Chapter 1065 - 488: All fears stem from insufficient firepower, descending and slaying gods!
[Under the strange and indifferent gaze of the villagers, you followed everyone’s steps towards the only temple in Li Family Village.]
[Named ’Pure Goodness Temple,’ the temple was located on a hill behind the village, and it was necessary to pass through the village to reach it.]
[Along the way, the women and children of each household quietly stood at their doorways, their indifferent gazes focused on you, sending a chill down your spine.]
[Only then did you notice that all the people going to the temple for worship were men; there was not a single woman or child.]
[No one in the procession spoke, and the entire village was eerily quiet. You could only faintly hear children whispering words like "slaughtering ritual," "disaster relief," and "forehead bone."]
[In this oppressively tense atmosphere, you followed the villagers over the hill to ’Pure Goodness Temple’ at the top of the small mountain.]
[The ancient temple’s vermilion columns had at some point been painted a lacquered black.]
[The midday sun was intense and blinding, but inside the temple, it was extremely dark, with only the occasional flicker of candlelight allowing you to vaguely make out the silhouettes of clay figurines in the innermost depths.]
[Stacked beside the temple were multiple farm animal carcasses without heads, buzzing with flies and emitting a foul stench.]