After a while, by the time the food was served, the afterglow of the setting sun had already sprinkled on the earth.
But compared to the giant human-faced bear and Zhang Zhiqiang who were feasting, Pei Wende was sitting steadily on the stool without any intention of moving his chopsticks.
Kuchan, who was cautious by nature, saw that Pei Wende didn't even move his chopsticks, so he closed his eyes and meditated, and continued to look like he was wandering.
"Eat! Why don't you eat?"
Seeing this, the giant human-faced bear that was feasting couldn't help but stop.
"Although I rarely cook once, my cooking skills are definitely not much worse than those of ordinary top chefs."
Mistaking Pei Wende and Kuchan's performance as uneasiness about their cooking skills, the giant bear with a human face stopped his chopsticks and said angrily.
"No, I'm not worried about your cooking skills..."
Obviously seeing the strange behavior of the giant human-faced bear, Pei Wende just shook his head lightly.
"I'm just curious, where did you get the ingredients?"
Hearing this, the giant human-faced bear was stunned for a moment, and then asked in confusion.
"Ingredients? Of course they are from your own home? Is there anything wrong with this?"
Listening to the story of the giant human-faced bear, Pei Wende turned his attention to Zhang Zhiqiang, who had not spoken since the table was served.
"Then let me ask another question. Are you really sure you have the ingredients at home?"
Zhang Zhiqiang raised his head blankly. Zhang Zhiqiang, who also looked a little abnormal, did not speak, but stared blankly at Pei Wende.
"this……"
Seeing this scene, the giant human-faced bear immediately woke up, and his original anger instantly turned into horror.
"When did I get tricked?"
After waking up from the shock, the human-faced giant bear immediately realized his previous abnormality.
It’s true that the giant human-faced bear is good at cooking, and it’s true that he has a mind beyond that of ordinary people...
But it is still a demon king who has experienced many hardships. The great demon who once served as the mountain god of Sichuan will never be as unwary as before.
"I just seemed to regard this place as Shuwai Villa? Did I regard him as my family?"
With an unbelievable expression, the giant human-faced bear couldn't help but glance at Zhang Zhiqiang, who was still stupid beside him.
"It seems that my previous guess was still somewhat wrong..."
"At the very least, this land is not hostile to outsiders."
As if he was explaining to the giant bear with a human face, or simply analyzing the current situation, Pei Wende frowned slightly.
"This land is assimilating outsiders, assimilating everyone who trespasses here."
Blinking his eyes, the giant human-faced bear didn't actually understand what Pei Wende meant, but he knew that the other party must have discovered something.
"What's going on? What did you find?"
Hearing the question from the giant human-faced bear, even Ku Chan, who had been meditating with his eyes closed, opened his eyes.
Because Ku Chan was also very curious about what Pei Wende had discovered after spending a whole day walking around.
You know, Kuzen is different from the giant human-faced bear. It seems to be meditating with its eyes closed for a whole day, but in fact it has already wandered around the entire Toyota Village.
Nai Heku's meditation practice is not Taoist, and he cannot truly leave his body and travel to the heavens.
Therefore, being limited by the physical skin, it has never been able to perceive any useful clues and information.
"The reason why Toyota Village is closed is because there is an inexplicable force entrenched in this land, which has 'imprisoned' all the villagers in Toyota Village."
Without further pretense, Pei Wende began to slowly explain everything he discovered.
"It may not be appropriate to say 'imprisonment'. Personally, I prefer the word 'protection'."
"Because outside Toyota Village, there is an equally strange force that seems to be hunting the villagers here..."
"That weird power has no interest in outsiders. It seems to be simply hostile to the villagers living here."
So far, Pei Wende's findings can be justified.
However, what he said next seemed a bit strange, and even began to contradict himself.
"In addition, there is a 'harvest curse' in Toyota Village."
"This curse also comes from this land. It can keep all the farmland within Toyota Village in a 'rich harvest' state."
"But this state is constant and will never change."
There was a slight pause in his tone. While thinking about how to explain his findings, Pei Wende left enough time for the giant bear and Ku Chan to accept this strange situation.
"Yesterday was a bumper harvest, today is a bumper harvest, and tomorrow will be a bumper harvest..."
"The farmland in Toyota Village is always in a 'harvest' state, but it can never get a real harvest."
"Once the harvested rice leaves the field, it will turn into nothing..."
"And the rice will grow back in those areas that were harvested, and keep the golden 'wheat ears' state."
"This is an important reason why the farmlands we saw along the way are still prosperous even after the autumn harvest season."
There was no need for Pei Wende to describe too much. The giant human-faced bear and Ku Chan shuddered in unison.
After all, the two people present were not stupid, and they immediately thought of Pei Wende's original question - where do Zhang Zhiqiang's ingredients come from?
Since the rice in Toyota Village cannot be harvested, how did the villagers here survive?
Or to ask a more straightforward question, what did the Giant Bear and Zhang Zhiqiang just eat?
"That was definitely not an illusion. I feel full now."
Even if he wakes up from the confused state, the giant human-faced bear is still sure that he must have eaten something before.
The feeling of hunger when you are hungry, and the feeling of fullness when you are full...
These are two completely different feelings. The giant human-faced bear feels that it is impossible for him not to be able to distinguish this most basic thing.
"I didn't say you were under an illusion..."
The third eye between his eyebrows quietly opened, and Pei Wende, who had already seen the truth, fell into silence.
"ah!"
Noticing Pei Wende's performance, Ku Chan immediately transformed back into the ape demon form, and the angry-eyed Vajra in his belly also opened his eyes.
The angry-eyed Vajra is the god of protection and the nemesis of all evil spirits.
Therefore, even though he did not practice formal clairvoyance, Kuchan still managed to see the horrifying truth through the afterglow of the setting sun.
"There is a folk saying that it is the twilight moment when the sun and moon alternate, and it is also the demonic moment when all abnormal phenomena manifest."
After a short silence, Pei Wende finally broke the silence first.
"No matter how good the disguise is, no matter how strange the vision is, flaws will be revealed at the moment of encounter."
"If you're ready, I can show you what's happening to you right now."
——Monthly Ticket/Recommended Ticket——
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PS: Today I had a burst of inspiration and extraordinary performance. I typed a total of 8,000 words!
Four thousand of them are imaginary extras that suddenly appeared. If you are interested, you can check out "Related Works".
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