After the crew landed, the first thing they did was to find water and resources to survive.

The wood needed to build a temporary shelter, using the towering trees on a desert island is a good raw material.

The vines attached to the rock wall can be used as rope after drying, which is very convenient.

Whether it's helping to transport timber, making fishing nets for marine fish, or building wooden houses, these primitive ropes are needed.

After securing the survival resources, the crew moved further towards the center of the island;

Gradually, traces of people once lived here, and it was a large and small village.

The local indigenous inhabitants lived a simple and simple life, and a large number of stone and earthen utensils can be seen.

These are readily available resources;

Unfortunately, most of the mud houses have collapsed, and only a few are still in existence after a long period of time.

"Captain Pearson, here's a discovery!"

"There's that too!"

"There's that too!"

Shipwrecked sailors search for the secrets of this uninhabited island while ensuring sufficient resources for survival.

In the dilapidated houses, an earthen statue is enshrined.

The upper body has seemingly undeveloped bat wings, and the face has tentacles like an octopus.

The body is covered in scales, and the lower half of the body is a humanoid body.

The image of the statue squatted on a monument like a large tombstone, on which were carved vague but strangely distorted words,

Even the ship's most knowledgeable first mate had no understanding of the ancient text.

In addition to this strange statue, there is a mark in every house,

The sigil was like a city, and there was a figure entrenched in the city.

Mills sensed that the figure had something to do with the statues, so he spoke up and asked the captain,

"Captain Pearson, these statues and this sigil are supposed to be the same object, right?"

Pearson nodded and responded,

"In my previous experience with archaeological teams, primitive villages don't worship more than one god or totem.

This could be two different ways to show the absolute loyalty of the indigenous inhabitants to the object of worship.

You see, the statue is supposed to be used for daily sacrifices, worship, and prayers.

And the imprint on the wall is supposed to represent that the village is sheltered by this "god". ”

Pearson's explanation cleared everyone's doubts.

When Pearson was young, he often went out to sea with those archaeological team members;

His father had disappeared during a maritime archaeological team, and Pearson had wanted to find his father's traces in this way.

and follow in the footsteps of his father, but how vast and wide is the sea,

After all these years, Pearson still hasn't been able to find his father, who has been missing for many years.

He also understands that every adventure is a job of pinning his head to his waist, and that the kind father in his memory may have been buried in the belly of the shark.

Pearson looked around,

In addition to the residential area of the original villagers, there is a huge stone monument about every 100 meters,

There are still some carved words on the stele, and these vague text structures are supposed to be the same as those on the statue.

"Why did this primitive civilization spend so much effort to carry and carve these stone tablets?

They did not have the help of science to lighten the heavy stone tablets, each of which obviously took a long time and manpower to carry and carve.

Maybe it's a custom?

Like the pharaohs along the Nanilo River, each pharaoh dies and moves into the pyramids that cost the whole country to build.

Could there be bones buried under these steles?

If there were bones, there would have been a lot of funerary goods.

As long as these funerary goods are transported back to the Ouzhou mainland, they can be sold for a lot of money, and even a new ship can be purchased. ”

Pearson thought so, and ordered the nearest stone monument to be torn down and the dirt underneath was dug up.

Unfortunately,

There was nothing left under the stele except wriggling insects and solid earth, and it was clear that the stele was not used as a tombstone. Pearson then abandoned the idea of digging up other stone monuments and gathered men to continue advancing towards the center of the island.

"Mills!"

Pearson called out to Mills, who was in high spirits,

For the young man, it was more interesting than the daily miserable days of drifting on the sea.

"What's wrong, Daddy?" Mills asked Pearson.

Pilsen, an experienced archaeological experience, looked at his naughty child with a solemn expression and said,

"Child,

The civilization here is a little weird, which gives me a bad premonition,

You remember to be in the middle of the queue, which is a relatively safe position,

If something happens, don't panic, we're an experienced team that can handle most of the dangers. ”

"Yes, yes, the experienced team is stranded." Mills stuck out his tongue and teased his dad mischievously.

Pearson straightened his face, showed a serious expression, and said,

"Remember, child, that only the cautious adventurer will survive, and the reckless will be turned into food for the beast."

