From doomsday survival to fast-forward daily life

Tian Yu, with a changed face, sneaked into the City of Sand two days later.

The money that Ajin gave her before allowed her to live here. She found a lively inn and booked a room. Tian Yu finally had the chance to have a good rest.

Now she seemed to have grasped some clues in this copy, and now she finally had the mind to organize it properly.

At the altar, Tian Yu waited until the last moment and finally got the answer he wanted.

First, she looked at the stone tablet. After a long comparison, she found that it was engraved with oracles and time.

From the first one onwards, every time there was a sacrifice, the time when the oracle occurred would be engraved on the stele, and when the sacrifice began, the time of the sacrifice would be added after it.

There is a gap between each sacrifice and there is no regular pattern.

Next came the so-called oracle. Through conversations with Lin Li, it seemed that every tribe or human race had a so-called priest-like existence. They were responsible for presiding over the priests, and every time a sacrifice was needed, the stone tablet of each altar would emit light, and then the priest would engrave the time when the light came on on the stone tablet.

In the Mengya tribe, Tian Yu finally understood the real purpose of these sacrifices.

Judging from the words shouted by the Mengya tribe at that time and the smell emanating from the stone tablet, Tian Yu would never mistake that familiar feeling.

At that time, the words on the stone tablet turned bright red, and the feeling was exactly the same as the stone he touched at the altar in the desert ruins. Moreover, both of them required blood as an inducement!

The difference is that the one he met in the ruins was probably the real God, because He did not take his life and even triggered the mission.

Try to reason.

Assuming that triggering a ritual on the stone of each altar can attract the attention of the gods, does that mean that the gods of this world cannot always watch over the world, but instead need rituals to enhance certain powers?

There are some paradoxes here.

I was dragged into the endless battlefield without paying any price except the blood on my gloves. Why should other altars require human lives?

Combining Lin Li's words with his own mission, the ancient war in this world was ended by gods, so judging from His behavior, He should value rules and order.

To make a bolder assumption, today's sacrifices should have certain purposes, but the objects of sacrifice are most likely not real gods.

The player's task is to find the immortal, who should be God. If he can be found only by offering sacrifices, then why not just kill a few people and offer sacrifices? Why should he go looking for the truth of the boundless battlefield after attracting His attention?

The most reasonable explanation is that there are true gods and false gods in this world, and the truth of all this is inseparable from that war.

Tian Yu felt that he had understood, but was still confused.

As long as we find out the truth about the war and the purpose of the sacrifice, we can advance the mission, but where can we find these?

Lying on the bed, Tian Yu decided to take a look at the altar in the City of Sand.

The City of Sand is worthy of being the capital of the Kingdom of Sand. People come and go from the south and the north, and it is even more lively than the City of Linsha.

The entire Sand City is extremely large, and the people who live there often wear clothes that do not belong to this country. Street trade is well developed, and people have different accents.

The altar of the City of Sand is not easily accessible and is only open during sacrifices.

The object of the last sacrifice was supposed to be Tian Yu, but due to the interruption of the Mengya tribe, the sacrifice was postponed again and again. A new disabled person replaced him, and the sacrifice will take place on the next full moon night.

What was so special about this disabled person? This was a question that Tian Yu could not figure out.

She decided to see what would happen at this sacrifice.

Before that, she decided to contact Lao Lu first. She wanted to know if Lao Lu could get any important clues in the City of Sand.

On the tenth day, Tian Yu sat at the tea stall at the city gate.

This Sand City has a total of eight gates, which I guess Old Lu didn’t expect at the beginning.

Tian Yu chose the largest city gate, and she guessed that Lao Lu should think the same.

The gong sounds, a unique way of counting time in this world.

At this moment, the crowd entering the city quickened their pace. In another quarter of an hour, the city gate would be closed.

Tian Yu was wrapped tightly, and her face had long since changed into that of a man. In order not to be exposed when she checked into the inn, she also changed her voice. Now she is still unable to speak due to the side effects.

A man in a long robe came to the city gate. He walked back and forth at the gate as if taking a stroll. Looking at the other person's figure, Tian Yu walked up to him.

Old Lu was hanging around the city gate as usual, to see if Tian Yu had come to the City of Sand. It had been more than three months since the two last parted.

Suddenly, someone patted him on the shoulder.

"Oda?" he asked tentatively.

The other party nodded. Because he couldn't speak, after thinking it over, Tian Yu made a gesture, wanting Lao Lu to confirm his identity.

Looking at the middle finger raised in front of him, Lao Lu's mouth twitched. In this world, there is no such habit as raising the middle finger.

"I'm telling you, even if you're mute, don't give me the middle finger!" Old Lu muttered to himself as he led Tian Yu to his residence.

Tian Yu shrugged. I don’t want to either, but people in this world will give me a thumbs up. Differentiation is very important...

Old Lu must have made a lot of money in Linsha City, and he could even afford to rent a house after arriving in the City of Sand.

Pouring a cup of tea for Tian Yu, Lao Lu seemed to ask with some sympathy: "Why did you become mute?"

Tian Yu took out a pen and paper and wrote: "Side effects."

"That's good. I thought you were really mute. This is your own body. What will you do in the future if you are really mute?" Old Lu did not ask too much, but introduced the City of Sand to Tian Yu.

"Did you discover anything during your time in Linsha City?" asked Old Lu.

Tian Yu nodded, perhaps some things could be shared.

On the second day, Tian Yu was finally able to speak. As soon as she opened her mouth, Old Lu was shocked: "I suspect there may be false gods in this world. The system has set a trap for the players."

Before telling Lao Lu about this matter, Tian Yu actually weighed the pros and cons.

If he knew, he might become a strong competitor for me to find the immortal.

But if I don't tell him, it would be difficult for me to find out the truth on my own with my own strength and means. If I am not careful, I might become the prey of other players.

I have already discovered that sacrifice is related to gods. What if other players have also discovered it, but don’t think it is a false god?

When they firmly believe that sacrificing human lives can summon the gods, they may set this as their goal and think they can accomplish their mission.

If the false god really descended, would he be trapped in the dungeon and unable to get out? Or would there be a greater disaster?

"Our mission is to find the 'immortal'. I think based on the nature of the system, the immortal's direction should be special." Lao Lu analyzed.

"I've been through a dungeon. It was a world similar to cultivation." Old Lu provided an important clue. "In that dungeon, the power of Heaven's Path is limited. Once it is seized, the rest of the people can only kill the person who seized Heaven's Path and take its place."

The two looked at each other and seemed to have grasped the clue.