Ox Sacrifice 14

The spread of sacrifices led to the fall into chaos among the people, and cannibalism became a common occurrence, leading to endless resentment among the people, corpses everywhere, and a scene like hell on earth.

Until the appearance of the divine sacrifice.

At that time, reading became a weapon to kill people and a prop to eliminate selfishness. Once it appeared, it was like an alien, and everyone was in danger.

The north was in chaos at the time, and most of the men in the family were abducted by soldiers and became cannon fodder, while most of those at home were disabled or young children.

The second son of the Zhang family served in the army for his father. His father was originally a juren, but due to the spread of the "sacrifice" incident, he destroyed his own eyes in order to prove his innocence and protect himself. He was originally a talented man but became a worthless person. Fortunately, he had a good family and married a virtuous wife, and had two sons and a daughter.

Dalang from the Zhang family was very smart since childhood. No one knew where he learned to read and write. Later, he was reported by someone and was tied up, hanged and burned on the street. His end was so tragic that it is beyond words.

From then on, Zhang's parents became silent and his mother even became a little crazy. Until the war spread, Zhang Erlang joined the army to replace his father.

After going to the battlefield, human life is as precious as grass, not to mention the corpses piled on the battlefield need to be cleaned up every day, otherwise it will cause the spread of plague. But at that time, everyone was afraid of the spread and resurgence of [sacrifice], and there were even fewer readers among the younger generation. Therefore, although Zhang Jia Erlang was illiterate, he also understood the things in the book through his father's words and deeds.

At that time, Zhang Jia Erlang had just arrived at the battlefield when the plague spread. Both the enemy and our side were panicked, fearing that someone had used the method of "sacrifice".

For a time, people's morale was low, and burning, killing and looting were common. There were no laws to follow, and everyone relied on brute force to win.

At that time, a young soldier who was good friends with Zhang Jiaerlang was highly respected because he came from a medical family. Therefore, Zhang Jiaerlang did not start as a low-level soldier, but directly became the doctor's assistant.

Although people at that time were afraid of sacrifices, they also respected doctors, because one more doctor on the battlefield was equivalent to one more help.

But the good times did not last long. The doctor was suspected of being related to "sacrifice" because of his excellent medical skills and was later executed by the general.

Zhang Jiaerlang accepted his instruction and understood a lot of medical principles. Later he found out that doctors can read and write, which is a taboo. Before the doctor died, Zhang Jiaerlang came up with a plan to save the doctor, but it backfired. The doctor, because he saved countless people, won the support of the people, and ascended to heaven in the fire. He was deified as Wenchang.

Zhang Jia Erlang used incense and the soldiers' petitions to exchange for the doctor's rebirth. Later, Zhang Jia Erlang studied and practiced martial arts, and built a golden statue for Wenchang. It was said that "If you worship Wenchang, you can study and avoid [sacrificial] attacks!"

Because Wenchang Army already had a prototype, and Wenchang is one of the twenty-four constellations, there has been a saying since ancient times that Wenchang came down to earth to bless the world, so the Wenchang Army in the image of a doctor became very popular. Later, there was a story about Wenchang Jun revealing his true form to save people. Wenchang Jun became very popular, the trend of reading arose, and a new dynasty was established.

One of the founding generals of the Xin Dynasty was Zhang Erlang. After his parents passed away, he retired and returned to his hometown. It was rumored that Zhang Erlang became the priest of a temple of Wenchang Jun. When later generations built temples, they would build a statue of the general behind Wenchang Jun and call it Zhang Erlang.

This dynasty prospered for more than 500 years, but was destroyed by foreign invasion. After a hundred years of turmoil, the country was newly established and no [sacrifices] were seen again until fifty years ago.

While excavating artifacts from the old dynasty, archaeologists unearthed a manuscript in an official's tomb.

The custom of [sacrifice] has revived again. Since then, there are students who die in the school every year due to sacrifice. However, due to the worship of Wenchang Jun, the cause has not spread. Therefore, if students want to protect themselves, they should go to Wenchang Temple to pray and ask for talismans.

…………End of book…………

The book contains a large number of pictures, so it takes up a lot of space, but the content is actually not that much.

At night, everyone booked a suite in a hotel near Wenchang Temple.

Yan Ke and the other two summarized the contents of the book and what they saw and heard in the paper "Student Sacrifice".

Tonight, the monster did not appear and everything seemed very normal. Only five people were looking at the book on the bed, each with their own thoughts.

"I've finished reading it. It seems to be the origin history of Wenchang Jun, but we still don't know who he is worshipping." Meng Yueyue looked at the others.

Yan Ke was organizing her thesis on the hotel's computer, Nan Yu was lying on another bed with his eyes closed to rest, Meng Yueyue, Fang Yu and Li Heng were looking at the book in the middle of the bed, lost in thought.

"No wonder it was Wenchangjun who came when we came. This was a reminder for us, but the task panel was all blank and there was no news at all." Fang Yu said with a frown.

