Chapter 359: Giants and the Homeland (2)
“Good thing we made it in time.”
Tang Yu’an looked at the unfamiliar giant outside the homeland, then at Tours and the other two hovering mid-air. Seeing that a conflict hadn’t broken out yet, he couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.
With the homeland’s current strength, they wouldn’t necessarily lose to a giant—although giants possessed magic-immune constitutions, aside from supernatural abilities, they also had martial support from Huaxia, and even a guardian barrier.
The real danger was this Mr. Giant.
Tang Yu’an didn’t want the homeland to turn hostile against the giant. Having arrived in this plane, they definitely needed to build good relationships with the natives to develop better here.
The homeland was his foundation; it was his main source of the power of faith and the power of rules. The better the homeland developed, the more beneficial it was to him.
Thus, he and Zhou Qi split into two paths.
Zhou Qi flew towards Tours and the others, saying, “Teacher Tours, leave this place to us.”
Meanwhile, Tang Yu’an flew towards the unfamiliar giant, using his wind-element spiritual energy to deliver his voice to the giant’s ear. “Hello, Mr. Giant!”
You Ri stopped, looking at the little person flying in front of him.
He hadn’t been able to see clearly from afar earlier, but now that the little person was flying closer, his attention was irresistibly drawn in.
Really… very cute.
“Mr. Giant?” Tang Yu’an repeated.
You Ri finally reacted, exclaiming in surprise, “You speak the giant language?”
Tang Yu’an smiled slightly. He first stated his own name, then asked, “Do you know Shan Feng and Sasa?”
You Ri observed him with suspicion and surprise. “How do you know them?”
“I’m friends with them,” Tang Yu’an said, conjuring an oversized self-heating hotpot out of thin air. “Mr. Giant, have you ever seen this before?”
You Ri’s eyes widened.
He really didn’t expect this little person, who looked so tiny, to have such immense strength, and to even conjure things out of thin air!
“What is this?” You Ri asked curiously.
“It’s a self-heating hotpot, edible food,” Tang Yu’an explained.
“Hotpot?” You Ri recalled some rumors he had heard recently.
Because the places where giants lived were very far apart, only occasionally would one or two traveling giants pass by.
Those passing giants seemed to have mentioned this kind of thing, but You Ri thought it was some sort of cooking pot, so he wasn’t interested and didn’t ask carefully.
“This thing can be eaten?” You Ri looked at the item in the little person’s hand in disbelief.
Tang Yu’an smiled. “If you know Shan Feng and Sasa, then we are friends. Since this is our first time meeting, please accept this as a gift.”
“By the way, what’s your name?”
“My name is You Ri.”
You Ri watched as Tang Yu’an flew past that transparent wall, placed the thing called a “self-heating hotpot” on a large rock, and then used his little hand to wave him over.
Tang Yu’an’s natural and generous attitude made him feel very comfortable.
Even though their size difference was so massive, this little person wasn’t afraid of him at all. How interesting!
You Ri didn’t know that the little person in front of him was a demigod. Even if giants had magic-immune constitutions, they couldn’t resist divine power.
If a conflict truly broke out between the two, the one to suffer definitely wouldn’t be Tang Yu’an.
After Zhou Qi pacified Tours and the others, he also flew out of the guardian barrier to Tang Yu’an’s side. After Tang Yu’an tore open the self-heating hotpot’s packaging, they began adding water.
You Ri originally wanted to decline. After all, it was their first meeting, and he felt he should maintain some vigilance, but…
It smelled so good! What on earth smelled this good?!
How could a giant who had never encountered high-tech spices resist such temptation?
He couldn’t help but go over to the large rock and sit down. When Tang Yu’an invited him to taste it, he couldn’t wait and started eating.
Delicious! Too delicious!
Seeing the giant eating with a face full of satisfaction, Tang Yu’an and Zhou Qi couldn’t help but sigh in relief.
With this, they had preliminarily established a friendly relationship!
While the giant was eating the self-heating hotpot, they conversed in low voices. Because the size difference was too great, the two weren’t afraid of the giant overhearing them.
“The language barrier is a big problem,” Tang Yu’an said.
If someone in the homeland could communicate normally with the giant, they wouldn’t have had to rush back in such a hurry.
“Yeah.” Zhou Qi nodded, thinking for a moment before saying, “Equip outstanding employees with voice translation packs, distributed as achievement rewards.”
