Chapter 50 You know, the difficulty for humans to fight against weirdness lies in two main points: one is that they can't hit it, and the other is that they can't see it. ...
You know, there are two main difficulties for humans to fight against the weirdness: one is that they can't hit it, and the other is that they can't see it.
If the weirdness directly shows that something is wrong and reveals itself in front of humans, humans can see it, but once the weirdness is disguised and hidden, sometimes it is really impossible to find it. Many casualties of the rescue team were caused by not being able to see through the weirdness's movements.
When the rescue game appears, players can bring out some strange objects to help humans see through strange disguises, but there are not many such objects, and the Dawn Bureau has not received many. Some of them will even harm the bodies of rescue team members when used, so they will only be used when it is absolutely necessary.
For example, in order to recapture the strange territory, someone is needed to act as the eyes of others, so this kind of strange object will be used.
Now, the pickled garlic made by Ying Yuanxing can actually have this effect. How can Zhao Changyan not be excited?
It's not just because pickled garlic is easier to obtain than other weird things, but also because there are basically no negative effects found in the weird food made by Ying Yuanxing. If this can be used to replace the weird things that can see through the weird disguises, then the rescue team won't have to risk their lives.
Ying Yuanxing in front of the camera didn't know what Zhao Changyan was thinking at the moment, but he also felt that pickled garlic could play a role, so he directly put the pickled garlic on the online store and sold it exclusively to the Shuguang Bureau.
[Can see through strange disguises, is this powerful? I don’t understand]
[I feel like it doesn't work very well. The weird things I usually encounter appear right in front of me. It doesn't seem to make any difference whether I eat it or not. After all, even if I see it, there's no guarantee that I can escape. The effect is a bit useless.]
[Catch two people who are not paying attention in class. Generally, the monsters will appear directly in front of us because they think we are no threat. We can only hide or run away when we encounter monsters, but once humans show the ability to hurt monsters, monsters will hide and disguise. At this time, pickled garlic will be very useful.]
[However, if ordinary people encounter strange things and eat pickled garlic, it is like wasting good steel on a blade.]
Ying Yuanxing packed the pickled garlic and waited for the Shuguang Bureau to take the order before shipping it. Only after doing all this did Ying Yuanxing prepare to go out.
Just as he took half a step out, Ying Yuanxing paused, looked downward, searched around, and saw a black marshmallow not far away. There was no exposed skin at the bottom, and he breathed a sigh of relief.
If the effect of the pickled garlic has not worn off yet, he can only avoid Xuanying for now, otherwise it would be too embarrassing.
He really didn't know that pickled garlic had such an effect. If he had known in advance, he would never have looked at Xuanying twice. Although Xuanying seemed to know nothing, he...
It’s okay, just think of it as taking a bath together, it’s normal to see each other.
Ying Yuanxing comforted himself, and after thinking about it for a while, the embarrassment in his heart subsided a lot.
But Ying Yuanxing subconsciously overlooked one point. When he and Xuanying Yuanxiu went to take a bath before, they were basically stripped naked and didn't think anything about what he saw. Why did he react so strongly when he accidentally saw Xuanying's body this time?
What Ying Yuanxing saw was Xuanying's body being constructed. In fact, most monsters can be transformed into human form when they reach this level, but Xuanying was always worried that the human form was not perfect enough, so he had been carving it carefully. Now the body is completely completed, but the face is still blank.
Fortunately, Ying Yuanxing only took a quick glance and only saw the area below the chest, which made her blush. Otherwise, she would have lost all thoughts when she saw a blank face.
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Xue San and his two younger brothers worked hard in the mine for several days and found a lot of ore. They were sure that the quantity was large enough to complete the task. Xue San did not dare to stay any longer and left the mine with Xiao Qi and Xiao Ba.
In just a few days, the fire ghost's flame, which was originally two centimeters high, has now shrunk a little.
