"Dig!!!"

Dig it up, the body must be dug up!!!

A corpse is not a seed; burying it in the ground won't make a new child grow, nor will it resurrect the dead one.

On the contrary, digging it up can uncover the truth!!!

Even though he wasn't ready to face the corpse, Zhao Shan understood the logic.

Upon receiving the answer, Xu Liang immediately nodded.

"Alright!"

He looked up at the sky.

It was late; it was already midnight on March 8th.

"Grab the shovels, let's get to work now!!!"

Xu Liang instructed Wang Chao.

Upon hearing this, Sun Zhongmin quickly led them to a corner of his house.

He had already bought the coffin and was planning to bury it soon, so he had borrowed many shovels in advance.

Wang Chao gathered shovels and a pickaxe from the corner.

Finally, he took a few sturdy hemp ropes and swiftly followed Xu Liang.

Yang Ruoxi's car was not suitable for mountain roads, nor for transporting a corpse.

They ultimately chose to take Sun Zhongmin's farm tricycle.

As the tricycle started, the engine made a 'deng deng deng~' sound and jolted toward the deep mountains.

The vehicle's shadow grew smaller.

Until it disappeared into the night...

In rural areas, you don't just randomly choose a place to bury a body.

Grave mounds often have a designated area, further divided into sections based on surnames and bloodlines.

Zhao Shan's child's grave mound was at the foot of a barren mountain.

This was where villagers planted trees, yet the saplings grew poorly, their leaves yellowed.

"Snap!"

At half-past midnight.

In the darkness, four men jumped from the truck bed and plunged into the woods.

Finally, they stopped in front of a small grave mound.

"Do... do we really have to dig?"

Looking at the grave mound, Zhao Shan felt as if his heart was bleeding, an intense pain searing through him.

"Dig!"

Xu Liang gazed at the grave mound, steeled himself, donned gloves, picked up a shovel, and began to dig.

With a sharp thrust, he drove the shovel into the mound...

"Hiss!!!"

The shovel instantly penetrated the grave mound.

A clump of dark earth was pitched aside; it was the soil from the mound.

"Let me help!"

Wang Chao was full of energy, continuously digging with his shovel.

He had always watched others bury graves; this was his first time experiencing an exhumation!

Sun Zhongmin patted Zhao Shan's shoulder and joined in.

Zhao Shan didn't dig; he stood silently like a statue, watching his child's grave mound.

The mound wasn't large.

The digging speed of three adults was rapid, not to mention one of them was Wang Chao.

The mound dissipated at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Shovelful after shovelful of earth was tossed aside.

Finally, Zhao Shan mustered his courage and joined in.

The four took turns digging and resting.

After two and a half hours, at 3 a.m...

"Crack!"

Wang Chao's shovel struck something hard, like a stone.

He paused and immediately said,

"We've hit the coffin!"

Hearing this, the other three hurriedly expanded the pit.

Not long after.

Xu Liang shone a flashlight into the hollowed mound.

"Snap!"

A small, damp, decaying coffin appeared before them.

"Get the crowbar and open the coffin lid!"

Xu Liang instructed.

Wang Chao swiftly retrieved a crowbar from the truck bed.

He jumped into the grave, pried out the nails from the coffin's edge.

Finally, he looped the rope around the coffin lid.

The three pulled with all their might...

"Vrrrooom~!"

A piercing sound echoed.

The dirt on the coffin seams trembled.

Xu Liang gritted his teeth, "Pull harder!!!"

Wang Chao's veins bulged, muscles tightened, and with one more tug, the entire rope strained straight.

"Crack!"

A clear sound echoed.

The coffin lid was pried open.

Xu Liang quickly stopped, shone the flashlight on the body.

Inside the coffin...

The body was already unrecognizable from decay!

Sun Zhongmin took one glance and felt a wave of nausea rising from his stomach.

Xu Liang jumped into the grave, braved the stench, retrieved the body, covered it with a pre-prepared white cloth, then wrapped it in a mat!

Finally, he placed the body in the truck bed.

Only then did Xu Liang prepare to drive to the destination.

Wang Chao wanted to get in the truck, but was stopped.

Seeing his confusion, Xu Liang said,

"Go back with Uncle Zhao, gather any documents you can like the parentage test and death notice!"

Hearing this, Wang Chao nodded.

The pair walked back toward Huangyan Village via the mountain road.

...

...

Honestly, Xu Liang could conduct an autopsy, but only very basic ones, like analyzing what the body experienced before death and how it appeared to die on the surface.

For more detailed analysis, professional equipment was essential.

Morning, half-past nine.

A farm tricycle spewed black smoke as it slowly stopped in the center of Sunzhou.

And here was...

"Judicial Authentication Institution!"

Glancing at the institution's name overhead, Xu Liang instinctively read it aloud.

The judicial authentication institution was a place for conducting autopsies.

Apart from autopsies, they also authenticate whether evidence is valid.

Generally, any evidence appearing in court would be sent to such institutions for authentication.

'Punk Judicial Authentication Institution' was one of the few in Sunzhou.

They mostly collaborated with courts in the past.

But now...

This institution was witnessing something unusual.

"Huh!?"

When the institution's director was called out by Xu Liang and saw the rolled mat on the tricycle, he was taken aback.