Chapter 58: New Patch
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In the wilderness.

The tricycle cart convoy traveled along the bumpy ground, rattling and shaking, causing Mia, seated on a cart, to feel dizzy and nauseous. Every bone in her body ached from the bumpy journey.

She could endure the physical discomfort by gritting her teeth, but the mental stress was pushing her to the brink of crumbling.

Clutching her small bundle of belongings tightly, Mia tried to curl up her legs to find some comfort. Her face was pale, and goosebumps were all over her skin.

Beside her feet… were several rolled-up bundles of cloth.

Due to the limited space in the cart, these bundles weren't just pressed against Mia's legs but were also touching the legs of the other four women riding in the same cart.

As the cart jolted along, the clacking sound of bones knocking occasionally sounded.

Mia gripped her bundle of belongings tightly as she kept her attention on these seemingly casually wrapped bones, afraid to look away…

Of the other four women traveling with Mia, the youngest was already in her mid-thirties. Years of non-stop weaving had severely damaged their eyesight, and their physical strength was greatly diminished from prolonged sitting. Although the women knew that the things sharing the cart with them were unusually eerie, none of them had the energy to protest. And after a short while of bouncing up and down, they dozed off in succession.

Only Mia, who was relatively young, faced this alone.

If these were ordinary skeletal remains, Mia wouldn't be this afraid.

Those who lived a life of poverty and struggled to survive weren't startled by much. Many times, Mia had seen people starve to death in their homes, and their remains carried out and discarded. She had also seen fellow commoners sent back from the plantations with their bodies completely mangled.

The problem, however, was that these skeletal remains seemingly wrapped up casually were far from ordinary…

While she was all tensed up, one of the rolled-up bundles at the bottom of the cart suddenly expanded, causing Mia to shudder uncontr

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