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[The Mutations]

[Episode 9]

Major Shen.

Qian.

What happened?

Why did Muran become like that?

It's hard to explain to you.

It's too dangerous here.

I'll take you to meet someone.

Let's go.

You mean

Shen Cong's mother, Su Muran,

can also control the monsters?

What scares me is not that Muran can control monsters,

but the fact that those islanders who behaved strangely

also seem to have something to do with her.

Shen Cong can control the monsters now.

It seems that she inherited her mother's ability.

A month before I returned to the island,

your brother

had started investigating this matter.

Mr. Chu.

Qian.

Who is this?

I'm Chu Siyu,

a lieutenant of the Imperial Guards.

This is Shen Rang, Major Shen.

He is Su Muran's husband.

He's from the Qi Troop.

Mr. Chu.

Have a seat.

I heard something strange happened on the island,

so I came to investigate.

As a result,

I did find something strange.

Have you

seen that monster?

That monster

is just

the tip of the iceberg.

I wonder if you noticed that

some villagers are behaving strangely.

They sometimes unwittingly

make the same movements,

and they are unaware of it when doing so.

Since when did it start?

It's been a while.

At first, only one or two people

had these strange behaviors.

There are more and more people now.

I found a totem

at Qingshikou.

What's drawn on the totem?

I don't know either.

They said

it's the Lord.

They call him Wozhan.

They...

Who are they?

In the past year, crops have failed to grow.

We barely had anything to eat.

But a few days ago, for some reason,

the amount of fish in the water suddenly increased.

Everyone seems to be blessed.

Their health and minds are getting better.

Even the long-term patients

have gradually recovered.

I have studied medicine since I was a kid.

But even I can't figure out why or how.

But some people on the island think

this is the Lord's presence.

They organized together

and called themselves the Heng Masters.

Those who are acting strangely...

Some are Heng Masters

but some are ordinary islanders.

But why is this happening?

I don't know either.

But it reminds me of a kind of insect.

Bees.

All bees have remarkably consistent behavior.

That's because they are completely

under the command of a single

queen bee.

I'm willing to bet that

there is someone in the village

who acts as the queen bee.

Impossible.

Impossible.

Muran is just an ordinary woman.

Muran can't be...

Major Shen.

This matter

is unbelievable.

But this is the only explanation.

What I fear the most now

is not that monster

or the queen bee,

but the thing behind them.

On the 15th day of winter,

at sunrise,

the Heng Masters will worship the Sea God.

No one knows what will happen then.

So,

we must stop them.

You mean

Su Muran was the queen bee.

Those patients had to listen to her.

But what was controlling Su Muran?

The thing behind them that my brother feared.

That thing...

You've seen it in your dream, right?

Me too.

I only took a glance,

but I felt a fear

I'd never experienced before.

Shen Rang,

The medicine is getting cold.

Drink it.

Muran.

I really want to live like this

with you and our child forever.

You will.

I saw it all.

Why did those Heng Masters

listen to you?

Why...

Why did that monster

listen to you?

He's not a monster.

He's our friend.

Our family.

You're possessed.

Shen Rang,

I know you still don't understand right now.

But the Lord

really exists.

He inspired me.

He chose me.

He chose our family.

You should be happy.

You're crazy!

Muran.

I really don't know what you're doing.

But I know

you did wrong.

I won't blame you.

The Lord won’t blame you either.

Hold my hand.

I'll take you to see him

and you'll understand.

I'm your wife.

You should trust me.

I added spiritual dew

to the bowl of medicine just now.

The Lord gave it to us.

Only in this way

can you feel his presence.

Shen Rang.

I understand how you feel.

I felt the same way the first time.

You can leave now.

But tomorrow,

before sunrise,

come back to me.

There's a cliff on the southeast side of Wumu Island.

That's where the Heng Masters will hold the blood sacrifice.

There's one more thing I must tell you.

Qian and I found that

most of the fish in the sea

are normal.

But some are different.

