Chapter 164: The Cave

“Well, I’ll look into this matter later. No wonder I always felt that Yang Bao’s son didn’t resemble Yang Bao at all. It turns out Yang Bao’s wife really 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, Tian Guoqiang, from now on, watch over Grandma Zhang carefully at home. Don’t let anything happen to her again. How is Grandma Zhang’s cat doing?”

“It’s fine. Grandma Zhang spends every day with her cat, and everything is okay,” Tian Guoqiang replied happily.

“That’s good, that’s good. You can go back now; there’s nothing else 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, just find me if you need to ride somewhere. The ownership of this bike now belongs to me.”

Liu Dashao looked enviously at this rich man who had both a car and a house, feeling extremely annoyed.

Liu Dashao said, “It seems this thing is related to the strange incident in our village. We must plan carefully for this matter.”

Fan Debiao hurriedly asked, “What exactly happened in your village that it’s connected to this big project?”

Hu Beikang and others were also curious about what had happened in Liu Dashao’s village and urged him to tell them what had occurred.

Liu Dashao coughed and began, “Actually, the matter isn’t as simple as we imagined. This might involve more than just a problem with the project.”

“Master Liu, what exactly happened? Just tell us clearly, we’re all straightforward people, don’t play games with us,” Fan Debiao became anxious, throwing his cigarette butt to the ground, stomping on it twice, and staring at Liu Dashao.

Liu Dashao feared Fan Debiao might get serious, so he immediately explained, “When I was back in my hometown…” Liu Dashao told everyone present everything that had happened at home. After hearing it, everyone was filled with sighs and looked at Liu Dashao as if he were a monster.

Liu Dashao said to them, “No need to look at me like that. I learned this skill from my master since I was young, just applied it to this situation. Alright, now follow me inside and let’s see if we can open this crack.” Having said that, Liu Dashao summoned his courage, coughed, grabbed an iron pick from Hu Beikang, and walked to the crack, swinging the pickaxe down hard.

Dong, dong, dong, dong.

The sound was like beating drums and gongs, coming from the crack. Liu Dashao was even pushed back a few steps before barely stopping. He could even feel his palms numb, and the pickaxe in his hand was almost about to drop to the ground.

The loud noise lasted for half a day before finally stopping.

Fan Debiao’s mouth was wide open, 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 this deafening drumming.

“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. Let’s 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?

But seeing everyone was stunned, Fan Debiao spoke up, “Are you all fools? Didn’t you hear what Master Liu said? Hurry up and work on the other side.”

Only then did people wake up, wondering what special ability Liu Dashao had. After all, he just looked at the stone and said he didn’t know what it was. Look at how Fan Debiao got all worked up.

But regardless, everyone went to the other side of the mountain to start excavating the other half.

The sun sets very late here, because it, like the local people, is accustomed to working from dawn to dusk.

Another quiet night fell.

The mountain was very quiet, eerily silent. You could clearly hear the sound of water flowing even from dozens of meters away when someone urinated.

Suddenly, a loud explosion shook everyone awake from their deep sleep like pigs. People opened their eyes, curiously listening to that rumbling sound, as if it were an earthquake.

Someone shouted, “Earthquake!” Immediately, everyone ran outside, not even bothering to put on their pants.

However, when they came out of the tents, they were all shocked, because the cat’s eye on the mountain that had been there during the day was now glowing brightly, like a sun, or like a cat’s eye—a glowing cat’s eye.

That cat’s eye stared at the crowd on-site, then shook slightly.

As it moved, the ground immediately rumbled with a slight tremor.

It turned out the earlier noise wasn’t an earthquake, but this thing making the sound.

Fan Debiao also hurriedly came out from his private bedroom, “What’s going on, what’s…”

Before he could finish the word “what,” he saw the big stone and was shocked. His mouth opened 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 cold 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 nervously moved to Liu Dashao’s side and whispered.

“Don’t know, keep watching…” Liu Dashao simply said, and Fan Debiao didn’t speak anymore, just following Liu Dashao’s instructions, quietly watching the big stone.

Boom, boom. The smooth big stone, which looked like a cat’s eye, actually moved. Finally, it rolled out from the top of the mountain.

To everyone’s surprise, this stone did not roll down the mountain but rolled upward.

