You continued forward and arrived at the door to the specimen room. Yang Kai tried pushing it and discovered that it was locked.
"The door is locked. Shall we climb through the window?"
"No need to go through all that trouble," Zong Wangyue said as he removed his keychain, selecting an oddly shaped key that he easily inserted into the keyhole. After a few gentle turns, there was a "click" and the door surprisingly opened!
Yang Kai clapped Zong Wangyue’s shoulder hard twice, laughing, "Zongzi, I never knew you had this up your sleeve!"
"Heh heh, keep it down, keep it down."
"Let’s go and take a look inside."
You pushed open the door to the specimen room and, without thinking, reached for the light switch on the wall nearby. As the lights came on, the sight before you made you instinctively step back in shock!
"I..." Yang Kai was so scared that he couldn’t even finish a standard curse.
Zong Wangyue’s face turned pale, and he naturally grasped your arm.
After taking two deep breaths, you opened your eyes again, only to be greeted with a slaughterhouse!
First, directly ahead of you was a pile of bodies stacked like a small hill, limbs and torn flesh everywhere!
Hanging above your head was half a person—just one half!
His intestines dangled straight down, less than a few dozen centimeters from you!
The air was filled with... huh? Wait, this wasn’t the smell of blood!
It was more like the scent of plastic, somewhat pungent to the nose.
With this thought, you couldn’t help but step forward.
"Boss, what are you doing?"
Seeing you walk toward the dangling half-corpse, Zong Wangyue called out anxiously.
"I’m just curious to see. Oh—, so human intestines don’t look much different from pig intestines, huh."
As you spoke, you even pinched the hanging intestines.
Zong Wangyue vomited on the spot.
Though Yang Kai was brave, the bloody scene made him turn pale and he retreated to the door, supporting Zong Wangyue.
"Old Shu, is this an illusion or what?"
You turned to look at both Yang Kai and Zong Wangyue, laughing, "You know, no matter when, before making judgments about something, can you not rely solely on your eyes? Besides eyes, humans have many other important organs, like the nose, for example."
Upon your words, Yang Kai realized, and after sniffing with his nose, he covered it with his hand, frowning involently: "What is that smell? So acrid."
Yang Kai’s words also drew Zong Wangyue’s attention. After vomiting, he felt much better and bravely stepped closer to examine a corpse lying on the floor. Then he suddenly comprehended, "Holy crap! These are high-fidelity mannequins!"
"But the number of these mannequins is a bit too much, really don’t know which perverts would make these things."
Since they weren’t real people, there was no need to be concerned anymore.
The three of you proceeded to walk further in.
At that moment, the Ghost Infant in your arms suddenly opened its eyes, glowing eerily.
Yang Kai by your side noticed and quickly asked, "Old Shu, is this little thing awake?"
"Yes, it looks like its corpse is nearby."
With that, the three of you split up and started searching carefully. Soon after, Yang Kai called out, "Old Shu, come over here and have a look."
You hurried over and saw Yang Kai standing in front of a solid wood rack that held several glass jars. Submerged within them were many things, most of which were human organs.
These things are indeed genuine original artifacts, but after getting used to them, the three of you didn’t feel much anymore.
Only then did you understand why the entrance to the specimen room had to be made so horrifying, probably as a way to strengthen people’s will.
The spot pointed out by Yang Kai was also a glass jar, within which lay the complete body of an infant corpse.
The ghost infant in your arms turned over, stretching its hands towards the glass jar as if to embrace it.
"It looks is the one."
Not wanting to waste time, you quickly mobilized.
You asked Yang Kai to take the glass jar off the shelf and place it on an open space, while Zong Wangyue arranged Cinnabar Talismans at eight positions around the jar.
After Zong Wangyue had placed the Cinnabar Talismans, you laid the ghost infant beside them, where there were also eight Cinnabar Talismans.
You placed the ghost infant in the center of the Talisman Formation, bit your index finger, and gently squeezed out a drop of blood, letting it fall on the ghost infant’s head.
Your blood quickly merged into the ghost infant’s body; afterward, you swiftly formed three hand seals and recited a thirteen-word incantation. The Cinnabar Talismans in both Talisman Formations ignited simultaneously.
The ashes from the burning Talisman Paper slowly rose and above each converged into identical Magic Seals. As soon as the Magic Seals formed, the ghost infant lying on the ground was instantly enveloped in a red halo.
Soon, the sound of iron chains dragging on the floor came from outside the door.
"Here, they’re coming."
Yang Kai turned around and whispered as he saw two Ghosts enter through the door.
Although the Ghosts looked almost like ordinary people, they were, after all, Soul Reapers, and living beings would instinctively feel eerie and afraid upon seeing them.
"Master Li, I didn’t expect us to meet again so soon," the Ghost holding the book greeted you with a bow.
You smiled and returned the gesture, "Elder Brother Cha, I’ll have to trouble you again this time."
"No, no, Master Li, you are performing a great act of kindness. Another good deed will be added to your Merit Book," the Ghost holding the book replied with a smile, coming over and picking up the ghost infant. As soon as the ghost infant was moved, the two Magic Seals in midair immediately dissipated into nothingness.
"With that, my brother and I take our leave."
The three of you bowed in fist and palm salute to the two Ghosts, watching as they departed.
Only when the sound of the iron chains dragging on the ground was heard no more did Yang Kai and Zong Wangyue breathe a sigh of relief.
You heard a sigh, but it was clearly not from Zong Wangyue or Yang Kai.
Your left eye immediately activated, scanning around, and quickly, you spotted someone hiding between two wooden racks straight ahead.
You signaled to Yang Kai with a look, and he nodded back with a smile.
He and Zong Wangyue suddenly shouted and charged towards the space between those wooden racks!
"Don’t move, I’m coming out!"
The person speaking was a young man, not very tall, around 1.6 meters.
He was hanging his head, not daring to meet your eyes, his hands clasped tightly together as if at the mercy of others.
You returned the glass jar to its original place and walked up to the young man, asking.
"My name is Dai Zhenan, I’m from the medical school." Dai Zhenan paused, then added, "I was born with Yin and Yang eyes, so I can naturally see ghosts, that’s why..."
"So you saw all that just now," you said with a laugh.