"It's a child!"

Xiao Mu, looking down carefully, could not help but say.

"A child."

Zhao Yan confirmed.

"How could there be a child in the coffin of a county magistrate from the Ming Dynasty?"

Xiao Mu muttered to himself, not asking anyone in particular.

As he spoke, he also thought about it.

Looking at the movement of the bones, it was not done by zombies, nor by humans, but by Yin spirits.

Why would Yin spirits move bones?

Judging from the situation, the child's bones were intentionally moved into the coffin of the county magistrate, with the magistrate's bones blocking the view.

Yin spirits wouldn't do this without cause; there must be a reason.

Could it be to deceive zombies? To protect the child's bones?

Xiao Mu instantly affirmed this guess.

To protect the bones is to protect the Yin spirits. Once the bones are lost, the Yin spirits are virtually finished, at least they would become wandering ghosts, except for those formally sealed.

If it is to deceive the zombies, then this child might be quite important to the zombies.

"Look around to see if there is a child's grave."

Xiao Mu instructed, and Zhao Yan and Wang Tong immediately began to search around.

At the same time, Xiao Mu himself began to look for various clues around him.

"This is..."

Almost immediately, Xiao Mu discovered a new clue next to the pile of vomit: there were traces.

Those were traces of a child Yin spirit, akin to human footprints.

The traces of the child Yin spirit were found next to the vomit.

This vomit, it seemed, had been coughed up by the child Yin spirit.

"I've found it!"

Zhao Yan suddenly called out.

Xiao Mu turned his head.

Zhao Yan was standing in a grave pit not far from the county magistrate's tomb.

These two grave pits were supposed to be adjacent, but they had been separated after the World Mutation.

Xiao Mu strode over.

"Mr. Xiao, look."

The grave had been dug open, and the tombstone was also shattered.

This grave was far messier than that of the county magistrate, obviously it had been thoroughly searched by the zombies.

Zhao Yan pieced together the destroyed tombstone and showed the inscription to Xiao Mu: "The grave of Qin Family's beloved daughter, Wenruo."

"It's a little girl!"

Xiao Mu exclaimed.

The child's bones he had seen earlier were clearly from this little girl named Wenruo.

The magistrate was most likely Wenruo's biological father if nothing else.

It now made sense why the little girl's bones were hidden beneath the county magistrate's bones.

Considering the vomit and the young child's footprints he had seen, a thought suddenly surfaced in Xiao Mu's mind.

Could it be...

Was it that the stone sword embryo that he guessed the zombies were in search of has been swallowed by this girl named Wenruo?

No wonder this little girl Yin spirit vomited—the energy from the sword embryo was too strong. She had difficulty digesting it and ended up regurgitating the swallowed pages of the martial arts secret script.

"Search the surroundings to see whether the Yin spirit of the little girl can be found."

Xiao Mu immediately instructed.

The little girl's Yin spirit should have not been caught by the zombies and most likely had hidden away.

Considering the situation of the girl's grave being devastated, it is reasonable that a zombie attempted to find the girl's bones, but to no avail.

Since they couldn't find the bones, they couldn't force the girl named Wenruo to reveal herself by destroying her bones.

Xiao Mu, Zhao Yan, and Wang Tong immediately split up and started searching in all directions.

Even though it's possible to coerce the Yin Spirits out by destroying the bones, Xiao Mu wouldn't do that nor would he allow Zhao Yan or Wang Tong to.

"What the-!"

Wang Tong suddenly cried out in shock.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Mu and Zhao Yan turned to look at him in a rush.

They soon found that Wang Tong was hanging upside-down from a tree, trussed up by a hemp rope.

Although Wang Tong was able to snap the rope and tumble down given his agility, the fact he'd been caught in a trap and left hanging was pretty embarrassing.

"Boss Mu, quick! The little girl is over here," Wang Tong then called out.

"Coming!"

As Xiao Mu responded, he charged towards Wang Tong.

Actually, even without Wang Tong's directions, Xiao Mu had already seen her.

Just when Wang Tong had cried out in surprise from being hoisted, Xiao Mu saw a fleeting image of the little girl Yin Spirit trying to flee in the distance.

"Little girl, we mean no harm. Please stop so we can talk," Xiao Mu called out as he gave chase.

The little girl Yin Spirit sped up even more upon hearing that, "I don't trust you! You're bad people, no, bad zombies!"

"Little girl, we're humans, not zombies. Please stop so we can discuss some matters regarding your father," Xiao Mu tried to explain again.

"I don't believe you!"

The little girl continued to run without looking back.

"Little girl, we truly mean no harm,"

Sparks suddenly spread all over Zhao Yan's body as she sped forward like lightning, catching up to the little girl in no time and blocking her path.

"If we did mean you any harm, would we be speaking to you so cordially now? Would it be hard for us to catch you if we wanted to?" Zhao Yan gently smiled at the little girl. Her right hand flickered and a power net materialized from her palm.

The electric light flashed, exerting a great restraint on the Yin Spirits.

The little girl became fearful when she saw this.

Despite her young age, she knew very well that the woman with Electric Attribute Mutation in front of her wasn't lying.

If the woman really wanted to harm her, she could easily capture her using the power net.

"What...what are you going to do?"

The little girl asked with a guarded expression.

"Little girl, don't be afraid, we mean you no harm,"

Xiao Mu had caught up and gently reassured the little girl.

Although the girl looked to be around eleven or twelve, Xiao Mu knew she was from the Ming Dynasty and had been dead for over three hundred years.

"This little one sure is alert!"

Wang Tong joined them, slightly embarrassed.

Having been left hanging upside down by such a simple trap set by a little girl, even though he managed to free himself almost instantly, was quite a blow to his pride.

Fortunately, Wang Tong was easygoing and didn't hold any grudge against the little girl due to this incident.

"Look, we are all humans, not zombies,"

Xiao Mu pointed to their shadows for the little girl, Qin Wenruo, to see.

The little girl nervously looked over their shadows, her tense expression relaxing a bit, but she was still wary, "What...what are you going to do?"

Xiao Mu gave a kind smile, "Little girl, we wanted to ask you if there were zombies here before and if they took many Yin Spirits away."

"Yes, how did you know?"

The little girl, Qin Wenruo, looked surprised.

"We came to eliminate the zombies,"

Xiao Mu replied with a smile.

Actually, he said that on purpose to decrease the animosity of the little girl.

As expected, when this was mentioned, Qin Wenruo's face lit up with joy, "You...you want to kill the zombies?"

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