See the Law of Deception

Chapter 70 Wang's Funeral Home (10)

"It's alright, we brought gloves," Xiao Ping reassured him, but he knew the reassurance was somewhat weak.

He hesitated, thinking that since Meng Ning was on the day shift, he might not necessarily need to touch Chen Hai's body.
But then she thought again that Meng Ning was clearly not in good condition, and if she were to handle things alone, who knows what might go wrong.

One teammate has already died, so it's best not to cause any more trouble.

But he certainly wouldn't touch the corpse first.

Seeing the somewhat tense atmosphere, Meng Ning realized that even if her companions were willing to help her, it wouldn't be to the point of trying danger for her first.

She could only suppress her fear and discomfort, and put on gloves as she tried to touch Chen Hai's body.

She was already experienced in escaping; if anything seemed amiss, she would run immediately.

As her fingers touched the cold corpse through her gloves, Meng Ning felt a momentary urge to vomit, but she held it in.

"It's alright!" She looked at the part of her finger that was connected to the corpse with surprise, and there was no accident.

Xiao Ping also breathed a sigh of relief. At this moment, he was still some distance away from the corpse and Meng Ning. Seeing this, he took a few steps over.

"Let's put him in a body bag together first."

This was no easy task. Lu Jinzhao came to help, and Meng Ning brought a bell, which she tied to Chen Hai's ankle. However, because his death posture was too contorted, the group had to cause some damage to Chen Hai's body while putting him into the body bag.

"Is everything alright now?"

Meng Ning's voice trembled. She had never done anything like this in her life. She was certain that she would remember this scene until the day she died.

"If this were outside, we might even be considered criminals," Xiao Ping sighed, panting heavily.

In order to fit Chen Hai inside, the arm that the corpse was raising was almost broken before it was pressed down.

"Really?" Meng Ning didn't quite understand, but Xiao Ping's joke eased the atmosphere a little.

"Alright, take it in."

After Lu Jinzhao closed the body bag, and Chen Hai's stiff and terrifying face disappeared from the three people's sight, the suffocating stench also subsided.

Since the transport vehicle couldn't be brought down, they had to carry the body into the morgue.

The weight of a dead body is always unexpectedly heavy. Meng Ning, who was walking in front, felt that her already exhausted body was finding it particularly difficult to lift the corpse, but she dared not complain.

Her teammates had done more than enough; she could only be grateful.

Lu Jinzhao did not lift the body. She walked to the front and opened the door to the morgue, then found an empty spot and opened it: "Put it here."

After she finished speaking, she watched her teammates carefully place the body and, after confirming that everything was in order, she turned and walked to the place she had been to yesterday.

Yesterday, she and Xiao Ping placed the body in the freezer in front of them.

Lu Jinzhao's expression was more serious than before. She raised her hand and opened the freezer door under Xiao Ping's questioning gaze.

"...gone."

"What?!" Xiao Ping rushed over upon hearing this, and his mind went blank for a moment when he saw what was happening.

The body inside was gone.

"How could this be?" he muttered to himself, finding it hard to believe what he was seeing.

Lu Jinzhao, however, was not too surprised by this.

She just didn't understand why the corpse was moving.
Is it that all the corpses that enter this place "come back to life," or is there some other reason?
She needs to know why.

It seems I'll have to come to the morgue tomorrow to check if there's anything unusual about Chen Hai's body, or if it has disappeared.

Now, she needs to do something else dangerous.

Hearing Xiao Ping and Lu Jinzhao's words, Meng Ning finally realized, "The body you brought over yesterday is gone?" "Yes!" Xiao Ping kept looking around, as if afraid a corpse might suddenly appear out of nowhere. "Be careful."

"I'm going to check the elevator," Lu Jinzhao suddenly said.

"Huh?" Meng Ning was surprised: "Elevator... Elevator might be dangerous, maybe we shouldn't go?"

She tried to stop Lu Jinzhao, after all, he had been calm and reliable all along, and she didn't want to lose such a teammate.

Having someone like that around can make you feel a little safer, even in a terrifying place.

Upon hearing this, Lu Jinzhao simply shook his head: "I just opened it to take a look. Let's go, let's go back to the first floor first."

Hearing her say that, Meng Ning breathed a sigh of relief. She was really afraid that Lu Jinzhao might do something rash and take that elevator.

If we just go down to the first floor and open it to take a look, it should be fine, right?
The morgue door was closed again, and the elevator not far away showed no abnormalities, but Meng Ning still remembered the sound of the elevator running last night.

The sound still occasionally echoes in her ears. She knows it's just her imagination due to her nervousness, but it also shows that she was indeed quite frightened. Now, she feels afraid whenever she sees an elevator and doesn't want to go near it.

After I get out, I'll probably have nightmares for a month straight, just like when I first got on the train and came out alive.

Sometimes, Meng Ning couldn't tell whether living back to reality while being immersed in nightmares day and night was what she wanted.

She didn't want to die on the platform.

She still harbors a great fear of death.

The three returned to the first floor, and sunlight streamed through the window, falling on them as if they had just returned from hell to the mortal world.

Lu Jinzhao's gaze fell on the elevator button, which was clean and showed nothing, so she reached out and pressed the button.

Soon, the elevator doors opened.

Meng Ning and Xiao Ping stood far away, and Lu Jinzhao did not stand directly at the elevator door, but took a few steps back.

The elevator door slowly opened.

There was nothing inside.

There were neither people nor ghosts.

There was only a pair of footprints.

A pair of dirty, sticky footprints, the same color as the foul-smelling liquid on Chen Hai's corpse.

"I knew it!" Meng Ning's voice was filled with obvious fear: "Last night, there really was a ghost in the elevator!"

Where did that ghost go after killing Chen Hai?

Lu Jinzhao slowly raised her head, and just as the elevator doors closed, she looked at the top of the elevator shaft, where the light tubes were embedded.

Is there anything on it?

Otherwise, why would she always feel that the ceiling above the elevator was slightly concave?
It's as if some heavy object was placed on it, causing the top of the elevator to dent downwards.

Was this what the area above the elevator looked like before?

That's not how it seems to me.

Even though she had only ridden the elevator once, she had observed it carefully.

In any case, this elevator should absolutely not be used again.

Tonight's night shift will definitely be dangerous, and she needs to think of a way to complete the patrol successfully.

(End of this chapter)