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My other hand extended towards the back of Zhao Xue's neck. I thought that Zhao Xue would come out of the coffin if I exerted force with my two hands, but I didn't expect that Zhao Xue, who had been soaked in the water for too long, would be much heavier than me. Not only did I not pull Zhao Xue out of the coffin, I even almost brought myself into her coffin because of the counterforce!

I let out a heavy breath, adjusted my position, then put my foot on the coffin and pushed again.

With the support of my two feet, Zhao Xue finally got up from the coffin a little. I was extremely excited and used all my strength to pull her out of the coffin like a balloon.

I put Zhao Xue in the sand at the bottom of the lake. I held her with one hand to prevent her from drifting around, while I held the coffin with the other to keep her from breathing heavily.

However, when I looked into the coffin again, I felt my bottom line being attacked again!

At this moment, Zhao Xue's body is lying beside me, unharmed. But in this coffin, there is actually still a hand that has been missing!

The severed hand looked a lot fresher than Zhao Xue's corpse, but the section had already been soaked in water, so I couldn't tell how it broke. I had to use the hand that was still wrapped around my clothes to seep into the coffin and pick up the severed hand.

I held the severed hand in my hand and observed it for a long time, but didn't manage to find anything. I was a little disappointed, but I could only secure the severed hand and Zhao Xue's corpse together, thinking that once I get up there, Shen Tuo will call the professional medical examiner to come over and take a look.

After placing Zhao Xue's corpse here, I gradually recovered from my shock. At this moment, I still had one thing on my mind that I haven't forgotten — this ancient building behind me.

I knew very well that my being able to come here today was purely an accident. If I didn't go in today to investigate, when I next thought about it, there was a 80 to 90% chance that I would not be able to find this place.

So I stood up and swam like the gate I'd just found.

The door had already been opened by me. No, rather than saying that it was opened by me, it would be more accurate to say that it opened by itself.

I quickly passed through the gate, and just like many houses in ancient times, the first thing I saw after passing through the gate was a huge wall. The painting on the wall had already become extremely blurry, but the function of this wall was still there.

Just as I was about to walk around the wall, I heard a voice say, "Yan Nuo, don't go in!"

I hastily turned my head to look, only to find that other than me, there was still no one else here. Could it be that Zhao Xue was hinting at something? But if I'm not mistaken, the voice just now seemed to have come from a man.

I shook my head in the water, thinking that I must have been too nervous to listen in, so I decided to continue swimming. Unexpectedly, just as I was about to swim forward, my body seemed to stiffen.

A trace of fear flashed in my heart, but very quickly, the voice sounded again, "Yan Nuo, quickly carry Zhao Xue's corpse back. Don't go in!"

I heard a familiar sound. Moreover, he actually knew that this was Zhao Xue's corpse?

I paused and immediately realized that it was Zishan Ming's voice!

"Zi Sang Ming, are you underwater as well? Aren't you hurt? "

I was confused, afraid it was my own hallucination.

"It's a long story. Come back first, This King will explain it to you later."

Listening to the tone of the conversation, I think it's true, but it's just Zishan Ming. Thus, I didn't ask any further questions and just changed my direction, returning to the area near Zhao Xue's corpse.

An arm, a corpse, how am I supposed to get it back? Could it be that I have to find something to carry Zhao Xue up?

Seeing that there was nothing I could do, I closed my eyes and pulled Zhao Xue up and carried her on my back. I wrapped the broken hand with my jacket and tied the sleeve of the jacket onto my body.

I treated Zhao Xue as if she was a living person. I placed her arms around my neck and continuously forced myself to ignore this sticky yet soft sensation.

I didn't go back the way I came, partly because I wasn't sure I knew the way back, partly because it was too dangerous on the way back. If I went back with a corpse, I couldn't guarantee that I would be able to escape like last time.

Therefore, I decided to gamble and took Zhao Xue and headed upstream.

I've never tried swimming with a person, let alone a dead person.

My strength gradually wore out, and in the end, almost always, I willed myself to go up.

After swimming for an unknown amount of time, I finally felt that there was some light up there. I felt happy and wanted to increase my speed, but who knew that at this moment, it might be due to my extreme physical strength that I started to pull at my calves without any warning!

I felt bad. I had almost reached the shore, so how could I be so disappointing. At this time, I began to cramp!

However, when I started to make fun of myself, I really couldn't control myself anymore. I didn't pay attention to anything, so I let go of Zhao Xue's body. Zhao Xue's body suddenly fell off my hand and forcefully sank into the water!

