What if you were targeted by a cool and aloof beauty?

“…” An Chen felt very uncomfortable.

Children speak without restraint... Children speak without restraint...

He comforted himself inwardly.

“That’s right! So why don’t you look for your own corpse?” Zhang Zhidong squatted down and gave Xiao Xiao a hearty smile.

"Because I can't find it." Xiao Xiao also squatted down and sat cross-legged.

"?" An Chen and Jiu Ge were confused.

The knight remained seated on the ground, motionless, without making a sound.

“Not bad! Why don’t you exude any evil aura?” Zhang Zhidong continued to probe.

He had already mentally prepared himself for the possibility that Xiao Xiao was the culprit.

If the other party is indeed the cause of so many people's disappearances and deaths, then Zhang Zhidong will not hesitate to take action.

"Because I have no evil spirits." The little girl innocently cupped her face in her hands.

"How could a cute girl like me have any evil spirits? I'm the youngest, the loneliest child here, without parents." She murmured softly, her tone almost like a spoiled child.

“Not bad… Why are you different from them? You can communicate with us normally and understand your situation?” Zhang Zhidong asked as he tried to place his hand on the clean, spotless floor tiles.

The crackling sound still didn't occur.

Apart from the black, malevolent energy that suddenly erupted from those who had just gone mad, no one else sensed any malevolent energy.

"Is it possible that because I'm the only one in the world who is truly awake?" Xiao Xiao shook her head and looked at Zhang Zhidong jokingly.

"Does Dad suspect me?" She twirled her colorful pigtails with her little hands, her expression unusually calm.

"That's right! I suspect you. Can you tell me the truth?" Zhang Zhidong was too lazy to refute the fact that this wasn't her father's place.

When it comes to matters of life and death, no matter if the other party is a child or how old they are, we cannot take it lightly.

Moreover, having been a spirit in the human world for more than half a year, he was fairly aware that some powerful spirits could control the age of their bodies.

If Xiaoxiao really is the murderer.

So, it's possible to assume she's a grandmother from thousands of years ago.

After all, the formation of this man-eating mountain was not something that happened overnight.

"To be honest, I may or may not be." Xiao Xiao proactively placed her hands in Zhang Zhidong's large, calloused hands.

“Dad, you’re a very capable person. If you were to encounter the culprit, the culprit would surely be burned and want to die on the spot,” she said seriously.

“Even if those people aren’t crazy, if Daddy wants to, he can make them go crazy with pain just by touching them.” Xiaoxiao squeezed Zhang Zhidong’s big hand with her little hand.

"So now Dad, you can imagine in your mind, with your overflowing sense of justice, that I really am the murderer, and then see if you can burn me." Her big eyes stared straight at Zhang Zhidong, whose eyes were gleaming, without a trace of confusion on her face.

“I really didn’t sense any evil intentions in your heart. Even if I suspected you were the instigator, I couldn’t bring myself to yell at you.” Zhang Zhidong said seriously, pushing the small hand back.

Because he is an extremely righteous heroic spirit, he has the ability to quickly and accurately judge whether a spirit or a person is good or bad when facing them.

“Although your status as a suspect hasn’t disappeared, I understand what you mean.” Zhang Zhidong stood up, holding Xiaoxiao in his arms.

Since the suspicion hasn't completely disappeared, and the other party has said that they might be the "culprit," it's impossible for anyone to just leave Xiaoxiao here.

"Shall we go look around elsewhere to see if there are any other suspects?" Zhang Zhidong asked An Chen.

“…” An Chen did not answer, but just coldly looked at the little guy in Zhang Zhidong’s arms.

Chapter 219 Princess Carry (Seeking Monthly Tickets and Subscriptions)

"So what did Dad mean by 'crackle'? Is it what I think it means?" Xiaoxiao avoided An Chen's gaze and looked up at Zhang Zhidong.

“That’s right, it’s exactly what you understand.” Zhang Zhidong said in a loud voice.

"...Is what they're talking about also nonsense literature?" Upon hearing this, Jiu Ge, looking completely bewildered, nudged An Chen.

Was she the only truly illiterate person in the entire room?

Jiuge was a little stunned.

She suddenly felt that this nonsense literature didn't seem to have any real literary quality.

Aside from its deceptive effect of leaving people confused, the rest is pure nonsense.

“…” An Chen remained silent, his brows furrowing.

"I'll explain that to you later. Let's walk around and see if there are any other suspicious people," he said with a smile to Jiuge.

