I am cultivating an immortal in the game arena

Chapter 161 Construction site tragedy
Six years ago, Shouyang Mountain.

"Brother Li, I really want to leave, but why haven't my wages for this year been paid yet?"

In front of the bonfire, a group of migrant workers wearing worn-out camouflage uniforms looked at the foreman in front of them with grim faces and cautious eyes. Brother Li asked.

The man known as Brother Li squatted in front of the bonfire, with a grimace on his face, but the cigarette in his mouth had burned to the butt of the cigarette.

The sharp-edged face flickered in and out of light under the bonfire.

After a moment, Brother Li pinched off the cigarette butt in his hand.

"Damn it, brothers, we are in trouble this time. We can't stay in this place any longer. Let's leave as soon as possible."

After Brother Li finished speaking, his eyes changed: "Since we don't get our wages back, we can't work here in vain. Isn't the project stopped now? No one knows about the lack of steel inside."

Everyone looked at each other after hearing this. The price of steel has soared in the past two years, and one ton can be sold for 5000 yuan.

This money is far from their annual salary.

But now they really can't survive here.

Another person died last night. This is already the fourth person to die at the construction site.

Things have not been going well for this place since construction began.

First, the pile foundation could not be driven in. Later, a mage was invited to perform a ritual, and then everyone was asked to leave and come back to work the next day.

When I came back to work the next day, the pile foundation was smooth.

But every night, people always hear someone crying on the construction site.

At first, people didn't pay much attention to it and just thought it was the sound caused by the mountain wind. After all, this kind of situation was not uncommon and they had encountered it before when they were doing engineering projects.

But gradually people felt something was wrong. Listening carefully, the crying seemed to come from the pile foundation.

As a result, rumors gradually arose on the construction site that pile driving was quietly done for the sake of the project.

Although there was no evidence, the rumors became more and more intense. In the end, the construction site had to ask the master to do it again. Although there was no crying at night, the project that was originally a rush day and night, finally turned into a comprehensive one at seven o'clock in the evening. shutdown.

Not even a single person can be left on the construction site, and all workers must go back to their dormitories to rest.

I thought everything was fine.

But accidents still happen one after another.

And every accident is very strange, and I have no idea what happened.

For example, some time ago, Kuang Wenchao was sitting on the ground alone. While everyone was working, you could still hear him muttering to himself.

But when the work was done and he was called to have midnight snack, he didn't respond at all. Someone patted him, but there was no movement. A closer look showed that he was completely cold.

There were also people who laughed stupidly, laughed, and jumped off a cliff more than ten meters high as if they were crazy, falling directly to their death.

The boss at the construction site kept putting pressure on the workers and refused to give out their wages, fearing that they would leave as soon as the money was paid.

Then he specially invited the master. This so-called master, who was regarded as a half-hearted person in the eyes of everyone, said that there were poisonous insects and evil spirits in the mountains, so he asked the boss to buy [-] chickens and throw them into the mountains.

But don't mention it, there was indeed peace for a while after this incident.

But from time to time, we can see the carcasses of some dead chickens on the hillsides, in corners, and even in ditches.

Ordinarily this would be acceptable, but just last night, Liu Bing died in the dormitory.

There were no wounds on his body, but the expression on his face was all twisted together, making people's scalp numb just by looking at it.

Brother Li couldn't stand it anymore.

When something happened on the construction site before, they were still able to keep going. They had sons and daughters at home, parents at home, and their mouths were open waiting for food.

But now even the dormitory is not safe, so why do you do this? Fuck ****
It is better to stop the loss in time and retreat early. It is safer. Even if it is later discovered that something has been lost at the construction site, the construction site will not dare to call the police for these accidents.

If they dared to call the police, the worst possible outcome would be for them to report the death stakes collectively at the construction site.

"Brother Li, is it too risky to steal at night?"

The speaker's name is Zhang Qiang. He is small, has dark skin, and has extremely big eyes. Everyone calls him Big Eyes.

"I know this well. Don't be afraid. There are many of us. When the time comes, we will take away two trucks of steel bars at a time. It won't be much money, but at least I can have an explanation when I get home."

When everyone heard this, they looked at each other and said in their hearts that they were not afraid. It would be a lie, but if they said that their families were waiting for the rice to be cooked, they would die of poverty, so why did they care about ghosts?

Everyone immediately decided.

The next night, when it got dark, Brother Li led people back to the dormitory and mysteriously took out a bundle of red rope.

"What is this?"

"This is the rope with the blood soaked by the black dog." Brother Li pulled a few people in front of him, "When I was a child, I heard my father say that there is a monster in the mountains called the mandrill, which can summon souls. I doubt what happened these few times. It's all the mandrill's fault. Everyone ties the rope around their waists and joins them together in groups of three. Remember, no one can untie it. As long as you don't untie the rope, the mandrill can't take your soul away. "

No wonder Brother Li dared to think of the idea of ​​stealing steel bars at night. It turned out that he had suspected that a mandrill was behind this incident.

So I specially prepared these ropes in case of emergency.

"Does it work?"

Some people still didn't believe it, but Brother Li gave him a sharp look: "My father used to travel around the Miao border. He saw this kind of thing a lot."

"What is a walking horse?"

Someone even asked curiously, but was kicked and said in secret: "It's just smuggling."

Although everyone didn't believe it in their hearts, they all tied the rope around their wrists, and the three of them felt safe together.

Then, just waiting for it to get dark, everyone quietly drove straight up the mountain.

Due to frequent accidents at the construction site, there was not even a single security guard at night. Everyone drove in directly and no one would notice them.

