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[The Mutations]

[Episode 8]

Aim.

Don't shoot.

You could hurt Shen Rang!

Fire!

Bullets can't hurt it!

Get the powder keg.

Get the powder keg.

Let me do it.

Shen Rang!

Kill it.

Free it from pain.

Shen Cong.

Shen Cong.

Mr. Chu Sijing.

What have you done to Shen Cong?

I just helped you guys build a connection.

A connection with the Lord.

Sir, I told you,

you're also the Lord's envoy.

I'll kill you!

Mr. Chu.

It was because of you

that Cong was awakened.

Can't you feel the Lord's influence on you,

Mr. Chu?

Since Cong awoke, her mind has been connected with mine.

She can only hear my voice

and do what I want her to do.

Chu.

Chu.

Tell Qiu Zhi,

Heng Masters won.

No more hiding.

The Lord has many other envoys

who will come again tomorrow.

Cherish your last moments.

Cherish your last moments.

Chu.

Are you okay?

You could've gotten yourself killed.

I saw Shen Cong and He Zijiao.

Shen Cong killed this monster.

Qiu Zhi.

It's time to take medicine.

Qiu Zhi?

You brought the disaster here.

Get off Wumu Island!

Get off Wumu Island!

Get away! Get out of here!

You're not welcome here.

Get away! Get away!

Get away!

Get off Wumu Island! Get away.

Let's go.

Get off Wumu Island!

Get off Wumu Island!

Get away!

Get off Wumu Island!

Major Shen.

I'm sorry for your loss.

Qiu Zhi watched me grow up.

For Wumu Island,

he gave his life.

Mr. Chu.

When you chased the monster today,

you saw Cong?

Yes.

She was with He Zijiao.

But she didn't recognize me.

It was as if she wasn't there.

She only listened to He Zijiao.

He Zijiao won't hurt Cong for now.

But we still need to find Cong as soon as possible.

In today's battle,

Black Ibises suffered casualties again.

With our limited resources,

are we able to save Shen Cong?

You told me

the monster today

was different.

Yes.

That's what confuses me the most.

Over the past two years,

I've been studying this disease.

Its early symptoms

are the same as those of typhoid fever.

The patients get scars on their bodies

which will turn into gray scales,

and their sweat will turn into mucus.

In the end,

they lose their sanity

or become monsters

that attack all living things.

But the monster today

only attacked us.

It has never happened before.

That monster

seemed to have been controlled by something.

The monster was controlled

by Shen Cong.

The monsters controlled by Shen Cong

are even stronger.

Impossible.

Impossible.

How could Cong...

Even Su Muran couldn't do that.

Who is Su Muran?

Major Shen.

Before long,

I'll become a monster too.

So please

tell me everything you know.

And please tell me

what happened to my brother

two years ago.

Tell me.

Why is Shen Cong capable of that?

Why have Heng Masters taken Shen Cong?

He Zijiao said

monsters are coming soon,

and there will be more than one of them.

At this point,

why are you still keeping secrets from me?

Don't forget,

Shen Cong is your daughter.

Enough.

Cong is my daughter.

Do you think I'm not worried about her?

I,

Qiu Zhi, and Lei Sui

haven't kept the secret of the island

for our own benefit!

You can't leave.

You must tell me the truth today.

Mr. Chu.

Take my advice.

Keep the power in your body under control.

Once you use it,

you may be a monster forever.

Chu.

Where are you going?

I'm talking to you.

Where are you going?

Chu!

Don't you know the situation?

Where are you going now?

Anywhere but here!

Heng Masters and monsters

are coming soon.

But Shen Rang is still keeping secrets from me!

I still don't know anything

about this island!

How am I going to fight?

Boss.

Let me prepare the decoction.

You go have some rest.

Boss.

It's me.

I'm running out of time.

I'll eventually become a monster.

But I haven't done what I need to do yet.

Where is my brother?

I still don't know.

Bo Yan.

I shouldn't have gotten you involved.

Sorry.

Nonsense!

Do you know

if you leave now,

you'll be no different from a deserter?

I came to this island with you

to complete your mission.

I'm your assistant.

I shall not be humiliated like that!

Mr. Chu.

I'm surprised.

We came

to this island together,

but you got infected first.

Don't worry.

If you really became a monster,

I'd kill you myself.

But now,

you can't leave.

It's of utmost importance

that you and I

will fight against the monsters together.

Dad.

Dad.

Cong.

You're a military officer from Ningyuan.

It's your duty to protect the people.

