For the next period of time,
Sterl indulged in debauchery almost every day.
The first and second days were entirely served by the maid squad.
During these two days, he did not allocate points to the Holy Spirit Bloodline to increase his proficiency with divine authority; instead, he invested all his points into the sacrificial skill provided by the Ancient One.
However, even after two allocations, it was not enough to shake the distortion of this skill.
It only resulted in a reduced requirement for sacrifices and a potential increase in rewards received after sacrificing.
In fact, a warning message also appeared.
When sacrificing to the evil god, an increase in the quality of the sacrifice would not necessarily yield better rewards.
Sterl naturally ignored this prompt.
Who the hell would sacrifice to this Ancient One? I don't want this skill at all!
On the third day,
Sterl wandered around the base, looking at the status of various industries within.
Though referred to as industries, it primarily consisted of craftsmen manufacturing game pods.
With Gloria as an insider, Sterl could easily obtain a large number of game pod cores from the gathering places of the Earth human race.
Gradually, he could grant everyone in the base access to the game.
Then, Sterl visited some light industrial factories established by Rosalie, which produced items like books, tables, chairs, and benches, as well as farms for raising various animals and growing vegetables.
Most of the people working there wore happy smiles, as they had originally died in the game and were now unfortunate enough to endure radiation.
Now, in Sterl's base, Rosalie was not interested in exploiting them; she simply allowed them to rent land and factories at reasonable prices.
The produced goods were uniformly collected, and the wealth from the purchases was issued in credit points by the base, which could be directly exchanged for copper coins in the game.
After the tour, Sterl noticed that since the base was situated in a massive mountain range, the increasing population was beginning to strain space.
However, he felt that expanding outward carried its own risks, so he decided to spend his free time not just playing with the maids but also actively starting to build spatial formations to widen the area within the base.
Additionally, Sterl instructed Gloria to help him gather individuals with spatial formation talents.
While he could efficiently expand the base, he couldn't focus all his attention on it.
He planned to find some apprentices; once he calculated the spatial nodes, they could handle the labor.
After a good while of work, Linna, Rayna, and the others finally emerged from their tasks.
Sterl had successfully expanded the internal area of the base by over four times, using a fair amount of spatial materials. However, it was not considered wasteful since it benefited his own base.
The original game pods had left the girls sticky all over, and they spent half the day cleaning themselves before returning to Sterl.
Their final conclusion, however, was that using the original game pods was almost indistinguishable from normal logins; there were no additional messages popping up as Gloria had claimed.
They did not suspect the Dark Moon Goddess was lying; they merely lamented that gathering intelligence would require years of accumulation.
"Don't worry, Sterl!
We will definitely stick to using it to log in!"
Rayna appeared somewhat delicate, but once she made a decision, she would never back down.
Seeing her so resolute, Sterl felt a bit of a headache...
"Ah, actually, I don't really need all that intel from you guys."
He sighed in resignation, then Sterl finally had a long-awaited friendly match with the girls at home.
This time, he was still assisted by the maids, who sent over more than ten of them to join Sterl, Linna, and Rayna in the pleasure room.
Soon, the room was filled with enticing sounds.
"Ah! No!"
"Why are you betraying me?!"
Rosalie screamed heart-wrenchingly.
The maids, as if they were torturing her, tightly bound Rosalie and pushed her body to collide repeatedly with Sterl's.
"Stop!"
"Don't!"
"Leave me out of this!"
Rosalie became increasingly excited, her performance reaching new heights with every wave of intensity.
Due to the various rough actions, by the time Rosalie finally fainted, her body was covered in bruises and marks.
Just looking at the scene, it seemed as if an incredibly pure girl had been ruthlessly bullied by Sterl.
In reality...
Sterl quietly finished his juice, feeling that for the moment, he had no earthly desires.
Thus, from the third to the seventh day,
Sterl continued to joyfully indulge.
After a week of time spent, he finally allocated his points into the transformation of the sacrificial ability.
The effects post-transformation relieved Sterl; this sacrificial skill had become a pure sacrificial ability, with little relation to the Ancient One.
Sterl could now specify a target above divine level for sacrifice.
When sacrificing, if the item Sterl provided was something the target needed, then the target would have to offer a fair response.
In simple terms, the return from the sacrifice had to be of greater value than the item Sterl sacrificed.
However, currently, the only sacrificial target he could select was [the Place of the Stars: ???].
Moreover, the sacrificial ability could be allocated points once more.
So on the eighth day, to pass the time, Sterl decided to play with the maid squad again.
At this point...
Rosalie had completed a round of technical upgrades.
The maids had transformed from mindless flattery to possessing various distinct personalities. Some would enthusiastically leap towards Sterl, while others acted shy and panicked, enticing him to take the initiative.
There were even those who feigned indifference, as well as ones with all sorts of peculiar fetishes.
Sterl could only think...
This is fun! I love it!
However, he almost missed the time for his point allocation that day.
In the end, he managed to complete his upgrade in the third second after the refresh.
He received a new ability—
[the Technique of Sacrifice]
[Category: Special]
[Description: The most primitive method of sacrifice derived from the knowledge of the Ancient One. It symbolizes the key to the very concept of sacrifice itself; perhaps you can use this skill to continuously advance on the path of sacrifice.]
[Effects: 1 You can designate any target to complete a sacrifice. This sacrifice is enforced with fairness; if the item you sacrifice benefits the recipient and they accept the sacrifice,
then the recipient must provide an equivalent return, or they will suffer backlash damage. You will not incur any harm from the sacrifice unless the offering includes your own pain or certain bodily tissues.
2 You have mastered a method of "self-sacrifice." You can temporarily sacrifice corpses on the battlefield or various precious items to enhance yourself, randomly gaining attribute boosts, perception enhancement, output capability enhancement, defense capability enhancement, etc. [Mentally check for details].