Unparalleled Double Harmony

Chapter 672 Trapped to Death

Chapter 672 Trapped to Death

Meanwhile, inside the coffin shop.

"Hey? Can you smell...?" When Cao Weier smelled a burning smell that seemed to come from nowhere, she immediately turned her head to remind Yun Shili.

Unexpectedly, before she could finish speaking, Yun Shili replied, "It came from this coffin."

As soon as Brother Yun finished speaking, Cao Weier turned her gaze and saw that Yun Shili, who had noticed the abnormality even earlier than her, was already standing next to a coffin in the distance, his hand on the coffin lid.

"The coffin lid is warm, but not scalding," Yun Shili said as he observed. "And judging from the gaps in the planks, there's neither smoke nor fire inside the coffin..."

As he said those two sentences, Cao Weier came over and asked, "So what do you say? Open it and take a look?"

"Uh... okay." Yun Shili really didn't know what other way to find out the situation besides opening it, so he only hesitated for a second before answering in accordance with the other party's suggestion.

Cao Wei'er didn't hesitate either. She picked up the iron rod in her hand and smashed the lid of the "hot coffin" with a few blows.

Just as Yun and Cao were about to take a few steps closer and peek inside through the broken coffin lid...

"Ah!" A scream suddenly rang out from inside the coffin, and then a burly man smashed open the broken coffin lid and jumped out of it.

Fortunately, Ma Zhao's physique and voice are quite distinctive, so even if you don't see his face clearly, you can quickly recognize him. Otherwise, given his dramatic entrance, he would have gotten a few slaps from Brother Yun and Lady Cao.

"Whoosh—whoosh—it's burning me, it's burning me!" After escaping from the coffin, Ma Zhao immediately plunged into the ground, yelling and rolling around on the ground.

But Yun Shili and Cao Weier could see clearly that there wasn't even a spark on this guy.

"Haa—haa—" After rolling around for a while, the pain seemed to have subsided as he "woke up." Ma Zhao then sat up, panting heavily, and looked at the two people in front of him. He then asked in a daze, "Where...where am I?"

"You'll remember in a bit." Yun Shili hadn't explained much to Cao Weier earlier, and he wouldn't waste time arguing with Ma Zhao now, so he just gave that one perfunctory answer before asking, "By the way, are you alright? Did something happen 'over there'?"

"'Over there'?" Ma Zhao paused for a few seconds, then seemed to gradually understand Yun Shili's meaning, and replied, "Ah...yes, there's a fire over there! I almost burned to death, hiss—"

As he spoke, he grimaced and let out a soft cry, as if something in his body was hurting.

"Don't move." Yun Shili noticed that something was wrong with him, so she took a step forward, grabbed his collar, and gently lifted it open.

"Hiss—Ouch!" Ma Zhao immediately cried out in pain again, but then he was shocked by his own condition, because he realized that he was not "dreaming" but was really "burned". A small patch of skin on his chest was now burned and stuck to his clothes.

Upon seeing this, Yun Shili and Cao Weier immediately understood: the burning smell emanating from the coffin earlier was coming from Ma Zhao's body, which meant that the injuries sustained "over there" would also have an effect on his body "here".

Fortunately, Ma Zhao's injuries were not too serious. He only had a few minor burns on the surface of his skin on his chest and back. Even with the medical technology at the time, such injuries would not usually be fatal. As for why he screamed so miserably, it was mainly because burns are a type of injury with an extremely high pain index.

Therefore, this injury greatly affected Ma Zhao's actions, significantly reducing his combat effectiveness.

"It's alright, you won't die. After you escape, use a heated knife to cut off the charred, rotten flesh stuck to the cloth, then wash it with clean water, apply medicine and bandage it. It will become a scar in a year or two." After a moment, Yun Shili finished examining Ma Zhao's wounds and gave him this "diagnosis".

At this moment, Ma Zhao's shirt had been "torn away" by Brother Yun with a very skillful technique, leaving only a few strands of fabric stuck to the wound. This way, Ma Zhao would not experience any additional pain from the wound being pulled and rubbed by the clothes.

"Phew—" Ma Zhao breathed a sigh of relief and replied half-jokingly, "Lord Yun, you are truly a polymath. You even know a little about medicine, right?"

"Heh... just pretend I know." Upon hearing this, Brother Yun merely sneered and did not directly answer the question; after all, if he were to answer this question seriously, the answer would be very "hellish"... or rather, very "prison-like".

