The smell of fresh blood stung the nostrils. The blood flowed from the autopsy table to the decaying mud and dyed the place a dark red.
After the autopsy, Uncle Dan was sweating profusely. Needless to say, this was a body that looked exactly like Yu Chi. The freshness was unsettling enough. Lou Xiaoning frowned as she watched from the side. However, Uncle Dan's hands were steady. He successfully opened the chest and exposed the situation inside.
All twelve pairs of ribs were there, none was missing.
"The third rib on the upper left chest … is fractured." Uncle Dan performed the autopsy based on the location of Yu Chi's chest pain. As expected, he found something. "The fourth rib on the upper left, fourth rib on the upper right … they are fractured as well."
'This is really strange. ' Lou Xiaoning glanced at Yu Chi and was reminded of the body that looked like her. The right eye and other injuries were similar.
"If this is DNA cloning, this would not happen." Yu Chi, who heard it, mumbled to himself. "These external injuries did not change the DNA, so how can they be the same? Even the external injuries are cloned. Is this a direct copy of the current body? "He really did not understand. Archaeology was more suitable for him.
However, no one had an answer, not even Uncle Dan, who was the most knowledgeable in medicine.
Uncle Dan inspected the oral cavity. After squeezing out a large amount of formalin, he realized that even the angle of the teeth and the wear were the same.
This was definitely not a simple DNA cloning.
But for now, these questions could only be put aside as the body was cremated.
After finishing the thoracic cavity, Uncle Dan inspected the other bodies. He did not find anything out of place. The skin samples were collected, and the team moved to deal with the eight bodies.
These cadaver troughs were equipped with an incinerator. They first expelled the formalin, pulled the lid back, and then pressed the incinerator.
The crackle of fire echoed. The high temperature disintegrated the cadaver inside the trough.
Everyone looked at the corpse troughs on the swamp in silence.
No matter what, they had to calm down. They checked the ammunition and supplies, repaired the mental pillars, and prepared to depart.
To repair the mental pillars, they had to take turns. There were two people in a group while the rest of the team guarded the perimeter. Yu Chi and Uncle Dan were in the first group. Uncle Dan only needed to catch his breath, but Yu Chi needed a longer time because he not only needed to repair the bridge, he also needed to rebuild the two pillars.
Previously, his fifth pillar was the Along the River During the Qingming Festival Painting. Now, he had to construct it as a pillar of kinship for his family.
His sixth pillar, previously, was the Luo Yang shovel. Now, he needed to build a new pillar of Mysterium with his old partners like Feng Peiqian and Chen Ziyuan as the foundation.
"Captain, isn't it easier to spread the pillars from one point?" Feng Peiqian asked, her fist already clenched. "Who do you plan to use as the first point?"
"Of course it's you." Yu Chi answered without hesitation. He bent down to sit on the broken protective suit as he explained, "You're still a member of the Fogbreaker, we have the same pillar. The other pillars can strengthen the connection, it's beneficial to both of us."
Feng Peiqian was no longer surprised, but she still took a deep breath.
Yu Chi closed his eyes to start the construction. The mental barrier in his heart was still wavering but he could still suppress it.
Feng Peiqian swallowed her words. The others tried their best to keep quiet. Only the cawing of the crows and the bubbling of the swamp could be heard.
After a while, when the group saw that Uncle Dan and Yu Chi were fine, they stopped protecting them.
Peacock, Malachite and Feng Peiqian stood guard. Lou Xiaoning discussed the carvings that they found on the old tree with Deng Ximei and Grant Bell.
Head North, Abnormal Hands in the Swamp.
"I believe 'abnormal hands' refer to the abnormal hands of patients with Abnormal Hand Syndrome." Deng Ximei offered her opinion. "What happened here might be related to Abnormal Hand Syndrome. Ah Jun emphasized that it was an abnormal hand and not a dead body, so it might be an amputated hand. I believe the blood stains were left behind by surgery. "
Perhaps that was close to the truth, perhaps that was the truth.
However, Deng Ximei had no idea why it was the North. The wind appeared to be colder there.
But now she noticed something. "That is the direction the crows are heading."
After she said that, Lou Xiaoning and Bale also noticed that in the distant dark sky, there was a lone black-gray crow. It flapped its wings and slowly flew towards the north. The melancholy cry came from it, and it sounded like a kind of mournful wail.
"Is it possible that it is leading the way for us?" Bell had a thought.
"Something must be different over there." Deng Ximei was deep in thought. "Will Ah Jun also think that it's leading the way for them?"
"Gu Jun has paranoia." Lou Xiaoning said as she shook her head. "Just because the crow is leading the way, he will follow it? That doesn't sound like it. "
The crow leading the way represented different fortunes in different civilizations.
They did not know much about the Carlop civilization but for most civilizations on Earth, it was a symbol of bad luck.
"You have a point." Deng Ximei said, "Thinking like Shi Yu … with his way of thinking, I don't think he will …"
While the group rested, the eight carcass storage troughs burned for a long time.
Then Lou Xiaoning, Malachite and Peacock returned to inspect the troughs. When they checked their own cloned bodies, they stood to the side. The carcasses were all burned to ash, the strange worm was no exception.
While Yu Chi was constructing the new pillar, Uncle Dan finished his repair and was replaced. The repair was far from one hundred percent but they did not have that much time.
Of the whole team, only Deng Ximei did not need to be repaired. She only needed to rest for a while.
The team's supplies were checked. Water and rations were enough to last them for three days. If they used them sparingly, they could last for a few more days.
When Lou Xiaoning finished her repair, Yu Chi opened his eyes. He told Feng Peiqian who was guarding him, "It's done, the two new pillars are complete! It's really good to have more types of combinations. My mental pillar formation is more stable now. "He was very thirsty and asked for water again.
"Leader, we've discussed this earlier, we have to conserve water. I see your lips are still wet, I hope you can hold on for a little longer." Feng Peiqian shrugged.
"Oh?" Yu Chi scratched his head.
After Lou Xiaoning was done, the Mist Breakers finished their rest. They packed up their supplies and headed towards the north of the swamp.
The crow wandered in the eerie sky. As they moved further north, it flew further ahead like it was leading the way.
But they had no idea what was waiting for them on the other side.
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