Chapter 266 - Leprosy, Smallpox, Black Plague, Cholera (2/2)

“Ah” Kathlyn felt her sto Peacock clamped her hands over herelse!”

“These poor things” Lou Xiaoning hissed through her teeth The opaline stone was shi+ning again “fuck…”

“Do they look that way because of some kind of disease?” Malachite asked coolly

“Most likely…” Gu Jun narrowed his eyes at one of the children, “That child appears to have died from leprosy” He had not seen an actual leper before because vaccination for leprosy had curbed all cases as humanity entered the ue that influenced human history for thousands of years Even today, there were still villages in China which were built back then to isolate victims of leprosy Leprosy was caused by bacillus leprae The bacteria inducedeformation and disability Such was the poor state of the carcass inside the fireplaces The inverted face was barely hu pustules…

Gu Jun turned to the other carcass It was a victim of smallpox The face was peppered with small blotches, some of them were opaque while others had darkened The exposed skin was covered with round scars like blisters fro burnt by hot water, this was typical of a smallpox victim

Gu Jun shi+fted to the next fireplace The body’s eyes were oozing pus and the skin had traces of blebs and pustules Different from the victim of leprosy, this body was also covered with patches of black scabs This was the victiue

With discomfiture, Gu Jun whipped his head to the next fireplace The carcass inside was as thin as a stick Faecal matter stuck to parts of their body Cholera… this was a victiue and cholera These were all plagues which had left a huge ed third world countries to this day

There was one last fireplace left Gu Jun looked over and he was overwhel Xin Hospital… The purplish skin, parched lips and bloody voionella pneumonia but it was unclear whether this was the common kind or the supernatural kind

“This is an altar” It finally dawned on Gu Jun His heart shook froer “These bodies are part of the ceremony”

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Five different illnesses representing five different plagues, but as the goal of the ceremony? Were these dead bodies sacrificed to the House of Worms?

“Cereasped, “That was also part of the ritual sacrifice”

Unfortunately, none of them knehat the ritual was for and more importantly, whoroup looked around as they stood back to back in the onal rooroup Behind theat them