"Yes, this place is in a remote location and traffic is congested, making it difficult for people to go far outside.
Therefore, the monkeys from Penglai Island will visit each small island to see who needs something, record it, and bring it to them the next time they come back.
These monkeys are all very warm-hearted, and they don’t charge any money. They just like to hear a thank you, which can make them happy for a long time.”
"The monkeys here are really good. They are worthy of the Monkey King's tribe."
Wan Lei nodded.
"Indeed, people here believe in the Monkey King, and they also know that faith can bring them good luck.
Of course, regardless of whether they believe in the Monkey King or not, monkeys are willing to help others, but the things the monkeys bring will not be too much, just some things that cannot be bought here, so these people can save money.
It becomes a bad habit of getting something for nothing.”
"That's indeed the truth."
Wan Lei nodded heartily.
The six-eared monkey left a millstone for the raw fish shop, two bags of flour for the bun shop, a can of milk powder for the young mother who was breastfeeding, and a pair of gold earrings for the young couple.
The best-selling author Xiao Wan threw a keyboard over.
Soon, most of the things on the monkey cart were missing. It also walked to the intersection and saw Wan Lei and the mayor.
After scanning Wan Lei up and down, he asked,
"What do you need?"
Wan Lei was startled and shook his head, indicating that he didn't need anything.
Monkey did not miss the opportunity to collect protection money. After carefully looking at Wan Lei, he took out a bottle of elixir and handed it to him.
"It looks like you're injured. It's not serious. You can take this bottle of elixir and heal it."
Wan Lei took the elixir in a daze, a little surprised in his heart. He was indeed injured. It was the injury caused by Xisha rushing him out yesterday when she released her pressure.
The injuries caused by the saint's pressure are not easy to recover from. Wan Lei is only more than half healed now, and there are still some hidden injuries that need to be nursed back to health.
The six-eared monkey couldn't help but became furious when he saw Wan Lei being silent.
"What are you doing standing there in a daze? Pay the protection fee, or you'll give me back the pill!"
"Ah? Ah! Thank you."
Wan Lei immediately paid the protection fee.
"Well, that's pretty much it."
The monkey nodded, suddenly jumped to the statue of the Monkey King, picked up a sacrificial fruit and started to gnaw it. While gnawing it back, he pulled the cart and continued to move forward.
This scene made Wan Lei laugh. He looked at the elixir bottle in his hand and did not dare to eat it directly. Instead, he put it in his arms.
After chatting with the mayor for a while, Wan Lei declined the other party's request to stay and guard the town together, and walked straight to the other end of the street.
From the northern end of the town to the southernmost end, Wan Lei saw with his own eyes the happiness and beauty of everyone, and he was in a very good mood.
After leaving the town, Wan Lei sat down on a stone in the woods.
He had no awareness of protecting the environment and prohibiting open fires in the forest, so he lit a cigarette unconsciously.
While smoking, Wan Lei thought about what was weird about this town.
Everything here looks very normal, and there is nothing abnormal. If we insist on saying it is abnormal, it is because the people here are too happy, and it does not look like a real world.
Everyone has emotions such as greed, jealousy and other emotions. Neighbors who have been together for decades will sometimes quarrel. No matter how good the relationship is, the couple will fight. But here, there is nothing but happiness and contentment.
So if what's here is fake and is an illusion that can affect people's minds, then why isn't it affecting me?
It is true that he did have the idea of coming here to live in seclusion, but it was just an idea. He just felt it for a moment. Naturally, it was impossible to really come here to live in seclusion. He still had to practice, fight, and have his own goals.
He remembered everything clearly.
Even the purpose of his coming here, to investigate the anomalies here, he never forgot, which shows that he has not been affected by this town.
If there was really someone behind the scenes, it would be impossible for him to walk out of the town alive.
What exactly is the problem?
He smelled a very slight strange smell in the town. The smell was unpleasant and a bit unpleasant, but it felt so light that it could almost be ignored.
Wan Lei sat on the stone and stared at the town intently, but still couldn't find anything unusual.
Maybe at night, there will be something else here.
Wan Lei kept doing it until the sun set, the sky was filled with stars, and everyone in the town turned off their lights and went to sleep, but he didn't notice anything unusual.
So, he returned to the north end of the town and continued to observe from a different angle, but there was still nothing abnormal.
After staying up all night and until the sun rose, the people in the town woke up and started a new day full of energy.
After smoking a cigarette, Wan Lei stamped out the cigarette butt, stood up, repeated the same path as yesterday, and walked towards the town.
He decided to take a closer look at the town.
At the same time, at the same place, he met the same people.
"foreigner?"
A woodcutter looked at Wan Lei, looking up and down, with only curiosity in his eyes, no hostility or vigilance.
Wan Lei was stunned on the spot when he heard this.
In this picture, in this scene, he saw the woodcutter he met yesterday, and the woodcutter said exactly the same thing as yesterday.
"Brother...don't you remember me?"
Wan Lei asked tentatively.
"Hey, look what you're talking about. I can name half of the people in this town, and I'm familiar with the rest of them. Do I know if I've met you before?"
The woodcutter laughed.
Wan Lei's expression suddenly darkened.
Do the people here only have memories of one day?
With such questions in mind, Wan Lei walked into the town again.
"Hey, look, the clothes you're wearing are quite clean, why do you look like a fool?"
The woodcutter behind him shook his head and continued walking into the woods with his companions.
Walking into the town, the old woman selling firewood on the roadside was still smiling and waiting for customers to come to her door. The owner of the fish shop was still walking around, urging the guys to work faster.
Walking further, I saw the young mother holding her child while breastfeeding.
When the woman saw Wan Lei's gaze, her face turned slightly red, and she hugged the child tightly to block the large white snow.
At the bun shop in front, there were customers buying buns. The young woman took the copper plate and handed the buns with a smile. When she turned back to pick up the soup bowl, her man touched her hand.
He still had angry eyes and reddish cheeks.
Wan Lei stopped for a moment in front of the bun shop and had a terrible suspicion in his mind.
Could it be that...it's not that the people here only have one day's memory, but that the people here are repeating the same day every day?
With such doubts, Wan Lei walked quickly towards the town.