A moment later, footsteps sounded behind them.

Jiang Chan turned around alertly.

It was that man; he was holding a clay pot, so he was obviously there to fetch water as well.

He looked at Jiang Chan, nodded slightly, and then walked straight to the slightly larger puddle where Jiang Chan was drawing water.

[Ding!]

The cold, electronic voice bombarded Jiang Chan's mind again without warning!

[Quest Triggered: The Mountain God by the River]

[Task Description: The weathered and eroded mountain god statue can no longer attract believers. Please dress up the mountain god!]

[Task Reward: 1 Giant Carp]

Jiang Chan: "!!!"

Her mind went blank, and she turned sharply to look at the broken rock.

Mountain God?

Dressing up?!

Exposing the bandit temple was at least a "righteous act," and cleaning up the dilapidated temple could barely be considered "environmental improvement," but this... what kind of ridiculous task is it to "dress up" a broken rock?!

They're even giving you a fish as a reward?!

Does this lousy system even have a brain? Is the hole in its brain bigger than this riverbed?!

Jiang Chan's eyelids twitched, and she almost cursed out loud.

Complaints aside, the reward is—a fish!

This temptation is real!

But how should I dress?

Why isn't the system providing any items this time...?

She quickly scanned her surroundings.

The barren beach was covered with withered grass, nothing but rocks and mud.

His gaze fell on the withered, fallen, yet still resilient clumps of grass by the puddle.

A thought flashed through my mind—to weave straw rings!

Without saying a word, Jiang Chan, like a robot that had suddenly received an order, rushed to the withered grass next to the puddle, squatted down and started pulling the grass!

They moved quickly and hastily, completely ignoring Chen Yan, who was preparing to fetch water.

Chen Yan held the jar up above the puddle, stunned.

He watched as the woman, who had just been quietly fetching water, suddenly began frantically pulling weeds as if possessed!

"Sister Jiang, what are you doing?" Xiao Tao was also confused.

"Let's make something!" Jiang Chan didn't even look up. Her hands moved quickly, twisting the dry grass into a rough bundle. She clumsily but quickly began to weave an extremely ugly, crooked grass ring!

Chen Yan frowned, his sharp eyes fixed on Jiang Chan's movements, his heart filled with vigilance and confusion.

This woman's behavior is so bizarre! She was suddenly sweeping the floor in the temple before, and now she's inexplicably pulling up grass and weaving things... Is she out of her mind?

"Sister Jiang, what are you making up?" Xiao Tao asked curiously as she leaned closer.

"Grass rings!" Jiang Chan's hands moved swiftly as she spoke, "Dress up that 'mountain god' you mentioned! He's too shabby!"

When Xiao Tao heard that it was about dressing up the Mountain God, she immediately perked up and said, "I want to help too!"

She squatted down and, imitating Jiang Chan, clumsily plucked a few blades of grass and haphazardly added them to the ugly grass ring that Jiang Chan was weaving.

Chen Yan looked at the strange sight of the "big and small" figures engrossed in weaving grass rings. Holding a pottery jar, he didn't know whether to fetch water or not. He felt a chill creep up his spine.

In this famine year, when people are starving, they have the leisure to "dress up" a broken stone.

Are they... insane?