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Chapter 108, Give me the money and I will sacrifice for you
The city of Chaoge is filled with ancient charm.

These ancient people who actually existed thousands of years ago have long since died, but the rules of the relics have re-outlined them, forming this kind of neither human nor ghost existence.

Although it is impossible to leave the city of Chaoge, a unique civilization was eventually built bit by bit thanks to the items absorbed from the accidental collisions between the ruins and the outside world, or the knowledge and resources brought by the lucky ones who entered the ruins hundreds of years ago, decades ago, or even modern times.

Lu Yue followed the ancient man all the way to an area he had never been to before.

The deeper he went, the rarer he found non-mainstream ancient people.

The ancient people I saw along the way were all dressed like they were thousands of years ago. There were no school uniforms or stockings...

It has a rather conservative style, which is different from the previous open-minded ones.

In a flash, the group came to an open place. The surrounding area was full of ancient people, who looked at Lu Yue and others with curiosity.

"I haven't been to this place before. Could it be a hidden map?"

"Of course. Look at those ancient people. They are dressed quite formally. They are obviously nobles. A great opportunity has finally fallen upon us."

Several people in the team were whispering to each other, appearing extremely excited.

As we all know, the rewards for hidden copies are much higher than those for ordinary copies and are often unique.

Once you conquer this dungeon, you will get copper shells, magic tools, and even other opportunities... It's unimaginable. You must conquer this hidden dungeon before others get here.

"What is that?" Someone looked around and pointed at the platform.

Lu Yue looked around and found a huge wooden platform standing in the middle of the open space in front of him, with some flags with totems and patterns hanging on it. Around the wooden platform, circles of ancient people were standing or kneeling, their eyes all focused on the platform.

One of them was an old woman wearing a witch robe and strange ornaments on her head. She was dancing like she was electrocuted. Then she took out a tortoise shell from her arms, put it into the fire, and when the shell exploded, she checked the cracks and began to mutter.

"It looks like ancient people are performing a sacrifice. The old man might be an ancient witch, which is actually an ancient supernatural being. Legend has it that they can communicate with ghosts and gods, tell fortunes, and cure diseases and save lives. Therefore, people like this usually preside over sacrifices."

"In fact, the witches in the Yinmen industry now are the descendants of witches." A knowledgeable extraordinary person in the team explained after pondering.

Sacrifice?

Lu Yue was a little curious.

This is an unfamiliar term in modern times.

But in ancient times, sacrifice was a very common thing.

Sacrifices are offered to pray for good weather and good harvests, for droughts and disasters, for good harvests after autumn, and for locust plagues after autumn...

In addition, the objects of worship are also different, such as mountain gods, land gods, rain gods, fire gods... and each sacrificial ceremony is different.

But what were these ancient people worshipping?
What festival is today, or is there something big happening?
"There's not even any offerings, and yet you're just performing a sacrifice. I have to donate money when I go to a temple to pray to the gods, and yet this is a sacrifice... If I were a god, I would definitely not respond." An extraordinary person joked with a smile.

"I was working at Yichunyuan last night. When I was resting at night, I got some news from the ancients. About two months ago, the ruins changed, causing the concentration of spiritual energy to decrease, and all food in the city disappeared."

"I understand. The reason they came to us is to use these foods instead of sacrifices. This means we are going to make a fortune this time." One of them smelled a business opportunity.

Currently, the food industry in Chaoge City is monopolized by them. As long as they don't lower the prices, everyone can make money.

"Everyone, let's discuss it. What's a suitable price to ask for later?"

"Okay, let's make it clear first, no one is allowed to lower the price randomly."

"No problem, I swear to God."

For a moment, several people began to whisper.

At this time, something happened on the wooden platform. An old man with crutches who looked like a leader or a patriarch waved his hand, and several ancient people who had been tied up in advance were placed on the platform.

In a flash, those bound ancient people were slaughtered like livestock.

Lu Yue's expression changed slightly, and the word "human sacrifice" instantly appeared in his mind.

Compared with the general practice of sacrificing livestock, the ancients believed that through sacrificing living people, they could express the highest respect and piety to the gods, and thereby pray for the gods' blessings and gifts.

For example, Cheng Tang’s ancestor once built a platform to offer sacrifices to the sky, burned himself to death, and brought down sweet rain.

Lu Yue discovered that the ancient people around him seemed to be accustomed to this behavior. It seemed that even if it was just a projection of the rules, this bad habit was still preserved.

