It is said that there are a total of eighteen external forces that cause corpse transformation, and corresponding to this, there will be eighteen completely different corpse transformation results! For example, zombies, blood corpses, gloom corpses, flesh corpses, and walking corpses.
Among them, the most fierce are zombies and blood corpses, and the ones with the greatest grievance are gloom corpses. As for flesh corpses and walking corpses, they are basically harmless, at most scaring people a little.
In the western part of Hunan, there has long been a tradition of driving away corpses, and the "corpses" driven away here are actually walking corpses. Each person driving away the corpses holds a kind of herb derived from the Miao family, passed down through the ages. As long as this herb is applied to the nose and mouth of the "intermediate body" at night, the corpse can continue to walk like an ordinary person. However, they cannot speak or think, and can only obediently follow the instructions of the person driving away the corpse, performing some simple movements.
This is the origin of the term "walking dead".
"That's not right!"
My eyes grew increasingly suspicious, and I hurriedly asked, "Even if there were to be a corpse transformation, shouldn't it wait until tonight, the 'seventh night'? Why is it happening in broad daylight..."
"It is indeed unusual, as you said, Feng Chen has been dead for almost seven days, the possibility of feigning death is almost negligible. And even if there were to be a corpse transformation, it should wait until the arrival of the 'seventh night.' So why..."
Old Zhang also looked puzzled, and seeing Zhang Ge's anxious expression, he waved his hand, "Never mind, let's stop talking about this... We'll understand everything once we get there!"
"Okay, let's go!"
Without any hesitation, the three of us quickly rushed to the scene of the incident.
According to Zhang Ge, after Captain Han returned to the police station, he immediately found Huang Pangzi and asked him to urgently approve the cremation of Feng Chen's body. As I had expected, Huang Pangzi was not a fool. After deliberately causing trouble for Captain Han for about half an hour, he finally approved the immediate cremation of Feng Chen's body. But he demanded that Captain Han should take full responsibility if the deceased's family members pursued the matter.
At this point, Captain Han could not care less about these issues. Holding the approval letter, he quickly called a few colleagues and rushed Feng Chen's body from the morgue to the nearest Wulichong crematorium!
However, just as they arrived at the crematorium, an unexpected incident suddenly occurred... The corpse, which had shown no abnormality until now, suddenly moved!
Captain Han did not tell Zhang Ge the specific details over the phone, only mentioning that the situation was extremely urgent and asking him to quickly ask me and Xia Xiaoyi for help.
"Quick! Call Captain Han again and ask for the specific situation over there!"
After getting into the car, I felt increasingly uneasy, so I quickly asked Zhang Ge to call Captain Han again.
However, after the call was connected, no one answered on the other end!
I became increasingly anxious and urged the driver, "Mister, please drive faster, we have an urgent matter to attend to!"
"I can't...,"
The driver shook his head helplessly and pointed to the surveillance camera ahead, "This road is monitored. If we get caught, I'll have worked for nothing today..."
After hearing this, I quickly glanced at Zhang Ge. He immediately understood and pulled out his credentials, "Police handling a case! Speed up, I'll take responsibility if anything happens!"
"Alright! Hold on tight!"
The driver was a young man in his twenties, with some dreams of "speed and passion" deep in his heart. Now that a police officer had backed him, he had no reservations! He stepped on the gas pedal, and the old, worn-out Santana suddenly felt like a racing car.
"Vroom... Vroom..."
Straight through the traffic, in what is normally a journey of almost an hour, at present in peak hours, he managed to cover the entire distance in about forty minutes.
As soon as we got off the car, I saw many onlookers gathered at the entrance of the crematorium. They all looked panicked but were fixedly staring at the crematorium!
Ah... they simply can't resist a good show with their lives, can they...
Finally making our way through the crowd, I discovered Xiao Wu maintaining order at the entrance of the crematorium. When he saw us, Xiao Wu was so overjoyed that he was close to tears. He temporarily ignored his duty and hurried over to us, saying, "You're finally here! Quickly, Captain Han and the others have been stuck inside for over half an hour!"
Zhang Ge's expression changed, and he hurriedly asked, "Where are they now?"
"They are in the morgue of the funeral parlor!"
Xiao Wu quickly pointed in the direction of the funeral parlor and looked anxious, "But the iron gate has been locked from the inside, and there are no other entrances inside the funeral parlor..."
Before he could finish, I quickly interrupted him, "Don't worry about that, just take us there!"
"Okay!"
We hurried to the mortuary, and as he said, the funeral parlor only had this one entrance. And now, this only entrance had been locked by a heavy iron gate!
Considering the thickness of the iron gate, unless we found professional tools to force it open, it would be impossible to enter through this gate.
"What do we do?"
Zhang Ge and Xiao Wu instinctively looked at me, and I quickly looked over at Old Zhang. To my surprise, when I looked around, I realized that Old Zhang had disappeared!
"Hey vandals! What are you waiting for, come up here quickly!"
Just as I was puzzled and looked around, I suddenly heard Old Zhang's voice in my ears. Following the sound, I realized that Old Zhang had already climbed to the exhaust port on the second floor? He suddenly kicked, and several rusty steel bars above broke apart!
Good grief, when did he make his move? Isn't this action a bit too swift? Is this a scene from "Bullet Brain"?
"Wow!"
Hearing Old Zhang's urging, I couldn't help but quickly climb up. Zhang Ge was about to follow, but I loudly stopped him, "Don't follow, stay here!"
Having said that, I finally climbed up to the vent, and then quickly followed Old Zhang and jumped in through the window.
As soon as I landed, I heard a rapid gunfire, which immediately relieved my anxiety. Since there was still gunfire, it meant that Captain Han and the others should still be alive.
"Quick! They are on the first floor!"
After saying that, Old Zhang went straight to the staircase on the second floor. Without any hesitation, I quickly followed, heading directly toward the direction of the gunfire!
Just as I ran to the stairs, I suddenly heard a series of "creaking" sounds coming from the adjacent conference room. This sound was eerie to listen to, and it almost seemed like the sound of someone chewing food!
This is a funeral home, and upon hearing this chewing sound, I almost instinctively associated it with the scenes of zombies gnawing on bodies in movies! A chill ran down my spine, and I couldn't help but grab Mr. Zhang's arm and tremblingly ask, "Did you... did you hear that?"
"Of course, I'm not deaf, how could I not hear it?"
Mr. Zhang gave me a sharp look, then decisively said, "Never mind that, saving people is the priority!"
"Okay!"
I came here to save people, so naturally I wouldn't oppose it. I quickly followed Mr. Zhang as he rushed down the stairs.
However, when we finally reached the ground floor, it was eerily quiet, not a sound to be heard.
"Be careful, since there was gunfire, it means they must have encountered something..."
While speaking, Mr. Zhang quickly took out a bag of glutinous rice and filled his pockets, then tossed the remaining half bag to me. "We still need to build the foundation tomorrow, so unless absolutely necessary, do not use the child's brow and true yang saliva again! It will damage your yang energy, which is difficult to restore in the short term!"
"Okay, understood!"
Nodding, I quickly took the bag of glutinous rice and followed Mr. Zhang step by step as we walked forward.