Chapter 206: The Female Corpse in the Classroom

k1 In the midst of everyone's horrified gazes, he broke free from Wen Ya's hand and walked step by step toward the female corpse.

"Lin An!"

Wen Ya let out a stifled cry, instinctively trying to stop him from approaching.

The scene before them was truly horrifying, like the opening of a horror movie.

"Lord Lin An!?"

Yun Tian's lips trembled as his face turned pale, feeling his palm tightly gripped by his sister.

Nobody felt no fear; everyone instinctively resisted stepping into the classroom.

This place was like a den of ghosts.

The woman seated on the podium, with yellow paper money scattered all over the floor, made the classroom look like a desolate grave.

And the woman was the offering on that grave.

Breathing was heavy, oppressive.

No one dared to speak anymore; they could only watch helplessly as Lin An approached the female corpse.

Lin An gazed calmly at the side of the female corpse.

The female corpse was slender in build, appearing young.

The girl wore a pinkish-white dress, the thin straps on her shoulders somewhat worn.

The dress bore many dried red spots, and her slender, deathly white feet were clad in bright red little leather shoes.

Her nails were neatly trimmed, showing that she had been a clean-loving girl in life.

The clothes and shoes looked mismatched, as if a child had sneaked into adult attire.

That splash of vivid red stood out starkly in the dim room, jarringly out of place.

Steadily adjusting his breath, Lin An gradually drew near the girl's corpse.

The Eye of Judgment had opened, a pale blue mist rising in his eyes.

Vast information poured down like a waterfall, each refresh telling him.

The girl's corpse before him showed no abnormality, just like the infant corpse Mo Ling had delivered.

A faint corpse odor mingled with the smell of blood and amniotic fluid.

Blood, drip by drip, flowed from between her spread legs.

Without regard for this bizarre scene, Lin An took a deep breath and faced the female corpse.

He tried to push the corpse with his hand, but it didn't budge at all.

The girl's hair was very long, black strands hanging down on either side of her head, lifting in the wind.

Her brows and eyes were downcast, her face still bearing a hint of childishness, as if she were looking down at the infant at her feet.

Her slender hands rested on the edge of the wooden podium, fingertips whitened, her body seated there as firmly as a nail.

Aside from the deathly pallor of her skin, at a glance she seemed merely asleep.

Only her closed eyelids revealed a thin slit, as if they might open at any moment.

In his peripheral vision, Lin An noticed a male desiccated corpse in the corner.

It appeared to have been dead for a long time.

The desiccated corpse wore a neat green military uniform, curled up in the room's corner.

The only anomaly was the gold-rimmed glasses on its nose bridge, a rarity among soldiers.

Could it be a civil servant who inadvertently intruded and was the first to die?

Although we don't know why the bodies haven't been cleared away, the urgent task is to examine the female corpse and the headless infant.

Lin An subconsciously overlooked the desiccated soldier; if he couldn't find clues on the female corpse, he would go check it again...

It should... not be anything important.

For some reason, Lin An suppressed a strange feeling in his heart and slowly squatted down.

The female corpse's abdomen had been slit open, revealing an inconspicuous wound.

Like a rag doll cut open with scissors.

A dark red umbilical cord fell from the wound onto the ground.

The wound gaped open, exposing thin fat, as if caused by a sharp instrument.

On either side of the podium lay a pair of scissors, a roll of gauze, and needle and thread.

It appeared that the female corpse, while alive, had cut open her own belly and extracted the infant.

But.

How could that be?

No anesthetic, no disinfectant.

Don't even mention a blossoming maiden; even if it were Zhang...

For some reason, Lin An suddenly thought of a person, his chest feeling heavy.

However, the memory was instantly erased again.

Thought continued.

Even a strong-willed soldier could not do this.

The female corpse had not rotted or deteriorated, and even retained the elasticity of its skin.

Lin An's fingertips touched the female corpse's face, and it even retained the feel of living flesh.

But aside from that, there was nothing else abnormal.

Just...

It absolutely could not have been self-inflicted.

Or perhaps it was impossible while alive.

Then, was the belly cut open with scissors after death?

Then the infant was taken out?

Lin An felt doubtful and chose to continue examining.

The headless infant beneath his feet was not much different from the one Mo Ling brought.

