Deities Are All Just My Food
Chapter 1099 - 522: Quagmire of Time, Picking Stones to Mend the Figure_2

Chapter 1099: Chapter 522: Quagmire of Time, Picking Stones to Mend the Figure_2

"God Lin, don’t leave us behind!"

"Could you help us?"

"Please!"

Those who had already obtained a living sacrifice were still there because they were waiting for Lin Baici. If he left, everyone would go.

Then, I would be all alone.

Scared!

"Xiao Bai, first offer the sacrifice to the Goddess to avoid any unnecessary troubles during the night!"

Zhang Hao suggested.

"Right, after offering the sacrifices, we can come back to help them!"

Aunt strongly advised not to wait any longer; what if the Goddess gets angry if they return too late or the Sacrificial Clay Man dies?

"You guys go ahead; we’ll come over in a bit!"

Xie Yangchun comforted them, then pulled Lin Baici along and left.

As soon as Lin Baici reached the shore, everyone hurriedly followed.

Within minutes, each person, dirty and covered in mud, returned in front of the Goddess statue.

Deng Mingyu knelt devoutly in front of the statue, kowtowed three times, and placed the living sacrifice at the foot of the statue.

Seeing this, everyone rushed to offer their Sacrificial Clay Men, fearing punishment from the Goddess if they were even a moment too late.

Lin Baici didn’t kneel; he just placed down the clay figure.

The Goddess statue did not react, which made everyone slightly uneasy.

"Why isn’t there any reaction?"

Aunt worried.

"Should we have passed the test by now?"

An Yi Xian quickly looked up at the statue, then immediately lowered her head again, not wanting to make eye contact with the creature.

Everyone turned to Lin Baici, waiting for an explanation.

Lin Baici shrugged his shoulders.

He didn’t know either.

Suddenly, the Sacrificial Clay Men that everyone had placed down bowed three times toward the statue and then jumped up, running back toward the mud pit they had come from.

"Quick, follow them!"

"What the hell?"

"There’s more!"

The examiners exclaimed, screaming in distress, knowing another ordeal was upon them.

The Sacrificial Clay Men ran back to the edge of the mud pit and dove into the black mud.

"God Lin!"

"Captain Xie!"

Those dozen or so who hadn’t found a clay man were excited to see Lin Baici and the others return.

Soon after, the Sacrificial Clay Men that had burrowed into the black mud suddenly burst out beside these individuals, launching an attack on them.

"We’re in trouble!"

An Yi Xian’s face paled.

"What should we do?"

Xia Hongyao looked toward Lin Baici, waiting for a suggestion.

"What else can we do? Fight them off!"

Xie Yangchun grimaced.

"Right, we can’t let these people kill our clay men, can we?"

Zhang Hao felt helpless; who knew what effects it would have if their Sacrificial Clay Men died?

"Lin Baici, don’t be too kind-hearted!"

Deng Mingyu yelled as he charged into the mud pit: "Kill them, or your clay figures will be killed!"

"This pollution is too severe!"

"There’s no choice, it’s either them or us. We have to fight!"

"Divine contamination is terrifying!"

The examiners hesitated for a moment before making their move.

Confronted by Deng Mingyu and the others, the dozen or so people were dumbfounded; some ran, some surrendered, but it was useless—the Sacrificial Clay Men were attacking them.

They had no choice but to follow the actions of the clay men.

Ten minutes later, all those unfortunate souls were killed.

Lin Baici didn’t join in; it wasn’t that he was aloof, but the others were too quick to act, especially Deng Mingyu, who seemed to use the slaughter to intimidate others, thus going all out.

"Half-Step Dragon Level, quite impressive!"

Long Miaomiao exclaimed.

After these people were all dead, the Sacrificial Clay Men went back into the black mud and disappeared.

Everyone could only silently wait.

"Qin Palace must be more difficult than Divine Ruins, right?"

Zhang Hao reflected; she had actually considered exploring Qin Palace before but had now completely given up the idea.

"Definitely!"

Aunt nodded, as more Dragon Level beings had died there compared to Luoyang Seven Towns.

"Where do you think God’s bones might be?"

Xie Yangchun stared at the mud pit. "Could it be underneath here?"

