The connection project between the Youth Canal and the Nandu River has indeed been completed.
But something unexpected happened.
"His, how did things become like this?"
Li Chao, the contractor, tugged at his thin hair in distress.
One of his workers named Xu Dong disappeared. He could not be found and the phone could not be reached.
I heard from other workers that that night, they played cards and drank together. Xu Dong drank a little too much, ran out to pee, and never came back.
At that time, everyone didn't pay much attention, thinking that he went back to sleep first. Who knew that they didn't see him the next day, and no one could be found at all.
When he heard the news, Li Chao's heart skipped a beat and he secretly complained.
Seeing that the project was about to be completed and he could leave, who would have known that something like this would happen.
Quickly mobilize all personnel to find it.
As a result, we searched for two days and searched for several kilometers, but no one was found.
Rumors have begun to circulate privately among the workers, saying that after the project is completed, the river god wants a sacrifice, and Xu Dong is the one who is sacrificed.
When Li Chao heard this, he yelled: "F*ck him!"
That's right.
Before almost every engineering team starts work, they will lay out some sacrifices and set off firecrackers to show that the work is auspicious.
Li Chao is no exception.
But he doesn't believe in ghosts and gods.
If there really are ghosts and gods, why did my old mother die in her early sixties after practicing fasting and chanting Buddha's name for so many years?
Besides, before the construction of the project started, the project party hired someone to perform rituals. If there were any problems, they should have been solved at that time.
But for now, if no one can be found, the worker's family will have to be compensated for accidental death.
At least 800,000 yuan must be paid!
Even though you have insurance, it’s hard to account for someone’s death.
Moreover, he had known Xu Dong for many years, and he had worked under him for several years, but he didn't expect that he would be killed this time.
It’s so uncomfortable!
The construction site dormitory is not far from the river. If something happens to Xu Dong, he will most likely fall into the river.
But it stands to reason that this is already the third day. If I fall into the river, I should float up. As a result, to this day, no one is seen alive, and no body is seen after death.
Li Chao was puzzled.
Moreover, a worker came to him today and told him that Xu Dong's family seemed to know about this. Although he didn't know where he knew it, it undoubtedly made him more irritated.
"If we wait another day and still can't find him, we have no choice but to have a showdown with Xu Dong and his family."
…
at the same time.
Chen Jingle appeared above the construction site of the Youth Canal and Nandu River connection project.
I scanned with my consciousness and found no traces of souls around.
But I found a special place.
"At the end of this Youth Canal, is there a dead man's bay?"
He frowned slightly.
It was an unimagined scene.
What does Dead Man's Bay mean?
It is the place where floating corpses accumulate in some river waters.
In fact, Dead Man's Bay exists in many large rivers. For example, the Mother River in Daxia, the "Backwater Bay" in the Hekou Village section, and the "Lao Kupan Bay" in Xiaheping Village are all famous bays of the dead, where floating corpses gather. Dozens or hundreds of bodies are recovered there every year.
This also gave rise to a rather mysterious occupation, that is, the corpse collector, also called the corpse carrier.
Although the Youth Canal is not as famous as other major rivers in Daxia, it is 74 kilometers long and has countless villages on both sides. Every year, people fall into the water and drown. If the corpses are not salvaged in time, they will naturally float downstream to the end of the canal and accumulate here, forming a bay of death.
Over the decades, countless bodies of drowned people have appeared here, some have been salvaged, and some have permanently sunk to the bottom of the river. It can be called a mobile morgue.
Although no evil ghosts were formed, the dead energy accumulated at the bottom of the river was too strong.
It's so rich that it would make a normal person feel freezing cold.
Chen Jingle suspected that if he had not discovered this place in time, given time and chance, a king-level weirdo might not have been born.
The river looks calm on the surface, but through the water, you will find that the wills of countless dead people are entangled underwater. Once someone falls into the water, the body of the new person will be dragged underwater, and the soul will be imprisoned, making it difficult to reincarnate.
Not Li Wei, but better than Li Wei!
"You can't stay here!"
Chen Jingle secretly made a decision.
So, where is Li Jianmei's son Xu Dong now?
…
Chen Jingle's consciousness first scanned the cement dams on both sides of the canal, then scanned the bridges across the river that had not yet been drained, as well as the bridge piers below and even the underground. No abnormalities were found.
The quality of the work is also okay.