"But tomorrow is Sunday. How many days off have we taken?" Meng Yueyue asked.

Li Heng replied: "Then the other mission can only be done the day after tomorrow. That university may not be safe yet. Let's go to the Wenchang Temple tomorrow to take a look."

Yan Ke looked at the information and experiences he had compiled, and saw that the game panel suddenly moved: "The game progress is 5%."

[As expected, the main line of this world seems to be school, but it is actually very deep, involving the ancient sacrificial turmoil and the birth of a god, a doctor, who rescued many soldiers infected with the plague, and enthusiastically helped people like Zhang Jia Erlang. Although he was killed by public opinion and prejudice, he was deified because of his faith and the soldiers' petitions. This period of history is too imaginary and completely different from the progress of the real world, but it can be deduced by time. It should have been the latter end of the feudal dynasty. Although it is not mentioned in the text, Wenchang should have been recognized as the orthodox god by the emperor of the new dynasty, and the management class of the current world also recognizes the status of Wenchang Jun.

There are also folk stories about deification in modern times in modern legends. Most of them were deified because people petitioned for them to be deified after they sacrificed their lives to save others. Although the world classifies them as feudal superstitions, it has never resisted or eliminated folk beliefs. Evil gods are obviously not recognized by the people because of their [sacrifice], so they can only spread in schools through some shady means.

Only students, teachers and higher-level leaders can spread the news in the school. Most of the students are used as sacrifices. Before reading the book, Yan Ke thought that [sacrifice] was just to improve grades. Now it seems that it is not that simple. Some people use students as sacrifices to the evil gods, but it also produces a large number of unjustly dead souls.

They were just like the mother and son of Wang Yan who were sacrificed by Zhang Tianci. They died unjustly, and their resentment led to the fall of the old dynasty. This shows that the power of the evil god did not grow all at once. It existed together with the sacrifice and the dead souls, like the relationship between trees and vines. 】

Yan Ke was thinking, what is their mission? Is it to find the evil god? But the evil god itself does not exist and is not recorded. What is recorded is a story about injustice and harming people. On the contrary, the story of Wenchang Jun is about help and redemption.

The era in which Wenchang Jun lived was even more chaotic, but people like Wenchang Jun were born. Even though the dynasty that died in the second generation had an enlightened monarch, his subordinates were a bunch of people who put profit above all else. In addition, the common people were too obsessed with changing their own class through imperial examinations.

Nan Yu looked at Yan Ke and said, "Shall we go to the Wenchang Temple tomorrow?"

Yan Ke thought for a while and said, "In fact, I have only been in this game for a few days, but there are still a few things I don't understand."

The other three people who were reading the book on sacrifice couldn't help but look at him when they heard Yan Ke's words.

"Do you remember the first day we came into this world?"

Everyone nodded.

"Before coming to this dungeon, we walked through a sea of ​​white flowers and came to this dungeon world. This world is so real that it makes people forget that this is a dungeon world, but it is full of weirdness."

Nanyu rolled his eyes at this time: "Why are you talking about sadness and grief? You are talking about some incomprehensible nonsense."

Yan Ke was not angry, but smiled and said: "I may not be as insightful as you, Nanyu. So many people died in front of me. Even if I tried my best to persuade myself, I still couldn't convince myself. Those innocent people were killed by strange rules."

The unfinished words were the secrets that had been hidden in Yan Ke's heart for many years. He had forgotten what it was like when he finished the game before. He was not a saint, but was lamenting the fragility of life and that passing away no longer brought him fear, but instead a scrutinizing look at death, including the death of those around him. He looked at the four people in front of him. Except for Nan Yu, after the others died here, the most he could do was sigh and regret.

"Alright, Holy Father, these are the only clues you have found. We are here on leave. Sooner or later, we will have to face that weirdness. We are not here to let you escape from reality."

Yan Ke was lying on the bed, and without even looking at him directly, he told him his dilemma and the thoughts hidden deep in his heart.

Yan Ke also said that he seemed to be really running away, but he couldn't die here. At least in this copy, he could still find clues, and it wasn't nothing. It was not Yan Ke's style to give up everything so easily: "Then let's go to Wenchangjun Temple tomorrow."

Fang Yu and the other two looked at each other. Sometimes there was a natural magnetic field between Yan Ke and Nan Yu. When they spoke, they seemed gentle, but in fact, it was impossible to get a word in.

At this moment, Li Heng was thinking that his gun was still locked by the guard at the gate of [Elite Middle School]. His brain could not keep up with the speed of events, especially when the three girls were suddenly frightened to death today. Li Heng was almost scared to death. If he had not closed his eyes quickly, he would have really GAME OVER.

Meng Yueyue's inner fear had been mostly eliminated at this time, but more questions emerged. Her eyes hovered over other people, but reality told her not to ask so many questions. It would be troublesome if it was a taboo.