Deities Are All Just My Food-Chapter 42 Deadly Steps!

42: Chapter 42: Deadly Steps!

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42 -42: Deadly Steps!

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“You’re lucky; the red clay you dug up should qualify!”

Lin Baici looked around and said, “I feel like most of the red clay around the clay creature’s body is fine, similar to the piece it took!”

Ma Yuan frowned and looked at the other passengers more than thirty meters away.

The implication of the young man’s words was that the clay these people got was not up to standard?

“What about mine?”

Song Li was worried.

“I don’t think it’s good enough!”

Lin Baici frankly said, “But this is a matter of life and death.

It’s just a suggestion, so it’s up to you to decide.

Don’t complain to me later if something goes wrong, saying I was selfish and didn’t remind you.”

Song Li fell silent.

18D remembered Lin Baici’s previous performance on the train and made up his mind, “Bro, I trust you!”

Xia Hongyao saw that Ma Yuan didn’t move and offered a piece of advice, “I advise you to listen to him!”

“Alright then!”

Ma Yuan actually felt there was no difference between the clays and that it didn’t matter which one was used.

When Song Li saw that both Ma Yuan and 18D followed Lin Baici’s advice, she did the same.

“After picking the right clay, follow me!”

The clay creature stood up, holding a lump of red clay the size of a coconut, and walked back to the clay platform.

On the north side of the platform, there were many long stone slabs about an inch thick, more than two feet long, and over a foot wide; they looked like cutting boards.

Besides them, there were also some small wooden boxes the size of a palm stacked up.

“See those stone slabs and wooden boxes?

Take one of each!”

The clay creature instructed.

The passengers immediately ran over, eager and scrambling to pick first.

Lin Baici scrutinized carefully and, after confirming there was no difference in the stone slabs, randomly chose one.

It was quite heavy!

At least ten or so pounds!

After that, he picked up a wooden box and opened it to see an iron carving knife inside, as long as a forefinger.

“Follow what I do!”

Once everyone had returned, the clay creature placed a stone slab on the ground, knelt beside it, picked up the clay, and began to slam it onto the slab.

Thwack!

Thwack!

Thwack!

“Hold the clay high above the head with moderate force and slam it down one hundred and twenty times!”

The clay creature explained the key points.

“How much is moderate force?”

The programmer who once had significant dark circles around his eyes boldly asked.

He hated such vague instructions.

“You’ll have to feel it out yourself!”

The reply from the clay creature nearly infuriated everyone.

“When Chinese chefs teach cooking, how much of each seasoning to use is always ‘to taste.’ I never expected sculpting a clay figure would be the same!”

The potbellied man cursed.

“Hurry up, I won’t wait for anyone.

As soon as half of you finish this step, I will immediately start explaining the next one!”

The clay creature warned.

That statement instantly created intense tension among the crowd, and everyone began to slam their clay onto the slabs, afraid of falling behind.

Thwack!

Thwack!

Thwack!

The crisp, loud sounds of clay being slammed onto stone echoed intermittently.

“Don’t slack off; strictly follow the instructions I gave you!”

The clay creature reiterated.

Its arms lifted, raising the clay above its head, then slamming it back down.

Throughout the process, its expression was meticulous, and its movements were filled with a kind of beauty of strength.

It looked like the very picture of a master sculptor.

Each passenger’s lump of red clay weighed over three pounds.

At first, the slamming was easy, but after several dozen times, their arms began to grow weary, trembling, with the muscles aching from strain.

Many passengers’ movements slowed down, even distorting and becoming inefficient.

“I feel like an idiot!”

The diabetic lady who had once asked Lin Baici in the waiting area about her own illness grumbled angrily.

She was already in poor health and obese with hypertension and other issues.

Now, doing such physical labor, she was exhausted just after more than thirty attempts.

Her clay was no longer raised above her head; she only lifted it to neck height before letting it drop.

Song Li, after sixty or so slams, was tired and uncomfortable kneeling on the ground of the clay platform with her legs bare.

Finally, she couldn’t bear it any longer and was about to cheat.

But just as she raised the clay to her chest and was about to slam it down, the aloof young man spoke up, “If you don’t want to die, do exactly as that creature said!”

“Huh?”

Song Li was startled, “Death?”

“No…

surely not, right?”

18D interjected, stealing glances at the clay creature, “As long as it doesn’t see us, taking a little shortcut should be okay, right?”

“You only have one life; are you willing to gamble?”

Lin Baici countered.

Swallowing uneasily, Song Li decided to keep going.

“Bro, don’t scare me!”

18D’s face was sullen, as she had planned to slack off when the clay creature wasn’t looking, but now she didn’t dare.

In less than ten minutes, some people had finished, even faster than the clay creature.

Shortly after,

the clay creature also finished, making a ball of clay and setting it on the stone slab before standing up to walk among the crowd.

Many passengers, watching the clay creature’s teacher-like proctoring, felt nervous.

Since it had said it would start the next step once half of them finished, everyone quickened their pace.

Some, already weary, began to cheat in their slamming motions subconsciously.

Song Li finally finished, her arms aching and sore.

She looked on with a hint of schadenfreude, watching those travelers who hadn’t completed the 120 strikes on the red clay, waiting for the clay creature to punish them.

But the clay creature did not move.

