"Although many of the villagers in Wanan Village do have flesh and blood and are no different from ordinary people, they are actually just puppets that are equipped with pornographic machines, driven by water power of axles, and can move on their own. Just like my string puppets of the Immortal Puppet Sect, they can be manipulated by pulling on the string...
The only difference is that the people who created all of this have more sophisticated and incredible methods. They can treat the entire Wanan Village as a stage and stage a good show in a way that is beyond our imagination."
Chixinzi glanced at Wumeizi.
"Brother Daoist, just like you, I have been in this village for a long time. I have secretly captured most of the people in the village and tortured them... Unfortunately, they can only say the same thing. Apart from begging for mercy and cursing, they can't say many words. In total, they can only say a hundred sentences."
Chixinzi is not a fool. He spent a long time investigating the secrets of the villagers and the village itself in Wanan Village.
After some investigation, he suddenly realized the secret of this village, that is, the villagers were not real "people". The villagers' thinking logic was instilled by some kind of power, which also resulted in all villagers being able to only have predetermined conversations.
For example, when you go out to work every day or say hello to your neighbors, if someone talks to you, you won't be able to answer many questions. Once you ask too many questions, various flaws will be exposed and you will start to answer questions that are not what you asked.
Chixinzi Through torture, almost all the villagers in the village were arrested and questioned. Unfortunately, very little information was obtained.
"The behavior patterns of villagers are fixed. A cycle of about seven days is a cycle. After the seven days are over, the memories of all villagers will be reset. They will return to seven days ago and still act in the original order..."
Chixinzi stroked his long beard and said, "These villagers cannot be killed. At most, they can be killed on the same day and they will resurrect themselves the next day. Just now, Brother Wumeizi should have killed one of them, but it is of no use. That person will be resurrected tomorrow and he will know nothing about being killed."
After these words were spoken, everyone's heartstrings trembled slightly, and everyone fell into silence.
Wumeizi began to think deeply, Old Cell Ghost started smoking a dry cigarette again, Granny Miaohua snorted and frowned, and at the same time, He Ping also fell into thinking.
"Isn't this just an NPC? The action patterns of the villagers are clearly programmed. They answer questions that are wrong. There are only a few dialogues designed by the program. Once you ask too many questions, the artificial intelligence becomes artificially retarded.
"The ability to manipulate memory does sound somewhat related to the <Seed Demon Technique> technique..."
Wumeizi seemed to have thought of something, and his brows came together in surprise.
"By the way, there is one more important thing I want to remind you of."
Chixinzi smiled and said, "Guys, remember, the area for several miles around this village is surrounded by a large formation with Ancient Well as the center. Anyone who comes in will not see anything strange, but as long as they leave, they will accidentally lose their corresponding memories."
"What?"
The old woman suddenly became furious.
"Chixinzi, why didn't you say something important like this earlier..."
"Granny Miaohua Be patient. The formation deployed in the village has a strong effect on ordinary people. It is very ordinary for us ascetics. If it were us, we would only forget what happened after entering the village, but the memory before entering the village will not be any hindrance. At most, we will think that we have not entered the village yet."
He smiled, "If you don't believe it, you can give it a try, but it's best to leave a copy of the letter for yourself and write down the relevant information."
"Chixinzi, you have been in and out of this village many times. Is it possible that you obtained the intelligence here by retaining information?"
Old Cell Ghost asked a question.
"Of course, I will write down all the clues I have in advance and keep them with me every time, so that I will not forget that I entered the village after leaving the village. In the past, half a year ago, I came in and out of here countless times. I can guarantee that apart from the loss of memory after leaving the village, there will be no other problems."
Chixinzi explained, "This method should not be aimed at us cultivators, but specifically to deal with those mortals who mistakenly enter this place and leave the village."
Hearing this, Granny Miaohua, who was about to have a seizure, also became quiet. There was silence in the room, and everyone present was silent, as if they were digesting the information. I don't know how long it took, but someone finally asked another question.
"I don't understand. If you Chixinzi mean it, the whole Wanan Village people are 'puppets'?"
After a while, Granny Miaohua asked quickly, "Could it be that the senior master who arranged this Wanan Village is also one of you Immortal Puppet Sect."
