The smell in the air was strange and tempting, yet also seemed a little dangerous, giving people goosebumps.

People who smelled the fragrance felt that the surrounding environment had changed, but they could not tell what the change was. Just when everyone fell into puzzled silence, "click, click, click", footsteps were heard on the road.

When everyone was silent and there was no sound of insects or birds around, the slight sound of footsteps seemed unusually clear.

Everyone looked towards the direction of the sound with vigilance, and at the same time, they all showed fear in their eyes.

"That! That is!"

The silent camp suddenly erupted in commotion. They had witnessed something incredibly strange, and as the figure drew ever closer, everyone was thrown into chaos. They scattered in panic, lost in thought, like headless flies. The woman rushed to hug her child, and the two of them crouched in the crowd, on the verge of being knocked down by the rushing crowd, and even trampled.

Suddenly, the woman felt herself being lifted up by a huge force. She looked at the huge figure in horror and was about to scream, but her daughter spoke first.

"Minotaur Hero! Minotaur Hero, woooo! I'm so scared!"

The woman hugged her daughter tightly, and was lifted out of the chaotic crowd in a daze and placed in a safe place, but she still dared not move, just kept holding her trembling daughter.

Next, it was a natural process of chopping melons and vegetables and killing everyone.

"Monster! Ahhhh monster!!"

"Ah, don't kill me, help me!"

Ten minutes later, the woman gradually realized that the environment had become quiet. Feeling her mind clear, she looked up and saw that the scene around her had returned to normal. She then stirred her stiff body and looked back slowly and anxiously. In the smoky camp, everyone, from the man in the van to the vicious and cowardly coward, had passed out. They were quiet and peaceful, as if they were asleep, with only a hint of color on their faces.

The woman mustered up her courage and walked over cautiously. She didn't dare to confirm whether these people were really motionless. She just searched anxiously with her eyes, found a mobile phone, ran over, picked up the phone and called the police.

Only after she breathlessly described the situation here and was reassured that the police would be here soon did she feel a little relieved.

The woman stood among a group of fallen people, gasping for breath as if she had forgotten to breathe for a long time, and then looked at her daughter.

But he found that his daughter was holding a lollipop in her hand.

"An An, where did the candy in your hand come from?"

"Woo... yes, it's given to me by the Minotaur hero Wuwu..." Although the danger was over, An An was obviously still afraid, and kept holding the lollipop given by Liu Ben tightly in his hand.

Liu Ben actually hadn't left yet. He waited for a while and left only after making sure there was no danger nearby.

The police car arrived with sirens sirens blaring, and all those who fainted on the ground were dragged into the car. The woman and her daughter also got into the car after being comforted by the police, and went to the police station together.

The next day.

"This brand of candy is very common and is sold in shopping malls all over the city." A male policeman studied the lollipop for a while, and finally shook his head helplessly. After taking a photo, he handed it back to the little girl who was staring at him eagerly. The little girl hurriedly took the lollipop and carefully put it in her pocket.

An An felt that this was the candy given to her by the Minotaur hero, and it must have incredible power that could protect her forever.

"Ma'am, do you remember what happened at that time?" the male police officer turned to ask An An's mother.

The woman opened her mouth, not knowing what to say.

"Just tell the truth," another female police officer soothed her. "We're just asking."

"Actually... I'm not too sure. My gambling-addict husband owed them a lot of money, so they arrested An An and me, saying they wanted to use us to pay off the debt."

The woman was still very angry, scared and sad when she said this, so the female police officer hurried to comfort her.

The woman took a deep breath and continued, "The leader at the time wanted to... hurt me and An An, and then I suddenly smelled a strong fragrance."

"Fragrance?" The male police officer wrote the word down in his notebook and asked, "What kind of fragrance?"

"I don't know. It's very strange, but I feel a strange numbness all over my body. It's a bit weird and scary. I can't explain it."

The male police officer nodded, and did not refute the woman's words as being too subjective. Instead, he carefully recorded every word she said.

"Then what?"

"And then, he showed up." The woman was obviously a little uneasy, shifting uncomfortably on the stool she sat on.

"It's the Minotaur hero!" The little girl An An's clear voice rang out in the quiet room.

