[Late at night, you are resting in the best wooden cabin provided by the "Snake Fang" tribe, but in the middle of the night, someone suddenly breaks into the cabin. You wake up with a start and prepare to fight back: the intruder is the fierce woman Akachi, whose hands are wrapped in bandages.]
She said you were the most virile man she had ever met, so she wanted to keep your child. Her tone was strange; it was just a few words she'd hastily uttered, borrowed from a shamanic doctor.
Of course you can't accept that. You prefer physical intimacy. Although Akachi is asking you for sperm, her attitude is also purely physical...
But even when you're seeking sexual favors, looks matter!
Although you're getting on in years, your tastes aren't so extreme that you can accept a woman with a burly man's face. You looked serious and waved your hands repeatedly in refusal.
[Akaqi: "Actually, it's because you're not good enough." (←She also sought out a witch doctor; she was very well-prepared.)]
Yun Shou (expressionless): "That's right, he's not good enough."
What does a little humiliation matter? Even if it's just a simulation, Yun Shou doesn't want "himself" to become cold and indifferent.
You became furious on the spot, determined to prove her wrong.
Yun Shou panicked: "No, brother, please don't! You must take care of your health, you can't just let her taste it..."
You rush out of the hut and find that the witch doctor is not only awake, but is also eavesdropping outside. Enraged, you demand that he bring out the women in the tribe willing to have sexual relations with you, to prove yourself.
"Phew, thank goodness, I was just overthinking it."
The shaman was overjoyed upon hearing this and immediately began running through the tribe, shouting instructions. Soon, many men and women emerged from their huts or tents. You noticed some men with fire in their eyes waving their hands to indicate they weren't surnamed Cao.
You have proven your abilities.
[At dawn, you walked confidently out of the cabin, only to find Akachi with a deathly expression: "You go looking for those skinny, weak women but not me." (She really has a thorough grasp of foreign languages.)]
You chuckled, glancing back at the several people lying sprawled in the room. You thought to yourself that since this was a purely platonic act, beforehand… you used your inner energy to erase the vitality of the children within you, ensuring their bellies wouldn't swell.
Martial arts, isn't that amazing?
[A few days later, you leave the Serpent Fang tribe and travel westward, encountering more and more desert tribes, many of whom initially harbored ill will towards you, until you produce the token of the "Serpent Fang" tribe.]
If they don't accept the token, just punch them until they do.
After traveling several hundred miles, you discover that these desert tribes are not as primitive and backward as you imagined. The Snake Tooth tribe is probably too remote, because you see a giant altar, over a hundred meters high, somewhat resembling a pyramid.
They were holding a grand sacrificial ceremony, and you just happened to arrive. You crossed the fence and blended into the crowd of tens of thousands of people below the altar.
After discovering that they used human sacrifice, you retracted your initial belief that they were "not as primitive and backward as you had imagined."
However, the person being sacrificed was not forced; rather, he greeted death with a smile on his face. His smile was natural and genuine, not a foolish grin after being given drugs.
You think to yourself that when you're traveling, you should learn to respect other people's fates and let go of your obligation to help others. If the other person is unwilling, then you can...
【Uh, even if the person being sacrificed is truly innocent and forced into it, you wouldn't intervene. There are just too many people around, and thousands of warriors protecting the sacrifice; you simply can't defeat them.】
This is a completely new ethnic group, and we don't know each other well. It's fine to show some kindness, but it's not worth risking your own life.
You blend into the crowd, watching them dance and cheer, the atmosphere growing increasingly frenzied. The smell of burnt herbs wafts through the air. You use your inner energy to cleanse your body, reducing the hallucinogenic effects by over 90%.
This is insane! You simply can't understand their mental state. Singing and dancing is one thing, but running naked in public is another, and even defecating in public is yet another...
[The above are all psychological attacks, but what follows are physical attacks: throwing stones at each other, biting each other like zombies, gnawing until bones are exposed, and even more outrageous acts like slamming children and infants to the ground and then stomping on them.]
[Do you dare bet that after this ritual, their population will decrease by at least three thousand? How did such a fanatical race manage to multiply to such a size?]
[Because you are an outsider and do not speak their language, you are unaware that you have encountered their supreme sacrificial ceremony, which takes place once every 666 years. The ceremony lasts for a full month, and today is the 19th day. On the first day, there were 100,000 people present.]
Yun Shou: "Now I understand."
[The tribe actually numbers in the hundreds of thousands, but only 100,000 are chosen to participate in the sacrifice. This is to prevent the people from becoming too frenzied during the ritual, which could lead to heavy losses for the tribe.]
You initially intended to escape this insane place, but soon discovered they were putting on all sorts of shows: mesmerizing dances, dancing with snakes, eight hundred sand scorpions battling a python king, and more.
Although you know these are all ritualistic elements, in your eyes they are all top-notch circus performances. Who could resist leaving? You can't help but stay and watch the show.
[Performance after performance continued until evening, when you prepared to leave, unaware of how disrespectful this behavior was: distancing yourself from the altar before the rituals ended.]
[When you retreat several hundred meters, and have only taken a dozen steps away from the crowd, pretending to be heading home, a tribal warrior on the outskirts begins questioning you. You silently return to the group… but the warrior has already noticed something is wrong and shouts.]
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