Just when I was about to grab Zhao Xue, I realized that I couldn't even control my own balance due to the cramp in my leg. I completely lost my balance and started to sink like the bottom of the lake!

I frowned, unwilling to lose like this, but my legs were throbbing now, and no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't muster up any strength.

Am I going to be buried under this water with Zhao Xue?

Just as I was about to despair, I saw Zhao Xue's corpse, which had already sunk a long distance down, slowly floating up from below as if it had been controlled by some kind of force. In just a short moment, it reappeared in front of me.

I seemed pleasantly surprised. Then, I thought, is there really someone else here besides me? Or could it be that Zi Sang Ming was controlling everything?

I was wondering in my heart, but as I thought about it, I suddenly realized that my body didn't seem to sink any further. Instead, it was rising unceasingly with Zhao Xue's corpse!

For some reason, the image of Zi Sang Ming's face appeared in my mind. I couldn't help but feel relieved. After that, my vision darkened and I lost consciousness …

When I woke up, I was already lying on the shore of our school's artificial lake. I was covered in Shen Tuo's coat, but there was no moisture on my body. I couldn't help but think, what a good thing that Zishan Ming's Water Repellent Pearl was. I stayed in the lake for so long, but even my clothes weren't wet!

When I thought here, my heart suddenly thumped, "Teng" jumped up from the ground and shouted: "Shen Tuo! "Where's Zhao Xue's corpse?!"

After I finished shouting, I realized that this place had already been surrounded by vigilance. There weren't any students around, but there were a lot of police officers.

Shen Tuo somehow managed to give me a reply before he squeezed his way out of the crowd. Seeing that I had woken up, he hurriedly pulled me up and draped his clothes over me.

I looked at the sky. It seemed to be early in the morning.

"You're finally awake. Look, I called the medical examiner over. They are examining the corpse and have confirmed that it is Zhao Xue's body. However, that severed hand is a little strange."

Shen Tuo's ordinary words made me feel creepy, but I couldn't hear him at all. My mind was a mess like a pot of porridge, as if I wanted to ask a lot of questions, but those questions simply disappeared from my mind. I just couldn't catch their tail.

Finally, I remembered something: "How did I get here? I remember I fainted in the water. "

"Yes, you overworked and fainted. We just fed you some glucose."

I subconsciously licked my lips. I could really feel a hint of sweetness.

"Then what about Sang Ming?"

When Shen Tuo heard this, he hurriedly nudged me twice. Then, he looked guiltily at the police officers who were observing the autopsy in the distance. He stealthily said to me, "Lower your voice!"

Then, Shen Tuo explained to me what had happened on the shore when I was in the water.

It turned out that Zi Sang Ming had started to feel uneasy when I had been in the water for about an hour. So, he didn't care about his own magic power being weak and started to use his magic to track me without permission. At that time, I had actually just arrived outside the large stone wall.

Zi Sang Ming also sensed the existence of that small ball. He sensed that the small ball only appeared to lure me into the ancient building, and inside the ancient building, there was great danger.

I finally understood that the disappearance of the ball was a masterpiece of Zi Sang Ming.

It was also Zishan Ming who endured his injuries and forcefully saved me from the water. However, in the end, Zishan Ming ended up causing a wound due to excessive mana consumption. Furthermore, the sky was already starting to brighten, so he went back to recuperate.

"I think it's almost daybreak. I'm afraid that we won't be able to take advantage of the night to take action. I was afraid that there would be panic amongst the students, so I went to find the school's leaders and locked all the students up in their dorms."

Only then did I heave a sigh of relief. Luckily, Shen Tuo is quick-witted, otherwise, I think I would have been invited by the school's leaders to tea and be sentenced to a heinous crime, maybe I would have been directly expelled …

The morning wind is a little cold. Even though it is wrapped in Shen Tuo's clothes, I still couldn't help but shiver.

I wrapped up my clothes tightly and stood by the bridge alone. I didn't want to participate in their autopsy at all, but at the same time I didn't have the face to tell Shen Ta that I was worried about Zishan and wanted to go back first. So I had no choice but to stay where I was and pray that Shen Ta would open his mouth and let me go back.

But once Shen Tuo became involved in the case, it was as if he had become a completely different person. No one could care less about him.

I couldn't bear it any longer. Just as I wanted to go up and say something, he rushed out of the crowd and said with a surprised expression, "I found out that it was Chen Ziyue's broken hand!"