Chapter 379 - Envy (1/2)
Translator: Lonelytree Editor: Millman97
The corridor was long, and the walls on both sides were painted white. Every few meters was a rusted steel door, and aged police tape was sealed off each of the doors. “We’ve been here several times already, but we never did notice that this is a corridor used to transport cadavers.”
Some medical schools had pathways specifically used to transport cadavers. This type of special pathway was usually underground, and the floor would be flat to ease transportation. The other obvious feature was the layer of white paint on the walls. Other than that, there was not any special decoration.
“Let’s stop wasting time standing here. Let’s get to the storeroom.” Liu Xianxian pulled on Ma Yin’s arm and led her down the right corridor. The left led to the underground morgue, and the right was a normal storeroom where various abandoned equipment had been left. The two walked down the corridor for some time when Ma Yin heard footsteps coming from behind them. She stopped and used the flashlight on the camera to shine behind her.
“Xiao Yin, what’s wrong?”
“Someone seems to be following us.” Ma Yin was not sure herself because when she tried to focus on the noise, the footsteps disappeared again.
“You must be mistaken.” Liu Xianxian forced an unnatural smile. Facing fear with a smile, that had become her habit.
“Let’s get into the storeroom first. There’s nowhere to hide in this corridor.” Ma Yin and Liu Xianxian increased in speed until they reached the first turn in the corridor. There was a scratched wooden door. The lock was seriously broken, and there were various black scratches on the door. The most curious thing was that someone had carved the word ‘Paradise’ on the door.
“This is weird. Before we left, I remember us closing the door.” The door was half-open like someone had gone in while they were away.
“Be careful.” Ma Yin placed both of her hands on the wooden door to push it open. She stopped at the door and did not rush in. The girl might appear that way, but she was more careful than she looked. She used her phone to scan every corner in the room, but there was nothing out of the ordinary.
“This time, we should stick together instead of separating.” Ma Yin took care of Liu Xianxian, walking in front. The block had been sealed up for quite some time already, so logically speaking, the place should have been deserted. Yet, weirdly enough, there was little dust. It was as if someone still went there to clean the place every so often.
Most of the abandoned equipment for Jiujiang Medical University was placed there, including almost every manner of thing imaginable. There were many vails on the racks, and some of them had viscous red liquid inside, like they were preserved human organ.
There were many similar things. If this was a normal person, they would have turned around and left immediately, but as medical students, Ma Yin and Liu Xianxian did not think any of that was scary.
Along the rows of racks, the stuff inside was messier. There were abandoned fire extinguishers, broken photocopiers and computers, and unused tables and chairs piled up in the corner. There were reports stuck inside the drawers, and broken gym equipment sat on the chairs. Further into the storeroom, there were drama costumes abandoned by the drama society, canvases given up by the arts society, and a lot of other junk. When the university moved campus, most of the junk had been deposited down there.
“I’ve asked the people at the new campus. Before the move, a few of the societies left the more difficult to deal with pieces for the school to deal with. To save money, the school left them in this underground storeroom.” Ma Yin walked ahead and used her phone to search amid the mountain of rubbish. “The only society that I can think of that would have any use for statue and sculpture is the arts society, so we should focus on this section tonight.”
After taking a few more steps, Ma Yin realized that Liu Xianxian was still standing where she was. “What’s wrong with you?”