Plague Doctor

Deng Ximei told Gu Jun a lot, "It was all taught by her parents." Perhaps thanks to this delicious meal, her mental state was still strong.

However, due to the precautionary attitude towards soul children in the next life, her understanding of this organization is actually limited, such as the internal structure, personnel composition, etc., and she cannot tell. What she understands is the part she is responsible for, the poems and stories of the foreign world.

There were other soul children. She gave a few names, but they were all whom she had known since they were children, and they had no contact with them since.

But she knew they were still in the afterlife because they had met at a big sacrifice five years ago. At that time, they were not allowed to talk to each other and just looked at each other from a distance, so she didn't know their state at that time and status quo.

It was a banyan tree sacrifice. This kind of event has not been held for many years, and there were many people there that day, many with haggard faces.

Gu Jun listened and thought that it should be one of the sacrifices made in the next life to summon the strange banyan disease, open the passage between the two worlds, etc.

Deng Ximei also said that they, the soul boys, attended the sacrifice as their own different scholars...

It was not easy for her to talk about this in detail. She talked for a while, took a break to eat some food, and then talked for a while.

"Ligeia." This is her identity as a foreigner. Not Dr. Carlop. She didn't know Carlop particularly well. Ligeia is a young and beautiful woman with long black hair and black eyes. She is also knowledgeable and talented in literature.

But Ligeia fell seriously ill and her life came to an end. When she was dying, Ligeia wrote a poem "The Conqueror Worm".

Deng Ximei wrote this poem completely. The poem describes a tragedy called "Human", which is also the content of the cult video: a group of clown actors dressed as gods are chasing an illusion on the stage. , and was finally eaten by the bloody worm that suddenly appeared.

Gu Jun read a sense of desolation from this poem, as if he was constantly moving forward in the dark night, but could not see the slightest light of hope.

Perhaps this was the sentiment expressed by Ligeia.

Mortal people are like those clown actors who spend their whole lives chasing worldly illusions, thinking that they have become gods and control their own destiny. But in fact, no matter how much we pursue it, mortals cannot obtain the truth. Sudden diseases and disasters can destroy everything.

Just like those rich men, big stars, and big figures who died prematurely for some reason are just the materials in the tragedy, the conqueror worm is the protagonist.

However, death will also allow mortals to glimpse the truth: death can end the ordinary, and death is a kind of sublimation.

"Ordinary is not all vulgar." Gu Jun said seriously, remembering that Deng Ximei said that death could make her leave. There was a lot of gloom in her heart. He encouraged: "It's good to be alive while you're alive. At least you can still eat." Order something delicious.”

"Ligeia wants to live, right?" Deng Ximei nodded and said softly, her eyes a little bright.

Gu Jun understood what she meant, so he stopped talking about it and asked her what the sacrifice ceremony she meant.

"'Conqueror worms' should exist in other worlds. Although this is a poem written by Ligeia, it has a ritual power that can summon conqueror worms. Along with it, there will be more deaths. Cloudy."

Gu Jun showed her the video of the giant worm outside Liqizhai. Deng Ximei shook her head and said that it was not a conqueror worm, but maybe just a worm cub.

"In the vision I saw..." Deng Ximei occasionally saw visions, "The conqueror worm is as tall as a mountain peak. At first, the worm cubs appear, and then they raise the worm cubs to grow bigger. The way of raising them is to use "Human" This tragedy makes people feel that life is meaningless, human will is worthless, and death is the only truth."

Gu Jun frowned upon hearing this, and her statement further confirmed his inference.

Although the evil believers were hit hard, they had no intention of shrinking back. Instead, they wanted to restore the desired dark situation by creating chaos.

"Do you want to stage "Human"?" he asked, "spread that video? Or let giant insects eat people on the road?"

"No." Deng Ximei pursed her lips, "Ligeia's death will be a pity to those who admired her, even if they didn't know her."

"You mean..." Some possible scenes vaguely flashed through Gu Jun's mind, "Laisang Company wants to target public figures?"

The death of a person may not attract much attention, but if it is a famous person, a very successful person with many supporters...

What if not just one celebrity died, but many celebrities.

"It's possible." Deng Ximei nodded, "The actors on the stage are the most dazzling people."

In that case, it will indeed undermine the confidence of the people... Gu Jun pondered and asked a lot of questions, how to start? disease? How is it connected to the summoning ceremony? How could it give nutrients to those insect cubs?

But Deng Ximei was a little confused when she answered. She understood this poem but not those.

Gu Jun knew that this was not surprising. He himself did not know much about the Yiwen people, and his understanding of Langton and the Son of Doom was limited.

Seeing that Deng Ximei's face had turned pale and the look in her eyes had dimmed, he knew it was time to stop.

As for the psychic barrier technology she knows, other poems in different languages, as well as the portraits of soul boys and other faces she remembers, these are of course very important, whether it is to protect her or to protect this information, until she recovers a little bit tomorrow talk later. Otherwise a madman can't say anything.

The information Deng Ximei brought now is enough for him to be busy this evening.

Yes.

Gu Jun then really stopped letting her talk. After eating the supper, she was taken back to the detention room by the action personnel, while he went to the administration building to make a report.

He explained to Tong Ye and others according to his own theory. In order to strengthen his persuasion, he also said: "In fact, the Great Elder Atal had predicted this incident a long time ago. He gave me a sentence that said, 'Rose has thorns, but the fragrance of flowers' Floating.’ I didn’t understand it before, but I do now.”

"Boy." Tongye turned around and caught Gu Jun and asked, "How many more words did Atal say to you?"

"There are many, some of which I can't remember right now. Atal has sealed them, and they will only emerge when time comes."

After finishing all this, it was already early in the morning.

The night sky was dark, and many places in the base were brightly lit. Gu Jun was walking alone on the way back to the dormitory building, not feeling sleepy.

He looked at the pitch black sky above his head. Maybe, maybe this universe is controlled by incomprehensible dark forces. Human beings are very ordinary, but humans also have the ability to appreciate the night sky. Such a night is really good.

I don’t know how many quiet nights there are these days.

Love the Plague Doctor.