"Of course not."
Chixinzi shook his head, smiled bitterly, and sighed.
"The methods are completely different, and the person who can arrange this secret realm and Wanan Village is definitely a senior master above the Dao. His cultivation methods are far beyond our imagination. Wanan Village itself is an extremely weird place. This should be a restriction set up to prevent others from entering the entrance by mistake. The entire village is built around that stone well."
"What is the attitude of the villagers of Wanan Village toward that stone well?"
Wumeizi then asked.
"Those villagers regard the stone well as a sacred thing," Chixinzi responded, "Speaking of which, there are some interesting things about those villagers. I once arrested more than ten people from outside and sent them to this village, forcing them to stay here for one night. As a result, except for a few people, most of them did not come back alive. Guess what happened to those people...?"
"What happened?"
The sight of He Ping's eyes moved towards Chixinzi. At this time, Chixinzi had an enigmatic expression.
"Junior brother, don't worry... I think it's getting dark soon. Old Cell Ghost, I'll ask you to do it. I know your "Pottery-to-Ghost Technique" craftsmanship, old friend. I want to see my friend tonight, so I'll ask you to do it."
"This is simple."
Old Cell Ghost Turned his eyes and touched his cuffs on the table. On the rough poplar table, there were several pottery figures of different shapes. The pottery figures were only a few inches in size, and their appearance was as evil as a yaksha. With their winking eyes and evil shapes, they were clearly several little devils made of earthenware.
He Ping stared carefully for a few times, and suddenly a strange light flickered in his eyes. In an instant, he noticed that the ghostly faces of the potters were also changing. They suddenly became similar to his own, and then suddenly turned into the faces of Chixinzi, Granny Miaohua and others.
"Old Cell Ghost's Cursed Pottery Art is indeed becoming more and more exquisite."
Chixinzi hey hey authentically:
"Everyone, don't stay here. Let's hide outside. There will be a good show in a while."
The night is getting darker, and the moon has climbed up the branches. In the earthen house in the village located on the top of a short hill, lights shine through the paper-covered windows. This is a quiet village.
There are few people here, and there are few things going on. The lights are quickly extinguished after nightfall. There are no people, no cats, no dogs, no poultry in the village. The surrounding woods are also quiet, without a single bird chirping.
The Li Zheng family's mansion is located at the west end of the village, surrounded by a quiet forest. As the night gets darker, the originally dark green trees, branches and leaves have turned completely as black as ink.
Under the pale-browed moon, the shadowy trees look like people baring their teeth and claws, and their shadows are extremely long.
Time passed by bit by bit.
The night is getting deeper and deeper...
Woohoo! A gust of dark wind blew slowly, and several door panels in the adjacent street bounced and crackled randomly, as if they were haunted.
Several figures also walked over in the dark. They were a group of skinny villagers. They did not bring lanterns or torches, but they held axes, hoes, pitchforks and other farm tools in their hands. The eyes on their strange faces were shining, and there was a strong bloodthirsty desire in their eyes.
The air was filled with a very bland rotten smell, which was like fishy smell. The villagers scratched their necks, held farm tools, and surrounded the house. Some of them climbed over the wall and opened the door. The group of villagers with murderous intent on their faces rushed into the house and stabbed the sleeping people with axes, hoes, and pitchforks.
As blood spattered everywhere, the villagers' pores were filled with bloodshot eyes, and their appearance also began to change. Their heads began to swell, their eyeballs protruded, as big as bells, and their mouths opened wide, filled with sharp and slender teeth.
The heads of the villagers turned into fish, and fish gills sprouted from their scratching necks. They stretched out their slender claws, pulled the bodies of the dead people, and began to tear apart the flesh and blood, devouring the human flesh in pieces.
This strange scene was also captured by an eyeball floating in the air outside the window. Through "Puppet Eye Spirit Orb", He Ping also clearly saw the strange appearance of the villagers turning into half humans and half fish, and his brows furrowed unnaturally.
Perhaps these villagers thought they were feasting on human flesh, but in his eyes, these villagers with fish heads were chewing clay fragments crazily, and their mouths were dripping with blood from the fragments without even realizing it.
"What a weird change..."
Even he was surprised by the scene before him.