The white-haired school beauty sighs every day, yet he keeps getting stronger.

When I opened my eyes again, it was a completely different world.

Zhang Ziyang looked around, observing his surroundings, and a sense of vigilance had already crept into his mind.

To his surprise, what he saw was not a desolate mountain forest, but a construction site.

One after another, concrete high-rise buildings rose from the ground, their square gray bodies attached to dense steel scaffolding.

The sun is high in the sky, so it must be morning.

Through the gaps between the tall buildings, you can see the undulating mountain range stretching into the distance.

Not far away, there were even blue-roofed prefabricated houses, and several workers wearing yellow hard hats were hurrying along.

This is actually a large construction site under construction!

"Ok?"

Zhang Ziyang was completely baffled.

Isn't that a buddy? That's weird.

Where did such a big monster like me go?

I asked the system, but it didn't give me a clear answer, only telling me that I would know soon.

"Tsk, they're making it sound so mysterious, like watching a game's cutscene."

Zhang Ziyang smacked his lips, straightened his collar, and walked in the direction the workers had run off to.

After consuming the essence blood of a high-level demonic dragon, his physical attributes were enhanced across the board, including his five senses.

He had just heard a commotion coming from that direction, and it looked like a lot of people were gathered there.

It seems something has happened?

Let's go take a look.

After walking a few steps, Zhang Ziyang realized that he seemed to be attracting some attention, frequently drawing the attention of passersby.

Upon closer reflection, he discovered the reason.

He wasn't wearing a helmet, his clothes were clean, and his skin wasn't dark at all; he really didn't look like someone who did manual labor.

It looked like someone who had sneaked in from outside the construction site.

To avoid attracting attention, Zhang Ziyang casually picked up a yellow safety helmet that someone had left on the roadside and slammed it on his head.

With this iconic item, and by using the basic combat skill [Concealment] to reduce his presence, no one paid any attention to him anymore.

"Excellent, excellent! This [Hidden] is indeed very useful!"

Zhang Ziyang smiled and quickened his pace.

Ahead, there was a pile of rusty, reddish hollow iron pipes on the roadside, where a dozen or twenty workers were gathered, including a few wearing red hats.

They waved their arms and shouted two names.

"A-Tu! A-Tu!"

"A-Tu! A-Tu!"

"Old Jia! Old Jia!"

"Old Jia! Old Jia!"

……

"What are you doing?"

Zhang Ziyang became interested and went closer to watch.

Two workers stood at the front of the crowd, attracting much attention.

The man named Atu was a round-faced young man wearing a gray coat, with broad shoulders and a large belly; he was very strong.

Another man, whom the workers called Lao Jia, was a middle-aged man wearing a mud-colored coat and holding an iron hammer. Judging from his red hat, he seemed to be a foreman.

In front of each of them was a piece of wood with a row of nails already driven into it.

A middle-aged man wearing a red and blue striped long-sleeved shirt raised his hand in a gesture, and the workers immediately stopped shouting and turned their attention to him.

The foreman shouted:

"Let's have a competition today and see who has the best cooking skills!"

After he finished speaking, he gestured for the two of them to come forward.

"Old Jia, A Tu, each of you have a piece of wood and ten nails. Today we're having a competition to see who can hammer all these nails into the wood in one go. Whoever does it best will be our team's Hammer King!"

"it is good--!"

People around him clenched their fists and cheered, creating a very enthusiastic atmosphere.

Zhang Ziyang mingled in the crowd, silent, his brows furrowed.

This scene seems increasingly familiar...

It feels like I've seen it somewhere before.

But it had been so long that he couldn't remember it for a while, only vaguely recalling that he seemed to have seen this scene before.

This is strange!

He hadn't been to a construction site many times in both his lives, so what was this increasingly strong sense of déjà vu?

Amid Zhang Ziyang's confusion, the hammer-wielding competition for the construction team had officially begun.

"come on! Come on!"

"come on! Come on!"

