366: Chapter 10's story officially begins.

"Baobao."

At the intersection leading from the Market Town to the cemetery, Meng Li saw a familiar figure, stopped the car, and called out.

The figure was none other than Feng Baobao.

Hearing someone call her, and finding the voice somewhat familiar, Feng Baobao instinctively looked toward the source.

Seeing that it was Meng Li, she asked in confusion, "Meng Li, why are you here?"

Meng Li replied truthfully, "Today is the Qingming Festival, I've come to sweep Dean Song's grave."

"What about you? What are you doing here?"

Feng Baobao said, "I'm here on a mission. There's a situation at the cemetery here, so I'm going to check it out."

"The cemetery?" Meng Li's eyes flickered slightly, and he smiled. "That's convenient. It's on my way, do you want a ride?"

Feng Baobao nodded. "Okay."

Hearing this, Meng Li unlocked the car door and let Feng Baobao get in.

Once the car started moving again, Meng Li asked curiously, "Why didn't Uncle Xu come with you?"

"He was called away by Xu Si to do something else." Feng Baobao replied simply.

Then, Meng Li and Feng Baobao chatted idly, and soon they arrived at the entrance of the cemetery area.

Seeing a "No Entry" sign posted at the entrance, Meng Li had to park the car, then took his offerings and walked over with Feng Baobao.

They hadn't walked long before Meng Li and Feng Baobao saw a group of police officers active nearby.

Clearly, something had happened here.

As they got closer, the two quickly saw the situation: the graves in this cemetery had been dug up.

Meng Li understood; the plot had begun.

At this moment, the leading police officer, Old Song, finished inspecting the situation, noticed the arrival of Meng Li and Feng Baobao, and immediately walked over.

Meng Li knew him, so he took the initiative to greet him: "Uncle Song."

Old Song nodded, noticed the items in Meng Li's hands, and asked casually, "Here to sweep Dean Song's grave again?"

Meng Li nodded, then pointed to the surroundings and asked, "What happened here?"

Old Song said, "We just arrived after receiving a report. We don't know exactly what happened yet, only that the graves nearby have been disturbed."

"The body in one of the graves was dug up and taken."

Meng Li's expression changed slightly.

Seeing this, Old Song hurriedly added, "It wasn't Dean Song's. It was a person named Zhang Xilin."

Meng Li breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment, Feng Baobao suddenly said in standard Mandarin, "Zhang Xilin is my grandfather."

Old Song looked surprised and turned to Meng Li.

Meng Li explained, "I met her on the road. Since it was on my way, I gave her a ride."

Immediately after, he changed the subject: "Is it convenient to sweep the grave now?"

Old Song shook his head. "The evidence at the scene hasn't been fully collected yet. Why don't you come back tomorrow to sweep the grave?"

"Alright, then I'll head back first."

The next morning, Meng Li arrived at the cemetery and saw the town's police officers and Officer Old Song again.

He immediately asked in confusion, "Uncle Song, has the evidence collection not finished yet?"

Old Song shook his head. "Yesterday's was finished, but a new situation has arisen."

"A new situation?" Meng Li was stunned.

Old Song sighed and said with a headache, "Someone came to sweep the graves early this morning and found corpses all over the place. Some had their heads cut off, others had scorch marks on their bodies. Our preliminary theory is that they were struck by lightning last night."

Meng Li: "..."

He recalled the events, guessing that the situation should be the same as the original plot: the single-minded Feng Baobao doubted Officer Old Song's words, snuck in at midnight to dig up Zhang Huaiyi's grave, and ended up meeting Zhang Chulan, who had also come to investigate.

The two clashed, triggering the contingency plan left by Liu Yanyan, and were besieged by a horde of corpses.

Feng Baobao saw the situation was bad and slipped away on the spot, leaving Zhang Chulan to face the horde of corpses alone, forcing him to use his Lightning Method.

Unsurprisingly, Feng Baobao would next go to Nankai University to forcibly "recruit" Zhang Chulan.

Zhang Chulan would be caught by Liu Yanyan using a honey trap...

