Chapter 416 - Expansion of the Morgue (1/2)

Translator: Lonelytree  Editor: Millman97

The reason Chen Ge came to find Zhang Li was because the security guard had been acting weirdly inside the Haunted House, and Chen Ge believed that the man had experienced something unique before. Zhang Li’s somberness came from his soul; he should be hiding many secrets that he could not share with others in his heart. Being stared by Chen Ge, Zhang Li was nervous. His lips opened several times, but he made no sound.

“Please don’t be hesitant, tell me everything you’ve seen and heard.” The more Zhang Li acted like this, the more curious Chen Ge became.

“It’s not that I don’t want to, but I’m afraid you won’t believe me even if I do.” Zhang Li took out a cigarette from his pocket and asked, “Do you mind?”

“Of course not, this is your place. Don’t mind me.”

After he got Chen Ge’s approval, Zhang Li lit the cigarette and took a deep puff. He enjoyed the feeling of the smoke filling up his lungs; it was as if only then would he be able to forget these annoying problems. The smoke escaped from his lips, and the first words Zhang Li said already grabbed Chen Ge’s attention. “The cadavers down in the underground morgue know how to move on their own.”

“Moving corpses‽”

“That’s not even the scariest thing.” Zhang Li’s arm trembled slightly. “When I first took up the guard post at Western Jiujiang Medical University, the school was in the middle of expanding the underground morgue. The pools that were originally used to store the cadavers had to stop their usage, and the admin planned to make a more advanced mortuary. The morgue is underground, so the work was hard.

“Initially, the school planned to transform the largest morgues at the deepest part of the place, they wanted to crack open the cadaver pools and redo everything. They hired a professional team to handle it, and the renovation was scheduled to finish in less than half a month. However, on the second day of the renovation, an accident happened.

“When one of the workers was cleaning the Formalin inside the pool, he accidentally fell into the pool. The pool was not deep, but the worker was simply unable to climb out. He said there were many hands holding him back, refusing to let him go.” Zhang Li soon finished the cigarette. He shrugged and said, “The large cadaver pools were similar to the open bathing pools that were common in the past; however, the liquid in the pool was brownish in color and opaque. You could only see the cadaver’s limbs, back and hair floating above water.”

“What happened to the worker that fell into the pool?” Chen Ge was more curious about that.

“There was a metal hook used to fish the cadavers out from the water. The workers who were present dropped the hook into the pool and had the man who fell in grab the hook. With the cooperation of many people, they finally fished him out of the water.” Zhang Li lit another cigarette. He was a heavy smoker, especially when he was thinking about those dark memories stored in the back of his mind. “When the man fell into the pool, he accidentally swallowed a mouthful of the formalin, and thus, he was quickly rushed to the hospital to have his stomach pumped. The man was fine, but I heard that after he recovered, something was wrong with his mind. He was simply not the same anymore.”

“Do you still have contact with that man? Did he say anything before he went insane?”

“I’m not sure, this was already so long ago. But if you really need to know, I can help you ask around at the school. Don’t keep your hopes up though.”