Chapter 56 Mysterious Curse
Pearl was always in a state of vigilance with her eyes half closed. Once she heard any strange sound, she would raise her head to see what was happening outside.
Baozhu was taking care of these little puppies attentively, as if her maternal instinct had erupted prematurely, and she was enjoying it.
It wasn't until the ground shook that everyone woke up from their sleep. "What happened?"
Shi Yan raised his head in confusion, and the moment he reacted, he protected Qin Muxue under his body. All the rubble fell on his back, and Qin Muxue was almost safe and sound.
Fortunately, this minor earthquake lasted less than a minute. Pearl had grown huge at the moment of the earthquake and protected Baozhu and the golden retriever cub in her arms, and the golden retriever mother did not encounter any accidents.
Qin Muxue quickly checked on Ding Manman and Wu You. Although they were sleeping soundly, fortunately they were in the corner and were not affected.
Qu Yanbai scratched his head. "Where there are hot springs, there may be earthquakes. I should have thought of this earlier. Damn it!"
They still lack some common sense. No wonder the survivors don't live here anymore. And judging from the amount of rubble around, earthquakes have occurred here more than once.
"This is not an earthquake." Although Shi Yan's mind was still groggy, he had regained his ability to think.
Qin Muxue also felt something was wrong. Pearl's sensing ability was very strong, and animals would have a premonition of an earthquake in advance, but she didn't react at all.
Zhenzhu also used brain waves to tell Qin Muxue that she felt a huge fluctuation of mental power. If it was an earthquake, there shouldn't be any fluctuation of mental power.
While everyone was still confused, there were a few sneaky figures outside who had come to the cave entrance, kneeling and kowtowing, "Calm down, Wong Tai Sin, we will definitely find tribute to you!" They looked like a few middle-aged men.
"Shi Yan, I'm fine, you can get up." Qin Muxue was still pressed under Shi Yan's body and could only push him gently.
He seemed to sense something was wrong, and immediately stood up and said softly, "Sorry, I offended you."
Qin Muxue saw that his ears were red, and she touched his forehead, which was indeed a little hot, "Don't get sick."
Shi Yan turned his face away in panic and said, "I'm not sick." Then he began to observe the situation outside.
After the group of people bowed, they disappeared at the entrance of the cave. Only a little girl about Wu You's age came close to the entrance, took out half a steamed bun, and shouted at the entrance, "Ah Huang, Ah Huang, come out and eat something!"
Seeing no response from the cave, she slowly walked in and was surprised to see the people in front of her, "Who are you?"
Qin Muxue realized that the golden retriever could survive until now probably because the little girl was taking care of her.
When the little girl saw the stranger, she was terrified and wanted to escape from the cave, but Wu You suddenly grabbed her and asked, "Where are you going?" Although he was young, he understood that he should not let strangers expose his whereabouts.
The little girl started crying and sobbed, "What did you do to Ah Huang?"
Wu You was a little at a loss for a moment, "Don't cry." He was not very good at coaxing girls, and he was most afraid of little girls crying.
At this time, Ah Huang, known as the Golden Retriever, limped out, wagging his tail, and rubbed against the little girl affectionately, as if to say that he was fine.
The little girl finally stopped crying and raised her head to glance at the people around her, especially Wu You who was about the same age as her. "You, how did you get here? You'd better leave quickly! It's very dangerous here." Seeing the bandaged wound on Ah Huang's leg, they didn't look like bad people.
Ding Manman was the kindest person. With a gentle smile, she comforted the little girl and asked, "But how did you come here? Why is it dangerous here?"
"This is the home of Wong Tai Sin. You have disturbed him and will definitely be cursed. Anyone who comes to this cave will be cursed."
"But you, how come you're okay?"
The little girl wiped away her tears, was silent for a while and said: "I don't know either, but if anyone else enters the cave, they will definitely be cursed. They will first talk nonsense, and be afraid of wind and water. They will bite everyone they see like crazy, and finally they will be paralyzed and die." The little girl had a lonely look on her face. Only after she saw Ah Huang did she reveal a gentle look. After seeing the cubs, she even laughed.
