Chapter 394: Fecal Examination (1/2)

”Human feces, dog food, and a piece of fresh meat,” I listed.

Once the feces were digested, a large amount of ammonia was released. The overpowering sour odor was too much for me to bear. I felt my eyes tear up.

Fortunately, we had each consumed a Mind Clearing Pill so the effects were stifled. Nausea varied from person to person. Without the psychological stimulation, we wouldn’t feel physically nauseous. Sun Bingxin and I were better prepared to handle the sight and smell. At most, we were slightly taken aback by the stench. Meanwhile, Xiaotao was a little overwhelmed. Covering her nose, she took a few steps backwards.

”Why don’t you deal with other matters first?” I waved my hand. “You don't have to watch.”

”Make sure you clean up after you’re done!” reminded Xiaotao.

”Come on, let's check the feces!” I said, turning to Bingxin.

”Don't speak such disgusting words,” laughed Bingxin.

In the dog's stomach, the meat was hardly digested. Since dog teeth had no chewing function and were mainly used for cutting up their food, the meat was swallowed whole. I noticed some white powder on the meat which I suspected to be rat poison.

We bagged the meat and handed it over to the technical team.

Next came the feces. I dipped a little with a cotton swab and analyzed, ”The color is slightly dark, soft. I think this person had excessive internal heat and an unhealthy liver, probably caused by long-term smoking and drinking.”

Bingxin picked up a small lump with her tweezers. ”There are still undigested shrimp, rice grains and green peppers in it.”

”This person is a little constipated. He probably stayed up late for a period of time so his gastrointestinal movement is irregular,” I added. “This looks like fried rice with shrimp.”

Bingxin nodded, ”That’s quite a big shrimp.”

We cut open the stomachs of several other Tibetan Mastiffs. Bingxin’s indifference to the whole process was rather surprising. ”You seem rather steady in the face of this all. Did you train yourself?”

”Aren’t you just the same?” she smiled.

”To me, dead bodies are all objects. What's so disgusting about an object?” I chuckled.

”We usually attended the same anatomy class with other grades. Those cynical seniors would share all sorts of disgusting jokes,” Bingxin narrated. “At first, I was so sick I would beg them to stop. I even threw up a few times. Then, I gradually got used to it...”

”What sort of disgusting jokes?” I asked.

Bingxin mentioned a few but failed to draw any reaction from me. Seeing how unaffected I was, she tossed out a ‘big one.’ ”Song Yang-gege, do you know that excrement can cure diseases?”

Bingxin shook her head and explained that certain people lacked good bacteria in their intestines that help digest food. One kind of bacteria therapy was to break up the stools of healthy people and transfer it to patients. Not through the mouth, but with a nasal tube inserted into the throat from the nasal cavity, all the way to the intestines. Then, a few kilograms of stool would be transferred that way. And in order to ensure the survival of the good bacteria, the stools were still warm.

At this point, Bingxin started laughing so hard that tears rolled down her cheeks.

”Stop talking, I can't stand it...” I cried.

We suddenly noticed some dark red liquid on one of the stools. ”It's blood!” exclaimed Bingxin. She immediately took a sample and placed it in the evidence bag. It seemed we finally had one of the murderer’s DNA.

The task didn’t require much brainwork or skills. It was mainly tedious work. After finishing up, we both stood up with backaches. Bingxin pouted, ”Song Yang-gege, massage my shoulders, won’t you?”

”I'll do it later. Let’s remove the dogs’ bodies first,” I said. “Haven’t you noticed how everyone is walking around us?”

The Tibetan Mastiff's body was too heavy to carry alone. After placing them in body bags, I instructed several officers to transport them outside and look for a suitable spot to bury them. Then, I brought out a small incense burner and lighted some incense, waving it around the room and over our bodies to get rid of the stench.