Due to the special structure of the underground city, large machinery cannot be used in most of the space (it was not originally available), so most of the excavation and earthwork work involves the use of manpower.
In front of me, a man was taking the place of the original wooden pile. Half of his body was buried in the soil and was firmly fixed. There were people beside him who were pouring concrete and cement on him, and fixing the steel bars from time to time. On that person.
From the beginning to the end, the man was awake, but there was no trace of fear or struggle on his face. His eyes were dull, as if he had resigned himself to his fate.
But the scene in front of him still made Li Yi a little confused.
Although he knew that in the underground city, most people had nothing to do except work, and there was a long-term lack of enough light. The only human instinct left was reproduction, but he wouldn't use human life to fill it, right?
Lao He, who followed, understood his doubts. Although he didn't know why he followed, his arrival still cleared up everyone's doubts.
"These are actually not human beings. For some reason, they have all been contaminated, and our underground city does not have the conditions to cure them at all, so the city lord ordered them to be filled into the ground piles as foundation stones. At the same time, The families of these people can also get some compensation, of course, they can't say they don't want to, maybe this is a relief for them."
Everyone listened to his words in silence.
They are also powerless to deal with this kind of thing. Not to mention that the dungeon has nothing to do with them. Even if it is related, they are not here for this matter this time.
"Let's go, find those foreigners first. Lao He, have there been any people from outside recently? The number is uncertain, but I guess they are all wearing uniform clothes. They may be people from some nearby forces." Li Yi He didn't hesitate and went straight to the topic and asked.
When Lao He heard his question, he immediately responded: "Yes! But I can't recognize where it is. It's probably some small organization on the ground, but they are dressed in the same uniform. There are men and women. It's pretty cool. Polite, I remember it because one of them gave me a little gadget when he came in, and here it is."
A very delicate-looking object lay quietly in Lao He's hand. Li Yi could see it clearly, and the system quickly gave a prompt. His eyelids jumped when he saw it, and he quickly asked: "They gave this to you. ?you sure?"
"Is that still false? Wait, look at your reaction. Could this thing be very valuable?" Lao He quickly noticed Li Yi's reaction and quickly put the thing away as if it were some kind of treasure.
Li Yi shook his head, not knowing what he was denying, and his mind was not on that thing. For him, all he needed to know was that this thing did come from the secret realm.
"Do you know where they are?"
Hearing this, Lao He sneered: "Are you kidding? Do you think this is one of those sky cities? No one can know how many people there are in this dark underground underground. You can only know when you put food on It’s not accurate how many hungry ghosts there are, because maybe many people have already starved to death before you put the food out.”
"Don't think I'm alarmist." Lao He said. He took out a cigarette and was about to light it. He remembered that it was already underground, so he put it away again. Finally, he thought about it and held it in the corner of his mouth: "This underground city I don’t know when the famine started. Anyway, I have never seen anyone who can live to adulthood seriously. Except for those unlucky ones who accidentally contracted the gray fog, the number of people in our underground city is getting smaller and smaller every day. Maybe one day, I, Lao He, will starve to death in which corner, I don’t know.”
After saying these words, which left several people confused, he left, leaving behind a thoughtful Li Yi and the other people who were confused.
"What did this old man...not this little brother say? What do you mean? Why can't I understand?" Xiang Feiyu asked Li Yi immediately.
"Let's go, let's find those aliens." Li Yi said after waking up Maria and Vadaro who were still staring blankly at the scene in front of them.
"Oh, oh, okay." The two of them nodded as if they were just waking up from a dream.
It wasn't until he lost sight of the scene of someone being buried in the ground that Li Yi lowered his voice and spoke in an almost inaudible voice.
"I didn't speak just now, not because I didn't want to say anything, but because I suspected that those 'ground stakes' just now, including that Lao He, were a little weird."
"???"
"!!!"
"..."
The three of them all had different reactions, but of course one thing was the same.
Confused.
"Have you forgotten the abilities of those aliens? The consciousness descends, and after killing humans, it descends directly into the body. Do you think people with this kind of ability will not arrange a few human flesh whistles for themselves?"
As soon as these words came out, the two of them were shocked, and one of them suddenly realized.
"Damn it! How could I forget this!" This was Xiang Feiyu.
"Ah? Then were we exposed just now?" This is Maria.
"Do you know who the secret whistle is? Then why didn't you just deal with it directly? As far as I know, in the process of analyzing the composition of the planet, these aliens will not care if there are one or two fewer secret whistles arranged casually, nor will they at any time Check, you are a little too careful." Vadaro was the most rational. Although she had just recovered from the surprise, she obviously recovered quickly.
Li Yi glanced at her and nodded: "What you said makes sense, but you may have forgotten that this is an underground city. Except for those foreigners, the rest are the original residents of the underground city. We are just outsiders." Even if I know that a few of them have been turned into puppets by aliens, the aboriginal people in these underground cities will not know, let alone believe a foreigner on the ground. Do you think you have rashly killed a secret sentry? Will the foreigners be alarmed? Will the aborigines in these underground cities let you go? I know that for these hungry aborigines, every outsider will be regarded as fat. The only difference It’s just whether the fat can move or not.”
Having said this, he couldn't help but look at a few looming figures in the darkness not far away, with a smile on his lips.
"That's fine. This kind of hyena is most familiar with outsiders. It saves us the trouble of looking for them. We just need to find them and ask them."
As he spoke, the figures in the darkness had formed a circle and slowly approached, with eyes full of malice.