"Hey! Tang Chou is here!" Meanwhile, while Yun Shili was treating Ma Zhao's wounds, Cao Weier went and knocked on several more coffins by herself, and just then she found Tang Chou.

Because of his weak health, even after waking up, Tang Chou had to wait for the people outside to remove most of the coffin lids before he could get out. But at least he came out unharmed. Compared to the disheveled Ma Zhao, Tang Chou was in a better condition now.

Afterwards, the group continued to "break open the coffins," opening every single one of the remaining coffins in the room, fearing that there might still be other "living people" who had not been saved.

And the result... they actually found one alive—Situ Ao.

Here, the book subtly reveals that, apart from Yun Shili, Tang Chou, Ma Zhao, and Cao Weier, the only other living people who have just checked into the "inn" tonight are Situ Ao and his two servants.

Yuwei was aware of this information, but among the people she asked Yun Shili to protect, even someone with Ma Zhao's moral standards was included, but Situ Ao and the others were not included... This shows that Yuwei may have already calculated that those three were "hopeless" in a double sense from the very beginning.

"Help...help me! Get me out of here...Ali and Qiang! Where have you been?!" When Situ Ao woke up, he was in a lot of pain in his lower body, so he immediately called for his two servants, hoping that someone would carry him out.

However, those two were no longer in the room. The two coffins they had lain in were among the few empty coffins in the room that had not been covered when Yun Shili woke up.

"Alright, alright, stop arguing, I'll do it." Yun Shili had a pretty good idea of ​​why this guy hadn't been called out by Yuwei, but objectively speaking, the other party hadn't taken any adverse actions against them yet. Besides, Brother Yun had indeed accidentally injured Situ Ao just now, so whether it was out of morality or guilt... Yun Shili muttered to himself as he stepped forward and gently lifted the guy out.

"You! It's you! I... I'll fucking kill you!" Situ Ao was about to thank the people who came to carry him, but as soon as Yun Shili lifted him out of the coffin and into the light, he realized that this was the same person who had "crippled" him. How could he tolerate this? Situ Ao immediately broke down. While cursing, he used all his strength to try to smash Yun Shili's skull with a close-range palm strike.

Yun Ge's reaction at this moment was quite cunning... He could have easily defended against the opponent's palm strike with a gentler method, but he insisted on using a more violent one.

"Ouch~" The next second, after declaring the legitimacy of his defense with a rather mischievous cry, Yun Shili swung his arm and sent Situ Ao flying; the movement... was a lightweight and accelerated version of "Tao Pai Pai throws a pillar", except that he threw a person instead.

Even more dramatically, after Situ Ao was thrown into the air, he brushed past the oar that had "thrown" him not long before, and the two even made eye contact at close range.

In that instant, Ma Zhao's eyes seemed to say, "Sorry about before, brother."

Situ Ao's eyes seemed to repeat a phrase he had uttered earlier: "Fuck your mother!"

bang——

Two seconds later, Situ Ao, who had been thrown, crashed into the door of the coffin shop and broke it open.

No one expected that this act of "opening the door" would lead to a sudden change—as a beam of bright moonlight shone in from outside the door, the scene inside the house also changed abruptly.

In that instant, the two scenes, "inn lobby" and "coffin shop," overlapped in a hazy play of light and shadow, much like the memories that suddenly "intertwined" after everyone woke up, both real and illusory.

But this also brought another problem: the fire at the inn also "spread over".

The flames, like a game texture that suddenly appeared, enveloped everyone in an instant, and thick smoke immediately filled their mouths and noses, making their eyes water.

In such a fire, the risk of death increases dramatically for every second a person is trapped in the fire. Putting aside other factors, just consider the risk of inhaling thick smoke. In an era when people had no concept of tracheal intubation, once a person's airway swelled up due to burns, even the most renowned healers couldn't save them.

Fortunately, the people inside reacted quickly: Ma Zhao was the first to run to the door, as he didn't want to be burned again; Cao Wei'er glanced back as she ran, and when she saw that Yun Shili had already grabbed Tang Chou at great speed and was also rushing towards the door, she covered her mouth and nose with peace of mind and chased after Ma Zhao to rush out together.

Of course...

At this moment, Situ Ao, who was outside the door, also realized what was happening.

His position was right by the door, so even if he wasn't as fast as the people inside, he could still reach the door before them.

So, a moment later, Situ Ao gritted his teeth, endured the pain, and desperately sprang up from the ground, then slammed the coffin shop door shut with a loud bang.

Just a second before the door was sewn shut, Ma Zhao, who had already arrived, even saw the almost crazed and vicious expression on Situ Ao's face.