“Well, I’ll look into this matter later. No wonder I always felt that Yang Bao-san’s son didn’t resemble him; Yang Bao-san’s wife indeed had an affair with someone from our village. If caught, that would be a serious crime of hooliganism.” Thinking about this, Liu Dashao could only bitterly laugh and said, “Oh, by the way, Tian Guoqiang, from now on, watch over Grandma Zhang carefully at home and ensure nothing happens to her again. How is Grandma Zhang’s cat doing?”
“It’s fine. Grandma Zhang spends every day with her cat and hasn’t had any problems,” Tian Guoqiang replied happily.
“That’s good, that’s good. You can go back now; there’s nothing more here,” Liu Dashao said to Tian Guoqiang.
Tian Guoqiang returned to where his car was parked and pointed at the two old bicycles, saying, “Liu Dashao, from now on, if you need a ride, just find me. This bike now belongs to me.”
Liu Dashao looked enviously at the wealthy man, who had both a car and a house, thinking how frustrating it was.
Liu Dashao said, “It seems this thing is related to the strange incident that happened in our village. We need to discuss this matter carefully.”
Fan Debiao quickly asked, “What exactly happened in your village that it’s connected to this major project?”
Hu Beikang and others were also curious about what had happened in Liu Dashao’s village and urged him to explain.
Liu Dashao coughed and began, “Actually, things aren’t as simple as we thought. This matter might involve more than just a problem with the project.”
“Master Liu, what exactly is going on? Why don’t you tell us clearly? We’re all straightforward people; don’t play mind games with us,” Fan Debiao said impatiently, throwing his cigarette butt to the ground and stomping on it while looking at Liu Dashao.
Liu Dashao feared Fan Debiao might get serious and immediately explained, “When I was back in my hometown…” He told everyone present everything that had happened at home. After hearing the story, everyone was astonished and looked at Liu Dashao as if he were a monster.
Liu Dashao said to them, “There’s no need to look at me like that. I’ve been learning this skill from my master since childhood, and I only used it slightly. Alright, now follow me and let’s go inside to see this crack and see if we can open it.” Having said that, Liu Dashao bravely stepped forward, coughed, grabbed an iron pick from Hu Beikang, and walked to the crack, swinging the pick at it.
Thud, thud, thud, thud.
It sounded like drums and gongs coming from the crack. Liu Dashao was even pushed back a few steps before he could stop. He felt his palms numb, and the iron pick in his hand was almost about to drop to the ground.
The sound of drums and gongs continued for half a day before it finally stopped.
Fan Debiao opened his mouth wide, as if he were about to vomit his intestines out. This… this thing was too amazing. Yesterday it was the sound of metal clashing, and today it had turned into the sound of drums and gongs.
“Master Liu, what… what exactly is going on?” Fan Debiao looked at Liu Dashao, puzzled and extremely frustrated.
“Well… damn it, I don’t know either. Damn it, let’s not worry about this thing for now and see what it can do. Let’s dig on the other side first,” Liu Dashao said.
As soon as he said this, everyone was stunned. When had it ever been his turn to speak, Liu Dashao?
“Well, I’ll look into this matter later. No wonder I always felt that Yang Baosan’s son didn’t resemble him. It turns out Yang Baosan’s wife indeed had an affair with someone from our village. If they were caught, it would be a serious crime of indecency.” Thinking this, Liu Dashao could only let out a bitter laugh. “By the way, Tian Guoqiang, make sure to keep an eye on Granny Zhang at home from now on. Don’t let anything happen to her. How is Granny Zhang’s cat doing?”
“Ah, it’s fine. Granny Zhang spends every day with her cat, nothing’s wrong,” Tian Guoqiang replied with relief.
“Good, that’s good. You can head back now, there’s nothing else here,” Liu Dashao said to Tian Guoqiang.
Tian Guoqiang returned to his car and pointed at the two broken bicycles, saying, “Liu Dashao, just come to me if you need a ride in the future. This car is officially mine now.”
Liu Dashao looked enviously at this wealthy man, who had both a car and a house, feeling a pang of envy.