The policewoman smiled at An An and asked, "What does a Minotaur hero look like?"

"He's very handsome and tall, and he has very big, powerful horns on his head!" An An said excitedly. "He's wearing blue clothes and a long, colorful cape behind him!"

"An An is very imaginative." The woman said helplessly.

"Oh? Isn't that what you saw?" asked the male police officer.

"No, what I saw was a tall, black silhouette. I couldn't make out any features on its face or body. There seemed to be two plumes of smoke above its head..." The woman paused awkwardly and said sheepishly, "I must have been too scared and saw it wrongly."

The two policemen exchanged glances. The male officer quickly wrote something down in his notebook and asked, "What next?"

"Then the Minotaur hero put my mother and me in a safe place and defeated the bad guys!" An An said happily.

The woman nodded: "That's right." Although she was still a little scared at the time, a night had passed and her fear had now turned into gratitude. If that person hadn't appeared, she and An An might...

The woman thought about it and hugged her daughter tightly.

"Okay, thank you." The two policemen asked what they wanted to ask and then politely escorted the two victims out of the interrogation room.

"The Minotaur hero has reappeared. It's been a few months, and I thought he would never show up again."

"The police have been investigating very strictly during this period. Maybe there haven't been any crimes, so it hasn't appeared."

The female police officer then asked the male police officer, "Who do you think this Minotaur hero is? How could he arrive at the scene of the crime as soon as it happened?"

The male police officer shook his head: "I can't guess."

"But..." The male police officer remembered something, took out his mobile phone, opened a video file and showed it to the female police officer. The scene in the video was Liu Ben wearing a bull mask and punching a wild boar away.

"Do you think this guy looks like him?"

"Let me see," the policewoman took the phone, watched the video, paused for a moment to study Liu Ben's figure, and finally shook her head: "No, he's not that tall."

"Yeah, and he's not that strong," the male police officer said. "But I'm thinking, there's no one that tall in our city. Maybe he's just a shorter guy wearing very high shoes?"

"...How is that possible?" The female police officer looked at him speechlessly, shaking her head as she made two cups of tea. "Anyway, a person wearing high heels is completely different from someone who is already tall. The body proportions can't be shaped at all."

"That's right."

"And... this is a live streamer, right?" The female police officer looked at the male police officer and nodded before continuing, "Do you think a mysterious, masked, and courageous person would brazenly broadcast a live stream using a similar image on a live streaming app? Impossible!"

"Well, that seems to be the case. Ever since the Minotaur hero appeared, people dressed similarly have appeared on various short video platforms or live streaming platforms to attract attention. This one is just stronger. It might be a planned script, so the acting is more similar."

The policewoman sighed, "I think we should first study the witness's statement this time."

"The witnesses' descriptions are... so strange," the male police officer said distressedly. "Everyone describes a different image."

"Hmm...what do you think?"

"How can I see it? I don't even know which of them is telling the truth."

"Is it possible that what they say is true?"

"How is that possible?" the male police officer found it amusing. "Look, dozens of people, all with the same experience, yet their descriptions of it are so different. Some say it's a towering snow bull covered in frost; some say it's a demonic bull from the region with blazing flames all over its body; some say it's a moss-covered forest bull monster... I guess they're just playing a game boss?"

"And it's a single-player random dungeon, right? Everyone encounters different monsters? Haha!" The policewoman laughed and shook her head. "I think it's more likely they're hallucinating. Otherwise, why does everyone describe the figure as roughly similar to a minotaur, and the events unfold in the same way?"

"That's very possible!" The male police officer clapped his hands. "Maybe there was something hallucinogenic at the scene, like some drugs, and they took it at the same time."

"Well... I think the most important thing to focus on is the scent they smelled at the time."

"Yes, they all said they smelled a strange fragrance before, but what kind of fragrance is it that can cause hallucinations?"

Fortunately, there were not many witnesses to this incident. Apart from the mother and daughter, the rest of the people were either in the hospital or the police station. What they said was too exaggerated, and their descriptions of the hero who bravely stepped forward were different and very magical, so not many people would believe it, and it would not cause as much of a sensation as the last incident.

It's a bit difficult to find out what the source of the hallucinations is, because although everyone experienced hallucinations, no hallucinogenic chemicals or the like were found during the on-site inspection.