Xue San suspected that when he came back after a while, the fire ghost would probably be completely gone.
"Otherwise, you can go to the human world too. It is said that fire is used a lot in the human world." Xue San said after thinking for a while.
Huo Gui hesitated for a moment. He had never wanted to go to the human world before. Even though he was weak enough to pass through the gap between the two worlds, he did not want to leave his tribe.
But now, if I don’t leave, it seems there’s really no hope.
Seeing that Huo Gui was somewhat moved, Xue San lowered his head to glance at Xiao Qi.
The Fire Ghost can absorb the power of flames, and its strength will definitely be enhanced after going to the human world. If the Fire Ghost goes to the human world, then Xiao Qi will also go to the human world, and it will be much safer to stay with him.
As for what kind of trouble the Fire Ghost might bring to humans if it went to the human world, Xue San didn't consider it.
However, Huo Gui's current situation seemed too bad. Xue San frowned. He was worried that Huo Gui might not be able to wait for Xiao Qi to go to the human world. After all, Xiao Qi had been dragging his feet and was unwilling to leave.
"You don't have to make a decision too hastily, but you won't be able to survive for too long in your current condition. Why don't you go to my house and absorb some fire power, at least to get through now." Xue San suggested.
Huo Gui hesitated for a moment and looked at Xue San. Xue's mother Gui had a good relationship with the Huo Gui clan. Huo Gui thought about it and decided to go with them. After all, if he didn't absorb some energy, he really wouldn't be able to hold on.
If he stayed in the mine all the time, he could only absorb energy by burning weeds, which was pitiful.
Huo Gui followed Xue San to the Xue family. It was his first time to visit another strange family. Even though he was very weak, he couldn't help but be curious.
After all, he has been living in the mine since he could remember. As a fire ghost, he doesn't even need a place to live and is a little curious about furniture. However, the fire ghost is also aware of his own destructive power, so he just watches from a distance and doesn't go directly over.
Xue San went to prepare a fire to give the fire ghost some strength and asked him to come down to eat later. However, most of the ghosts did not like fire, so the fire was a little far from the bedroom. Xue San could only ask Xiao Qi and Xiao Ba to deal with the fire ghost.
However, Xiaoqi and Xiaoba had been digging in the mines for several days and were hungry. Seeing that Huogui was curious, they let him walk around the house by himself and they would come back after having a meal.
Before Huo Gui could say anything, Xiao Qi and Xiao Ba ran away, and Huo Gui had to act on his own.
Although Xiaoqi and Xiaoba's own houses are very big and they feel that they have clearly stated the range of the Fire Gui's activities, the Fire Gui's residence is a mine. In his understanding, the size of a mine is the size of a residence.
So in his opinion, the Xue family's house was just a place to sleep, and other places also belonged to the Xue family.
After looking at the two sleeping rooms, Huo Gui felt a little bored, because these rooms looked almost the same. He looked around and suddenly found that there was a place where he smelled the smell of fire, and it was very strong.
Could it be that Third Brother Xue has already started the fire?
Huo Gui subconsciously followed the direction of the breath and saw a coal kiln where coal was being made and two furnaces burning fiercely to smelt metal ingots.
Huo Gui recognized at a glance that the ore in the furnace seemed to be the ore in the mine, and subconsciously misunderstood it.
Third Brother Xue is so, so nice.
The fire ghost was completely overwhelmed by the surprise. He hesitated, looking at the furnace and the coal kiln. Finally, he decided to jump into the furnace because the flame here seemed to be more vigorous.
As soon as the fire ghost was thrown into the furnace, the flames inside the furnace suddenly became more vigorous. The stronger firepower accelerated the smelting, and soon, copper ingots were forged. Due to lack of copper ore and coal, the furnace went out.
Huo Gui felt that he had just enjoyed it for a little while, and then the fire was gone. He felt a little disappointed. Third Brother Xue...