When getting out of the car, Brother Li raised his flashlight and said, "Remember, no one can untie the rope, otherwise the other two people will be ruined."

Everyone didn't understand the reason, but seeing Brother Li speaking so seriously, they all nodded in agreement.

Then a group of three began to move into the construction site to lift the steel bars.The steel bars had already been sorted out, and the three of them carried them four or five at a time to the car. The speed was not very fast, but fortunately the nine of them were all old guys and they cooperated tacitly. In less than two hours, they had already moved half of the steel bars. car.

Everyone also had a guilty conscience, and no one dared to stop and rest. They gritted their teeth and sent the entire steel bars to the car.

At this moment, Brother Li suddenly heard an "Oops" sound behind him, and then his whole body was violently pulled backwards, then fell to the ground and was dragged and slid backwards.

At the critical moment, another group of people rushed forward and grabbed Brother Li's hand.

"Lao Li, hold on!! Quick, two more people will pull you up!!"

When Brother Li heard the shouting, he came to his senses and climbed up quickly.

After everyone pulled him up, they pulled up the remaining two people by the rope.

But when the remaining two people were pulled up, everyone's faces turned pale.

The three people were tied together. From left to right, Brother Li was first, followed by Liu Yang and finally Zhang Rui.

It seemed that Zhang Rui slipped on his foot and fell into the foundation pit beside him.

There were protruding steel bars everywhere on the foundation pit. When Zhang Rui slid down, his lower abdomen was cut open by the steel bars, and his intestines were dragged to the ground.

Because Liu Yang was preparing to lift the steel bar at that time, his hand was raised. When he was suddenly pulled, his arm was bent, and the red rope on his wrist was tightly wrapped around his neck. He was pulled down directly and at the same time, he was knocked alive. strangled to death.

His face was bruised and bruised.

The eyes are protruding, the tongue is sticking out, and the blood vessels on the forehead are bulging.

Now everyone was dumbfounded and stepped back one after another.

Brother Li was also frightened by this scene. He sat there blankly and felt that his blood ran cold for a moment.

I immediately wanted to untie the rope.

But when his hand touched the rope, his heart suddenly thumped.

Wait, could this be an illusion? ?
I heard from my father that mandrills are the best at deceiving people. Seeing that he was tied with a rope and couldn't summon his soul, he used this blind trick to deceive himself into untying the rope?

The more Brother Li thought about it, the more he felt guilty.

"Brother Li, please untie the rope quickly..."

Someone suggested quietly.

"No, no one can solve it, it can't be solved!!"

Brother Li quickly shouted.

However, everyone looked at each other, and Brother Li said loudly: "No, these are all illusions, and you are also illusions, right!!"

Brother Li looked at everyone, and his eyes became ferocious for a moment.

"Brother Li, what's wrong with you? Don't scare us..."

Zhang asked bravely.

But Brother Li glared at him fiercely: "Get out of here, I'm not one to be deceived."

"Brother Li, I'm Zhang Qiang, don't go crazy." Zhang Qiang took two steps forward and wanted to wake him up, but Brother Li immediately took two steps back and said warily: "Get out, come here again and I'll kill you." Your head.”

As he spoke, he immediately picked up a steel bar from the ground.

Zhang Qiang didn't dare to step forward for a moment. Seeing that dragging him was no longer an option, someone suddenly turned around and untied the red rope from his hand and left.

As he walked, he shouted: "If you don't leave yet, we can't tell the difference between two lives. Let's go quickly. This guy is also possessed."

Everyone was already frightened by this scene, but when they heard these words again, the cool breeze in the mountain blew, and they felt cold sweat all over their bodies.

Once fear arises in this person's heart, even if he doesn't think about anything, he will be swallowed up by the panic in his heart for no reason.

It's like walking at night. There is nothing behind you, but a thought flashes in your mind, and then you can't control the panic in your heart. You can't help but speed up and walk forward until you start running.

Zhang Qiang saw that everyone around him didn't want any steel bars anymore and ran down the mountain one by one, and his face suddenly turned pale.

He still wanted to struggle, but when he saw Brother Li's expression becoming more and more ferocious, he immediately turned around and ran away with a strange scream.

After a while, Brother Li was the only one left in the entire construction site.

Seeing all these workers disappearing, Brother Li gradually felt uneasy. He stood up, holding the steel bar in one hand, and looked at the empty construction site around him.

A gust of cool breeze hit me, as if something was crawling on my neck.

He subconsciously ran forward two steps, only to find that the heavy weight on his left hand felt like someone was dragging him.

Once a person dies, his body becomes as heavy as cement, as dead as a stone.

Uneasiness and fear came over me like a tidal wave.

"Boom!!"

Finally, Brother Li couldn't stand it anymore and turned around to untie the red rope from his hand.

Just in case, he tied it with a deadlock.

It was inconvenient to use one hand to untie the deadlock. Brother Li's fingers turned white and his nails were torn, but he still couldn't untie the rope.

At this time, he saw the rough cement board on the ground, so he grabbed the rope and rubbed it hard, even if his wrists were bruised, he didn't care.

The "rustling" sound of friction and the sound of wind around him were tormenting his nerves all the time.

In a daze, he felt like something was peering at him.

It wasn't until the rope was worn away that Brother Li finally couldn't restrain his inner panic, stood up and was about to run out.

The moment he stood up, Brother Li's left hand sank suddenly. He was stunned for a moment and lowered his head to look. He saw Zhang Rui and Liu Yang's hands tightly holding on to his wrist, with stiff faces showing A sly smile that didn’t look like a human being: “Who told you to untie the rope…”

(End of this chapter)