In the mysterious Central American country of Honduras, there has been a story of a "city of death" that was cursed by Mayan prophecy. The city is said to have been hidden in the mountainous jungles of the western part of the country for centuries and those who entered it without permission would often be cursed by the prophecy and suffered death. However, in the summer of 2019 in modern civilized society, three young college students who are keen on adventure, out of curiosity, went to the primeval jungle of western Honduras to find the city of death left by the so-called Mayan prophecy curse...
Mysterious rumors
Paka, Mackey, and Rembell are college students at the Florida Institute of Technology.
In July 2019, on the occasion of the hot summer, three young men traveled together to Honduras, which is full of the legacy of ancient Mayan culture. In tegucigalpa, the country's capital, the three men learned of a bizarre rumor about the Curse of Mayan prophecy by consulting local libraries.
Mayan cultural site
The rumor is that in the 16th century, cortis, the leader of the Spanish colonists, set foot on the land here and carried out a bloody massacre of the indigenous peoples, the Az, who carried out the genocide. The Turks, the inheritors of the Maya civilization, faced with musket cannons in the hands of invaders, and after indomitable and desperate resistance, the remaining warriors were forced to retreat into a castle in the mountain jungle of present-day western Honduras. But as the traitors led the way, the invaders followed and surrounded the castle.
In the last moments of their lives, the Aztec warriors who fought for freedom resolutely set fire to the city. In the billowing smoke and fire, they left their last mantra in sorrow: "If you are not free, you would rather die!" Our souls will be here for generations, and in the future anyone who trespasses will be subjected to bloodshed. ”
In the centuries that followed, with the change of history and the development of civilization, the Mayan civilization area represented by the Aztecs in the past has evolved into the modern Republic of Honduras. However, the proverbs left by the Aztec warriors have turned into terrible prophecy curses, because in recent years, many people have indeed disappeared strangely after stepping into the pristine jungle mountains in the west, and even if they can find the corpses, they often become unbearable skeleton bones.
Paka, Mackey and Rembell
When Paka, Mackey, and Rembell learned of the story, they discussed it with curiosity. Paka began by saying, "I've seen a documentary called 'The Lost Mayan City' on domestic television about the search for the city of death that was cursed by the Maya prophecy." Mackey took over and shook his head disdainfully, "I don't believe in evil, there are any prophecies and curses in this world, at best, they are just horror stories made up by people." Although the curses seem plausible, there is always some element of confusion in them, but some people are very superstitious about these!"
Macchi smiled, "The jungle is infested with poisonous snakes and beasts, and it is estimated that those unlucky eggs were eaten by wild beasts." But the three of us definitely don't have to be afraid, we are all boxing masters in school, and that's not all, we also have shotguns and hunting knives, even if it's a tough mountain lion!"
Mackey repeatedly advocated traveling to the Western Jungle to find the Death Castle cursed by Mayan prophecies, and persuaded his fellow rembrel, who was also unbelievers. Paca, despite his concerns, did not want to be ridiculed as a coward by Mackey and Rembell, so he eventually agreed to go on an expedition together.
Port of Honduras
So a few days later, the three young men left the bustling capital, Tegucigalpa, and headed for the vast western jungle region. Fortunately, Honduras is a small country, and after two days of trekking, they basically entered the inaccessible jungle hinterland.
Abandoned City
In this mysterious jungle, full of dense primeval forests, walking in the dark environment of the sun, Mackey unfolded the map in his hand to determine the direction, and asked the two companions: "There should be an ancient castle ruins about twenty kilometers ahead, can it be the city of death as the rumored Mayan prophecy curse?"
Rembale was the first to reply, "The purpose of our trip is to explore, and whether it is the City of the Dead or not, we may know when we get there."
Paka nodded in agreement: "Yes, we have to see if I still have an impression of the ruins of the castle that was played in the TV documentary, and maybe I can tell that it is the 'lost Mayan city'."
"The Lost City of Mayans"
Although it was only about twenty kilometers away, there was no complete road, and Paka, Mackey, and Remball could only wield their hunting knives and cut thorns and rattan to clear the obstacles in the way, and they could not help but be disappointed when they reached the castle. Because in addition to the ruined temples, there are almost no other complete buildings in sight, all of which are jagged stone walls, and some even collapse into piles of stones. The thick green moss grew into a terrifying green wall, and the muddy water looked terrible.
