Chapter 33 Underground Pipes
Our final decision was to go down and see if it really didn't work, and then come back here.
With that, K solved the lock on the iron fence in a few clicks, and in front of us was a black staircase, straight down.
What is at the end, I can't see it at all, it's just rust on the stairs, which is very old.
We picked up our weapons and stayed here, and Cangtu took Karl down to see what was going on.
They tried to keep their voices as low as they could, but the rustling echoed through the empty underground pipes.
We waited with bated breath, and after a short while, the flicker of a flashlight came from the top of the staircase, playing rhythmically.
"It's a code, let's go!" K said, taking the lead.
Wang and I followed closely behind, and Sun Si also carried his equipment on his back, and followed us closely, behind Lao Ding's palace.
We walked very carefully because the sound transmission inside the underground passage was very good and there was no sound of water here at all.
We swirled down the steps, and could only see a little bit of what was within range by the light of the flashlight.
The walls should also be full of displays, showing a translucent white color.
About three floors deep, we came to the lowest floor.
It's so quiet!
The slightest sound can be amplified, creating an echo effect.
It's like a small subway platform, with a slight fluorescence in the pipes, and some of the lights are not broken, but you can see the situation here, but there is no ticket gate on this small platform.
A long, wide, endless passage stretches out on both sides, and the road is out of sight at a turn.
Fortunately, we were not yet fully exposed to this open space, and in front of us was the same iron fence as the one upstairs.
K has no intention of picking the lock.
It's so quiet too! It's completely different from what we envisioned!
And in this way, this is not an underground water pipe at all, but an underground traffic pipe!
Any commotion on the streets, completely unknown here!
So there is a good chance that there are a large number of zombies and unknown dangers hidden here.
We used flashlights to scout the corners where the lights couldn't shine, trying to prove that it was dangerous.
But we didn't find anything.
"It's so quiet here...... I whispered.
Because of my sudden voice, everyone looked back at me in shock, "What's wrong?" β
"Zombies are vocal, and we make a lot of noise......" I said, raising my voice, "Hey! β
My roar instantly echoed a fading fading.
"Hey...... Hey... Hey. β
Everyone was so nervous that Sun Si ran directly to the staircase and cried, "Let's go up!" β
But there was no movement in the entire dimly lit underground pipe.
There was no terrible roar of the zombies, no sound.
A quiet pin dropped on the ground can be heard.
We all hesitated, there was still no way to go up, and if we continued below, there seemed to be something waiting for us in this eerie silence......
It's like a hunter hunting, silently without making a sound, waiting for the prey to be caught......
Thinking of this, I broke out in a cold sweat.
Finally, after a quiet stalemate of more than ten minutes, Cangtu motioned for K to unlock the lock.
"Click, click, click......"
Don't look at the K man who is tall and big, with long hands and long feet, but he works very carefully, and does not make a 'clanging' lock opening sound, but handles the iron locks and chains gently.
Even such a faint sound is enough to stimulate our nerves.
Finally, the lock opened, and the door creaked.
None of us moved, except for the sound of breathing, and the strange silence was suppressed again.
The long passageway on both sides was still silent, and I looked at the end of the black hole, fantasizing about a subway speeding by......
After waiting for a few more minutes, Cangtu led the way, and we rushed out of the way, leaving the protection of the iron fence.
In the middle of this tall passage was a deep ditch, and despite the wide stone steps on both sides, we cautiously pressed against the walls of the passage and walked in small steps.
After more than half an hour of tossing, our vigilance relaxed a little, as if we were indeed overhearted.
There should be nothing here.
Lao Ding's courage gradually grew and he turned on the chatter mode.
"It's scaring myself, when I was in Iraq with the captain, I was also scared by myself, but it turned out that nothing happened."
"You've been soldiers?" Wang Yiyi asked.
"It's not a regular government army, but we do have an organization." Lao Ding sold Guanzi, "This is a secret." β
Wang Yi smiled and shook his head: "If you don't say it, I know, is it a paratrooper legion?" β
Lao Ding said "oops", which can be regarded as a tacit acquiescence.
Cang Tu turned around and cursed, telling them to shut up.
Lao Ding closed his mouth in amusement.
When I was studying, I seemed to have heard a professor in a certain class talk about the paratrooper corps, but the specifics were not very clear.
I only remember that this paratrooper regiment is not composed of airborne troops in the ordinary sense, but an armed organization abroad, because it specializes in sneak attacks and assaults and other related work, similar to the original definition of paratroopers, so it is called a paratrooper regiment, which means that the action is elusive and the sky is a surprise soldier.
It seems that they are not small.
We continued to walk cautiously against the wall, rows of shadows stretched, shrunk to our feet, and stretched farther away......
We only have two options, forward and backward, and the direction of progress and the base are roughly the same.
Cangtu's plan is to find the next exit and go up to see the situation.
Immediately around the corner, our shadow was cast onto the wall around the corner, twisted into an eerie shape.
The surroundings were still very quiet, and the sound of our fragmented footsteps was deafening.
At this moment, in my mind, what Miss Lu said to me on her deathbed kept coming up: the gladiatorial arena.
What does that mean exactly? Is this the gladiatorial arena? Or did I hear it wrong?