Forget it, it’s already good enough to be able to burn such a big fire. The fire ghost felt that his strength had been slightly enhanced. Although not much, it was better than the previous continuous consumption.
Just as the fire ghost was about to leave, he saw a shadow passing by. He glanced at the furnace, tilted his head, and looked a little confused. As a strange shadow, he was still somewhat intelligent. He clearly remembered that the metal ingot would not be ready so quickly. How come the metal ingot was ready now before the time came?
But despite his doubts, Shadow did not continue thinking about it. He took out coal and ore from the box and put them back into the furnace, and the furnace started burning again.
In addition to the daily tree chopping, Ying Yuanxing also assigned this shadow the task of automatically burning charcoal and smelting metal ingots. As long as the furnace or coal kiln was extinguished, he had to add wood and coal ore.
In the past, this job was easy for him. There was not much ore, and the furnace calcination time was fixed. He was mainly responsible for adding firewood to the coal kiln at a regular interval. But now...
After a while, the furnace was found to be extinguished prematurely again. Shadow stood in front of the furnace, puzzled, and put in more ore. This was the last ore. Soon, the furnace went out prematurely again. Fortunately, the metal ingot was fine and was successfully smelted.
Then the coal kilns started to have problems and went out prematurely, but fortunately there was no problem with coal production.
Ying Yuanxing didn't know at this time that such a treasure had come to his farm.
After hesitating for a long time, he decided to find Yuan Xiu to ask about the ore. However, when he arrived at Yuan's house, he found out that Yuan Xiu had gone out again. As for where he had gone, he was not sure. Yuan Qing also did not know much about the ore, so Ying Yuanxing could only come back first.
Passing by his neighbor's house, Ying Yuanxing noticed that there seemed to be some noise in the yard. He subconsciously looked inside and met a pair of eyes in the window.
Xiaoqi and Xiaoba were being scolded by Xue San. Xue San was very angry. After waiting for a while, he saw that Huo Gui had not come down. He thought Huo Gui was entangled by Xiaoqi and Xiaoba, so he came to look for him. As a result, he found that Huo Gui was gone and Xiaoqi and Xiaoba were still eating in the kitchen.
"Just let him do it himself..." Before Xue San could finish his words, he was interrupted by Xiao Qi in panic, "Brother San, the farmer is here. Is he here to get the ore?"
Xue San paused and followed Xiao Qi's gaze, and saw the farmer standing outside the yard, looking over here. When he saw him, he smiled.
In Ying Yuanxing's opinion, this was a polite greeting. Even if it was weird, people would be more polite when seeing the smile. However, the young man on the other side of the window slammed the window shut after seeing his smile.
Ying Yuanxing was a little confused. Was it that his smile was ugly, or was it that the boy was socially anxious and weird, so he didn't like this kind of extroverted enthusiasm?
When Ying Yuanxing was wondering, the window suddenly opened again, and then a box floated out of the window and landed in front of him.
"The ore you want." Xue San said, and then closed the window again.
He didn't dare open the door, for fear that Ying Yuanxing would break in, but it was still okay to send the ore out. He hoped that the ore could satisfy the farmer's appetite and that he would not come over again before his mother came back.
ore?
Ying Yuanxing opened the box and found two hundred copper ores and two hundred iron ores inside. Are these for him?
Ying Yuanxing remembered that he had come to his neighbor's house before and seemed to have talked about the mineral, but the other party didn't respond at all? He thought he was rejected at the time, so he gave him a strawberry cake to try to build a relationship.
Could it be that the cake was so effective that it made the other party realize his sincerity and then gave him the ore as a return gift?
Although he felt that the possibility was very low, the boy's actions and the disappearance of the cake seemed to prove that his guess might be correct.
"Are you giving me this ore because of the strawberry cake I gave you before?" Ying Yuanxing didn't hesitate and asked directly.
