179: Chapter 179 Mysterious Altar

"And then?"

Jiang He sat cross-legged on the ground, listening intently.

The cheat system sighed.

[Later, that black stone shattered on the spot, and to everyone's surprise, life had gestated inside it.]

"Life?" Jiang He was startled.

Immediately after, he chuckled: "You wouldn't happen to be saying that a monkey popped out of it, would you?"

[What monkey? It was a human.]

The cheat system replied irritably.

From that day on, there was one more young boy in the tribe.

Jiang He was bewildered upon hearing this.

"Then... what happened to that group of people who destroyed the black stone in the end?"

[That, I don't know. Legend has it they all died, but some say they escaped.]

After hearing what the cheat system said, Jiang He believed the second version more.

If that group had all died at the time, this matter could not have spread to the Immortal Domain.

After listening to what the cheat system had to say, Jiang He felt much better.

According to it, this place wasn't completely without a way out.

He patted the sand off his butt and stood up, planning to continue walking.

Several days passed.

Jiang He was completely numb. Apart from the endless sand dunes, he couldn't even see a single blade of withered grass.

Bang!

"I'm not walking anymore, I can't take another step! Just destroy everything, hurry up and get it over with!"

Jiang He lay flat on the ground, howling to vent the frustration in his heart.

Think of others, haven't they already completed the Reincarnation Trial and are now drinking beer and eating barbecue in the real world?

Sizzle—

Suddenly, an unusual sound broke the silence.

"Who's there?"

Jiang He sat up abruptly and looked around.

But he didn't find anything unusual.

He sighed, even suspecting that he was hearing things.

Just as he was about to lie down again—

Sizzle—!

The same sound rang out again.

This time he saw it clearly.

The sand dune in front of him was surging toward him like a sea wave.

"Oh my god...!"

Jiang He tried to scramble away.

But he was still one step too slow.

Bang!

His entire body was engulfed by the sand.

Under the intense impact, he passed out on the spot.

He didn't know how long had passed.

He was awakened by a commotion.

As soon as he opened his eyes, he was nearly frightened unconscious.

At this moment, he was tied to a stone pillar.

A group of strangely dressed people were standing around him, circling him, chanting words he couldn't understand at all.

Jiang He swallowed his saliva and asked cautiously: "U-um, big brothers and sisters, where... is this?"

Upon hearing him speak, a burst of gibberish shouts rang out from the crowd.

Some people were even pointing at him.

Soon, the crowd parted, and an old man with gray hair and a hunched figure walked over.

(*&...￥#@￥)

Jiang He was at a loss for words.

He couldn't understand a single word the other person was saying.

"Old man, what are you saying? I don't understand! Hello? Hello?"

The old man was stunned upon hearing this.

Then, he frowned, a hint of anger appearing on his face.

(*&&...&%%%)

He unleashed a torrent of words at Jiang He, spraying spit all over his face.

Before he could react, the surrounding people angrily closed in on him.

Jiang He was so scared his teeth were chattering: "Hey, hey, hey... listen to me explain! I didn't mean to break in, I got lost, wuwu... Big brother, don't pull on my pants! I'm scared!"

Soon, Jiang He was tied up tightly and carried away.

Just like that, he was carried all the way by the crowd.

After an unknown amount of time, they arrived at a dense forest.

A huge altar appeared before his eyes.

Bang!

"Ouch... can't you guys be a little gentler?!"

Jiang He was thrown directly onto it.

Immediately after, a dark-skinned man walked out and shouted:

(*&...￥#@@)

The next second, three people slowly walked out from behind the stone pillars of the altar.

The skin on their faces was like withered tree bark, and their bodies were as thin as skeletons.

They looked like a gust of wind could blow them over, yet they were unusually strong.

The three of them grabbed Jiang He and carried him behind the stone pillar.

Jiang He was about to scream, but one of them covered his mouth and then whispered in his ear:

"Stop screaming, once you've come here, you can't go back."

Jiang He was stunned.

"You..."

Before he could finish his sentence, the other person shook his head with a bitter smile.

"That's right, I'm not from here either."

At this moment, another man whispered:

"Alright, keep it down. If they find out we still have time to chat, we probably won't be able to die again."

This statement left Jiang He bewildered.

He even suspected if he had misheard?

Shouldn't it be "will die"?

Why is it "won't be able to die"?

But he still quieted down, stopping his struggle and making no more sound.

After being untied, the three of them immediately assigned him a task and repeatedly instructed:

"Do you see that area in the center of the altar?"

"Mm-hmm." Jiang He turned his head to look.

"The four of us take turns, one person goes every hour to drip their vital blood onto it."

"Ah? Vital blood?" Jiang He was confused.

What kind of plot is this? Timed bloodletting??

"Don't ask what you shouldn't. If you want to die sooner, just listen to us."

Jiang He was even more confused.

"No, sirs, did you make a mistake? I don't want to die!"

With a swoosh, the three of them stood up abruptly.

"What? You don't want to die?"

Jiang He was speechless: "Yeah? Who wants to die? Isn't it good to be alive?"

At this moment, an old man pulled on the other two, saying with a tearful expression:

"Alright, Second and Third, he just arrived, it's normal for him not to want to die. After a long time, he'll probably wish he could die immediately."

After saying this, the three of them ignored him and walked to the side, leaning against the stone pillars to rest with their eyes closed.

Jiang He was full of questions.

During this time, he also whispered to call for the cheat system.

But he didn't know if that guy didn't want to pay attention to him, or if it had fallen asleep again; it never responded.

He didn't sit down to rest like the three of them, but instead kept observing his surroundings.

The place he was currently in was a forest, and this altar was built from a type of black wood, about two meters high.

There was a stone pillar half a meter thick standing at each of the four corners, and in the very center was a sunken area covered with a piece of red cloth, as if something had originally been placed there.

At this time, that group of people who spoke an incomprehensible language had already left.

Jiang He didn't intend to waste any more time, planning to sneak away—after all, he still had a mission to complete.

He knew everything before him was virtual, and he had to complete the Reincarnation Trial as soon as possible.

Jiang He quietly walked down the altar, intending to first pass through this forest and then look for clues to clear the level.

"Kid, I advise you, you'd better not go into the forest."

The old man leaning against the pillar suddenly spoke.

Through the previous conversation, Jiang He guessed that this person should be the eldest of the three.

He smiled and replied: "Old man, I won't stay here and bask in the sun with you guys, I have things to do, I'm off!"

Hearing this, the old man didn't respond again and closed his eyes to continue resting.

About twenty minutes passed.

A scream came from the forest.

"Damn it, stop chasing me...!"

Awooo—

Soon, Jiang He ran back in an extremely disheveled state.

Behind him were several Forest Wolf with blood-red eyes.

Just as Jiang He jumped onto the altar, those wolves stopped, bared their teeth and glared at him for a few moments, then turned and left.