The homeland produced a massive amount of points almost every moment, and they had accumulated a lot more during the time they were away.
It was no longer the time when they were tightly strapped and needed to calculate the use of every single point. They could entirely allocate a portion of the points for employee benefits.
Tang Yu’an agreed with this idea. He nodded and said, “Alright, I’ll set up the conditions then.”
After discussing, they decided to create a leaderboard. Only the top 10% of employees would appear on the board, and these employees would receive a voice translation pack as a reward the first time they made the list.
[This system has not loaded an employee leaderboard function.]
“Then just add one.”
As the master of the Doomsday Grocery Store System, Tang Yu’an wasn’t polite with the system at all. “At worst, I’ll give you some energy.”
[…Alright then.]
Thus, the employee leaderboard quickly went online. Veterans like Old Man Li and Old Mo received the voice translation pack rewards immediately.
Tang Yu’an also directly posted an announcement in the message board’s public channel under the identity of “Silver Light.”
They were no longer what they used to be and didn’t need to keep a low profile to hide their identities. Anyway, many people had actually guessed his alt account long ago.
Of course, the alt account of the “God of Commerce” could absolutely not be dropped. Compared to being a lofty god, he still preferred being a free and unrestrained human.
Soon, powerhouses from all over the homeland gathered here, and even Huaxia sent people over—
Because of their advantages in numbers, system, and population quality, Huaxia’s employees all squeezed onto the leaderboard, ranking quite high.
If it weren’t for the fact that there were fewer Huaxia employees, they probably would have completely dominated the board.
Tang Yu’an didn’t participate in their discussions. He had already explained everything that needed to be said clearly in the announcement.
The Church of the God of Commerce hoped the homeland could cooperate with the giants, while also warning them of the giants’ magic-immune constitutions.
As for the rest, this group of top-tier humans who had struggled and survived through the apocalypse, especially the leaders from Huaxia, should know how to deal with giants.
Seeing them deep in heated discussion, Tang Yu’an stretched lazily and said to Zhou Qi, “Brother Xiao Qi, let’s go.”
Although Roland’s magic was miraculous, it ultimately couldn’t compare to the homeland they had built with their own hands.
Having been away for a while, Tang Yu’an truly missed everything here, especially his family and friends, as well as the gradually recovering cuisines from all over!
That’s right, after coming into contact with the abundant resources of the giant plane, Huaxia’s gourmets also began to shine, and the catering industry was booming in the homeland.
Even though Zhou Qi was around and Tang Yu’an hadn’t been mistreated when it came to food, he was still full of anticipation for the delicacies.
So, after quickly resolving the giant crisis, Tang Yu’an and Zhou Qi continued their honeymoon trip, strolling, eating, and drinking everywhere in the homeland.
Facts proved that their response was effective.
Upon their first meeting, the giant You Ri established a friendly relationship with the homeland and began trading with this group of little people.
Because of the size difference, the giant only needed to casually let a little slip through his fingers to bring abundant supplies to the homeland.
And the bold ability users in the homeland, upon discovering that You Ri’s temper was unexpectedly good—even a bit sweet and naive—actually left the guardian barrier to make friends with him.
You Ri quickly discovered that although these little people were tiny in size, their brains were really sharp.
Under their guidance, he could easily catch enough food every day. The key was that they could make the food incredibly delicious!
Moreover, these tiny friends were exceptionally pleasant to talk to, often making him roar with laughter.
Giants were accustomed to leaving their settlements to live independently after adulthood, and You Ri had already spent a very, very long time alone.
He suddenly found that having such a special group of neighbors was an extremely interesting thing.
Before long, new giants discovered the homeland.
Because they had experience communicating with You Ri, the homeland’s response this time was very appropriate, and they quickly developed this giant into a friend as well.
And so, word spread from one to ten, ten to… twenty. Gradually, more and more giants ran over to watch the “miniature kingdom,” bringing abundant supplies at the same time to exchange for things they wanted.
At first, You Ri was unhappy, until his tiny friends made a pennant for him, saying he was the bridge between the “miniature kingdom” and the giants, the bond connecting the two races.
Just like that, You Ri was coaxed with almost no resistance. Whenever a giant came to visit his home, he would take out that pennant to show off.
And from then on, he very consciously shouldered the role of the homeland’s protector.
Humanity’s homeland had thus firmly established its foothold in this plane.