On the surface, they look more plump.

But these fish

can survive out of water.

We think that

those who have recovered from illness

and those who are behaving weirdly

have all eaten these fish.

Wumu Island relies on the sea.

If everyone ate such fish...

How did you know about this?

The consequences are unimaginable.

Tomorrow,

even if I have to risk my life,

I must stop the Heng Masters.

None of the Imperial Guards I know

are like you.

The Imperial Guards complete tasks

mostly for promotion.

No one risks their lives like you.

If I only wanted to be promoted,

I just had to stay in the Capital.

I would have been a captain by now.

Major Shen.

Our mission tomorrow

may hurt your lives.

If...

We've been with you for so many years.

If it weren't for you,

none of us here would be alive right now.

No matter what,

we will do it with you!

We'll do it with you!

In the first year of the Tianqi Era,

on the 15th day of winter,

the blood sacrifice

began.

Ever since the Lord was born,

Wumu Island was chosen.

Today

is the day of the ceremony.

We shall spread the power of the Lord.

Cong.

Drink this.

Then we can be together forever.

Cong!

What have you done?

Kill him!

Cong.

Come to me.

Cong, don't go over there!

You're wrong.

The Lord didn't choose me.

What do you Heng Masters

want to achieve?

You will pay for what you have done.

Come with me to see the Lord.

Chu Siyu and Su Muran fell off the cliff together.

And then?

I sent someone to look for them.

Strangely,

we found Muran's body.

But Chu Siyu's body

was nowhere to be found.

Under the cliff was a shallow sea.

We should have been able to find his body.

You mean

Chu Siyu is still alive?

In the dreams that tortured me for the past 2 years,

my brother appeared many times.

There was the sea, too.

I could always feel him.

Now that I'm on Wumu Island,

this feeling is getting stronger.

Chu Siyu may still be alive.

Chu Siyu came to the island.

He had no relatives on Wumu Island.

But for the islanders,

he stopped the Heng Masters' blood sacrifice.

Previously,

I kept it from you both

because I feared that if this got out,

everyone would treat the people of Wumu Island as monsters

and kill us all.

In the past two years,

out of the monsters I've killed,

I wonder how many used to be my friends,

and how many

used to be my brothers.

Now,

it's almost my turn.

I'm not afraid of death.

But after I die,

who will take care of Cong?

She's still so young.

I sincerely hope

that you may

help me.

Chu.

To figure out the whole truth,

we must kill the Heng Masters first

and let He Zijiao say it himself.

This is the only way you can find your brother.

Two years ago, my brother came to Wumu Island

and stopped the Heng Masters.

I came here two years later.

Maybe this is destiny.

This time, whether I can find him or not,

I'll finish what he started.

Major Shen.

Initially, I came to Wumu Island

to find my brother.

But I was lucky to meet you guys.

To protect the islanders,

you have no fear of death.

Don't worry.

I, Chu Sijing,

will do my best

to fight against the Heng Masters with you

and save Cong.

I don't want any more islanders

to die because of this.

Although our men

can't resist Heng Masters right now,

there's still a chance of survival.

Bo Yan,

go to Ninghai Fortress for help.

Shen Rang and I will stay here

to guard the village

and wait for reinforcements.

Thank you, sirs.

Thank you, Major Shen.

What's wrong?

Nothing.

A few days ago, I tried to swim back

to ask Ninghai Fortress for help.

But I didn't expect

to find an anomaly midway.

Soon after, I fainted.

There seemed to be something

in the sea trying to stop me.

The tide is rising

and you'll be going against the wind.

Why don't you leave at dawn instead?

That'd be too late.

It takes at least 1 hour

to return to Ninghai Fortress from here.

Take it.

Don't lose your direction.

Thank you.

Take care.

Bo Yan.

Major Shen.

There's something

I've been wondering.

Go ahead.

The people of Wumu Island have lived here for 100 years.

Elder Qiu told me.

For the past hundred years,

the islanders have always believed in the Sea God.

