Chapter 425 - Morgue No. 8 (1/2)

Translator: Lonelytree  Editor: Millman97

“You’re trying to blame this on me? If not for you forcing me to carry the bucket, this would not have happened,” Li Jiu complained. He tried to wipe his hand on his shirt, but it did not have much effect. If anything, the red dots only got deeper in color.

“Stop wasting time. Come over and help. We’ll leave after we’re done. Why is this blasted place so cold?” Brother Wei walked ahead and held the buckets as he walked down the corridor following the map in his memory. They would pass a door that led to a morgue every few meters along the white corridor, and the number would be painted on the door. The two walked past Morgue No. 6 and then 7. Just as they were continuing to move forward, Li Jiu suddenly pulled on Brother Wei’s shirt.

“What is it this time?” Brother Wei glared at Li Jiu with impatience. Standing where he was, Li Jiu flashed the flashlight at the door next to Morgue No. 7.

“When we entered this place earlier, there is a wall next to Morgue No. 7, right?”

“I can’t really remember, why?” Brother Wei’s voice sounded pressed because it came out from behind the mask.

“Look at this. Why is there another morgue next to Morgue No. 7? Is it a new addition?” Li Jiu did not dare move forward anymore. “There is such a thick layer of dust on the doorknob, so this must have been built some time ago. How come I have no memory of it?”

“Stop scaring yourself. You probably remember the wrong details.” Brother Wei walked past Morgue No. 7 and stopped before the extra morgue. The morgue’s door looked the same as the doors that preceded it. The unclear number was the only difference, like someone had scratched it out with nails.

“Shall we go in to take a look?” Brother Wei searched his mind, and he did remember that Morgue No. 7 was supposed to be the last morgue.

“If you want to go, you need to go in alone. I don’t dare.” Li Jiu shook his head as he held the flashlight.

“Why are you so easily scared? We probably handle even more dead bodies at the crematorium every day than what’s down here, so why are you acting like this?” Brother Wei said that, but in reality, his heart was shaking as well. He skipped over this topic and picked up his pace as he ran past the extra morgue.

“Wait for me!” Li Jiu chased after Brother Wei, and something unexpected happened. The distance between Brother Wei and Li Jiu increased. Just as Li Jiu was about to run past the morgue, the steel door of the morgue opened on its own. It was very sudden, like someone from within had pushed it open.

Li Jiu was already shaking in his boots. The sudden movement of the door scared him, and he yelped in fear. Hearing that, Brother Wei stopped and turned to look. When he saw that the door was open, his face blanched. “Why did you go and open the door? If you have time to go sight-seeing, why don’t you come over to help me?”

Brother Wei lectured Li Jiu, but the latter was feeling wronged as well. “The door opened on its own; I didn’t even touch it.”

He glanced into the room, and the moment he did, his body froze with his eyes locked in a certain direction.

“What’s wrong with you now?” Brother Wei had been partners with Li Jiu for years already. He knew his colleague well; he was not someone who was into pranks. He put down the buckets and walked to stand beside Li Jiu and look into the morgue.

In a glass tube not far from the door was a body soaked in liquid, and the scariest thing was that the body’s eyes were open.