Xiao Qi looked through the crack in the window, hesitating whether to answer or not, and then Xue San covered his ears. Xue San stretched out six arms and blocked his own ears, Xiao Qi's ears, and Xiao Ba's ears, just because he didn't want to listen to Ying Yuanxing's words and avoid triggering a possible contract.
Ying Yuanxing asked a few questions, but seeing that the boy didn't say anything, Ying Yuanxing didn't know what to do because of his overly introverted behavior.
But he couldn't help but take the ore. After all, he really needed the ore now.
But you can't just take the ore like that. Using a small piece of cake to trick the boy into giving you a pile of ore is not a fair price. Even if his cake is rare, you can't do that.
Ying Yuanxing looked at the food in his backpack, picked up the ore and left. He had to hurry back to the farm to cook something.
As Ying Yuanxing left, the Xue family's door fell into silence. Xiao Qi only felt the tranquility outside and couldn't help asking, "Is he gone?"
"It's time to leave." Xue San carefully looked at the door and did not see Ying Yuanxing.
Xiao Qi broke free from Xue San's restraints, rushed to the window and looked out. He saw that the box his brother had thrown down was gone. He couldn't help but look at the stone pier, which was empty.
Even though he had suffered a loss before because of the strawberry cake, he was still disappointed when he saw that he had given away the ore he had worked so hard to dig and got nothing in return.
Because of this episode, Xue San didn't feel comfortable scolding Xiao Qi and Xiao Ba anymore. Seeing that they were still unhappy, he took them to the kitchen to eat. However, he did not stay, but went to find Huo Gui.
In case the Fire Ghost caused trouble in the village, he would have to send it away quickly.
Xiaoqi and Xiaoba looked at the strange food on the plate, took two bites, and couldn't eat anymore. When they saw Ying Yuanxing, they remembered the delicious cake again.
Perhaps because the cake had worked hard for a while, the cake in my memory became more and more delicious, so that the weird food in front of me became more and more unpalatable.
Ying Yuanxing returned to the farm and saw that the furnace was extinguished. He opened the box and realized that there was no ore left. He simply put all the ore into the box and continued to smelt the ore.
The temperature in the coal kiln was not low, but the Fire Ghost, who had enjoyed the high temperature in the furnace, was not so fond of the flames in the coal kiln. However, Shadow did not start the furnace, and as a guest, the Fire Ghost was embarrassed to make any requests.
And now, seeing the furnace restart, the fire ghost immediately rushed into the furnace and enjoyed it happily.
The fire ghost's strange aura was not too much, and the flame was even more difficult to distinguish. Ying Yuanxing did not notice the existence of the fire ghost at all. Instead, Xuanying, who was following behind, noticed a little problem. However, the furnace was smelting ore, and Xuanying knew how important the ore was to Ying Yuanxing.
After taking a glance at the furnace and making sure that it did not affect the smelting of the metal ingots, Xuanying did not interfere with it for the time being.
Ying Yuanxing entered the kitchen, opened the menu, and hesitated. He had nothing else to send but food. But even if something weird required weird energy, there would always be someone who liked it.
Ying Yuanxing thought about the pair of eyes he saw. They should be the eyes of a relatively young child. A child should like to eat desserts and soft foods. Weird should be no exception. As for teenagers, it is hard to judge their taste.
Ying Yuanxing hesitated for a moment and decided to make a little of each, including some strawberry jam made from canning jars, some baked dried strawberries, strawberry cake was a must, and some carrot juice made in the kitchen, as well as three flavors of grilled fish: fragrant, spicy, and garlic.
The garlic-flavored grilled fish is a new dish developed by Ying Yuanxing. The garlic taste is very strong, but after it is made into grilled fish, according to Xuanying, he feels disgusted and a little curious at the same time. After eating it, it is hard to say whether he likes it or hates it.
Mashed potatoes, potato chips and french fries.
Ying Yuanxing prepared a lot of food. He simply packed the food into the box that Xue San dropped down, and then carried the box to the door of Xue's house.
