Mu Cuo and I looked at each other, but for a moment I still couldn't understand what she meant by that ominous statement.

But after spending the last few days with her, I discovered that Mu Cuo is actually a very quiet girl. She often sits on that rock without saying a word.

The more she acts like this, the more I feel that perhaps our rejection of her is cruel.

I took a deep breath and looked at Mu Cuo gently and whispered, "Don't be afraid. Tell me honestly, why do you say this stone is ominous? What terrible thing happened to it?"

When I asked Mu Cuo that question, she suddenly covered her mouth with her hand, as if she had remembered something terrifying. Then she turned around and tried to leave, seemingly not wanting to answer at all.

But I knew I had to know this, so I suddenly grabbed her arm and with a forceful pull, Mu Cuo spun around completely, then staggered back to her original spot.

"Don't be afraid, I really just want to know. After all, since you've already said it, it means you don't want us to touch this stone. But if you don't explain the reasons clearly, then you've seen how amazing the stone's effects are. Even if I don't want them to use it, I'm afraid I can't stop them. So if you really know something, I hope you can tell me clearly."

Mu Cuo seemed to be struggling with what I said. After a long while, she nodded with a pale face.

He then stammered and told me that the stone was unlucky because anyone who touched it would die.

"Our previous commander died because of this stone..."

After Mu Cuo finished speaking, she seemed to feel much more relaxed. Then she looked at the sea and her voice was very heavy.

They told me about their connection with this stone...

When she was very young, their chief also found a similar stone in the forest. At first, they didn't know what the stone was for, but they thought it was amazing that it could float in the sun. So the chief led his people to move all the stones back to their tribe.

Once, a member of a tribe was injured and accidentally bumped into that stone, and his wounds miraculously healed.

The story spread throughout the tribe, and the chief felt even more strongly that these stones were a gift from heaven.

I think these stones are magical.

It turns out that there were herbalists in the tribe who knew what diseases various herbs could treat.

However, since the stone came into existence, medicine has become completely ineffective, because there is nothing that the stone cannot cure.

Whether you're sick, have a broken bone, or a broken leg, this stone can heal you.

The people in the tribe began to worship the stone as a deity, but gradually they discovered that the stone had a great side effect: if someone had ever used it to heal an injury, that person's obsession with the stone would increase greatly for a long time. Some people would even inexplicably create wounds on their bodies and then use the stone to heal them.

The first to discover this was the herbalist in their tribe.

The doctor felt this was not a good thing and repeatedly told their leader to discard the stone, but the leader disagreed.

Later, they even used extremely cruel methods to execute the eye doctor to death.

This stone is still revered as a deity by the people of the tribe.

Not long after, the chief was bitten on the shoulder by a white tiger while hunting, and he bled profusely. When he returned, he was almost on the verge of death. The people of the tribe immediately brought this stone and applied it to the chief's wound.

They thought their leader would come back to life, but to everyone's surprise, the stone began to endlessly suck the leader's blood. In the end, their leader bled to death, and his body was completely drained, becoming like dry firewood.

The people in the tribe did not understand why this was happening, or even what went wrong.

But the death of their leader was a devastating blow to their tribe.

Without a leader, they didn't know how to cope with the pressure or how to survive.

In the end, they had no choice but to select a relatively strong young man from the tribe.

Unexpectedly, the people in their group began to rely on the stone even more.

And these bad things began to happen one after another.

The stone seemed to be alive, absorbing the life and blood of others, and Blue maintained this state of being.

Later, their young leader finally decided that the stone had to be disposed of.

And because the people in their tribe were injured at an increasingly faster rate, the stone became more and more translucent.

And each time someone was injured and used those stones, the stones seemed to become even more potent.

They began to panic, and eventually they sealed all the stones in a cave, warning their people never to look for them again.

But even so, the trauma and blows suffered by their people are irreparable, because many people have died.

Over time, this stone became a taboo in their tribe. It's estimated that they haven't seen this stone for many years, which is why she is so terrified now that she has suddenly seen it.

Moreover, Mu Cuo told me that this stone is called the Death Stone.

After listening to Mu Cuo tell this story, I suddenly felt a chill in my heart. Thinking about it carefully, it seems that everyone these days thinks that no matter what kind of injury they suffer, they can be healed with this stone.

So they stopped being careful, and almost everyone had used the stone to heal their bodies.

However, they did not find anything as serious as Mu Cuo had described.

But I know that Mu Cuo has no reason to lie to us, which means that this event really happened.

If it's really as Mu Cuo described, then these stones are truly a scourge, subtly absorbing our blood to replenish their energy...

So what is the origin of this stone?

After Mu Cuo finished speaking, she became even more frightened. She looked at me with a solemn expression: "So this thing can't be kept!"

The truth of her story is hard to discern, but I cannot use everyone's lives to test it.

And now that I think about it, this thing is really strange. Whether it's a meteorite or death, such an existence that goes against the rules is definitely not a good thing.

“I understand about this. I will talk to my companions. You don’t need to worry too much. After all, nothing as serious as you described has happened yet.”

But Mu Cuo shook his head immediately upon hearing this: "No, it only happens during a full moon. However, on Wuji Island, it happens many times during each cycle of a full moon. If you can't figure out the pattern, something bad will happen sooner or later..."