Strange Voyage: Summoning the Fourth Disaster.

Chapter 565: Hanging Skull Harbor

Just as Li Miao thought.

Behind the two cremated skeletons is actually an altar that resembles a prison.

In these prisons, there are souls howling in pain. Strange flames are burning them all the time, as if trying to absorb some kind of nourishment from them.

Of course, in addition to these sacrificed souls, there are also those that have not been sacrificed.

After Li Miao found one of the souls, he learned about the situation here from him.

"Ah... Captain Zered actually let you in..."

"You want to find out the truth about the Cremation, right?"

"Well...it's nothing actually. The truth is that the Cremation uses our pure souls as fuel and sacrifices them to something unknown. It's not my turn yet."

"However, I hope that as a guest, you will not hate Captain Zered. He is undoubtedly a good man..."

"Otherwise, I wouldn't be so lonely."

The soul sat cross-legged next to the prison and told Li Miao what happened here. He smiled after he finished speaking. Not only did he not hate Zered, but he was grateful to him.

Li Miao further asked about his story.

This soul is not covered either.

He is a survivor, a wandering flame, and a father of two children.

However, surviving in a world with scarce resources is a painful and difficult thing. His two children soon contracted some strange diseases and were on the verge of death.

Zered arrives at this time and offers him a deal.

That is to give up his soul in exchange for the safety of the two children.

Obviously, he agreed, and Zered settled the two children as promised.

Even after that, he stayed on the Cremation for a while, until recently when there was a shortage of people in the sacrifice area, so he came here.

Other souls have had similar experiences to a greater or lesser extent.

This is probably the reason why Zered wants to completely destroy the Cremation.

"..." Li Miao was silent for a moment: "What will be the consequences if Zeled does not sacrifice his pure soul?"

"Runaway." The soul said, "The curse only needs to harvest some pure souls every once in a while. It can exceed the limit, but there can't be any discount. If Captain Zered insists on not completing the sacrifice, the Cremation will become a real horrific natural disaster, recklessly traveling through the darkness to harvest souls, and no one can stop it."

"...So by doing this, Zered can actually buy some time?" Li Miao looked at him.

"Yes." The soul sighed: "The viciousness of this curse is that it can obviously harvest more souls for sacrifice, but it leaves Captain Zedred with room to choose."

"Either a small number of people die, or people die indiscriminately."

"It seems that it is keen to see Captain Zered constantly questioning his own heart, or perhaps it can gain some benefit from it. No one can say for sure..."

"In short, Captain Zered can actually ignore anyone's thoughts and just complete the request."

"But he is very disgusted with this kind of behavior, so he has been looking for a way to destroy the Cremation."

After listening to the soul's words, Li Miao frowned and fell silent.

This curse is indeed vicious. Not only does it entangle Zered, but it also makes him constantly torture himself in this helpless choice.

If you choose a small group of people, you will have to bear the sin yourself. If you refuse, you will have to watch everyone die...

"……I see."

Li Miao nodded heavily, then stood up and left with heavy steps. He might understand why Zeled liked to drink Hell Dance, a wine that brought pain...

When leaving the prison door, two cremated skeletons were still lying on the ground, as if they had suffered severe injuries and could never recover.

Li Miao came to the deck and found Zered in the room.

He might be awake now, or maybe he wasn't asleep at all.

"After this journey, I will return to Candlewood Island and inform the Candle Keeper of your situation."

"He may have a way to free you."

Li Miao said seriously.

Zered invited him to travel with him, not only because he really wanted to make friends with him, but probably this was also his purpose.

"Thank you very much." Zered smiled, as if he knew everything about Li Miao's behavior in the Cremation.

"All right."

"We are almost there, let's get ready."

Zered stood up and walked to the deck of the Cremation, followed closely by Li Miao.

In the darkness, a space crack appeared again in front of the Cremation, revealing the deep sea surface.

Not long after, the Cremation, sailing in the darkness, sank into the sea, and the entire ship was shaken.

After Li Miao came to the bow, he looked around.

It was night here, the sea was deep, and the cold sea breeze blew in, bringing with it a foul stench.

In front of the Cremation, there was a huge, ferocious head with strange lights flashing in its eyes, patrolling back and forth regularly. It seemed to be a special lighthouse.

With the strange light of the giant tree, Li Miao looked down and saw a large island covered with black fog and a blood-red bottom.

"Hanging Skull Harbor."

"A place filled with only killing and blood. Rumor has it that an evil god fell here, wanting to spread blood even in death, so he set his evil flames on the island."

"There are all kinds of powerful monsters wandering around this island. If you can take off their heads and hang them on the top of the mountain, you will receive a gift from Hanging Skull Harbor, which is likely to be what you want."

"But the corresponding thing is that if you die, your head will be left behind and become a trophy for future generations..."

Zered came to his side and slowly explained the situation here.

Oh my god, Lingzhu even made this special copy that only serves one person so meticulous...

After listening to this, Li Miao sighed in his heart, and then as if he realized something, he asked thoughtfully: "So you came here to look for..."

"Pure soul." Zered responded directly to his words: "Although Hanging Skull Port is terrible, as long as you hang the head and complete the requirements, it can almost meet all your needs."

"Even the pure souls that were created are among them, and they can even deceive the curse."

"Amazing, right?"

At this point, Zered sighed again: "It would be better if it didn't take a long time to enter after the suspension is completed."

I go……

Li Miao was really shocked this time. He thought that although this place was special, it would only reward some weapons and equipment or something, at most some special props.

But what I didn’t expect was that even pure souls could be created here, and the kind that could deceive the curse?

(End of this chapter)