"Okay, okay, be careful,"

Mills replied disapprerovingly, rolling the elf's eyes to explore the mysterious surroundings.

The procession slowly advanced to an altar where countless twisted bones were entangled with each other, forming a tower about six meters high.

The bones that formed the ancient tower not only had human skeletons, but also animal skeletons mixed in with them.

But what is incredible is that these skeletons give people a sense of naturalness.

All the bones are connected to each other, but there is no sign of artificial splicing.

If it weren't for the awe of life, I'm afraid that this is a monster with multiple heads and torso, but this speculation is very close to the truth of the abandonment.

"Captain Pearson, what the hell is going on..."

The ship's first mate asked Captain Pearson.

Even the most experienced crew members have no clue about this scene.

Some of them were so close to standing that they were about to fall to the ground. A mood called fear spreads silently through the crowd.

"I believe that this is supposed to be a sacrifice or a ritual of prayer to the gods, but it may be attacked in ways that we cannot understand,

All the creatures on the island fled here, and ... Dead alive ...

No, maybe not dead, but turned into this bone tower. ”

Pearson slowly uttered his speculation,

At this time, Mills had already hid behind Pearson, not daring to look directly at the bone tower that reflected the evil aura in the moonlight.

Pearson touched Mills's head with his hand, trying to calm his nerves.

"Don't worry too much, aren't they just some bones, we've been at sea for so many years, and there are still few bones to see?"

The first mate spread his hands and said,

But only Pearson noticed that the first mate's hand was also trembling slightly, and it was obvious that he said this to calm everyone's emotions.

As an experienced crew member, they know how to control the atmosphere at this time, the first mate continued,

"Don't let fear dominate your sanity, friends."

Pearson carefully looked at the clues around him,

He shook his head, as if he didn't believe his guess, and seemed to have a different kind of doubt in his heart.

The first mate looked at the hesitant Pearson and asked softly,

"Why don't we go back to the shore first?"

But Pearson looked at the fragmentary footprints on the ground, which had been reduced to a pit of dirt, and carefully analyzed and deduced the situation.

The footprints on the ground were moving in the same direction, and that was where the strange statue in the altar was.

"What happened to make these lives die en masse overnight?"

Pearson thought.

And they came to the back of the highest stele behind the altar.

But I saw murals painted with blood.

The colors of the murals are no longer bright, and at this time they take on a dark brown pattern.

Behind the stele are four coherent frescoes.

The first one shows a symbol of humanity dancing around a bonfire, a primitive joy of community life.

The scene in the second painting is the same as in the previous painting, except that the location of the original campfire has been changed to a statue in the altar.

The third clearly depicts the altar and the ritual of sacrifice,

An adult female was placed in the center of the altar with her hands tied behind her back, with a pair of strange glasses in the sky.

The fourth is that there is only darkness left around it, and only the altar has light.

People ran to the place of light, and those who did not have time to run into the light were swallowed up by the darkness and turned into food for the existence of darkness.

Pearson smoothed out his logic and made sure that his reasoning was not wrong, and explained,

"I now understand what is happening on this island, where the original inhabitants live carefree,

Until they found the statue, and then it was as if they had lost their minds,

There is constant worship of the existence behind the indescribable statue.

Pious faith does not bring joy and happiness, but madness,

People began to sacrifice living people to please the master behind the statue.

In the end, it attracted the gaze of the evil god, and the life of the whole island was taken by the evil god. ”

"Nope! That's impossible! I believe in the Lord, there can be no evil gods in this world! ”

Some of the crew members, who had been terrified before, screamed loudly, as if they had lost their minds.

The strange phenomena and various clues that we have come into contact with have completely overthrown all beliefs in the Supreme and Almighty Creator, and everyone can feel the light veil of evil, touching the defense line of everyone's soul.

Mills, who was hiding behind Pearson, suddenly shouted,

"It's moving, it's moving!!"

People look in the direction of Mills' finger, and the light in the fourth portrait has been drowned out by all the darkness,

All the life in the painting is stacked on top of each other and melted into a state that almost melts.

Countless heads let out painful screams, and some of them spat out curses of resentment,

The joints between the limbs are connected by external forces, and all the skulls show extreme pain.

