Two Sacred Relics

You had arrived at the Spring of Heaven without a hitch. There was only one last step before you could get your hands on [Holy Redemption].

According to the text, the Spring of Heaven was a beautiful sacred place, with waterfalls cascading from the sky and fairies and angels flying about as they sang. Everything that appeared there was so lovely. There probably wouldn't be much danger...

As if.

Yang Qizhou didn't believe the World of Weirdness game would be so generous as to just hand players a sacred offering.

The text described the Spring of Heaven as beautiful and dreamlike, like a divine kingdom in the heavens. But once the game character went inside, who knew what bizarre way they might die? He wouldn't even be surprised if the character was literally killed by the beauty of the scenery.

The game continued.

"[Holy Redemption] is right before you, radiating a hazy, dreamlike glow. You can't wait to get your hands on this treasure."

"You walk toward the lake."

"You feel a clarity of mind you've never experienced before, as if you've been purified. All evil thoughts drift away from you, and even the sworn enemies you once hated with every fiber of your being are forgiven in your heart."

"The fairies gather around you, and the angels sing for you. You feel that this place is so beautiful that you can't help wanting to stay here forever."

"Suddenly, a chill comes over you, and you snap out of your trance."

"You are utterly terrified."

"Your forehead is already slick with cold sweat."

"You remember when you first arrived in Dark Fog Town and were contaminated by the wind. Your flesh was twisted and mutated, your mind was corrupted, and you developed an inexplicable reverence for the wind."

"What you just felt was exactly the same."

"You look at the fairies and angels singing around you, and suddenly understand. Others had come to the Spring of Heaven to seek [Holy Redemption] before, but they had all been contaminated by something indescribable, becoming these seemingly beautiful, dreamlike fools who knew only how to worship this divine offering."

"And you had nearly become one of them yourself."

Even Yang Qizhou felt a chill run down his spine, not just the game character.

Based on the information currently available, the King of Virtues seemed to be a god of the good and lawful alignment. Yet the divine offering of his was like an evil artifact, capable of twisting flesh and corrupting minds.

It was hard to believe he was a true god.

The game continued.

"It takes you a long time to calm your frightened heart."

"You are secretly relieved. If that sudden chill hadn't brought you back to reality, you might have become one of the many angels in the Spring of Heaven."

"You wonder where that chill came from."

"You carefully sense your surroundings, and suddenly notice an object emitting a soft ring. It is the Polluted Silver Relic."

"You take it out and see that the relic from the Silver Nation, tainted by a wizard's power, is now glowing faintly."

"The fairies and angels in the Spring of Heaven quickly move away from you. They stop singing, as if they greatly dislike the Polluted Silver Relic in your hand."

"You realize that this mysterious relic can protect you from the corruption of [Holy Redemption]."

"No longer worried, you stride toward the center of the lake."

"You approach the altar in the lake."

"You move closer."

"You reach the altar. [Holy Redemption] is floating in the air, radiating a hazy, dreamlike glow."

Could you really get [Holy Redemption] this easily?

An incredulous thought surfaced in Yang Qizhou's mind. It was no wonder he thought that way. The Ancient Earth was overrun by horrors, filled with weird phenomena, where the unknown and mysterious coexisted, and calamity went hand in hand with death. You might die just because you stepped out with your left foot first, or because you accidentally glanced at the sun.

In a game whose central theme was "ten thousand bizarre ways for players to die," the game character could get a divine offering from the King of Ancient Gods without dying even once.

It just didn't seem realistic...

"It must be because of the Polluted Silver Relic. Otherwise, with the corruption caused by [Holy Redemption], the game character would have to die a few times before they could even touch this divine offering."

"But I have to say, the game has really changed its ways. It's actually letting players get a powerful offering without dying once."

"Not bad, not bad."

"Let's give the World of Weirdness a like for being so kind."

Success was just within reach. With only a few more taps on the phone screen to refresh the text, he could get [Holy Redemption] and find out the location of the next sacred offering. It was wonderful.

Yang Qizhou continued the game, full of excitement.

"All your attention is focused on [Holy Redemption], and you fail to notice a dusty stone tablet nearby. It looks as if something is written on it."

"You reach out to take the [Holy Redemption] floating in the air."

"[Holy Redemption] considers you selfish, greedy, despicable, and vengeful—a person with nothing to do with virtue. It refuses to become your possession and struggles with all its might to resist being picked up."

An invisible force blocks your hand, preventing you from reaching any farther.

"You grow anxious, afraid something might go wrong."

"Just then, the Polluted Silver Relic floats into the air. The 'wizard' power within it awakens, and its activated properties begin battling those of [Holy Redemption]."

"The battle is underway."

"The battle continues."

"You notice the hazy, dreamlike glow fading from [Holy Redemption], while the Polluted Silver Relic undergoes a new change."

"You have obtained [Holy Redemption]."

The pollution on the Silver Relic originating from the "wizard" is wiped away, restoring its original power.

Holy Redemption (Epic): This sacred relic came into being at the beginning of the current era. The favored of the King of Virtues created it as a sacred offering for a divine descent ritual. It originally possessed a degree of activation, but that was extinguished in its struggle against "wizard power," reducing it to an ordinary treasure. Effect: You can obtain forgiveness from anyone. Daily uses: 1.

Silver Relic (Epic): This ancient sacrificial vessel came from the Silver Kingdom and was used to worship the gods. It accidentally found its way to Dark Fog Town. In the previous era, it was contaminated by a "wizard" and could no longer wield its original power. However, the wizard's power was wiped away in its struggle against the activated properties of [Holy Redemption], restoring its original power.

Active effect: You can control the weather.

Special note: Once the pollution originating from the wizard was cleared from the Silver Relic, the ancient Silver Divine Envoy sensed its location. He will emerge from the Silver Nation and appear before you in forty-eight hours.