Once upon a time there was a greedy snake.

Chapter 269 If you fall behind, you will be beaten.
Du Yi was already quite surprised by the sudden appearance of the mammoth, but the fact that the mammoth could continue to grow larger brought him an even greater surprise.

The enormous mammoth perfectly satisfied Du Yi's needs. Heaven knows how long it had been since he had enjoyed mammoth meat—and visibly, the mammoth was still growing, even growing to be as big as him!

"How long will this take to eat?!"

Du Yi was already satisfied at this point, but he still wanted to see if it would get a little bigger, a little bigger...

Then the mammoth exploded.

Scattered specks of light drifted down to the ground, as if the mammoth from before was nothing but an illusion. The mammoth that was almost in his mouth had simply vanished, which saddened Du Yi considerably. To confirm that it wasn't an illusion, he even went to the immortals of Tatunbuto afterward to smell it, since the mammoth was as large as him and these immortals should have been able to see it.

Unfortunately, the immortals' answers disappointed Du Yi.

"What mammoth? Isn't that just a giant wooden figure that stands upright from the sky?"

When asked, the woodworking master gave this answer.

Clearly, the mammoth was an illusion, and the giant wooden figure was also an illusion. Although Du Yi still didn't know what he had encountered, it was obvious that it wasn't a real mammoth.

"it's a pity……"

After realizing that it was all an illusion, Du Yi could only sigh.

However, the immortals who were summoned were quite curious about the mammoth, since in their minds elephants didn't have hair. So Du Yi had to give these immortals another lesson, introducing this long-extinct species and emphasizing how delicious the mammoth was.

"That was the best thing I've ever eaten."

Immersed in his memories, Du Yi even added a sentence.

And this was something that the immortals remembered.

However, compared to the mammoth, there is a more troublesome matter right now, which is the hallucination that happened before. Everyone saw it—although these immortals from all walks of life saw different things, there is no doubt that they all saw the huge object standing outside the city.

After comparing them, even though they still couldn't determine what exactly appeared outside the city, they all realized that it was definitely not something to be trifled with.

"It's very likely some kind of attack... and it definitely came from the sea of ​​stars!"

As for why it must come from the Star Sea, it's naturally because no one in the local area has such methods. Even Du Yi, who has become the God of Death, has no connection to this aspect.

"But this method is clearly not from the God of Life..."

Du Yi was quite puzzled. After all, the only one in the Star Sea who had a grudge against him was that so-called God of Life, but now another attack had suddenly appeared, and it was even obvious that it was aimed at him...

Who has he offended again?
The people of Tatunbuto were also very puzzled, and even felt inexplicably wronged—the serpent god had not offended anyone, and they had even less so. With their meager strength, they didn't even have the right to offend those star-sea gods.

But why is it that first the God of Life, and then this illusion-manipulating being, one after another, comes to cause them trouble?
A dead end in one's thinking can undoubtedly lead to immense internal friction. Even immortals from all walks of life have seen their cultivation levels plummet due to this confusion—mainly because they simply can't understand why all this is happening. Perhaps going to the Star Sea could provide the answer, but at their current level, the Star Sea is so far away.

So, the immortals, led by the four priests, began working overtime to improve their technology, since building a spaceship might be the only way they could find the answer.

But at this very moment, some people with ulterior motives began to spread another version of the story.

"We are all sinners! We are punished for our disrespect to the gods!"

It's unclear who first came up with this idea, but it quickly gained acceptance among a considerable number of people—after all, it sounded plausible, because the gods in the starry sky punished them for their disrespect.

In other words, they should apologize to the gods. Only by sincerely worshipping the gods, confessing their sins, and asking for their forgiveness can they obtain true peace.

Such a statement is naturally extremely rebellious, even blasphemous. However, compared to the immortals of all walks of life, they can be considered normal people. Therefore, when it was first spread, the four priests did not pay much attention to it, after all, the most important thing at the moment was to quickly improve their skills.

It wasn't until these people began to suggest that the serpent god should apologize first.

"After all, it was the Snake God who offended the God of Life first... This is also for everyone's survival."

"Moreover, it's just an apology. As long as the Snake God is willing to admit his mistake, the God of Life might even let us go... With the Snake God's power, the God of Life might value him highly. Perhaps the Snake God can go to the Star Sea without building a spaceship."

Only when they heard the intelligence from their subordinates did the four priests realize what true madness really was.

Therefore, after urgently suppressing the Blood Warband, which wanted to massacre Tatunbhu in the name of suppressing the rebellion, the four priests immediately began the arrest operation.

Without exception, everyone who had participated in the discussion was imprisoned. This was a punishment for them, but it was also a form of protection in another sense—after all, the Blood Chapter didn't care how many of these people were misled by rumors; they only knew that anyone who offended the Serpent God should be killed.

It was at this moment that the four priests realized that the question of "why everything happened" was not as trivial as they had thought.

This is an extremely serious matter, even involving the life and death of the entire Tatunbhu. If it is not resolved quickly, they will collapse from within, even before the enemy attacks.

Fortunately, it was at this time that an old man proposed a theory.

That was the old Bhutto, who had been ignored by everyone for a long time and had almost no presence.

"You're all too young; you can't even handle something like this..."

Before the four priests, old Bhutto removed his cloak, revealing his presence.

“Isn’t the answer simple?”

"Because we are weak! Therefore, we will definitely be beaten!"

(End of this chapter)