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Chapter 16 Ordinary people don’t have that many choices

Chapter 16 Ordinary people don’t have that many choices
[The Xuanniao was the guardian beast of the Shang Dynasty.]

[Since the founding of the Shang Dynasty, the black bird has been living in the city of Chaoge. No one knows how long it has lived.]

[But everyone knows that as long as the Xuanniao is still protecting them, the Shang Dynasty will not perish! ]

[The current emperor, Emperor Xin, had a strong connection with the black bird. The moment the black bird became ill, he sensed something was wrong with it.]

[So, the first thing they did was to head to Lingshan, where the black bird was.]

[The black bird was also in a very bad condition, with blood flowing from its eyes and pus-filled skin all over its body. It looked like it was dying.]

[Emperor Xin was horrified and angry when he saw this.]

[He was afraid of what would happen to the Shang Dynasty without the Xuanniao.]

He was angry because he thought the priests had not taken good care of the black bird.

The high priest said that the black bird had contracted a severe voodoo disease and that a sacrifice of 30,000 people would be needed to appease the wrath of the spirits.

[As soon as this news came out, the entire Shang Dynasty began searching for a suitable candidate, and everyone felt insecure for a while.]

[The Slave Alley where you live has also received this message, which has assigned a specific task: ten men and ten women from your area must participate in the sacrifice.]

All the vassal families fell silent, and then returned home to discuss the matter.

Your father, Su Yin, was terrified. He was afraid you would be chosen. His love for his son reached its peak at this moment.

You comfort your father.

"Father, it doesn't matter. There are so many families in Slave Alley, and they may not choose us."

[Hearing your innocent words, your father's brow grew even more worried.]

[When the next day arrived, everyone in Slave Alley gathered in a square to await their fate.]

[The noble in charge of the selection was a strong man with feathers in his hair and a bow and arrow on his back.]

【And he immediately saw you and your father in the crowd. 】

His name is Ziyang. Your father was reduced to a slave because of him.

After seeing your father, the nobleman named Ziyang, speak to the people around him, the officer in charge of selecting the human sacrifice came over to you and your father.

[Without much communication, he directly pulled you away from your father, and your father could only watch you leave him.]

You are angry, you are unwilling.

But you have to be patient.

Because you asked the gods before you came, and the gods gave you the answer of "good luck"!

[Until the last moment, you will not forget your father's warning.]

【Never reveal your strength! 】

Ziyang looked at you with a smug look on his face, then looked at the anger in your father's eyes in the crowd. The pleasure of conquest swept through his body.

[I like the way you feel helpless and yet you can't do anything to me.]

Soon, the twenty human sacrifices from Slave Alley were selected and sent to the assembly area.

[In the concentration area, slaves with disheveled hair and ragged clothes are everywhere. No matter what happened before, at this moment, your fate is the same.]

The sacrifice took place ten days later, and during these ten days, slaves were brought in one after another.

[And you also ate large pieces of jerky for the first time in this concentrated area.]

【The taste of the jerky is great.】

【It is made from smoked beef ribs. 】

You are addicted to this taste.

I hope I can eat this kind of jerky every day.

You waited for a long time, and on the last day, you saw the lamb you had captured and his family being escorted to the altar by a group of priests in gorgeous attire.

You feel incredible when you see Ziyang and his family being brought here.

【Later, after listening to the explanation from the slave next to you, you finally understood the reason.】

The Shang king was currently worried about the black bird's illness. In the eyes of the upper class, the more noble and high-ranking the human sacrifice, the more likely it would please the spirits, gods, and ancestors. In the eyes of the ancestors and spirits, such human sacrifices were extremely welcome.

【And Ziyang and his family were lucky enough to be chosen. 】

You begin to feel relieved. In your mind, you believe that even the gods and spirits cannot tolerate Ziyang's evil deeds, which is why the King of Shang chose Ziyang's family.

You also learned from people's conversations about the rise of Ziyang's family. They once captured 100 Qiang people for the Shang king. Qiang people were more valuable as sacrifices than ordinary slaves. The Shang king was delighted and rewarded Ziyang's family, elevating them from commoners to nobles.

[But these so-called "nobles" are now also being offered as sacrifices to please the ancestors and the gods.]

Soon the day of sacrifice arrived, and the first to be killed were the nobles of Ziyang's family.

[First, the infants and women were killed and thrown into the sacrificial pit that had already been dug.]

[As for the men, they were chopped in half from head to tail with axes, and the priests removed their internal organs and performed an ancient dance around the altar.]

[King Di Xin of Shang sat opposite, watching all this with a smile on his face.]

【In his opinion.】

【There is nothing that cannot be solved by offering sacrifices.】

[As the priests continued their dance, a strong wind blew from the horizon.]

【The strong wind brought a dark cloud, and the dark cloud brought a torrential rain.】

The heavy rain extinguished the pillar of fire on the altar, shocking everyone.

They are afraid and terrified.

【They think it's the ghosts and gods who are angry! 】

What do you choose now?

[Option 1: Take advantage of the heavy rain and run away immediately, leaving Chaoge and going to a place where no one knows you.]

[Option 2: Jump into the sacrificial pit, hide among the corpses, and wait for the sacrifice to end.]

[Option 3: Actively sacrifice yourself and gain the favor of the spirits and gods!]

Looking at the sudden options.

Su Mo was a little surprised.

After more than ten years of simulation, this is the first time that an option has appeared.

After several simulations, he summed up his experience.

That is, the better your talent at the beginning and the higher your status, the more frequently "Love Life" will give you options, and you can even choose anything.

But the opposite is also true.

The lower your talent and status, the fewer options you will have.

You won’t even be given a chance to choose.

In a sense, this is the gap in life.

Looking at the three options that appeared.

Su Mo thought carefully.

This is the first time I have been given this option in more than ten years, so I have to be careful in my choice.

After all, until now, I haven’t even seen what Su Daji looks like!

You definitely cannot choose the third option. If you choose it, the simulation will end immediately.

The first and second items.

But it requires careful consideration.

The first one is very dangerous. There are many soldiers guarding outside the sacrificial site.