Thinking of this, Meng Li had a plan in mind, but outwardly he acted surprised: "Struck by lightning? It didn't rain last night, so could it be..."

Halfway through his sentence, he looked at the thoughtful Old Song and said with a straight face, "Uncle Song, in this day and age, we must rely on science."

Old Song's mouth twitched.

He certainly knew that he should rely on science, but the situation at the scene couldn't be explained by science.

Besides... he hadn't seemed to say anything, had he?

Speechless for two seconds, Old Song didn't want to dwell on it and changed the subject: "I checked Dean Song's grave; there's nothing wrong with it."

"If you want to sweep the grave, you can go now."

Meng Li didn't want to dig deeper either. Seeing him change the subject, he agreed and walked toward Dean Song's grave.

When he arrived at the grave, he looked it over and found that Dean Song's resting place had indeed not been affected.

The reason for this was that he had tampered with it beforehand, burying a few Talismanic Incantations of sealing in the soil.

Meng Li didn't do this to suppress Dean Song, but because he knew Zhang Huaiyi was also buried in this area. Having foreseen today's situation, he didn't want Dean Song's remains to be like the other corpses—manipulated by others even after death, unable to find peace.

And those Talismanic Incantations were ones he had collected over the years; firstly to add to his arsenal, and secondly to prepare for studying the Heavenly Scroll later.

Confirming that Dean Song's grave was fine, Meng Li began the process of sweeping the grave, offering incense, and burning paper...

After finishing the ritual, he tidied up a bit, greeted Old Song, and left.

Returning to town, Meng Li drove to Nankai University, where Zhang Chulan was.

Arriving at Nankai University, he went near the male dormitory, quietly released a group of flying insect Magical Artifacts to find the person, while he himself ran to a nearby milk tea shop to wait for the results.

After rejecting the fourth wave of girls asking to add him as a friend, Zhang Chulan appeared.

Meng Li didn't reveal himself, just let a few flying insects secretly watch him.

Then, he saw Zhang Chulan excitedly go to his date just like in the original plot, only to fall for a honey trap and have his abilities sealed by Liu Yanyan using Gu.

When Liu Yanyan tied Zhang Chulan up and prepared to drive away, Meng Li quietly followed.

Once they left the city, he flew up on his sword, tailing them all the way to an abandoned factory outside the city, where he saw Quanxing's Lü Liang and Xia He.

Must say, Xia He's face and figure were quite good, and most importantly, her whole person exuded a sense of lust and desire. Even with such simple, pure-looking attire as a pure white short-sleeved shirt and blue jeans, it was hard to neutralize or cover it up.

Instead, because she was braless on top and exposed her long, fair legs on the bottom, it added a bit of cool temptation.

Besides, her abilities and character setting were a bit hard to take seriously: she could even feel something toward Zhang Huaiyi's corpse, and would take off right there the moment she sat on it.

Meng Li remembered that when he first saw this part in his first life, his reaction was just like Lü Liang's—he was completely dumbfounded.

Later, when it got to the Luotian Grand Ritual part, Xia He met Zhang Lingyu and actually became a helpless, pure-love little flower...

The disjointedness between the two was extremely heavy; she didn't look like the same person at all.

While Meng Li was secretly complaining in a hidden corner in the distance, the situation on Zhang Chulan's side changed.

Xu San and Feng Baobao arrived.

The subsequent development was the same as the original plot: to save Zhang Chulan, Xu San negotiated with Xia He and the others. In reality, he was stalling for time, creating an opportunity for the earth-burrowing Everywhere Connect employee, Earth Monkey, to strike, while waiting for other employees to arrive to form an encirclement.

By the time Lü Liang, Xia He, and Liu Yanyan realized it, the situation was already irreversible, and the three had to flee in different directions.

Among them, Xia He went off on her own. Since she wasn't the target of Everywhere Connect's operation this time, and because her abilities were feared by Xu San, she managed to escape smoothly.

Meng Li didn't care about this, because his goal for this trip wasn't Xia He, but—Lü Liang.