Chapter 1673: Bridge Repair
But the stone bridge was in tatters, and some parts of the bridge deck had collapsed. Some of the most severely collapsed areas were smoked black by the flames.
Li Bai could tell at a glance that the bridge had been blown up, and the technique was very professional. It should have been done by the dead soldiers.
There were bundles of large wooden boards on the ground nearby. The boards were long and short, and the long ones were 4 or 5 meters long and looked very solid.
From the strong woman, Li Bai learned the specific content of the three people's task. They needed to use these wooden boards to repair the holes on the bridge deck.
It was called repair, but in fact it was just to temporarily put up the wooden boards to ensure that the Blood Goddess's fire team could cross the bridge.
This task seemed not difficult, but it was a bit troublesome and a physical job, but Li Bai knew that it would never be as simple as it looked, and there would definitely be some problems along the way.
"Hurry up!"
The strong woman seemed very anxious, and she looked in the direction of the village from time to time, as if to indicate that the fire team was about to arrive.
Several familiar-looking women came forward, lifted a large wooden board and handed it over. Wu Qiang, who was closest, subconsciously reached out to take it.
"Wait!"
Li Bai took a few quick steps to interrupt Wu Qiang, and then smiled apologetically at the women who were staring at her with doubtful eyes, "Sorry, he is a man and clumsy, I'll do it."
Li Bai did not take the board immediately, but observed it carefully, and at the same time distracted the women's attention, "Hehe, this wooden board used for bridge repair cannot contain lakes. If it is not strong, the Goddess of Birth will definitely be unhappy.
After a period of observation, Li Bai did not find any problems, and knocked it with his fingers again, and a muffled "dududu" sound came out, which sounded very strong.
While checking the board, Li Bai was also quietly observing the reactions of these women. The women became more and more impatient, which was completely in line with Li Bai's impression of them, and these people were all familiar faces.
"Can you be faster?" The strong woman in the lead frowned.
"Okay, let's start now. "
Li Bai called Lu Zhangyuan and Wu Qiang with a smile, and the three of them lifted the wooden planks and walked towards the bridge. Under Li Bai's command, they laid the wooden planks steadily on a bridge deck that had a huge gap blown open.
The first time was the second time, and after finding no problems, the three of them sped up, and soon the few damaged areas closest to the shore were repaired.
Li Bai stood on the bridge and looked around, but didn't find anything strange until she looked down at the bridge.
It was pitch black under the bridge. It was night, so it was normal to be dark under the bridge, but Li Bai just felt something was wrong, as if she had overlooked something.
The next second, Li Bai suddenly After realizing it, there was water under the bridge, but she looked down with a torch, and the water below could not reflect her shadow.
It was pure black under the bridge, without even a trace of fire, as if it was a black hole that could swallow everything, including light.
Li Bai realized that the biggest crisis of this bridge repair mission might come from underwater.
Time passed by, and Wu Qiang wiped the sweat from his forehead with the back of his hand. He had worked as a stickman before, and he had good physical strength, and was also the main force of this transportation mission.
Now the bridge has been half-laid, but the problem is that there are only a few planks left.
"Excuse me, where are the remaining planks?" Li Bai found the strong woman in the lead.
But the strong woman seemed to have a bad impression of Li Bai because of the previous incident. She glanced at her with some dissatisfaction and said sarcastically: "What's the matter, I owe you, I deserve to be ordered around by you?"
"If you want the planks, go get them yourself. I remind you, if you delay the Queen from crossing the river, you will definitely die!"
"Where are the planks? Let's get them ourselves. "Li Bai did not bother with her.
"Heh, this attitude is pretty good." The strong woman turned around and said, "Come with me. The road is not far. I finally got some usable wooden boards. You thieves are giving them away."
Following the strong woman into the fog, Li Bai was always alert to possible changes. She even asked Lu Zhangyuan and Wu Qiang to hold her sleeves. The three of them seemed like conjoined twins.
After all, Li Bai had seen this kind of environment many times. She was worried that if she was not careful, her teammates in the fog would be replaced.
And these villagers might not have good intentions.
The journey was not far and they arrived soon. What Li Bai did not expect was that there were dozens of villagers waiting here. These people were either lying or squatting on the ground, looking very tired.
And in this area, there were dozens or hundreds of wooden boards of different sizes inserted vertically, extending all the way to the depths of the fog.
"Boss of the Hao family, you are finally here. We have moved all the wooden boards we can find. We really can't walk anymore. "A villager squatting on the ground barely stood up, his legs seemed to be exhausted.
The strong woman's face darkened, "What are you yelling about? The village chief is in a hurry for this matter, not to mention that you are doing things for the queen, so you are so picky."
However, after hearing the word "Queen", all the complaints of these people were stuffed back into their stomachs. In their minds, the Queen was like a god, and they could only admire and respect her.
After dealing with these people, the strong woman sat down on the ground and waved to Li Bai and the other two, "Okay, you do your own work, take whichever you like, I'll take a break first."
Looking at these erected wooden boards, Li Bai and the other two instinctively felt a little uncomfortable, as if these were not wooden boards, but tombstones.
Li Bai raised her head and swept her eyes across the faces around her, some tired, some dissatisfied. She looked familiar with these faces, which quietly gave her some sense of security.
But the next second, Li Bai's childish eyes trembled violently, and she suddenly realized a very crucial question. Why did every face look familiar to her? Not to mention her memory, she had only met all the faces in Heishui Village. A few people passed by, but there were at least dozens of people here!
With this doubt, Li Bai looked at the faces again, and then a strange scene happened. She clearly felt that these faces looked familiar, but they did not match the faces of the villagers in Heishui Village in her memory. This It was an indescribable weird feeling, as if something was constantly affecting her.
But at least Li Bai knew there was something wrong with these guys, and they were probably all ghosts.
"What are you waiting for?" The strong woman in the lead glared.
"This is coming."
Li Bai walked slowly towards the nearest plank in a perfunctory manner. Since the purpose of these guys was to let them pull out the planks to repair the bridge, then the problem should lie in these planks.
But after careful observation, there is nothing wrong with this board except that it is a bit older.
Li Bai did not act rashly and continued to check the next piece. There were no problems with the three boards in a row until the fourth one.
This wooden board looked darker than the previous three, and it felt very thick. Li Bai touched it with his hand. It was relatively cool when he first touched it, which made people feel very comfortable. However, it didn't take long for the coolness to change. Biting cold.