"The puppies are okay, too. That's great."
The sick puppy, after a night, is as lively and energetic as the other puppies. He just needs to take a few more doses of medicine to consolidate his recovery.
Qin Muxue certainly didn't believe in these curses. If they said that these people were infected, she would believe it. "Then can you tell us where your village is and how many people are there in total?" She squatted down with a warm smile.
The little girl was still a child after all. Seeing several older sisters talking to her and children of the same age as her, her vigilance had been lowered a lot. "We live on the mountain over there, and there are not many people left." She lowered her head dejectedly. "Originally, we also wanted to move to this cave to live, but the witch said that there lived a Wong Tai Sin in this cave. If we disturbed it, we would be cursed. At first, some villagers did not believe it and lived here without permission. As a result, just as I said, they were paralyzed and died... After that, we dared not come in again no matter how cold it was. Only I could come in and out here at will. I don’t know why. The witch said that maybe Wong Tai Sin liked me more, so he didn’t curse me."
"I see. Is Ah Huang your dog?"
"Ah Huang is my uncle's dog. He brought him back from work in the city. But my uncle has passed away, and only Ah Huang is left. I want to take good care of Ah Huang, but there is no food in the village. They ate all the dogs. I overheard that they were going to kill Ah Huang, so I secretly put him into the cave. Fortunately, Ah Huang was not cursed and gave birth to several puppies."
As he said that, he lowered his head and touched a few puppies. The puppies' tails were like antennas, which were very cute.
"Wong Tai Sin?" Qin Muxue had heard of it, but still didn't know what it was.
"It should be a weasel that has become a spirit. When I was a child, I often heard people in the village use it to scare children, but I have never seen it with my own eyes. Could it be that Wong Tai Sin really exists?" Ding Manman asked curiously.
Qin Muxue calmly analyzed: "There is no weasel that has become a spirit. I am afraid there must be some mutated animals here. As for the curse you mentioned, I need to observe the symptoms before I can draw a conclusion."
But they didn't intend to bother with these trivial matters. Since it was already dawn, they planned to leave here and continue on their journey.
The little girl's face was filled with confusion. "What mutation?" It seemed that this village itself was relatively isolated, information transmission was slow, and the people here were relatively superstitious.
"I only know that they said it was because Wong Tai Sin was angry that the weather here became unpredictable, which led to the sudden flood disaster,"
Qu Yanbai was on guard at the cave entrance. Because of the vibration just now, some of the ice surface had cracked. "Now we want to leave this cave, I'm afraid it will be a bit difficult."
The ice was broken, and even if there were ships, they could not move on the water with such huge ice blocks.
"That's not a problem. We also have speedboats and can row out of here manually." As soon as Qin Muxue finished speaking, she saw several fish with sharp teeth jumping out of the water. They looked like piranhas. She tried to throw some plastic bags down, and instantly those plastic bags were destroyed by the swarm of fish.
Everyone looked at each other, as if there was really no way to leave this place for the time being...
“There are piranhas!”
Looking at the black piranhas swarming in the water one after another, it is not difficult to imagine what would happen if a person fell into the water. I am afraid that there would be no trace left of the body.
It turned out that the men who had just knelt at the entrance of the cave did not leave. The ice surface was broken, and they had no choice but to walk into the cave. If they stayed outside, they would only be eaten by piranhas.
Moreover, when they see the water, they have a look of fear in their eyes, and they will only return to normal when the water is out of their sight.
When they saw a group of people with several dogs and even a little girl, their eyes suddenly showed a fierce light, "Qiqi, you are here?"
"Uncle Mao..." The little girl hid behind Qin Muxue in panic. It was obvious that she was very afraid of him.
"Women, children, and two men, haha, you actually walked in here. No wonder the ice broke and the piranhas came out. You must have offended Wong Tai Sin, so we are being punished like this." They seemed to be brainwashed, looking at the little girl called Kiki with red eyes.
