"Are you... are you sure you didn't shout the wrong thing?"
An older coworker asked.
Many young people might not recognize these eight characters or know what they are used for.
But those who are older have experienced it before.
This is a slogan used in certain regions of Long Country during funerals!
In those regions, funerals were often held at night, at sunset.
At that time, the sky was dim, and a group of people carried the coffin to the graveyard.
Besides continuously scattering paper money on the road, they also shouted this slogan.
However, the slogan they shouted was the exact opposite of what Ying Chen shouted. They shouted, "The dead make way, the living beware!"
The purpose was to remind strangers in the distance that a funeral was underway, that a coffin was being carried, and to avoid it in advance to prevent bad luck by colliding with the funeral procession.
The word "living" here referred to both "people alive" and "strangers."
But Ying Chen, perhaps drunk or having a slip of the tongue, shouted the slogan in reverse!
This would mean Ying Chen was ordering ghosts and spirits to make way!
Everyone was already trapped here by the ghosts. Now, Ying Chen was arrogantly ordering them to make way. Wouldn't the ghosts be enraged?
"If you don't know how to say it, don't say it. What good does it do you to anger those things by shouting nonsense?"
"We could have lived a little longer, but now, those things will probably attack us!"
"Useless! Even if I die, I'll kill you before I die! Otherwise, I can't vent this anger!"
Everyone cursed at Ying Chen.
They all believed that Ying Chen had offended the unseen ghosts and would enrage them, causing them to devour everyone.
Ying Chen coldly looked at the three who were cursing him, especially the one who threatened to kill Ying Chen before he died, and said, "The three of you will stay here later."
"If you want to leave, then kneel and beg me."
Upon hearing Ying Chen's words, the three of them couldn't help but burst into laughter.
"Did you all hear that? He said if we want to leave, we have to kneel and beg him! Hahaha, it's so funny... as if he can really command ghosts and spirits, as if he can really open a passage!"
The three of them laughed uncontrollably, unable to stop.
And as they continued to laugh, something strange suddenly happened.
The wall began to shake violently, and large amounts of debris fell, as if the entire space would collapse in the next second!
At the same time, the sound of wailing and howling continuously echoed in everyone's ears, as if all the ghosts lurking in the darkness had emerged!
Preparing to launch a final attack on everyone present!
Everyone's face instantly changed.
"See? He angered the ghosts! The ghosts are going to attack us!"
"I have a plan, let's sacrifice him! After the sacrifice, perhaps the ghosts will calm their anger and let us go!"
At this moment, the worker who had threatened to kill Ying Chen suddenly suggested.
As soon as his suggestion was made, the entire scene fell silent.
All the workers looked at each other, silent.
"What are you hesitating about at a time like this? If we don't make a decision soon, we'll all be finished! Sacrificing him to save everyone is his honor! Morality and ethics are nothing in the face of death! Later, if you don't say anything and I don't say anything, no one will ever know about this!"
"If outsiders ask, just say we never met him! No one will suspect us!"
"There's no time, make a decision quickly!"
The worker urged again.
The expressions of the other workers were uncertain, clearly tempted.
Conversely, Ying Chen, the person involved, showed no emotional fluctuation on his face.
He quietly observed everyone's reactions, silently recording them in his heart.
"Wei De, I can't believe you have 'De' in your name but are actually quite immoral! The thought of sacrificing someone else, you actually came up with it! I don't know what others think, but I disagree! Otherwise, I'll feel guilty and uneasy for the rest of my life!" The man who smoked a pipe suddenly stood up to declare.
"I... I also disagree. This person came to save us in the first place. Whether he can save us or not, we have no reason to sacrifice someone else just to survive. What's the difference between that and being a beast?"
Another worker stood up to express his opinion.
"I'm timid and don't dare to do such a thing. So don't count me in."
"I'm also timid. I don't even dare to kill a chicken, let alone a person. I won't participate either."
Unexpectedly, except for Wei De who made the suggestion, none of the other workers agreed!
This included the other two workers who had cursed Ying Chen!
This surprised Ying Chen, and he looked at the two of them deeply.
When Wei De heard that no one agreed, he became furious: "You people deserve to die here! Since you don't agree, I'll do it myself! I'll leave alone then, and don't expect me to take you with me!"
After speaking, Wei De's eyes glinted fiercely as he walked towards Ying Chen step by step.
Ying Chen looked at Wei De, a hint of mockery on his lips.
Just as Wei De suddenly reached out his palm, preparing to grab Ying Chen's neck, Wei De was suddenly suspended in mid-air!
As if an invisible hand had grabbed his neck!
Wei De struggled desperately, his face turning red, but he could not break free from the invisible hand!
"Harming others ultimately harms oneself. Even the ghosts can't stand your behavior and have come to punish you."
Ying Chen looked at Wei De and sighed.
The others heard this and suddenly realized it was the ghosts' doing!
At the same time, a trace of fear flashed in their hearts.
If they had agreed to Wei De's suggestion earlier, would they also have become a corpse hanging in the air like Wei De?
"Save... save..." Wei De's face turned from red to ashen, indicating he had only one breath left.
He looked at Ying Chen as if begging for mercy, as if begging Ying Chen to save him.
However, Ying Chen didn't even look at him, and turned to walk back the way he came.
"Little brother, that path is blocked!"
The man who smoked the pipe was about to remind Ying Chen.
Suddenly, his eyes widened.
He saw that wherever Ying Chen went, something in the air seemed to be dodging in panic, fleeing wildly!
The "ghost gate" that no one could get through, was easily traversed by Ying Chen!
"So... it really is the living making way, and the dead avoiding?" Everyone present watched in shock and bewilderment.
Then they came to their senses and hurried to follow.
The two who had cursed Ying Chen earlier hesitated for a moment.
Remembering what Ying Chen had said, they bent their knees, about to kneel and apologize.
At this moment, a force came and lifted their knees.
"Forget it."
It was Ying Chen!
The fact that the two were unwilling to participate in Wei De's attempt to sacrifice Ying Chen had indirectly bought them a chance for survival!
In the blink of an eye, only Wei De was left in the "ghost gate" area.
Wei De dangled in the air, his tongue hanging out powerlessly, his eyes filled with deep regret and despair.
But the hardest thing to buy in this world is a regret pill, and the regret of a villain before death is worthless.
A moment later, Wei De's pupils gradually widened, and his eyes lost their luster.
Thump!
Wei De's corpse fell from the air, accompanied by a rumbling sound, and was soon buried underground.
The workers looked back at this scene, all shaking their heads and sighing, saying "he brought it upon himself," and followed Ying Chen towards the exit.
At the exit, Old Dong and the other two were holding stopwatches and counting down.
With less than a minute left before the half-hour mark they had set.
The three of them had already taken out their phones, ready to call the police!