Chen Nian's skeletal remains had been soaked in sewage or corpse water for about two years. Even if she had regularly drunk milk to strengthen her bones as a young person, by now they would have likely deteriorated. Using a magnifying glass, pits and indentations on the bone surface were inevitable.
This differed from the bones of pigs, cows, and sheep we commonly see. Those pigs that make their way to countless homes from the market, most of them are between 8 to 12 months old. The sheep are a bit older, akin to just having completed a summer school session, and most of the cows are around three years old, hence they appear more robust. Regardless of the species, their bones are still much younger than those of a human in their twenties, and so are naturally smoother and more polished.
It was only after confirming the presence of scratch marks that Jiang Yuan and his team took up the magnifying glass to meticulously search, inch by inch.
