Deep in the mist, in the huge mansion.
"Are you ready?"
With his signature smile on his lips, the young scholar looked at the restless boy opposite and repeated his question again.
"I can help you leave the fog, but I can't guarantee what will happen next."
When he said this, the young scholar clearly saw the fear of death on Zhao Mu's face, which is the instinct of all life.
"To be honest, judging from the current situation, the possibility of you successfully leaving the fog is not high."
Although the young scholar likes to make deals with others, he does not like to conceal the details of the transaction, even if he does have the ability and motivation to do so.
"Am I going to die?"
Hearing this, Zhao Mu, who had already noticed something, asked in a deep voice.
"The chance of death is about half, so I wouldn't recommend it."
After receiving a positive answer, Zhao Mu fell silent completely.
Because he thought of the village, his mother, and the outsider who suddenly appeared in the village.
Although Zhao Mu still doesn't know why his mother had to leave the village by herself, he believes that his mother will not harm him.
In fact, Zhao Mu, who is not stupid, actually already has his own guess in his mind.
This inexplicable speculation made Zhao Mu a little scared, fearing that his cognition and three views would be subverted by a certain fact.
However, Zhao Mu is the son of Zhu Nu and A Da after all. After a brief period of fear, he chose to accept the unknown and the facts.
"I have one more question, can I ask you?"
Raising his brows slightly, the young scholar looked at Zhao Mu who seemed to be gradually regaining his composure, and nodded naturally.
"You can call me Zhou Sheng, or you can just call me Scholar."
"As for the question you want to ask? It depends on whether I can answer it."
After stating his bottom line straightforwardly and clearly, Zhou Sheng was actually curious about what Zhao Mu planned to ask.
"Brother Zhou, I..."
Seeing this, Zhao Mu opened his mouth hesitantly, and finally asked the question he feared most in his heart.
"I want to know if the outside world is full of monsters..."
When he said this, Zhao Mu suddenly paused, then shook his head suddenly and asked.
"No, what I really want to ask is, are we the monsters in the eyes of the outside world?"
As soon as these words came out, the scene fell silent.
"Ha ha……"
After being silent for a long time, Zhou Sheng suddenly laughed.
"What a good question!"
"Actually, someone asked the same question before you."
"I can tell you clearly that from the outside world, the creatures living in this fog are the real monsters."
Looking at Zhao Mu, whose expression was suppressed but never wavered at all, Zhou Sheng then laughed loudly.
"Haha, whether it's the invisible things that exist in the fog, or the tomb beasts guarding this fog..."
"Even existences like you and me are monsters that should not exist in this world."
After laughing, Zhou Sheng's expression suddenly calmed down, and then he revealed a kind of madness that Zhao Mu had never seen before.
"But does it make any difference?"
"Anyway, there are never two souls that completely understand each other in this world."
"He's arsenic, I'm honey!"
"You just need to know that compared to differences in form, those monsters that have the same appearance and the same habits as you, but are full of malice towards you are the real monsters to be wary of!"
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After learning the truth about the foggy village from the old man, Pei Wende kept his agreement and did not disturb the villagers living in the village anymore, but turned around and entered deeper into the fog.
But before leaving the village, Pei Wende glanced at all the villagers, including the old man, with deep meaning.
Because he knew that the old man might have told the truth about this village, but he did not fully tell everything he knew.
For example, the old man so excluded the villagers from contact with outsiders.
Pei Wende didn't believe that he simply didn't want the children to know that "outsiders are not monsters."
In Pei Wende's view, the old man's rejection of contact with the villagers may be partly due to his intention to protect the villagers, but more importantly, there are some secrets hidden in the village.
The simplest point is, before the young scholar appeared and created the "mirage", how did the villagers live in peace with the invisible things in the fog?
If the invisible things hidden in the mist showed no signs of attacking the villagers before the young scholar appeared, then a new problem would arise.
Since the invisible thing in the fog had no intention of attacking the villagers at first.
So why do the old people instill in the new generation the idea that there are monsters in the fog, and that the world outside the fog is a world of monsters?
No matter which angle you look at it, this village, which has existed in the fog for countless years, hides countless contradictions and strangeness.
"It's a pity that I have to find Xiaoqing now, otherwise I have to find out everything."
After muttering something unclear, Pei Wende took one last look at the village that gradually disappeared into the mist, until it completely disappeared from his sight.
"Also, you've been following me for such a long time, don't you want to show off?"
Pei Wende looked around calmly and made sure that he was far away from the village and did not move forward.
"You have been following me since I entered the mist."
"And he also intends to open up a path for me in the fog and guide me to the village."
There was a slight pause in his tone, and Pei Wende continued to talk to himself regardless of whether the existence in the mist could hear his voice.
"I thought you were the young scholar, the 'messenger' who led me here."
"But judging from all the subsequent situations, it seems that I guessed wrong from the beginning."
"You only appeared when I entered the mist. When the invisible things in the mist rioted, you seemed to have lost control."
"In addition, Zhu Nu was able to tell at a glance that the 'mirage bead' was hidden on my body, and she broke my method of 'hiding the weapon in the body'..."
"This is obviously not a coincidence, but someone informed her about my situation in advance."
The voice paused again, but this time Pei Wende was not pretending to be stupid, but was very sure to reveal the other party's identity.
"Should I tell you to be an invisible thing hidden in the mist?"
"Should I continue to call you 'Ada'?"
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