Chapter 69: Fire Burns Pathogens

Although Wu Jue complained, his hands didn’t stop moving.

He rummaged through all the cardboard boxes stored in the utility room.

He even put on the peanut oil left over from soaking the torches.

But the more Ye Yuan looked at these, the more awkward he felt.

He turned to ask Brother Wu,

“Brother Wu, do you have anything else? I don’t know why, but I feel like these won’t burn.”

“Or, Brother Wu, how about you contribute another bedsheet? The few of us can hold him down with our clothes and then pour the oil on him.”

Wu Jue had no choice; for the safety of the few of them, he could only reluctantly take out another bedsheet.

Just like that, the four of them, carrying oil, lit torches, combustibles, and a bedsheet, walked to the doorway.

It was at this moment that the three people, excluding Ye Yuan, heard that familiar sound.

Ye Yuan was still a bit bewildered, looking at them, completely unaware of what was happening.

Standing first, he looked through the peephole to the outside, but it was just pitch black.

At this point, Xu Wenhua pulled Ye Yuan back.

“Old Ye, you keep an eye on things from behind. Wu Chusheng should be outside now.”

Then he said to the other owner,

“Let’s go, we’ll go out first. Be careful and remember to use the torch to light the way.”

After the door opened, besides the smell of burning firewood from inside the room, all four of them smelled a faint, indescribable stench lingering in the air.

The moment the door opened, their hearts leaped into their throats.

Xu Wenhua was the first to step out, waving the torch in his hand to scan the surroundings.

Finding nothing, he stood aside, holding up the torch and looking ahead.

The other three also came out one after another, and with the combined light of the four torches, their vision became much clearer.

The four of them cautiously approached the stairwell.

Here, they smelled an indescribable odor.

At this point, all four were puzzled, unsure of where to go next.

Just then, Ye Yuan came to the stairs.

He lowered the torch and squatted down, wanting to look for traces on the stairs below.

However, as he squatted, an even stronger smell directly assailed his nostrils, shooting straight to his head.

This sensation made him lose his balance.

He accidentally fell backward, and the torch in his hand also dropped onto the stairs.

Fortunately, Wu Jue was quick-witted and supported Ye Yuan’s back with one hand.

The other two also came over at this time, each extending a hand to pull Ye Yuan up.

Wu Jue pinched Ye Yuan’s philtrum several times, and only then did Ye Yuan regain consciousness.

And Xu Wenhua, seeing that he was fine, was still teasing him.

“What kind of smell was it that could make you pass out instantly?”

“I’m suddenly very curious. How about you describe it to me?”

Ye Yuan, having recovered, was not in the mood to joke with Xu Wenhua.

“He moved. He should have been on the 17th floor before, right? He walked downstairs. Where will he go now?”

“We need to find him and burn him as soon as possible.”

While the others were still wondering where Wu Chusheng could have gone,

Wu Jue had an idea.

“I probably know where Wu Chusheng went.”

At the same time, he extended his hand and pointed downstairs.

“If he went downstairs, then he must have gone to room 1001 on the 10th floor.”

He then explained to the others,

“Wu Chusheng has a grudge with Liang Yu, and it seems to be a significant one.”

“According to Old Ye, the other party should already be dead, but not completely dead.”

“His brain has been parasitized by some unknown virus or other thing, and Wu Chusheng’s resentment towards Liang Yu is probably influencing this parasitic entity.”

At this point, Xu Wenhua directly said,

“What’s the use of analyzing here? The 10th floor isn’t far. We’ll know once we go and see.”

After saying that, he led the way downstairs.

The other few people had no choice but to follow.

After all, they also knew that what Xu Wenhua said was true.

No amount of analysis here was as practical as simply making the trip.

As they got closer and closer to room 1001, the smell became increasingly thick.

At this point, they had to pull up their scarves to use as temporary masks.

As the light of the torches filled the entire space,

They indeed saw Wu Chusheng’s figure in room 1001.

At this moment, all four of them were somewhat afraid.

Xu Wenhua and Ye Yuan, each pulling one side of the bedsheet, slowly walked into room 1001.

When they were about half a meter away from Wu Chusheng,

The other party slowly turned around at this moment.

It startled them.

Especially Ye Yuan, who saw one of the other party’s eyeballs detached, connected only by an optic nerve.

His entire body trembled.

At this point, they couldn’t care less about that and directly covered him with the bedsheet.

They took out the cardboard they had brought and patted Wu Chusheng under the bedsheet a few times.

Wu Jue saw that the other owner was still in a daze.

He snatched the remaining oil from his hand and poured it directly onto him.

Then he threw the torch in his hand onto the oily bedsheet.

Watching the open flame ignite, Wu Jue also poured the prepared shredded paper he had behind him onto it.

Finally, the four of them continuously added the combustibles they carried.

They only stopped when the flames burned about a meter high.

The scorching of the flames made the smell even more disgusting.

Wu Jue opened the nearby window slightly at this point.

Then he looked at the three and said,

“I thought this was going to be really dangerous. Don’t laugh, but I almost thought Wu Chusheng had turned into a zombie.”

“But look, we’ve been burning him for so long, and there hasn’t been a sound or a single movement.”

At this moment, Xu Wenhua also expressed his thoughts.

“Exactly! The first time I saw him, he looked just like a zombie from a movie. The main thing is that he can move, he can move! That’s the most crucial part.”

Ye Yuan, at this moment, indeed took out his phone and started filming the fire.

After filming, he posted it in the group.

And sent a message:

“Under Brother Wu’s leadership, Wu Chusheng has been cremated.”

These were originally things Wu Jue should have done.

However, Wu Jue didn’t care at this point.

Looking at Xu Wenhua beside him, he pulled him out.

At the same time, he was still complaining,

“You guys watch first, to avoid any accidents. Old Xu and I are going outside for some fresh air.”

He didn’t care whether Xu Wenhua was willing or not and forcefully pulled him into the adjacent room 1002.

At this point, Wu Jue looked across again, making sure they hadn’t followed, and then said to Xu Wenhua,

“Hey, Old Xu, about that thing you mentioned before.”

“It’s not that I don’t want to do it, it’s just that they have guns, and more than one.”

“Unless we can get them from them.”

“Otherwise, our chances of winning are too low. Against guns, we can only take a beating; there’s no way we can resist.”

Hearing Wu Jue’s complaints, Xu Wenhua also knew this was true.

“Brother Wu, I’ll try to figure something out for this.”

“Also, that Ye Yuan, you need to pay attention to him. I always feel like he’s quite deep.”

“It’s better not to let him know about this, to avoid him betraying us.”