A rotten corpse stood out in front of his eyes.
Ayong yelled, his feet softened and he fell to the ground.
Pointing at the corpse, he couldn't utter a single syllable for a long time.
After a brief shock, I quickly regained my composure.
When Situ Jin taught me anatomy before, I had seen village chiefs who were more terrifying than this one.
It pales in comparison.
Although the corpse in front of him was already unsightly, with fat maggots still crawling on it, judging from the size of the bones, one could probably conclude that it was the remains of a child between eight and thirteen years old.
The clothes had been corroded and only a piece of cloth was left, but the diamond-shaped breastplate on the chest was retained.
Although the badge is very thick and has not been completely rotted, the word 'college' can be vaguely seen.
Obviously, this is a school uniform!
But how could a minor child die here?
"ah……"
While looking at the body carefully, Ayong screamed again.
"Quiet!" I couldn't help shouting.
"Corpse...corpse!"
"I know! You brought it back!" I rolled my eyes at Ayong.
"But I clearly saw a little wild boar, and then I pounced on it and captured it alive! How...how did it turn into a corpse?"
When A Yong said this, his whole body started to tremble.
"Either you can't tell the difference between corpses and pigs, or you encountered a ghost and blocked your eyes!" I said this calmly, and I glanced at Ayong. "I remembered you were wearing plastic gloves!"
"You...what do you want that for?"
"Look how big this body is and how long it's been dead!"
At this moment I have to thank Situ Jin!
Without him, I might still be the coward who screams in fear whenever he sees a corpse!
With his guidance, my courage has improved to more than one level.
"You're so perverted!"
"Don't you want to know?" I stared at Ayong's eyes, "You brought this body back, aren't you afraid that he will get involved with you?"
"I...don't scare me! I'm an atheist!"
Even though Ayong said so, he still handed me the gloves obediently and gave me a simple gas mask by the way.
Originally, I brought this mask here to prevent miasma.
With everything ready, I began to lay the body flat.
"How about it?"
About half an hour later, Ayong, who was hiding far away, couldn't help but speak.
"There is a blunt force injury on the chest! It crosses the heart and left lung. Judging from the angle of the wound, the murder weapon should have been inserted from above the deceased!"
"This body doesn't look like an adult!"
"Yeah!" I nodded, "Judging from the bone age, he should be around ten to twelve years old!"
"It's still a child!" A Yong was even more frightened. "Could it be a lost child from a nearby villager? For example, herding cattle and sheep into the mountains by mistake, and then got lost and died here?"
"You don't look like you're dressed like that!" I frowned and pulled off the badge, "It's not convenient to go up the mountain in school uniform!"
Rinse the badge with water and put it into a plastic bag.
"Where did you find the body?"
"I...I forgot!" When A Yong said this, he suddenly remembered something and opened his eyes suddenly. "But in order to prevent getting lost, I marked it along the way, using a highlighter pen every few meters!"
"Then we can follow the highlighter to find the original location where the body was found?"
Hearing what I said, Ayong suddenly became anxious.
"Isn't the most important thing now to find Xiangzi? Let's go find Xiangzi quickly!"
"Wen Xiang has more experience than you and I! All we have to do is wait where we are, otherwise it will only make things worse! And I believe that he will be back soon!"
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a rustling sound in the grass.
Looking for the sound, he happened to see Wen Xiang panting.
"Ayong, are you..." Before he could finish his words, Wen Xiang covered his mouth and nose. "What is the taste?"
"Here!"
I raised my finger and pointed, and Wen Xiang's expression changed instantly.
"Why is this thing here?"
"Your good friend A Yong brought it back! If I hadn't discovered it in time, he might have been roasted as a wild boar!"
As soon as I finished speaking, Ayong retched.
After vomiting until tears came to his eyes, he looked at Wen Xiang.
"Xiangzi, what I saw was really a little wild boar! I..."
"I told you not to act alone!" Wen Xiang grabbed A Yong's collar and spoke viciously. "The danger of Monkey King Peak is not made up by me!"
"Xiang...Xiangzi, don't be angry, I won't dare to do it next time!"
"How did you get the body? How do you get it back?"
Wen Xiang's words made A Yong change his expression.
"ah?"
"Are you planning to move the camp? What's more, if you don't put him back to where he was, aren't you afraid that he will haunt you?"
"Why are you saying the same as she said! It's so scary at night!" A Yong looked panicked, "But...but I'm scared!"
"Don't do it yet!"
Wen Xiang roared, causing A Yong to nod hurriedly.
After putting on a gas mask and a raincoat, A Yong reluctantly carried the body.
The highlighter marks shine brightly in the night.
Looking at it suddenly, it looks like a floating will-o'-the-wisp.
Although, I have never seen a will-o'-the-wisp.
Walking one step at a time, A Yong finally stopped.
"It seems... right here!"
After hearing what A Yong said, Wen Xiang raised the solar lamp.
