After returning to the Silence, Luo Binhan found Yaleriga directly in the bridge room.
"I encountered a strange thing." He explained to Yaleriga, "There is a little evil girl who knows that there are savages hiding in the mountains, and she wants to join them. She now thinks that I am a spy sent by the savages, and urges her to I quickly took her to see the imperial army. I guess she must have witnessed her mother being eaten by savages when she was a child, which frightened her into a mental problem."
Yaleriga looked up at him and asked, "Why are there lip marks on your face?"
Luo Binhan quickly wiped it hard again and said solemnly: "This is not important."
"What's so important?"
"That girl must take medicine." Luo Binhan said firmly.
"She's not in our way."
"She harassed me and affected my daily investigative work."
Yaleriga looked a little disgusted, but finally asked him to sit down and talk about the details. Luo Binhan told her how he went to town to investigate Momoluo's reputation, but ended up being entangled in a burgundy ponytail. He inquired about the situation in detail in the town bar and learned that she was not the only one who wanted to join the savages. Several teenagers in the town believe in the mysterious savage legend and hope to escape from the depressing society and join the trouble-free mountain tribe.
This is naturally very absurd to Luo Binhan. He was 100% sure that if those teenagers entered the mountains, their only end would be to fill the bellies of the savages. From a fundamental point of view, the Wuda tribe does not regard them as the same kind, but as "dark residents in the devil world". Furthermore, Luo Binhan didn't understand why these teenagers were dissatisfied with real life, so much so that they insisted that a mysterious primitive society where hair and blood were eaten could make them live more comfortably. In his view, if he could only choose to live in one world, then the other side with a triple-screen mobile phone would undoubtedly be much more comfortable than the simple tribe who wiped their butts with leaves, even if they couldn't go to the moon in a canoe.
He suspected that there was some kind of religious propaganda with ulterior motives behind it, but when he tested whether the crazy idea of burgundy ponytail was instilled in her by others, she insisted that it was her true thought. Luo Binhan also talked with the bartender and several other townspeople, and found that their attitudes were completely normal, and they would just laugh off the statement that "there are savages in the mountains."
"Yes, there are such legends in rural areas." The bartender told him half-jokingly and half-sarcastically, "There are savages and explorers, and then there is tourism."
When he said this, the burgundy ponytail was beside him. Luo Binhan glanced at her secretly and found that her expression and behavior had become completely normal again, not showing any of the crazy behavior she had when she was drinking.
She took him around the entire town and roughly figured out the street layout, and then sat down on the swing in the corner of the town square.
"So, you came out to find a giant?" she asked with interest.
"I'm looking for rumors about a giant. A silver humanoid creature, taller than a building, with eyes as bright as light bulbs. Have you ever heard of such a creature appearing around town?"
"I've never heard of anything so strange."
Luo Binhan recalled the scene when he rescued the burgundy ponytail from the savages. He clearly remembered that Momolo had not yet transformed into a human form at that time, but he seemed to have no memory of the burgundy ponytail. Maybe it was because she was only awake for a short time and focused on the savages, so she didn't realize what kind of giant creature was standing next to her.
The burgundy ponytail agreed to help Luo Binhan inquire about this information, and accepted a gold coin, agreeing to provide him with corresponding cash the next time he came. Luo Binhan warned her repeatedly not to follow him, and then went back under the cover of night.
He told Yaleriga everything he had experienced, and then asked: "Is there any way to make this little girl normal?"
"You first need to know why she is abnormal." Yaleriga said, "Why is she so eager to escape from her own society?"
The key is that Luo Binhan doesn't know. He had also met some people in his hometown who paid lip service to classical culture, but none of them really planned to live a primitive life in an African tribe. The burgundy ponytail can only be said to be fascinating.
He had no choice but to tell Yaleriga that it was difficult for teenagers at that age to reason with common sense. They were just as fickle and whimsical as his sister, not to mention that the burgundy ponytail was still secretly sucking the leaves. According to the knowledge he got from the information collector, it was an addictive plant that was prohibited from trading by law. However, because it was easy to grow and obtain, it was still very popular among students in certain areas. Long-term use can lead to hallucinations and paranoia.
Luo Binhan seriously doubted that was the real cause of the burgundy ponytail's psychosis, but if Yan Ye was indeed the culprit, it meant that any enlightenment and advice would be of no use. He simply encountered a little lunatic who looked a bit like his old sister.
"An addictive plant." Yaleriga said, "Why don't you ask the blue magpie?"
Her words made Luo Binhan suddenly enlightened, and he quickly drove the aircraft to the savage tribe. When he arrived at the field, he remembered that he didn't have a drowning leaf at all, and he had never even seen a real drowning leaf with his own eyes. Then what else can he tell Lan Que? Let the White Tower apprentices study based on their imagination? He was a little annoyed at his recklessness, but he couldn't get a sample of Drying Ye for a while, so he had to go and say hello to Lan Que first.
He parked the aircraft at the entrance of the basin and saw an additional hut on the hillside outside the farmland from a distance. The house is basically composed of four huge living trees and vines wrapped around the trunks. The dense vine leaves like a curtain are filled with clusters of blue flowers.
This unique style of building obviously cannot be completed by manpower in a short time, and it saves Luo Binhan the time to find out where Lan Que lives. He walked to the tree house and tried to peel back the vines and peek inside. Those delicate flowers like jade bells suddenly bloomed and sprayed out streams of irritating wet mist at him.
Luo Binhan screamed and covered his eyes. It wasn't until the blue magpie hurriedly floated down from the tree canopy and dripped a cold, wet and smelly lotion into his eyes that the burning pain subsided. After treating his injury, Blue Magpie sprinkled a handful of sparkling powder on the vine wall, and the vines immediately untied themselves, leaving a gap leading into the house.
It helped Luo Binhan inside and sat down, and then said a little complaining: "You shouldn't pry into a mage's private territory casually. This is no joke. Fortunately, I can only build a temporary workshop. If this is a mage tower, this You will definitely have nothing left in the future."
"Thanks for the reminder." Luo Binhan rubbed his eyelids and said, "But next time I'd better trouble you to put up a warning sign, okay? There's no doorbell here for me to ring!"
Blue Magpie looked a little apologetic, but still insisted that warning signs would hinder the defense system. It poured a cup of tea for Luo Binhan, and then pointed out: "Next time, you can just call my name outside. The sentinel mushroom will pass the news to me."
Luo Binhan didn't want to know what a "sentinel mushroom" was. He took a few sips of hot tea, and then focused on the important part about the burgundy ponytail - before setting off, he had specifically looked in the mirror to make sure there were no more strange marks on his face.
He didn't expect to gain anything immediately from this visit, but Lan Que immediately floated up from his seat after hearing this.
"Drowning leaves? Addictive? I think I might know what you're talking about."
It floated out of the room and returned to Luo Binhan within ten seconds, handing him a feathery, deep-lobed leaf the size of duckweed.
Luo Binhan didn't know the physical appearance of the drowned leaves, so he took out a lighter and lit the leaves. A burning smell filled the house. This was the second time he smelled a similar smell, and he no longer felt any resistance.
"That's it." He said to Lan Que with certainty, "Where did you find it?"
"Uh...it's around here."
"Nearby? This thing grows in the mountains?"
The blue magpie was subtly quiet for a while.
"In fact," it said cautiously, "they have always been planted in the fields."
