Chapter 593 - Reinforce And Restrain One Another (1/2)

Upon hearing that, the grey sparrow turned to look, and saw an extraordinarily attractive person not far away from it.

Based on its memory, according to humans’ evaluation standard, this person’s appearance was undoubtedly number one.

He had extremely fair skin, regular features, brows as sharp as a sword, and eyes as dazzling as stars…these were all the adjectives it could think of. All in all, he was good-looking, and was probably a good person.

Therefore, it did not fly away but instead, flew straight towards that person.

If he was a good person and an adult, it meant that he would possibly feed it. If he was just a handsome child, it would be better for it to avoid it… This was its experience from living among humans.

Fang Ning was flustered. Earlier on, he had casually said something to fool it but it seemed like this sparrow understood him as it was flying towards him without fear.

‘What a brave sparrow, don’t people always say that sparrows are naturally timid? Looks like this one is out of the ordinary, it’s very likely that it has become a sprite’

Before he could figure it out, he saw that the sparrow had already arrived in front of it, and began calling out to him.

“Ji ji ji, zha zha zha, ji ji zha zha…”

Fang Ning was instantly speechless, he quickly sought help. “Sir, can you translate it?”

“Oh, it’s saying, it has legs but not hands, it can’t plant fruits. Only by stealing readymade ones, it was able to sustain its life. It’s asking us to pity it, and to give it some food…” The System actually translated it for him.

“Uh, you actually understood it? This isn’t one of those Morse codes, is it?” Fang Ning was shocked.

“It’s not a code, I don’t understand it too but I can learn from you.” The System replied firmly.

“What can you learn from me?” Fang Ning was very puzzled.

“Throwing off responsibilities. The sinners in Draconic Penitentiary possess all kinds of talents, and various superpowers. I asked Anderson to look for one who understands bird language, and there’s actually one…” The System explained proudly.

“You’ve become smarter indeed.” When Fang Ning heard what it said, it instantly felt a heavy pressure being loaded on him.

Now, the System had even learned his best ability, would he really need to… Remain idle for the rest of his days?

Fang Ning put his worry aside, then turned to say to the sparrow kindly, “A wise man once said that everybody is born to be good at something, don’t belittle yourself. Although you have no hands, and you can’t plant seeds, you can still exchange your labor for food.”

Upon hearing him, the big grey sparrow kept turning its eyes, and expressed a confused expression. Followed by that, it chirped again, “Ji ji zha, ji zha zha, ji ji zha zha…”

“It is saying, what’s the fruit of ‘labor’?” The System automatically translated it for him.

Fang Ning was not surprised at all. For these living beings that had just gained sapience, the concept of “labor” did not exist. This used to be an exclusive thing for humans.

Nonetheless, he was right that this grey sparrow had gained sapience, and could understand human language even though it could not speak it. One thing for sure, it did not live in the wild, and was probably living around humans.

At once, Fang Ning responded seriously, “Labor is not a fruit but labor can bring you fruits. For example, though you’re a bird with legs but not hands, you have a beak…”

He could not be bothered to listen to the sparrow’s exotic replies, thus he began giving a long speech.

“Just like your own species, the woodpecker. It relies on its beak to capture insects as its food. On one hand, it can help trees with pest issues, and on the other hand, it acquires food for itself. This is “labor”. Only by labor, you can achieve a win-win situation.” Fang Ning expressed.

After the sparrow listened, it instantly flew up and down, and looked extremely agitated. “Ji ji zha, ji zha ji, ji ji zha zha…” It kept going on and on.

“What is it saying again?” Fang Ning felt helpless, he really could not understand this real “bird language”.

“It is saying, if that’s the case, we’ve labored too. Although we’ve eaten herb seeds, we often capture insects for those herbs…especially me, I’m the best at catching insects, and I can find even the tiniest insects that hide very well. The only thing is that my beak is not long enough, so if the insects hide into the poles for the herbs, I can’t get them out. That’s why I’m saying, quickly make these people remove those annoying sheds and nets, we want to exchange our labor for fruits…”

‘Best at catching insects?’ Fang Ning did not care much about what the big grey sparrow said after that, as a bolt of lightning flashed past his mind.

He wondered, ‘All things in the world reinforce and restrain one another.’

As he stared at this big grey sparrow that had an ordinary appearance but was exceptionally fat, an idea sparked in his mind.

He said slowly to the System, “I have an instinct that the key to solving that detestable Brain-Devouring Insect is with…”

“This fat sparrow?” The System continued his sentence calmly.

“Not so simple!” Fang Ning was at a loss for words. “It’s the woodpecker that I was talking about. Actually, Chong Daqing is that parasite’s nemesis. However, since it used to be a human, it won’t eat that dirty thing that drilled through humans’ brains, which gave that parasite a chance of survival, and it continues to commit evil deeds. We have to look for a woodpecker demon with overbearing talents to restrain this Brain-Devouring Parasite.

“Oh, I see. What should we do? I don’t know of any woodpeckers. The System Map shows them but it can’t identify which ones have talents, and which ones don’t.”

“Even if you don’t know any, somebody will.” Fang Ning rejoined pretentiously.

“Can you make it clearer for me to understand? It’s just the both of us now, do you have to act like that?” The System was dissatisfied.

“I must pretend. If I don’t, how can I let you know who’s the boss here? Authority must be set up all the time.” Fang Ning uttered proudly.

“…” The System was dumbstruck.

Nevertheless, before looking for that person, they must settle this trivial matter now. The System would not just leave its industry under nobody’s care.

Therefore, Fang Ning brought this big grey sparrow to meet Mountain Rat King.

“Greetings, master.” The grey mountain rat bowed and held a fist salute.