She's an expert in physics, so maybe she'll find something......
I've walked a long way, and I'm getting more and more tired.
Because we walked very slowly and cautiously, my spirit became more and more relaxed.
Cangtu and Carl, who were walking in front, suddenly raised their guns and aimed at a dark corner in front of them.
I was taken aback by the sudden influx and hurriedly raised my weapon to see what had caught everyone's attention.
Something in the shadows, there was a surge.
Through this deep trench, the dim light above the head flickered and flickered, and the thing on the other side of the ditch was like a large dog, crawling on the ground, shrugging one after another.
We all held our breath, and gradually, I heard the sound it makes.
Like a woman laughing.
is snickering, like the shallow smile of the dusty woman......
This laughter echoes in this empty place, and it is creepy......
Female ghost?!
The first thing that came to my mind was a female ghost!
The overhead light 'snapped' twice, but it stopped flashing, it lit up!
In an instant, we could see what was in that dark corner!
Hey?
It was a tanuki cat.
Although I have never seen such a big cat, it is indeed a Chinese pastoral civet cat.
It was hunched over, hiding behind a pile of black objects, facing us.
Its big, yellow-green eyes are the size of a tennis ball, and they glow green! Its beard is long and erect, and in front of it ......
It's a corpse! A stump...
It's eating people!
I was so sure that I caught a glimpse of the corpse's pants, the same as the assault pants we were wearing!
Its fur looked very stiff, and its coarse fur exploded as it hunched over its back and stared at us fiercely.
We don't dare to move, we don't know if it will threaten our safety, and it's not always wise to look for a fight.
It slowly raised its head, and the woman's laughter grew stronger......
"Huh." Very clear!
The cat, it's laughing! It's slanting, it's squinting, it's laughing!
What is the situation! Do cats laugh? Will it make a human voice?
Wang Yiyi suddenly touched me lightly, and he also held his gun, but he pointed to something else......
When I turned around, I noticed that at some point, there were several of these strange cats standing not far behind us.
They walked quietly, gradually closing in on us......
I have a very bad feeling that these animals are hunting us.
Cangtu reacted quickly, and he reduced his range of motion as much as he could, pulling out a flashbang and handing it to me.
"Listen to my order in a moment, let's run forward." He whispered to everyone, "Don't run away! Follow me. β
After he said this, he suddenly opened fire and shot at the man-eating tanuki cat on the other side.
A shot missed, and the big raccoon cat on the opposite side let out an extremely terrifying scream!
"Ahββ!h That's the human voice!
This shout is really hair-piercing!
The big cats behind them also let out a deafening scream, they screamed, and fled in all directions to dodge Wang Yiyi and Lao Ding's strafing.
"Run!" I yelled, threw a flashbang behind me, turned to follow the trail, and ran ahead.
There was a loud "bang", and we wore goggles, and we could still feel a burst of white light!
"Whewββ!" The big cats behind me were screaming, and then I heard that horrible laughter again.
They were defenseless, their eyes were shaken by flashbangs, and they didn't pounce on them for a moment, just screamed.
The sound of running around, the sound of invective, the roar, the terrible roar, filled the eardrums, and I tried to distinguish the sound of Cangtu and followed him.
I don't know where the next platform is, we have two legs, and we can't outrun those big four-legged cats at all.
It is said that the muscle content of felines is more than 80%, and the content of tigers is nearly 90%!
Such a big cat is simply a little tiger.
Even if we have guns...... But so many big cats......
"Ahh Save me! Sun Si suddenly shouted from behind, he must have been left behind.
I instinctively turned around and wanted to help him, but Wang grabbed me and pushed me forward: "Run!" β
"Lao Ding!" I shouted that he was at the end and had not yet caught up with Sun Si.
A big cat that looked to be more than two hundred pounds jumped out of the ditch, pressed its front paws on Sun Si's body, he was protecting his head with a package, and the big cat opened its bloody mouth and bit Sun Si's arm.
Lao Ding reacted very quickly, he shot the big cat in the head, and then hurriedly pulled up Sun Si, pushed him towards Wang Yi, and turned around and shot.
But it was too late, and the big cats were completely enraged when they saw their companions being killed.
They seem to use their true power, as fast as lightning, and seem to be running with the wind.
They pounced on Lao Ding in an instant, and with his heavy luggage on his back, he quickly took a few steps back, leaned firmly against the wall, and continued to strafe.
But the big cat was too fast, they had already arrived in front of Lao Ding, a big golden orange cat came out of the deep ditch on the ground, bit Lao Ding's thigh, and shook his head, Lao Ding fell to the ground like a puppet with a broken line.
Everything seemed to happen in an instant, and another big cat also pounced, and before Lao Ding could scream, he was bitten off his neck, and blood gushed out.
Then came the roars of the animals and the demonstrations of victory, and Cangtu found a platform not far ahead.
There was also an iron fence on the dimly lit platform, and K had been opened.
Those big cats didn't seem to catch up because they coveted Lao Ding's corpse.
We gasped for breath, ducked into the bar, and locked the door again.
I was leaning against the cold wall behind me, bracing my body, and I was breathless from fear.
Cangtu sighed heavily, continued to hold the gun, and walked upstairs.