It was obvious that the change in the light shield was inextricably linked to the red ghost.
Feng Yang deduced that after the red light shield was absorbed by the ghost, its color changed, turning into a white light shield.
He had previously seen white light shields at the edge of the city.
Moreover, judging from the fate of the blue ghost, the white light shield appeared to be lethal to ghosts.
Understanding this, Feng Yang couldn't help but think that the village shrouded in the light shield was like a field of leeks.
The immature leeks were like the white light shield.
At this stage, the light shield was somewhat lethal to ghosts, its purpose being to protect the villagers living within it, allowing the leeks, that is, the villagers, to live safely.
The mature leeks were like these old people have the red light shield.
At this stage, the villagers living within the light shield could be harvested by the red ghost, just like leeks. Simultaneously, the light shield would take on an eerie scarlet color.
Feng Yang wasn't entirely clear on the specific meaning of the white light barrier.
Considering that a new batch of 'leeks' was about to be transported to the village, Feng Yang didn't linger. After passing through the white light barrier, he hurried away.
For the next few days, in order to escape the leek forest as quickly as possible, Feng Yang kept walking in the same direction.
But what puzzled him was that every time he walked a certain distance, he would inexplicably return to a place he had passed before. In other words, although Feng Yang was always walking in the same direction, he was constantly going in circles within the leek forest.
It was worth noting that Feng Yang had found a compass in the snow-covered city. With its help, he shouldn't have gone astray.
Since the direction wasn't the problem, the issue must lie with the leek forest itself.
Feng Yang suspected that walking alone might not be enough to escape this forest. The leek forest was essentially some kind of 'magic array.' Without understanding its intricacies, one would end up like Feng Yang, endlessly circling the forest no matter which way they went.
Meanwhile, over the past few days, Feng Yang had encountered about a dozen 'leek villages' with light shields. These villages were distributed in a very regular pattern. At roughly the same intervals, Feng Yang would see a village covered by a light shield.
The light shields of the leek villages were only red and white. Villages with white shields were mostly inhabited by young people, and even some children. Villages with scarlet shields were mostly inhabited by elderly people with white hair. The scarlet color seemed like a signal, indicating the ripening of the leeks and attracting the ghosts.
For self-preservation, Feng Yang always avoided the leek villages whenever he encountered them, trying to prevent any contact with the villagers.
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After realizing that he couldn't leave the forest by normal means, Feng Yang stopped wasting his time. At this moment, he was crouching behind a tree, quietly observing a village called "Leek Village" ahead.
Unlike previous villages, this leek village was almost deserted. He couldn't even see a single corpse. He guessed that the village had just been harvested, and the bodies of the dead villagers had probably been disposed of by someone behind the scenes.
That was why Feng Yang was hiding near this village. He wanted to discover how the people of Leek Village had arrived.
Feng Yang stayed near the village for over a day. Finally, directly above the village, he saw a carriage floating in mid-air.
This carriage looked incredibly magnificent. Besides its beautiful appearance, it was enormous. Feng Yang estimated that it could easily carry one or two hundred people at a time. The horses pulling this carriage weren't ordinary horses, they were 'Pegasus' with wings on their backs, capable of ignoring planetary gravity.
After the carriage slowly landed about 1 meter above the ground in the center of the village, the 'Pegasus' tilted the entire vehicle. Instantly, countless young men and women tumbled out. Feng Yang roughly counted them; almost all were unconscious, and their number was probably less than a hundred. This count was roughly the same as the number of villagers in the other Leek Villages.
Feng Yang wasn't surprised by this. But the key question was: where did this carriage come from?
No one is fearless. If these people knew the truth about Leek Village, they would never have come here. Could it be that they were all tricked into coming? This thought suddenly popped into Feng Yang's mind.
After delivering everyone to the village, the 'Pegasus' pulled the carriage back into the sky. The carriage seemed to move slowly, but in less than ten seconds, it completely disappeared from Feng Yang's sight.
Shortly after the carriage left, the newly arrived villagers woke up one after another. They all looked bewildered, talking to each other and seemingly asking what was going on. Judging from their behavior, Feng Yang deduced that they had been sent here after their memories were erased.
At the same time, some of the villagers walked toward the edge of the village. When one person reached the boundary, a white light barrier suddenly appeared. After touching it, the person's entire body convulsed rapidly as if electrocuted. In the blink of an eye, the man lay motionless on the ground, seemingly killed by the white light barrier.
After witnessing his fate, the villagers following him retreated as if they had seen a tiger, not daring to approach the barrier again.
Having witnessed the entire process of the 'cart transporting people,' Feng Yang had a bold idea: since that cart could deliver people to these leek villages, if he followed it, could he leave safely?
Thinking this, Feng Yang no longer hesitated. He turned and headed toward the next village, where the villagers had also been killed not long ago. He believed it wouldn't be long before the cart transporting people arrived there.