Corpse Recovery Diver-Chapter 530 - 97_5

Beside her, a thick python coiled, while beneath, several thinner snakes lay.

The audience in this tent was twice the number that had been in the Flower Vase Girl’s performance.

The children’s gaze lay on the snakes, while the adults’ eyes were fixed on the woman.

Li Zhiyuan, hugging a big rabbit plushie, watched the woman closely.

Threads of black aura that ordinary people couldn’t see enveloped her body, not so much of an evil spirit’s possession, but rather a sort of infiltrating taint.

"Watch closely now."

Sister Rou, lying on a mosquito-net draped bed, spoke up, and then reached out to grab a small snake beside her, allowing it to enter her nostril, and after a while, it slithered out from her mouth.

A gasp of shock immediately arose from the spectators, who found it terrifying.

Subsequently, the python, which had been lazily sprawled not moving much, began to slither over the woman’s body, climbed atop her head, raised slowly, and flicked its tongue.

The woman’s eyes moved in unison with the snake’s gaze, scanning over everyone present.

Li Zhiyuan noticed that they paused ever so slightly when their sweep fell on a child.

Unexpectedly to Li Zhiyuan, in the end, both the woman and the python turned towards him. frёeweɓηovel_coɱ

Li Zhiyuan pretended to be scared, raising the rabbit plushie he was holding to block his line of sight.

In reality, the woman hadn’t noticed anything unusual about Li Zhiyuan; she simply thought that this child was rather good-looking.

The kid must be a little over ten years old, not a very good target for abductors.

For human traffickers, boys under five were preferable, fetching a high price, in high demand, and easily offloaded.

Their memories weren’t fully developed; after being raised awhile, they’d forget their past and regard their buyers as their birth parents.

"Little brother, don’t be scared, hehe," Sister Rou called out.

Others also turned their gaze towards him.

Li Zhiyuan stealthily peeked out from behind the rabbit plushie, confirmed that the others hadn’t noticed anything special about him, raised the rabbit again, and then shook his head while retreating until he simply left the performance tent.

He didn’t want to come into direct contact with its periphery until he was clear about Granny Yu’s position.

Because his goal was Granny Yu, even if he killed many of her subordinates, she would continue to hound him relentlessly under the influence of the river.

Tan Wenbin: "Hahaha, Xiao Yuan, why are you so scared?"

Tan Wenbin laughed and followed outside.

Lin Shuyou, lacking such performance talents, could only pretend helplessness, shaking his head and following along.

Laughter emanated from inside the tent; everyone thought it was normal. Not just kids - many adults would be scared in the presence of so many snakes.

Sister Rou didn’t mind, and picked up another thin snake, resuming her performance.

After Tan Wenbin and Lin Shuyou came out to regroup, the trio began walking towards the performing stage that was being constructed.

Li Zhiyuan: "That woman is problematic; from what we can clearly see now, she’s the only one. Other employees in the circus seem to be ordinary people. When the real action starts, we need to watch her movements."

Lin Shuyou replied seriously: "I got it."

"No, you don’t have to remember her. Brother Binbin, you focus on that woman. If she shows up when we take action, it’s your job to hold her off."

With Run Sheng and Yin Meng absent this time, Tan Wenbin, tasked with such a vital role for the first time, was thrilled. He raised his hand to his forehead, flicked it forward and then stomped his foot:

"Loyalty!"

By now, quite a few spectators had gathered to watch the construction of the performance stage.

Upon his arrival, Li Zhiyuan immediately spotted a problem: the temporary foundation for this performance stage was a bit too robust.

Those wooden stakes wrapped in oil paper clearly had a special purpose, and judging by their specific arrangement, they were obviously part of a preliminary layout for an Array that induced hallucinations.

However, the circus workers clearly had no knowledge of Arrays, and seemed to be blindly following instructions, with someone in the middle holding a blueprint, constantly directing others to adjust the location of the stakes.

As they set up, Li Zhiyuan thought about how to modify the setup.

Nobody understanding Arrays was advantageous; he didn’t have to consider hiding his actions and could directly place a miniature Array within the big one to take control.

Confronting someone knowledgeable would be akin to carrying a shining light bulb at night. Yet to those unaware, it was merely an ordinary bulb in a trash heap during daylight.

While observing the row of small tents behind the performance stage, a white, insulated tent in the central area caught Li Zhiyuan’s attention.

It was almost as if it needed a banner that read: There’s a problem here!

Daytime was not suitable for taking action nor for setting up; hence, they would have to wait for the quiet of the late night.

For the time being, the trio needed to find a place to rest and confer.

Regrettably, there were no nearby hotels to rent a room, but there was a building across the street with a sign for massage and physiotherapy displayed on the second-floor balcony, from which one could observe the entire circus.

They crossed the street and arrived at the shop entrance, which contained just a solitary massage table, while five heavily made-up women sat on a sofa beside it.

Tan Wenbin slapped his forehead: "Oh shoot, this is not the proper venue."

His meaning implied asking Brother Xiao Yuan if they could find another place.

But all surrounding the building were single-story shops with poor observation angles.

Seeing that Li Zhiyuan was silent, Tan Wenbin went inside. After some negotiation, he gestured for Li Zhiyuan and Lin Shuyou to come in.

The three went upstairs, followed by two masseuses.

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