Liu Dashao then said, “It seems this thing is related to the strange incident that happened in our village. We need to plan this carefully.”
Fan Debiao quickly asked, “What exactly happened in your village that it’s now connected to this big project?”
Hu Beikang and others were also curious about the events in their village, all urging Liu Dashao to explain what had happened.
Liu Dashao coughed and began, “Actually, it’s not as simple as we thought. This issue might not just be a minor problem with the project.”
“Master Liu, what exactly is going on? Please explain it clearly to us. We’re straightforward people, don’t play mind games with us,” Fan Debiao said impatiently, throwing his cigarette butt to the ground and stomping on it twice, looking at Liu Dashao.
Liu Dashao, fearing that Fan Debiao might get serious, immediately explained, “When I was back in my hometown…” Liu Dashao recounted the events that happened at his home to everyone present. After hearing the story, everyone was in awe, looking at Liu Dashao as if he were a monster.
Liu Dashao told them, “No need to look at me like that. I learned this skill from my master since I was young, and I just used it at the right time. Now, follow me and let’s see if we can open this crack.” With that, Liu Dashao mustered his courage, coughed, grabbed a pickaxe from Hu Beikang, and swung it down at the stone crack.
Boom, boom, boom, boom.
The sound of drums and gongs came from the crack. Liu Dashao was shaken back several steps before he could stop. He even felt his hands go numb, and the pickaxe in his hand almost fell to the ground.
The loud drumming lasted for half a day before it finally stopped.
Fan Debiao’s mouth was wide open, almost to the point of vomiting his guts out. This… this thing was too powerful. Yesterday it was the sound of metal clashing, and today it turned into this deafening drumming.
“Master Liu, what… what exactly is going on?” Fan Debiao asked, utterly baffled and in a bad mood.
“Well… damn it, I don’t know either. Forget about this guy for now, let’s see what he’s up to. Let’s dig on the other side first,” Liu Dashao said.
At this, everyone was stunned. When did it become Liu Dashao’s turn to give orders in front of Fan Debiao?
But seeing everyone’s confusion, Fan Debiao said, “Are you all deaf? Didn’t you hear Master Liu? Go work on the other side!”
Only then did everyone snap out of it, wondering what kind of ability Liu Dashao had. He just looked at the stone and said he didn’t know what was going on, yet he managed to stir up Fan Debiao like this.
But regardless, everyone moved to the other side of the mountain to start digging.
The sun set late here, just like the people who worked from dawn to dusk.
Another quiet night.
The mountain was eerily quiet, so silent that you could hear the sound of someone urinating from seventy or eighty meters away.
Suddenly, a loud explosion woke everyone up from their deep sleep. People opened their eyes, curiously listening to the rumbling sound, as if it were an earthquake.
Someone shouted, “Earthquake!” Immediately, everyone ran out, not even bothering to put on pants.
But when they reached outside the tents, they were all stunned. The cat’s eye on the mountain during the day was now emitting a bright light, like a sun or a cat’s eye. A glowing cat’s eye.
The cat’s eye stared intently at the crowd, then twitched.
With that twitch, the ground rumbled and shook slightly.
So it wasn’t an earthquake, but this thing making the noise.
Fan Debiao hurriedly emerged from his private bedroom, “What’s going on, what…”
Before he could finish, he saw the large stone, utterly shocked, his mouth forming an “O” shape as he slowly approached.
The cold wind was biting, but people had forgotten to put on their clothes.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh, gusts of cold wind blew, combined with the intimidating presence of the cat’s eye, making everyone feel unsteady on their feet.
“Master Liu, what… what is this… what’s happening?” Fan Debiao nervously moved closer to Liu Dashao and whispered.
“I don’t know, keep watching…” Liu Dashao simply said, and Fan Debiao stopped talking, obediently watching the large stone as instructed.
Boom, boom, boom. The smooth, cat’s eye-like stone actually moved. Finally, it rolled out from one side of the mountain.
To everyone’s surprise, instead of rolling down the mountain, the stone rolled up towards the summit.
