Chapter 223 Encoffining
When Ning Zhe inspected the corpses before, he noticed that there seemed to be something wrong with these prison guards who were killed by ghosts. The eyes, ears, mouth, nose, limbs and body of the corpses looked different when viewed separately. It's extremely normal, but together it seems something is wrong, and there is a strange sense of abnormality.
Now I know what is wrong.
Those corpses were turned upside down. After the death of the prison guard named Cao Huabin, the bangs that were originally combed to the left turned to the right, just like the person reflected in the mirror. At first glance, Everything is right, but if you look closely, nothing is right.
The human body is not symmetrical. There are some subtle differences between the left and right sides of almost everyone's body. For example, the dominant right hand is thicker than the left hand, the left eye is slightly deeper than the right eye, and one chest is larger than the other. A little... In daily life, even I don't notice these subtle differences, and no one cares.
Ning Zhe was keenly aware of the changes in the corpse killed by the ghost, but he was not able to determine the source of the abnormality immediately at the time. Now he is sure, but the rope around the ghost has been untied.
"If the ghost's rules are 'reversed', how did it kill people?" Ning Zhe picked up the telescope again and looked at the vent on the second floor wall of the opposite building.
‘Inversion’ is a very ambiguous concept. Left and right are upside down, and top and bottom are upside down. So what about life and death?
The most important question is, under what circumstances will the ghost's 'inversion' rule be triggered?
You can't get the answer by sitting here without moving. Ning Zhe stuffed the telescope back into his arms, took off the travel bag on his back, and took out two mouse-sized cameras from inside.
Flying to the roof of the water house, Ning Zhe installed a camera next to the bird's nest under the eaves, facing the basketball court downstairs. The other was placed on top of the high wall, facing the ventilation opening on the prison wall.
The Shenyu Valley Prison, which has been pulled into a strange world, has been disconnected from the outside world. It is impossible to directly access the camera surveillance images in real time through the Internet using a mobile phone. Most of the recorded images can only be viewed locally through the access port.
As for the monitoring system of the prison itself, it must have been destroyed by Ang Wu.
After setting up two cameras, Ning Zhe crossed the closed factory walkway and jumped down to the ground.
Leaning against a wall, I looked out. Not far away was the gate of the prison where several corpses were lying. The street light at the door was still on, and there was a large figure on the steps directly below the street light. The bright red bloodstains on the beach were left by ghosts.
"The ghost is inside and may crawl out at any time." Ning Zhe leaned against the wall and took a deep breath: "Go over and check the body again quickly. Don't stay too long. If there is any sign that something is wrong, run away immediately."
He must go even though he knows there is danger. The world is shrinking and he has no choice. Every second now is precious.
Okay, let’s go.
After Ning Zhe walked out of the wall, he quickly walked to the bottom of the steps. The body of the prison guard was lying motionless not far in front of him. He could reach it by walking two steps.
A shocking sense of crisis suddenly surged into his heart. Ning Zhe stopped and looked up. He saw a thin and stooped figure squatting in the shadow above the street lamp, a pair of red eyes staring at him motionlessly. .
The strong smell of blood floated over and mixed with the faint smell of corpses, turning into a disgusting smell.
Ning Zhe lowered his body, and the boy's fair and slender hands turned into a pair of bright yellow claws with pink flesh pads. A colorful tiger with a length of more than three meters appeared at the prison door, biting it with a bloody mouth. He hit the nearest prison guard on the neck.
Without any hesitation, the colorful tiger transformed by Ning Zhe lowered his head, picked up a corpse, turned around and ran away.
At the same time, the ghost squatting above the street lamp jumped down.
The two figures were one behind the other, one escaping and the other chasing. The feline's wide frame and explosive strong muscles gave Ning Zhe unparalleled strength, even with an adult male corpse in his mouth. Still running fast.
Behind Ning Zhe, the ghost-possessed body was crawling on all fours with its belly in the air, crawling on all fours in a strange and terrifying posture like a spider, chasing after the tiger. The skin of Lao Li's palms had long been worn away by the rough concrete floor. Every time his forelimbs touched the ground, they left a bright red bloody handprint on the ground, extending far away from the prison door.
The tireless ghost followed closely a few meters behind Ning Zhe. No matter where he ran, the disgusting smell of blood and corpse odor always lingered at the tip of his nose, and from time to time he could hear the smell behind him. There came a bloody, sticky voice and a hoarse growl, as if a haunting ghost was following his ears, saying: I am following you.
After turning a corner, Ning Zhe looked back with the prison guard's body in his mouth. He saw the strange humanoid spider hanging on the window sill by the roadside, its eyes red, still staring at him.
Ghosts are tireless and immortal. Once targeted by a ghost, it cannot be shaken off.
Fortunately, his original purpose was not to get rid of this ghost with the corpse.
"It should be enough to lead it here." Ning Zhe opened his mouth and threw the corpse in his mouth to the ground. The tiger's body shook, and the three-meter-long colorful tiger instantly turned into a bee. It flapped its wings and passed through the gap in the drain cover, buzzing into the drain and disappearing.
The humanoid spider crawled to the drainage outlet with its belly turned upside down. The expression on its ferocious face was twisted, stiff and weird.
On the other side, a bee flew out from the drain on the wall of the prison. Ning Zhe returned to the main entrance of the prison where several corpses were lying around. He picked up a dead body with his other hand, and picked up a dead body with his other hand. A dagger was drawn from his waist.
Comparing the appearance of the dead corpses with the ID photos on their work badges, Ning Zhe confirmed his previous speculation that these corpses had indeed been 'turned upside down' from left to right.
Is this reversal limited to appearances? Or will it affect something deeper?
Ning Zhe held the dagger and cut open the corpse's chest, expressionlessly prying open the ribs, and saw the bloody lungs and heart inside the bloody chest.
The lungs are on the left and the heart is on the right.
“It’s not a superficial inversion, but the entire human body structure has been completely reversed from the inside to the outside.”
Ning Zhe wiped the blood on the blade with the clothes of the corpse, Then he closed the wounds of the corpse he dissected and rebuttoned the clothes, giving the deceased some basic dignity.
Today is a good day for "Encoffining". Organizing the appearance of the deceased can improve your luck. If you bury the deceased after arranging it, you can improve it even more, because "Burial" is also a good thing to do today.
But [grave relocation] is not.
Before the ghost crawled back, Ning Zhe washed his hands under the tap, and the young man's figure disappeared into the night.
As if to confirm Ning Zhe's thoughts, at the same time, outside the prison, a thin figure quietly appeared under an ordinary tree.
Angyi Wu lowered his head and looked with interest at the wooden stick stuck in the ground, the police hat covering the ground, and the work badge hanging on the wooden stick.
"This is a tomb?"
Why did Yu Ziqian build a tomb for the dead prison guard here? Out of kindness?
No, the upgraded person does not do meaningless things. He must have a reason for doing so, and that reason is probably...
"It is appropriate to bury today."
(End of this chapter)