose.
"The phlogiston wings my son researched and invented are meant to completely replace those arrogant pterosaurs!"
"With a stable supply of phlogiston, our Huayu Society warriors will be able to control the phlogiston wings and take off at any time, greatly enhancing their mobile combat capabilities and no longer being restricted by the velvet pterosaurs!"
"This is not only to fulfill Tepal's wish, but also to free the Huayu Society and the entire Nata from their last vestiges of dependence on the dragon clan!"
Finally, relying on this spiritual obsession, she said confidently: "I believe that Lord Vulcan will also understand my choice."
"Hasn't Mavica always been shouting about 'opening a new era for Nata'? Then why wouldn't I just follow suit and use more advanced technology to lead the Huayu Society to progress and push Nata out of the shackles of the old era?"
"Does clinging to my dependence on the Velvet Pterosaur mean being loyal to Nata?"
(I did this for Konoha - Shimura Danzo)
(Shibarak: WC, I'm talking about the equality of humans and dragons, you idiot!)
(Ochikan said nothing, only kept saying "Shibarak! Shibarak!")