I Forged the Myth of the Ancient Overlords-Chapter 76 - 075. Praise the Sun_1
Chapter 76: 075. Praise the Sun_1
Chapter 76: 075. Praise the Sun_1
Cui Siter saw nothing on the empty chair.
But he could sense a trace of a presence, as if someone was sitting there.
Swallowing, Cui Siter looked towards Lu Ban.
Lu Ban, however, sat down next to the empty chair, staring into the void.
“Are you the Black Queen Mother?”
Lu Ban asked.
The woman in the red bridal gown, with a pale complexion and bloodshot eyes, merely glanced at Lu Ban faintly.
Buzz—
A multitude of knowledge flowed into Lu Ban’s brain.
“…I don’t want to marry the Sea King, I don’t want to be dead…”
“…Only by offering a bride to the Sea King can we calm the storm and save all the people of the town…”
“…You are lucky, Ah Li, you have been chosen as the bride this year…”
“…The dance they perform is strange, it has a power that makes one’s mind drift, even the storm seems to be attracted by the dance, settling down…”
“…Ah Ke, the Hai Family has taken a fancy to you, you will become their bride, this is an honor for our family…”
“…Every woman who marries into the Hai Family disappears without a trace, they never saw their families again, do you think, in fact, they have been offered as sacrifices to the Sea King?”
“…No, it hurts, it hurts so much, save me…someone save me…”
“…If you don’t want to end up like that, follow my instructions, I will help you…”
“…Kill me, kill me, please, just kill me…”
The mad and chaotic sentences finally mixed together in his brain, assaulting his marrow, burning in every groove of the cerebral cortex.
Lu Ban felt a warmth at his nose, thick red blood seeping from his nostrils, and soon, his vision blurred too, his ears ringing with a piercing buzz, his throat as if choked with phlegm, making it hard to breathe.
Fresh blood flowed from his eyes, nose, mouth, and ears, staining his clothes and the ground red.
“Hey, are you alright?”
Cui Siter stood up and patted Lu Ban on the shoulder.
“No prob…lem.”
Lu Ban waved his hand, his arm veins bulging out, the dark veins clearly visible beneath his skin.
Compared to the Madman’s Knowledge, the information he had just received was slightly inferior.
It seemed like grass was growing out of his nostrils, Lu Ban rubbed his eyes, his hand smeared with blood and grass clippings.
Pain seared through Lu Ban’s brain.
To divert his attention, he began to speak.
“The Sea King, who is the original sea monster and also the Black Queen Mother, is one of the avatars of a Divine Being and was later sealed and suppressed in a black tower in the Hai Family Mansion.”
“But the power of the Black Queen Mother herself was not completely sealed, and with the passage of time, Her power spilled out, seeking the help of others to break the seal, subtly influencing the people of the Hai Family.”
“She seduced every bride who married into the Hai Family, hoping these outsiders could help Her escape. However, the existence of the Black Queen Mother is in itself a form of Pollution; even a cry for help was enough to drive those who heard it into madness.”
“The people of the Hai Family are on the verge of breakdown, they have been most severely polluted by the Black Queen Mother, or perhaps, they have all turned into the servants of the Black Queen Mother, but because they fell into madness at the time of becoming servants, they couldn’t release it.”
As he spoke, the wounds on Lu Ban’s body were covered with lush greenery.
“…Are you really okay?”
Cui Siter had never seen such a condition, if it were not for Lu Ban, this guy who seemed somewhat abnormal before, he might have lost his sanity upon witnessing this scene.
“It’s nothing, just need to get some sun.”
Lu Ban said this while the woman in the red bridal gown had already disappeared.
“That woman in the red clothes represents the symbol of Pollution; being able to see her means we have been subtly contaminated.”
Upon hearing this, Cui Siter’s heart sank.
If both Lu Ban and I were already contaminated by the pollution upon entering the town yesterday, then how severely must the residents of Dried Water Town, as well as the Hai Family People who live here for such long periods and at such close proximity, be affected?
Can these individuals still be called human?
“Fortunately, we just have to attend the wedding tomorrow and then we can leave unscathed, not having to forcefully involve ourselves in the dispute between the Black Queen Mother and the Hai Family People.”
Cui Siter said with a worried expression.
“However, the people in this town… I’m afraid that after this… A senior who once mentored me said that the Foreign Domain is not a land of illusion, and its inhabitants are not lifeless simulacra. We should save whoever we can, within our power. But now it seems… regardless, tomorrow will be the end of everything.”
He glanced at Lu Ban.
The man with grass growing on his body had fallen asleep at some point, and the buds on his head were slowly blooming.
…
The sound of gongs and drums filled the air, and lanterns festooned the streets.
When Cui Siter woke up, he smelled a strong scent of gunpowder.
He heard the sound of firecrackers and festive music.
He sat up to find himself in bed, covered with a blanket.
Stepping out of the room, he saw Lu Ban standing in the courtyard, facing the sunlight with outstretched arms, as if to embrace the sun.
“Praise the sun.”
Lu Ban exclaimed, then turned around and flipped over to continue basking.
“What are you doing…”
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Cui Siter yawned.
“Photosynthesis.”
Lu Ban answered seriously.
“Photosynthe… what? Never mind, has the wedding started already?”
Cui Siter asked.
“Almost, they should be parading through the town by now,”
Lu Ban replied casually.
Cui Siter dressed carefully and made his way through the empty courtyard to the front.
He reached the entrance of the Hai Family Mansion and saw the bridal procession.
This was Cui Siter’s first time witnessing so many living people in this world.
No, that’s not right.
Cui Siter saw that the palanquin bearers were the dark-skinned locals, while the escorts were maids dressed in red with pale faces and bright red lips.
These maids, like the Hai Family’s Lord and Lady of the Hai Family the day before, were filled with the aura of the dead.
And the crowd on the street, which seemed lively, was even stranger.
These people were waving at the bridal procession with stiff, repetitive movements, as lifeless as automatons, and their actions were not synchronized, creating a strangely disordered impression.
It was as if they were puppets on a stage, capable only of movement as per their original programming.
“This town is beyond saving, doomed to destruction from the moment it encountered the Black Queen Mother.”
The sudden voice came from behind Cui Siter. He turned to see Lu Ban, who no longer had flowers and grasses on his body.
He was holding a piece of compressed biscuit and gnawing on it with water.
Noticing Cui Siter’s gaze, Lu Ban hesitated before breaking off a small piece of the compressed biscuit and handing it to Cui Siter.
“This is all I have left, we’ll need to hit the road after finishing this.”
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