Chapter 409: Isle of the Damned
I asked Big Bear what he saw at the time, and why did he leave the group alone?
Da Xiong was stunned for a moment, there was obvious panic in his eyes, and he said that he saw a black shadow, and he didn't know what to think at the time, so he chased it out.
Then the back of my neck was numb, I don't know who I am, and I woke up and was tied here.
Big Bear's reaction was abnormal, not in line with his timid and fearful style, and even completely illogical.
My mind was a little confused, and I immediately realized that he was obviously hiding something and was unwilling to explain it to us.
Big Bear gives us the impression of being honest and honest, does such a person also hide secrets? What could be the secret?
And I found out that although the stone pillars here had four of our missing companions tied to them, they were not as numerous as they were.
Not counting the goddess whose body disappeared after death, we have a total of six people missing, namely the photo maniac, the big bear, the flower messenger, and three Koreans.
And there are only four here, and the Korean guys and flower messengers who first disappeared into the village are not among them, where did they go?
The mysterious man who had passed out woke up slowly, and we tied him to a stone pillar with another companion and began interrogation.
The two of them seemed to have an inexplicable fear of the stone pillar, and they struggled violently, staring at us viciously, and those eyes almost burst into flames.
I'm afraid that these two guys will stage a suicide farce again, remembering what Zhou Tianming said before, I hurriedly pinched their mouths with the fat man, and then put my fingers deep into the mouths of these two people and groped.
Soon, we found two small, capsule-like objects at each of the two of their back molars, which were supposed to be the poison they had prepared.
Seeing that the poison was found by us, the reactions of these two people were obviously different. One was dejected, the other was even more angry, screaming at us.
"You ignorant people, do you know what you're doing? Let us go, they can't go, or everyone will die! ”
I sneered and said that they couldn't leave, did they stay here waiting to kill the pigs for the New Year? Why are you able to come back from the dead, and what is this altar for?
As soon as the words "come back from the dead" came out, the two Korean guys were nothing, but the photo maniac and Da Xiong were taken aback. They didn't know about the two mysterious men who had attacked the camp and committed suicide, and this reaction was normal.
The angry guy glared at me, gritted his teeth, and was clearly reluctant to speak. The dejected companion next to him let out a long sigh and spoke quietly.
"There is a curse on this island, and we are all going to die......"
The angry man was even angrier, and he yelled at his companion. What he said was supposed to be in the local language, and I didn't understand it very well, but I generally knew that it was to tell my companion to shut up and not say any more.
But the companion muttered to himself, saying that things had come to this point, so what did it matter if he didn't talk about it? Anyway, everyone won't survive in the end.
I was a little shocked by his words.
The phrase "no one can live" comes from the mouth of a person who has come back from the dead, and people can't help but feel inexplicable, and they can't understand what it means at all.
Both of these can be resurrected after death, but say that no one can live. Could it be that in their concept, everyone does not include them? Or do they think that they are not alive at all?
But when I saw him relent, I knew that we were getting closer and closer to the hidden truth of the desert island, and I was busy giving the fat man a look.
The fat man understood, and immediately picked up a rag from the ground and blocked the mouth of the angry fellow.
Seeing our reaction, the dejected mysterious man smiled sadly and spoke in a heavy tone.
"You can come here, you must have seen the ancestral hall in the secret passage......"
I nodded and asked him if the spirit tablets in the ancestral hall were all children who died young.
The mysterious man's expression was sad, and he said yes, the ancestral hall was full of babies.
According to his account, we learned that since their ancestors came to this island, most of the newborn babies have died, and only a few have survived.
At first, everyone thought that it was caused by the poor water and soil on the island, maternal malnutrition, etc., but this situation has intensified, and a large number of children die inexplicably every year, and only a few single seedlings can be left.
Not only that, but there is also a strange disease circulating on this island. Layers of fish scales began to grow on people's bodies, like monsters.
"The scales on your back?" I asked.
He shook his head and said that the strange diseases in the early years were far worse than now, not just on his back, but all over his body.
As this strange disease continues, people will gradually go crazy, and they will soon lose the ability to speak, howl at the sea every night, and finally jump to their deaths. The old people say that these people have become fish in the sea.
"If the strange disease is so bad, why didn't your ancestors leave this island and live elsewhere?"
The fat man asked puzzled.
"It's not that no one thought about it, but it's useless!"
The mysterious man sighed, saying that after the death of the baby and the spread of strange diseases, many people wanted to leave, but those who left were either crazy or dead, and none of them were spared.
In addition, not everyone has a strange disease, and half of them still survived. Although there is a high chance that the child will die, after all, there are those who survive every year.
It's like in the boundless darkness, deliberately leaving a trace of the light of the embers. It is like the providence that cannot penetrate the mystery in the dark.
Their ancestors were pirates, and they took the mysteries of the sea very seriously, and most of them thought that they had done too many bad things, and thus suffered the curse of God, and if they wanted to live, they had to stay on the island and suffer.
Over time, no one talked about leaving anymore.
They built the Mazu Temple on the island, pinned all their hopes on the god of the sea, and worshiped them every day, hoping for a chance to be reborn, but with little effect.
The years passed quietly with pain, and the population of the island became smaller and smaller.
"It wasn't until more than 40 years ago that a woman who came from far away finally brought us a ray of life......"
The mysterious man's eyes suddenly lit up, his expression became humble, and his tone was extremely reverent: "She is a living bodhisattva, she is our savior, she is ...... Goddess ......"
At the end of the fifties of the last century, a woman who was drifting on a wooden board was rescued by a fishing boat on a desert island. This woman is a delicate little girl.
In fact, over the years, there have been many people who have drifted to desert islands in the surrounding waters.
Don't look at the ancestors of the desert island residents who were born as pirates, but the perennial misery has established their kind character, and they do not expect anything in return for the people they save, which is all an act of redemption for themselves.
In general, they will send the victims back to land according to their wishes, and even raise money for the journey.