It doesn't matter if it's not in the photo, as soon as it's in the photo, my hair suddenly explodes.
Wherever you looked, there were about seven or eight corpses.
The degree of decay varied, but judging by their stature, they were all probably underage.
"ah!"
Before I could recover, Ayong screamed and threw the body off his shoulders.
Then he hid behind Wen Xiang, shaking badly.
Wen Xiang was obviously frightened by the scene in front of him, and he froze in place without moving.
Seeing that he was about to let go of a trembling solar lamp in his hand, I hurriedly took it first.
"Why...are there so many corpses?"
I squirmed and wanted to say something, but suddenly I saw a thin black figure.
The black figure was lying on the tree, wiping the marks on it vigorously.
"stop!"
I held up the lamp and shouted loudly, and the shadow turned around instantly.
A thin and twisted face stood out.
She roared at me, then fell to the ground on all fours, ran into the woods like a wild animal, and soon disappeared.
"Who are you talking to? Where are the marks I made?"
A Yong turned around and his expression immediately changed.
"Where are the marks I left on the tree? They were there just now! Why are there none now? Xiangzi, you saw it just now, right? How could this happen? Where are we? What the hell is this place!"
"Shut up!" Wen Xiang held down the restless A Yong, "I'll find the way back!"
Just when Wen Xiang took out the compass, I squinted and approached the body.
These corpses all seemed to be wearing uniforms, and one of the corpses that was not obviously decomposed had a complete breastplate on it.
The badge is black, with the words 'Jingxin Academy' embroidered in red thread.
So these corpses are all students of Jingxin Academy?
Upon careful inspection of their bodies, some had broken skulls, some had fractured vertebrae, or had various fatal injuries to vital areas. It looked like they were all caused by man-made deaths!
"Oops! The compass has failed!"
Wen Xiang's sudden words didn't surprise me much.
Obviously, something is at work.
That ghost erased all traces of our return. I don't know if he wanted to harm us or had some other purpose.
"What should we do? Xiangzi, please think of a way! I haven't been a girlfriend yet, and I haven't gotten married yet!"
"Shut up! You, a big man, are not as calm as a girl!"
"How can I compare with her! She...she removed the thigh meat from the corpse! Ugh..."
This time, Ayong really vomited.
Wen Xiang turned around and looked at me in shock.
"What are you doing?"
"Autopsy!"
"Are you a forensic doctor?"
"No! I just learned anatomy for a few days!"
Having said this, he took off his gloves with a solemn expression.
"These corpses are all male, aged between ten and fifteen years old. The shortest time of death is half a month, and the longest time is about a year! There are also some that are corroded to the point where only bones are left, and they should have died much longer. Long!"
"Stop talking!" Wen Xiang covered his head, "I need to calm down!"
"Then calm down and tell me what to do next!" At this point, I looked around. "We can't stay with these bodies all night!"
To be honest, I have seen so many ghosts that I think corpses are much scarier than ghosts.
After all, most of the ghosts are still in human form, and the dead bodies are in strange shapes.
If I hadn't already seen those fourteen "horrible" corpses in the funeral home, it would have been either A Yong or me who was vomiting at this moment.
"You can find your way by the stars without a compass!"
Hearing what Wen Xiang said, I raised my head.
The gray sky made me frown.
There were stars before, but now they were shrouded in a vast expanse of distant smoke.
"Is it... dark clouds?" Ayong said while wiping his mouth.
"No!" I shook my head gently, "It's Yin Qi!"
In other words, it is resentment!
All in all, not a good sign.
Because the temperature in the mountains was low at night, the smell of corpses was not too strong, but Ayong and Wenxiang did not stay with each other for a second.
So under the leadership of Wen Xiang, we walked outside.
But as I walked, I smelled a familiar smell again.
"We...seem to be back again!" Ayong whispered, "Did we really encounter the ghost that Xiao Shen said about us?"
"If you say anything again, I'll tear your mouth apart!" Wen Xiang was obviously worried, "It seems that we can only wait until dawn! When the sun comes out, we can find the right direction and leave here!"
"What if the sun doesn't shine tomorrow?"
"Shut up!"
"Shut up!"
Before A Yong could finish speaking, Wen Xiang and I roared in unison.
This guy won't pick up any pot!
What a big crow's mouth!
We found a flat ground far away from the corpse and lit a fire. Only then did our missing body temperature slowly recover.
"What exactly is your purpose here?"
After a long silence, Wen Xiang suddenly stared at me.
"Just because you don't change your expression when you encounter weird faces, it proves that your purpose of coming here is not simple. What's more, you also examined every corpse, and your psychological quality is so strong that you don't look like a normal person!"
"Then why did you close the club?" I met Wen Xiang's suspicious gaze without fear, "What exactly happened at Monkey King Peak? Did the mother and daughter leave Monkey King Peak safely?"
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