This… this was truly unbelievable. How could this stone climb the mountain?

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 it’s a cat’s eye stone…”

“Chase it. Let’s see where this thing is going,” Liu Dashao said. Then he first picked up a big shovel from the ground, turned to the group and said, “Su Yougui, Hu Beikang, Huang Shitou, Fan Debiao, follow me. You’ve all been to the Bodhisattva Mountain before and are more familiar with it. I can sense 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, except for the occasional sound of footsteps, there was nothing else. These grown men also felt a bit scared. Taking out the talisman from last time, he gave one to each person and then proceeded inside.

Ahead, the rumbling sound had already disappeared. Plus, the ground here was mostly rocky, so the traces left were vague and hard to spot unless you looked carefully.

So the few of them followed the faint marks left behind.

However, after searching for a long time, they found no clues, because those marks had somehow vanished. Although the ground was paved with stones, there should at least be some traces left, right?

Could it be that the big stone flew away?

Liu Dashao raised his eyes 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, staring at the big stone flying in the air as if it had grown two wings. For a moment, their minds went blank, staring blankly ahead.

“What are you staring for? Hurry up and chase it!” Liu Dashao shouted, taking the lead and running forward first.

The big stone kept flying without stopping, and 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, saying, “Let’s hurry and chase it to see where the stone flies.”

“Stop chasing. I know where the stone went,” Liu Dashao said, then told Huang Shitou and others, “Let’s go. The stone flew to Bodhisattva Mountain.”

Fan Debiao and the others looked at Liu Dashao with wide eyes: “This place is very far from Bodhisattva Mountain. How do you know the stone flew there?”

Liu Dashao, seeing their confusion, said, “Look, isn’t there a small black spot on top of the stone? That black spot is actually the corpse of a baby on Bodhisattva Mountain.”

At this, Huang Shitou almost vomited: “What? There’s a corpse of a baby from Bodhisattva 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 quite interested, asking, “Kid, what did the stone taste like?”

“A bit salty,” Huang Shitou said a bit embarrassed.

“Damn it, I peed on it!” Su Yougui said.

Vomit.

This time, Huang Shitou really did vomit.

After returning to the dormitory, the workers had already stopped sleeping and were all waiting outside for this group to come back. After returning, everyone curiously asked, “Liu Dashao, did you chase after it? Did you see where the stone went?”

“It went to Bodhisattva Mountain,” Liu Dashao lazily answered, then returned to his dormitory and fell asleep.

“Oh, what exactly is that stone? Why can it move by itself?” Countless eyes stared tightly at them, wanting to find out what was going on, but Liu Dashao didn’t answer, lying down on the bed and falling fast asleep.

After Liu Dashao fell asleep, the others turned their attention to Huang Shitou.

Fan Debiao shouted angrily, “Damn it, you old thinkers, the stone was blown away by the wind last night. If you dare to spread rumors, you’ll be labeled as ghosts and monsters and dragged out for a struggle. Hurry up and go to sleep. We still have work to do tomorrow.”

Only then did Huang Shitou feel relieved, lying back on his bed and 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 due to the chaos.

When they opened their eyes and looked at the mountain, they found a big hole there. Black and deep, some brave workers went up the mountain and looked carefully into the cave, but couldn’t see the end.

Some people started shouting loudly, “Everyone, look! There’s a cave here!”

With this shout, everyone who hadn’t woken up yet suddenly became energetic, each looking up at the top of the mountain. Indeed, there was a black, deep cave.

Fan Debiao was also awakened, pushed the window open, saw the cave, didn’t even bother to put on his clothes, jumped out of the window directly, and rushed toward the cave.

Looking at that dark cave, deep and mysterious.

Last night was too dark, and everyone’s attention was focused on the big ball, so no one noticed this cave.

“Where’s Master Liu? Hurry up and let Master Liu see what this thing is?”

“Here he is.” Liu Dashao slowly walked out from the crowd with sleepy eyes, looking at the flat cave entrance. He slowly squatted down, pinched some dirt from the ground, and found it was wet. He then smelled it and finally cursed, “Damn it, which bastard peed here?”

The crowd burst into laughter. Liu Dashao didn’t care about their laughter but turned around, cursing, and said, “Give me a torch. Let’s see what’s inside?”