Of course, Liu Ben, the person involved, does not have this problem.

"System, did you clear the traces at the scene yesterday?"

[Cleared, but host, your idea is really awesome! ]

"Yeah, I think so too." Liu Ben was holding a bottle of "Daydream" in his hand and looking at his changes proudly.

Liu Ben added a powerful rechargeable fan to the original bottle mouth. Once turned on, the powder in the small bottle will be blown out by the fan above and pushed to a far place.

[But host, don’t you think this fan is too big? ]

In order to spread the poisonous mushroom powder farther, Liu Ben bought the largest rechargeable fan. It can be said that this is called sticking a small bottle on the fan, rather than placing a small fan on the bottle.

"Then there's nothing I can do."

[Hey, then the host can exchange it from me for a super-super-diffusion air fanless unit. It has adjustable speeds and can spread air within a radius of 5 to 100 meters!]

"How much is the trash-beating value?" Liu Ben has calmly accepted the magical items that the system can suddenly take out.

【Only 500! 】

"Exchange!" Liu Ben said proudly.

At this time, Liu Ben was no longer the honest farmer who could only get a pitiful bit of trash-beating points by beating Gou Qi's family.

The current Liu Ben is Liu·Mysterious·Half-bull Orc·Urban Strange Stories·Scum-Small Cruel Maniac·Tauren Hero·Ben.

Immediately, Liu Ben got a device that looked more high-tech and compact, connected the bottle to it, and tried to open it at the lowest level. Wow, the surroundings were immediately filled with the aroma of "Daydream", but there was no feeling of being blown by the wind. It was magical!

[So, what new crops are you planning to exchange for, meow?]

"Not for now, let's talk about it after the New Year." Liu Ben said casually. He still had a lot of things to do and was not in a hurry to exchange for new crops.

After the New Year, it’s not that long.

Because the busy days pass so quickly, New Year’s Eve is here in the blink of an eye!

After You Ying returned to his hometown, Liu Ben went to the city less and less frequently, and left the delivery of goods to Brother Cheng Zi. But during the few times he went there, he could tell from the hustle and bustle on the streets that the New Year had really arrived.

Aben's physical and online stores posted notices early on, announcing closing times and reopening times. This sparked a surge in demand, keeping everyone busy both in the store and at the factory. Of course, before the holiday, everyone received a large red envelope from Liu Ben as compensation, and happily packed up to go home for the Lunar New Year.

Although the newly released Miaoxian Mushroom Noodles were expensive, they were the best seller before the holidays. This puzzled Liu Ben. It wasn't that the Miaoxian Mushroom Noodles were bad, but Liu Ben felt that the restaurant had too many good things, and all the dishes had their own magical nourishing effects, while the Miaoxian Mushrooms were just delicious.

From this point, we can see that Liu Ben understands the psychology of foodies very well.

This is the delicious mushroom powder that goes with everything! It’s a real blessing for culinary killers!

All the workers received their wages and red envelopes and happily went on holiday, but before the holiday, several ancient buildings had been half-repaired, and the square near the Liu family compound had been paved with tiles and stone railings had been erected.

Liu Ben's grand plan of renovating all the places he wanted to renovate before the New Year was indeed shattered. He only thought that the villagers would be quick to work, but he forgot that it would take a long time to lay the cement, scrape the putty, and stick the tiles. The various facilities that Liu Ben had moved in long ago could only be piled aside and put in the square after the New Year.

Liu Yibiao also made fun of this incident. Liu Ben just touched his nose awkwardly, thinking it was just a momentary carelessness.

However, the pavilion in the square has been erected and now has red lanterns hanging on it, which makes people look red. Although it has not been completed yet, it still looks pretty good.

Although many planned facilities have not yet been built, construction will continue in the spring of next year. I believe that by then, many villagers will be willing to stay and build their hometown.

Liu Ben looked around at his masterpiece and proudly chose several suitable angles to take pictures. The background was the distant osmanthus-scented pine forest, and the pictures looked good no matter how they were taken.

Liu Ben sent the photos to You Ying.

Liu Ben: "Look! I built a small square for the village!"