Although the hotel is large, there aren't many "spirits" inside.

If An Chen wasn't mistaken, the hotel was simply a place where people buried their remains.

If all the facilities and scenes at the bottom of the man-eating mountain are derived from the memories of the people who "disappeared" in the mountain, then outside the hotel, there should be their homes and some places that already exist in reality.

As for Xiao Xiao, who had colorful pigtails, he assumed she was harmless for the time being.

At least for now, it's harmless.

"Clap."

Pushing open the hotel door, I saw that the sun was shining brightly outside, and it still looked like daytime.

There is a wide road in front of the hotel.

Across the street are mountains and water, shops and buildings.

At first glance, the layout is extremely chaotic.

An Chen had never seen a road in China with no guardrails and just a river running alongside it, nor had he ever seen anyone place a small river in front of their house.

"...I haven't slept for many years either." The last knight to emerge was dumbfounded.

This isn't Nice.

Although he hadn't been to many places, he knew that only a fool would build a housing development next to a river and not even allow a single boat to pass through.

Living in a place like this, not only do you have to live in constant fear of drowning while you sleep, but you also can't even go out after going downstairs and facing the river in front of you.

"Miss Jiuge... Does China now have special housing built on rivers specifically for swimming enthusiasts?" The knight's words were somewhat incoherent.

He felt that no matter how he described it, the words would fall short, and no matter how he expressed it, it would not be quite right.

"There shouldn't be any buildings like that," Jiuge replied with a straight face.

She glanced at An Chen: "I don't think so?"

Because her brain had just been bombarded by nonsensical literature, Jiuge was now very insecure about her meager knowledge.

"Don't worry, it's nothing." An Chen patted Jiu Ge's shoulder, comforting her gently.

The next second, he turned back to look at Xiaoxiao, who was still being held in Zhang Zhidong's arms.

"I didn't know there were rules for how these buildings were arranged..." Xiao Xiao turned her head and pouted, saying something that was packed with information.

"Not bad!" Zhang Zhidong glanced thoughtfully at the little one in his arms, then looked at the small river across the road.

"It's very similar to the scene when I was fighting floods and providing disaster relief." He recalled for a moment, then said in a trembling voice.

And if we keep it in the present day, there really is a tall, burly man walking down the stairs.

then……

With a "plop," it fell into the water and began to struggle desperately.

“Great! I’m going!” Zhang Zhidong put Xiaoxiao on the ground.

He stretched his arms and walked towards the river.

Seeing this, the knight followed Zhang Zhidong over.

Although he has never learned to swim, he can still help out on the road.

"thump."

Zhang Zhidong jumped into the river with practiced ease.

"Crackling and popping."

The sound of food being fried in water could be heard.

"Aaaaaaahhhhhh!" the man screamed as he struggled to his death in the water.

"Good! Just bear with it! We'll be at the road soon!" Zhang Zhidong carried the man on his back and swam towards the road.

The knight crouched by the roadside, ready to go.

"Aaaaaaaahhhhhh!" the man was still screaming.

Perhaps due to the extreme pain, black smoke began to continuously emerge from his nostrils and ears.

"Good! Here you go!" Seeing that the man was not in a good state, Zhang Zhidong directly threw the man towards the knight.

The knight opened his arms and caught the man perfectly, completing a very standard princess carry.

Then, Zhang Zhidong, soaking wet, also jumped out of the river and onto the road.

"Great! Mission accomplished!" He waved to An Chen and Jiu Ge opposite him, his smile radiant.

The knight beside her maintained the standard princess carry posture.

The man in her arms had been knocked unconscious by the water.

"It's a bit too much for my eyes..." An Chen couldn't help but complain as he looked at the scene before him.

“Indeed…” Jiuge nodded.

She felt there was something strange about the scene before her.

"They won't die even if we don't save them," Xiao Xiao suddenly said, sitting down on the ground.

"Huh?" Jiuge and Anchen turned around abruptly to look at Xiaoxiao.

"Are you sending us intelligence?" An Chen was both amused and exasperated.

He had suspected that Xiaoxiao was the culprit, and also considered many possibilities such as that Xiaoxiao was unable to tell the truth because they were on opposing sides.

Now, An Chen has finally lowered his guard and maintained his composure, but Xiao Xiao has given up and started to self-destruct.

"Hmph, I don't have bad intentions, and I'm not a bad kid, so there's no problem with me telling the truth." Xiao Xiao pouted and snorted.