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Corpse Retriever

Chapter 74.3: The Threshold · Nov 08, 2026

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251 Chapter 65.4: The Thing That Returned Home 2026-11-08
252 Chapter 66: The Second Layer 2026-11-08
253 Chapter 66.2: The Second Layer 2026-11-08
254 Chapter 66.3: The Second Layer 2026-11-08
255 Chapter 66.4: The Second Layer 2026-11-08
256 Chapter 67.2: The Bed or the Door 2026-11-08
257 Chapter 67.3: The Bed or the Door 2026-11-08
258 Chapter 67.4: The Bed or the Door 2026-11-08
259 Chapter 68: Return from the Deep 2026-11-08
260 Chapter 68.2: Return from the Deep 2026-11-08
261 Chapter 68.3: Return from the Deep 2026-11-08
262 Chapter 68.4: Return from the Deep 2026-11-08
263 Chapter 69: Walking the Shade 2026-11-08
264 Chapter 69.2: Walking the Shade 2026-11-08
265 Chapter 69.3: Walking the Shade 2026-11-08
266 Chapter 69.4: Walking the Shade 2026-11-08
267 Chapter 70: A Proper Send-Off 2026-11-08
268 Chapter 70.2: A Proper Send-Off 2026-11-08
269 Chapter 70.3: A Proper Send-Off 2026-11-08
270 Chapter 70.4: A Proper Send-Off 2026-11-08
271 Chapter 71: Nine Bends River 2026-11-08
272 Chapter 71.2: Nine Bends River 2026-11-08
273 Chapter 72: Homecoming 2026-11-08
274 Chapter 72.2: Homecoming 2026-11-08
275 Chapter 72.3: Homecoming 2026-11-08
276 Chapter 72.4: Homecoming 2026-11-08
277 Chapter 73: You Make Me Sick, Li Lan 2026-11-08
278 Chapter 73.2: You Make Me Sick, Li Lan 2026-11-08
279 Chapter 74: The Threshold 2026-11-08
280 Chapter 74.2: The Threshold 2026-11-08
281 Chapter 74.3: The Threshold 2026-11-08
282 Chapter 74.4: The Threshold 2026-11-08
283 Chapter 75: One Hundred Days 2026-11-08
284 Chapter 75.2: One Hundred Days 2026-11-08
285 Chapter 75.3: One Hundred Days 2026-11-08
286 Chapter 75.4: One Hundred Days 2026-11-08
287 Chapter 76: The Song on the Road 2026-11-08
288 Chapter 76.2: The Song on the Road 2026-11-08
289 Chapter 77: The Spirit by the Lake 2026-11-08
290 Chapter 77.2: The Spirit by the Lake 2026-11-08
291 Chapter 77.3: The Spirit by the Lake 2026-11-08
292 Chapter 77.4: The Spirit by the Lake 2026-11-08
293 Chapter 78: The Most Direct Threat 2026-11-08
294 Chapter 78.2: The Most Direct Threat 2026-11-08
295 Chapter 78.3: The Most Direct Threat 2026-11-08
296 Chapter 78.4: The Most Direct Threat 2026-11-08
297 Chapter 79: Layers of the Game 2026-11-08
298 Chapter 79.2: Layers of the Game (2) 2026-11-08
299 Chapter 79.3: Layers of the Game (2) 2026-11-08
300 Chapter 79.4: Layers of the Game (2) 2026-11-08

After acing his final exams, Tan Yunlong bought him a pager. Ever since, he’d kept it clipped to his belt, even buying a new pair of jeans and a leather belt from town just to match it.

Runsheng asked, “Did your dad page you in the face or something?”

“Heh, you’re just jealous,” Tan Wenbin smirked, jutting his hips forward and crab-walking down the dam path.

The move drew chuckles from both Yin Meng behind him and Liu Yumei, who was sipping tea on the dam.

Tan Wenbin jogged to Aunt Zhang’s convenience store to return a call. Moments later, he came running back and shouted toward Li Zhuiyuan, who was still in the field setting off firecrackers with Ah Li:

“Xiaoyuan-ge, my dad said the precinct’s sending someone to pick you and Great-Grandpa Li up. They’ve got a strange corpse and want you to take a look.”

“Okay,” Li Zhuiyuan nodded and left the field with Ah Li. They washed their hands at the well on the dam.

“Want me to fetch Great-Grandpa Li?” Tan Wenbin offered.

