Chapter Thirty-Seven: The Umbrella of Mystic Plants
When Danny finished his question, Jackson laughed, "Monster? Do you think they're monsters? ”
Danny looked at Jackson laughing for no reason, and it was very strange. "What's wrong? Isn't it? Murderous, brutal, cannibalistic, incest, I don't think they're still human. ”
Hearing Danny say this, Jackson stopped laughing. "That's right, to outsiders, they're no longer human."
Jackson walked over to his fainting companion, looked at her, turned to Danny and asked, "I don't know who you are, but do you want to hear a story?" ”
"I like to listen to stories, please tell them!" Danny put away his saber and made a gesture of please.
"Before the Europeans discovered this continent, its owners were Indians, but as more and more whites set foot on this land, the living space of Indians was greatly reduced, and only in the deep mountains and jungles like in this place can they survive.
But it wasn't long before the whites discovered that it was rich in coal and timber, and many wealthy people set their sights on it, including four families with the most powerful.
In the beginning, the four families went their own way, competing with each other without interfering with each other, until the Indians began to retaliate against the whites for seizing their territory and destroying their living environment.
In the jungle, the people of the four major families are no match for the Indians at all, especially since they have a kind of death warrior created by witchcraft, the death warrior is very powerful, not afraid of pain, invulnerable, and almost immortal.
The four great families suffered heavy losses as a result, and in the end, they had no choice but to start uniting to resist the revenge of the Indians.
And they also began to try to find the secrets and weaknesses of the Death Warrior, and later they really discovered how to make the Death Warrior.
The Death Warrior was not made of any kind of witchcraft at all, but by a special plant that the Indians called the 'Guardian of the Tribe'.
It is a very rare plant with magical powers, so the Indians regarded it as the protector of the whole tribe, believing that this magical tree could protect their tribe. ”
At this point, Jackson seemed to think the Indians were ridiculous, and said mockingly: "Stupid people! ”
Danny guessed that the "tribal umbrella" that Jackson was talking about should be the magical plant he saw in the cave with the deformed people.
"The four families discovered the biggest secret of the Indians, so they wanted to keep it for themselves, so they found someone to spread a very serious infectious disease to the Indians, and it was obvious that all the Indians were killed by the disease.
The four families, who easily achieved their goal, were no longer satisfied with digging and cutting down trees, they wanted to learn more about the secrets of the 'Guardian of the Tribe', and they also wanted to create their own death warriors.
So, in order to keep this secret, the four major families moved all the family members here, and while studying the mysteries, they began to live in the mountains.
Soon, they knew how to make a death warrior based on the information left by the Indians, but unfortunately they didn't know that the 'Horde's Umbrella' was not only an umbrella, but also a demon, or that it was a demon in its essence.
The Death Warrior is made in a simple way, the 'Umbrella' is a magical plant that blooms with blood-colored flowers all year round, and this flower can make people stronger.
The Indians will select the best warriors from the tribe and let them take the medicine made of blood flowers, because its medicinal properties are very strong, ordinary people can't support it at all, so they need to add other things to dilute it, and choose strong-willed warriors to have a chance to succeed, although so, the success rate of death warriors is not high.
The four proud and arrogant families, who did not believe in the methods of the Indians at all, could not wait to start eating the blood-colored flowers, and as a result, they learned a serious lesson, and none of them survived.
There was no way, the four families had to start learning from the Indians, they added blood-colored flowers to various things to dilute them, but found that it had no effect at all.
After countless attempts and failures, the four families gave up, and no one thought they could make a Death Warrior, but they also grew fond of the Umbrella's blood-colored flowers and the red wine made from it.
But this led to more serious consequences, after the four families moved here, they intermarried each other in order to continue the family, but their offspring often developed physical defects, such as deformed children.
At first, I thought it was an isolated phenomenon, but I knew that the consequences were getting worse and worse, and almost every offspring would develop deformities, and that the deformed children had one thing in common, that they were very mentally abnormal.
At this time, one of the family members thought that it was all related to the blood-colored flowers of the 'umbrella', and that it was responsible for all this, so the family members left the place.