"It’s not a lake; you can’t find anything underneath!"

An Yi Xian finished speaking just as a Sacrificial Clay Man emerged, dragging a thin stone slab about the size of a 19-inch monitor.

Aunt’s heart raced because that Sacrificial Clay Man was hers.

The Sacrificial Clay Man came ashore, carrying the stone slab to Aunt.

The crowd gathered around.

The stone slab was thin, the front should have been some kind of pattern, but now with parts missing here and there, it resembled an old peeling tiled wall, lacking many pieces.

"Could it be that this whole event is about finding the fragments and completing the slab?"

Zhang Hao analyzed.

"Where do we find the fragments?"

After Fang Mingyuan asked, everyone’s gazes turned toward the mud pit in front of them.

"Holy shit, it can’t be here, right?"

Great Aunt exasperated, "How is this different from finding a needle in the ocean?"

Sacrificial Clay Man gradually emerged from the mud pit, each dragging a piece of stone, large and small.

The Sacrificial Clay Man of Lin Baici returned, holding a piece of stone about the size of a piece of printer paper; it was pitted, and he counted, missing twelve small pieces.

[The Mud of Years, Pick Stones to Mend People!]

[This stone slab is like your life, as you grow older, and move forward, humans face more harm and lose more, only by restoring it can you return to perfection!]

[Go pick up stones, complete your lives!]

Eater God commented.

"..."

Lin Baici’s furrowed brows could have trapped a nest of crabs. He understood the meaning of Eater God, but implementing it seemed exceedingly difficult.

Bang!

An explosion sounded.

In the mud pit, at about 2 o’clock direction and roughly one hundred meters away, a column of mud erupted like a volcano, not only mud but many small stones, glistening.

Splash! Splash!

A layer of stones quickly accumulated on the ground.

"Got it, we just need to pick stones from these!"

Xie Yangchun hurried down to the muddy bank, "Hurry, or the stones will sink into the black mud!"

The crowd rushed over anxiously, partly worried the stones would sink, partly hoping to get there before others.

"Let’s go!"

Lin Baici pondered if there was a shortcut.

When everyone reached the ’volcano’ eruption site, they bent over to pick stones, then compared them with the missing parts of their respective stone slabs.

"Don’t just throw away the ones you don’t need. What if someone else needs them?"

Zhang Hao saw people throwing stones out in frustration after finding the right ones.

"When are we going to find it?"

"It’s too difficult!"

"There must be a trick to it!"

Everyone looked frustrated.

"Brother Lin, I found one!"

Long Miaomiao happily showed her stone to Lin Baici.

In the upper left corner, a gap the size of a thumb was neatly filled by a stone.

"You’re lucky!"

Xia Hongyao encouraged, "Keep it up!"

Seeing Little Fatty Sister finding a stone proved it was feasible, and everyone’s motivation finally picked up.

About ten minutes later, another bang, not far to the right, another mud column erupted, followed by mud and stones of varying sizes, pelting down like hail.

People defended themselves and covered their heads, while others thought the newly erupted ’volcano’ would have a higher chance of having the right stone, so they ran over.

"Let’s go check it out!"

Gu Qingqiu wanted to study the eruption site to find some useful information.

"I’ll come with you!"

Xia Hongyao followed.

"Old White, will there be more after this?"

Fang Mingyuan looked dispirited.

"Probably!"

Lin Baici wasn’t sure.

"Sigh..."

Fang Mingyuan wanted to chat and casually reached for a stone, but as soon as his index finger touched it, the stone exploded like a firecracker.

Bang!

Stone powder, debris, and mud splattered.

"Ah!"

Fang Mingyuan screamed in pain, his right index finger was blown off.

This scene startled those nearby.

"Be careful, these stones can explode!"

Xie Yangchun had just warned, and another person was blasted.

The atmosphere instantly tensed up, and everyone suddenly didn’t dare to move; it felt as though they were standing in a minefield.

Lin Baici rushed to Fang Mingyuan’s side.

"Old White!"

Fang Mingyuan cried incessantly, his finger blown off, now basketball and his career dreams shattered.

"It’s okay, this kind of injury can be healed!"

Long Miaomiao comforted.

"I knew the pollution from the God wasn’t simple!"

Great Aunt sighed.