This… this was truly unbelievable. Could a stone climb a mountain?
Everyone present stared at the strange stone, not knowing what to say.
Fan Debiao stepped forward, stammering, “Liu Dashao, should we chase it? What if it’s a cat’s eye stone…”
“Chase it, let’s see where this thing is going.” With that, Liu Dashao picked up a large shovel from the ground, then turned to the others and said, “Su Yougui, Hu Beikang, Huang Shitou, Fan Debiao, follow me. You’ve been to Bodhisattva Mountain before, you’re familiar with the area. I have a feeling this thing is rolling towards that place.”
With that, he led the group in pursuit of the rolling stone.
Following the rumbling sound and the deep marks left on the ground, they tracked it.
In the pitch-black night, apart from the occasional sound of footsteps, there was nothing else. Even the big men felt a bit scared. Liu Dashao took out the talisman from last time, gave one to each of them, and they proceeded forward.
Ahead, the rumbling sound had disappeared, and since the ground was mostly rocky, the traces were faint and hard to spot without careful observation.
The group followed the faint traces, searching.
But after searching for a while, they found no clues because the traces had inexplicably disappeared. Although the ground was rocky, there should still be some marks, right?
Could it be that the large stone had flown away?
Liu Dashao looked up and was immediately stunned, “Oh my god, that large stone has flown away.”
Hearing this, the others quickly looked ahead and saw the large stone, as if it had grown wings, flying in mid-air. They were dumbfounded, staring blankly.
What are you staring at? Chase it!
Liu Dashao cursed, leading the charge as the first to give chase.
The stone flew non-stop, seemingly faster than before. Liu Dashao knew they couldn’t catch up, so he stopped, panting heavily.
“Master Liu, why… why… aren’t we chasing… anymore?” Fan Debiao gasped for breath, “Let’s hurry and see where that stone is going.”
“Stop chasing, I know where it’s going,” Liu Dashao said, then turned to Huang Shitou and the others, “Let’s go, that stone has flown to Bodhisattva Mountain.”
Fan Debiao and the others stared wide-eyed at Liu Dashao, “That place is far from Bodhisattva Mountain. How do you know the stone flew there?”
Liu Dashao seemed to understand their confusion and said, “Look, is there a small black dot on top of that stone? That small black dot is actually the corpse of a baby from Bodhisattva Mountain.”
At this, Huang Shitou almost vomited, “What? There’s a baby’s corpse on it? Damn, I thought it was some kind of elixir, I even licked it a few times.”
Fan Debiao glared at Huang Shitou, “Look at your lack of decency.”
But Liu Dashao was quite interested and asked, “Kid, what did the stone taste like?”
“A bit salty,” Huang Shitou said, somewhat embarrassed.
“Damn, I peed on it!” Su Yougui exclaimed.
Ugh.
This time, Huang Shitou really vomited.
When they returned to the dormitory, the workers were already awake, waiting outside for their return. Upon their return, everyone eagerly asked, “Liu Dashao, did you chase it? Where did the stone go?”
“It went to Bodhisattva Mountain,” Liu Dashao lazily replied, then returned to his dormitory and fell asleep.
“So, what exactly is that stone? Why did it move on its own?” Countless eyes stared at him, wanting to understand what had happened, but Liu Dashao didn’t answer, just lay down and fell asleep.
Liu Dashao slept, and the others turned their attention to Huang Shitou.
Fan Debiao scolded, “Damn it, you old-fashioned thinkers, that stone was blown away by the wind. If you dare to spread rumors, you’ll be labeled as superstitious and dealt with. Now go to sleep. We have work to do tomorrow.”
Huang Shitou, feeling relieved, lay back on his bed and fell asleep.
When dawn broke the next day, people wearily opened their eyes and lazily put on their clothes. The commotion last night had kept them awake.
Upon looking at the mountain, they noticed a large, dark hole. Some brave workers went up the mountain to inspect the cave but couldn’t see the end.
Some started shouting, “Everyone, look! There’s a cave here!”
