Jiang Baimian had seen too many anomalies. Her pupils only slightly dilated, and she remained calm.

She lowered her voice and said to Shang Jianyao and the others:

"Look over there."

Long Yuehong, Bai Chen, and Shang Jianyao followed her gaze and turned their heads towards Linhe Village.

Those few points of light simultaneously reflected in their eyes.

It looked warm, as if waiting for someone to return home at night, but compared to the entire environment and the previous silence, it was so eerie.

Clap clap clap, Shang Jianyao applauded.

This directly dispelled the various fears that had arisen in Long Yuehong's heart.

"So, only by restoring the complete corpse and burying it can the anomaly be triggered." Shang Jianyao said with a sudden realization.

He then wondered to himself:

"But doesn't Buddhism teach that the physical body is best burned to ashes? Why does World Honored One want the remains to be properly buried?"

"After all, He is still the Daoist 'Zhuang Sheng'." Jiang Baimian replied simply.

Bai Chen looked at the lit-up Linhe Village and instinctively adopted a defensive posture.

At this moment, she said, carefully considering her words:

"Does the occurrence of an anomaly mean that this corpse does belong to Du Shaochong, the incarnation of 'Zhuang Sheng'?"

"Not necessarily." Shang Jianyao answered honestly, "What if this corpse came from the incarnation of 'Bodhi'? It can also trigger anomalies in the Buddhist Holy Land."

Jiang Baimian nodded:

"Although there are still some other possibilities, as things have developed to this point, the probability that this corpse belongs to Du Shaochong, the incarnation of 'Zhuang Sheng', is over ninety percent."

This basically confirmed two things:

First, this complete corpse belongs to Du Shaochong.

Second, Du Shaochong is indeed the incarnation of "Zhuang Sheng."

--Previously, in the dream at No. 1 Taicheng High School, because everyone was a manifestation of a certain personality of "Zhuang Sheng" and shared the same past, the "Old Task Force" could not be completely sure that Du Shaochong was the incarnation of "Zhuang Sheng." After all, he might be a certain personality of "Zhuang Sheng" playing the role of a past classmate.

The reason why the "Old Task Force" tentatively equated Du Shaochong with the incarnation of "Zhuang Sheng" was because he was indeed a trigger, and they had previously met someone named Xiao Chong.

As the No. 1 Swamp Ruins were confirmed to be Dajiang City, and Yingcai Junior High School was next door to the "City Smart Network Control Center," the possibility that Du Shaochong was Xiao Chong grown up, and therefore the incarnation of "Zhuang Sheng," became increasingly high.

Now it was even more so.

While the teammates were communicating, Shang Jianyao looked at the few lights in Linhe Village and said eagerly:

"Should we explore it?"

"Isn't it too dangerous?" Long Yuehong immediately objected. "If it's like No. 1 Taicheng High School, where we fall into 'Zhuang Sheng's' dream and play a certain person, there won't be a Master Ge to save us this time."

Shang Jianyao confidently gave a plan:

"Two people go in, two people stay outside. If something goes wrong, immediately go to Wild Grass City and ask Master Ge for help."

"It will take ten days to half a month for a round trip. The people trapped in the dream will definitely not last that long." Bai Chen chose to stand on Long Yuehong's side.

Jiang Baimian "Hmm"ed:

"Don't rush, let's observe from afar.

"It's not like No. 1 Taicheng High School, where everything looks normal from the outside. We can see that something is wrong just by standing here."

As she spoke, Jiang Baimian picked up the binoculars and brought them to her eyes.

Shang Jianyao and the others followed suit.

With the help of those yellow or pure white lights, they saw shadows flickering in many houses in Linhe Village, full of life.

There were old and young, men and women, some watching TV, some swiping their phones, some gathered around a table, playing cards or mahjong. Each window presented a different scene.

"Is this the scene before the destruction of the Old World?" Long Yuehong muttered to himself.

There was no doubt about it, the key was how many days, months, or years before the destruction of the Old World.

Jiang Baimian pondered for a moment and said:

"This should be Linhe Village around the Spring Festival of a certain year."

"Why do you say that?" Long Yuehong asked.

Jiang Baimian explained simply:

"I have studied a lot of cultural materials and local customs of the Old World, and many of them mention one point:

"Most Grey Earth people's villages, due to the absorption and gathering effect of cities, have fewer and fewer young people. Only around the Spring Festival can such a lively, family reunion scene appear."

Clap clap clap, Shang Jianyao applauded.

That makes sense... Long Yuehong felt the gap between himself and the team leader even more.