"It turns out that it's not a snack sacrifice. I thought I could make a lot of money."

"It's okay. I guess these snacks were eaten by the ancients. They won't affect our sales. We can make a lot of money from them later."

Whether to offer sacrifices or not has nothing to do with them. These ancients are not living people. What matters is what they can gain today.

It was at this time that Lu Yue discovered that the witch on the stage was shaking her head frantically, and then the group of ancient people turned their gaze to the audience, heading towards Lu Yue.

"Here they are. Everyone, remember our previous agreement. Do not lower the price. Please quote according to the agreed price."

"Oh my god, so many people came, this must be a big deal."

When several people noticed the ancient people approaching, their eyes suddenly sparkled.

"Wait, something is wrong, those people's eyes are not right."

They soon discovered that the ancients who had gathered around them were not looking to do business, and each of them was holding a weapon, including farm tools, wooden sticks, bronze swords...

"The quality of the sacrifice is not good enough. We have to ask outsiders to offer sacrifices in order to satisfy the gods." The witch on the altar took out the tortoise shell and began to shake it crazily.

"Damn, they want to sacrifice us!!!"

At this point, they still don't understand.

They were actually cheated by the ancients.

"These ancient people are too cunning. They actually took our kidneys under the guise of business. Are they still ancient people?"

"If this gets out, where will we extraordinary people keep our dignity?"

"But you want to sacrifice us just based on these rule projections. You really don't take us extraordinary people seriously."

Several extraordinary people shook their heads slightly. What surprised them was the courage of these ancient people, not their strength. Just over a hundred ordinary people, even with cold weapons, could not pose any threat to them at all.

"Just relying on you dead ancients, you want to kill me, Iron Legs Floating on Water. It seems that you don't know what extraordinary people mean to ordinary people."

"Now, I will let you know the price of angering a superhuman."

Next to Lu Yue, there was a man in shorts with thick leg hair. His face was ashen and he roared like thunder. His figure turned into a shadow and he moved freely among the crowd. His speed was so fast that it was astonishing. He was undoubtedly a speed-type extraordinary person.

Within a few breaths, the weapons in the hands of the ancients were taken away.

The man in shorts smashed the confiscated weapons one by one and said domineeringly: "You still want to kill us with this? You are so weak."

Suddenly, the old man with crutches on the stage moved. Before everyone could react, there was a dull bang and the man in shorts screamed in pain. Both of his legs were broken by the crutches.

"Extraordinary people, there were extraordinary people among the ancients."

"Damn, the rules of the ruins have even been copied by the ancient transcendents."

"This strength is the fourth level of Shenzang."

Everyone's faces changed drastically. This was obviously beyond their understanding.

They are only at the third level of the Shenzang realm, which seems to be a long way off, but the fourth level of the Shenzang realm is truly a step into the extraordinary, which is completely incomparable to the third level of the Shenzang realm and below.

The fourth level of Shenzang wanted to kill them, so they had no chance even to escape.

"It's completely over now!" The few people who were originally calm now felt their scalps tingling and were as anxious as ants on a hot pan.

At this moment, someone noticed that Lu Yue's expression did not fluctuate.

"Why don't you look anxious? Is there any way you can leave?"

"There is an immature method." Lu Yue said.

"Brother, please tell me quickly." The others said anxiously.

"Find those ordinary ancients and make yourself famous. When you become famous enough, you will be excluded from Chaoge City. Although you can never enter, you can survive."

Everyone's eyes lit up. Yes, how could they have almost forgotten this method.

However, before the few people could be happy, those ordinary ancient people voluntarily left the scene, leaving only the witch and the old man with crutches.

Everyone cursed inwardly, and someone stood up and suggested, "Running away will only lead to a faster death. At this point, we can only fight to the death. Let's all work together and try to kill this ancient transcendent."

"No problem. Everyone must swear not to betray their teammates and not to escape during the battle. If anyone breaks the law first, everyone will work together to kill the defector first."

"no problem."

"I agree."

Facing a powerful enemy, everyone swore on their ancestors.

Lu Yue's eyebrows moved slightly, and he felt relieved. He was really afraid that those ordinary ancient people would rush up and launch a suicide attack, causing him to be passively rejected.

There are still a lot of copper coins in Chaoge City that have not been obtained, and we can't just be excluded like this. Now that the venue is cleared, if nothing else, at least the chance of escape will be greater.

At this moment, the witch on the wooden platform started to roar loudly again as if she was having a seizure.

"The gods have answered me. I need to sacrifice someone."

