Chapter 348 Traffic First 34
Staking is actually human sacrifice, a cruel ritual passed down from ancient times.
This ceremony is usually performed before or during a large construction project in order to ensure that the project can be completed smoothly.
It is said that when people break ground during construction activities, they disturb the gods and ghosts that live in the area, thus angering them.
Therefore, in the early stages of most projects, there are always some strange things that cannot be explained by common sense, which force the progress of the project to come to a halt.
The way people solve this dilemma is to drive in living stakes.
Bury living people in the foundation as a sacrifice to the gods and ghosts of the place, so as to appease their anger and gain peace on the construction site.
The soul of the sacrificed person will also become the protective spirit of the building, and from then on the building will become extremely strong and will not collapse easily.
The more Li Zizhen and Wen Xun thought about it, the more they felt that it was very likely that this building had been built with piles of living things.
"I remember when there was an earthquake here before, other buildings around here had more or less broken spots, but our dormitory building didn't have even a crack on the wall."
At that time, everyone was praising the building for not being a shoddy project, saying that the contractor had a conscience and that the materials used were genuine.
Now that I think about it, I’m afraid something even more unscrupulous might have happened.
"But if it's really a live pile, how are we going to find the body?"
People were thrown into the cement and poured into the foundation. If we want to find them, we have to demolish the building, right?
They are just small anchors and are still begging for food under Liu Pengcheng. How could they have such ability!
It would be better to let them knock on every door and ask if there is a body inside.
At least this can be done, but the result will definitely not be good.
Yu Ke didn't think this was a big problem.
She has props in her hands, such as blowing up a building or spraying water.
But there were so many people in the building, even if they were all NPCs, she couldn't treat them as grass and blow up the building along with them.
We have to find a way to clear the building...
Just as she was about to ask System 5488 to help her find some suitable props, she heard Jing Xi speak in a light tone:
“It doesn’t necessarily mean hitting a living pile.”
She subconsciously looked up at him.
He was also looking at her, with a helpless expression.
After seeing this, Yu Ke finally realized that her previous thinking was really wrong.
Hitting a living stake is a human sacrifice.
His body and soul are not together, so he doesn't meet the requirements.
Li Zizhen, who had already been convinced, was puzzled and asked, "If it's not hitting a living stake, then what is it?"
Jing Xi: "Let's take another look."
He operated the mouse and continued to look for clues.
Yu Ke, who had led people astray, lowered her head silently and zipped up her mouth.
Jing Xi clicked on a design drawing of a building, and it looked like the dormitory building under their feet.
It's just that some things are different from what they know.
Li Zizhen: "This building actually has a basement!?"
He remembered very clearly that someone had asked him about this matter at the time, and the person in charge said categorically that it did not happen.
Wen Xun: "There is no button for the basement in the elevator."
It's clearly there, but it's hidden secretly so no one knows about it. The basement must be used for shameful activities.
"The body is most likely in the basement!"
Li Zi was very excited when he finally found a useful clue.
However, the excitement didn't last long before his headache started again.
"The elevator doesn't have a button that goes to the basement, so how do we go down? Can we go down by stairs?"
Wen Xun shook his head.
"Some people who live on the lower floors will just take the stairs. If the first floor can go to the basement, someone would have discovered it long ago."
But they have never heard of this incident until now. It can't be possible that the people who discovered it are helping to conceal it?
If the people living on the lower floors were those big anchors, Wen Xun could still think that they had reached some deal with the company in private and helped conceal the existence of the underground floor.
But the people who have been living on the lower floors have always been the new anchors hired by the company.
Moreover, new people are replaced quickly, and people living on the lower floors are always coming and going. With so many eyes and ears, it is even more impossible to keep a secret.
It is also difficult for the company to buy off so many people who have left here.
After much thought, Wen Xun felt that the possibility of the stairs leading to the basement was very low.
In other words, even if the stairs lead to the basement, the entrance must be hidden very deeply and will not be easily discovered.
Li Zi really wanted to suggest that they go to the stairwell and squat to see if they could wait for the people from the basement to come up.
But before he could say anything, he realized that this method wouldn't work.
The idea that there is an entrance to the basement in the stairwell is just their guess. In fact, the entrance may not be in the stairwell at all?
They didn't even know where the entrance was, and the building was so large that even if they wanted to ambush someone, they didn't know where to ambush them.
He rubbed his swollen temples and was at a loss for a moment.
Jing Xi glanced at them and suddenly brought up another matter.
"If the anchor in the company fails in live streaming horror games, he will disappear soon. You know this, right?"
Li Zizhen and Wen Xun were stunned. They didn't quite understand what Jing Xi meant by talking about this at this time, but they still nodded to show that they understood.
Jing Xi continued: "Only the anchors in our company would be like this. The winning or losing of the game is linked to their own safety."
"Why is it that when other people lose games, nothing happens, but it happens to us?"
"Can a person really disappear into thin air? Where do you think they go?"
What he wanted to express was very clear, and Li Zizhen and Wen Xun quickly reacted.
"Those people who disappeared are all in the underground level!?"
Just thinking about it, both of them were horrified.
In recent years, the number of anchors who have disappeared from Huohuo Company has reached an alarming number. The company's chairman, Liu Pengcheng, is very capable. Even with so many people gone, no one has come to investigate.
Yu Ke did some reading comprehension based on the context and came to a conclusion.
"Liu Pengcheng has been sacrificing people in the underground for these years? Is that why his career is so successful?"
It is rare to find someone like Liu Pengcheng who can make huge profits from any decision he makes.
It is rare for ordinary people to never lose money.
Jing Xi nodded and agreed with Yu Ke's statement.
"Otherwise I can't imagine what else he could do if he made those people disappear without anyone noticing."
Now all the clues can form a closed loop.
The year when Liu Pengcheng's company was on the verge of bankruptcy, he used some unknown method to completely change his destiny.
That method is most likely related to evil ways, which can be seen from the fact that so many people have disappeared.
Over the years, Liu Pengcheng has used this method to rise rapidly to prominence.
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