Three hundred years ago, in District Twenty-One of the Chana Empire.
Late at night, the cemetery's silence was shattered by wave after wave of a child's cries.
The gravedigger in charge of the cemetery, Luo Kangyou, picked up his shovel and slowly followed the sound.
Abandoned infants were common in this era of poor contraceptive technology. Many women who became pregnant unexpectedly and could not afford to raise a child had no choice but to abandon it. Luo Kangyou had already found two abandoned infants before.
Of course, he could not raise them. He could only leave the babies to fend for themselves.
But this time was different.
Following the cries, Luo Kangyou found that they were coming from a grave that had only been completed that morning. The sound was coming from beneath the mound of earth.
"This..."
Luo Kangyou dug open the mound and opened the coffin, only to discover that the pregnant woman who had just been buried had given birth to an infant after her death.
"An evil creature!"
Luo Kangyou raised his shovel, preparing to execute the unclean infant, but suddenly remembered something and stopped. He immediately picked up the baby, refilled the grave, and acted as though nothing had happened.
Luo Kangyou raised the infant in the cemetery, watching him grow day by day, and named him Luo Zhong.
At just five years old, Luo Zhong could already carry a torch and help Luo Kangyou patrol the cemetery.
Moreover, Luo Zhong had been quiet and taciturn from birth. He never spoke to anyone besides Luo Kangyou, nor did he ask who his mother was... He was exceptionally well-behaved and helped Luo Kangyou reduce his workload considerably.
The abnormality occurred in the eighth year.
After working in the cemetery for many years, Luo Kangyou was