You Ying had just finished greeting some not-so-close relatives and was sitting on the sofa when he received Liu Ben's message.

You Ying: "That's great! I'd be happy if I could live in a place like this every day."

Liu Ben was very perceptive: "Are you in a bad mood now?"

You Ying: "Well, some people are quite annoying, but we can't kill them."

Liu Benxiong: "Who is it? I'm going to kill him!"

You Ying looked at Liu Ben's message, as if he had already seen Liu Ben himself standing in the shadows with a dark face, holding a stick, ready to put someone in a sack at any time.

You Ying: “Hahahahaha!”

Liu Ben: "What are you laughing at? Tell me!"

You Ying: "No, no, don't go in during the New Year."

Liu Ben: "I have a special sack-covering technique. I will never be caught."

You Ying: "Hey, you're talking like a villain. Okay, I have another confrontation here. I'll stay at your place for a few days after the New Year."

Liu Ben: "Great!"

You Ying raised his head and looked at the people who were walking towards him. They all had hypocritical smiles on their faces, which made people feel uneasy.

Ah, I really want to go back soon. If I don’t go back, it would be nice to celebrate the New Year with my grandpa and his small family. From my grandpa’s generation to Youying’s generation, there are not as many people as my great-grandfather’s generation.

Liu Ben and You Ying felt a little unsatisfied after their conversation, but there was no way to continue. You Ying was busy, and he was also busy. The Liu family had a lot of things to prepare.

A few days ago, the villagers bought firecrackers, red incense sticks, couplets, red lanterns, etc., and hung red decorations on every house, which looked very festive.

Many families planted white jade vines and earned tens of thousands of yuan from Liu Ben. They were now more well-off and did not have to worry too much about spending money next year, so they were particularly happy. As the population was small, those who did not plant white jade vines did not sigh, because more or less family members received part of the salary from Liu Ben in the subsequent construction.

Liu Ben is a very generous person. As long as you work hard, he will not treat you unfairly.

Even in the aspect of village construction, Liu Ben did not make any money, but lost all his money.

In Liu Ben's eyes, the entire village is not just a circle surrounding his own small family and has nothing to do with him, but his own big home. It is his living environment. Only when the environment is good can he live happily and comfortably.

Otherwise, no matter how rich you are, even if you can build your house with gold and eat and drink well every day, when you leave the house, you will see a desolate and deserted village, which will not make you feel comfortable, right?

This is what Liu Ben thought. He not only wanted to live a good life himself, but also wanted all the hardworking villagers in the village who liked farming to live a good life, so that the surroundings would be filled with laughter and the whole village would be bustling.

With the crackling sound of firecrackers at 12 o'clock midnight, the new year has arrived!

The sound of firecrackers was very loud, perhaps because the whole village was setting off firecrackers at the same time, or perhaps because they were so close to home, making it extremely lively. Of course, those who were sleeping soundly without setting off firecrackers would be suddenly woken up, but it only happened once or twice a year, so it was not a big deal.

Before dawn that day, Liu Ben's family got up early and began to prepare the New Year's Eve dinner in a big way.

Liu Ben went out by himself and went to the dairy farm to feed the cows and clean.

It was still dark, the moon was not hanging in the sky, and there were no street lights on the village roads.

Liu Ben walked easily on the road with an avocado, not worried about not being able to see clearly. Even in the dark night, Liu Ben has very good eyesight, not to mention the faint light of day now.

Avocado wasn't afraid either. Although it couldn't see anything, it felt reassured by the footsteps of the tall figure ahead. It wagged its tail, twitched its ears, stepped briskly with its hooves, and hummed once or twice from time to time.

But it was still a bit dark. Liu Ben thought that in the future he would have to install street lights on all these small roads. It would be best if they could use solar panels and combine them with electricity, which would be both beautiful and environmentally friendly.

Liu Ben arrived at the dairy farm. Most of the employees were on holiday, but a few employees would come in later to milk the cows, bathe them, and clean the place.

Although we cannot sell milk these days, cows will feel uncomfortable if they have engorged milk. Besides, they have a fresh-keeping machine, so they can use it to keep all the milk fresh and sell it after the holiday, or keep it for themselves to drink.