In the same scene, the team leader could see more details and deduce more information.

"I remember the destruction of the Old World was a few days before the Spring Festival of a certain year." Bai Chen thought for a moment.

This was a public consensus, and Tian Erhe's memories of Shuiwei Town also confirmed this.

Jiang Baimian was about to nod when she suddenly saw many children walking out of a store on the largest and only street in Linhe Village, holding hand-held sparklers and playing happily.

They were all young, and could only buy the safest type. The fireworks sprayed out weakly, still bringing a dreamlike beauty.

"Xiao Chong!" Shang Jianyao suddenly exclaimed.

Long Yuehong and the others then saw that the leader of the group of children looked very much like Xiao Chong, with a chubby face and wearing a black cotton-padded jacket.

After a few seconds, Jiang Baimian said, carefully considering her words:

"It's very similar to Xiao Chong, but he seems younger, only five or six years old."

The Xiao Chong that the "Old Task Force" knew was about seven or eight years old, and sometimes he spoke as if he were over ten years old.

"I understand!" Shang Jianyao held the binoculars in one hand and patted his face with the other, "This is Xiao Chong as a child!"

Xiao Chong as a child... Since Xiao Chong equals Du Shaochong, and Du Shaochong studied at No. 1 Taicheng High School, then this scene is many years before the destruction of the Old World... Jiang Baimian had a new judgment based on this.

Long Yuehong and Bai Chen also had similar thoughts almost at the same time.

They continued to observe the situation in Linhe Village through the binoculars, focusing on the group of children.

The child who looked like Xiao Chong led his friends, jumping and skipping towards the entrance of the village, setting off fireworks along the way, very happy.

Suddenly, he grumbled and turned to the dark corner of the village entrance wilderness.

Judging from the shape of his mouth, Jiang Baimian thought Xiao Chong said he was "going to pee."

Of course, she didn't understand lip reading very well and wasn't sure if that was really it.

It was just that when her hearing was bad, she was used to combining lip movements, body language, and environmental factors to judge the specific meaning in scenes where she couldn't hear clearly and was embarrassed to ask.

Soon, Xiao Chong found a place, unzipped his pants, and started to pee.

This confirmed Jiang Baimian's judgment.

And all of Xiao Chong's friends followed, regardless of gender, and lined up with him, either standing or squatting, either unzipping or taking off their pants, and started to pee.

"Isn't this too orderly?" Long Yuehong wondered to himself.

Shang Jianyao laughed:

"It's normal to go to the toilet together so late. There's courage in numbers."

Normal my ass! Jiang Baimian slandered in her heart.

Even if that group of children really wanted to go to the toilet together to embolden themselves, it was impossible for them all to go. There would always be a few who didn't want to pee, and besides, there were a few girls in there.

Bai Chen followed up and said:

"If there were only three or four people, it would be quite normal, but there are eleven or twelve."

In the midst of the "Old Task Force's" discussion, Xiao Chong finished peeing and zipped up.

He then shouted at his friends.

Because this time the voice was relatively loud, and they had already walked out of the village entrance, not too far from the old locust tree, Jiang Baimian and the others heard it clearly:

"Why do you always copy me?

"You didn't want to before. As soon as I said I wanted to pee, you all came to pee."

The other children responded one after another:

"I just suddenly wanted to."

"It's all your fault for mentioning the word pee!"

"..."

Listening, Jiang Baimian gradually frowned.

After the group of children finished arguing, she pondered for a moment and said:

"What did you associate with?"

Before Long Yuehong had time to think, Shang Jianyao made a "shush" sound.

That's right! Long Yuehong instantly understood what the team leader wanted to ask.

At this time, Bai Chen answered:

"I thought of Xiao Chong's 'shush' sound in Initial City. It made people who heard it unable to resist wanting to pee."

Jiang Baimian nodded slowly:

"Could it be the same situation now?

"The word 'pee' that Xiao Chong unconsciously said and his actions produced a similar 'thought guidance' effect."

"It's very similar." The more Long Yuehong thought about it, the more he felt that this was the reason.

Shang Jianyao was "surprised and delighted" and asked as if seeking confirmation:

"Xiao Chong had awakened abilities since he was a child?"

Long Yuehong and Bai Chen were stunned for a moment, and then realized that this scene revealed an unusually important piece of information:

Although it was very reasonable for the incarnation of "Zhuang Sheng" to be a little different from ordinary since he was a child, this situation allowed a question that many people had in common to be answered for the first time:

There were awakened people before the destruction of the Old World!