I Rely on Spreading Intangible Cultural Heritage to Go Viral Across the Universe

Sang Ning awakened. She found herself on a barren planet with only a knife as her equipment and supplies.

To survive and claim the高额奖金and habitable planet, primitive species Sang Ning...

Chapter 4 Because of Poverty

As soon as Sang Ning said this, both the person in charge of her and the viewers in the live broadcast room simultaneously thought of that dilapidated thing called a basket in the Central Museum, which was so broken that its original appearance was unrecognizable and was said to be more than 6,000 years old.

Everyone fell silent, unable to believe their ears.

It turns out that the full name of that basket is a bamboo basket, and it turns out that bamboo baskets are woven from bamboo.

"No, I refuse to believe 238's words."

How could a primitive human born on a poor planet possibly know things that even renowned history professors at major universities don't know? 238 is definitely making this up.

"I also think it's nonsense. 238 is illiterate; there's no way he could know these things."

"I find this very strange. Did 238 tell you herself that she is illiterate?"

Do people from impoverished planets not deserve to receive education?

Even if you're so poor you can't afford to go to school, you can still audit all kinds of open courses on the StarNet, okay? What era are we living in? Why are you still discriminating against people with academic qualifications?

In my opinion, 238 has definitely received an education; he's a highly educated individual.

"Impossible. What the person upstairs said could indeed happen."

But the planet 238 is on has to fight sandstorms and sandworms all year round. When survival is difficult, no one has the leisure to do things that are unrelated to survival...

The viewers in the live stream were arguing fiercely about whether Sang Ning had received any education and whether she was illiterate.

Meanwhile, in the live broadcast studio of the survival show "Wilderness Survival" located on the top floor of a skyscraper on Central Star, four huge holographic screens occupied the four walls.

These large screens were divided into countless smaller screens, displaying live feeds of five thousand contestants.

Sang Ning's live stream footage was specially enlarged.

The director, whose gaze fell on Sang Ning, keenly sensed that Sang Ning was likely to become the highlight of the "Survival on the Wilderness" segment.

Even if she doesn't make it to the end, she will still be a unique presence in this program.

Simply put, she has too many explosive points and contradictions.

With a light laugh, the chief director said in a deep voice, "Manager Luo, what are your thoughts on contestant number 238?"

Luo, the person in charge, was the one who spoke with Sang Ning. After a moment of silence, he said, "Controversy. I see a huge controversy surrounding contestant number 238."

If handled properly, even if she doesn't reach the finish line, she can still become a sensation and achieve fame through the "Survival on a Deserted Planet" segment.

He chuckled and added, "Because she has so many controversial points, there's a very high chance this sudden fame is due to controversy."

The director nodded, "You should pay close attention to her; I need to take another look."

With that, he turned and left the live stream.

Watching him leave, Manager Luo was completely bewildered. "What does 'look again, leader' mean?"

Furthermore, to what extent does he need to focus his attention to qualify as a key focus?

After staring at Sang Ning's live stream for a while, pondering for a long time, and then looking at the screen full of messages from Manager Luo asking 238 how he knew all this, he said into the connector, "Contestant number 238, the viewers in the live stream want to know why you know all this."

Sang Ning was finishing up the small rattan basket when she heard this and said calmly, "If you understand one principle, you will understand all principles. The same applies to handicrafts. If you can weave rattan, you can weave bamboo and other things too."

"vice versa."

With a soft laugh, she said, "On planet E72, no other plant can survive except for the Thornvine."

"!!!"

What's the meaning?

Manager Luo and the audience were completely confused. The star system where planet E72 was located was too remote, and coupled with the poor economy and sandstorms, everyone knew that this planet was poor.

So poor that at the triennial council meeting, the governor in charge of managing planet E72 would plead poverty and ask for government funding.

Without exception, in order to get more government funding, the E72 governor has no shame and has used all sorts of tactics, such as crying, making a scene, threatening to hang himself and resign.

However, the financial allocation is based on the planet's rating, and the amount of special financial aid for E72, which has been ranked last year after year, is fixed.

Therefore, the governor ultimately returned empty-handed.

Planet E72 has always been in a state of poverty.

However, apart from a few people, most people are unaware of the specific conditions inside this planet and just how impoverished it is.

In this technologically advanced era, this situation is quite unbelievable, but it's not that people are ignorant or that the government of E72 covered it up too well.

Rather, the dust storms on E72 were too severe, and the StarNet signal was extremely poor.

One second you might be in the second world, and the next second you might be disconnected from the internet and forcibly kicked offline. In this situation, you can't even post about the difficulties of the E72 and seek support from the public.

Therefore, the crowd did not understand what Sang Ning had said.

"What's the meaning?"

On behalf of the audience, Director Luo voiced the question that had been on everyone's mind. Sang Ning paused for a moment as she unwrapped the leaf package, then put the picked items into the basket and said, "Because we're so poor and the internet is bad, we basically rely on walking for transportation, sand caves for warmth, and sand caves for protection against sandstorms."

“We have to shout to make calls, we only need to buy nutrient solutions once a year, and we have to use existing resources to obtain many daily necessities.”

"The existence of thorn vines has great uses; they are edible and can be woven."

Recalling the original owner's experience, Sang Ning said helplessly, "Weaving is something everyone on E27 can do; it's a survival skill that people have to learn out of necessity."

Everyone, "..."

I don't know why, but hearing 238 say those words in such a calm tone made me feel a little sad.

Well, I feel a little sorry for them.

"I've decided not to curse her or wish her dead. It's not her fault that we're primitive humans, nor is it her fault that we can't afford the gene optimization fluid. It's just that E72 is too poor. 238 is innocent."

"!!! She is indeed innocent, but I feel that she is not ashamed at all. She frankly admitted that she was poor, and she did not choose to deceive An Yan. Instead, she directly said that she was a primitive human. Her attitude was really good."

"It's as if they wouldn't have noticed if she hadn't said that they were actually with No. 63. Genetically optimized humans and primitive humans are easy to distinguish in daily life, okay?"

Physical strength and physique cannot be hidden. Elite humans can easily reach a strength of 500 kilograms, while primitive humans are at most 50 kilograms.

"!!! Look, 238 has gone to the river."

That's right, with her rattan basket, bamboo sieve, water cup, and bamboo tube, Sang Ning headed towards the river with her belongings.

Humans cannot live without water. They may not die if they don't eat for a week, but they will definitely die if they don't drink water for more than three days.

Therefore, water sources are very important.

The river water is flowing, but it looks quite murky because of the recent rain.

But it's okay, just let it sit for a while until the sand and other debris sink to the bottom and the water will be clean. Boiling it won't cause any major problems.