Chapter 183 Silly Bird Proposes Marriage
Fantasy Park, third floor of the Dwarf Restaurant.
Hongyu, the leader of the Puccinator tribe, and Long Meng, the leader of the Ground Dragon tribe, came to the Fantasy Park for the first time.
They were currently sitting in seats by the French windows, and although they had tried their best to maintain a casual demeanor, their inability to resist secretly glancing out the windows betrayed their inexperienced nature.
Like Chief Hohochi, they hadn't visited Fantasyland since sending their people here to work. For a leader of a strange race, leaving their home turf and heading into unknown territory was inherently dangerous. If they weren't careful, they could be gone.
If it weren't for the fact that their tribesmen had already been working here for several months and the dwarf elves had guaranteed and confirmed its safety, Hongyu and Long Meng would not have come even if those two stupid birds were stubborn again.
Before this, they had already sketched out what the fantasy paradise would look like in their minds based on the descriptions of their tribesmen.
There were just a lot of grass, flowers, trees, beautiful houses, and extraordinary props. Nothing special. They had seen them when they flew over the city-states of the human kingdom. They had imagined a fantasy paradise based on the specifications of a human palace. However, when they actually arrived at the actual place, they found that their imagination was pitifully lacking.
Moreover, the number of extraordinary people here is so large that it terrifies them. Although most of them are low-level extraordinary people, this number, which is more than that of ants, is enough to crush a strong man at the bishop level.
Hongyu and Long Meng looked at each other and saw fear in each other's eyes. This fantasy paradise was even more powerful than they had imagined.
Tap, tap, tap... light footsteps were heard, and a dwarf elf shouted, "The director is here."
With a bang, Hongyu and Long Meng stood up immediately.
In order to facilitate the conversation, Hongyu transformed into the appearance of a human woman. Long Meng, who could not transform, stood beside her, while Daoque and Yanxiao stood behind them.
Chi Yizheng saw them as soon as he came in.
Hongyu's transformation was ordinary, far less beautiful than Daoque and Yanxiao, but very imposing. Long Meng was a ground dragon with brown scales. Chi Yizheng was a little uncomfortable when he suddenly saw such a plain and simple Long Meng after being used to seeing ground dragons with beautiful scales like gradient blue shells.
Daoque and Yanxiao stood at the back, their heads hung, looking nervous, like children who were afraid of being criticized.
Chi Yizhen walked closer and stretched out her hand out of habit, "Hello, Ms. Hongyu."
Hongyu quickly stretched out her hand and shook hands with him. Although she had been briefed by the dwarf elves about the human etiquette here, Hongyu did not expect that the director would actually shake hands with her personally. As the dignified clan leader, she actually felt flattered.
After a moment, they sat down face to face and began to get down to business. Strange races were not humans, and they did not like to engage in empty politeness. They were basically simple and straightforward to the point. This was exactly the practical style that Chi Yizhen liked. Therefore, he had always preferred dealing with strange races to humans.
"Director, Rock Owl and Blade Sparrow are the best young men in our tribe. They had great hopes of becoming the father of the next tribe leader, but while working at the park, they fell in love with a guest here."
The Rock Owl and the Blade Sparrow had been feeling downcast, but upon hearing the tribe leader's praise, they perked up and looked at him with delight. Only when Long Meng swept his tail at them did the two silly birds straighten their stance again, though they still inevitably glanced at the tribe leader and the head gardener.
Chi Yizheng listened quietly to Hongyu's talk about how determined the two young men were, and how they remained true to their original aspirations even after being beaten more than a dozen times in a few days. Then he looked at their human forms with bruised faces and noses, and couldn't help but be moved.
It's really rare to find a guy who can endure more than a dozen beatings in order to please his parents!
However, he caught a glimpse of the dwarf watching from the side, his eyes wide open with an expression of looking at something shocking, and he immediately got out of that state of emotion.
He sighed a little. It turned out that he had not overthought it before. This kind of relationship was very strange even to the strange races. Come to think of it, if it was a natural thing, how could the Rock Owl and the Sword Sparrow be beaten?
At this time, Hongyu was like a hard-working vendor, desperately promoting the advantages of Rock Owl and Sword Sparrow, talking about their appearance, character, and physical abilities.
"Director, the Rock Owl and the Blade Sparrow are both good youngsters in the tribe. They are very hardworking and go out hunting even when it snows in winter. In good weather, they can catch a lot of food every day. They are also very strong and are good at protecting their home."
"They have been taking turns caring for the chicks in the group since three years ago and have extensive experience in raising chicks. They are excellent at warming eggs, building nests for the chicks, feeding them, and playing with them."
"The most important thing is that they haven't mated yet, is..."
"Stop!" Chi Yizhen couldn't help but interrupt her rambling, "So the clan leader wants me to act as a matchmaker and bring them together with those two guests."
The Red Feather Clan leader gave a nervous smile, "That's it."
Rock Owl and Blade Sparrow also looked at him nervously and expectantly.
Chi Yizhen clasped his hands on the table and said slowly in a rather leisurely manner: "But in my opinion, they are very unqualified."
With a splash, it was as if a bucket of ice water was poured in their faces, drenching the three puffing birds to the bone.
