Chapter 44: Finding Another Way

After a short rest, the two began to clean up the battlefield and scavenge for ammunition from the corpses.

Su Bai picked up the 100-style submachine gun, loaded the bullets, and carried it on his back.

An iron door opened in front of them, and the two of them walked in and came to a long, narrow room.

Leaning against the wall lay some tattered instruments, but they were completely damaged.

Laura looked at the white English words on the wall deep in the room and read them word by word: "Holy Father...... Matthias will ...... Free us? Where to put it out...... This island? ”

"It looks like these Solarians have come to see Matthias as the one who can save them from this isolated island." Su Bai walked over, looked at the words on the wall, and said, "Maybe this is one of the methods that Matthias used to control these people." ”

"They've been completely brainwashed." Laura's voice was low.

"Alright, let's go. The control room should not be far away. Su Bai patted her on the shoulder.

The two left the room and walked through a hallway, where a locked iron door stood in front of them.

Su Bai looked inside through the glass window on the iron door, and was able to see the console inside.

He suddenly perked up and said to Laura, "This is it." Here we are, Laura. ”

Laura's face suddenly showed excitement and relief: "Oh, we're finally here. God, it's not an easy journey. ”

Su Bai laughed twice, and then said, "Okay, we have to open this door first." ”

"Use this." Laura handed the pickaxe to Su Bai.

"Hope it helps." Su Bai took the pickaxe, inserted it into the gap between the twisted and deformed iron deadbolt and the door, gritted his teeth and pulled it down.

Squeaky ......

The deadbolt made a sharp and screeching twisting sound, and finally pried it off with a thud.

"Whew!"

Su Bai let out a sigh and returned the pickaxe to Laura, then shook off his red hand and pushed open the iron door.

Walking into the control room, Laura ran to the console for the first time, and after some inspection, reached out and grabbed a handle that pushed up and down.

"This should be the switch."

She glanced at Su Bai and pushed the handle hard.

Smack!

The handle is directly broken.

"Oh!" Laura grabbed the severed handle and threw it to the ground, covering her face with her hands and looking up, "What the hell." ”

The tone was full of frustration and depression.

"Just ask Alex, Laura. There should be other ways. ”

Su Bai was also a little speechless.

However, he had already guessed that things were not so simple, and he was mentally prepared, so he was not too disappointed.

"You're right, there must be another way!"

Laura immediately took out the walkie-talkie and began to contact: "Alex, are you there?" ”

There was a murmur on the walkie-talkie, and then Alex's gasping voice came, "Yes." What's wrong Laura? ”

"The console is broken, I can't use it." Laura said.

"Damn!" Alex couldn't help but complain.

There was silence for a moment, as if thinking of a way. Soon, he added, "Okay. Unless you see a shipping room nearby, you'll have to climb up to the maintenance desk yourself. ”

"Sounds pretty simple." Laura sighed slightly and said helplessly.

"Okay, then...... Uh......" Alex seemed to want to say something, hesitated for a while, but then said, "You go find it first." Maintenance stations for older towers are usually installed at high places, I mean high places. ”

Laura looked up and looked through the hole in the ceiling to see the tall tower that shimmered red at the top.

"It's going to climb again......" she said, looking weak, "good." So be it, we'll get in touch when we get there. ”

After saying that, he turned off the walkie-talkie.

Turning his head to look at Su Bai, he was about to speak, but Su Bai preemptively said, "I have heard it." It doesn't matter, no matter what the difficulties, let's go through them together. ”

Laura pursed her lips, nodded slightly, looked into Su Bai's eyes, and said seriously: "Although it is useless, I still have to say, thank you, Su." ”

Su Bai laughed: "You've said this many times, Laura. I don't think we need to talk about that anymore. ”

Without waiting for Laura to answer, he added, "Don't mention the rest, this shouldn't be your responsibility alone." After all, I'm one of those who are in trouble waiting for rescue, aren't I? You'll assume I'm saving myself, if that makes it easier for you. ”

"I understand." Laura nodded vigorously. Then he took a few steps forward and walked in front of Su Bai and hugged him gently.

Su Bai also reached out to hug the girl in his arms, and patted her palm lightly on her back, his face full of gentleness: "I will always be with you, Laura." We will succeed. ”

After a brief moment of warmth, the two separated from each other's embrace.

Laura looked around and said, "We need to find a way to get out of here and get to the tower." ”

"We can try to get out of there." Su Bai pointed to a crack in the corner of the wall, "It should be a mezzanine where various pipes are installed, usually it can lead to the outside." ”

"Just give it a try." Laura walked straight over.

Squeezing through the cracks in the wall, the two entered the narrow compartment.

There are a lot of pipes inside the compartment, and the steam is permeating and unusually stuffy.

The two struggled to move forward.

Laura said, "It's been a hard ride. The tower must send me a signal! ”

"Don't worry, it will." Su Bai encouraged.

After walking in the compartment for a while, a ventilation window appeared in front of it.

Laura kicked the grille off the window and got out. Su Bai followed closely behind.

As soon as I left the compartment, a chill suddenly hit me. The two of them shuddered involuntarily.

Standing on the high platform outside the bunker, you can see snowflakes flying in the sky, and the surrounding mountains are covered with a layer of white.

"Snow? That's not normal, isn't it? Laura folded her arms, her body trembling slightly, and she looked at the flying snowflakes with a shocked face.

"The weather on this island is really a little weird." Su Bai narrowed his eyes, "Let's get out of here, Laura." You have to find a place to make a fire, and you have to find some thick clothes to wear. ”

The two jumped off the platform, and in front of them was an iron bridge that crossed the cliff to the opposite bank. The tower is over there, too.

"We've got to get there." Laura put her hands to her lips and snorted hot air as she ran towards the iron bridge.

However, the middle of the bridge has been completely destroyed and is impassable. There was also an abandoned 94 truck parked there in front of it, and the left front wheel had been detached from the intact bridge deck and hung in mid-air.

"Looks like we're going to have to cross the single-plank bridge again."

Su Bai looked at the steel beam that was still intact at the edge of the iron bridge and said.

The damaged part is very long, and the jump will definitely not be able to jump, even if the physical fitness of both of them has almost reached the point of inhumanity. Only this steel beam can be walked.

Su Bai took the lead in walking towards the steel beam.

Step on the steel beam, stretch your hands to the sides, carefully maintain your balance, and walk towards the opposite side.