"I thought there could still be indigenous people living here, but after half a day, it was an abandoned stone city!" Not a single person can see, not even a mouse!" Mackey and Rembell were discouraged at the sight.
However, Paka said excitedly as if he had discovered a new continent: "Look at what I say, you still don't believe it!" Not bad at all, this is the picture I've seen on TV, it seems that the Mayan prophecy of the curse of the death of the castle has really been found by us! It's really amazing! I couldn't believe they were right in front of my eyes!"
"You see there are stone walls everywhere here, and there are any prophecies and curses, and I said don't believe the nonsense!" Mackey said and walked toward the temple.
Mayan temple
Paka and Rembell looked around roughly, but found nothing unusual, and went into the temple. Saying that it is a temple, there are actually some tall stone pillars left to support the crumbling roof. Lest the roof fall at any moment, Mackey had chosen a safer and cleaner-looking open-air hall in advance to set up a tent, and buried the marching pot and began to cook on the fire. You know, he was already hungry along the way!
Since the branches they picked up did not dry thoroughly, the three people took turns to fan the wind hard, so that the flames burned up little by little. Paka said a little uneasily, "The wind here is so cool, it looks like it's blowing from hell."
Mackey looked at him sneeringly, "It's because you're timid that you feel this way, the evening wind in the mountains is already cold."
When the night was dark, Mackey suddenly proposed that he should go out for a good walk, thinking that if there were no new archaeological discoveries in this desolate place, then tomorrow he would have to go back. Since it took a few days to find the ruins of this desolate and dilapidated castle, Paka and Rembell agreed with Mackey that this time it would really be in vain. The three men then looked carefully along the stone wall with the help of flashlight light. Wherever they went, there were still dense trees and climbing vines, and Paka carefully pulled open the branches of the trees with sharp spikes across them, while Mackey and Rembell seemed to care so that their arms and legs were scratched in many places by the spikes during the walk, and although they were nothing, they oozed blood.
Adventurous journey
"Let's go to the bottom of the mountain rock together to take shelter, and by the way, help you two apply anti-inflammatory powder, it will be a troublesome thing if the wound in this desolate mountain ridge is infected." Paka suggested.
Mackey and Rembell nodded, and the three of them walked toward the bottom of the nearby rock. At this moment, they felt a whimpering sound coming from above their heads, like the ghost of hell, although it was not large, but it sounded creepy.
The three of them looked up to understand what was going on, and suddenly they were surrounded by a group of small monsters with green glowing on their heads. However, these monsters did not manage to do anything to the three people, and in less than two seconds, they disappeared without a trace like water vapor evaporation.
"Strange, what kind of guys are they, I haven't seen clearly how to say that there is no shadow and no shadow!" Paka examined his body and said to his companions in horror when he saw that he was safe. After a while, Mackey's face was a little strange, and his body kept writhing: "I feel a little itchy body, like I have been licked by something."
Rembell next to him also added, "Yeah, my body is itchy too, but it's all right now." Paka looked carefully with the help of the light of the flashlight, and suddenly cried out: "Hey! How come the blood from both of your wounds is gone?
Thrilling encounters
Mackey and Rembell noticed that the wounds that had been scratched by the spikes of the branches were indeed very clean, leaving almost no blood marks and there was a little wetness in the hands, and there was no rain. Could it be that the blood oozing out was licked away by the monsters that had just appeared suddenly?
Paccar was worried again, "Although I couldn't see too clearly just now, I vaguely felt that they were a group of elves from hell, otherwise what kind of small animals in the world have such a big head and such a small body, and they also have a pair of glowing green eyes, running so fast, what the hell are these guys?" Listening to Paka's description, Mackey and Rembell were also a little uneasy: Could it be that the ugly elves were related to the Curse of Mayan Prophecy?
Mexican tailless bat
After experiencing such a storm, the three people were no longer in the mood to go on archaeological inspection, so they returned to sleep in the tent. At midnight, Paccar felt a little cold. He sat up and looked, and when the wind was blowing outside, the whining of the wind was like the cries of the hellish ghosts. Paka wanted to wrap the blanket over the three people tightly, so he turned on the flashlight. Unexpectedly, under the light of the flashlight, Mackey and Rembell suddenly opened their eyes widely, and their pupils lit up, but the black eyes did not move, like two unconscious corpses.
