Chapter Fifty-Seven: Inside the Crematorium

  After hearing Cheng Bin's introduction to the case, Liu Li was stunned and asked in surprise: "Leader, aren't you telling a ghost story? Why does it sound so spooky? Is it true or false? What conclusion did you come to after the investigation?"

  After hearing this, Cheng Bin's voice was somewhat awkward: "Cough... according to the situation at the scene, the members of the first team have initially come up with three conclusions. One is that Chen Baotang had hallucinations for some reason, such as sleepwalking or excessive drinking, and unintentionally came to the morgue, only to be scared to death by his hallucinations."

  Apart from this, there is another reason that can explain all of this, which is that the corpse came back to life. The female corpse crawled out of the freezer in the morgue by herself, and Chen Baotang, who was on duty, went to observe after hearing the noise, only to be scared to death by the corpse.

  As for the third reason, it is that the deceased discovered that a corpse had disappeared from the mortuary for some reason, and while searching for the body, they encountered something terrifying, which shocked their mind so much that they died suddenly due to excessive fright.

  "To say something offending, Cheng Daqi, the three conclusions you've drawn are simply science fiction with a hint of fantasy, and fantasy with a hint of weirdness."

  After venting for a moment, Liu Li put forward his own views: "It's still unclear now whether the disappearance of that corpse and Chen Baotang's cause of death are related. Where is that corpse from? Why was Chen Baotang scared to death? Are these two incidents related?"

  The most important point is whether Chen Baotang died a normal or abnormal death. Since the forensic doctor said that Chen Baotang died from excessive fright leading to sudden death, what does it mean to be scared to death? Is the process of being frightened to death a natural phenomenon or man-made?

  "Want to know? Come to the crematorium, my brothers and I are all waiting for you here. Liu Li, don't disappoint me. The one who can crack this case, I believe it's none other than you." With that, Cheng Bin hung up the phone.

  After hanging up the phone, Liu Li came to Lin Shuangshuang's front and said that his unit had something to do with him. He had to go out for a while. After finishing speaking, Liu Li put on his coat and went out. Looking at Liu Li's somewhat reluctant back when he left, Lin Shuangshuang leaned against the wall and couldn't help but reveal a faint smile.

  Mei Wang Town is located on the west side of Gu Hong County, with two townships in between. The only crematorium within Gu Hong County is also located within Mei Wang Town. When Liu Li arrived at the crematorium, it was already around 2 pm.

  Cheng Ben was called to confirm their location, and Liu Li drove to the office entrance on the south side of the crematorium. When he got out of the car, for some reason, he felt his legs go soft.

  "I say... this place is really a bit eerie." After muttering to himself, Liu Li jumped up and down in place several times, and after finishing, he fiercely kicked the ground several times. After doing all that, he felt much better.

  At this time, Liu Li took a look at the crematorium and saw that it was a building similar to a quadrangle courtyard. It had been built for some time, and many of its walls had already peeled off. The entire crematorium occupied an area of about 20-30 mu.

  The yard inside the crematorium is very large, with a length of over 200 meters and a width of about 100 meters. There are two gates on the south and north sides of the yard, which have their own rules: the gate on the south side can only be entered by cars, while the gate on the north side can only be exited by cars.

  Right in front of the south gate of the crematorium is a memorial hall, where the ashes of the deceased are stored. Some ashes of the deceased who cannot be buried in their family graves due to special reasons are stored here. During Qingming Festival or Ghost Festival, the families and relatives of these deceased will come to the memorial hall to burn incense and pay respects to the deceased.

  To the north of the memorial hall is a two-story small building, behind which stands a tall chimney. This is where the famous funeral home is located. Inside this building are rooms for cremation, body storage, funeral rites, and exhumation. In addition, the forensic autopsy room of the criminal police team is also set up in this building.

  Inside the crematorium, many holly and tall cypress trees were planted. The location and number of these trees seem to have some rules. It seems that they are planted according to a certain pattern. In addition to these, there are also some strange rocks that attract attention, because these strange rocks are not placed at the entrance of the crematorium, but are placed at the corners of those cypress trees.

  There are four garages next to the funeral parlor, with four hearses parked inside. At this time, the garage is conveniently located next to the north gate. Although a sentry room was built at the entrance of the north gate, it was empty and there was no one on duty inside.

  The staff of the crematorium, usually all work near the south gate. On the south side of the memorial hall, a row of bungalows were built, and there is a brick wall between the bungalow and the memorial hall. Although it looks like that row of bungalows is an independent courtyard, but it gives people the feeling as if they are two different worlds.

  Inside the brick wall, there are many murals of gods on the walls. In front of the bungalow, many peach trees are planted. At the entrance, there is a high and wide gate with three large characters "Office Area" written above it.

  Taking a closer look at the two doors, they seem to be made of peach wood, with some Taoist talismans carved on them, probably used to ward off evil spirits. At the entrance, there are two stone qilin, looking majestic and powerful, no need to say, this is definitely used to suppress ghosts.

  "Liu Li, what are you looking at? Why don't you come in?" Suddenly, Cheng Bin's voice came from behind Liu Li.

  Leng Buding suddenly heard a voice behind him and Liu Li was startled, but when he turned around to see that it was Cheng Bin who spoke, he calmed down.

  Cheng Bin was standing at the entrance of the crematorium's office, and saw Liu Li looking around, so he walked over to greet him: "First time here, feeling a bit curious? Don't worry, you'll get used to it later. Come on, everyone is waiting for you."

  When Liu Li entered the office area and came to the crematorium manager's office, after seeing the members of the criminal police team, perhaps due to psychological reasons or because there were more people here, the feeling that had made him feel dizzy earlier suddenly disappeared.

  At this time, there were six people in the manager's office. In addition to Cheng Bin and Liu Li, there were three people from the criminal police team: Tian Chao, captain of the first squadron, Xia Lin, deputy captain, Deng Xinming, forensic doctor, and another slightly chubby man who was likely the person in charge of the crematorium.

  After a brief introduction, Cheng Bin pointed to the middle-aged man and said: "Liu Li, this is Yang Zhengcai, the manager of the crematorium. Manager Yang is an old friend of our criminal police team. He was the first person to discover the deceased this morning. If you have any questions, you can ask Manager Yang."

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