"I... guess they needed food." General Lin paused before continuing, "They needed ample food to reproduce. When ordinary Taotie seized food, they delivered it to the Beast King, who began reproducing."
"So they needed food, which meant they had to attack this place." General Lin added as she looked at Jiang Yan Hai.
"No, you misunderstood me. What I mean is, you don't think there's no one else beyond the Great Wall, do you? The Khitans, the nomadic tribes, other nations—there are so many people. If these Taotie broke out, they could find food anywhere and spread across the entire world. Why did they have to attack the Great Wall?" Jiang Yan Hai asked, looking at her seriously.
These two questions seemed like the same question, but in truth, they were not.
Jiang Yan Hai's question caught General Lin off guard.
She understood what Jiang Yan Hai meant. Of course she did not believe there were no other people beyond her own country, but so far, that was indeed how things had been.
The Taotie had always been trying to assault the Great Wall.
General Lin raised her head to look at Jiang Yan Hai, and he looked back at her. Their gazes met in the air. To be honest, Lin Mei did not know the answer to Jiang Yan Hai's question.
"Do you know the answer? Or are there any similar records in the historical archives?" Jiang Yan Hai asked.
"The historical records are very vague." General Lin Mei shook her head slightly.
"All right." Jiang Yan Hai nodded and said nothing more.
He actually had a rough guess. The Taotie were probably somewhat similar to the Red Mad Wolf. In other words, they could sense food within a certain range, especially the massive quantities of food they required.