"Thank you for the ore. This is a return gift. I hope you enjoy the meal. I've left it at the door." Ying Yuanxing looked at the closed door, shouted, then put the box on the stone pier and left.
He knew that if the weirdness in the house was caused by social phobia, he would definitely not dare to come out to get it when he saw him at the door, so it would be better for him to stay away.
However, because there was a lot of food, Ying Yuanxing didn't dare to walk too far. What if the aroma of the food was smelled by other monsters and they took it away without waiting for them to come out? So Ying Yuanxing stopped at the corner.
After a while, the tightly closed door opened slightly, and then a thin arm stretched out, skillfully touched the direction of the stone pier, and immediately pulled it back after touching the box.
Because the arm was deformed and elongated, it looked like a teenager's arm from a distance, so Ying Yuanxing mistakenly thought it was the boy who lost the box and came to pick it up. He sighed and said that this was a real social phobia. He didn't even dare to go out and could only stretch out his hand.
It was actually Xiao Qi who took the box. In fact, after hearing Ying Yuanxing's voice, Xiao Qi was very hesitant about whether to take it. But when he heard the sound of the box falling heavily on the stone pier and smelled the aroma of food coming out of the box, he couldn't help himself.
The most important thing is that he doesn’t know whether his previous contract has ended or not. If it still exists, it would be a pity not to eat it.
After getting the box, Xiaoqi and Xiaoba couldn't help but open it, wanting to see what smelled so good. As soon as they opened it, they were dazzled by the sweet fragrance that hit them in the face, and their mouths watered.
After looking at each other, Xiaoqi and Xiaoba quickly reached out and picked up something to eat. Xiaoba took the cake, and Xiaoqi took the jam.
The two little weirdos were so absorbed in eating that they had no vigilance at all. Naturally, they did not notice their brothers and sisters who were attracted by the aroma and came over.
The remaining six brothers and sisters saw that they were eating happily and subconsciously thought that this was today's meal, so they rushed over to eat. When Xiaoqi and Xiaoba realized that something was wrong and wanted to stop them, the others just thought they were protecting their food, so they pushed them aside without any hesitation and started eating.
Seeing other brothers and sisters eating the food sent by Ying Yuanxing, Xiao Qi was stunned. He dared to eat it because he felt that he had a contract and it didn't matter if he ate a little. But now, wouldn't he drag his brothers and sisters into the water as well?
"Xiao Qi, did you and Third Brother go out to buy this? It tastes very good. Is it a new product from Hongxing Supermarket?" The speaker was Xue Wu.
Others agreed, they also thought this strange food was delicious, but...
"This food is pure and without any impurities. How much money did you spend? You didn't spend all the money my mother left for you, did you?" This was Xue Er's question.
"If the money is not enough, I will go to the village chief to borrow some." This is Xue Yi.
"But the village chief seems to be very poor recently and can't borrow money!" Xue Si ate the grilled fish with relish. He especially liked meat, and this grilled fish was particularly to his taste.
Xue San searched around but didn't find the fire ghost. Fortunately, he didn't find that the fire ghost had caused any trouble. He could only go back to the Xue family first. Since he couldn't find the ghost himself, he asked his eldest brother, second sister and fourth brother to help look for it.
As soon as he entered the house, Xue San found that his brothers and sisters had all gathered together. The house was extremely lively, as if his mother had returned.
Is mom back?
Xue San was extremely surprised. If Guimu came back, all the problems he was worried about could be easily solved and he wouldn't have to worry.
Xue San ran excitedly towards the kitchen where the whole family was gathered. On the way, he smelled the aroma of food. Although one of the smells was very familiar, the taste of the other foods was very unfamiliar. Maybe his mother brought back new food.
"Mom..." Xue San shouted, and then looked at his brothers and sisters who were eating together in shock. Why wasn't his mother here?
"What, is mom back? Where is she?"
"When will mom come back?"
