Chapter 126: An Intimate Encounter with a Corpse

My stomach churned at the sight. I had heard of such cases before, but this was my first time encountering one in person. Before I could turn around to stop Wang Yazhuo from coming over, it was too late; she was already standing behind me. Through the crack in the door, she saw exactly what was happening inside the room.

Her mouth fell open, and just as she was about to scream, I clamped my hand over her lips. Wang Yazhuo was deeply shaken and turned away in terror. I cast one more panicked glance through the door crack; the naked man was still lost in his perverse pleasure, completely unaware of our presence.

In that fleeting second, my gaze fell upon the corpse again, and this time, the details were agonizingly clear. The body was in an advanced state of decomposition—dead for at least several months, perhaps over a year. It had shriveled significantly, and the skin had long since sloughed off, exposing muscle tissue that had turned black and green from prolonged exposure to the air.

In some places, such as the legs, the bone was visible through the decaying muscle. Around the exposed bone, something seemed to be wriggling. My heart skipped a beat—it was maggots, swarming all over the remains. It was the end of winter, a season when maggots rarely thrive, which only served to highlight just how extreme the level of decay had become.

While we stood outside, nauseated, the man continued his rhythmic movements atop the body. Perhaps in his frenzy, he accidentally tore a piece of flesh from the corpse’s shoulder, yet he didn't stop, letting out moans of ecstasy.

The pungent stench of putrefaction wafted through the door gap. The little girl, with her keen sense of smell, showed no reaction, but Wang Yazhuo and I were at our breaking point. I took hold of her hand and the girl’s, and we made our way downstairs with extreme caution. Once we reached the pitch-black ground floor, the intensity of the smell slowly dissipated, and Wang Yazhuo nearly vomited.

She was trembling uncontrollably; this was surely the most horrific thing she had ever seen. Once she finally regained a modicum of composure, she asked if