If you can't eat grass, you will be eaten

To be precise, the gray-black layer outside the village is not as loose as mist, but rather solid, enveloping the entire village firmly in it—like a barrier.

No one is willing to reach out and touch the solid gray and black, because they all have a faint feeling that this thing is not just a simple enchantment.

"The smell of filth." Ibaraki covered his wrinkled nose with one hand, and said displeasedly, "Ordinary people can't stand this smell."

"That is to say, as long as this thing exists, people in the village cannot come out." Han Xiu followed Ibaraki's words, "In a sense, the villagers here are 'captive' by the owner of this thing."

Ibaraki didn't speak, but he nodded slightly, expressing his agreement with Han Xiu.

"Ordinary people can't come out, what about us? Can we go in?" Yingcao asked.

"With me here, of course." Ibaraki grinned disdainfully.

As soon as the words fell, the surrounding solid ground suddenly trembled.Except for Ibaraki, everyone felt unsteady for a moment.earthquake?This idea appeared in everyone's mind, but the ensuing eclipse told them that it was not the case.

The land has returned to calm, but everyone is shrouded in darkness, and only a few inconspicuous vertical rays can be vaguely seen.Yingcao rubbed her arms and asked, "What happened? Why is it getting dark?"

"It's not dark." Ibaraki patiently explained, "It's just that the hand of hell has enveloped us. Come with me now, and I will let you walk into this enchantment safe and sound."

After finishing speaking, Ibaraki took Yingcao's hand as a matter of course, and Yingcao struggled unaccustomedly.

"Don't move around!" Ibaraki said, "The hand of hell is not in vain. It does exist in hell and is contaminated with all kinds of breath in hell. People in the mortal world are best not to touch it—whether it is inside , or outside."

Yingcao blushed, but this time she didn't struggle, but stretched out her hand to hold the little deer man beside her.The little deer man also imitated Han Xiu by his side, but when he touched Han Xiu's dry and warm palm, the image of Han Xiu kissing him couldn't help appearing in his mind, and his mood fluttered.

He immediately came back to his senses, shook his head to drive out the beautiful scene in his mind, then blushed, and tried to cover up his explanation: "There is no light here, and I can't see the hand of hell nearby, so it will be much safer to follow Ibaraki. "

Han Xiu didn't think much about it, on the surface he took Xiaolu Man's hand naturally, but he didn't know what was going on in his heart.He only knew that all his attention was almost focused on the soft touch of his palm.

The four walked hand in hand in the darkness, without any pause on the way, when I heard Ibaraki say: "Okay."

The next moment, the hand of hell opened suddenly, and bright light came through.Under the sudden sunlight, everyone couldn't help squinting their eyes, but they still saw the pure black hand of hell with sharp bones.

"Your right hand is so big?" Yingcao recalled the words of the warrior spirit earlier, the hand of hell is actually Ibaraki's severed arm.Is Ke Ibaraki's broken right hand too big?It was so big that it could envelop the four of them.Hotaru couldn't help but imagine what it would be like if such a big hand grew on Ibaraki's body.Then he shuddered at the picture in his imagination.

Ibaraki glanced at Hotaru, and found that Hotaru was looking at his broken arm in surprise.Ibaraki almost immediately deciphered Hotaru's thoughts from his horrified and strange eyes.

He explained coldly with a dark face: "My right hand is the same size as my left hand. The hand of hell is not just my broken arm, it is also my weapon. The weapon will become bigger and smaller. Nothing unusual."

"Oh." Yingcao touched the tip of her nose in embarrassment, cast her eyes around, and changed the subject forcefully, "We really came in, let's go to the village to see the villagers first."

Ibaraki didn't bother about this point either, and let him gossip about him.

"Hahaha." Yingcao smiled awkwardly and jumped forward, seeming very interested in the unknown things ahead.Everyone walked forward behind him, and they reached the entrance of the village in a short while.

