They all call me an Outer God.

[There is no free lunch in the world. If you need water, you have to exchange something for it, right? ]

[In exchange for knowledge, I can grant you everything you ask for, including water, food, weapons, beauties, and even extraordinary abilities]

People looked at the well warily. Bray's eyes were cold. "Don't believe what it says. Extraordinary creatures are all born evil, especially this kind of thing with unknown origins. Who knows what it wants to do by bewitching you?"

[You don't believe me? I'm here to help you, you're such a heartless kid]

So said the well, and it seemed that only Bligh could hear what it was saying now.

However, Bligh's words were still quite convincing to everyone. In times of crisis, people always subconsciously entrust their lives to the strong. Now that Bligh is the only extraordinary person here, he naturally becomes their reliance.

What's more, Bligh was right. The lack of water resources was caused by this well. People who believe its words just because of a few words are simply foolish.

The people around looked at him cautiously. They agreed with Bligh that a well of unknown origin could not be trusted and naturally would not cause any waves.

Bly looked at everyone and said, "Let's go find out who has food at home first. We can collect the food and save it to avoid a bigger disaster. Once the mayor gets in touch with the outside world, we will be saved."

"He really won't run away?"

"Don't worry, that guard is one of ours."

Bligh had a unique connection with everyone who bought from his store, and he was sure the guard would keep an eye on the mayor to prevent him from leaving town.

Only then did people feel relieved.

Now, they just need to wait patiently for the mayor to return. The steam car is very fast and the mayor should be back within a day.

Everyone started joking with such expectations in mind, and the well began to laugh at them, laughing at them for being too naive.

You will come to me for help

This is an affirmative sentence.

“Because you cornered the market?”

Bly's expression was definitely not good. He stared at his fingers nonchalantly and looked into the eyes above him. "You want to monopolize all the things people need. When people need them, they must get them from you. Otherwise, they will die. Is that your plan?"

"You've already come to this point, why don't you do something more drastic, like draining all the water out of people's bodies to kill them completely? If you keep doing this, a whole town will be slaughtered very quickly. Why don't you do this?"

"Because he needs us alive, this thing has other plans."

A town resident replied: "The price of the exchange is knowledge. I have lived for so many years and have never heard of such an outrageous exchange."

"We might as well blow up this well to avoid any more trouble."

"I agree. If we blow it up, maybe our town can return to normal."

The townspeople discussed the matter and finally unanimously approved the proposal to blow up the well. The executor of the proposal was handed over to a few older-looking, bearded miners who had professional explosives, although they did not need something to blow up a mountain to deal with a well.

"I have some explosives here too, use those."

Bligh was worried that his grocery store would be destroyed when the well was blown up, so he offered to provide the explosives, but the well just stayed there quietly without any movement.

[You better think about it. If you destroy me, those lost things will never come back. Your actions are undoubtedly seeking your own death.]

"Hey, I've never been threatened like this before. The more you say it, the more excited I get!"

The miners placed explosives around the well, and just as they were about to light the fuse, Bligh stopped them. "What the well said makes sense. We can't risk destroying it yet. The most urgent thing is to wait for the mayor to come back. If there is really no other way out, it won't be too late to blow it up."

"I have a way to block it."

So people gave up destroying the well. Many people waited around the well again and again, their thirst becoming more and more intense, but the person they were waiting for never came back.

Seeing this, the well began to seduce again. Some people began to waver in their hearts, but out of caution, they still did not trade with it.

Still need to wait.

One hour, two hours, three hours passed...the sky became bright and then dark, and lights were lit in the darkness.

Finally, just when people were about to give up, the guards came back.

People were extremely surprised and asked him what the result was, but the guard was just shaking all over, and his walking posture was extremely strange.

His face was pale and his lips were cracked. The moment he saw the well, he rushed over and hugged it tightly.

"Water, give me water!!!"

"Are you crazy?"

People wanted to stop him, but he glared back at them fiercely. Now this man was only concerned about the water in the well.

As soon as he said that, those dark tentacles suddenly emerged from the well.

【I like to trade with smart people】

"How can I get water!?"

[Don't be anxious, just treat the transaction process as a simple game. I will ask you a question next, and you can also ask me a question. We both must answer each other's questions. If one of us can't answer, we must give the other person everything they want.]

"Can you give me some water?"

[Yes, but only after you answer my question]

[This is already a question. Now it’s my turn to ask a question... Don’t worry, I’m quite kind. Whether you can answer it or not, I will give you what you want.]

With a few "gurgling" sounds, the tentacles began to wriggle more intensely. They slowly stretched out towards the guard on the ground and wrapped around him affectionately, as if they were a pair of the sweetest lovers.

[There is a creature that has four legs in the morning, two legs at noon, and only three legs at night. What is this creature? ]

"It's a human!!" The guard's eyes lit up. He had seen this kind of question in a book before, so he could answer the correct answer easily. At this moment, the tentacles slowly loosened.

[You answered correctly, the answer is people]

[People crawl on all fours when they are born, use two legs after learning to walk, and use crutches in old age because of the inconvenience of their legs and feet]

Bligh looked at his cane and felt a little offended.

The deal was done, and as a reward, the guard received a bowl of water. He quickly took the bowl and drank the clear spring water in big gulps, feeling the coolness in his mouth and throat. He had never felt that water was so delicious as it was today.

Everyone was dumbfounded. They didn't expect that the well would just ask such a simple question and then give them what they wanted. From this point of view, maybe it wasn't some evil supernatural creature...

(End of this chapter)