This game is so weird!

The five figures in front of me, apart from being dressed in ancient style, were indistinguishable from modern people.

Its body has remained intact for hundreds of millions of years, still lifelike across time, and it's even impossible to determine whether it's dead or not.

Er Miao was a little envious and really wanted to peel off a small piece of skin to analyze and see if she could find the secret to skin care.

Of course, it wasn't to the extent that some Onsa nobles would take it back, dip it in some seasoning, and eat it like cured meat.

Onsa: Nutritional supplements, you understand? Nutritional supplements.

Angsa: This is a health regimen that our hermit learned from visiting the Tang Dynasty in the East to seek enlightenment!

Eastern Tang Dynasty: Get lost! We don't have that kind of health regimen.

A certain major Eastern power: Huh?

After discussing it for a while, the group decided that Ye Yu would go first to investigate the specifics of the golden circle.

After all, in legends, gold circles often represent defense and blockade, and might even have a counterattack effect.

Ye Yu took out a dagger from her bag and held it in her hand, trying to bolster her courage, but after thinking about it, she put the dagger away.

What if it's based on the danger level of the entrant?

What was supposed to be a knockback turned into a kill when the attacker is wielding a dagger, which is not good.

He tentatively took a step, his toes touching the edge of the gold ring, and slowly rubbed one foot inward.

When the toes reached the center of the golden circle pattern, a golden light shone, forming a circle along the pattern of the golden circle, shooting straight up from the ground to the sky.

The golden light deepened rapidly, as if it were gathering strength, or perhaps testing whether the intruders were perceptive enough to leave on their own.

Just as Ye Yu was about to retract her right foot, the golden light trembled a few times, and a few streams of light spread along Ye Yu's soles and her whole body, lingering back and forth in confusion as if she had suddenly eaten rice noodles while eating rice.

After circling a few times, it retreated back into the light, and gradually the golden light weakened until it was almost imperceptible.

Ye Yu breathed a sigh of relief. When the golden light flowed over her body, she always felt a strange touch, as if someone was crossing over her body and directly kneading her soul. It was something she had never seen before and was extremely wonderful.

Just as he was about to continue walking inside, a dignified and urgent female voice suddenly rang out.

"Stop!"

「!?」

Ye Yu decisively stopped walking.

The main reason I've lived this long is because I listened to advice!

The group looked in the direction from which the sound came.

One of the women, who was facing them sideways, opened her eyes. Her delicate face showed a puzzled expression, and she looked at them with piercing eyes, her eyes flashing with a certain light.

"They look so strange, are they even human? No wonder they were able to get in here."

"These people nowadays... they actually like bizarre, non-human creatures, and they even raise them..."

The female giant looked at the wooden fish with surprise in her eyes, as if she had witnessed the untold story between humans and octopuses, and murmured to herself.

It took her a while to come to her senses, and she looked at Er Miao, Pineapple Bun, and Night Rain.

"What era is this? Has Her Majesty arranged for replacements for us?"

I can't watch anymore, it's too offensive to look at.

I'm really curious about his parents; how could such noble people end up with an octopus?

"Your Majesty?"

Er Miao was a little confused, but then replied, "It's the year 20xx now, and America has just launched another manned lunar orbiter."

"Who is Your Majesty?"

"America? AD?"

The giantess was a little confused. What a strange name! And more importantly...

"You, as descendants of humankind, don't even know the revered name of the goddess Nuwa? Where did you come from? How pitiful, having lost your own cultural heritage."

"This is the temple where the Goddess seals away evil spirits. If you have stumbled upon it by mistake, please leave immediately!"

"Oh, oh, oh! Goddess Nuwa!"

"As we know, my friends Yeyu and Muyu went to the Wa Huang Palace in Shexian County last weekend to pray for a child."

Er Miao quickly chimed in, nodding repeatedly as she spoke, gesturing with her hands towards Ye Yu and Mu Yu.

Night Rain and Wooden Fish exchanged a knowing glance, then turned their heads away in disgust, as if they'd been electrocuted.

What new era Chengdu story?

"Alas……"

The giantess's voice trembled; the old-fashioned person couldn't accept this novel concept.

Octopus and human is already outrageous, but octopus man and man? And they even go to the Empress's palace to pray... Doesn't the Empress really want to kill them all with a falling rock?

As expected, the Empress is still so kind.

"Ahem, since you are all descendants of my clan, let's not stand on ceremony any longer."

"We were placed here by the Goddess to seal and guard against evil spirits. Influenced by the Goddess's miracle of creating humans from clay, we can be turned into clay sculptures and endure this time in slumber."

"I slept for a while, and when I woke up again, I had no idea how much time had passed."

"The energy within the temple has now greatly diminished, and our successors have not yet arrived."

The giantess lowered her head slightly, concealing the gravity in her eyes, and then, regaining her composure, said again, "Descendants of humanity, we need your help."

Er Miao patted her chest, raising it in a rounded arc, and replied skillfully.

"Leave it all to me!"

"I am Er Miao, a lovable and popular Young Pioneer who has fought in Los Santos, stolen medicine in Raccoon City, and slain dragons in Skyrim. Give me any mission, and I'll handle it!"

The giantess's eyes were strange; this was already the umpteenth time she had been puzzled today.

With crickets living for hundreds of millions of years, has the generation gap between people become that large?

If she weren't so exhausted from lacking energy and unable to move below her neck, she would definitely be scratching her head quite a bit, which is really baffling.

"Then it's up to you, human descendant—Red Scarf Two Cat, and the three of you."

The giantess gestured to the group with the crystal she held in her hands. Her hands, which had been loosely clenched, had become incredibly hard after being molded from clay, and the crystal within them appeared slightly dimmer than the similar crystals on the pillar lamps.

"I need some topaz to replenish my energy so I can regain my mobility and contact others, so I would like to ask you to bring some topaz. The crystals in the temple are used to seal this evil spirit, so I need you to collect them from outside the temple and bring them here."

"Topaz often comes from places rich in energy. If you can help find other people during your collection process, please let me know the details."

"OK."

"Do you think these are topaz?"

As soon as Er Miao agreed, Ye Yu stepped back from the front, stood beside Er Miao, and took out the yellow crystal she had picked up at the door from her bag.

The cube-shaped crystal was much smaller than the one in the giant's hand, but the light contained within it was even more dazzling.

"Yes!"

The giantess became excited, and even her speech quickened considerably.

"Were you mining outside the palace? I never imagined that such frail human descendants could mine crystal clusters. You're quite impressive!"

"Well……"

Night Rain and Wooden Fish didn't want to talk. They had just spent half a day digging at the yellow crystal cluster with daggers in the square in front of the gate, but they hadn't managed to dig out a single fragment despite their hard work.

These few pieces were picked up from the ground next to the crystal cluster.

"Then I'll take it."

After thinking for a moment, Ye Yu left behind two yellow crystals that were about the same size as last time and gave away the rest. Seeing this, Mu Yu also took out quite a few and handed them to the female giant.

Crystals of varying sizes approached the circle on the floor, then, guided by golden light, passed through the barrier, flew toward the giantess, and landed on her clasped legs.

Tiny specks of golden fluorescence emanated from the crystal and spread across the kneeling body.

As the golden light nourished her, the giantess's skin gradually regained its rosy hue, and her clothes gradually regained their luster.

The giantess smiled happily.

"Thank you all for your help!"

"My name is Qingge. I was born from the third batch of people created by the Goddess from clay. We were once also known as the Primordial People."