Their souls had been sealed in the frescoes and tortured forever, only waiting endlessly,

Waiting for the next group of victims to join them and become dependents of the Great Creation.

The cowardly had fainted by this time, and the panicked had broken away from the ranks and ran meaninglessly,

Pearson and the first mate looked at each other.

tacitly took Mills and the rest of the crew who still had autonomous abilities to run to the place where they had been stranded and logged in.

There is a lifeboat that is still in use.

The reason why this lifeboat was not used before is because this lifeboat can only seat four people,

There was also not enough fresh water and food on board the lifeboats, but supplies for life had been replenished in previous explorations.

At the moment this lifeboat is hope, hope to leave this ominous island.

Mills was carried on Pearson's back, with his hands around Pearson's neck,

Pearson, on the other hand, sped towards the coast.

"You can't fight that evil! You can't even look at it! Run! ”

Pearson yelled in a cold sweat on his head.

At this time, the moon quietly hid in the clouds,

There was a tremor in the depths of the dense forest, and the stone tablets laid by the tribe lit up one after another.

Then piece by piece, it shatters and then goes into darkness.

The darkness depicted in the mural shrouded the shores of the deserted island, gradually advancing towards the center of the island.

Mills yelled, "Stop, stop!" ”

At this time, the first mate only had fear in his heart, he wanted to escape from this desert island!

He's going to be the first to board that lifeboat!

So he didn't care about the darkness in the distance, but accelerated his progress.

By the time he noticed the darkness wriggling towards him, it was too late.

A dark green tentacle sticks out of the darkness,

That's a tongue!

It quickly rolled up the body of the first mate, and then with a scream and chewing sound, a severed hand flew out.

With the weakening of the screams, symbolizing the end of a life,

No, maybe that's just the end of life, but not necessarily the end of the soul.

Seeing this tragic situation, the rest of the crew turned around and ran back to the altar in the middle of the island.

Although the people on the frescoes incarnate that terrible mass of flesh in the position of the altar,

But there was light and hope in the original mural.

Pearson ran to the middle of the altar,

Underneath the location of the bone tower, there is an altar that has not been destroyed.

Some of the crew chose to climb to the top of the bone tower, hoping to escape.

Some of the crew members were swept away by the dark green tongue as they climbed the tower, and it became a delicious meal for the monsters.

Surrounded by devastation, scenes of despair and death,

The elegy of the soul has been played,

Pearson already knew in his heart that his group was going to be planted here,

But if possible,

Hopefully, Mills' life will be saved.

Pearson knelt down on his knees to the wicked statue,

He took out the knife he had with him,

Cut his own chest,

In pain, he took out the organs in his body.

Mills saw his father's demeanor beside him,

In addition to confusion and panic in my heart,

"Is my father crazy too?"

Mills thought to himself.

Pearson shivered with pain,

Clear eyes looked at Mills, who was already frightened, with fatherly love,

And uttered words that Mills will never forget,

"Son, father loves you forever."

Then he prayed to the statue of evil.

"O Lord of the Deep that brings destruction,

I dedicate my soul to you,

Pray that you will dispel the darkness everywhere,

I will serve at your feet,

Until the day you wake up. ”

The evil statue's eyes flashed with red gemstones, but it didn't respond in any way.

At this time, Pearson was already in despair,

All of the above actions of him were in the past in the archaeological process to gain knowledge of the order of mantra chanting and rituals.

It is hoped that he can sacrifice himself in exchange for the power of the evil god and save Mills' life.

And behold, the darkness had reached the altar,

The long tongue stained with blood has stretched out,

Pearson also watched Mills be swept away by the long tongue due to heavy bleeding,

The barb on his tongue pierced Mills' back sharply.

The pain that struck him in an instant was not something that young Mills could bear,

The body's protective mechanisms put Mills into a coma.

"Nope! Mills!!! ”

saw the bad news that Mills was about to face,

Pearson's eyes were bloody,

Hands waved vigorously into the air but powerlessly,

hysterically roaring with the last of his strength,

"Ahhhhh!!!h

Before he fell unconscious, Mills only remembered the scene of his father kneeling in front of the statue, the marks on the stone wall, and the pain of burning fire.