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The other Xue family members asked strangely at the same time. Xue San looked at the familiar box beside him. That was the box he threw down. How could he not recognize it? But didn't he give this box to Ying Yuanxing? Why did it come back again?
Xue San looked at the box, ignoring the strange questions from the Xue family, and looked at Xiao Qi and Xiao Ba, who were crowded aside and eating and drinking recklessly because they had given up on trying to stop them in vain.
"Third brother, I was wrong." Xiao Qi knelt down, and Xiao Ba looked left and right, then knelt down honestly as well.
"Did Xiao Qi do something wrong?" Xue Er glanced at Xiao Qi and found that Xue San's face was really not right. He said, "He is still young after all. If he did something wrong, you should talk to him nicely and don't use force. Xiao Qi is weak to begin with. If he uses force, he might not be able to stay and can only go to the human world."
The other weird people in the Xue family also echoed this.
Xue San glanced at the other strange things, feeling extremely heavy-hearted, and asked, "Did you eat all the food just now?"
"I ate it. The food I bought this time is delicious. When will I buy it next time?"
As soon as these words were spoken, the other members of the Xue family nodded strangely, their eyes filled with anticipation.
Xue San was disheartened. If he had known this earlier, he would have said it earlier. Otherwise, it wouldn't have come to this.
Moreover, last time it was just a small piece of cake, but this time, the farmer probably found that there was too much profit to be made, so he actually set up such a big trap. Others didn’t know that Xiao Qi was fooled and actually made the same mistake again.
Xue San looked at Xiao Qi with deep disappointment in his eyes.
At this point, Xue San no longer concealed it and directly told everyone his guesses and actions, while the others remained silent.
Although they were protected by the Ghost Mother, they had also seen some strange and insidious things. According to Xue San's statement, they had all signed a contract.
"I shouldn't have eaten it..." Xue Yi was interrupted by Xue Er before he could finish his words.
"You didn't find the contract, so why do you think there is a contract?" Xue Er asked.
Xue San repeated his previous speculation, mainly because of Ying Yuanxing's desire for ore and his cherishment of food without impurities.
"Third brother, you really have become stupid from reading too much." Xue Er shook his head, "Do you know? A while ago, a farmer opened a store that specialized in selling some weird food. Many weird creatures came to buy it. Later, the store was closed. Some weird creatures are still wandering outside the forest. I went to ask them, and they found out that the weird food they bought was pure weird food."
So, the former is true, but the latter may not be true for farmers.
Xue San was stunned, looked at his second sister and third brother strangely, and decisively chose to believe his second sister.
Since the food is fine, let’s eat it right away.
Xiaoqi and Xiaoba looked at their older brothers and sisters, hesitating about who to choose, but when they saw the brothers who were scrambling for food, they still joined the ranks of grabbing food. Of course, they were not grabbing food for themselves, but for Xue San. The food was also the result of Xue San's hard work, and they couldn't let Xue San go without any.
The greatest pain for people is to act stupidly, especially to act stupidly in public, or to act stupidly while thinking that they are smart. The same goes for saying weird things.
Xue San was stunned after listening to Xue Er's analysis, and it took him a long time to come back to his senses.
"Then why didn't you say it before?" Xue San was not only questioning, he was also a little confused. Apart from anything else, Xiao Qi's condition required strange food without impurities to heal. Xue Er knew why he didn't say it.
Xue Er explained that when they knew about this, Ying Yuanxing had already stopped selling agricultural products, and Xuanying was very powerful in the farm, so it was impossible for them to snatch the strange food by force.
So after discovering that Ying Yuanxing had a demand for ore, she thought about training Ying Yuanxing. When Ying Yuanxing desired ore as much as they did, it would be easier for her to buy strange food from the farm.
Who knew that Xue San had so many thoughts and kept them secret, which caused problems.
"But it's just this once. Later, we'll go to the farm and ask him how he sells the ore and strange food?" Xue Er said.
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