Chapter 12: The Oath
Zhao Gang seemed to have regained his senses, nodded, was helped up by Ma Kai, and followed Ma Kai to the gate of the fence of the escape passage step by step, and said suddenly: "You go first!" ”
This sentence did not hesitate at all when he lost his soul, but was issued in a commanding tone, Ma Kai had obeyed Zhao Gang's orders for a long time, and had formed an instinctive habit, and he did not hesitate to take the lead and walked into the fence gate. But he heard a "clang" behind him, and turned around to see that it was Zhao Gang who closed the fence gate again.
"Boss, what are you doing here? Do you ......" Ma Kai had an ominous premonition in his heart, and reached out to push open the fence gate, but the door was resisted by Zhao Gang, and his strength was comparable to Zhao Gang. In just a moment, Zhao Gang had already taken out the key and relocked the fence gate.
"Boss, let's go together! Don't do stupid things......" Ma Kai had completely understood Zhao Gang's thoughts, and as soon as he shouted out, he choked up. Zhao Gang decided to stay and accompany Bear and Fat Dong on the road, he was not ready to leave Observatory 1108.
"Well, I'm ...... Don't go. Zhao Gang locked the door with his own hands, knowing that Ma Kai could not come back, his heart was light, and it seemed that the whole person was relaxed. His eyes were dim, as if that little gleam just now was the last return to light, and that little bit of light was gone, and then lifeless.
His people are alive, but God is ruined.
Zhao Gang was silent for a moment, took out an inferior cigarette from his pocket, lit it with a trembling hand, put it in his mouth and took a long breath, his expression seemed to have a little bit of the look of the good and wandering ruffian brother in the past. But his eyes were still dim, and Ma Kai suddenly felt an indescribable fear, such eyes, which were full of burning ashes, and there was nothing left, not even hatred and despair, only dead ashes.
"I don't want to run anymore...... Zhao Gang looked up, as if looking at the sky that the underground base couldn't actually see, spit out a puff of smoke that was still choking, and said in a trembling voice: "Don't run away, I've been running since birth, and I've been running away for a lifetime." Nothing left, wife, children, property, nothing; I only have this cheap life left, but I don't have anything that others have, what's the point of living like this. I thought that when I arrived at Observatory 1108, I would not have to run away, I would have a home of my own, and I would have my own relatives like others, but in the end, there was nothing left...... I don't want to run away anymore, I really can't escape......"
Zhao Gang smiled self-deprecatingly, turned his head to look at Ma Kai and continued, "What if I escape? Observatory 1108 fell, and Fat Dong and the bear died tragically. As a stationmaster, I have an unshirkable responsibility, and I will inevitably be punished by military punishment and will inevitably die; What if you don't die? I must be back on the battlefield to be cannon fodder with those newly recruited soldiers, come on, I'm dozens of years old, and I'd rather die than be disgraced like that. Observatory 1108 is my home, my everything, I can't lose it, let me make a funeral object for it here......"
"Nope! Boss, damn it's me! I brought the monster here, I killed the bear and the fat dong, you come with me to the division, I will explain everything, I will confess! They won't punish you! Ma Kai tugged at the fence gate, crying loudly. I killed the bear and the fat dong, I killed everyone, I am a sinner! Although this sentence has appeared faintly in Ma Kai's heart many times, it is the first time that he has shouted it like this. Just saying this, and truly admitting his mistakes, is like exhausting the strength of Ma Kai's whole body.
"Hey, hey, hey......" Zhao Gang suddenly cracked his mouth and laughed, he threw the cigarette butt on the ground and habitually stepped on it with his foot, "You can't die, you forgot that you swore just now that you swore to kill all these beasts and avenge the bear and Fat Dong?" ”
"............" Ma Kai opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but he choked for a long time, "I can't do it alone, boss, you still have a lot of things you haven't taught me, you come here, let's escape together, and then you take me to kill those beasts." The two of us, together! ”
"Hey, hey, the stinky boy is cunning." Zhao Gang smiled, and he looked back to see that the fire caused by the explosion of the fuel tank was gradually weakening. Originally, there wasn't much to burn in this underground base of stone cement buildings, and without the resistance of the fire wall, those tentacle-like flesh roots were ready to move again.
