CHAPTER XVII

Founded in 1959, Mingda Hospital is located in Guangming Road, Binhai New Area, Linhai City, and is the earliest large-scale comprehensive tertiary first-class hospital in Linhai City, integrating medical treatment, teaching, scientific research, prevention, health care and rehabilitation.

Beneath the University of Minnesota complex is the hospital's morgue, with a total area of about 1,000 square meters. Due to the lack of light in the basement of the complex all year round, it is cold and damp, except for the management of the morgue of the University of Minnesota Hospital and the occasional entry of the family of the deceased, there are basically no others entering the morgue, and the morgue is basically transported into the morgue for various reasons, and these bodies can rarely be transferred to the funeral home for cremation on the same day, and most of them will stay in the underground morgue of the University of Minnesota Hospital for a few days. This gave the originally dark and damp environment underground a thick and eerie atmosphere.

In every death case within the jurisdiction of the Binhai New Area Public Security Bureau, especially the homicide case for which the Criminal Investigation Brigade is responsible, after the investigation of the deceased or the preliminary autopsy is completed, the Binhai New Area Public Security Bureau will transport the body to the refrigerator in the underground morgue of the complex of the Minda Hospital for temporary parking or preservation.

After the body of the deceased in the 7.19 murder case at Yellowstone Beach was transported back to the police station for a preliminary autopsy, the body of the deceased was transported to the underground morgue of the University of Minnesota Hospital Complex for preservation, pending the decision on whether further autopsy or pathological analysis was required depending on the investigation of the case, and the family of the deceased also needed to wait for the deceased's family.

The remains of the deceased in the July 19 murder at Yellowstone Beach are stored in the second set of refrigerators in the morgue on the ground floor of the University of Minnesota Hospital Complex, numbered 48.

On weekdays, the morgue is usually in a state of "door to door", but at this moment, many people have gathered in front of the refrigerator of the morgue. Among them are Dong Chenghai, deputy head of the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the Binhai New Area Public Security Bureau, that is, police officer Ouyang Yunxi, several forensic doctors of the Binhai District Public Security Bureau, managers of the morgue of the University of Minda Hospital, Sima Yuanying's family members Sima Yufan, Chen Huixian and Sima Wanyan, and Sima Yuanying's deputy mentor Zhou Xiaobo.

Chen Huixian clenched her left hand into a fist, and her right palm held her left fist and rubbed it back and forth, her eyes and expression were both nervous and extremely fearful. Sima Yufan stood next to Chen Huixian, although there was no external physical indication, but the frowning eyebrows and overly focused eyes that appeared godless also indicated that he was too scared and didn't even want to face the evasive psychology at the moment. Sima Wanyan hugged Chen Huixian's shoulders tightly, staring at the refrigerator numbered 48 with her eyes fixed on it, biting her lip.

As a professor of philosophy, Zhou Xiaobo has always thought that he has despised the impermanence of life and death, and has always thought that he can calmly face the loss of life and the grief of the living.

Zhou Xiaobo stood behind Sima Yufan's side, and although he also stared at the number 48 on the refrigerator, he would always close his eyes or turn his head from time to time, unwilling to see the scene he had imagined countless times in his mind.

"This is the body you sent on the night of July 19th, which has been stored intact in refrigerator 48 according to your orders, and has not been opened until then." The manager of the morgue opened the No. 48 refrigerator, and the manager, who was accustomed to seeing this kind of scene and corpses, said to Dong Chenghai expressionlessly and coldly.

It was still the corpse on the beach of Yellowstone, the difference was that due to the cleaning and disinfection treatment before preservation, the large blood stains on the corpse's body were gone, and the complexion of the body was much paler than when it was first found. Due to the length of time spent in the refrigerator, the corpse appeared more rigid and cold than a normal corpse, as evidenced by the cold air emanating from the corpse's surroundings and the overly pale complexion.

Due to the long-term storage in the cold refrigerator, the face of the deceased who has been cleaned and disinfected has disappeared from the cloudy flesh and blood blur when it was first discovered, and no longer gives people the visual impact of nausea and vomiting. Now the face of the deceased is covered with criss-crossing folds of different sizes, which is the inevitable result of irregular corrosion, although it is no longer bloody and pus and festering musculature, but at this time the face does not look at all like the muscle tissue that once had a living life, but more like an extremely rough human skin mask covering the deceased's face, from the deceased's face emanating bursts of horror aura enveloping everyone.

The limbs of the deceased are generally the same as their faces, and bones can even be seen in some places.

"Mr. Sima, please identify it carefully and determine if this is ......."

"Mom, Mom......" Dong Chenghai was interrupted by Sima Wanyan's exclamation before he could finish speaking.

Chen Huixian had been watching the morgue manager's every move before the refrigerator was pulled out, and after he pulled out the refrigerator number 48, Chen Huixian saw the body at a glance. Chen Huixian couldn't accept that the corpse in front of her that had an unrecognizable face and an unrecognizable aura, exuding a terrifying and hideous atmosphere, would be her son Sima Yuanying, how could her handsome and energetic son in Chen Huixian's mind become this kind of person who is not a ghost or a ghost.

The emotions of excessive grief and fear pressed down from the top of Chen Huixian's head until it covered every muscle tissue and every cell in her body, Chen Huixian only felt a blank mind and a heart-wrenching pain in her chest, and then began to feel weak and involuntarily paralyzed.

Sima Wanyan put her arms around Chen Huixian's shoulders and was the first to feel Chen Huixian's abnormality, she shouted and hugged Chen Huixian with both hands at the same time, trying her best to hug Chen Huixian's declining body.

Sima Yufan, who was standing next to Chen Huixian, heard Sima Wanyan's shout, and after turning around, he found that Chen Huixian, who was about to collapse to the ground, hurriedly came up to help, hugged Chen Huixian who was sliding down with Sima Wanyan, and exchanged Chen Huixian's name in a hurry.

"Quick, quick, send Auntie to the hospital." Ouyang Yunxi also shouted nervously at this time.

"This is the hospital." The administrator of the University of Minnesota Hospital replied coldly again, for him that this kind of thing has long been commonplace, and it is nothing more than the deceased can't stand the blow for a while, and the brain shock caused by the upsurge of qi and blood.

Dong Chenghai and Ouyang Yunxi glanced at the manager together, and then Dong Chenghai arranged: "You help carry Auntie upstairs, Yunxi, you hurry up and call a doctor." ”

Ouyang Yunxi was the first to leave the morgue and ran upstairs, and the remaining group of people hurriedly took Chen Huixian out of the morgue and walked upstairs to the complex.