"Hahaha, how could it be impossible? Didn't you say I was already dead? Then the one speaking to you must be my ghost! Hahaha!" The voice was incredibly sharp, like a piece of glass that could pierce through walls, scraping back and forth, making my ears ache. Uncle's expression shifted slightly, his brows furrowed, his lips pursed. He tightened his grip on the gun and fired a shot towards the source of the sound in the distance!
BANG!!
A sharp gunshot shattered a certain wall, and the sound echoed back, distorted: "Ah! You hurt me, but I won't die, ahahaha! Come here, I'm in Morgue 38! Come on!"
"Let's go!" Uncle urged me. We immediately ran towards the designated location. Glancing at the constantly passing morgue rooms, we searched for a long time before finding Morgue 38. Before we could even push the door open, maniacal laughter erupted from within, accompanied by a rustling sound, like fingernails scratching on a coffin. The door to Morgue 38 slowly creaked open.
Our nerves on edge, we pointed our guns towards the interior. The moment the door swung open, we saw a headless female corpse hanging straight from the ceiling!
A thick rope was tied around her wrists, suspending her, and she was wearing a loose police uniform. Her legs had been severed, leaving only the upper parts of her thighs visible.
Uncle cried out and rushed towards the body. With a bang, the door behind us slammed shut. I had just rushed in myself.
I turned and tried to force open the door of Morgue 38, only to find it was locked from the outside!
Uncle sobbed, hugging the corpse, his emotions particularly intense. I quickly tried to comfort him, "Uncle, calm down, this person isn't Du Yuting!"
"What?" Uncle stumbled back a few steps, looking at me curiously.
"This police uniform isn't one used in reality; it's a costume from a play. Besides, Du Yuting's height is different from this, and look here, Du Yuting has a birthmark on her neck. This one doesn't!"
"Uh, how do you know all that so clearly?"
"I've seen her photos. I remembered the mark on her neck instantly."
"You are observant indeed. It seems this deceased is not her at all. Then, the person who locked us in outside must be her?"
"It's possible. I can't imagine Officer Du turning into something like this!"
"Yes, let's try to get out first!"
Uncle abandoned the corpse and returned to the door with me. We both tried to ram it open, but after several attempts, we couldn't budge it. Just then, a voice came from behind us again: "Haha, you won't be able to break it down. It's locked from the outside with several layers. Stay here with me. I haven't had company for many years. It's so lonely here!"
We turned around and saw that the voice was coming from the suspended corpse!
We both gasped, but I quickly regained my composure and approached the corpse. Noticing her abdomen was bulging, I felt around and found a speaker inside!
"Playing tricks, are we? I knew all this was fake!" I cursed.
"Now we're trapped, and we can't get out. We need to find a way to contact the outside!"
I knew it. It seemed I had to use my wristband. I turned it, and it still responded. I first called the drone and then asked it to notify He Xin. Unexpectedly, before I could send the message, I heard the sound of sirens outside.
Uncle looked at me in surprise. I immediately reacted, "It must be Liu Yuning. She said earlier she wouldn't bother with us, but I guess she followed behind."
"How do you know?"
"I know her well; I understand her personality!"
"Then let's wait here for a moment!"
As soon as Uncle finished speaking, a voice from outside anxiously said, "How did you do it? It seems my plan has failed!"
I heard that it wasn't Du Yuting's voice, but a man's!
Uncle quickly shouted outside, "Is it you, deliberately impersonating Du Yuting to trick us?"
"You're overthinking it. How could I have such abilities? But it's time to leave, or it will be too late!"
"You think you still have a chance to escape? We have people everywhere here. You're surrounded. If you let us out now, I'll try to get you leniency later!"
"Leniency? You say that so beautifully! Ah, I can't! I hear footsteps! Goodbye!"
After saying this, the man fell silent and never responded. Uncle and I both thought the police would surely catch him, but when Liu Yuning found people to break down the door, we realized that guy had escaped.
Seeing that I was unharmed, Liu Yuning angrily scolded, "If it weren't for my quick thinking this time, you would have been trapped and died here! Can't you give me less worry next time?"
"I could tell you were doing it on purpose; I knew you'd come!"
"Hmph, we didn't find that person. What's going on? The funeral home was surrounded!" I had just explained the situation with the man to Liu Yuning.
"Go after him quickly!" I urged anxiously. Everyone started heading downstairs, but Uncle inexplicably slowed down. As I turned back and met his gaze, he suddenly raised his gun and pointed it at us!
"Uncle, what are you doing?" We hadn't left the main building of the funeral home yet, and Uncle was still standing downstairs. He didn't answer my question. I couldn't help but run back, only to see the funeral home door in the distance sliding shut and locking. Several SWAT officers rushed over to try and push it open, but it was too late.
"Damn it! What's going on? Try using a cutting torch!"
The SWAT officers picked up their tools and began working, but the iron door was extremely sturdy. As soon as the cutting torch touched it, it broke. One SWAT officer cursed, "It's no good. The captain isn't here this time; otherwise, he'd definitely have a solution!"
"Yes, quickly notify for backup!" another SWAT officer said.
Before they could even take out their phones, I shook my head and said, "It's useless. We tried before; there's no signal here!"
"What? How can that be? If I had known, I would have left some people outside! This is troublesome now!" Liu Yuning said unhappily. I noticed that Gao Mingqiang and Xiao Yuande weren't with her; it was just her with over a dozen SWAT officers and a few detectives. When I asked, I learned that Gao Mingqiang and the others were handling other tasks.