I'm on the island just to look for my brother.

Nonsense!

You fool!

Aren't you an official of Ming?

Aren't you an Imperial Guard?

Aren't you a military officer?

Look for your brother?

I've told you this before.

All you care about is your brother.

It's been two years.

Where on earth is your brother?

My brother is still here.

- Where on earth is your brother? - My brother is still here.

I will find my brother.

My brother is with Wozhan.

Your brother is long dead!

He's not dead!

Dad.

Why have you taken out my doll again?

I told you not to touch it.

I won't

touch it again.

Cong.

I'm becoming a monster.

Are you afraid?

No.

You're a great hero.

I won't be afraid of you no matter what you become.

What if

I can never turn into a human again?

I won't be afraid either.

But by then, I'm afraid

I won't remember you anymore.

Beach.

Bonfire.

The vibe is good.

Chu.

Mr. Chu.

I was a bit harsh just now.

Don't take it personally.

You know my temper.

Besides, you're so strong now.

With one shove,

you pushed me so far away.

It still hurts

even now.

This is all I have.

Major Shen wants to talk to you.

Mr. Chu.

Do you still want to know

what happened two years ago?

Isn't this the first monster

we ran into?

It was one of us.

I wanted to save it.

I wanted to turn it back into a human.

But I couldn't.

Who was it?

Qian,

the healer in the village.

Qian became a monster too.

She became a monster voluntarily

to make the antidote.

Qian once said

very few of the infected

who had special constitutions

could suppress the symptoms

with willpower.

I think

you're that kind of patient.

As far as I know,

among the infected,

only you

can sense other patients and the monsters.

[Chu Siyu] [Journal]

On the first day,

I didn't feel any symptoms.

On the fifth day,

I started to have fevers

and chills.

It's as if I caught a cold.

On the 12th day,

my sweat has turned sticky,

and the number of gray scales has increased.

It's difficult to stay conscious

and control my body.

There must be something poisonous in my body.

I added a few more herbs to the decoction.

I found that

people who touched the mucus and infected blood

were not infected.

Did the patients get infected

because of something they ate?

Today,

a patient acted strange.

He acted like a cricket controlled by horsehair worms.

Alive but dead inside.

Some patients are suffering from rapidly expanding gray scales.

Their bones have undergone transformations

that made them look like monsters.

I once read something about "winter worm, summer grass."

In the winter,

the worm moves in the soil.

In the summer,

it grows out of the soil as grass.

The grass takes the worm's body.

The two become one in the end.

Horsehair worms can control crickets.

The summer grass can control the winter worm.

But why is this

happening to humans?

I dreamed of you again,

Yu.

Mr. Chu.

This can warm you up.

I was weak when I was young.

My mom often prepared decoctions for me too.

This has a similar taste.

Thank you for looking after me these days.

There are only three of you.

Why don't you go back to get reinforcements?

If I tell other people about what's happening here,

they'll see me as a lunatic.

Tomorrow,

Heng Masters will make a blood sacrifice.

If I don't come back,

please send this letter to my brother.

Besides,

if you don't mind taking this token,

keep it as a reminder of me.

Everything will be fine.

After tomorrow,

if things go south,

leave here.

Maybe you don't know.

That day was November 15th,

and I was watching you from afar.

If you hadn't stopped that blood sacrifice, [To Imperial Guard Chu Sijing] I'm afraid the whole Wumu Island

would have been destroyed.

Blood sacrifice?

Two years ago,

what on earth happened?

Two years ago,

Mr. Xiong was defeated.

I came back to Ningyuan with a troop.

When I returned to the island,

the situation

was already out of control.

Guys,

we're home.

Uncle Wang.

You're back.

I'm back.

I'm glad you're okay.

By the way, Uncle Wang,

these are my subordinates.

They'll stay in the village for a while.

Good.

It's not safe outside.

You should stay on the island.

There's no war here.

Uncle Wang,

on our way back,

we saw

something half-animal, half-human.

It looked extremely strange.

Have you seen it before?

There's no such thing that's half-animal, half-human.

You just saw a lizard.

Have you been away for too long

to recognize the creatures on the island?

There's an empty house at the back of the village.

I'll clear it out

for them to stay.

Go home first.

Muran is waiting for you at home.

Soldiers, come with me.

Dad.

Cong.

You've grown so tall.

Cong.

You're back.

I hadn't seen my wife for years,

but when I laid eyes on her,

I knew something was wrong.

That night, I followed Muran out,

and for the first time, I saw your brother,

Chu Siyu.