Chapter Seventy-Nine: Ghosts
The desert island is very quiet all around, and occasionally you can see mysterious sun totems hanging on the branches of trees, and iron bars like wind chimes hanging below those totems, which rattle when the wind blows, casting a mysterious shadow on the desert island again.
"I feel like I can see these things about sacrifices everywhere." Laura looked at the totem hanging on the branch and said with some fear.
If it had been before, she might not have cared about these ubiquitous sacrificial totems, but since she learned that this island really had supernatural powers, she couldn't help but feel a little afraid.
The deepest fear of human beings is the fear of the unknown, especially the existence of this kind of legend.
"It's just an evil spirit trapped on the island, there's nothing to be afraid of!"
Xia Yu casually picked up a stone from the ground and aimed it at the totem hanging on the branch, and then flicked his wrist, and with a snap, the totem was directly shattered.
"Full marks."
Seeing Xia Yu's completely unafraid appearance, Laura said helplessly: "Xia Yu, it's the first time I know that you are so big-hearted, aren't you afraid?" Even if you awaken the magic inheritance, you have only just awakened, and Himiko is an evil spirit that has existed since more than a thousand years ago. ”
"The best way to get rid of fear is to face it, ...... Ahem, I almost said it was smooth. Xia Yu coughed lightly twice, ignored Laura's strange eyes, and said again.
"We can't stop just because we're afraid, maybe Himiko looks scary, but in reality she can't even get out of this island, otherwise Yamadai wouldn't be unknown forever."
"And our goal is to eliminate Himiko, and only by eliminating her can the storm outside the island stop, so that we can leave, and you don't want to be trapped on the island forever."
Hearing this, Laura nodded seriously, she didn't want to stay on this desert island forever and live a primitive life with Xia Yu.
Thinking of this, Laura's heart also became firm, for the sake of her own future, she couldn't be so weak anymore!
Seeing Laura's eyes firm, Xia Yu nodded in his heart, and at this moment, Laura already had a hint of the future tomb goddess of war.
Maybe after a few more expeditions, Laura will be able to completely transform from the original rookie explorer to the future adventure goddess of war.
After walking for about half a day again, a very dilapidated wooden house with decayed wood appeared in front of the two of them.
Moss grows on top of the dilapidated house, and there are some wreckage of World War II planes around it, but they are covered in rust, and it is impossible to tell which country's plane it is.
The two decided to rest here first, mainly Laura, who was already panting, and after Xia Yu took out the can and glucose water from his backpack and handed it to Laura, he also tore open a bag of compressed biscuits and gnawed on it.
"Xia Yu, do you think we can really defeat Himiko?" While eating, Laura suddenly asked with some concern.
"You have to try everything, and you can't move forward if you don't move forward." Xia Yu replied nonchalantly, "This is not like you, Laura, you were obviously looking forward to this expedition before." ”
"But at the time, I thought Himiko was just a legend."
"Legends are exaggerated, you don't have to be too afraid, isn't there still me, when the time comes, when I see Himiko, I will directly arrest her as a pet."
Xia Yu confidently pointed at himself with his thumb, seeing this, Laura was also amused by him, and the worries in her heart dissipated a lot.
"Don't let Sanmantha hear you, she's always considered Himiko to be her ancestor." Laura reminded with a smile.
"It's okay, if you don't say it, I won't say it, no one knows."
After some fighting, Laura also regained her energy, and the two set off again, but before they could go far, a burst of music suddenly came.
The music whimpered like a ghost crying, but you could hear that it was music from a machine, not a ghost crying.
That said, in the midst of a deep and quiet lush jungle, the sudden sound of music was a bit creepy.
Xia Yu and Laura glanced at each other and continued to follow the music.
It wasn't long before a small river appeared in front of the two of them, and the sound of music came from the hut on the other side of the river.
The fluttering music is accompanied by the sound of the flowing water of the river, which plays a terrifying yin music.
The two crossed the river hand in hand and came to the stone house where music came out, and the stone house was covered with moss and perfectly integrated into nature.
"Is anyone there?"
Laura held Xia Yu's hand and took the lead in shouting into the room, but there was no response in the room, only ethereal music came out.
Seeing this, the two of them cautiously walked in, the house was not large, it was dilapidated, there were empty cans and glass bottles scattered around, and the roof was supported by the roots of the trees that spread in, so it did not collapse.
On the side of the room near the interior wall was a table that was decayed but appeared to be in good condition.
"Is this a diary?"
Laura pulled Xia Yu forward cautiously, and there was an old diary on the table, although it was covered with dust, it didn't seem to be completely rotten.
"Let's open it and take a look."
Xia Yu proposed, picking up a branch from the side and picking up the cover of the diary with the tip of the branch.
As the cover opened, the contents of the diary were also printed in the eyes of the two.
This is a diary of a Japanese soldier during World War II, with the date and name of the soldier written on it.
The two of them had studied Japanese in general, so they could understand general Japanese.
In the diary, the soldier mentions the "ghosts" on the island, and that his companions disappeared in just one morning, leaving only the helmet of their equipment.
There was no blood on it, no signs of struggle around, nothing.
The journal's owner vents his fears in despair, and suggests that the island is a terrible grave, and that it is only a matter of time before they are all wiped out here.
After reading the soldier's diary, the two got a new clue, that is, as early as 1940, the Japanese army came to the island in an attempt to find a way to control the storm by studying the cause of its formation.
But they apparently got into trouble, and not only did they not study anything, but they were also attacked by the "ghosts" on the island, whose presence made them nervous and eventually collapsed.
Even the soldiers were attacked by the "ghosts", but they did not even know the true identity of the "ghosts".
"Xia Yu, there are still ghosts on this island? Is that a demon in Japanese legend? Could that be Himiko's men? After reading the diary, Laura asked Xia Yu.
"Hmm...... Probably, but don't be afraid, those ghosts aren't really powerful. Xia Yu replied in a speculative tone.
"After all, after so many years, it is impossible for them to still exist, and even if they survive, they must be surviving with their crippled bodies."
Having said that, Xia Yu knew that those "ghosts" had not weakened at all, and they would not even die, because they were the Storm Warriors of Himiko, the Storm Legion composed of necromancers.
They have been guarding Himiko and her palace for at least a hundred years, and there is no osteoporosis at all, and in the ordinary person's terms, they can only be cool when encountered.