Chapter 11 Special Handling

Collecting the corpses and transferring them,

The whole process was normal,

The four corpses obediently stayed inside their sleeping bags, quietly awaiting cremation.

Actually, besides the bodies, everyone was also very concerned about that strange locust tree in the backyard; it would be best if it could be burned too, but unfortunately, the safety risks of burning in the backyard were too high.

Even if they tried to burn it from a distance, an explosion could cause the fire to spread, engulfing the entire mountain.

At that time, everyone would be forced to leave, which would essentially be considered a failure as they would have to abandon the practice region.

They could only burn the bodies first, and then figure out how to deal with the tree later, perhaps by cutting it with a chainsaw or chopping it down with an axe.

[Outside the mansion]

On a relatively flat piece of ground,

Digging pits and cutting trees would be carried out in pairs simultaneously,

Gao Yuxuan stared at the four body bags, his mind already associating them with points from his cultural classes.

"I'll collect the firewood. For burning such yin corpses, it's best to use Litchi Wood that is the most yang. I saw a lot of it when we came up the mountain."

The class monitor then patted Luo Di on the shoulder, "You two boys go chop the wood. Luo Di has a chainsaw, efficient enough. Leave the digging to us sisters.

If there's any movement from the bodies here, we will scream for help, don't go too far away for chopping."

Anna also found two rusty shovels from the mansion and lent her tactical axe to Gao Yuxuan for chopping wood.

The division of labor was completed.

With Gao Yuxuan's guidance, they soon found the so-called Litchi Wood. It must be said, the contemporary technology of the chainsaw was amazingly efficient, easily cutting through trees that took two people to embrace.

All that remained was to drag this tree back, cut it into long thin bars suitable for burning.

During the time when the two of them were dragging the tree back,

Luo Di took the initiative to speak, wanting to learn something related to practice from Gao Yuxuan, who ranked first in cultural classes.

"Vice class leader, have you figured something out?"

"Most likely ~ Chinese ancient mansion, locust tree, yin corpses... if these bodies are neglected, there's a high chance they will turn into [zombies] tonight. Four at once, even if it's just a Simulated Anomaly, it'll be hard for us to deal with.

Moreover, we might also be infected with Corpse Poison, which would mess up our future life and studies.

The best thing is to burn them quickly, and that locust tree in the backyard, best to..."

"Cut it down." Luo Di added.

"Right~ burn and then go."

The two seemed to have formed a simple understanding,

But when they dragged the tree back to the open space in front of the mansion, the digging was still ongoing.

The short sleeves worn by the two girls were almost soaked with sweat, adding a unique summer scene.

But Luo Di's focus was not on them, but on their actions.

Both of their strengths were not small, especially Anna, who seemed to have brute strength nowhere to vent, but the actual efficiency of digging was very low; her usual training obviously did not involve digging.

Luo Di stepped forward to ask, "Got any spare shovels?"

"Just these two."

"Let me do it."

Luo Di took the shovel from Anna's hand, and Gao Yuxuan, on the side, did not participate since he also had no experience in digging.

Half an hour later,

A pit big enough to fit four bodies, and even more to spare, was dug.

The leader who worked alongside them also gave a thumbs up, this pit was almost 2/3 dug by Luo Di alone, he had very skilled and refined digging techniques,

The leader even learned from him, maybe it could be useful in the future.

Of course,

Anna hadn't been idle either; after being switched from her task, she had already split all the dragged-back wood into bars suitable for burning.

Everyone quickly filled the pit with the chopped wood, then used lighters, tissues, and other flammable materials to start the fire.

When the fire grew large enough, the four bodies were successively placed into it, with the flames produced by the burning of Litchi Wood quickly engulfing these yin corpses which should have been cremated long ago.

Crackle and pop~

An unpleasant odor emanated from the pit.

Just when everyone thought the corpse burning was going smoothly,

Pop!

A drop of rain first landed on Luo Di's face,

Suddenly, a torrential downpour fell without warning,

"Quick!"

