They had gathered all the information they could from the girls' dormitory, but it had been quite helpful.
Then the two of them headed to the boys' dormitory. Using the same search method, they actually found a great deal of useful information.
In the boys' dormitory, they discovered a suicide note and several notes. The suicide note was a full five pages long, and the notes were in the same handwriting.
The person who wrote the suicide note had also participated in the bullying of Xiaofang. Seeing the people involved in her death dying one by one, he was terrified.
Whether it was self - scare or a real phenomenon, he dreamt every night that Xiaofang came to claim his life. He was so scared that he thought his own death was imminent. Thus, he wrote this suicide note.
Rather than a suicide note, it was more like a letter of confession. The young man had written down how he had participated in the bullying of Xiaofang and all the wrongs he had done to her, praying for Xiaofang's forgiveness and begging her not to drag him to hell with her.
The young man described his actions. Even though he had downplayed some of the cruel and unforgivable deeds, the whole thing was still extremely revolting. Even Jiang Li, who had seen so much of the ugliness of human nature, couldn't help but curse in her heart.
These young men had done some truly inhumane things.
If judged by criminal law, these teenagers had committed at least twenty criminal offenses. Such scumbags really deserved to die.
After searching both dormitories thoroughly, Niannian and Shen Weixun finally learned the whole truth and the sequence of events.
After leaving the dormitory building, Niannian noticed that the soil under a willow tree was slightly different from that under the other willows.
"Third senior brother, that soil looks like it's been dug up."
Niannian pointed in the direction of the willow tree and exclaimed.
Shen Weixun looked in the direction Niannian was pointing and carefully observed and compared.
Sure enough, there was something different about that willow tree.
Under the other willow trees, weeds were overgrown. Since it hadn't rained in the past few days, the soil under them was mostly dry and pale yellow. The willows, which had been neglected for a long time, were a bit wilted.
Only under that particular willow tree were there no weeds. This willow was obviously bigger and sturdier than the others. The soil around it was dark and moist, and the bricks around it were slightly raised, as if they had been pried open before.
Niannian stepped forward and took a closer look. The pattern on one of the bricks was in the opposite direction to the others, clearly indicating that it had been moved and then reinstalled poorly.
Niannian casually pulled at it, and the brick was easily removed. The soil below showed a stark contrast between black and yellow patches.
Shen Weixun studied it for a while and suspected that there was something hidden under this willow tree.
Fortunately, there was a snow - shoveling spade in the dormitory building's toilet. Shen Weixun went back to get it.
He gave one to Niannian, and the two of them started digging with all their might.
They dug for a long time but found nothing.
Shen Weixun even began to suspect that his judgment was wrong and was about to give up when Niannian's spade made a clanging sound.
"There's something down there!"
Niannian excitedly squatted down and brushed away the soil with her hands, revealing a bright red wooden board.
Finally, they had a lead. Niannian rolled up her sleeves and dug even harder.
In a short while, they had uncovered the entire red wooden board.
What they had dug out was a coffin. There were a bunch of incomprehensible runes carved on it, and the four corners were firmly nailed down. Judging from the color of the coffin, it was definitely something bad. It was so new that it couldn't have been here before the educational institution was established.
Niannian pried out the nails with the spade and called Shen Weixun to help her push open the coffin lid.
Inside the coffin lay a young girl. Her features were strikingly beautiful, with the baby fat of youth on her face. Her fingernails were extremely long and bluish, and her lips were slightly purple. She was wearing a thin red spaghetti - strap dress. Her body had clearly been tidied up, and the hairs on her body were a bit white.
Seeing the girl's full appearance, Niannian shouted, "No good! Third senior brother, get away from her quickly!"
Shen Weixun, who had just been about to get closer to the female corpse, paused.
Niannian never acted so alarmed for no reason. She must have seen something extraordinary.
Taking a few steps back, Niannian continued to shout, "Third senior brother, hold your breath and get away. Call Master and the eldest senior brother."
Shen Weixun had never seen Niannian so flustered, to the point where she even wanted to call Master and the eldest senior brother for help.
What on earth was in the coffin?
It had made Niannian so shocked and cautious.
Although he was curious, Shen Weixun didn't get closer. He knew his own strength well. He quickly held his breath and ran a little further away to make a few phone calls.
Niannian's eyes never left the female corpse. Just after Shen Weixun ran away, the female corpse's finger twitched, then her eyes suddenly opened. She sat up abruptly from the coffin and climbed out.
The female corpse turned to look in Niannian's direction and then lunged at her without hesitation.
Seeing this, Niannian quickly took out her peach - wood sword.
Clang, clang, clang! The peach - wood sword made sharp, crisp sounds.
Niannian's arms were numb from the impact.
Ah? How could there be a zombie on the verge of becoming a drought demon?
Niannian had been puzzled about this since opening the coffin.
But the female corpse didn't give her time to think.
The female corpse's skin sizzled when touched by the evil - repelling peach - wood sword, but it only hesitated for a second before lunging at Niannian again.
The female corpse rushed in front of Niannian and stretched out her claws, aiming for Niannian's heart. The nails on her claws were extremely sharp, glinting in the moonlight.
Niannian dodged nimbly to the side.
She managed to avoid the female corpse's attack, then rolled over and fought back with her peach - wood sword.
The peach - wood sword made a clanging sound when it hit the female corpse, indicating that Niannian had put all her strength into each strike. But the female corpse seemed to have an iron - clad body. The burning didn't affect her at all, and she became even more ferocious.
With a loud crash, the peach - wood sword suddenly broke and fell to the ground. Niannian looked at it in surprise. Taking advantage of this moment, the female corpse launched another "black tiger heart - grabbing" attack.
There was no time to take out other magical tools, and there wasn't even a useful talisman at hand. Niannian had no choice but to drop the peach - wood sword and start running.
Ah!
She couldn't use the thunder - talisman against this thing.
Woo woo woo! She did want to draw a talisman to summon thunder and strike the corpse to death.
This thing was just one step away from becoming a drought demon.
A drought demon needed to survive a thunder - tribulation to level up. Someone had buried her under the tree, probably hoping that the tree could attract thunder to help her survive the thunder - tribulation earlier.
She wasn't going to be that stupid and help the female corpse level up by attracting thunder.
She knew some trapping talismans, but the problem was that it wasn't something she could achieve alone to trap such a thing.
It wasn't that her strength was insufficient.
She was strong enough, but the problem was that the method she knew required people as part of the formation, and she was alone!
She could only hold on until her senior brothers and master arrived!
Niannian was chased all over the playground. She didn't dare to leave this area because if she did and let the female corpse wander outside, it would surely harm many innocent people.
Even she was afraid of the female corpse's "black tiger heart - grabbing" attack, let alone ordinary people outside.
Thankfully, Shen Weixun had informed the relevant department early on. Although Master Qingyun and the eldest senior brother couldn't arrive quickly, the already - informed relevant department arrived in time with their people to save the day.