This is not a supernatural phenomenon. Don't panic. The sound of marbles upstairs is not transmitting death. Some people say that the sound of marbles on the floor is transmitting death, and human beings tend to be supernatural about this unexplained phenomenon. I don't agree with this statement.
The cement board is supported by fine steel wire mesh. During grouting, the impact force bends these steel bars, that is, they are elongated like bowstrings, and cannot be restored because they are surrounded by cement. It has always been like this. People are hopping upstairs, the floor is under pressure, and the sound of steel bars tightening falls like marbles.
There is also a mold that can corrode industrial materials and cement in cement buildings. It has long liked to live in such a porous environment as cement board, and can feed on minerals in cement. The center of contact between the fine steel bars in the cement slab and the cement is the favorite gap of these molds, where they grow and are not corroded from time to time. When these molds accumulate in the sun and the moon, the cement around the thin steel bars will be corroded, and the bent steel bars will bounce back because there is no constraint, bouncing back and forth in the center of the hole, just like the sound of marbles falling to the ground.