Plague Doctor

Jingle bell, jingle bell—

The cold wind howled, and the clear ringing of bells rang in the woods. Wu Shiyu strode past, and none of the frogs or flying insects could get close.

After leaving the woods, she saw more strange sights. The blue sea surface was blood red and turned into a sea of ​​blood.

A storm condensed in the overcast sky, rough waves arose on the Blood Sea, and several small boats tied with ropes to the shore were teetering on the edge of capsize.

Wu Shiyu walked down the mountain steps. The ancestors who followed him wanted to gossip but were also very scared. They hesitated at the edge of the woods whether to follow him or not.

In the end, some Zuge followed. They felt that although it was dangerous, Wu Shiyu had the help of the evil cat Wusa, and wherever he went now, flying insects died in large numbers, so it was worth the risk to follow him and take a look.

Wu Shiyu quickly walked up the not-so-long mountain steps and arrived at the coast. Apart from those flying insects, there was no trace of other life.

She jumped off a wooden boat, untied the rope, and directed the ancestors who were following the boat to take the wood pulp and start rowing towards the sea cave.

The blood-colored seawater exudes a pungent smell of blood. It is not like the stench of rot, but is fresh and bloody, made up of the blood of countless creatures.

Not far ahead was the sea cave formed by nature. The entrance suddenly became pitch black, with no blue or emerald light at all. It looked like the gate to hell.

As soon as the wooden boat sailed into the blue hole, every Zuko felt a strange pressure coming from all around, and they couldn't help but start to tremble.

The entrance to the cave is not very spacious, some sections are very narrow, and the steep cave walls are within easy reach. Because of this, there have been accidents where tourists collided with the cave wall and died due to cervical vertebra fracture.

Many people have died here, not just modern tourists, but also those who became sacrifices in ancient Rome, ancient Greece and the more distant past.

Now the light in the cave is magnificent and strange. In addition to blue light and emerald green light, there are also red light, yellow light, brown light and other kinds of light, twisted and layered together.

This place is already a mutated space, but I don’t know in what way it is playing a role.

"Is it possible to go back?" "Yeah, it's too dark inside..." "It doesn't seem like anything good is going to happen." The Zuges said in panic.

"Go forward, I'll give you chicken legs later." Wu Shiyu said, the bronze fork bell in his hand emitted a pale yellow light, dispelling other distorted light, illuminating a small space around him, as if breaking through the fog and splitting the huge waves.

Of course she can sense the strangeness around her, but that's exactly why she's here, there's a ritual to worship the power of the Black Goat.

The seawater in the blue hole was also blood. She could tell from the thousands of bloody smells, including the smell of blood stains left in the woods.

Apparently it was a family of victims who had been dragged here after being attacked from the woods by evil followers, and there were more victims.

The ancestors were not coveting those chicken legs at the moment, but they did not dare to disobey Wu Shiyu. For fear of being kicked into a sea of ​​blood by her, they could only continue to row the oars with all their strength, with their heads hidden by the planks of the boat. Within the range, only the paws were raised outside.

The deeper you go inside, the wider the sea cave becomes, and the twisted light becomes more intricate.

Those frog-like flying insects didn't flow out from here. Wu Shiyu hadn't seen any evil believers yet, but he felt they were getting closer and closer.

She noticed that the water flow had become turbulent. Originally, except for a period of high and low tide, the water in the sea cave was relatively stable, so it was used as a private swimming pool by the Roman emperors. Now the boat seemed to be heading towards the center of the storm, gradually rocking. Got to be violent.

"The current is so fast!" "I have no strength, I have no strength." "I can't row anymore..." The ancestors screamed in a hurry again.

"This water is going into the cave. In fact, if you don't paddle, the boat will go in."

"Why didn't you tell me earlier..." The group of ancestors on the boat immediately loosened the boat's oar in unison, and the boat's oars stood upright on the cabin.

Wu Shiyu was right. Even if the ancestors stopped, the wooden boat would still flow rapidly along the current to the depths of the cave. It was as fast as losing control. Once it hit the cave wall, it might capsize and topple people. result.

But gradually, the cave became very wide, like a small square, and the traces she was looking for finally appeared in front of her.

In the middle, the rushing waves hit what looked like a rock. As long as you look more clearly, you can see that it is actually a bunch of people. They are tied and stacked on top of each other, and their bodies are still bleeding. The water is constantly attacking, swallowing, and dissolving, and I don't know if I am dead or alive.

Those people are tourists, workers at the attractions, and residents nearby.

When the ancestors saw him pretending to be dead, they immediately made no sound, and Wu Shiyu narrowed his eyes.

She couldn't tell how many people there were at the moment, it seemed like hundreds, it seemed like thousands, it seemed like there were more and more...

No, that's not a reef, it looks like a...pyramid.

Around the human pyramid, there were many whirlpools rolling on the water. Each whirlpool had a stone platform rising from it. Different stone tools were placed on those stone platforms, some were stone axes, some were stone swords, and some were spears and stone tools. Shields, stone knives and other objects are all one piece, and each piece is emitting a different light, as if connected to other places.

Could that be the "stone weapons" Suetonius mentioned in his history books?

Next to each stone platform, there are several small boats parked. On each boat stand three figures in black robes. These people all wear a pair of curly goats on their heads.

The horns and faces are hidden in the darkness, the end of the sea cave is bottomless, and the number of such goat-headed figures is incalculable.

They looked at the intruding boat and seemed to be prepared for it, but they could not hide their surprise.

Wu Shiyu knew from this smell that his appearance was a surprise to them, and their preparations only lasted a moment.

Do they think that there is no one else on the island of Capri, and everything here can be done according to their wishes, such as completing this ritual.

At the same time, the wooden boat continued to rush forward, and was about to hit the human pyramid. Wu Shiyu held the oar with his left hand to stabilize the boat, and continued to hold the bronze fork bell with his right hand. The mysterious cat power in his body had never been like this. Easily controlled by her.

Bang bang! The sea surface was churning, the wooden boat almost overturned, and the ancestors screamed in panic.

"Oh." Wu Shiyu looked around at the goat heads, "Are all of you on the island here? Not bad, it saves me the trouble of running around."

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