Title: A Fake Holy Mother in the Zombie Apocalypse
Translator: Little Bamboo Spirit
Chapter 218 - Bei Nuan, I discovered that you won't do the task if it doesn't come with a punishment (2)
Bei Nuan opened the taskbar and mentally moved the handle on the lottery wheel for Little Delightful Tasks. This time, it came to a stop at a task called God's Blessing. The task description was as follows: gather the light of sunshine, the warmth of a palm, and the comfort of a lover to receive God's Blessing.
Bei Nuan scoffed. These descriptions were getting increasingly ridiculous.
Sunshine was easy. After the sky had cleared up today, the sun was shining without mercy. Using at least SPF 50+ sunscreen when going out was a must. She would have to go out of her way to avoid the sun.
As for something with the temperature of a palm, would it work to grab a pebble from the roadside and hold it? Those pebbles were about to melt from the heat of the sun.
A lover's comfort… Lover? Never mind, let's not do this task.
And yet, even though there was no punishment for not doing this specific task, she would be stuck on it and couldn't continue this series of tasks. Would she be missing out on fun abilities? The ability to eavesdrop on Lu Xingchi's thoughts had been pretty good. The current set of tasks were easy to accomplish. It would be a pity to give up on the opportunity to easily gain special abilities.
Bei Nuan sneakily looked at Lu Xingchi. Would it work to use him for that third item? After all, the task description clearly required a lover.
If she wanted to find someone for this task, he was the most suitable candidate.
Bei Nuan decided she would wait for an opportunity where she could pretend to be pitiful, so that he would comfort her. That would probably work, right?
Lu Xingchi noticed that Bei Nuan was looking at him. He turned and smiled at her. It was only a small smile, but it was brighter and more dazzling than the sunshine.
Bei Nuan immediately decided to use him for the task.
Jue Niu led them towards large white tents.
Since the tribe hadn't finished building the homes, there were many tents up for temporary housing. These were simple white tents with several basic bamboo beds.
Bei Nuan discovered that the place was set up like a school dormitory; the tents were divided by gender instead of by family units.
A woman in her 60's was sewing in the tent. She was making the white clothes that everyone was wearing. Her hair was white, but she was living in a tent with young women. Bei Nuan wondered where the woman's husband and children were. The tribe's rules were quite peculiar.
As soon as Bei Nuan entered the female dormitory and put down her bag, several people came over to say hello. One after another, they saluted.
Bei Nuan hastily tried to figure out how to return their salutes. Too many people had come over, and she also found it difficult to determine what type of situation it was. Her brain ran at high speeds trying to figure out the correct salute before overheating and crashing.
Bei Nuan gave up. Whatever, I'll just go through the motions.
She returned the salutes in a flash, landing a KO across the tent and leaving everyone speechless.
Everyone's expression matched Jue Niu's twitching face when she returned his greeting earlier.
While Bei Nuan was busy testing the tribe's ability to resist negative emotions, Jue Niu came back. He brought the guys along with him and said they had to go out to help with the work. The work was helping build homes.
Jue Niu was originally going to split Bei Nuan from the group and have her work with the other women. However, since it was her first day here, he was soft-hearted and let her work with her friends.
The team was assigned to use saws to cut wood into various standard lengths needed for building homes.
The guys quickly got started, and sawdust flew through the air. Bei Nuan didn't have to do anything.
Everyone else was busy with work. Bei Nuan felt embarrassed being so idle, so she pretended to be busy by carrying her saw and running around in the sawdust. In actuality, she was just slacking off.
Seeing that everything was going smoothly, Jue Niu left.
Before long, he returned and said to Lu Xingchi, "Saint Yawen said that you don't have to work here. You can go over to her side and be her attendant."
Attendant?
Jue Niu elaborated, "Your job will be to serve her tea and water, do some tasks that require strength, and be responsible for her safety when she goes out."
Jue Niu looked very happy and sounded like he wished he could be Lu Xingchi, as if serving tea and water to the saint was a great honor.