Chapter 7: Cemetery No. 7
In a state of confusion,
A familiar voice sounded in the ear,
It was the urging voice of a junior fellow from the laboratory, who was deeply favored by the mentor and usually acted as a messenger to report some important matters.
"Senior, senior! You're the only one who hasn't submitted the paper for external review!"
"Damn... I haven't finished revising it yet!"
These words were a hundred times more terrifying than a nightmare,
The indescribable mental stimulation directly tore open the membrane of the dream, pulling Yi Chen back to reality.
Suddenly sitting up,
Back soaked with sweat,
What lay before his eyes was not the familiar laboratory, but a desolate, dark, and decaying cemetery.
At the same time, there was a corpse lying beside him, its brain blown open and completely lifeless, long since motionless.
At this moment,
A faint light flickered across his face,
A small black ball of flesh with thin arms and legs was standing nearby, holding a kerosene lamp.
"You're awake!
Not bad at all~ You actually managed to kill this mutant.
Those potentially fatal wounds on your body have all been stopped from bleeding and stitched up... try standing up."
"Huh?"
Yi Chen quickly examined his body,
His left arm, which should have been immobile, surprisingly lifted up.
The coin-sized hole in his upper left arm was filled with unknown black flesh chunks, connected by dense fibers.
Not only was the bleeding stopped,
The torn muscles and nerves were also connected and repaired,
Other parts of the body received similar treatment.
Using his hand to support himself, he slowly stood up
Apart from some dizziness and partial pain, there was basically no problem.
"Thank you... Next, I still need to take this corpse to Cemetery No. [7]."
Yi Chen was well aware that the whole matter was not yet over,
Until the corpse was properly dealt with and the extra mound of earth leveled, he couldn't relax for a moment.
The little flesh ball was quite satisfied with Yi Chen's attitude,
It jumped onto his shoulder again, even helping to hold the kerosene lamp with one hand.
...
Creak creak~
The wooden wheels of the cart ground against the surface, making a strange friction sound,
The corpse, packed between sacks, after a short bumpy journey, finally arrived at [Cemetery No. 7], which was set up separately at the edge of the graveyard, completely isolated.
According to the description in the manual,
This place only needed to be visited when unknown corpse wagons appeared in the cemetery, and there was no need to approach or inspect it on normal days.
Completely different from the style of cemeteries 1 to 6,
It was surrounded by stone walls over five meters high, with a raven sculpture decorating the wall every three meters, as if monitoring all the surrounding situations.
Moreover,
Yi Chen could smell a distinctly different odor wafting from Cemetery No. 7,
Besides the inherent decaying smell of the cemetery, there was also a kind of scorched aroma,
As if something was being burned.
At this moment,
The iron gate embedded in the stone wall opened by itself,
Accompanied by the sound of leather shoes treading on stone surfaces,
A tall man wearing a top hat and dressed in a black suit stepped out.
His hands, covered in white gloves, elegantly supported a cane in front of him, its end decorated with a golden skull, from whose eye sockets the aura of the dead faintly emanated.
For some reason,
The light from the kerosene lamp couldn't clearly illuminate this person's face, as if it were covered by a layer of mist.
Only a towering nose bridge could be vaguely seen,
However,
Yi Chen, with his unique vision, additionally perceived an important detail.
On the golden decoration around the middle of the cane was engraved the organization's logo
[G&D]
It seemed,
This person was very likely a staff member sent by the organization to deal with troubles, and if Yi Chen had perished in Cemetery No. 4, this person would have personally handled it.
There was also another possibility, that this person belonged to the organization and had always been stationed in Cemetery No. 7.
At this time,
The other party took the initiative to speak.
"William Behrens,
An ordinary outsourced employee actually managed to handle the mutation incident in Cemetery No. 4 alone... This graveyard hasn't seen such an interesting fellow as you in seventeen years.
Push the corpse in, I still need to conduct a more in-depth examination of the mutation."
The mysterious person took a special look at the little flesh ball on Yi Chen's shoulder,
Seemingly confirming the 'harmlessness' of the flesh ball or verifying its category and identity, before leading Yi Chen to the interior.
Contrary to expectations,
This so-called Cemetery No. 7 didn't have any grave mounds at all,
There was only a metal hemispherical building erected in the center, with a tall chimney on top... the scorched aroma smelled earlier was wafting out from the chimney.
Additionally,
Yi Chen also noticed that the telephone line from the wooden cabin extended here, and there was a high possibility that the mysterious person before him was the "manager" mentioned in the manual.
Entering the hemispherical building,
The interior was mainly divided into two areas,
One was the [Autopsy Area] with various surgical instruments and an old-fashioned operating table.
The other was the [Cremation Area] connected to the chimney, which was in a constant state of burning.
Yi Chen followed instructions to move the corpse with the blown-open head onto the operating table,
The mysterious person put on a clean white apron, took up his instruments, and began his work.
He worked quickly, almost dizzying to watch... and came to relevant conclusions within minutes.
"Phytomorphic infection, a rather rare case.
The pus-like pathogen is oblate spherical,
Highly translucent with visible 'chromatic particles',
Belonging to a special, rare variant, and in the early stages of infection.
The wound is deep, the pus-like pathogen was split open in one go... silver impregnation, eliminating the symptoms.
Elegant and effective."
While examining the fatal wound on the zombie, the mysterious person suddenly cast a meaningful glance at Yi Chen.
"With some cultivation, you could become a fine gentleman.
Since you split open the pathogen in one go, without using any non-physical forms of attack,
The damage to this corpse is less than 10%, we can further squeeze out its value.
Next, send the corpse to the crematorium, and let's see how your luck fares."
Yi Chen just listened silently,
Although there were some parts he didn't understand, he vaguely sensed an air of opportunity.
[Cremation Area]
In front of the steaming giant incinerator, there was a hook-type conveyor belt connected.
The corpse needed to be hung on the iron hook, then using the hand-cranked wheel nearby, it would be sent into the furnace for burning.
This structural design,
Reminded Yi Chen of a kind of food he often ate when alive - [BJ Roast Duck].
Associating it with the scorched aroma permeating the air, his stomach immediately churned.
He managed to hold it in eventually.
Following the mysterious person's instructions, he pierced the iron hook through the corpse's shoulder blade.
When the plant zombie was sent into the incinerator, several other corpses burned down to just skeletons could be seen.
"Um... the extra coffin and tombstone in Cemetery No. 4 haven't been removed yet, I'll go take care of that now."
"No rush.
You've already killed the pathogen, eliminating the 'symptoms'. The tombstone and coffin associated with this corpse will disappear accordingly, no need to deal with them further.
Before the cremation is finished, we can have a private chat."
"Alright."
Yi Chen himself also wanted to learn more about this world.
Just the strange experiences in the cemetery had completely enthralled him.
The mysterious person opened a secret passage leading to a basement,
Down here, the heat and smell from the cremation area were effectively isolated,
The so-called basement turned out to be a luxurious room with a strong European style, three bedrooms and a living room, with all necessary living amenities.
From this perspective,
It seemed very likely that the other person had been residing here long-term.
(End of Chapter)