Even though everyone reacted swiftly and rushed back to their room to grab the tent, setting it up over the pit at maximum speed to block the rain, the rain was too heavy and even formed a stream on the ground that flowed into the pit where the corpses were being burned.

The torrential rain extinguished the fire in a short period of time,

The only good news was that the burning had been going on for nearly an hour before the rain,

Although it hadn't reached the duration of a conventional cremation, most of the flesh should have been burnt away, leaving at most some charred flesh and bones.

The four of them also grabbed flashlights quickly to check the situation inside the pit; their gaze could see a large amount of charred skeletons,

But they soon discovered a problem; the image caused by the illumination froze everyone, rendering them speechless for a moment.

One of the corpses had remained intact, barely affected by the burning.

"This is... the old man who was hung at the top."

After confirming that the other three corpses were reduced to bones, everyone together lifted the old man's body out.

The clothes and skin were burnt off, the flesh was blackened, a few areas were badly burnt, but overall, there was not much change.

The charred flesh was still oozing some kind of foul-smelling viscous fluid, which seemed to be what blocked the burning.

This corpse definitely had issues, how should they handle it?

Rain was pouring, and no one knew when it would stop,

Looking at the sudden heavy rain clouds, it seemed likely it could continue all day; it seemed the only option for a second burning was inside the house.

And given its resistance to burning, burning it for half a day might not be effective.

The entire mansion was constructed of solid wood; if the control was lost and the mansion caught fire, the situation would become even more troublesome.

Gao Yuxuan stared at the eerie corpse of the old man and softly assessed, "If we leave it unattended, it will definitely turn into a corpse overnight, we need to find a way to continue burning it or..."

The class leader's round eyes rolled, seemingly coming up with a risky idea, just as she was about to make a suggestion.

Just then, Luo Di was crouching beside the corpse, handling it with binding, tying the corpse's hands to a leftover stick with a rope,

"I'll handle this corpse, deputy, come with me. You two go back to change your clothes, I can handle this quickly."

The class leader stared at the strange corpse, and said worriedly: "Shouldn't we stick together? There's something off about this corpse."

But Luo Di's attitude was very firm, "It's fine, the two of us are enough, we'll be back soon."

The class leader did not insist, her and Anna's clothes were already soaked, indeed needing a change, "Remember to turn on the positioning on your wrist bands, if you don't come back within fifteen minutes, Anna and I will come to find you."

"Hmm."

Luo Di dragged the elder's corpse to a relatively steep hill with the stick,

Gao Yuxuan followed, puzzled, "You're planning to throw the corpse down here, hoping it will roll to the bottom of the hill? Unlikely, the forest is too dense; it will stop after rolling down a short distance.

And, it's already showing signs of turning into a corpse, even if thrown down, it could still climb back up the hill tonight, at most it would be delayed for half an hour."

"No."

"Then you plan to…"

Crack!

Thunder flashed across,

Gao Yuxuan's question was forcibly interrupted,

The flickering thunder light emphasized the silver chainsaw Luo Di held in his hand, with its chain already starting to rotate at high speed.

"You!"

Gao Yuxuan immediately understood everything, also understanding why Luo Di refused to let the two girls come along.

Luo Di's expression at this moment became firm, even somewhat terrifying,

"Later, try your best to throw the pieces of the corpse as far as possible."

"Alright~"

Gao Yuxuan swallowed a mouthful of saliva, the feeling of nausea creeping up, staring hard at Luo Di beside him.

He hadn't expected Luo Di, who hardly spoke in class and always ranked first in physical education, would have such a terrifying idea.

But there was no denying, there was no better, quicker, and safer method at the moment.

...

Inside the research institute.

Everyone was staring at everything happening on the screen.

A head responsible for Psychological Detection also came beside Director Qin, "Are you sure there's no issue with this person's psychological report?"

Unknowingly, Director Qin carried the reports of all four, and immediately took them out.

Among them, Luo Di's psychological report showed everything normal, with only the label[Aloof].

"This is the best handling method they have at the moment, such subjective action should be praised, not doubted."

"Hmm, if there really is no issue psychologically, then this young person indeed holds promise."