It patiently waited for these people to finish the first step.

“Fucking hell, playing tricks on us, huh?”

The pot-bellied man cursed.

Those travelers who were anxiously rushing to finish were not pleased; knowing this would happen, they would have preferred to take their time!

Song Li looked at Lin Baici, her eyes filled with a touch of blame.

“Little Linzi was right to be cautious!”

Xia Hongyao spoke in Lin Baici’s defense.

“Well-smashed clay is matured, suitable for the second step, the body sculpting!”

The clay creature picked up an iron carving knife, “Body sculpting refers to carving and modeling the clay figure’s body, and this time, we’re making humans!”

“Please make a clay figure that is the same gender as yourself.”

“It doesn’t need to be exquisite, but individual characteristics must stand out!”

As the clay creature explained, it moved the carving knife swiftly.

The iron knife danced around the rounded lump of mature clay like a butterfly, slicing off chunks of clay.

Clay dust scattered.

Putting aside its identity as a clay creature, its carving posture was light yet precise, possessing a unique beauty that was pleasing to the eye.

The travelers watched intently.

In just three minutes, the lump of clay under the clay creature’s knife transformed into a ten centimeter tall miniature figure, looking exactly like itself, just without facial features and hairstyle.

“You may begin now!”

The clay creature set down the freshly completed work, seriously reminding them, “Please try your best to sculpt, make the clay figure resemble you.

That way, you’ll have an easier time scoring high and passing during the final grading and commenting phase.”

“You have thirty minutes to make it, please hurry!”

Upon hearing they had so little time, the crowd once again became panicked and anxious, promptly picking up their knives to begin carving.

Luckily it was just sculpting clay, not performing surgery; even if they made a few mistakes, it could still be fixed.

Lin Baici picked up the carving knife, pondering where to start: “Eater God, don’t you plan to give me any advice?”

[The choice of clay lump is excellent, ten points.

The process of maturing it into clay is perfect, ten points.

For the carving?

Just do as the clay creature instructed!]

Lin Baici had performed well, leaving Eater God without a need to interject.

“I didn’t ask you to compliment me!”

Lin Baici rolled her eyes, “What should I be careful about in this step?”

Eater God fell silent.

Lin Baici’s mouth quirked, she would do it herself!

A regular person who had never touched clay sculpting before, picking up a carving knife for the first time and expecting to create a lifelike clay figure, was undoubtedly daydreaming.

Fortunately, this step did not require lifelikeness.

Lin Baici recalled the clay creature’s explanation.

“Make a clay figure of the same gender as yourself, it doesn’t have to be exquisite, but individual characteristics must stand out!”

Lin Baici had an idea.

The clay figure’s clothing should match her own; then, through the muscles, she would express a robust body, especially the six-pack abs that must be conspicuous.

This could be shown by the contours that stood out when the clothes were fitted to the abdomen.

The clay creature didn’t require lifelikeness, but she still intended to sculpt the figure to resemble herself as much as possible, with the same clothing, same physique, and even the shoe brand should match.

Lin Baici held the iron carving knife in her right hand and began to carve the clay lump!

No one spoke.

To survive, all the travelers were fully focused on sculpting their clay figures.

…

Black Shark Triton stood on the railway, looking at the swirling sand around him, gasping in lingering fear.

If not for the bubble spat out by the conch, which granted him immunity from rule pollution, he would have faced another terrifying Taboo game.

A pollution intensity of 5.0 could indeed cost lives.

This time, Black Shark Triton and Octopus Ball were responsible for transporting the Taboo thing, officially called the Clay Idol, which they snatched from a wealthy individual according to the information from Nine Dragons Hall.

After succeeding on the Lost Coast and worrying about being pursued by the Jiuzhou Dragon Guard, the team leader had the eight members of the team split up and travel in pairs in different directions.

Black Shark Triton and his partner were strong, but the team leader was still worried, so he lent them the conch, directing them to activate the Clay Idol in a moment of crisis.

Black Shark Triton and Octopus Ball both thought the team leader was making a fuss over nothing.

Up until then, they had never failed a mission they were responsible for.

Mainly because their combination, with the Divine Grace they possessed and the Coral Sea, was simply unbeatable.

But they hadn’t expected to meet with an accident this time!

“Fuck!

Fuck!

Fuck!”

Black Shark Triton cursed, kicking the railway tracks forcefully.

What was the background of that guy?

How could he find Octopus Ball so quickly and kill him?

It was unbelievable!

After all, when water filled the train, ten minutes was the maximum time.

Not even Holmes could have found Octopus Ball in such a short time.

“Damn, not being able to kill him with my own hands is such a regret!”

Black Shark Triton spat out a thick loogie, looking at the faint outline of the train through the sandstorm.

He was sure Lin Baici was done for!

There was no way he could survive a Taboo game of pollution intensity 5.0.

Black Shark Triton followed the leader’s instructions, tying a remote-controlled bomb to the black coffin that sealed the Clay Idol.

If he encountered an unbeatable enemy, he could blow up the coffin, destroy the seal, activate the Taboo thing, create rule pollution, and use the Taboo game to eliminate the enemy.

“But I can still desecrate the corpse!”

Black Shark Triton lit a cigarette, waiting patiently.

He wondered what Taboo things he might find when collecting the bodies this time.

Looking forward to it!