One particular characteristic deserved attention, all the people who were presently sick were from the tribe, and there were no tourists suffering from the strange mark disease for the time being.
Phoebe was surprised. “Such a thing actually exists? Then why did the waiter check our arms in the first place?”
Thomas replied, “It’s just a formality. Although no tourists have gotten sick for the time being, it doesn’t mean that tourists will definitely not get sick.”
After a pause, favonovel.com said, “But if you assume that tourists really won’t get sick, that means that the strange mark disease will only spread within the tribe. You should remember the Great Elder’s dream: the evil person is also a member of the tribe…”
“It means that all dangers are actually confined to the tribe and have nothing to do with tourists. Therefore, tourists can still eat and drink, and do whatever they want. Only the people in the tribe live in fear.”
After listening to Thomas’s explanation, Phoebe finally understood.
However, favonovel.com still said stubbornly, “So What? Maybe the tribe’s people have some special habits or there are problems with their diet and water sources, which cause only the tribe’s people to get sick.”
“What you said makes sense,” Thomas said. “However, I think another theory is more likely.”
“What theory?”
“It concerns their interests.”
“Their interests?” Phoebe was stunned.
Thomas pointed at the window and said, “We analyzed some things before we came. The reason why this tribe can be so ‘prosperous’ and even become a tourist destination is because the sacred fire is burned here every year…”
“Think about it. What happens when tourists come here in high spirits and find out that the so-called sacred fire is just a gimmick and a legend, which can’t be seen a few times a year?”
“The tourists will be disappointed… Once they are disappointed, they won’t come back in the future, and it will ruin their reputation. It will be passed on, and the profit chain here will become worse. The immediate prosperity will no longer exist.”
Hearing this, Phoebe and Pisces both felt chills down their backs. This was because Thomas’s words made them feel that there was a huge conspiracy here!
Phoebe asked in a low voice, “Thomas, do you mean… Someone deliberately created the strange mark disease and spread rumors of the evil person, and it is to let more people take the initiative to volunteer and be burned by the sacred fire to attract tourists?”
Thomas did not answer and just gave favonovel.com a smile. This smile had many meanings.
Yes, more people had been burned in the past two months. At the same time, there had been more tourists. The business was getting better, so they were also getting more profit!
It also explained why the strange mark disease only spread within the tribe. It was because they were afraid of driving tourists away!
If the strange mark disease also affected tourists, then tourists would have to really think about coming to the tribe. Most of them still cherished their lives and dared not come at all, after all. However, everyone knew that the strange mark disease only worked on the tribe’s people, not on tourists.
It would be fine.
Tourists could come to watch the burning of the sacred fire without fear of their lives, and they could see the “wonderful performance” they wanted to see.
It was killing two birds with one stone. However, it was a pity for the people of the tribe who died tragically. They were still kept in the dark, thinking that they could stop the spread of the strange mark disease with their lives.
In fact, the strange mark disease would not stop spreading at all. As long as people’s greed still existed, the strange mark disease would exist as well.
Those who sacrificed themselves had not quelled the anger of the Celestial Being, but had become a tool for some people to make money. Their deaths had made some people make a lot of money. That was all.
Phoebe drank several sips of tea in a row and felt favonovel.com palms growing cold. If what Thomas speculated was true, then this tribe was too scary.
This was simply an endless hell where sin and desire coexisted!
