Ding Ling, Ding Ling …
The wind howled and the chimes echoed through the forest. Wu Shiyu strode through the forest. The frogs and insects were unable to get close to her.
Only after she left the forest did she see even more strange sights. The originally azure sea surface was now a sea of blood red.
A storm was gathering in the cloudy sky. Stormy waves rose on the surface of the Blood Sea. A few small boats tied to the shore with ropes were swaying and about to capsize.
Wu Siyu walked down the stairs. The Zoogs who followed behind her were curious but also afraid. They stood at the edge of the forest, hesitant to follow her.
In the end, some of the Zoogs followed. Even though they thought it was dangerous, this Wu Shiyu had the help of the Ulthar cat. Furthermore, wherever he went, the insects would die, so it was worth the risk.
Wu Shiyu soon finished the not so long staircase. When she reached the shore, other than the insects, there were no other signs of life.
She jumped down from one of the wooden boats and untied the ropes. She ordered the Zoogs on the boat to take the oars and row towards the cave.
The sea water reeked of blood. It was not the stench of decay but fresh blood. It was made from the blood of many living creatures.
Not far ahead was the cave formed by nature. The entrance was abnormally dark. There was no blue or green light, it looked more like the door to hell.
Once the wooden boat entered the blue hole, every Zoog felt a strange pressure pushing at them from all sides. They could not help but shiver.
The entrance to the cave was not spacious. Some parts of the path were narrow and the walls of the cave were within reach. Therefore, there had been many accidents where visitors crashed into the cave wall and fractured their cervical vertebrae.
Many people had died here, not just modern visitors, but also people from ancient Rome, Greece and even further back, who had been sacrificed.
Now the light inside the cave was beautiful and strange. Other than blue and green, there were also red, yellow, brown and so on. They overlapped each other.
This place was already a mutated space, but it was unknown what kind of effect it had.
"Can, can we go back?" "Yes, it's too dark in there …" "It doesn't look like anything good is going to happen." The Zoogs chattered nervously.
"Move on, I'll give you chicken drumsticks later." Said Wu Shiyu. The bronze fork bell in his hand emitted a pale yellow light, dispersing the distorted light and illuminating the small space around it. It seemed like it was breaking the fog and splitting the huge waves.
Of course, she could feel the strangeness around her, but that was why she was here. There was a ritual to worship the black goat's power.
The seawater in the blue hole was also blood. She could tell from the thousands of smells of blood that there were traces of blood in the forest.
It was obviously the victim's family. They were attacked by the cultists in the woods and dragged here. There were more victims.
The Zoogs were not greedy for the chicken legs but they did not dare to disobey Wu Siyu. They were afraid that she would kick them into the blood sea. They could only continue to row the oars. Their heads shrunk to the edge of the deck and only their claws were raised.
The deeper they went, the wider the sea erosion cave became, and the more complicated the distorted light became.
The frogs did not come from this place. Wu Shiyu did not see any cultists but she could feel them getting closer.
She noticed the current was getting stronger. Other than the ebb and flow of the tide, the water inside the cave was relatively stable. That was why it was used as a private swimming pool by the Roman emperors. But now the boat seemed to be heading into the eye of a storm, it swayed violently.
"The current is so strong!" "I'm out of strength, I'm out of strength." "I can't row anymore …" The Zoogs screamed in panic.
"The current is going deeper into the cave. Even if you don't row, the boat will still go in."
"Why didn't you say that earlier …" The group of Zoogs on the boat let go of the oars in unison. The oars fell to the floor of the cabin.
Wu Siyu was right. Even though the Zoogs had stopped, the wooden boat continued to flow deeper into the cave. It was so fast that it looked like it had gone out of control. If it rammed into the cave wall, it would be a complete capsize.
But slowly, the cave widened like a small square. Finally, the thing that she was looking for appeared before her eyes.
In the middle, the surging waves were crashing against something that looked like a reef. If one took a closer look, they could see that it was actually a group of people. They were tied up and stacked together, and their bodies were still bleeding. The waves kept crashing against them, swallowing them, and dissolving them. It was unknown whether they were dead or alive.
They were the tourists, the staff of the attraction and the local residents.
When the Zoogs saw them, they immediately pretended to be dead. Wu Shiyu narrowed her eyes.
She could not tell how many people there were. It appeared to be hundreds, thousands or even more …
No, it was not a reef, it was shaped like … a pyramid.
Around the human pyramid, there were many whirlpools on the surface of the water. Each whirlpool had a stone platform rising from it. On those stone platforms, there were different kinds of stone tools. Some were stone axes, some were stone swords, there were also spears, stone shields, stone knives, and so on. There was one of each, and every one of them was shining with a strange light, as if they were connected to other places.
Could these be the 'stone weapons' that Suetonius mentioned in the history books?
Next to each stone platform, there were several small boats. On each boat, there were three black-robed figures. These people all wore a pair of curled goat horns on their heads, and their faces were hidden in the darkness. The end of the sea erosion cave was so deep that the bottom could not be seen, and the number of these goat-headed figures could not be estimated.
They looked at the small boat that had intruded. They appeared to be prepared for this but they could not hide the anger in their eyes.
From this, Wu Shiyu knew that her appearance was a surprise to them. This was all they had prepared for.
Did they think that there was no one else on Capri and that they could do whatever they wanted, like completing this ritual?
At the same time, the wooden boat continued to move forward. At this rate, it was going to crash into the human pyramid. Wu Siyu held the oars in her left hand to stabilize the boat while her right hand continued to hold the bronze bell. The mysterious cat power in her body had never been so easily controlled by her.
Bang! The sea churned and the wooden boat almost toppled over. The Zoogs screamed in panic.
"Oh ho." Wu Shiyu looked around at the goat-headed figures. "Are all of your people on the island here? Not bad, not bad. Saves me the trouble of running around."
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