Water Margin on the surface, Journey to the West at its core. When Chao Gai was struck by an arrow at Zengtou City, he clutched Zhang Mu's wrist as he lay dying. His pupils clouded over as he murmured, “They're watching... from up there...” Zhang Mu looked up to see the sky blanketed in dark clouds. After Song Jiang took over, he embarked on massive construction projects to build the Hall of Loyalty and Righteousness. Zhang Mu was tasked with surveying the foundations, and unearthed a large number of nonhuman skeletons, their skulls bearing single horns. When Song Jiang heard, he casually said, “Must be an old battlefield. Bury them again.”
