Corpse Recovery Diver
Chapter 436 - 79_2

Chapter 436: Chapter 79_2

The pen moved swiftly, forming words as small as fly heads, and Li Zhiyuan had to stand up and lean in to see them closely.

She was writing a letter, a letter from Ran Qiuping to her daughter, Qiu Minmin.

Usually, after these letters were written, Ran Qiuping would burn them, so only these high heels could "see" them.

The content of each letter was quickly written down, and once a sand surface was filled, Li Zhiyuan then smoothed it with a horizontal ruler to allow her to continue writing.

Aside from a mother’s longing for her deceased daughter, the letters rambled about life and occasionally mentioned Sun Hongxia, who was used to vent anger, repeatedly bringing up one name: Mao Zhushan.

Sometimes he was called Master Mao, sometimes Tianshi Mao, and even sometimes like Brother Mao or Handsome Mao; the relationship seemed so good that she wanted him to be her son-in-law in the future.

But there were also the turnarounds when Ran Qiuping cursed him as a big liar, bastard, and beast Mao in her letters.

The shifts in address and emotion involved an important theme that ran consistently through a series of letters, which was—resurrection.

Upon seeing this theme, Li Zhiyuan understood that Ran Qiuping had been deceived.

Wei Zhengdao wrote a jarring sentence in the preface of the first volume of the "Jianghu Chronicles" that said, [When people die, they cannot come back to life.]

This sentence stood alone, neither connecting to the previous text nor leading to the next.

And the subsequent strange records all illustrated and confirmed this sentence: Corpses were not the people they had been in life.

In the letters, whenever the resurrection plan progressed well, Ran Qiuping’s address to Mao Zhushan would be very affectionate; she even talked about introducing them and matchmaking after her daughter was resurrected. Each time Mao Zhushan mentioned that the plan was delayed or there was a setback, Ran Qiuping would erupt in anger, displaying a hysterical emotion in the letters.

In this regard, Li Zhiyuan’s judgment was correct.

Whether it was Sun Hongxia or Ran Qiuping, they were merely puppets "manipulated and fooled" by others, their minds and worldviews already distorted and abnormal.

The girl wrote quickly, and Li Zhiyuan also read quickly. Among the information revealed between the lines, Li Zhiyuan caught references to the General Temple, hiding it from the elder master.

Combining his own field exploration, a fairly clear subline had already been spelled out.

After Qiu Minmin’s death, Ran Qiuping was greatly affected and then came into contact with Mao Zhushan, a disciple of the Corpse Recovery Divers in the General Temple, who was the young man Li Zhiyuan saw in the temple comforting Ran Qiuping that day.

Mao Zhushan promised to help Ran Qiuping resurrect Qiu Minmin, and then Qiu Minmin became a corpse, frequently appearing in the second-floor dance practice room of the university’s student activity building.

During this time, Sun Hongxia, who had been brainwashed by Ran Qiuping, covered and guarded there in a mindset of redemption.

Recent letters repeatedly mentioned that "the date was approaching," indicating that Mao Zhushan’s plan was nearing its final stages.

This definitely did not refer to helping Ran Qiuping resurrect Qiu Minmin, but it should have been Mao Zhushan’s own plan.

Yet, at this critical juncture, Run Sheng and Yin Meng each entered with corpse recovery equipment, and on Ran Qiuping’s side managing the dormitory, she must have also noticed her and Tan Wenbin’s equipment while moving luggage.

She must have seen similar items at Mao Zhushan’s mentor and reported it, fearing the plan was exposed and that external Corpse Recovery Divers had gathered here intending to thwart their plan.

In the latest letter, Ran Qiuping wrote to her daughter about the related issue, specifically describing the four of them and telling her daughter not to be afraid, promising that mom would deal with them together, and regardless of anyone, no one could stop her good daughter from coming back to her side.

After reading the letter, the girl stopped writing.

Li Zhiyuan also realized that the girl was not part of Ran Qiuping’s group; she seemed to be an evil spirit unique to this dormitory building or perhaps this section of the dormitories.

Because in Ran Qiuping’s envelope story, she wasn’t specifically mentioned, only mentioned in one letter:

"Minmin, today I found a really nice pair of high heels in the dormitory, not sure who left them, so I’ll take it as your birthday gift to mom."

To find a pair of exquisite and well-preserved high heels in a boys’ dormitory.

It was quite out of place.

But it wasn’t impossible; maybe some boys intended to buy them for their girlfriends, or perhaps some boys with special preferences wanted to wear high heels themselves.

And so, the girl just "attached" herself to Ran Qiuping.

The reason was simple: Being in long contact with Qiu Minmin, even her own biological daughter turned corpse, would lead to a decline in luck, making her easily entangled by evil spirits.

So, on the first night staying here, could the sound of high heels heard be her knowing that Ran Qiuping was targeting him and thus came early to warn him?

No, it wasn’t.

Li Zhiyuan shook his head. It wasn’t that he didn’t dare to admit his error of "repaying kindness with enmity," but from his experience, it was unnecessary to overly personify the existence of such an evil spirit.

She was likely just bored and lonely, seeking to amuse herself by tricking people.

On the first night, she intended to find him but was scared away by him in the end.

Tonight, when he was not in the dormitory, she went to play with Lu Yi, turning Lu Yi into that state.

Yes, Lu Yi hadn’t died, but the consequences for ordinary people being targeted by an evil spirit ranged from nerve damage, bad luck, sickness, or, in severe cases, unable to endure the pressure and torment, possibly jumping directly from the dormitory building.

Lu Yi was just lucky running into him and Tan Wenbin, otherwise, he might have ended up as a campus ghost story, talked about in night chat sessions after the dormitory lights went out in future students’ conversations: