Chapter 27
Without the slightest hesitation, Big Pineapple turned and roared behind him, "Asura!"
A moment later, a chorus of responses rose behind him.
"Asura!"
"Asura!"
Everyone in the livestream watched in utter bewilderment, unable to understand what kind of madness had come over Big Pineapple.
Big Pineapple seemed to have guessed what they were thinking and explained, "This civilization doesn't have a language yet. They communicate entirely through gestures. The only thing they can shout is 'Asura,' so I'm calling them the Asura Clan for now."
Military: "If they don't have a language yet, I actually think there's no reason we couldn't spread China's culture to another world. Our writing and language, for example."
Big Pineapple: "I'm still relying on random gestures to communicate with them. If I can find the time, maybe I'll teach them to speak Chinese."
[Holy shit, my country's amazing! Spreading our culture straight into another world!]
[China is mighty!]
[China is awesome!]
In the time that followed, Big Pineapple practically had cheats enabled. With extensive guidance from China, he began gathering all the major tribes together.
And thanks to his own wisdom, along with that of the hundreds of thousands of viewers behind him, he became a fully deserving "sage."
Under his command, they even killed several mosquitoes without suffering a single injury, making the Asura Clan acknowledge Big Pineapple's wisdom all the more.
Of course, as Big Pineapple's status rose higher and higher, he also encountered plenty of trouble.
For instance, broad-shouldered, thick-waisted beauties adored by countless members of the Asura Clan frequently tried to throw themselves at Big Pineapple, leaving countless viewers teasing him.
[They're throwing themselves at you. Are you sure you don't want to give it a try?]
[Sometimes you shouldn't care so much about appearances. Look at what's inside!]
[Pretty faces all look alike, but a kind heart has four arms!]
[They just want to protect you with their powerful bodies. What have they done wrong? Why won't you give them a chance?]
[Look at their pecs, look at their powerful abs, and those muscular bodies. Holy shit, she just punched down a tree!!!]
[What the fuck? If you took a punch from her, you'd probably cry for ages!]
[Cry? If you took a punch, you probably wouldn't get the chance. But your family would cry, and the villagers would come over for the funeral feast!]
Big Pineapple righteously rejected every one of these romantic temptations and declared to the viewers that a sage did not fall into the river of love!
After watching for this long, the viewers who had stayed in the livestream had gained a general understanding of this world.
They had even helped Big Pineapple decipher many gestures he could not understand.
Since this civilization had only just begun developing, even their gestures represented simple, easily guessed words and phrases, so it was quite easy.
[A sage doesn't fall into the river of love! Well said! Big Pineapple truly is a role model for humanity!]
[Pfft, what do you mean, a sage doesn't fall into the river of love? You just think they're ugly, you creep!]
[By the way, where's that big-shot transmigrator? Why isn't he talking anymore?]
[I think he said he needed to take his medicine earlier, then left the stream.]
[Medicine? Is he in poor health? Though coming and going could take quite a while, considering the difference in time flow.]
[True, but there's nothing we can do. He's in poor health...]
"Guys, our Yanhuang Tribe now has over eighteen hundred people, and there isn't enough food in this area anymore. Some of the tribal group leaders just asked me where we should look for food. Hurry up and give me some ideas!"
Before Big Pineapple stood six or seven tall, burly Asura Clan chiefs, their faces filled with trepidation as they watched the sage talking to himself, communing with the heavens. They dared not utter another word.
To their ears, these words were incomprehensible babble, devoid of logic and filled with obscure syllables, yet they still sounded highly sophisticated.
In any case, every time they saw the sage do this, he would point them in the best direction.
Thus, they firmly believed the sage was communing with the heavens.
[I'm a geographer. Based on your coordinates and heading, what that transmigrator said earlier, and the direction of sunrise and sunset, you should head east or west now. There might be more food in those directions.]
[One more thing: there should be more food to the west, but there might also be more mosquitoes, as well as other fierce beasts, so...]
Big Pineapple frowned in thought for a moment before saying, "East might not work. A large tribe has already formed over there, and these people split off from that tribe.
"Because food over there has also started running short.
"Besides, the ruins are to the west. I already assigned people to dig there earlier. I believe they'll be able to open a passage within the next few days."
The viewers who had wanted to dissuade him all fell silent upon hearing the word "ruins."
Because everyone present wanted to see what those ruins looked like.
According to that transmigrator, this civilization's technology had been far more advanced than Earth's!
They had even been capable of escaping this planet in their later stages.
Although no one knew exactly why such a civilization had been destroyed, and that transmigrator refused to say, they would know whether it was true once they took a look.
