Chapter 3 Sacrifice

Lu Yao put the mouse on the [Sacrificial] slot.

It was a red creature, curled up, and looked like some kind of newly born animal.

[Garlic Tribe Baby: Sacrifice to God. ]

Lu Yao's face twitched.

Sacrificing a living person... is indeed in line with the habit of primitive humans to worship gods.

In "God Simulator", Lu Yao could not pass on the message to the Garlic Tribe through the temple, nor could he predict how the pixel man would react.

He put the mouse on the [Sacrificial], wondering if he could reject it.

A line of words appeared on the screen.

——Excuse me, do you want to accept the [Garlic Tribe Baby] offered by the believers?

——[Yes][No]

Lu Yao decisively clicked No.

If there was an extra baby in the family for no reason, there would be no place to complain, and the police might come to him for tea.

What's more terrifying is that if the Garlic Tribe keeps sending babies, there will be more and more babies in the family. Just thinking about the milk powder and diapers that need to be purchased... Lu Yao is already numb.

My buddy is a god, not your tribe's baby nurse!

As Lu Yao rejected the sacrifice, exclamation marks appeared on everyone's head in the entire Garlic Tribe.

"The gods are not satisfied, the gods don't want babies!"

"I said not to use babies, it should be adults who can farm and pick fruits for the gods!"

"No, no, we should use prey, the best prey, the gods will definitely like wild boars!"

"I think it's fish! Fish is the best, slippery, and won't hurt people, the gods will definitely like it!"

"Go find new sacrifices, new sacrifices!"

...

Seeing the conversation between the pixel people, Lu Yao was a little amused.

However, if they sent game or river food, they could make a midnight snack tonight. Although Lu Yao didn't cook much, he still knew how to cook home-cooked dishes.

Except for five people left in the entire Garlic Tribe, everyone else ran to the nearby forests, rivers and mountainous areas. They looked around, as if looking for something suitable for sacrifice on the map.

Lu Yao noticed that there was a pixel man who was different from the others.

This little man was one of the first seven believers, shirtless and barefoot. He stood outside the temple, looking up at the sky, with a question mark on his head.

Lu Yao put the mouse on the question mark, and a bubble popped up above the little man's head, with many words in it, which seemed to be his inner thoughts.

"What kind of sacrifice does the Lord God need? He doesn't need babies. Maybe he doesn't need human hands. He gave the tribe magical garlic, and the world where the gods live must not lack food."

"The forest tribe blasphemed the temple and was immediately punished by the Lord God. The gods must have great power that we can't imagine. What we need is meaningless to the gods. Then, it should be that only those magical things that we can't understand and use can be accepted by the gods."

The question mark on the pixel man's head turned into a light bulb.

He seemed to understand something and trotted into the dense forest.

Lu Yao was a little surprised.

This little man's thinking ability is obviously beyond the people around him, as if he has awakened wisdom. Among all people, only he has a question mark on his head.

After a while, the question mark man ran out of the forest again, holding an item in both hands and ran into the temple.

Lu Yao opened the temple interface.

A small icon appeared in the [Sacrificial Offering] slot. It looked like a short-handled cane made by grinding a branch, with a simple appearance.

…

[Energy Cane]: Faith +1/hour, energy 12/12 hours (charging speed 1/1 hour).

A treasure made by the God of the Forest, which can absorb the vitality overflowing from nature, and the holder can extract vigorous energy from it when touching it. It was lost after the fall of the God of the Forest.

…

——Would you like to accept the [Energy Cane] offered by the believers?

Lu Yao clicked [Yes].

The cane icon in the [Sacrificial Offering] slot disappeared, and a short cane as long as a forearm appeared on the black keyboard of the computer desk.

Lu Yao's palms were a little sweaty.

Although he had vaguely expected that [Gift] could be transmitted to the pixel world through the temple, then theoretically [Sacrificial Offering] could also be transmitted from that world.

But when this scene really became a reality, he still held his breath involuntarily.

Lu Yao picked up the cane carefully.

It was not heavy, and the weight was similar to that of normal wood.

The surface of this short cane was covered with tree grains, but it felt smooth and delicate, as if covered with a layer of transparent paint. There were two short branches on the top of the cane, which looked a bit like a broken clothesline. But there were some small buds on its branches, giving people a feeling of vitality.

Holding the [Energy Cane], Lu Yao felt refreshed, and the soreness in his waist and back muscles disappeared. It was as if he was back to the age of fourteen or fifteen, and he could be full of energy after a good sleep after playing games all night.

The magic props in the pixel world also work in the real world!

Lu Yao looked at the cane.

A line of words appeared on the [Energy Cane]: Energy 12/12 hours, in use.

In other words, as long as you hold this cane, you don't need to sleep in theory. You will never fall asleep at work or in class the next day!

Lu Yao was overwhelmed.

Now, playing games all night is a luxury for him. Although Lu Yao is only 23 years old, he can clearly feel the changes in his body.

I am far from what I was when I was a teenager. If I stay up for an hour or two late, I will always yawn and feel sleepy the next day if I don’t get enough sleep. Coffee or Red Bull are useless.

With the [Energy Cane], I can return to the peak of my life with full energy!

He waved the cane excitedly for a while and calmed down.

No, the point is not this...

It is that [Sacrifices] can really be brought out from the pixel game world.

There is no doubt that there are other magic props like [Energy Canes] in the pixel world. If they can be continuously sent out from the temple... then this game is an endless treasure house.

Lu Yao just felt refreshed.

With the temple's ability to break the dimensional wall, it won't be long before I can get rid of the miserable life of working and reach the peak of my life, becoming an ideal game nerd who is no longer strangled by livelihood!

He returned his attention to the game.

At this time, the pixel people all returned to the tribe, and smiley faces appeared above their heads.

"The gods like sacrifices, great, great!"

"So the gods like that kind of sacrifices, I will definitely find a better sacrifice!"

"I still think that wild boars are the best, the gods will definitely like wild boars, wild boars are much better than that branch!"

"Nonsense, fish are the best!"

"Wild boar!"

"Fish!"

Lu Yao noticed that the little man who insisted on wild boars and the little man who liked fish were both from the forest tribe who joined the garlic tribe. They were all wearing leather vests.

The forest tribe should be mostly gathering and hunting, and they think that prey is the best gift, which is understandable.

Lu Yao looked back and forth among the little men, trying to find the little man who offered the [Energy Cane]. But these little men look exactly the same, with no names on their heads and no personal features, making it difficult to identify.

Finally, Lu Yao still found someone in the temple.

In the temple stood a shirtless and barefoot pixel man, with a question mark on his head. He is the only thinker in the tribe.

A new message appeared on the screen.

——A believer has developed wisdom. Does he need to be transformed into a prophet?

[Yes] [No]