The villagers heard the noise at the entrance of the village and went out of their houses one after another to see what happened.It's just that almost all the ones who came out were children, and occasionally there were a few women, and even fewer men. Even if there were, they were old men.

"Big brother, how did you get in here?" One of the women with a big face raised her head to glance at the enchantment behind them and asked directly.

"We don't know either." Han Xiu replied before everyone else could speak. "We were standing in front of the black hood thinking about what it was, and suddenly we were in a daze. When we came back to our senses, we stood Inside the black hood, so we just headed for the village."

The woman with a big face smiled enthusiastically: "Brother, I didn't say that, you are so lucky. Fortunately, you didn't touch that cover. The cover is evil. If you touch it, even the gods of Da Luo will not be able to save it." gone."

"Speaking of which, our luck is really good." Han Xiu's heart sank, and then he pretended to be very embarrassed and said, "This cover is so evil, so we can't get out? What should we do? We still have to Heading north."

The woman still smiled enthusiastically: "Although I don't know why you are here. But since you have already entered, don't think about going out. I advise you, get used to life here as soon as possible."

"Yes!" Han Xiu glanced at the woman in embarrassment, then pretended to glance at the enchantment behind him, gritted his teeth and said, "Sister, we are new here, please take care of us."

Seeing that they agreed with her suggestion, the woman smiled cheerfully: "Hey, what's the matter, I happen to have two vacant rooms in my house, I'll ask other people if they would like to take you in."

"No need." Han Xiu shouted to the woman who was about to turn around, "Two empty rooms are enough, we can squeeze a little bit."

After thinking about it, the woman realized that it is normal for them to be wary of this strange place when they are newcomers, so she readily agreed: "That's all right, come with me."

Several people followed the woman to her house, but the people around them did not disperse. Instead, they stared at them with interest, as if they saw some rare animals.Knowing that they had entered the house, the situation was a little better, but there were still laughing and laughing children from time to time, who seemed to pass by the door casually and looked at them strangely.

"By the way, my man's surname is Wang. I am Wang. You can call me Sister Wang. My man will come back at night, but you don't have to worry. He is also a warm-hearted guy and will not drive you out. I will take you out first. Go and see the room."

man?Han Xiu frowned, and asked politely: "Sister Wang, I have a question and I don't know if I should ask it."

Wang, who was walking in front, said without looking back, "Hey, just ask."

"Speaking of your husband, I suddenly felt a little strange. It seems that when you came out just now, the crowd of onlookers were almost all children. What about the others? What did they do?"

Sister Wang turned around and gave Han Xiu a funny look: "You are all young masters who have never done farm work. This is the busy time of farming, and the men are planting seedlings in the fields, and many women are also working in the fields. Lived. The man in my family is very powerful. At the same time, when someone else plants one acre of seedlings, he can plant three acres! That's why I stayed at home to cook."

Han Xiu heard the words, and asked again: "Isn't this village covered by that hood? Then where can the land be cultivated? Is there a lot of fields in the village?"

"Of course there are fields inside the hood, otherwise what do we people living inside eat?" Wang said as a matter of course, "The place where you came in is the entrance of the village, which is very close to the village, so naturally there is no field. But the area behind the village is a large area. A large piece of fertile land. Like the village, they stay inside the black cover, even the hill behind the village is also inside the cover.”

While speaking, Mrs. Wang had already led them to the front of two rooms that were close together: "Here, this is where you will live in the future. It's a little small, but it should be no problem to squeeze two people in. You go in and rest for a while, When the meal is ready, I will call you out again."

"Okay, then thank you, Miss Wang." Han Xiu thanked politely.

"It's okay!" Sister Wang turned to leave, but she suddenly turned around and said to them, "No matter what your status was before, since you have decided to become a member of this village, you must learn to do farm work from now on. You should take a good rest today, and you should go to the fields from tomorrow. Our family is also a small family, and we can't support four idlers, and you have to earn your own rations."

Han Xiu hesitated for a moment and said, "We still have some banknotes..."

