"Wuli Rush" Funeral Home is one of the earliest in Qianyang City. The facilities are old, and with the urban redevelopment, it is rarely open to the public and has been almost semi-closed.
If it weren't for the urgency, Captain Han would not have brought Feng Chen here directly.
However, when Mr. Zhang and I finally entered the morgue on the ground floor, I could clearly smell a thick and pungent odor of decay! And the further we went, the stronger the smell became, making it hard to breathe. Even in broad daylight, this place gave off an eerie feeling.
If it wasn't for saving people, even if you put a million here, I wouldn't want to come to this ghostly place.
"This doesn't seem right!"
Suddenly, Mr. Zhang unexpectedly stopped in his tracks, a serious expression on his face. "A level of decay like this is definitely not like an ordinary body's odor, it's more like the accumulation of many long-decayed corpses!"
"Huh?"
The atmosphere was already eerie enough to give me goosebumps, but Mr. Zhang's abrupt stop startled me! The glutinous rice in my hand almost spilled all over the floor.
Under normal circumstances, I would definitely have the urge to curse, but I didn't have that thought at all at the moment. Instead, I nervously asked, "Where are the people? Why is there no sound at all?"
"They should be ahead, that place is the cold storage room, where some uncremated bodies are usually stored! The gunfire just now came from that direction!"
Taking a deep breath, Mr. Zhang then pulled himself together and continued to walk forward.
"Ah—"
Suddenly, a terrified scream rang out! Then I saw a figure rushing straight out from around the corner not far ahead.
"Is it just a dead body?"
Muttering in suspicion, Mr. Zhang seemed to breathe a sigh of relief and without hesitation, grabbed a handful of glutinous rice and charged toward it.
I quickly followed, but as I turned the corner, Mr. Zhang, who was in front of me, suddenly flew backward, catching me off guard and I fell to the ground.
At that moment, a figure swiftly passed by me and ran straight in the direction of the stairs!
In that brief glance, the sight was so horrifying that I could hardly look at it! Judging by the physique, it was a middle-aged man, but he exuded a strong stench of decay. More importantly, his entire face had rotted, and there were clearly seven or eight bullet holes visible! The skin had peeled away, and almost half of his face had already fallen off!
"Damn! Is this the so-called zombie?"
Almost reflexively, I hurled the glutinous rice in my hand at him!
Crackling!
Like setting off firecrackers, the glutinous rice hitting the zombie's face was more effective than bullets. It immediately caused it to tremble, and wisps of smoke suddenly emanated from its body.
"Roar..."
My action had undoubtedly enraged it, and despite already being five meters away, it suddenly turned around and lunged at me, baring its teeth and claws!
Just then, I heard Mr. Zhang's poignant chanting in my ears, "There is no limit between heaven and earth, and all those facing battle array forward!"
After reciting the spell, Mr. Zhang quickly swung his peach wood sword, stabbing at the zombie's throat!
The thing wasn't dumb either; seeing Mr. Zhang's attack, it instinctively took two steps back. Meanwhile, I quickly got up and grabbed another handful of glutinous rice!
Mr. Zhang's action was even faster than mine. Although the zombie rapidly retreated, it still couldn't avoid his strike!
However, just as Mr. Zhang's sword was about to pierce the zombie's chest, the peach wood sword in his hand suddenly made a crisp sound and snapped into two pieces!
"Huh?"
Witnessing this scene, Mr. Zhang's expression changed drastically, and he seemed perplexed. Considering his previous confidence, he should have been able to handle this zombie. With this zombie's cultivation level, even if one sword couldn't kill it, it shouldn't have directly snapped the peach wood sword, right?
It was then that I suddenly remembered that the peach wood sword had already broken during our previous battle with the snake demon from the Liu family, and I had subsequently repaired it with strong glue for shoes!
Oh no, how could I forget about this?
"Roar..."
Seeing the peach wood sword break, the zombie roared again and slashed its dark nails fiercely toward Mr. Zhang's chest.
"You son of a b****!"
Without thinking too much, I quickly flung the glutinous rice in my hand and activated the dragon energy inside me. I roared at the zombie, "Get lost!"