Chi Yizhen didn't want to keep them in suspense and continued, "They are human, and you are puffbirds. In the secular world of our world, this kind of interracial relationship is abnormal and prone to problems." How many happy marriages are there in this world? The vast majority of marriages between humans are chaotic, let alone interracial ones?
After hearing this, Hongyu seemed to be relieved and said, "Director, you don't know that we, the Puchi Birds, can marry with other species."
She explained. The Puff Bird's innate ability was to transform into a desired form when in danger, allowing it to evade pursuit and conceal its whereabouts. While this wasn't 100% effective, it was effective most of the time. Regardless of whether the enemy was human or a strange race, transforming into their ideal form would earn them their affection.
Their transformation wasn't an illusion, a fake change, but a genuine, complete transformation into a completely different form, even with their internal structures becoming more consistent. Throughout the history of the Puffbirds, there were instances of them forming partnerships with other species due to their exceptional transformation abilities.
Thanks to their ability to cook delicious food and their contribution to guarding the Abyss Rift, the dwarves were able to become a neutral race without having to submit to one of the four major churches.
The Puccinator relied on this ability to gain a certain degree of favorability from various races. In addition, their race was small in number, and such a small amount of faith was not worth mentioning to the four major churches, so they were able to remain neutral.
However, there has never been an example of a Puff Bird falling in love with a human. Firstly, most humans cannot accept that their partner is an alien race, even if they can transform into humans; secondly, most humans are fickle and have many thoughts, unlike the alien races who have simple thoughts.
That's why Hongyu was so angry when he found out that a young man in the tribe fell in love with a human.
But since Yanxiao and Daoque insisted, it also proved their determination. As a patriarch who cares about his people, Hongyu has no choice but to bring gifts to propose marriage.
"Once they decide to mate with an alien, their innate abilities will be weakened. They can only switch between their alien and original forms, and can no longer change freely. Furthermore, the director doesn't need to worry about the issue of offspring. If they mate with humans, it won't cause the humans to lose their fertility. There's a 50% chance that the two human ladies will give birth to purebred humans."
Does Chi Yi really want it to be like this?
On second thought, a 50% chance of a pure human birth meant a 50% chance of a pure Puchin bird. Judging by Hongyu's resolute expression, it seemed like a hybrid wasn't possible. No wonder Atelan was ostracized by everyone when he was half-human, half-fish. So that's the rule of that world.
Erase the possibility of a hybrid with a human head and a bird body, or a hybrid with a bird head and a human body, from your mind.
Chi Yizheng looked at Yanxiao and Daoque.
When Chi Yizheng looked at the two young men, they were suddenly startled and stood up straight.
They had already completely transformed into human forms, with human hands, but without the wings. They were dressed in ordinary Earthling clothes. At first glance, one was a handsome, exotic-looking man with dark skin and deep, three-dimensional features, while the other was a fair, handsome, and clear-eyed, puppy-like handsome man. Neither of them was weak, but rather appeared very healthy and full of energy, with well-defined muscles.
At first glance, you can tell he's the type that girls like.
However, Chi Yizheng also knew that He Jing and Xia Qingqing's liking for them was based on their misunderstanding that they were paper NPCs. If they knew that they really existed and their true forms were birds, they would be so scared that they would shrink away.
Chi Yizhen said to them, "Our races and customs are different. What you call excellence in your tribe doesn't apply here. Since you say you're in love with those two girls, then please explain, do you know what love is?"
Dao Que's voice was faintly excited and trembling. "Director, I understand. Love means wanting to be with her and become her partner. I want to reproduce with her. I want to be by her side to accompany and protect her!"
Rock Owl echoed repeatedly.
Hongyu nodded, obviously satisfied with the answer.
Chi Yizheng burst out laughing, thinking that this was the same way animals courted each other, but for humans, marriage and love were much more than that.
But it wasn't his first time meeting the strange races. He knew that while they were intelligent, they were very different from humans. For example, while they possessed intelligence, were proactive in learning, could communicate, and empathize with others, compared to humans, they were, in essence, the type with strong limbs and simple minds. This wasn't just a few exceptions; all strange races were like this!
After humans have enough to eat and drink, they will constantly develop stronger and more terrifying desires, wanting power and status, wanting wealth and fame, and even wanting to be above everyone else. To achieve this, they will not hesitate to start wars and kill each other.
Ninety-nine percent of the world's population is ordinary, but are these people truly content to be ordinary? Or are they constrained by their limited vision and abilities and forced to be ordinary?
This answer has been written enough in history books.
But the strange races are different. Their thinking is very simple. They are well fed, leisurely, safe and stable, and have no ambitions.
Under the same external conditions, they will also be very well-behaved and will never be able to defeat humans.
This is why Chi Yizhen uses a blacklist system to filter out many tourists, but never filters out exotic races. Because they truly lack the ambition and desire to harm others. Of course, this does not apply to situations where life and property are threatened.
In this situation, Chi Yizheng intervened in this marriage not only to protect the tourists, but also to protect these exotic races.
He said to Yanxiao and Daoque, "Love is a force for progress and improvement. It is a process of pure approach to truth, goodness, and beauty. If you don't understand this, or if you can't feel joy and happiness in this process, and can't experience truth and goodness, then this is wrong."
"I will give you the opportunity to interact with them, but you are not allowed to reveal any thoughts about marriage or union until they proactively ask for it."
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