novelraw Chapter 254: There Really Are Ghosts!
Chapter 254: There Really Are Ghosts!
"Shut the **** up, everyone, I refuse to believe in ghosts. Today, no matter what, I’m setting that fire. All you ****ers, get up and help, I don’t believe I’ll run into trouble! After lighting the fire, brothers, quickly run back to the county, and there won’t be any issue!" Hearing what the others said, Li Dahe was so angry he didn’t even know what to say. A bunch of ****ing useless idiots, still babbling about hauntings. What’s most important now is to set the fire and report back to the chairman in the county, everything else is bullshit!
With that in mind, Li Dahe took out his lighter and moved forward, leading the demolition team by example. Seeing the boss doing so, the rest had no choice but to follow, steeling themselves to quickly start the fire and then run back to the county, swearing never to return to Lin Family Village. The atmosphere here was just too eerie.
What a group of fools, still not leaving. He would have to scare them off himself. With that thought, Lin Feng once again began to move, silent as the wind, in the blink of an eye, he was next to Li Dahe and, before Li Dahe could react, he slapped, pulled, and twisted his right shoulder.
"Crack!"
"Aaah..."
Li Dahe felt like he had been hit, and then his arm hurt so much he began to howl in pain, finally understanding why Xiao Wang was in such agony. This kind of pain was unbearable, enough to drive a person insane!
"Captain!"
"Captain!"
"Captain!"
...
Hearing their captain suddenly cry out in pain caused the demolition team’s heart to freeze, their minds went blank, at a total loss as to what to do. The captain had just been walking ahead under their watch, and not a single one of them saw anything touch the captain before he suddenly began to have problems. This... this was too scary! If this wasn’t running into a ghost, then what was it?
Seeing the captain in this state, everyone finally realized that the captain’s injury was the same as Xiao Wang’s, which meant that Xiao Wang’s accident had been an encounter with a ghost, and yet the brothers had paid it no mind, refusing to believe in spirits. Only now had such a thing happened! Just the thought of being targeted by ghosts ever since entering Lin Family Village sent a chill down everyone’s spine. No one who had encountered such a thing could remain fearless, never in their dreams did they imagine they would one day face such a haunting!
After dislocating Li Dahe’s arm, Lin Feng didn’t waste any time, continuing to take care of everyone who had come to Lin Family Village to set the fire. Flashing again, he appeared at the edge of the crowd, picked someone at random, and with no hesitation, repeated the movements he had just applied to Li Dahe.
"Crack!"
"Aaah..."
Then Lin Feng flashed again, suddenly appearing on another side and dislocating another person’s arm.
"Crack!"
"Aaah..."
...
Lin Feng’s movements were as fast as lightning. Under the cover of night, no one saw his figure, moving silently like a ghost among the crowd. Wherever he passed, someone’s arm was sure to be dislocated. After bringing down everyone, Lin Feng casually stood on a tree, looking down at the group of people coldly.
In less than half a minute, every member of the demolition team had their arms dislocated by Lin Feng, all sweating profusely from pain, supporting each other and wailing. This kind of pain was unbearable, enough to make someone scream or go mad!
Ghost!
A ghost, damn it!
We’ve hit a ghost!
...
At that moment, the entire demolition team lay on the ground, howling in agony. The pain was inconceivable, beyond description. To them, injuries from fights were routine, but none had ever experienced such excruciating pain—not even broken bones or severed legs came close. So this is what it feels like to be struck by a ghost...
With this thought, sheer terror filled everyone’s hearts. Each person struggled to stand, eager to flee from the horrifying Lin Family Village. What kind of place was this that even ghosts sought to protect it? Had they known about the unclean spirits here, they would have never set foot in the village; avoiding it would have been their priority, rather than provoking anything here!
"Boss, let’s get out of here fast!"
"Boss, there really are ghosts!"
"Boss..."
...
The demolition team members, chattering non-stop, urged Captain Li to leave quickly. If they didn’t get out after encountering a ghost, and the ghost got angry again, it would be a total disaster for them. Working to earn some money was one thing, but no one wanted to meet their end here, senselessly. Under these circumstances, the right thing to do was to promptly leave Lin Family Village and head back to the county. And after this, they would certainly never come back to Lin Family Village—this village was just too sinister!
