Deep in the Living

Chapter 175 Worship God
The island village is built on the mountain.

The mountain they rely on is also the only mountain on the island. It is about 200 meters high and has lush vegetation.

Hundreds of villagers gathered in the open space outside the ancestral hall, and then they would reach the mountain path.

All kinds of offerings have been prepared.

Including three monkeys tied to a bamboo sedan,

A jar full of poisonous insects,

A sika deer hung upside down on a bamboo pole with its limbs tied up,
There is also a small metal box that looks quite delicate, but I don't know what's inside.

The team responsible for carrying the sacrificial offerings walked in the front, led by an old man holding a lantern.

The rest of the villagers followed behind, without holding any lighting props, but just lowered their heads and moved forward following the footsteps of the person in front of them.

Ten tourists who came to experience primitive life were arranged to follow at the end. They were required to remain silent throughout the whole process. Any words would be considered disrespectful to the mountain god and might even result in invisible punishment.

All the villagers were speaking an unknown slang. Luo Di had heard many types of Chinese dialects, but he could not understand this language at all.

The documentary team, who were also walking at the end of the team, were using hidden cameras to secretly record the entire worship ceremony, and would occasionally turn to Hua Yuan's position to shoot.

After walking a hundred meters along the winding mountain road, we finally came to a mountainside with a gentle slope and even a platform structure. The trees here had been completely cut down, leaving a large amount of open space.

When everyone set foot here, their eyes were immediately attracted by a special mountain structure.

A mysterious and dark cave is not far ahead.
The cave has obvious signs of artificial modification. It is built with cement and has stone boys placed on both sides of the entrance.

The area directly opposite the cave was built into an open stone altar.

The so-called worship ceremony is being held here.

Various bound living creatures were placed in a certain order and position, with a mysterious and exquisite little box placed in the middle.

The monkeys and sika deer, who had been tied up for a long time and were exhausted, suddenly screamed loudly at this moment, as if they were afraid of something, afraid of something in the cave.

Several older villagers began to dance around the altar.

The rest of the villagers knelt on the ground, making seals with their hands and burying their heads.

Rody and others knelt at the outermost edge, silently observing the worship ceremony. Their eyes were unconsciously attracted to the cave, as if there really was something in the depths of the darkness.

suddenly,

The oldest man in the village raised his arm and pointed at Luo Di, speaking in some incomprehensible dialect.

The tour guide next to the tour group acted as an interpreter:
“The village chief said that they had just established contact with the mountain god and explained to the god that you have donated a lot of money to support the development of the village and have also participated in the worship activities very devoutly.

The mountain god is very happy and wants you, an outsider, to help him complete the final sacrificial offering on his behalf.

It's very simple, just open the sealed metal box.

This is a very rare situation. If you can gain the favor of the mountain god through this, you can be guaranteed to be free from all diseases and live a peaceful life.

Of course, I won’t force you if you don’t want to.”

Although the tour guide said he would not force it, all the villagers kneeling on the ground turned their heads and stared at Rody who was chosen with wide eyes.

"go……"

Came the voice of someone between the sisters.

Apparently, they had already checked the metal box and found nothing wrong with it. Moreover, this unexpected opportunity might provide more useful clues.

Rody nodded, and when he stood up and walked towards the altar, the villagers along the way made way for him.

Although he could not understand what the village chief said, he could feel that he was urgently asking Rody to quickly open the small metal box on the altar and complete the final sacrifice.

The sacrificial dances and various sounds here all stopped.

The scene of hundreds of people was completely silent.

Everyone is waiting for the final step of the sacrifice.

The silent urging made Rody squat down and put his hand on the edge of the metal box. The pituitary gland implanted in the back of his hand was ready to be activated at any time to deal with any danger that might appear from between the boxes.

click!
Open the box.

The light cast by the stars illuminates the situation inside the box.

An eyeball,
The eyeball with a bright red nerve attached to the tail is placed inside.

It seemed to have just been peeled off and was even twisting between the boxes.

This eyeball was extremely familiar to Rody. The moment he saw the eyeball, half of Rody's vision was taken away, as if he had returned to last night's dream, back to the time when his eyeball slipped from his eye socket.

I was in a hurry to pick it up and accidentally dropped my eyeball into the leak.

I didn’t expect him to appear here…to be sacrificed.

wrong,

This logic obviously doesn't match up.
The former was a dream, and the current worship ceremony was reality. And how could the eyeball lost in the pond in the dream appear in a distant island village and be used as a sacrifice?
but,

A heavy feeling oppressed Roddy's brain, blocking the assistance of logic and reason, and forcibly linking the two things together.

Rody, who hated and despised fear, felt an inexplicable fear again at this moment. It seemed that this emotion could not be erased by willpower alone.

As the feeling of fear arose, he was forced to raise his head and look towards the cave in front of him.

The cave under the one-eyed vision has undergone some changes.
There are some colors shining in the depths of the darkness,

These colors are not luster, but more like some kind of living creatures, and these living creatures are rushing out of the cave.

Ta! The sound of a tongue snapping.

The sound of the tongue snapping this time was not as loud as before, but it still shattered the image in front of him.

The screen is interrupted.

There was nothing in front of Luo Di, just a normal cave. As for the metal box, there was no eyeball at all, just a piece of dried skin, but the wrinkles and lines on the surface of the skin looked a bit like eyes.

The tour guide's voice came from behind.

"The worship ceremony is over, Mr. Di, we can leave now."

"Ah."

Rody shook his head and returned to his team, following the villagers to leave the mountainous area.

When going down the mountain, Rody looked back at the strange cave and the offerings placed not far away. The monkey seemed to be in complete despair, staring with eyes wide open and no longer shouting.

Return to the village.

The village chief also held a grand banquet and arranged a modern night barbecue to entertain these travelers who came from afar.

After eating and drinking, everyone went back to their rooms.

The four sisters had already made plans for the following late night, not to mention that Rodig had just had a strange reaction during the sacrificial ceremony.

After they stayed in the house for a while, until most of the villagers went back to rest, they took advantage of the night and shadows to quietly go to the back mountain where they had worshipped gods before.

Needless to say,

That cave must be explored.

Not long after the five-member team left the room, the middle-aged man from the documentary team couldn't hold back his inner restlessness and came to the door on his own initiative.

He wanted to invite Hua Yuan to drink with them, and was so obsessed with this that he would not give up until he achieved his goal.

After knocking on the door for a long time without any response, the bald man actually went around to the window and tried to peek, but the inside was covered with newspapers and he could not see what was going on.

One of the people traveling with him actually knew how to pick a lock and easily opened this fragile wooden door.

When they were about to pounce on Hua Yuan in the house with strong desire, there was no one inside.

"Where did they go!?"

"No, we must find Miss Hua Yuan tonight!"

……

Back mountain, in front of the cave.

Five people were standing in front of the altar.
All the offerings that were placed here two hours ago have disappeared, leaving only bamboo poles, jars and metal boxes.

It's as if something accepted the offering and finished eating here.

The five people still disguised themselves as young people who loved adventure and were curious about the unknown. After some discussion, they decided to go deep into the cave to find out what was going on. They were exactly like the suicide squad in a horror movie.

As the cave is narrow, only two people can sit side by side.

Xiaoyan held Xia's arm and walked in front pretending to be scared.

Hua Yuan and the class monitor walked in the middle, leaning against each other. Luo Di, the only boy, was in the rear, carrying a special and slightly bulging mountaineering backpack behind him.

(End of this chapter)