Navigator: I have a double six-story house

Chapter 92 Diplomacy of Dry Rice

He said he was an islander.

After Wang Yao finished speaking, he puffed out his chest, looking confident.

Su Qing and Selena both looked at him, their eyes filled with disbelief.

Then the leader of the indigenous people shouted again, his figure becoming even larger than before, and thrust his wooden spear forward.

"Senior, what does this sentence mean?" Selena asked, tilting her head.

"This sentence..." Wang Yao scratched his head, "He's also saying that he's an islander, he's just emphasizing it."

Su Qing looked away and ignored him.

Wang Yao is very reliable when he's fighting, but it's hard to say what he'll do outside of battle.

Su Qing stepped forward and spoke to the leading indigenous person.

He speaks very slowly, and tries to keep each word as simple as possible.

The skill of a universal language does not mean that you can instantly master an unfamiliar language.

Instead, it allows you to grasp the general meaning and improve your ability to learn a new language.

Su Qing felt that this skill was more suitable for college students on Earth ten years ago.

"We are just passing through." Su Qing pointed to herself, then to the Sunshine behind her, "Adventurers."

Then he gestured the shape of a door.

"Looking for a door."

The leading indigenous person lowered the wooden spear in his hand.

The hostility in his eyes subsided somewhat, replaced by a scrutinizing gaze.

He was silent for a moment, then spoke.

This time, however, the other person spoke much slower and in a calm tone, as if deliberately trying to make Su Qing understand.

The universal language worked frantically, breaking down those unfamiliar syllables so that Su Qing could understand their underlying meanings.

It roughly means, there's no door here, leave.

Su Qing frowned.

What does it mean to have no door?

In the Age of Exploration, there are always instances of Midway between Midway Island.

He had never heard of any instance where the captain was not allowed to enter.

This island is located between the previous Midway Island and the next Midway Island, so how could it not have a dungeon entrance?

Could this be a special rule for a specific course?

Su Qing was pondering what was going on when she caught a glimpse of Wang Yaodong out of the corner of her eye.

Wang Yao appeared beside him at some point, holding a steaming object in his hand, which he handed to the leading aboriginal.

A hamburger, a plantation-grown hamburger, a huge double beef hamburger.

At this moment, everyone's attention was focused on Wang Yao.

The natives all turned to look at the hamburger, while Su Qing and Selena looked at Wang Yao.

The look in his eyes was saying, "What are you doing?"

Ignoring his teammates' questioning looks, Wang Yao secretly made a gesture of putting something in his mouth and patted his stomach.

This is the universal language of cosmic laws.

eat!

The leader looked down at the unfamiliar food in front of him, then at Wang Yao.

He didn't take it, but instead brought his nose close to it and smelled it.

The rich aroma of meat, the savory sauce, and the wheaty scent of baked bread intertwine and fill the nostrils.

The leader's eyes lit up instantly.

Seeing his reaction, the other indigenous people craned their necks and twitched their nostrils.

The leader planted the wooden spear in the sand, then casually took the hamburger and stuffed it into his mouth.

With one bite, half the hamburger disappeared, and the savory sauce slid down his chin. He rolled his tongue, and the sauce returned to his mouth.

He closed his eyes, chewed slowly, reluctant to swallow, and then took another bite, and the whole hamburger was gone.

He was thoroughly enjoying his meal, and the sound of people swallowing their saliva could be heard around him.

He opened his eyes, licked the sauce residue off his hands, then looked up at Wang Yao, grinned, and slapped Wang Yao on the chest.

"Puxi Toothcut!"

The common language told Su Qing that this meant "friend".

The leader of the indigenous people left a handprint on Wang Yao's chest plate armor, and Wang Yao grinned and patted the leader's chest in return.

"Puxi Toothcut!"

Su Qing had to admit that Wang Yao's pronunciation was quite standard.

Wang Yao turned around and gave Selena a wink.

Selena understood immediately and quickly pulled a bunch of hamburgers from her small purse.

Thanks to Brother Han's hard work, the plantation has an amazing yield.

Wang Yao took the hamburgers and began distributing them one by one.

The indigenous people surrounding the crew of the Sunshine, one person at a time, created a very strange scene.

A group of indigenous people, armed with primitive and rudimentary weapons, surrounded the crew of the Sunny, heads bowed, munching on hamburgers, as if performing some kind of mysterious sacrificial ritual.

After finishing their meal, the indigenous people all showed expressions of satisfaction.

Then, one by one, they walked up to Wang Yao and slapped his chest armor.

"Puxi Toothcut!"

......

After the trip, Wang Yao's chest was covered in oil stains, but he was all smiles, taking pictures of each person who came, and casually replying with a "Puxi ya che" (a sarcastic remark).

Su Qing and Selena exchanged a glance.

Could it be that Wang Yao... is actually a genius?

He resolved the tense standoff with a hamburger.

This might just be Wang Yao's unique form of "dry rice diplomacy"!

Despite our feelings, we still need to get back to work.

Su Qing walked up to the leader and spoke again, still very slowly.

"The door. Do you know where it is?"

This time, the leader did not directly say no.

Instead, he rolled his eyes, smacked his lips, and said nothing.

Su Qing understood; this meant that he knew but didn't want to say it, just like primitive people.

Without saying a word, he turned and extended his hand to Selena.

Selena immediately took another hamburger out of her bag and placed it in Su Qing's palm.

Su Qing handed the hamburger over.

The leader looked at the hamburger, then at Su Qing, and grinned.

He took the hamburger and then patted Su Qing on the chest.

"Puxi Toothcut!"

It was quite powerful.

Su Qing glanced down at the oil stain on her chest and said nothing.

The leader finished his hamburger in a few bites, wiped his mouth with the back of his hand, and licked his lips.

Then he said something.

Su Qing focused on listening, and with his general language skills combined with the leader's deliberately slowed-down speaking speed, he understood most of it this time.

The gist is: I can take you to the door.

But before that, you must meet someone.

"Who?"

The leader pointed deep into the forest and uttered a word.

Su Qing translated it into a common language, and it came to two words.

Elder.

After the leader said that word, the relaxed expression on his face, which had come from the hamburger, disappeared.

Instead, something Su Qing was very familiar with was introduced.

In awe.

Su Qing looked into the depths of the forest.

A few wisps of smoke were still rising, and thin, grayish-white threads emerged from the dense forest, torn to shreds by the wind.

The direction of the smoke was exactly where the leader was pointing.