Chapter 30 (II) The Ghost King
After calling that frequency about dozens of times, there was finally a response from the other end, but only in response to a piece of Morse code.
After listening to the Morse code that the other party had typed out, Ruth immediately turned his head to look at Bosson and said, "Why did he ask that?" β
Bosson glanced at the door of the central control room and said, "He doesn't want us to know where he is, it's as simple as that." β
What that Morse code means is -- why are you looking for me so urgently?
Bosen is not stupid, he can feel that the other party has actually been staring at this fortress, maybe he is not far from this fortress. Although he had called this frequency dozens of times in a row, he had done so before, but this time the other party would ask him why he was so anxious. That means that the other party must know that something happened in the fortress.
Then, Bosen picked up the radio and directly informed the other party of what happened here, especially mentioning that he had locked Tang Shuxing and the others in the silo along with Dong Sanlu, and now he couldn't even open it outside himself.
After Bosson finished speaking, the other party really didn't type it out with Morse code again, but asked directly: "So, the fortress belongs to you?" β
"No, Ghost King! The fortress is yours! Bosson replied immediately, his tone full of loyalty.
Then, the ghost king let out a sneer, although Bosson called the other party the ghost king, but the other party's voice was not terrible, on the contrary, it made people feel as if he was a gentle scholar. Bosson will always remember how he came into contact with this ghost king whom they had never metβwhen they came to the fortress years ago. And when he was facing the end of ammunition and food, Dong Sanlu, who only knew how to study intelligence, only knew that he stayed in the central control room all day, and took those soldiers to drum up the machine, and he didn't ask about eating and drinking, and only knew that he opened his mouth when he was hungry and thirsty, which made Bosen very annoyed, and even had the urge to drag Dong Sanlu off the wheelchair and beat him up several times.
However, Bosson knew very well that he couldn't do that, he knew that his brain was not as flexible as Dong Sanlu. is not as knowledgeable as Dong Sanlu. So if he wants to survive, he can only rely on Dong Sanlu, so he can only endure.
So, Bosson began to take his men around to figure out a way. Hunt for polar bears. Go out to sea to fish, and so on. In order to keep all the people alive, but these pitiful foods alone can't make these hundreds of people eat and drink, but miracles will always happen.
Late one night. While Bosson, Ruth, and the Djilas brothers were on duty in the central control room, a strange sound came over the radio. Originally, the order to be on duty was given by Dong Sanlu, who thought that this machine had to be manned for the first 24 hours, because although it looked like an ancient terminal, it could intercept radio communications from most of the world, and it was possible to receive useful information when it would be possible to save their lives.
Bosson began to disdain this order, but when he received the frequency from the wireless, he rolled over and got up from the side like a great enemy, stared at the megaphone next to him, and then subconsciously turned off the megaphone and put on the headphones, because the Morse code was typed with the meaning: Hello people in the fortress, I am your friend, I can keep you alive.
Bosen listened with headphones on, and found that the Morse code was repeated many times, and it was obviously from the radio, not ordinary code, in other words, the other party could talk to him directly, but he chose to use Morse code in the communication, which seemed to be safe.
Actually, that method is not safe at all, because there are at least thirty people in this camp who know Morse code.
Therefore, Bosson judged that this person may have known that he was in this place, because why the others did not receive this message when they were on duty in the middle of the night, but they received it when they were on duty.
Wearing headphones, Bosson motioned for Moss and Djilas to go to the door to star, while he picked up the microphone and whispered, "Who are you?" β
After a long time, the other party finally responded: "I am the one who can save you." β
"We don't need you to rescue, if you need to rescue, please let me know your coordinates and we can help." Bosson replied calmly.
But what Bosen's words were exchanged for the other party's wild laughter, the other party laughed and said, "You are all dying of hunger, and you are still here to save me?" β
Bosson was taken aback and immediately asked, "Who the hell are you?" β
"I am the one who can save you." The other party still replied, paused and said, "You can call me the Ghost King." β
"Ghost King?" Bosson laughed, "I'm a person who doesn't like to joke. β
"You think I'm kidding you? I know where there's fresh water and food in the fortress you're in, and now you turn on the faucet and there's nothing in it, and that's okay, because there's a switch somewhere, and as long as you open that main gate, there's a steady stream of fresh water coming out, and listen, it's a constant stream of fresh water. The Ghost King chuckled, "And there is plenty of food, and as long as there is seawater irrigation, it will continue to grow and bear fruit!" β
Bosson said coldly: "You make fun of us?" β
"No, no, I just really want to help you, believe it or not, now you can do as I instruct, you can get fresh water first." The ghost king said over there, and then without waiting for Bosen to ask anything more, he directly said a route, and Bosen immediately recorded it with a pen next to him.
