Li Mu and Demacia's discoveries started on a high note.
Following that, players continued to find elf scriptures and lost artifacts in the ruins of Feilengcui... Not only that, but some also unearthed elf equipment from a thousand years ago.
Regrettably, after being buried for a millennium, these equipment were already damaged beyond repair, especially the magic ones which had long lost their magical glow, with runes completely destroyed, turning them essentially into piles of scrap metal…
Inside Elf Town's Natural Temple.
A male player was holding several pieces of elf equipment excavated from the ruins, conversing with Natural Saintess Alice.
"What? These items cannot be offered as sacrifices to the Goddess?"
Looking at the broken antiques in his hand, he asked somewhat disappointedly.
He had found these after a long exploration in the ruins of Feilengcui.
Alice sighed and patiently explained:
"Mother Goddess is so revered, how could she possibly accept these things? Offering these to the True God is a blasphemy to Her Majesty!"
"Well... Miss Alice, let me just try offering them. What do you think? We successfully offered the goblin equipment before… If it doesn't work, I will give up…"
The player was not willing to give up, pleading once more.
Hearing his words, Alice's expression gradually turned colder.
She said somewhat angrily:
"This Chosen One, even if you are not a devotee of nature, you must have the most basic respect for Mother Goddess!"
"Only divine objects that Mother Goddess needs, or those She has decreed through divine prophecies, can become sacrifices for Her Majesty!"
"She asked you to explore Feilengcui not to collect scrap metal, but to gather the inheritance of the elf civilization, to find scriptures! These damaged pieces of junk cannot become the offerings of the True God, they should only stay in the museum! Do you also expect Mother Goddess to help you repair your equipment?!"
"Previously, you mixed goblin equipment into the offerings without our consent, and that matter has passed since Mother Goddess did not pursue it, so I will not pursue it either."
"But you are now trying to repeat a similar thing, I will absolutely not agree!"
By the end, the young girl's voice had grown loud, her attitude resolute.
A joke, although Mother Goddess is approachable, She is also the exalted True God!
How could these pieces of junk enter the sight of the True God?
This is a blasphemy to Divine!
Mother Goddess is supreme…
She previously accepted the Chosen One's sacrifices, forgiving their recklessness out of her generosity and mercy!
But this does not mean she can indulge these reckless sacrificers!
With this thought, Alice's expression became even more determined.
Her serious demeanor, combined with the unique aura of a Silver Priest, overwhelmed the player into near-silence.
The player's expression changed, and he sighed:
"Alright."
After speaking, he left the temple dejectedly.
And when he emerged, the teammates who had been waiting outside the temple for a long time immediately gathered around:
"How did it go? Was the sacrifice successful?"
When everyone saw the antique equipment in his hands, they were immediately disappointed:
"It didn't work?"
"Miss Holy Daughter didn't agree."
The male player shook his head.
"How could this happen… Before, Berserker helped us offer the goblin's equipment!"
"Cough, don't forget, that time we activated the sacrifice array he carved while he was asleep, and we offered it ourselves… He was quite angry when he woke up…"
"…"
"What should we do now?"
The players fell into silence.
After a moment, a spell-casting player had a thought:
"Since the goblin equipment could be successfully offered before, it means it's still possible. How about… we try to carve the array ourselves and attempt the sacrifice?"
"Hmm? Can you carve an array?"
Others asked.
"Cough… I've never tried carving one, but I recorded the process when Alice made the offering earlier, perhaps… we could learn and give it a try?"
The mage touched the back of his head and replied.
"Um? It sounds like it's worth a try! With such high freedom in this game, who knows, it might just work!"
Other players' eyes lit up.
They decided to take action immediately, gathered their belongings, and found an open space to attempt.
Alice and Berserker used a type of magic paint when drawing the array.
This paint came from a magical plant in the Elf Forest, which the players often used during temple repairs.
Therefore, they only had to put a bit of effort into collecting a considerable amount.
Once the paint was prepared, they followed the steps in the video to start drawing the array...
It turned out, their imitating skills were pretty strong.
After failing a few times, the players actually managed to paint a sacrificial array that emitted faint magic fluctuations!
"Success!"
Their hearts filled with joy.
"Do you guys remember the sacrificial protocol?"
"I remember! I remember! First, we pray! Then after receiving a response, we put the offerings into the array!"
"Um... okay, you try it then!"
A few players sprang into action. One of them stepped forward, imitated an NPC by slightly bowing towards the World Tree, drew a symbol of Mother Nature on his chest, and then prayed respectfully:
"Praise to Mother Nature, praise to the Goddess of Life, praise to the great ruler of elves— Eve Yoctrahill! Beautiful and noble Goddess, we have found relics of the Elf Clan and wish to offer them to You!"
Listening to him, several players felt embarrassed.
What he called relics sounded nice, but in reality, they were just a bunch of old junk...
"Will the Goddess respond?"
They also felt somewhat uncertain.
However, just then, the array suddenly burst into glowing radiance and began to operate!
Seeing this, the players were overjoyed:
"Wow... could this actually work?"
"The sacrificial channel is open!"
"Hurry, let's see if we can throw these things in!"
The players scrambled, hurriedly placing the collected junk equipment into the array.
As soon as they did, the junk equipment emitted a burst of light and disappeared.
Simultaneously, the players received system notifications crediting them with Contribution Value, albeit a meager amount of just a few dozen points.
"Success!"
The players erupted into cheers.
Although it was only a few dozen points of Contribution Value, at least it proved that even picking up junk could make money!
"Could this be a bug in the sacrifice?"
Looking at the disappearing junk, one of the players uncertainly said.
No matter how he looked at it, it seemed strange that the Goddess would accept such lousy scrap metal as a sacrifice.
The other players glanced at each other and smiled.
They patted his shoulder, saying:
"Why think so much? Whether it's a bug or not, as long as we're making money, that's all that matters!"
"Hehehe, there's still quite a lot of junk equipment in the ruins. Little by little, even if we haven't found any scriptures, we can still make a small fortune!"
"Let's go, go pick some more!"
"Cough cough, if it really is a bug, we need to make more money before the officials find out... otherwise, once they fix it, we won't be able to sacrifice junk anymore."
Saying so, they headed back towards the ruins of Feilengcui...
...
High above.
Eve casually repaired the received junk equipment, added some special effects, and then tossed it into a corner for storage.
"More equipment to sell."
She said leisurely.