If they could obtain some useful technology from within, China's technology would soar once again.
The only slight problem now was how to kick the spies out of the livestream.
At that moment, the leaders of one country after another watched the livestream with excitement written all over their faces. Whether it was the laser cannons, high-energy rays, defensive installations, or technology for traveling through the universe that the transmigrator had mentioned, never mind obtaining any one of them-even glimpsing the barest surface would bring immense benefits.
Once Big Pineapple gave the order, over a thousand members of the Asura Clan set off westward in a mighty procession.
Along the way, they shot down several mosquitoes with bows and arrows, then warriors carrying four stone axes each charged forward and dismembered them on the spot.
In this food-scarce world, terrifying though these mosquitoes were, they were also a rare source of food.
Although Big Pineapple had found the things rather disgusting when he first saw them, after getting used to them, he could just about accept them.
They traveled like this for five days. While passing an enormous lake, he suddenly felt unbearable discomfort and pain throughout his entire body!
Countless emotions also welled up within him: sorrow, distress, self-reproach, as though he himself were this world's sinner.
Dizzy and light-headed, Big Pineapple looked around, only to discover that none of the others were experiencing this.
He immediately knew there had to be something wrong with this place!
The easygoing Asura Clan paid no attention whatsoever to such things.
The livestream viewers, however, noticed immediately that something was wrong with Big Pineapple.
[Brother Pineapple, what's wrong?]
[Don't tell me you've caught a cold. Can your Asura Clan catch colds even with such powerful physiques?]
[Uh, catching a cold in a world with such primitive technology... isn't that...]
[Wait, is Brother Pineapple going to kick the bucket?!]
[Huh? Is Brother Pineapple going to kick the bucket again?!]
[Everyone stop commenting for now. I'm a doctor. Big Pineapple, tell me what's happening to you. I'll see if I can find a way to deal with it.]
Big Pineapple clutched his head, pain written all over his face. After struggling to take a single step, he dropped straight onto one knee.
At that moment, even the most easygoing members of the Asura Clan realized something was wrong with their sage.
Immediately, a large crowd gathered toward him.
Big Pineapple held his head with one hand and stretched the other out before him as he read the comments telling him not to let those people approach for now, to avoid spreading a virus or causing cross-infection.
Although these Asura Clan members were extremely worried about their sage, they all stopped upon seeing his gesture and watched him with concern written across their faces.
[Big Pineapple, how are you feeling now? Tell us what's happening.]
With pain all over his face, Big Pineapple said, "I feel awful right now. Absolutely awful, both physically and inside. I feel so much self-reproach, guilt, and sorrow. I even... even want to kill myself!"
When he first heard Big Pineapple say his body hurt, the doctor had suspected that something had gone wrong inside his body.
Since they were not even the same species, the doctor also frowned, unsure how to handle the situation.
Several of the country's foremost veteran medical professors were with him, but they, too, were at a complete loss.
Their orders from the state were to do everything possible to keep Big Pineapple alive.
But while they had indeed studied medicine, as long as an illness afflicted a human, even if they could not treat it, they could still offer a whole pile of theories.
Even if it was not a human but an animal, they would have no problem.
But what were they supposed to say about this thing? Call him human, and he had four arms. Call him not human, and he really did seem to be a fucking human!
Setting aside whether he was human, even if they could just bring him before them and let them examine him, they could at least offer a few observations.
If truly pushed, they could even diagnose a pulse through a silk thread, but with a whole world and a screen between them, how were they supposed to treat him?!
If even one of the conditions mentioned above were met, they might be able to do something.
It would be fine if he either appeared before them or was human. But now, not only was he not human, he was a whole world away, and they had never even heard of his illness. How the fuck were they supposed to treat that?!
"Teacher Li, you come from a family of traditional Chinese medicine practitioners. How about trying your inspection, listening and smelling, inquiry, and pulse-taking..."
"Inspect your granny's leg! Our four diagnostic methods are for people. Look at this guy. Is he human?!"
"Old Li, come on. If you can't examine him, you can't examine him. Why start insulting people?!"
"Old Liu, what do you think?"
"Physical discomfort can be attributed to the organs, Qi, or blood, but mental discomfort too... I've heard of people feeling mentally unwell when they're physically unwell, but I've never heard of someone whose symptoms have only just appeared saying that their whole body suddenly feels unwell and they want to kill themselves. This is just fucking unscientific!"
Yet these very words made the eyes of a young man nearby light up. He clapped his hands sharply and said, "That's it!"
Everyone turned to look at him and asked, "What's it?"
"It's supposed to be unscientific!"