After the ghost king finished speaking, he said: "You can go and verify it now, I can wait for you here, and after you confirm it, I will contact you again, but it will be this time tomorrow night, because you need at least a day to verify whether the water is really endless, and you can also come to verify whether the water is poisonous." But rest assured, if I want to kill you, I won't let you drink the poisoned water, I just have to wait here and wait for you to starve to death. β
Bosson still didn't believe it: "Maybe you can't wait any longer, you just want us to die early?" β
The Ghost King sneered, "What can't I wait for? I know that fortress better than you, and if I arrive early, you'll be frozen to death outside, understand? Go for it, go for it. β
After saying that, the ghost king turned off the communication, Bosson thought for a while, and immediately took Ruth to follow the route said by the ghost king, and found a gate in an inconspicuous corner, he tentatively opened the gate, and ran into the toilet to open the faucet, although the water did not flow out immediately, but after waiting for a long time, there was a roaring sound from the faucet, and then there was a steady stream of water flowing out of it.
Bosson and Ruth were dumbfounded, and they just stood there and watched the water from the faucet flow out, and after watching it for five minutes, Ruth slowly stepped forward, took it with his hand, and smelled it, with a strange smell, he still couldn't help but taste it, and sure enough, it was fresh water.
Bosen didn't step forward, but said indifferently: "Originally, I was going to drink it, but if you drink it, I don't have to drink it, even if you test the poison, it's better to try it alone than two people trying it together." β
Although Ruth was uncomfortable listening to Bosen's words, this was a fact after all, and then Ruth simply leaned in and drank a full ......
In the next day, everyone else found out about the fact that there was water, and Dong Sanlu also bizarrely did not ask Bosen what was going on, although some soldiers were very curious, but many people found Bosen very calm, and everyone guessed that the freshwater was found by him, so from that day on, Bosen's status immediately rose to the level of "general", and he was no longer the bodyguard entourage of Dong Sanlu before.
That night, Bosson offered to be on duty again, still taking Ruth and Gilas brothers, he needed to wait for the Ghost King, because he had to rely on the Ghost King's next things to once again consolidate his position among the hundred and so people, at least to be on an equal footing with Dong Sanlu, and to let people know that he obeyed Dong Sanlu's orders because he respected him, not because he was afraid of him.
It was still that time, the radio went off again, and the voice of the ghost king came again: "How is it?" You've confirmed it, I'm not lying to you, so next, you bring your walkie-talkie, leave a person in the central control room, I will lead you to find food, you must keep someone in the central control room, because only in the central control room can monitor all the communications around you, you have to ensure that the communication between me and you is safe. β
After hearing this, Bosson turned to look at Gilas and said, "You stay, and your brother and I will follow his instructions to find food." β
When Djilas heard that there was something to eat, he immediately nodded, for he had eaten a piece of polar bear meat and a small ball of dry flour all day.
Immediately after that, Bosson put on the headset of the walkie-talkie, adjusted to a frequency according to the instructions of the ghost king, and after receiving the signal of the ghost king, he began to go according to the instructions, entered the restaurant, walked into the kitchen, and found the secret door in the kitchen, but the secret door had a combination lock on it, and the ghost king told him the password, and then the two entered the secret compartment, found the room, also found the gate to the silo, and finally found the plant.
When I found the plant, it was already full of fruits, and there were translucent fruits everywhere, and you could see the human-shaped fruits in it, which were already piled up very high.
Bosson and Ruth looked at each other in surprise, and after watching for a long time, Bosen pressed the walkie-talkie and said, "This is the food you said?" What the is this? β
"Food, food, protein." The Ghost King replied simply.
"It's people!" Bosson watched as Ruth shone his flashlight inside, "It's a man!" You call us cannibalism, you bastard! β
"People?" The Ghost King smiled, "Man is a mammal, have you ever seen someone grow out of a tree?" It's not a person, it's just a kind of fruit that is very much like a person, almost exactly like a person, just a fruit, that's all, understand? β
Bosson stood there, not knowing what to say, at this time the ghost king just said, "Do you want to eat or not, whether you want to use it, you decide for yourself, I have done everything that should be done, if you figure it out, and want to ask me something, you can still call me again" As he spoke, the ghost king stopped talking, and the communication was interrupted.
Bosson and Ruth looked at each other, looking at the translucent fruits on the ground, and had no idea what to do next. (To be continued......)