The thunderous roar made even Mr. Zhang hurriedly cover his ears! Unexpectedly, the zombie, who had already rushed more than five meters away, was sent flying by my roar!
"Huh?"
My eyes were filled with disbelief. I had just realized that since waking up, the power of qi within my body had suddenly increased several times! As a result, the force of my dragon qi was much stronger than before.
"Your... your qi sensation, how...?"
Old Zhang also had a look of disbelief on his face, clearly even he had not anticipated it. At a critical moment, I unexpectedly unleashed such a powerful attack, which clearly did not match my current level of cultivation.
As we were both stunned, the zombie did not rush towards us again, but instead fled straight to the staircase.
Instinctively, I prepared to chase after it, but Old Zhang stopped me. "Don't chase after the poor enemy! It can't escape, the police should be inside! Let's save them first!"
After saying this, Old Zhang pulled me and rushed into the corner again. There was only one room at the corner, and at this moment, the door was wide open. It seemed that the zombie had rushed out from here!
"Captain Han! Are you in there? It's me, Wang Lin!"
Before entering the room, I quickly shouted inside to identify myself. Otherwise, they were all very tense at the moment, and if we barged in rashly, if they shot me, I wouldn't even have a chance to plead my case.
"I'm here, I'm here!"
Upon hearing my voice, Captain Han's pleasantly surprised voice immediately sounded inside the room. I quickly rushed in and found Captain Han and two other police officers huddled in a narrow corner, holding guns and trembling uncontrollably.
Seeing that it was indeed me, Captain Han breathed a sigh of relief and quickly stood up.
But I smelled a strong stench of urine and saw that the two police officers next to him had already wet themselves...
Apart from Captain Han, the other two police officers had already been scared out of their wits, looking disoriented. Even though I and Old Zhang came in, they seemed to be completely unaware.
"Alright! We're saved!"
Captain Han instinctively pulled the two police officers next to him, but as he did, the two officers, as if they had touched a raw nerve, subconsciously aimed their guns at Captain Han and pulled the trigger!
Thankfully, the guns were already empty, otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable.
"Sigh..."
Seeing the dreadful state of his colleagues, Captain Han did not get angry, but shook his head and walked towards me. Putting away his gun, he expressed his gratitude, "Fortunately, you arrived just in time, otherwise..."
"What about Feng Chen? Where is his body?"\"The two bodies that just rushed out were obviously not Feng Chen's, and it seemed that all of this was caused by Feng Chen. So, the first thing I asked after speaking was about the whereabouts of Feng Chen's body.
"I don't know! Just now, it seems like he caught a staffer here and then ran to the second floor! I was about to pursue, but was blocked by that person just now..."
"He took a staffer to the second floor?" Upon hearing this, I couldn't help but shiver and subconsciously thought of the chewing sound just now!
Could it be that the sound just now was Feng Chen gnawing on that...
The scene was too horrifying, I didn't dare to think about it and quickly looked at Old Zhang. Old Zhang, however, did not move at all and fixed his gaze on the left front position.
"Huh?" I also quickly looked over and was scared enough to take two steps back!
Coffin! It was another coffin!
Because I was worried about the safety of Captain Han and the others, I hadn't had a chance to survey the morgue since entering! It wasn't until now that I realized the entire morgue, except for where we were standing, was filled with coffins!
This scene was incredibly similar, almost identical to the "14th floor" of the provincial hospital!
The difference was that all the coffins here were intact and neatly arranged, mouth to mouth. It looked like there were at least a hundred coffins!
How could a funeral parlor have so many coffins?
A big question mark suddenly popped into my mind, and I couldn't help but glance at Old Zhang again.
Seeing my puzzled expression, Captain Han explained, "These coffins were all moved from the adjacent cemetery! The new construction of the ring road happens to pass through here, so the majority of the graves need to be relocated. Some of the deceased's families were unable to be located temporarily, so they are temporarily kept here."
"This..." After listening to Captain Han's explanation, I couldn't help but furrow my brows, "They should have cremated them early! Keeping so many coffins here, it's asking for trouble!"