In the opened grave of Li Guangyou's grandmother, a strong smell of dead fish and rotten shrimp wafted out. This kind of smell was not present at the gravesite of Li Guangyou's grandfather.

This meant that what happened in the Li family old courtyard was due to Li Guangyou's grandmother, not his grandfather.

After scrutinizing for a moment, Xiao Mu's gaze was quickly caught by something.

Wait!

Is this... water stains?

In Li Guangyou's grandmother's tomb, water stains were found, and they were quite obvious. This indicated that a heavy flood had engulfed Li Guangyou's grandmother's coffin.

Initially, in the Li family residence, evil ghosts had also left behind water stains. Xiao Mu thought that it was purely left by the evil ghost when he found it in the ancient well.

But the discovery in the Li family ancestral hall made Xiao Mu realize that the matter might not be that simple.

Now he finally knew why. It turned out that Li Guangyou's grandmother's coffin had been flooded.

"Water?"

Upon recalling something, Xiao Mu turned to look at Li Guangyou, "Mr. Li, do you know if there's a river nearby?"

Before the world mutation, there were only two rivers flowing around Nanke City, one in the east and one in the west.

After the world mutation, countless small rivers, ditches, mountains, and hills sprouted up. The geography of the world had undergone a massive change.

"A river?"

Li Guangyou, who was terrified, came back to his senses at Xiao Mu's words, "I know, it's not far from here. It's one of the rivers that appeared after the world mutated."

"Take me to see."

Xiao Mu's spirits lifted.

Li Guangyou's grandmother's coffin might just be in that river.

An evil ghost or zombie must have dug up Li Guangyou's grandmother's coffin, leaving behind water stains. It obviously came from the river.

The river had flooded the coffin, leaving clear water stains on both the offering table in front of the spirit tablet in the ancestral hall and in the grave.

As for the small stone with yin qi dropped by the evil ghost, it was knocked off from Li Guangyou's grandmother's coffin.

The coffin, like the ancestral hall, was a very sacred private territory. Without permission, other yin spirits could hardly enter.

The evil ghost carried a small stone corner dropped from Li Guangyou's grandmother's coffin. This stone corner must have been obtained when the coffin was broken.

So, Li Guangyou's grandmother's coffin has been broken?

Since the coffin has been broken, then the coffin must now be occupied by something like an evil ghost or zombie.

In turn, explains why Li Guangyou and his son's bloodline became so thin, and their shadows became so pale.

The situation is urgent. The coffin must be found as soon as possible. Each day of delay adds to the danger.

Not only for the sake of the Li family but also for Xiao Mu himself.

An evil ghost or a zombie occupying Li Guangyou's grandmother's coffin, usurping their family's luck and bloodline, was surely making a breakthrough to become a more potent existence.

If they are late to interfere, let the evil ghost or zombie break through successfully, the matter will become more complicated. Xiao Mu even doubted if he could handle it.

Those who could seize the coffin and usurp the Li family's luck and bloodline were at least at the level of an evil zombie or blood demon.

Xiao Mu urged Li Guangyou immediately.

Li Guangyou forcibly kept his spirits up and, with Xiao Mu, continued to walk eastwards. Gradually, the air became moist, and the duo arrived at the side of a small river.

The river was flowing, and a malicious aura was going downstream.

An evil zombie?

A divine light flashed in Xiao Mu's eyes, and a hint of joy appeared on his face.

The evil zombie had taken Li Guangyou's grandmother's coffin.

An evil zombie and a blood demon were on the same level. If he could find and kill it, it would bring at least five energy points.

Evil qi contaminated the river; dead fish and shrimp floated downstream. Some of the dead fish and shrimp washed ashore, emitting a foul smell.

"Ugh! The smell is terrible!"

Li Guangyou couldn't help but cover his nose, feeling nauseous and almost vomiting.

Xiao Mu had smelled this odor before, both in the old courtyard of the Li family and in the ancestral hall of Li Guangyou's new house.

They continued walking upstream.

The number of dead fish and rotten shrimp that floated down from the upstream increased, and the evil aura grew heavier as well.

The body of Li Guangyou, an ordinary man, couldn't stand the smell, he vomited repeatedly and his face turned deathly pale.

Xiao Mu had to apply a Ward Off Evil Talisman on Li Guangyou to help him withstand the evil aura.

Finally, they reached the source of the evil aura - right under a mound of hills.

A waterfall flowed down from the hills, through various unusual trees, and converged into the river.

However, at this time, a red coffin lied horizontally in the middle of the river, exuding a heavy evil aura, cutting off the river.

Surrounding the coffin, the evil aura had caused countless fish and shrimp that flowed down from the waterfall to die. Their corpses littered the area around the coffin.

The crimson coffin now resembled a chunk prowling amidst a pile of rotting fish and shrimp.

The revolting stink was nauseating.

"This...this is my grandmother's coffin, how...how could it have turned like this?"

Seeing the stone coffin placed on top of the pile of dead fish and rotten shrimp at the center of the river from afar, Li Guangyou was immediately scared into a stammer.

Xiao Mu remained silent, staring fixedly at the coffin.

The coffin was originally made of stone, but due to the influence of the evil aura, it had turned a transparent crimson red.

Inside the coffin, instead of Li Guangyou's grandmother, there was a zombie filled with evil aura.

An Evil Zombie!

The Evil Zombie had successfully taken over the coffin and devoured Li Guangyou's grandmother's remains.

But that wasn't all, Xiao Mu continued to look at the Evil Zombie.

At this moment, the Evil Zombie was in a deep sleep, accumulating power in preparation to evolve.

Xiao Mu's face darkened.

The situation was serious.

This Evil Zombie was a second-grade zombie, and it was evolving towards a third-grade zombie. The motive for taking over Li Guangyou's grandmother's coffin could have been to evolve into a third-grade zombie.

Fortunately, for this Evil Zombie, evolving into a third-grade zombie wasn't that simple. According to the current situation, it probably still needed two or three days.

This discovery slightly eased Xiao Mu's tension.

If the current second-grade zombie were allowed to evolve into a third-grade zombie, he might as well give up. There were absolutely no need to fight because he was no match for it, even with help it could not be killed.

As far as Xiao Mu knew, with the strength of the experts he knew, even if two or three of them worked with him, there was no possibility of killing a third-grade zombie.

Just like Blood Demons, the power of Evil Zombies also increased exponentially with each advancement in grade.

A second-grade zombie might not be too difficult to kill with some planning.

Unlike Blood Demons, who are categorized by color, the distinction between zombies were determined by the 'Evil Horn'.

The so-called Evil Horn is the part of the Evil Zombie where it stores its evil aura.

Once a corpse evolves into an Evil Zombie from the Iron Corpse, it will emit a heavy evil aura and also grow an Evil Horn.

The Evil Horn is located on the forehead of the Evil Zombie, resembling an odd horn and is easy to identify.

Among them, a first-grade zombie only has one Evil Horn, a second-grade zombie has two, a third-grade zombie has three Evil Horns, and a fourth-grade zombie has four.

As the number of Evil Horns increase, the size of the horn grows in tandem, resulting in an exponential increase in the zombie's power.

The Evil Zombie in this coffin had two Evil Horns, identifying it as a second-grade zombie that was currently trying to evolve a third Evil Horn.

When the third Evil Horn emerges, the previous two will also grow larger.

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