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The backpack slipped off the single bed with a falling sound.

Suddenly, he opened his eyes, and a cold chill spread from the figure on the bed, and the temperature of the entire sailor's cabin seemed to drop a few points.

Dreams......

Lin Zhan sat up from the bed and rubbed his face. The illuminated watch reflected his bloodshot eyes and the time of day.

12:13

This is real-world time, there is no calibration. It was still dark outside the window, and there was no starlight.

Depending on the time difference, the time here is 6 am. Lin Zhan, who had always had insomnia, actually slept for a full twelve hours on the first night he entered the wasteland world.

Bent down and picked up the backpack that fell to the ground as a pillow and lay down again, but Lin Zhan couldn't fall asleep for a long time.

After lying on the bed for a long time, Lin Zhan sat up, stood up straight, sorted out his folded clothes, and put on his night vision device and backpack.

The rusty hatch cracked open with the sound of sore teeth, and a figure stepped out of it, through the narrow corridor to the deck of the ship, and jumped off the riverbank into the darkness. The direction is the wilderness side.

Two hours later.

Lin Zhan's figure appeared on a bulging hill in the wilderness. The night breeze was blowing, everything in this world was withering, and the air was lifeless. Not a single sound came from the vast wasteland. Only the ghostly fire glows throughout the wilderness.

There is no such thing as pre-dawn darkness. From the moment the sun disappears into the horizon, the world is shrouded in darkness. Until it rises again. Even though it's 8 a.m. and the sun rises less than half an hour away, it's still the same as midnight.

More than ten years have passed, and I have returned to the old place. Nothing seems to have changed here. He took off his helmet and quietly looked at these scenes, which were absolutely invisible in the real world, and put the night vision goggles back on, and the world was filled with green fluorescence again.

Entering the cave, everything suddenly looks like it was back then. Lin Zhan seemed to hear Li Bayi whispering something on the side, and those team members looked at him nervously. Waiting for further rescue instructions.

Click――

A piece of white bone was trampled to pieces, and it was distinctly clear in the quiet cavern, echoes looming from the depths. Lin Zhan fell into memories again.

After a few seconds, he broke free and shook his head slightly. I have never been sentimental. I don't know why there are so many memories and feelings.

He flipped his palm, and the surprise box that had always been hidden in his sleeve was held in his palm. It looks very delicate in appearance, somewhat like a Rubik's cube. But the appearance is not known gilt metal.

Instances of SCP-236 from two years ago will be familiar with this thing, Surprise Box. Supplies that come standard in the equipment list, weapons with strategic area damage. At the same time, there is another name, small nuclear bomb.

However, it was removed from the material in 2013 due to the fact that in some technologically advanced worlds, it would cause natives to be hostile, which is equivalent to thermal weapons. No one can easily trust a person with a weapon. At the same time, it is easy to hurt yourself if the damage is too great.

After all, it was inside 236, and this kind of weapon that died together was really useless. Even if it is used to break through obstacles, it is not as effective as a directional blasting device. It is inevitable that it will be revoked.

Lin Zhan also only kept one as a souvenir. Fortunately, it is very stable, and the built-in detonation device is not more maintainable and unharmed for several years. He smuggled it. The purpose is self-explanatory.

The sound didn't attract any creatures, and the cave felt like it was abandoned. Lin Zhan continued to move forward, only the surprise box was still clasped in the palm of his hand. His face remained calm, as if he was holding an ordinary Rubik's cube instead of a nuclear bomb that could blow himself into atoms.

In his opinion, he died more than ten years ago.

A beam of dusk light pierced through the mist and poured over the wasteland. The sun rises in an arc over the horizon.

The light shone obliquely into the cave for more than ten meters, projecting at Lin Zhan's feet. Lin Zhan looked down. Step deeper into the cave and disappear into the black mist that the light cannot touch.

……

Wang Yao and Lin Zhan staggered.

Strictly speaking. Two hours after Lin Zhan left the ship, Wang Yao returned from the other direction.

Passing through the unremarkable carved wooden door, the darkness was instantly replaced by light and silver-white. Wang Yao, who had been on the night road for several hours, felt a little uncomfortable, squinted his eyes slightly, and his pupils contracted like cats into wheat mangs, and returned to their original state after a few seconds. Get used to it.

"Welcome back." As soon as his eyes adjusted, Dr. Lee's voice rang out.

"You're still there?" Wang Yaowei raised his head and looked at Dr. Li, who was standing in front of the window with a coat and hot tea in the observation window.

"I just took a nap here, and I can't sleep well when I'm old." The old man smiled slightly. Then he thought of something: "By the way, what about Lin Zhan?" ”

"Lin Zhan." Wang Yao was stunned.

Dr. Li was also stunned: "Didn't you meet it?" He also went in. ”

Wang Yao frowned slightly, Team Leader Lin also came in? Because of yourself......

Dr. Lee knew what he was thinking and said, "That's not it...... Alas, it's all old. You come up first. There is something I want to tell you about the aboriginal you brought back. ”

A guard entered from the disinfection room and came to Wang Yao's side. They've changed people, not the previous squad of Ables.

Wang Yao pondered for a moment, took off his backpack and handed it to one of the guards, and turned around to enter the door again.

"Wait." Dr. Li stopped Wang Yao.

Just when Wang Yao thought he was going to say something of persuasion, he heard Dr. Li sigh softly: "There is a cave in the wilderness fourteen kilometers from the old shipyard, which is marked by a map. You should be able to find him there. ”

"Understood."

Wang Yao's figure stepped into the door and disappeared.

……

A beam of light shone on the craggy rock face. Lin Zhan's footsteps stopped in the deepest part of the cave, which was blocked by collapsed rubble. Everything from more than a decade ago was buried underneath, and no one could come out, not even the orcs.

"Please......"

"Don't leave my ......"

Lin Zhan's body shook, and the Rubik's Cube held tightly in his palm fell, knocking on the gravel and rolling several times.

There's no time to care about it, it won't be detonated anyway. Lin Zhan rubbed his temples lightly and threw out the chaotic scene in his mind. But the more he did this, the more endless the scenes appeared. After witnessing the collapse, he staggered out of the cave. Ye Jingwen's mother's crying and swearing. Curled up at home, hugging Ye Jingwen's figure and crying silently.

These sights and sounds filled Lin Zhan's mind.

"Enough!"

Lin Zhan let out a cold snort, which shook the cave and buzzed. A cloud of dust spilled. All the memories in my mind were drunk again, and they disappeared like bubbles bursting.

He let out a long sigh of relief and bent down to pick up the surprise box and put it in his pocket. It's been confirmed that the orc is dead, and he doesn't need this thing anymore.

He pulled out a handful of fresh flowers wrapped in plastic wrap, a box of cigarettes, and some envelopes from his backpack and placed them in front of the collapsed rubble.

Lin Zhan straightened up. Now, it's time for him to go back. (To be continued......)