The witch was crazy. When she raised her hand, the air rippled and formed a mirror shape in the air. It turned out that this witch was also an extraordinary person in ancient times.

The old man with crutches looked back and forth between Lu Yue and the others, as if he was selecting them.

Sacrifice only one person?
The few people who had originally planned to fight to the death suddenly fell silent, each with their own ulterior motives.

If everyone must die today, they will definitely fight to the death, although the outcome will most likely be death, perhaps one person will survive.

But if only one person dies, the chances of survival are too great.

"Everyone, don't forget the oath we just swore," someone reminded.

"I didn't forget."

"I haven't forgotten either."

Having said that, there was obvious distrust of their teammates in their eyes.

Lu Yue shook his head. The team's trust collapsed several times in just a few minutes.

At this moment, a figure emerged from the mirror summoned by the witch.

It seems like a replay of a scene from the past.

When Lu Yue was about to take his right foot to leave, his foot slipped and he almost fell.

Did you read that correctly?
Lu Yue widened his eyes and looked carefully at the figure in the mirror.

In the picture, a woman in tattered clothes, carrying a sack on her back, with disheveled hair, is walking in the city of Chaoge, tiptoeing and hunched over.

A look of stealing.

This back view instantly reminded Lu Yue of the scene when Zhang Yaling stole food from the refrigerator, and this walking style was very similar to Zhang Yaling.

At the last moment, the figure turned around, revealing a dirty, delicate face with puffy cheeks and half a chicken leg in its mouth.

Real hammer!
This is Zhang Yaling!!!
Lu Yue felt a little confused.

This group of ancient people spent so much time performing sacrifices just to honor Zhang Yaling?
"Great changes have taken place in Chaoge. Gods have descended and sacrifices have begun. What are you waiting for?"

The witch urged, then knelt on the ground and kowtowed frantically.

The old man with crutches knelt down devoutly and then approached the crowd.

For a moment, everyone was in danger. Not only did they have to guard against the ancient extraordinary people, but they also had to guard against teammates who had "taken a poisonous oath". The air was filled with tension and anxiety.

"Give me the money and I will sacrifice for you." Lu Yue suddenly said.

This shocked everyone.

They didn't expect that someone would volunteer to die.

"I'll give it to you. This is what I earned today. Three copper coins."

"I have four."

"I have two."

"..."

A few people were afraid that Lu Yue would go back on his word, so they rushed to give him money.

In just a short moment, Lu Yue got fifteen copper coins.

Put it in your pocket and transform it into source energy.

Lu Yue straightened his back and walked towards the altar.

He originally wanted to resolve the matter with force, but now it seems that is no longer necessary.

"No need to choose, I will be the sacrifice."

The old man with crutches who was choosing was confused.

Watching Lu Yue walk up to the stage with a heroic spirit, he didn't say much in the end. He just followed him silently to prevent Lu Yue from escaping.

Lu Yue put his hands in his pockets and walked calmly to the altar.

The space mirror in front of me is constantly playing the previous clips in a loop.

That’s right, it’s Zhang Yaling.

Lu Yue could recognize it even if it turned into ashes.

"We mortals bow down sincerely, offer sacrifices, and pray for the gods' protection and food..."

"Sacrificial offering, you must not look up at the gods, kneel down." The old man with crutches who was kneeling on the ground banged his cane and shouted. Lu Yue's behavior was completely blasphemy against the gods.

Lu Yue retracted his gaze and glanced at the old man.

He slowly raised his right hand, as if blocking the sunlight.

The next second, with a snap, Lu Yue slapped him in the face smoothly.

What! ! ! !

This scene frightened several extraordinary people in the audience so much that they almost stumbled to the ground.

This young man is very courageous.

As a sacrifice, he has no awareness of being a sacrifice at all.

But after they came to their senses, they breathed a sigh of relief. They were originally worried that Lu Yue would run away after asking for the money, but now it seems that the other party has blocked their retreat.

If only one person is sacrificed, theoretically it can no longer be them.

The old man with crutches was furious and wanted to stand up and fight, but was stopped by the witch.

"The sacrifice has already begun. The offerings cannot be damaged. This is disrespectful to the gods..."

These words touched the old man with crutches, and he finally knelt down again and recited the sacrificial text with the witch. Only after the sacrificial text was finished could the sacrifice be offered.

Lu Yue was thinking about a question at this time.

Why did this group of ancient people worship Zhang Yaling?

And they are so pious that they regard it as a god.

(End of this chapter)