"Qiqi, Huang Daxian likes you, so he didn't curse you. We gave you to him, and he won't curse us anymore. We will be fine if we go into this cave. Come and perform the ceremony with uncle obediently!"
The man held out his hand and smiled kindly, trying to lure the little girl to him, "These outsiders don't know the rules of our village. You can't stay with them!"
Then he looked at Qin Muxue and the others fiercely, "Outsiders, you always come here to cause trouble. Look at what has happened here now. Our village has been destroyed and we can only survive here!"
One of the men, named Lao Ma, looked at the women in front of him in a trance, revealing an obsessed expression, "So beautiful, I really want to taste them..."
Just as he finished speaking, the entrance of the cave shook a few times, and several huge rocks fell down, blocking the entrance.
Several men knelt on the ground and kowtowed continuously, "Huang Daxian, please calm down, Huang Daxian, please calm down, we will sacrifice the tribute to you immediately, please spare our lives!"
It was so stupid that Qin Muxue was too lazy to look any further. However, looking at the sealed cave entrance, she could only think about which direction to go next.
At this moment, the golden retriever suddenly barked a few times, attracting everyone's attention. After seeing the dog, the men all showed greedy expressions.
He stared at the golden retriever with red eyes, as if he was going to tear it apart and eat it in the next second.
After a while, as if stimulated again, the man named Lao Ma actually took off his pants on the spot, did something unspeakable, and showed an expression of enjoyment.
They could only look away in disgust. After just a few seconds, he showed an expression as if he was in heaven. After he finished, he started again...
Finally, he became more aggressive and rushed towards Qin Muxue. Shi Yan was quick-witted and quick-handed. In an instant, he used his supernatural powers to kill the man. He was torn into pieces and fell in a pool of blood.
Ding Manman quickly pulled the two children over and covered their eyes. Wu You took Ding Manman's hand away and said calmly, "Sister Manman, I'm fine. I'll see it sooner or later. I'm not afraid."
Only the little girl was still trembling while holding Ah Huang. She was extremely scared as she watched the villagers being killed.
Qin Muxue looked at the blood on Shi Yan's body and quickly took out the rabies vaccine. "I roughly know what the curse they are talking about is. I will give you the vaccine and serum right away!"
These were the vaccines she bought for free in the hospital. Just in case, she had to give Shi Yan this injection. Shi Yan silently stretched out his hand and watched Qin Muxue disinfect his wound and inject serum and rabies vaccine.
The other men, seeing their companions died tragically and blood flowing on the ground, some of them held their heads and cried, saying something madly, and some even banged their heads against the wall, causing themselves to bleed and eventually die.
Only Lao Mao looked at the little girl with crazy eyes, wanting to find her like crazy, "As long as we offer a sacrifice, we can get rid of the curse!"
Among these villagers, he was the only one who was relatively normal, but Qin Muxue thought he was also terminally ill.
"That's enough. This isn't a curse. It's rabies. You've all been infected with the rabies virus!"
The rabies virus has evolved and even high temperatures cannot kill it. This group of villagers must have eaten the meat of dogs infected with rabies, which is why they were infected.
The little girl Kiki loves dogs and would rather starve than eat dog meat, so she was not infected by the virus.
The symptoms of rabies are fear of water, hallucinations, and madness and biting of others. Some patients have abnormal function of the hypothalamus and amygdala, which can lead to increased sexual desire, or become lecherous or nymphomaniacs.
This was the case with Old Ma who was killed by Shi Yan just now. Qin Muxue was not sure at first, but their symptoms matched one by one.
The only survivor, Lao Ma, was probably infected as well, and he seemed to be having hallucinations.
"Huang Daxian, please, don't curse us. I will kill Qiqi and give her to you immediately!"
It seems that he is completely hopeless. Rabies has no cure, especially an evolved rabies virus.
Qin Muxue took out the gun and said, "He's in this state, let him go!"
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