Han Xiu was interrupted by Mrs. Wang before he finished speaking: "Maybe someone will ask for the silver, but I'm sure no one will ask for the banknote. We can't get out, how can we exchange the banknote?"

Then Wang said to them earnestly: "Young people, don't always think about living on your laurels. You should learn more while you are young. Even if your bank notes are available, there will always be a day when they run out. Sooner or later, you still have to learn." cultivated."

Han Xiu said in shame: "Yes, then we will follow Brother Wang to farm tomorrow."

Wang Shi nodded with satisfaction and left, and the other four walked into a room together.Han Xiu closed the door tightly, and the shameful expression on his face disappeared instantly.

"What do you think of this village?" Han Xiu asked.

"I said before that I was raised by a monster." Ibaraki didn't change his opinion.

"But apart from that enchantment, there is almost no aura of monsters here." Yingcao didn't quite agree with Ibaraki's opinion.

"Moreover, people here live and work in peace and contentment, and they treat outsiders with great hospitality. It doesn't look like they are controlled by evil monsters." The little deer man doesn't think there are other monsters here, "Except for being isolated from the outside world, there is almost nothing like ordinary villages outside different."

"It takes a lot of energy to prop up a long-term enchantment. If it weren't for the huge profit trend, which monster would do this?" Ibaraki asked, "And these people are indeed living and working in peace and contentment now. But how do you know, no one among them Will it suddenly disappear or die? How do you know, will a so-called "disaster" happen here every few years and slaughter the entire village?"

Han Xiu also added some details: "Remember when we first appeared? Sister Wang asked how we got in, and I said casually that we didn't know. But they didn't suspect it at all. Then can we think that this is the case? Has this happened before? That is to say, this enchantment can only enter and cannot enter, but the population here is not too large, what about people? Where did they go?"

"Although I don't want to see the fact that this is the case, it's best to prepare for the worst first. When we have dinner later, we will try to find out more information."

Xiaoluman and Yingcao nodded silently.

"It's time to eat!" Mrs. Wang knocked on the door and called out the four of them.Not long after, the six of them sat at the round table in the living room, and the extra person was Wang's husband.He smiled kindly at Han Xiu and the others, and didn't say much. It seems that he is a taciturn person.

"Eat more." Mrs. Wang warmly greeted Han Xiu and the others.

Holding the chopsticks, Han Xiu was very hesitant. He said to Mrs. Wang, "Sister Wang, how do you know that something will happen to someone who touches the black mask?"

Wang smiled heartily: "Hey, when this cover first appeared, everyone was curious. Some daring guys wanted to touch it directly to see what it was. But I don't know who kicked a stone on the ground out of boredom. The stone happened to be Touched the cover before that guy. Boy, the stone was immediately corroded into powder. The brave guy was so scared that he broke into a cold sweat, and no one dared to touch the cover after that."

Han Xiu asked again: "Is it true that you can't touch it at all? Is there no way to get out?"

Wang's face sank: "You don't want to move any more. Do you think that the cover is only useful for stones? Just a few days ago, a cat accidentally touched the cover and immediately screamed. Almost immediately it Turned into a puddle of blood, we have no time to save it."

When it was over, Han Xiu couldn't help crying inwardly.Sure enough, they finished their meal in a dull manner, and Han Xiu never found the right time to test them again.

After the meal, they also returned to the room in silence.After entering the room, Han Xiu said wearily: "Let's rest today, and find a chance to test it later."

Ibaraki didn't say much, and naturally pulled up Yingcao and walked to another room.

In the middle of the night, when everyone was sleeping soundly, Han Xiu and the little deer man were lying side by side on a small bed.Being so close, the breaths of each other are almost blended together, making the two of them sleepless, but they both pretend to be asleep.

Suddenly, the surrounding air underwent a non-negligible change. Han Xiu opened his eyes suddenly. Before he could see what happened, a whirlwind swept him up and flew out of the open window in an instant.

The author has something to say: sleep with the windows closed