At this, all the sleepy people suddenly became alert, each looking up at the mountain. Indeed, there was a large, dark hole.
Fan Debiao also woke up, pushed open the window, saw the hole, and without bothering to put on clothes, jumped out of the window and ran towards the cave.
Looking at the dark, bottomless cave, it was very mysterious.
Last night was too dark, and everyone’s attention was focused on the large sphere, so no one noticed this cave.
“Where’s Master Liu? Let Master Liu see what this is.”
“Here he is.” Liu Dashao, still sleepy-eyed, slowly emerged from the crowd, looking at the flat cave. He crouched down, pinched the soil on the ground—it was wet. He then smelled it and cursed, “Damn it, some bastard peed here.”
The crowd burst into laughter. Ignoring their laughter, Liu Dashao turned and cursed, “Give me a torch, let’s see what’s inside.”
Then people woke up and thought to themselves, what ability does this Liu Dashao have anyway? He just looked at that stone and said he didn’t know what it was. Look at how Fan Debiao is acting.
But regardless, everyone walked to the other side of the mountain to start chiseling the other half of the mountain.
The sun sets very late here, just like the local people who are used to working from dawn till dusk.
Another quiet night.
It was very quiet on the mountain, deathly quiet. If you took a piss, you could clearly hear the sound of water flowing from dozens of meters away.
Suddenly, a loud explosion shook everyone awake from their deep sleep like pigs. People opened their eyes and curiously listened to that rumbling sound, as if it were an earthquake.
Someone shouted, “Earthquake!” Immediately, everyone ran out, not even bothering to put on their pants.
However, when they came out of the tents, they were all stunned because the cat’s eye on the mountain that they had seen during the day was now shining brightly, like a sun or a cat’s eye—a glowing cat’s eye.
That cat’s eye stared at the people on the scene, then it trembled slightly.
As it moved, the ground rumbled with a slight tremor.
It turned out it wasn’t an earthquake at all; it was this thing making the noise.
Fan Debiao also hurriedly came out from his private bedroom, “What’s going on, what’s…”
Before he could finish the word “on,” he saw the big stone and was shocked, his mouth opening into an “O” shape as he slowly walked over.
The cold wind was piercing, but people had already forgotten to put on their clothes.
Swoosh, swoosh, a chill wind blew, adding to the cat’s eye’s intimidation, making them feel unsteady on their feet.
“Master Liu, this… this… what’s going on?” Fan Debiao cautiously moved to Liu Dashao’s side and whispered.
“I don’t know, keep watching…” Liu Dashao simply said, and Fan Debiao stopped talking, obediently following Liu Dashao’s instructions to watch the big stone.
Boom, boom. That smooth big stone, which looked like a cat’s eye, actually moved. Finally, it rolled off from one end of the mountain.
To everyone’s surprise, instead of rolling down the mountain, this stone rolled up to the top of the mountain.
This… this was simply unbelievable; how could this stone climb a hill?
Everyone looked at this strange big stone, not knowing what to say.
Fan Debiao stepped forward, stammering, “Liu Dashao, should we chase it? What if this is a cat’s eye stone…”
“Chase it. Let’s see where this thing is going.” Having said that, Liu Dashao first picked up a big shovel from the ground, then turned to the group and said, “Su Yougui, Hu Beikang, Huang Shitou, Fan Debiao, you follow me. You’ve all been to Boddhisattva Mountain before and are more familiar with it. I have a feeling this thing seems to be heading in that direction.”
Having said that, he led them in the direction the stone rolled.
Following the rumbling sound and the deep marks left on the ground, they tracked it.
In the pitch-black night, aside from the occasional sound of footsteps, there was nothing else. The few men felt a bit scared. Taking out the talisman from last time, he gave one to each of them before heading inside.
In front, the rumbling sound had already disappeared. Plus, it was almost all rocky ground here, so the traces left were faint and hard to see clearly unless you looked carefully.
The group followed the faint marks left behind.
However, after searching for a long time, they found no clues because those marks had somehow disappeared. Although the ground was paved with stones, there should at least be some traces, right?