"What's wrong with you two, in this dark midnight, don't scare me?" Paka thought that two companions had woken up and were playing a prank on him, and complained nervously. Who knew that Mackey and Rembell ignored Paka's presence and got up and walked outside the tent.
The two men hung their arms, and their stiff bodies seemed to be struggling to step forward, but they still walked slowly into the darkness step by step with sluggish eyes. Paka felt his scalp tingle more and more, and immediately followed behind to pull McGee and Rembell's bodies: "In the middle of the night, where are you going?"
Mackey and Rembell fell to the ground
Unexpectedly, at this moment, Mackey and Rembell turned violently and screamed like demonic possessions: "We saw those dead Aztec warriors, they accused us of violating the territory, bent their bows and arrows at us, look, their sharp arrows are shooting...
Mackey and Rembell clutched their heads and screamed as if their whole bodies had been shot by a sharp arrow, and fell to the ground and cried out in pain. Paka was stunned and stood to the side staring wide-eyed at the violent convulsions of the two companions. In a few moments, Mackey and Rembell stopped breathing, and their faces were purple and blue, and their pupils were dilated, as if they had seen something extremely terrifying before they died.
Oh my God, they must have encountered the ghosts of the undead hiding here, and were killed by the curse of Mayan prophecy!" Paka could only abandon the corpses of his two companions in fear, and one of them escaped with a rolling belt.
Terrible truth
Paka managed to escape to a populated area and managed to send a distress letter to the leader of the Florida Institute of Technology through the local government. After receiving the information, the leaders of the college attached great importance to it and immediately instructed Professor Brown, an authoritative expert on microbiology with extensive experience in field exploration, to form a team to go to the site of the accident to transport the body back and investigate the cause of the death.
Brown and his party rush to Honduras and meet Paka. Paka described the horrific situation to Professor Brown in detail again, and warned with horror: "There are elves in the area, and there are indeed prophecies and curses that are taking the lives of those who enter without permission, otherwise why would Mackey and Rembell say that they have encountered ghosts for no reason?" But Professor Brown smiled slightly, "Don't be nervous, I have a way to deal with those death prophecies, and I have to catch a few elves."
Blood-sucking bats
Along the way, Professor Brown reminded everyone to be doubly careful not to be scratched by branches or thatch to prevent certain plants from being poisonous. By the time they reached their destination, mackey and Rembell's bodies were found, too corrupt to be found. Brown told everyone to wear protective clothing, one to avoid infection when disposing of corpses, and the other to protect against the monster elves that Paka said were attacking at night.
People were cooking fires in the evening, and when they came out late at night to observe along the stone wall, Paka heard the terrible whining again, and could not help but shiver: "Professor, those elves are going to appear again!"
Brown waved to Paka not to be afraid, and told everyone to hurry up and open the prepared capture net. When everything returned to calm after a few seconds, people looked closely into the capture net with the help of flashlight light and could not help but exclaim: "Caught!" Caught! We actually caught more than a dozen ugly guys with big heads and small bodies, but although they have wings that can fly, they don't have tails, and they obviously don't belong to birds!"
Bats carry the virus
"Oh my God, how did you meet them!" These guys are called The Mexican Tailless Bat and are one of the rarer species of bats. Brown laughed and said, "Of all the bat species on Earth, this is the ugliest looking one, but it is a very fast mammal, and it can be said that it has come and gone without a trace." They are sensitive to smoke, and once they smell the smoke, they will form clusters and hide nearby, and when it is dark, they will attack people and animals.
"But they don't have any other real means of attack except to lick the blood, so why did Mackey and Rembell die so horribly?" Paka asked incomprehensibly.
"The problem is here, the Mexican tailless bat only licks the blood, so it specially selects the injured people and animals to start." However, this bat has a terrible variant rabies virus in its mouth, once it comes into contact with human and animal wounds, the virus will quickly invade and destroy the central nervous system and brain cells, causing the limbs to become stiff and the mind to hallucinate, until the convulsions go crazy and die...
Back in Florida, Professor Brown scientifically verified that a large number of variant rabies viruses were detected in the mouths of captured bats. After invading the human body, the virus multiplies at a very rapid rate, and when the patient is stimulated by light or water, it will become sick and die within a few hours.
Brown finally solemnly warned people that the so-called prophetic death curse in this world does not exist, but the deadly virus parasitic on wild animals is extremely terrible, so in order to protect themselves, humans must stay away from those dangerous wild animals!