Corpse Recovery Diver

Chapter 1552 284:

So, it's most likely targeting Mr. Zhai and his group.Soon after, Zhao Yi and Run Sheng came running back, probably because Zhao Yi sensed the appearance of ghost energy in the town.

Run Sheng frowned, his face showing deep self-blame.

He felt his departure led Xiao Yuan into danger.

Zhao Yi patted Run Sheng's arm and said, "It's not your fault, who knew Ah You would be so useless now."

Lin Shuyou glared at Zhao Yi, then nodded, "Exactly, exactly."

Li Zhiyuan: "Let's not delay, take these two bodies back to the mountain temple, and deal with that evil monk there."

Zhao Yi: "Alright, I'm on it."

Run Sheng stood still.

Li Zhiyuan: "Brother Runsheng, you should go too, I'm fine, even without Ah You, I can protect myself."

Run Sheng didn't want to leave, but he had to listen to Xiao Yuan, so he accompanied Zhao Yi carrying the bodies and secretly headed up the mountain.

Lin Shuyou expressed some concern: "Brother Xiao Yuan, will they be all right...?"

Li Zhiyuan: "If Zhao Yi can't handle even that temple, then he might as well stop wandering in this Jiang."

Returning to the courtyard where the truck was parked, Li Zhiyuan first sneaked onto their bus, then exited and went into the rear compartment of his own truck.

After checking, he estimated that the Liang Sisters would normally wake up by the next night.

Li Zhiyuan placed his hands on the sisters' foreheads, repeatedly tapping, intending to force them to wake up early.

The sisters stirred awake, one immediately gagging, the other clutching her head.

Simplifying the situation, Li Zhiyuan instructed them to take supplies and leave here, seeking the hidden location of Yin Meng.

The biggest issue for the sisters was the excessive drain on their lifespan, but their skills were better preserved than Lin Shuyou's are now, thus they quickly avoided attention in the courtyard and left.

After getting off the truck, Li Zhiyuan ran into that researcher with the receding hairline, chatted with him a little, then went upstairs to his room.

By dusk, seeing that Qian Ying and Wu Lan hadn't returned, Mr. Zhai's group grew restless; except for Mr. Zhai himself, everyone else, including the disciples and the police responsible for security in the courtyard, went out to search.

Eventually, the host family also mobilized nearby villagers to help.

The first places to search were the vehicles in and around the courtyard, especially Li Zhiyuan's truck, not suspecting an abduction hiding place, but rather assuming that some young lovers found a spacious spot to be intimate, then fell asleep and forgot the time.

Mr. Zhai, holding a cup of water, sat under the eaves amidst pouring rain, continuously spinning the cup lid, revealing his inner anxiety.

Li Zhiyuan walked over voluntarily and said, "Grandpa Zhai, let me change the hot water for you."

"No, no need." Mr. Zhai reached out, grasping Li Zhiyuan's hand, "Sit with Grandpa for a while."

Li Zhiyuan nodded and sat with him.

The old man just wanted to wait dazedly for results, unlike during chess where he actively sought conversation.

As time slowly passed, with the sky already fully dark, the rain outside poured harder; only faint, scattered flashlight beams could be seen sweeping across the mountaintop from here.

At this moment, a disciple rushed over hurriedly, covered in mud and water, stumbling at the door.

Mr. Zhai stood up, his lips quivering:

"Zheng Hua, did you find them?"

The disciple scrambled over, water droplets covering his glasses, both rain and tears, answered in a sobbing voice;

"Teacher, we found their bodies!"

Mr. Zhai was struck as if by lightning, collapsing back down.

Zheng Hua began to recount; the mountaintop temple was already small, a lone old monk maintaining it for years; everyone went to search inside the opened temple first, finding no one there.

The group had no choice but to disperse around, even looking behind the mountain.

After searching for a long time, encountering local police coming up the mountain, they coordinated with the mountain police, learning of a report made by staff at a small hydroelectric station down the mountain, witnessing the old monk chasing after a young man and woman with a knife.

The young couple was shouting, "Don't kill me, don't kill me."

Meanwhile, the old monk kept howling, "I'll kill you, I'll kill you!"

The station staff immediately called other on-duty employees over, pursued together, and under everyone's eyes, all three accidentally slipped into the stream.

The crowd rushed over, looked down, seeing the three lying there still on the edge of the stream.

Someone tied a rope to descend and check, confirming all three were dead, then panic ensued as they reported to the police.

After hearing the recount, Li Zhiyuan knew the chase scene witnessed by the hydroelectric staff was likely Zhao Yi deliberately reenacting it with Puppetry Technique.

The reason this incident dragged on for so long was because of the pouring rain, nobody was outside; Zhao Yi spent a long time searching for suitable witnesses.

Mr. Zhai took a deep breath, melancholically:

"I should have watched over them, it's my fault, I shouldn't have let them roam, I should have known there'd be danger, I thought it'd be fine if we didn't enter Fengdu... it's my carelessness, my fault, I killed them."

Seeing the old man showing signs of distraction, Li Zhiyuan seized the chance to ask:

"Grandpa Zhai, it's not your fault, who would have expected something to happen?"

Mr. Zhai: "It's bound to happen, from the first expedition team, only three made it back alive, all ended up insane."

After saying this, Mr. Zhai closed his eyes.

Li Zhiyuan and the disciple helped him retreat to his room to rest.

Afterwards, the case progressed in a normal fashion, though still containing many irrational elements, such as the old monk's motive for murder and the corpse spots appearing on the bodies, the witnesses were numerous, the testimonies quite credible, hence handling the case became less difficult.