That's right.

The people of Wumu Island

worshiped the Northern Sea God,

Xuanming.

That was the case for generations.

But two years ago,

after the Heng Masters established themselves,

the sea god they worshiped

had become Wozhan.

For the belief of a group

to change so much,

something must have happened.

Major Shen, do you know the reason?

I'm not sure.

I only know that Su Muran

sensed Wozhan after eating the fish.

Then, according to Qian's diary,

when they started to yield a lot more fish,

there was already a problem with the fish in the sea.

But what caused it?

I once

wanted to find out the truth too.

I even sent Black Ibises

to search for it at sea.

But the sea was vast.

We found nothing in the end.

But the place that appeared

in my dream every time

was in that direction of the sea.

He kept muttering

"Southeast. Southeast."

Major Shen.

There must be something wrong

with the southeast waters off Wumu Island.

And it must be related to the Wozhan they mentioned.

The major events on the island every year

are recorded in the Book of Major Incidents.

I vaguely remember something about

the southeast waters you mentioned.

Let's split up and search through the books.

Found it.

It's been so long.

Why haven't I arrived yet?

The 15th day of the winter, in the 26th year of the Wanli Era.

A thunderous sound came from the sky.

It sounded like the call of ten thousand cows.

Looking up, we saw a massive star.

It looked like the moon with three tails behind it.

It was a meteor

that lit up the night.

I was nine that year.

I saw it with my own eyes.

It came from the northwest

and sank...

Sank into the southeast sea of Wumu Island.

What the hell is this?

The meteor fell into the southeast sea of Wumu Island.

That's the place He Zijiao is looking for.

You mean

all these strange things

have something to do with the meteor?

The Black Dragon ship was destroyed there too.

It can't be a coincidence.

It's been more than 20 years

since the 26th year of the Wanli Era.

Why did something strange happen only in the last 2 years?

Maybe there's some kind of poison

on this meteorite.

It contaminated the seawater and fish in the sea.

But this process takes time.

So people only started getting infected

from eating fish 2 years ago.

But you, me,

Su Muran,

and even Shen Cong...

The symptoms of our infection

are completely different from others.

I can even feel the presence

of some kind of power now.

Muran once told me

we are different from ordinary people.

Even if our bodies change,

we can still keep our minds.

I suspect that the meteorite

brought more than just poison.

There must have been something else.

Maybe...

Maybe it's some kind of mythical evil object.

No matter what it is,

it can't go ashore.

Maybe it hasn't done anything.

It's just sleeping.

The Heng Masters' men

not only plan to find it,

they want to wake it up.

But there's no point in talking about these right now.

Our strength is too weak.

I don't know if Bo Yan

can come back with reinforcements either.

We can only rely on ourselves.

Did He Zijiao ever mention

when he'd be back?

Tomorrow.

We can only fight to the death, then.

Tomorrow morning,

I'll go find Angelica.

He Zijiao is our common enemy now.

We need their power.

The stove is burning brightly.

It's cold.

Don't you feel cold?

I can't hide it anymore.

Someone in the military camp

has started to mutate.

If this matter is exposed,

none of us can survive.

You're the one who sent Chu Sijing to the island.

Mr. Xu.

I thought he could be used by me.

I didn't expect him to be like Shen Rang

and go against the Lord's will.

What should we do now?

They will all die tomorrow.

Then, you won't have to hide

the matter about the military camp anymore.

You better deliver your promise.

I have one more thing to tell you.

Go ahead.

It's been so long.

The soldiers have been starving.

We should eat something good.

We can control the monsters now.

Let's abolish the rule against eating fish

in the military.

Have you any idea

what will happen

if we abolish this rule

and lose control of the situation?

Cong has awakened,

and our plan will be complete soon.

There won't be anything we can't control anymore.

Mr. Xu.

I've already committed a capital crime.

Half of my body is buried in the ground.

If you break your promise,

even if I die,

I will take you with me.

Don't forget to take your medicine.