Chapter 1590 Under the Mound
Yao and Shunyu stared at Li Maochun in the distance, the doubts in their eyes were no less than that of Li Bai, "You mean there is a problem with our intelligence?"
"Killing people and setting fire to gold belts, repairing bridges and repairing roads but no corpses. These two sentences are misleading. Jiangcheng and the others were also deceived."
Li Bai suppressed his voice uncontrollably. There was a hint of caution in his voice and face, "Is there a possibility that the person who spoke to you before was not Jiang Cheng at all, but a ghost."
At first glance, I heard this sentence in such an environment. Yao Shunyu's face became very ugly, but after a moment, he shook his head hard, "Don't scare yourself, Jiang Cheng is the one on the other end of the phone."
Although he said this, Yao, Shun, and Yu could not explain the situation in front of them. There were no corpses in repairing bridges and roads, but Li Maochun seemed to be getting better and better as he worked. There were 7 obvious potholes on one road, and Li Maochun had filled them up. Four of them have been repaired, and the fifth one is half-way through construction.
The most important thing is that during this period, he encountered nothing, no obstacles, no supernatural events, and no ghosts. This was incredible compared to his experience with Li Bai.
But the only thing that pleased Li Bai in Yao, Shun, and Yu was that Li Maochun behaved very normally. From the fear at the beginning to the joy of getting better and better as he worked, it was all written on Li Maochun's face. Such a " "Ordinary people" can survive, which is what Yao, Shun, Yu and Li Bai hoped to see.
But slowly, Yao, Shunyu and Li Bai began to feel something was wrong. It had nothing to do with Li Maochun and this road, but something changed around them.
"You feel it too?" Li Bai lowered his voice.
"Yes." Yao Shunyu's eyes swept around Li Maochun inch by inch. After a moment, he suddenly paused and noticed a small dry tree.
The tree was about ten meters away from Li Maochun. It didn’t have many branches and stood in the middle of several tombs.
A few seconds later, Yao Shunyu seemed to suddenly realize something, and his breathing became rapid, "No! Look at the dead tree, it has moved. Its original position should be between Li Maochun and Li Maochun Among those barren graves!"
The atmosphere instantly became weird, and Li Bai slowly opened his eyes, and the next sentence pushed the weird atmosphere to a climax, "It's not the trees that moved. It’s those barren graves, those barren graves are moving!”
As if some illusion was broken by a word, Yao, Shun, and Yu Li Bai felt the dark wind rolling around them, and at this moment, when they looked at it again, they were waving. Li Maochun, who was working enthusiastically with his hoe, was surrounded by more than a dozen barren graves. Originally, these barren graves were at least ten meters away from him, but now, the nearest one is less than 5 meters away from him.
The most important thing is that Li Maochun still knows nothing about it.
Such a belated murderous intention is obviously more dangerous than what Li Bai experienced in Yao, Shun, and Yu. If Li Maochun still has a glimmer of hope, it can only be a race against time to see if he can finish the road first. , it was those barren graves that found him first.
Foolish people are blessed with foolishness. If Li Maochun found out that Huangfen was "hunting" him now with his psychological quality, he would be so frightened that he could not even pick up a hoe. Therefore, Yao, Shunyu, and Li Bai could only think in their hearts. I hope he can be faster, and faster.
As Li Maochun moved soil more and more frequently, the soil in the big mound was also decreasing at a rate visible to the naked eye.
While Li Maochun was loading soil into the basket for the last time, a lot of the soil below the mound was dug away, and the soil above collapsed. Li Maochun seemed to have seen something, and followed the trend. When he raised his head, he was stunned for a moment, and then his whole body seemed to be greatly stimulated. He took a few steps back, and then sat down on the ground, not caring about the earthen basket in his hand.
Yao, Shun, Yu and Li Bai took a breath of cold air at the same time. They were relatively far away, but they could still see clearly. There was something exposed from the peeling soil. It was the small half of the shoulder of a statue.
Judging from the small part that peeled off, the statue must be at least 4 meters high.
Li Bai's face turned pale, and she immediately thought of the wild temple where the painting teacher disappeared the night before. The painting teacher once worshiped a statue of a god that should not exist.
Yao, Shun, and Yu stared intently at the exposed shoulders of the statue. Even under the cover of the gray night, the shoulders still exuded a black luster. This reminded him of the scene that appeared in that painting not long ago. huge black hand.
This is obviously the same thing!
Yes. It’s the Empress Zhusheng!
Empress Zhusheng came out of the painting and is now hiding in this mound!
Yao, Shun, Yu and Li Bai all understood now. They truly understood the dangers of the road construction task tonight. If they did not complete the road construction on time, they would be killed by the ghost graves that gradually surrounded them. However, if they wanted to complete the road construction in time, The prerequisite is to transport enough soil, but as the soil continues to decrease, the Empress Zhusheng hidden in the large mound will inevitably be exposed.
As Empress Zhusheng escaped from her bondage, one can imagine Li Maochun’s fate.
Both roads before and after are clearly dead ends! Sure enough, there were no corpses in repairing bridges and roads!
But what surprised Yao, Shun, and Li Bai was that Li Maochun did not sit still and wait for death. In the desperate situation, he burst out with unprecedented calmness and execution. Li Maochun looked around, then ran to an abandoned grave with a bamboo basket, where There are many larger rocks.
After collecting some stones, Li Maochun carefully returned to the big mound, and then used stones of different sizes to pad the excavated part of the mound under the mound until it was confirmed to be stable. , and then tentatively dug some soil, and quickly filled the hole in the road.
"Smart." Li Bai couldn't help but sigh. She used stones to prevent the mound from collapsing, and then filled it with soil as quickly as possible to complete the task. This was also the best solution she could think of at the moment.
Just when the sixth pit had been filled and the last pit was left, an accident happened.
Li Maochun, who was carefully digging the soil, still lost to reality. The soil on the mound began to collapse. No matter how he tried to block it with rocks, it was still useless. It seemed that the collapse of the mound was only a matter of time. It won't take more than 5 minutes.
It is no longer realistic to dig more soil now. It will only accelerate the collapse. Moreover, the remaining time is not enough for him to fill another pit. The last remaining pit is also the largest one, enough to accommodate him lying down.
"Is this the end?" Li Bai sighed, this was a doomed situation, and Li Maochun had already done a good job.
In the face of things like ghosts that transcend physical limitations and rules, human struggles have always been weak and powerless. All they can do is seek a little bit of hope in the cracks.
But the next second, Li Maochun moved. He did not sit still and wait for death. He picked up the earth basket, turned around and rushed towards the barren grave closest to him with resolute momentum. (End of this chapter)