Liu Jinxia had hired Li Sanjiang for a job—he hadn’t returned yet.

“No need,” said Li Zhuiyuan. “We can handle it.”“Alright.” Tan Wenbin agreed—whether Great-Grandpa came or not made little difference.

Runsheng asked, “Xiaoyuan, should we go too?”

“If we need you guys, I’ll call.”

“Got it.” Runsheng headed down the dam, tore open a pack of firecrackers, and pulled out the fuses.

Soon, a police tricycle came rumbling in. Tan Wenbin waved and called out “Uncle Liu!” as he helped Li Zhuiyuan onto the vehicle.

After they left, Yin Meng lit a joss stick, then sparked off a two-stage firecracker.

“Bang... pop!”

Once the smoke cleared, Yin Meng turned to Runsheng.

“Tell me, why is it so peaceful around here?”

Runsheng pointed toward the house with the big-bearded man. “Xiaoyuan says something big is lying over there. Still alive.”

“When will it die?”

“No idea. Doesn’t really matter. One more semester and Xiaoyuan’s off to college. Just hang in there.”

…

Meanwhile, on the tricycle, Tan Wenbin kept rubbing his fingers. After a big scare, the long calm had started to feel stifling.

At the station, Tan Yunlong came out personally to greet them.

Tan Wenbin pulled out two cigarettes—one for Uncle Liu, the tricycle driver, and the other for Tan Yunlong.

“Here, Captain Tan, have a smoke.”

Tan Yunlong took it. “Back to smoking again?”

“Nah,” Tan Wenbin grinned, slipping the pack into his pocket. “It’s almost New Year. Great-Grandpa gave it to me.”

“Xiaoyuan, with me.”

“Sure thing, Uncle Tan.”

Tan Yunlong led Li Zhuiyuan toward the forensics room. Tan Wenbin followed without hesitation.

“Captain Tan, this is...” The young female forensic officer, Little Wang, was visibly surprised to see two boys walk in.

She remembered discussing corpse retrieval once with an elderly expert who had offered many insights. Wasn’t he the one they were supposed to call this time?

“Start, Forensic Wang,” said Tan Yunlong without further explanation.

She led them to a gurney, hand gripping the sheet. But still she hesitated.

“Captain Tan, are you sure? I’m worried they’ll be frightened.”

Tan Wenbin shrugged. “Come on, it’s just Giant Corpse Syndrome. Nothing major.”

Even though the corpse was covered, its bloated feet were visible, proof it had been waterlogged for some time.

“It’s more than that.” Forensic Wang lifted the sheet, revealing a bloated body with a gaping hole in the chest, like someone had scooped out a chunk of pork jelly.

She expected the boys to recoil—but instead, they leaned in from either side, fascinated.

“Whoa, this is wild, Yuanzi-ge.”

“Mm.”

“What’s this round scoop in the middle? Could it be that?”

“No.”

“Then that?”

“Also no.”

Forensic Wang stood there, completely lost.

Tan Yunlong shot his son a glare. “Use human words.”

Tan Wenbin huffed. “That’s what happens when you don’t read.”

Tan Yunlong: “…”

Seeing his father genuinely annoyed, Tan Wenbin quickly added, “Dad, it’s a technical term I learned from Great-Grandpa.”

He’d read Strange Records of the Jianghu and had first thought of “child-parent Dead Sinkers” and “parasitic Dead Sinkers”—but Li Zhuiyuan had ruled both out.

Li Zhuiyuan pointed to a green thread in the hollowed chest.

Forensic Wang said, “Waterweed?”

Li Zhuiyuan shook his head. “Not waterweed. Animal hair.”

Tan Yunlong asked, “Wang, you didn’t run any tests?”

“I...” She looked embarrassed. “It was my oversight. I didn’t notice.”

“Uncle Tan, where was the body found?”

“Tongxing River. We’ve already sent people upstream to look into recent disappearances of middle-aged men.”

“Is upstream closer to us or downstream?” asked Li Zhuiyuan.

“What do you mean?” Tan Yunlong looked confused.

Tan Wenbin interjected, “Xiaoyuan, I know that river. It flows past us first, then toward the next town.”

“Uncle Tan,” said Li Zhuiyuan, “then search downstream. Not upstream.”

“You think the body drifted against the current?”

“Mm. A boat might’ve carried it upstream. It’s possible.”

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