The workers watching cheered them on.

Listening to the sound of the hammer striking the nails, Zhang Ziyang already guessed the outcome before it even ended.

The young man named Atu swung his hammer steadily and powerfully.

Each time the hammer fell, it hit the nail precisely, driving it completely into the wood in one strike.

He's much better than the foreman next to him wearing a red hat.

The final result was exactly as he expected.

Although the man in the red hat was hammering quickly, several nails were bent out of shape, making the work look crooked and unsightly.

The young man named Atu then drove all ten nails in.

The difference in skill level is obvious at a glance.

"A-Tu nailed them all down! A-Tu wins!"

The leading worker raised A-Tu's hand high and announced the final result with a smile.

The workers around him who supported Atu immediately cheered and laughed.

Zhang Ziyang was not swept up in the enthusiastic atmosphere. He crossed his arms and pondered deeply.

Where have we seen this scene before?

Just then, a deep roar, like that of a wild beast, suddenly rang out.

"Uhhhhhh!!"

The sound was so loud that everyone on the construction team heard it.

The cheers immediately fell silent, and everyone looked at each other, a bad feeling rising in their hearts.

"What's going on here?"

"what happened?"

……

Hearing that familiar roar, Zhang Ziyang felt as if he had been struck by lightning, and finally remembered.

"That's Kai-I, and that voice just now belonged to a mutant beast!"

Just as he realized what was happening, a large explosion suddenly occurred at a well surrounded by red bricks a dozen meters away.

"boom--!!"

In an instant, pebbles flew everywhere and dust filled the air.

It looked as if something was about to burst out from inside.

All the workers were startled by the loud explosion and quickly raised their hands to cover their faces.

When the smoke cleared, they were horrified to discover that a monster had appeared!

In the center of the unopened well stood a humanoid monster, its body a dark gray color, resembling a pile of large rocks!

He is about 1.8 meters tall and has a large belly.

The round, stone-shaped head has four blood-red eyes, and the top of the head resembles an airplane head. The protruding rock is engraved with unknown, bright red markings.

As soon as the monster appeared, it swung its thick arms like a gorilla and pounded its own abdomen, making two muffled "thump" sounds.

Then he jumped out of the well and strode towards the dense crowd in front of him. Judging from his appearance, it was clear that he was up to no good.

A group of workers screamed in fright, their faces filled with terror, and they quickly turned and ran away.

"Run!"

"Everyone, run!"

In the chaos, a heavy-looking worker slipped and nearly fell to the ground with a cry of alarm.

In the critical moment, a hand suddenly reached out from the side.

He grabbed his hand and easily pulled the fat worker up and steadyed him.

“Thank…thank you!”

"It's nothing, you're welcome."

The overweight worker was taken aback for a moment, then quickly thanked the kind young man, while secretly marveling at his actions.

He weighs nearly 190 pounds. If he fell like that, an ordinary person wouldn't even dare to help him up; they would fall to the ground themselves.

The young man in front of him, who didn't look particularly strong, actually helped him up with ease. You really can't judge a book by its cover!

The fat worker was stunned when he saw the young man's face clearly.

Huh?

Does our construction team have any handsome young men like him? He doesn't seem to remember any of them.

"Old Ma, are you alright?"

At this moment, the young man named Atu ran over and hurriedly asked.

Old Ma waved his hand, still shaken, and said:

"I'm fine. I'm so grateful to this young man for helping me out. Otherwise, I probably would have twisted my ankle. Let's go!"

"it is good!"

Old Ma and Atu were about to run away.

Then they noticed that the kind young man had suddenly turned around and headed straight towards the rock monster.

The two were immediately startled and quickly raised their hands and shouted:

"Stop!"

"Hey, young man, come back here right now! Are you out of your mind?!"

The young man stopped, took off his helmet and placed it on the wooden frame that A-Tu had just nailed up. He tossed his hair and said without turning his head:

"You all go now, leave this to me!"