The flesh‑red infant corpse lay prone on the ground, its tiny fists clenched.

The vertebrae at the neck were hardly visible, the wound neat.

It was like...

Just like a shrimp with its head pinched off.

He frowned, squatted down, and turned the infant corpse over with his hand.

To the touch it felt soft and icy cold.

Like a slab of fatty pork frozen in a freezer.

Frontally there was nothing abnormal; it was a girl.

A newborn baby looked like a wrinkled monkey, its skin drawn tight together.

Wait...?

Lin An keenly noticed signs of suturing on the child's broken neck.

They were tiny needle holes, with a thread end appearing in a skin fold.

His heart leapt with joy.

As expected, his guess was correct!

Earlier, personnel from the Military Region had actively sutured the child's skull; this line of thought matched his earlier speculation!

But.

What about the head?

After repeated examination, Lin An's heart sank.

He found nothing.

His brows were tightly knotted.

Now the biggest problem is...

Where is the child's head?

Inside the female corpse's abdomen?

Lin An let out a soft sigh, and without hesitation inserted his right hand into the wound on the abdomen.

Amid the astonished and retching voices of the crowd outside, he kept probing inside the corpse's abdominal cavity.

His heart sank.

None.

Nothing at all.

Apart from the slippery feel inside the cavity, he discovered nothing.

A chill ran up his spine.

Lin An withdrew his right hand with some difficulty; his fingertip was bright red, blood dripping.

Inside the female corpse's abdomen, there was no child's head.

Even...

There were no internal organs...

Lin An's breathing grew somewhat ragged; he only felt a chill behind him.

Why was there no child's head, and even the organs inside the corpse had disappeared.

After all...

Where could it be?

Originally he had intended to piece together the child's skull, trying to see if he could break the supernatural incident.

Or perhaps let the child reenact the birth process.

This line of thought should be correct!

After all, the child's corpse has proven that someone has attempted this before.

Could it really be the same as what he thought?

The Military Region blocked the disappearance incident; their method was to resuture the child's skull back on.

In defiance of logic, they let the 'it' in the supernatural incident regain cognition.

【If the child has a head, after understanding the world's existence, it will not move the missing persons to the stomach or uterus.】

But, precisely because the child's skull disappeared again.

This caused the supernatural incident to revive and seek him out?

So.

A glimmer of realization flashed in Lin An's eyes.

No, something else should be added.

After the skull is sutured back on, the child as part of the supernatural incident will inevitably regain movement.

So...

After the Military Region's outpost blocked the disappearances, they removed the child's skull once again.

Then.

In order to protect this place from being destroyed, just like the organization that guarded the 【Meme】 in my past life.

They chose to station themselves here.

Whenever someone goes missing, they simply reinstall the skull, letting the missing person return.

So, they also have no intention of leaving this place.

Moreover, because the female corpse is fixed to the podium and cannot be moved—or if it moves, the effect will be ruined...

Just as I tried to push the female corpse earlier, it cannot be moved.

Even if brute force could achieve it, no one dares to take that risk.

Either way, the military outpost eventually fell because it was unfortunately attacked by mutants, causing the Military Region to be overrun.

The personnel guarding the skull turned into zombies, and the skull had no one to suture it.

No one repeatedly sutured the skull, resulting in many zombies in the Corpse Horde having flesh chunks in their stomachs.

Just as Mo Ling saw—there were many big-bellied zombies.

Lin An muttered to himself.

It seems the missing skull is in the Corpse Horde beneath the town...

He only needs to go to the Corpse Horde, find the true skull, suture it back on, first stop the disappearance incident, and then reenact the birthing process once more.

As long as we break the child's conception of the death sequence, this supernatural incident can truly be solved!

But.

Vaguely, Lin An always felt something was off.

Irritable, anxious.

What exactly have I missed? What exactly have I gotten wrong!?

He couldn't help but look at the female corpse's face, hoping to find some clue.

Agitated, uneasy.

Is it because, in my reasoning, the whole affair has nothing to do with the female corpse?

The next second.

The female corpse suddenly opened its eyes, the eye sockets hollow.

In an instant.

It suddenly lifted its head, straining to open its mouth wide enough to split its cheeks.

"Ah!!!!"

In a shrill, piercing wail, it lunged to swallow Lin An's skull in one bite.

Deep in its throat was a baby's face.