Ironically, when they went out to contact the outside world, they found that they could no longer keep up with the times, and after a rough life outside, the family had to move back.
But they are afraid of blood-colored flowers, so the family used all their savings to build a hot spring manor not far away, but unfortunately, all this is like a curse that cannot be shaken off.
There are still many offspring in the family who have developed deformities, and their mental problems are becoming more and more serious, such as bloodlust and self-harm.
Slowly, there was hardly a normal person in the entire family, all of them were deformed, and in order not to be discovered by others, they had to send all the deformed people back to the three major families to isolate them from the world. ”
Jackson finished the whole story, and Danny almost understood the secrets of the deformed people, but there were still a few things he didn't understand.
"What I don't understand is, don't you want to ask for help? Doesn't modern medicine work? Danny asked, confused.
"Humph! Do you think the four families are stupid? When there is a deformity of the first time, I continue to seek medical treatment everywhere, but the effect! It didn't work at all.
To this end, the family also contributed funds to build a psychiatric hospital, sent all the deformed people with severe mental problems to it, and then invited a large number of doctors to treat them.
Nearly every deformed person has undergone inhumane treatment, but instead of curing them, it has made them more miserable, completely insane, and seems to have created three death warriors by accident.
It's the three monsters you meet, who have suffered unimaginable pain in a psychiatric hospital, and this has turned them into death warriors, intelligent, powerful, and with near-immortal bodies, the only flaw is their crazy spirit and thirst for blood. ”
Jackson seems to know all about these, especially the origin of the three monsters.
Danny also heard the old man at the gas station say that the three monsters escaped from a mental hospital, and it seems that the old man is not lying.
"One more question, what about that ritual you just did?" Danny asked.
"Rituals have been handed down for a long time, in the hope that the 'umbrella' will no longer cause suffering. Still have questions? If there is no problem, can you let us go? Jackson asked Danny.
Danny thought for a moment and said, "Basically, there is no problem, everything you should know is known, in this case, you guys should leave quickly!" Hurry up and go back and have a good rest! ”
Hearing Danny allow them to leave, Jackson hurriedly picked up his companion and was about to leave.
As soon as I walked a few steps, I heard "Woo! With a thud, a saber pierced Jackson's chest, and before he could react, Jackson continued to walk a few steps, and finally fell to the ground with his eyes wide open.
"I'm sorry! I lied to you, you know my true identity, how could I let you leave like this and go down to accompany those three monsters!. Danny shook his head and sighed.
Taking out a satellite phone from his backpack, Danny thought to himself: Fortunately, I brought a satellite phone, my uncle is right, when you go out, you can have any situation, and you must be prepared for all kinds of things.
I dialed a number, and soon a voice came from the phone: "Danny, didn't I hear that you went on a trip to the wilderness?" How did you remember to call me? ”
"Grandpa, good evening, I hope it didn't disturb your rest." Danny said with a smile.
Danny's grandfather was the associate dean of Stanford's School of Biological Sciences and one of the leaders of Stanford's X Research Center, which was established in 1998 as a result of the merger of several research centers.
He intersects biological sciences with physics, chemistry, engineering, medicine and other disciplines, and hopes to explore new directions in science, such as biocomputers, biophysics, biochemistry, biomedicine, brain science, nanotechnology, etc.
"My favorite Danny, whenever he calls the old man, he will not complain, he will only be happy." Danny's grandfather laughed.
"In that case, I'll tell you a story! This is what I just heard, and I'm guessing you'll be interested in it. Danny told the story Jackson had just told.
From the death warriors of the Indians to the fate of the four families, the creation and horror of the deformed people is the most important thing is the magical plant that grows in the cave.
Danny believes that his grandfather, as a biological scientist, will definitely have a high interest in this kind of thing with magical abilities.
Sure enough, after listening to Danny's story, Danny's grandfather hurriedly said: "Danny, I really love you to death, you just guard there, and then tell me the location, I will prepare right now, and then take a plane to rush over as fast as possible." ”
Receiving the call, Danny looked around and thought to himself: This is finally over!