Looking at the water mark on the female corpse's chin, a terrifying image flashed through my mind:
While we were busy and not paying attention, the female corpse stuck out her tongue, licked the drop of blood on her chin clean and swallowed it.
This isn't just my wild imagination.
Think about it. The drop of blood is gone. Neither I touched it nor Huang Po wiped it.
There's no one else in the room, and there is still a water mark on the female corpse's chin. The only possibility is that she stuck out her tongue and licked it.
"Chen Zi, what's wrong?"
I told him the situation, and Huang Po also panicked. "Damn it! Shut up and push her in to burn right away. Who cares about those weird stuff? Can she still stir up trouble after turning to ashes?"
We didn't dare to delay further. We opened the incinerator and pulled out the iron plate for incinerating corpses, preparing to put the female corpse on it.
This step is usually quite simple and effortless. Just adjust the height of the stretcher bed slightly higher than the incineration plate and push the corpse over flatly.
Huang Po and I operated as usual, but unexpectedly, something went wrong this time.
The flesh on the back of the female corpse was still crushed and broken. Coupled with the freezing overnight, it became ice that could cut hands.
I pushed the female corpse forward. As soon as I exerted force, I felt a sudden pain in my finger.
I instinctively retracted my hand and saw that there was a cut on my middle finger, and blood was flowing continuously.
How strange!
Since we encountered this female corpse, all kinds of strange things have been happening frequently, and it's impossible to guard against them.
Huang Po and I exchanged a look and tacitly didn't say a word.
There was a first - aid kit in the work cabinet. After disinfecting the wound with iodine, I wrapped it with a band - aid.
This time, Huang Po and I learned our lesson and both put on gloves to prevent further injuries.
When we went to push the female corpse again, we found that there was another problem. Most of the female corpse's body was frozen on the stretcher bed, and we simply couldn't push it.
I took a closer look and found that just now when my finger was cut by the ice, the blood fell between the female corpse and the stretcher bed and was frozen into a thin layer of ice.
Huang Po and I tried to push it hard twice, but we just couldn't move it.
"We're so stupid. Who pushes like this by force? You hold the stretcher bed down, and I'll raise the stretcher bed a little higher to break that layer of ice." Huang Po instructed.
I walked around to the other side of the stretcher bed and reached out to hold the side of the stretcher bed.
Huang Po turned the lifting wheel of the stretcher bed, and the stretcher bed was slowly raised.
The female corpse and the stretcher bed didn't separate as expected. Instead, the steel plate was even bent.
Huang Po and I exchanged a look, and both of us felt that the situation was a bit bad.
This situation where the corpse is frozen on the stretcher bed has happened before. Usually, we just break it like this, and it comes off. How could it be that the steel plate is bent and the corpse is still frozen on it?
If it weren't for the fact that we could still see the female corpse's hands, I would have suspected that she was holding onto the steel plate and refusing to let go.
At this point, Huang Po and I could only brace ourselves and continue.
The more strange it is, the faster we have to send the female corpse in to be burned. We can't just wait for this thing to come back to life and chase us, right?
I was extremely anxious, and the strength in my hands began to increase. I kept pressing down on the bent steel plate.
With a "bang", under my continuous pressing, the female corpse finally separated from the stretcher bed.
The cold female corpse rolled in the air under the action of the bent stretcher bed and fell towards me.
I couldn't dodge in time. Instinctively, I reached out and hugged the female corpse. But due to the unstable center of gravity, I was hit by the female corpse and fell to the ground.
As luck would have it, the face of the female corpse was right in front of me, and her bright red lips were not far away from me.
Seeing that I would receive a firm kiss from the female corpse after falling, I instinctively tilted my head to avoid her mouth.
The next moment, the back of my head hit the floor heavily, and the female corpse on my chest also slammed into my chest like a sledgehammer.
I only felt a blackout in front of my eyes and a stuffy feeling in my chest, and I had a brief moment of blurred consciousness.
When I came to my senses, I saw Huang Po pulling the female corpse up with all his might: "Chen Zi, wake up quickly. Are you okay?"
I couldn't help coughing violently. While coughing, I endured the pain and pushed the female corpse away from me.
I got up from the ground and felt something sticky in my neck. I reached out and touched it, and found that the sticky liquid was blood.
Huang Po finally realized what was going on: "Chen Zi, don't move around. There's a cut on your ear. I'll go get some medicine to disinfect it."
It was my right ear again. There was a cut on the earlobe, which should have been caused when the female corpse hit me.
This wound didn't hurt or itch. When Huang Po dipped a cotton swab in iodine and applied it, I didn't feel anything at all.
Huang Po didn't know the situation, but my heart sank: My right ear was injured again.
The female corpse licked my right ear. I lost all feeling in my ear after getting up this morning and only felt a little better after going to the hospital.
Before, when I passed by a mirror, I saw a female corpse lying on my back and licking my right ear with her tongue.
Now, when the female corpse hit me, it broke my right earlobe and made it bleed.
I wouldn't believe it even if you beat me to death that this was just a coincidence and there was nothing behind it manipulating all this.
The most suspected one now was the female corpse in front of me. Only by burning her could these strange things end.
Huang Po simply bandaged my ear, and then we quickly went to carry the female corpse together.
The stretcher bed could be raised and lowered. When it was lowered to the lowest position, it was only about one foot off the ground.
All we had to do was lift the female corpse about one foot off the ground to get her onto the stretcher bed.
When we started to carry her, we found that the female corpse, now without clothes and having been frozen, was so slippery that we didn't know where to start.
Huang Po and I rummaged through the toolbox and found some binding straps. We tied two knots around the female corpse's feet and neck respectively to help us lift her.
Huang Po pulled at the feet, and I pulled at the upper body of the female corpse. We both exerted force and lifted the female corpse up.
Due to the exertion, the gauze wrapped around my ear fell off, and the wound burst open again. Blood dripped down my cheek.
Because I was bending over, I clearly saw that my blood dripped onto the female corpse's body and was quickly absorbed, leaving no trace, just like water droplets falling on a sponge.
Seeing this strange scene, my heart couldn't help but tighten suddenly. But I didn't dare to stop. I could only grit my teeth and send the female corpse onto the stretcher bed.
Then, Huang Po quickly raised the stretcher bed. The two of us dragged the female corpse onto the stretcher bed and sent her into the incinerator. We closed the furnace door and pressed the incineration start button.
Seeing the raging flames leaping from the incinerator, I heaved a long sigh of relief and flopped onto the stretcher bed.
Huang Po was in no better shape than me. He could barely stand upright, but his hand that wanted to take out a cigarette trembled uncontrollably.
After finally getting the cigarettes, before we even had a chance to light them and take a drag, we suddenly heard a blood - curdling scream coming from the incinerator.
Huang Po and I whipped our heads around towards the incinerator, and the cigarettes in our mouths dropped immediately.
Amid the raging flames in the incinerator, the female corpse sat up and stretched out her hands forward, as if she wanted to crawl out of the incinerator.