This made him frown, but at the same time he breathed a sigh of relief.
There are rumors that when the engineering team encounters a hole that cannot be drilled or cannot be filled, they will choose to drive a pile, that is, push a person into the hole and pour it together with cement to achieve the purpose of sacrifice.
He had heard similar rumors.
In fact, this bad habit existed in ancient times, but it has disappeared in modern society.
Because these days, after the completion of the project, ultrasonic testing is required, and if it fails, it will have to be started all over again. If you start over, you will have to pay for the work. No engineering team would be so stupid.
The failure to drive a hole pile is due to a few problems, such as collapse caused by pebbles in the underground river cave, or the rock layer is too hard, or the hole is off-center, or there is a problem with the concrete pile.
If you can't figure out any aspect, there are solutions.
Either shorten the length of the piles and enlarge the foundation of the bridge piers, or if that doesn't work, drive companion piles from one pile to three. At most a hundred thousand, and a human life costs seven to eight hundred thousand.
Sometimes human life is not valuable, but it is still more expensive than driving a few more piles.
Ignorance and superstition are unacceptable, family members! !
We must believe in science! !
In fact, most of the common construction site casualties are caused by the poor safety quality of construction workers.
For example, Chen Jingle had a classmate whose brother was a contractor. A new worker at their construction site didn't wear a safety helmet. He fell while climbing the stairs and knocked his head. He didn't die, but the sequelae were troublesome. Coincidentally, I just joined the company that day and didn't have time to buy insurance, so I lost more than 600,000 yuan.
It is common sense to wear a safety helmet when entering a construction site.
It is also common for Party A to put pressure on Party B. In order to keep up with the schedule, Party B treats people like animals and works too hard, which can lead to accidents.
If something is really causing trouble, if you put the roasted pigs, cow heads, whole sheep, chickens and ducks on the table, burn the incense and paper money, and you are still not satisfied and still want to eat people, then you should do it!
…
"Then it's most likely at the bottom of the river."
Chen Jingle squinted his eyes slightly, his gaze fell on the river, and his consciousness went deep into the bottom of the river.
This is probably the first time someone has visually detected the bottom of the canal. This is a completely different world from the one above.
While his spiritual consciousness "saw" the many scattered bones and various random items that were half-covered and half-exposed under the mud at the bottom of the river, he also saw a figure wearing construction site camouflage that had been swollen by the river water.
The face is vaguely discernible.
It should be that Xu Dong.
Fortunately, the location here is quite special, and the river fish dare not approach it, so the corpse was not eaten clean.
There were many aquatic plants one or two meters long at the bottom of the river, which were tightly wrapped around his limbs.
In fact, these water plants are the embodiment of the strong death energy.
When Chen Jingle looked over with his spiritual thoughts, these water plants immediately ran away and fell down like mice seeing a cat. Without the restraints, the sunken corpse immediately began to float.
"Xu Dong!"
As if Xu Dong, who was sleeping, heard someone calling his name, he suddenly opened his eyes with excitement.
"follow me."
Chen Jingle took his soul away without any explanation.
After he left, Xu Dong's body also surfaced and approached the shore. It was discovered by workers who screamed and fished it out.
Li Chao, the contractor, was glad that he finally found someone, but he couldn't help but sigh.
"What a sin!"
…
Regarding how to let Xu Dong meet his family, Chen Jingle immediately thought of the art of dream marriage!
He took Xu Dong directly into the dream world of his mother Li Jianmei.
Also pulled in was Li Jianmei's eldest son, Xu Dong and his eldest brother Xu Cheng.
"Li Jianmei, is this your son Xu Dong?"
Chen Jingle, who deliberately obscured his true identity, asked Li Jianmei in a deep voice.
Li Jianmei was still a little confused. He was clearly talking to Goddess Zhang in a low voice just now, so why did he suddenly appear here?
When her eyes fell on the wet figure wearing construction site camouflage standing next to Chen Jingle, and saw that familiar concerned face, she finally reacted.
"Son!!"
"Mom? Brother?"
Before Xu Dong could realize what was going on, he was stunned when he saw his mother and elder brother appear.
But Mrs. Li burst into tears and cried loudly.
Since ancient times, white-haired people give gifts to black-haired people.
The eldest brother Xu Cheng also had red and swollen eyes with tears in his eyes.
Mother and son, separated from each other by yin and yang, hugged each other and cried in this illusory dream.