When there was no one in the dairy farm, Liu Ben didn't care. He just took out grass, round vegetables, water shield, etc. from the space and mixed them together to feed the cows that had just woken up.

"It's the New Year, I'll give you something good to eat. You must work hard next year too!" Liu Ben said seriously.

"Moo—"

He'd actually done the same thing yesterday, but the smell still perked up the cows. They shook their heads to wake themselves up, then rushed to the trough, munching away. The round vegetables and water shield, which the cows don't normally get to enjoy, captivated them with their delicious flavor. Avocado and the other calves weren't slow either, ambled along, gulping down milk from the milking cows. When they were full, they'd return to the trough for a few bites of food.

"Eat slowly, everything is available." Liu Ben looked outside to make sure no one had come yet while refilling the food trough.

Liu Ben stopped only after the cows had finished their meal and had full stomachs. He replenished the warehouse with packaged grass and then touched the cows one by one.

"Happy New Year!"

After a while, when a few employees came over, Liu Ben gave each of them a red envelope, said a few words to them, and went home.

At this time, the New Year's Eve dinner of every household was almost ready. Liu Ben was walking back with a satisfied avocado, and he could smell the fragrance of sumptuous meals from every household.

Logically speaking, the New Year's Eve dinner should be eaten at 12 o'clock on the night of New Year's Eve, but the villagers of Liujia Village obviously do not do so. The Liu family starts preparing the New Year's Eve dinner before 5 o'clock in the morning on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, and eats it around 6 o'clock. At 12 o'clock in the evening, they set off firecrackers and fireworks. However, fireworks are not allowed now. Firecrackers can still be set off in the village, but they are about to be banned.

Liu Ben returned home just in time for dinner.

Liu Rui, Liu Sen and a few other kids were waiting at the door. Each of them was holding a chopstick, poking a crispy ball, eating and chatting.

"There are no fireworks to buy this year, so I went to see them."

"You're late, but I asked a friend to order some. I'll bring them over when I visit him for New Year's greetings."

"That's amazing! Aren't fireworks prohibited?"

"We don't have any big ones, just some small gadgets."

Liu Ben walked into the yard. The three little ones saw him and smiled and said auspicious words to him.

Liu Sen: "Happy New Year, Brother Ben!"

Liu Lei: "Brother Ben, I wish you great fortune in the new year!"

Liu Rui: "May Brother Ben and Brother Ying live happily ever after!"

"Okay, okay!" Liu Ben was very happy. He gave a red envelope to Liu Lei and Liu Sen respectively, and gave two to Liu Rui, who wished them a happy marriage.

Liu Sen and Liu Lei looked at Liu Rui with envy. Liu Rui was happy: "See, I told you, words of blessing should touch people's hearts."

Liu Lei: "I was thinking about how to make my blessing message the most pleasing. After all, who doesn't like money?"

"That's because you don't understand," Liu Rui whispered, "At this age when blood is full, Brother Ben must like a partner the most."

Liu Lei and Liu Sen: "That makes sense."

Liu Ben, who has keen hearing, said: ...

Just as he was about to teach his three younger brothers and sisters a lesson, he heard his grandmother's pleasant voice coming from the kitchen.

"Dinner is ready!"

"Oh!" The three little ones ran into the kitchen happily and started serving dishes, bowls and chopsticks.

The author has something to say:

Liu Ben gets a new character card: Trainee Pharmacist

The Liu family celebrates the New Year, and we celebrate Laba Festival. I wish everyone a happy Laba Festival! By the way, I also wish everyone a happy New Year!

Thank you to the little angel who irrigated the nutrient solution for me~

Confusingly irrigating 6 bottles of milkのUの

5 bottles of goat milk for irrigation

Walking Maya irrigation 3 bottles of fruit milk °3°

I don't often buy a bottle of camel milk from the North and South irrigation →ω→

Haimi irrigation 1 bottle of AD calcium milk ⌒v⌒

Thank you very much for your support. I will continue to work hard!

P.S. I've opened a new pre-collection called "I'm So Delicious". The protagonist is a giant round vegetable that thinks it's a rose. Well, it's the seed that "will never sprout" that the system Big Cat threw away in this article (the system got slapped in the face). Furry lovers, welcome to collect it~