Li Dahe was also in pain, his complexion deathly pale. He now finally believed what his men had told him: they had indeed encountered a ghost tonight. After he had fallen, he deliberately looked back but saw nothing. Then the rest fell to the ground, too quickly for any human. No one could take down more than twenty people in less than half a minute—only a ghost could!
He could never have imagined that they would actually bump into a ghost tonight. His brothers and he were in so much pain they could go mad. If it weren’t for their strong willpower, they would have already run away. Damn it, Lin Family Village was terribly cursed! If he had taken Xiao Wang’s incident seriously from the start, knowing that they’d encounter unclean things, he could’ve avoided what followed and prevented his brothers from suffering this torment. As their boss, it was his responsibility, and he felt guilty for letting them suffer like this—it was all his fault!
Now, what should they do? Should the fire still be set or not...?
As Li Dahe hesitated, voices came from the village in the distance, with the barking of dogs growing more frantic, sending him into a complete panic.
"Stop the damn howling, the villagers are on their way! Everyone, pull out now! Bear with it, make a sound and we’ll all be beaten to death by the people of Lin Family Village!" Li Dahe heard the villagers’ voices getting closer, panicked, and shouted out for his men to carelessly run toward the periphery of the village. At this point, there was no time to consider anything else. If the villagers arrived and saw them trying to set fire, they would surely beat them senseless. It was all about survival now!
As they ran, Li Dahe couldn’t help but look back at Lin Family Village, baffled by the sinister events of the night. Just what had happened that everything went wrong? The machinery had mysteriously broken down in the afternoon, and now, attempting to set a fire, they encountered something even more sinister. The entire village reeked of malevolence.
Hearing what Captain Li said, the demolition team members realized the severity of the situation. Seeing the lights and hearing the voices of the villagers drawing closer, they knew they had to run. So they bent their heads and followed Captain Li, clenching their teeth hard against the pain. Though their bodies were covered in cold sweat from the agony, they had to endure it to stay alive.
If tonight hadn’t turned out so strangely, they could have set the fire easily and burned down Lin Family Village. Then they would have received a bonus from the chairman, less work, and no scolding—a win-win! But luck wasn’t on their side today, for they had stumbled upon a ghost in Lin Family Village. With severed arms and nothing known... if it wasn’t the work of a ghost, then what...?
Hearing the villagers’ shouts growing louder behind them, the demolition team ran even faster, soon disappearing into the night.
As the voices of the approaching villagers grew louder, Lin Feng, seeing that the demolition team had vanished, had no desire to stay and look for trouble. With a swift movement, he too left the scene.
By the time the villagers arrived, they found only several oil drums, still dripping with gasoline, and broke out in cold sweat. Had that gasoline been ignited, Lin Family Village would have been destroyed!
But why were there only oil drums and no people? And where had the cries of agony they just heard gone? Looking at the oil drums near the wall and smelling the gasoline in the air, the villagers were stunned, not understanding the situation before them.
"What are you all standing around for? Quickly cover up the gasoline with soil, it’s too dangerous to leave it be! And be gentle, for heaven’s sake—don’t cause any sparks, or the whole village will be gone," Lin Guangyi yelled when he saw everyone frozen in place. With the gasoline still there, a single spark could destroy Lin Family Village.
He was absolutely furious inside. As Song Jie had predicted, those damned demolition workers had tried to covertly set the village on fire. He never imagined that these men would be bold enough to do something this reckless, which could potentially wipe out the entire village and even cost lives. Such matters concerned human life, yet they dared to go through with it—they were way out of line!
However, he kept these thoughts to himself. If the villagers knew about it, they would undoubtedly react with anger and anxiety; he did not wish for such an event to occur!
Hearing the village chief’s words, the villagers immediately started working to remove the gasoline, all the while muttering to themselves about what had occurred that night. Why was there so much gasoline? Why were there so many screams of agony? Why...