319: Offerings

"What!"

"Commander Qi, I was devoted to you, yet you wanted to kill me and monopolize the Treasure Trove inside!"

Xiao Ran, kneeling on the Surface, let out a cry of surprise. The fear in her body was also cured by these words. She stood up in shock and angrily said.

"Devoted?"

"Hmph!"

"Don't think I don't know, for the sake of climbing higher, you've hooked up with who knows how many men. It's just that I was the strongest among them!"

"You're lying!"

"Everything I did was for you!"

"What is this thing?"

Chen Du wasn't interested in their moral drama. He took out an orange-yellow relic and coldly interrupted.

"A secret relic."

Commander Qi didn't dare not to answer Chen Du's question and replied instantly.

"Where did this come from?"

You took it out yourself, and you're asking me where it came from?

Didn't you get it after killing Wu La?

But Wu La was strange, why didn't he eat it after taking it?

However, these were all Commander Qi's inner thoughts:

"The village chief gave it to me. All secret relics are kept and distributed by successive village chiefs. Everyone who becomes a Martial Artist can receive one for free."

So that's how it is.

Chen Du thought to himself.

If nothing unexpected happens, these things were exchanged with the lives of the Shushu Other-race. It's just unknown what level roughly is required to exchange for this item.

From the incidents Chen Du has encountered so far, the Shushu Civilization is definitely not as genuinely good and beautiful as Wu La claimed.

Whether it's the village chief or these two in front of him, they are nothing more than people who would stop at nothing for their own benefit.

Subsequently, Commander Qi also spoke about the lamp oil.

It turns out that Martial Artist corpses are not strictly necessary. The reason Martial Artist corpses are used is because 1 level equals 1 day of shelf life.

The Martial Artist corpses here can be understood as fuel. A Martial Artist with 1 Life Strength can burn for 1 day, and so on, a Level 10 Martial Artist can burn for ten days.

The reason Martial Artists are chosen as lamp oil is, firstly, because Commander Qi's strength is sufficient to take down Level 10 and Level 11 Martial Artists. However, to be safe, the first three lamp oils—

—including Wu La chosen this time—were not yet Level 11.

Secondly, it's about time. These people must be tricked one by one. Xiao Ran's round trip alone takes two days. Four people would take at least eight days, and anything less than Level 10 wouldn't be enough to burn.

Furthermore, only after all four lamp oils are gathered will the torch officially ignite.

The color of the flame will also change from yellow to blue. At that time, after sacrificing the person who pushes the door, the Greedy Ghost will reappear and open the Door for you.

Then, he will tell you how much time you can spend inside.

"That's it?"

"That's it, this is all the information I know."

Commander Qi thought carefully and replied.

A few seconds later, Chen Du's expression suddenly changed, and he coldly "hmph"-ed:

"It seems you won't shed tears until you see the coffin!"

"You still dare to lie to me!"

Next, Chen Du used Life Goddesss Favor on Commander Qi again, but unfortunately, he couldn't get anything out of him the second time, and the other party was determined to die.

Chen Du deduced from this that the other party had indeed not lied or concealed anything just now; he had merely been habitually probing.

After all, given his current situation, he had to be extra, extra careful.

Immediately, a sword pierced his heart, ending Commander Qi's life.

Then, Chen Du grabbed the other party's neck, swung, and threw the body into the fourth torch.

The torch began to officially ignite at this moment, and the flame, as the other party said, changed from yellow to blue.

The entire space, illuminated by the blue flame, appeared somewhat eerie and terrifying.

Chen Du turned to look at Xiao Ran, with an expression that said, 'It's your turn to perform.'

Xiao Ran, seeing Commander Qi killed so easily, and remembering what he had said earlier, crawled to Chen Du with a fawning expression:

"Don't make me push the Door!"

"I don't want to die yet!"

"It doesn't matter who pushes the Door. I can go out right away and bring another man back!"

"From now on, I will remain pure and loyal only to you!"

After Xiao Ran finished speaking, she immediately wanted to show her sincerity, reaching out to pull down Chen Du's pants.

Chen Du raised an eyebrow and kicked her away.

"Go out and bring another man back?"

"I'm afraid you're going to bring back your Civilization's 'Combat Unit,' aren't you?"

The Combat Unit is a team composed of seven Martial Artists above Level 15. Chen Du doesn't know how many such units the Shushu Civilization has.

However, he didn't care; he couldn't beat him anyway.

Besides, why not use a ready-made sacrifice?

"No, I won't!"

"I, Xiao Ran, keep my word!"

Chen Du was too lazy to waste words with her and dealt with her using the same method he used on Commander Qi.

"Ah ah ah ah!"

The piercing screams echoed through the space once more. Because she wasn't a Martial Artist, Xiao Ran was inferior to Commander Qi in terms of willpower and other aspects.

However, precisely because of Life Goddesss Favor, which offers a certain degree of protection to life, you essentially won't be injured and can even heal your wounds.

The screams lasted a full minute before stopping. The reason it lasted so long this time was that Chen Du wanted Xiao Ran to actively seek death.

After all, according to Commander Qi's description, the Door-pusher must die. If Chen Du forced the other party to push it, he feared he might also be implicated.

After it ended, Chen Du originally wanted to threaten her a few more times, saying that if she didn't push the Door, this torment would continue forever and so on.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Ran ran towards the Door of Ending without looking back.

She knew she was doomed to die today, and she never wanted to endure that kind of pain again. If she had to die, then so be it!

She pressed her palm against the Door and pushed with all her might, only to find it wouldn't budge. The Door of Ending felt like pushing a mountain.

Furthermore, Xiao Ran found herself in a state where she couldn't move. Fearing that Chen Du would think she was faking it, she quickly said:

"I can't push it!"

"This Door is too heavy. I guess Commander Qi misread the information. This Door needs a Martial Artist to push it; my strength isn't enough!"

"I can help you go back and find someone!"

"You can't move now. Can you use that ability of yours to pull me back?"

People are like this; when they see a glimmer of hope for survival, they are unwilling to die.

Xiao Ran, who had been prepared to sacrifice herself just seconds ago, suddenly felt like she could live again.

Chen Du remained silent, standing quietly behind her.

Not being able to push it was normal, because Xiao Ran was the sacrifice, and the one pushing the Door was the Greedy Ghost!

At this moment, a cold wind stirred, and the Greedy Ghost reappeared, standing behind Xiao Ran.

He slowly stood up. He had been curled up on the Surface earlier, so Chen Du thought he wasn't tall, but he didn't expect him to be nearly 2 meters tall when he stood up.

His long hair reached his waist. Because his back was to Chen Du, his face couldn't be seen.

The Greedy Ghost raised his skeletal arm and began to caress Xiao Ran's body from head to toe, scaring her into screaming "Ah ah!"

After doing this, the Greedy Ghost again hunched back down to the Surface.

The next second, Xiao Ran's heart-wrenching screams and the Greedy Ghost's chewing sounds were heard!

So, the so-called sacrifice was to be eaten alive!

The Greedy Ghost began eating from her feet, moving upwards, even deliberately avoiding vital organs like the heart in the middle, maximizing Xiao Ran's pain.

This feast lasted a full ten minutes.

Though the scene was brutal, Chen Du could accept it. It wasn't because he was perverse, but because he himself had once been eaten like a spicy strip by monsters in the Crystal Space.

After eating the sacrifice, the color of the torch flame changed again, from blue to red.

The Greedy Ghost let out a satisfied burp, stood up again, stretched out his arms, and slowly pushed open the Door of Ending in front of him...