The Faceless Corpse
"It's a bit narrow in here, can you squeeze in?"
Wu Wen had already climbed into the ventilation duct, and the faint sound came out along with the water droplets between the other person's toes.
"It should be fine."
With the restoration of the Hell System, Luo Di's control over his body reached its peak. Under the movement of the Old Spine, all the bones in his body contracted, and the muscles also compressed and shrank.
This allows his body to fit perfectly into the pipe and crawl normally.
Even if the pipe were twice as small, Luo Di could still move. He could even cut off his limbs and wriggle only by the gray tentacles that grew from between his flesh.
However, the scene seemed to have transcended the realm of humanity.
There's a problem here because of the order in which they enter the pipe.
Luo Di couldn't look ahead.
Whenever he looked up, all he could see were Wu Wen's wet long legs and shorts. Staring at them for a long time, he could even vaguely glimpse some details inside the wet shorts.
Do not look at what is improper.
Luo Di barely raised his head the whole time, just crawled along without saying a word.
Wu Wen, who was crawling in front, could naturally sense what was happening behind her. She knew very well that the other party had shifted their gaze and hadn't even glanced at her twice.
This made Wu Wen very curious.
She couldn't quite understand why there could be such a man in the corner, and she became more interested in Luo Di.
Half an hour later
Screw the ventilation duct cover gently from the inside.
Two figures landed silently.
"So there's no direct route to the morgue after all? By the way, it's so cold here..."
They weren't in the morgue, but in the same men's restroom. However, the temperature here was much lower, below minus thirty degrees Celsius.
Looking at the cold air he exhaled, Luo Di felt it was somewhat similar to Thick Fog. Perhaps due to psychological trauma, he quickly reduced his breathing rate and tried to minimize the amount of air he exhaled.
The back continuously supplied heat to the body, and even though Luo Di's body temperature was normal, he could still feel the extreme cold, a chill from the corpse.
"Let's go out and take a look."
Judging from the distance they crawled, this men's restroom must be very deep underground, and they shouldn't be far from their destination.
What did the two see out of the corner of their eye as they walked past the sink together?
It seemed as if an extra person, or rather a corpse, had appeared between the mirrors, floating behind them.
Stop and turn your head.
When they looked directly into the mirror, there was nothing there, only their own staring expressions and the cold breaths they exhaled.
Sudden,
Luo Di felt a touch, a warm touch coming from his palm.
Wu Wen, who has always appeared very assertive and independent and took the lead as soon as she joined the team, has now taken the initiative to lead the way.
This touch was completely different from Mia's.
It was softer, wetter, and vaguely familiar... as if I had experienced something like that before.
At the same time, Wu Wen also brought her lips to her ear.
"Something's not right here. Let's keep our bodies in direct contact."
Extreme cold causes us to exhale cold air continuously, and regardless of whether this cold air is a type of 'fog', our brains will subconsciously engage in related thinking.
That's probably what caused what I just glimpsed.
To avoid being influenced by our thoughts, maintaining contact would be better; at least it would ensure we aren't separated.
"OK."
After leaving the men's restroom,
The outside passageway was just as cold.
No hospital staff were seen at the moment.
The end of this underground passage is not far away, with an iron gate closed, a red light on, and a piece of paper with red writing pasted on it.
[Danger Corpse Storage Area]
<Attention all Corpse Transporter transporting dangerous bodies: Once the electronic gate opens, you have only two minutes to place the body.>
If the person has not come out by the appointed time, the electronic door will automatically lock and close.
Each Corpse Transporter may enter the area only once a day.
Additionally, during the period of mortuary care,
Hear any sound
Seeing any image,
Feel any touch,
Do not respond.
Leave immediately!
If Luo Di were still the high school student he was back then, he might have been frightened. But the red warning in front of him was actually a good thing to him.
1. This indicates there are no hospital guards present, so there's no need to continue the disguise.
2. This unnatural eeriness suggests they've found the right place; the corpses inside might hold important clues related to the fog and remains.
Luo Di didn't linger and prepared to go straight in, but he felt a pulling sensation in his hand.
"What's wrong?"
"Should we reconsider the two-minute time limit? Once the door is closed, it might be difficult to open it again."
"We'll see. Let's act quickly. If we find what we're looking for, we'll leave immediately. If not, we'll keep looking. This is our only chance a day."
"OK."
Luo Di stepped forward and used the Corpse Transporter's badge to open the door.
Click!
A two-minute Countdown also started simultaneously.
The two paused briefly as soon as they stepped inside. The temperature here was -50 degrees Celsius, and even Luo Di needed to generate more hellish heat to keep warm.
What lies before us is not a separate morgue, but a straight "area passageway".
The morgues are arranged at equal intervals on the right [1-10].
Because there are no mandatory requirements for storing bodies, many trolleys carrying corpses are not even taken into the morgue, but are just parked randomly in the passageways, some even intersecting and blocking the way.
On the cart,
A white sheet covered most of the body.
The exposed toes were tagged with red labels bearing a very conspicuous "Danger" sign.
Luo Di quickly stepped forward and came to the nearest corpse, which should also have been delivered today.
The first thing he had to do was verify whether these supposedly dangerous corpses were the same as the people he had seen jumping off buildings.
Of course, Luo Di also took precautions mentally.
The Jaw Ripper was placed on its head, and its internal brain was also tightly wrapped with tentacles.
Wow!
Lift the white cloth.
The deceased was the girl who jumped off the building that Luo Di had seen this morning. The condition of the body was similar to what he had imagined, but also somewhat different.
The girl fell from the building and landed face down, resulting in her face being mangled and her skull being shattered and dented.
However, as Luo Di carefully examined the girl's head, he quickly confirmed that she indeed had no face.
It has no facial features whatsoever.
Even the eye sockets, nasal bridge, ear canals, and oral cavity structures have all degenerated.
Crackling sound~ As Luo Di tried to pry open the broken bones and flesh of his face with his tentacles, a deformed brain appeared before him.
Complete atrophy
It has a strip-shaped structure.
In terms of shape and outline, it looks about the same as a finger.
Just when Luo Di thought that the brain and facial features were both degenerate in the same way, the brain exposed to the air suddenly moved.
It bent like a finger.
Rolled up together,
The cerebral sulci gradually split open, revealing larger Crevice Structure, and began to "breathe spontaneously".
The entire brain seemed to come alive, exhaling pure white breath from the sulci... or rather, fog!
When this happens, whoosh!
The sword precisely severed the brain, and at the same time, a strange liquid appeared, dissolving the shattered Brain Tissue.
Only a small amount of white mist was released into the environment, and it did not cause any serious impact.
Just as Luo Di took out his Metal Bat, he looked at Wu Wen in surprise, not expecting her to be so fast.
The latter, however, gazed at the faceless corpse and softly revealed all the information she had obtained:
"The body tags don't even have names, so we can't confirm any specific information. It seems that the hospital doesn't take these newborn bodies that are sent in later very seriously anymore."
Let's go deep inside and look at those early corpses. Perhaps they still have specific personal information, and maybe we can find some clues.
"Oh right, I already wasted twenty seconds..."