"Were they Weird Mother's? No. Yellow Springs Emperor's? No... Think of them all..."
A scene suddenly surfaced in Li Qingxian's mind: a wooden cabin in the dead of night, lit by a dim yellow lamp. An enormous shadow loomed on the window, abruptly raising something and smashing it down. Juice splattered everywhere, spattering across the paper window.
Li Qingxian jolted. The Gourd Planter? It felt like the Gourd Planter, yet there were subtle differences.
One planted gourds, one grew vegetables. Could they be connected? That Weird Cabbage Farmer had stared at him earlier—was it because he had seen the Gourd Planter?
No, could it be because he had been born from a gourd?
Li Qingxian's eyes brightened slightly.
"If I'm not mistaken, the Vegetable Gardener must have used some method to seize the original child's body, allowing him to take part in the Weird Games and obtain some benefit. The Eerie Realm is bizarre; Weird Mother is probably the only one who knows why. There's no time to investigate the reason now. What is certain is that his appearance will only make this game more complicated."
"If I have to guess what benefit he wants, then the greatest possibility is the Cabbage People."
Li Qingxian stared at the Cabbage Children behind the Vegetable Gardener and quickly noticed that, at first glance, there was nothing unusual about their bodies. Yet their clothes bore accessories that clearly did not belong to children—most likely belonging to examinees whose heads had been chopped off by the Vegetable Gardener.
"The Vegetable-Chopping Child's goal is the game, but he is different. He wants cabbages themselves. If he gets to chop them, turning examinees into cabbages will be the least of it. The whole circle may very well collapse. When that happens, I'll be in danger too.