Could it be that the big stone flew away?
Liu Dashao looked up and was immediately stunned: “Oh my god, that big stone has actually flown up.”
Hearing Liu Dashao’s words, the others also hurriedly looked ahead, seeing the big stone in the air, as if it had grown two wings, flying forward. They were stunned, staring blankly ahead.
“What are you staring at? Hurry up and chase!” Liu Dashao shouted, taking the lead and chasing forward first.
The big stone kept flying without stopping. Its speed seemed even faster than before. Liu Dashao knew his group couldn’t possibly catch up, so he stopped, panting heavily.
“Master Liu, why… why… aren’t we chasing… anymore,” Fan Debiao panted heavily. “Let’s hurry and chase it to see where that stone flies.”
“Don’t chase anymore. I know where the stone went,” Liu Dashao said, then told Huang Shitou and others, “Let’s go. That stone flew to Boddhisattva Mountain.”
Fan Debiao and the others looked at Liu Dashao with wide eyes: “This place is very far from Boddhisattva Mountain. How do you know that stone flew there?”
Liu Dashao, seeing their doubts, said, “Look, on that stone, isn’t there a small black dot? That small black dot is actually the corpse of a baby on Boddhisattva Mountain.”
Hearing this, Huang Shitou almost vomited: “What? There’s a corpse of a baby from Boddhisattva Mountain on it? Damn, I thought it was some kind of immortal pill before, and I even licked it a few times.”
Fan Debiao glared at Huang Shitou: “Look at how little sense you have.”
But Liu Dashao seemed interested and asked, “Kid, what did that stone taste like?”
“It was a bit salty,” Huang Shitou said somewhat embarrassed.
“Damn it, I peed on that stone!” Su Yougui said.
Ugh.
This time, Huang Shitou really did vomit.
After returning to the dormitory, the workers had already woken up and were waiting outside for the group to come back. When they returned, everyone curiously asked, “Liu Dashao, did you chase after it? Did you see where that stone went?”
“It went to Boddhisattva Mountain,” Liu Dashao lazily replied, then went back to his dormitory and fell asleep quickly.
“Oh, what exactly is that stone? Why can it move by itself?” Countless eyes stared at them, wanting to find out what was going on, but Liu Dashao didn’t answer and just lay down on the bed and fell asleep.
After Liu Dashao fell asleep, the others turned their attention to Huang Shitou.
Fan Debiao scolded, “Damn it, you old thinkers, that stone was blown away by the wind last night. If you dare to spread rumors, you’ll be considered evil spirits and be publicly criticized. Hurry up and go to sleep. We still have work to do tomorrow.”
Huang Shitou was relieved and lay back on his bed, quickly falling asleep.
When dawn came the next day, people tiredly opened their eyes and lazily put on their clothes. They hadn’t slept well last night because of the commotion.
When they opened their eyes and looked at the mountain, they found a big hole there. It was pitch black, and some brave workers went up the mountain to take a close look at the cave but couldn’t see the end.
Some people began to shout loudly, “Everyone, quickly look! There’s a cave here!”
At this shout, everyone who hadn’t woken up yet suddenly became alert. Everyone looked up at the top of the mountain and indeed saw a big black hole.
Fan Debiao was also awakened. He pushed open the window, saw the big hole, didn’t even bother to put on his clothes, and directly jumped out of the window, rushing toward the cave.
Looking at that pitch-black cave, which was bottomless and mysterious.
Last night was too dark, and everyone’s attention was focused on that big ball, so no one noticed this big hole.
“Where is Master Liu? Quickly call Master Liu to see what this thing is!”
“Here he is.” Liu Dashao slowly walked out from the crowd with sleepy eyes, looking at that flat cave entrance. He slowly squatted down, pinched some dirt from the ground, and found it was wet. Then he smelled it and finally cursed, “Damn it, which bastard peed on this place!”
The crowd burst into laughter. Ignoring the laughter of the group, Liu Dashao turned around, grumbling, “Give me a torch to see what’s going on inside?”
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