"I can't go, both of us are alive, and we can't explain to the division, as the station commander, I can only take responsibility and die here. When I died, you poured dirty water on me, saying that it was my dereliction of duty that led to the fall of Observatory 1108, and that the division would not have made a big deal as long as they found a scapegoat. Zhao Gang looked at those meat roots intently and said calmly. At the last moment of his life, he seems to have regained his former agility and cunning, but what has not been restored is his will to survive.
"Boss, damn it's me. You don't do this, you do this, why did Dog Bear and Fat Dong die? There's always a way to survive together! Ma Kai shouted in a hoarse voice.
"They died for you!" Zhao Gang suddenly stared at Ma Kai with a piercing gaze, "They all died for you, and so did I." Only you have the right to live here! You know why? ”
"Because your mom is still waiting for you to come home!" Zhao Gang burst out and roared, frightening Ma Kai at a loss, "The three of us are all orphans, and none of our relatives have any relatives, and Observatory 1108 is our home!" And you are different, you still have your mother waiting for you at home! You must go back to her alive! For yourself and for us, anyone in this world can be hurt, but you can't make your mother sad, your mother is the best person in the world......" In the end, this iron-clad man couldn't cry anymore. He, as well as Bear and Fat Dong, have never felt mother's love, as if they came to this world since they were children to suffer crimes. But this man who is close to middle age longs for maternal love more than anyone else, and this feeling is buried deep in his heart and engraved in the bone marrow.
Ma Kai suddenly understood why as soon as he sent an email to his family, Fat Dong deliberately made things difficult, it turned out that they were jealous, jealous of themselves, their families, and their mother. But now, this group of people who have never felt mother's love and have been lonely since childhood sacrificed themselves in order to fulfill his wish to see his mother again, leaving him the chance to live as a "sinner".
Ma Kai suddenly felt hollowed out, and had no strength at all, and he sat down abruptly along the railing of the fence gate, his mind in a mess. "Why is this so, and why are they the ones who died? Why don't you let me die, if I die here it's all over......"
The mind is chaotic, and the eyes only see silent scenes. The huge wall of fire had gradually been extinguished, and countless tentacle-like flesh roots had struck one after another, trying to catch themselves and Zhao Gang with their teeth and claws. The boss seemed to be shouting something with his mouth open, but unfortunately his mind was in a mess and he couldn't hear anything......
The world in front of me suddenly turned blood-red. "Let's go! Don't forget you swore an oath! Zhao Gang's voice suddenly came clearly again, he blocked the door of the escape passage, let those sharp flesh roots penetrate his body, did not give a step, and guarded Ma Kai to the death.
Zhao Gang's blood spilled on Ma Kai's face, blurring his eyes and turning the whole world into a blood-red color. The burning pain of the hot blood on his face felt like fire, and the burning pain brought Ma Kai to his senses.
"Not leaving? Don't you think it's enough for you to hurt us? Let's go! Zhao Gang spurted out a mouthful of blood and continued to scream, the huge meat cocoon released a total of three meat roots through his body, constantly drilling in his body. All the internal organs were stirred and sparse in a matter of moments, a pain that no human could bear, and within a second he was torn away and brought to the cocoon of the cocoon, the owner of the flesh. The huge meat cocoon used the tentacle-like flesh root to lift Zhao Gang, who was covered in blood, and brought it to the front, as if he was carefully observing the delicious food in front of him with eyes that did not exist. Not long after, a big hole opened on the surface of the meat cocoon, like a bloody mouth, and the meat root shook it vigorously and threw Zhao Gang into it. The whole process, as if a devil from hell was feeding itself, made people's scalps tingle in horror.
"Let's go! Don't forget your vows! Our Hatred...... It's all up to you......" Zhao Gang let out one last roar before being devoured by the monster. Then the crack closed again, and there was a dull sound of broken flesh in the giant cocoon, which was the sound of Zhao Gang's entire body being crushed and digested by the monster's muscles.
Ma Kai watched all this, but could not do anything, endless anger burned in his heart, both at this group of evil monsters and at his own powerlessness. At this moment, he only felt that the blood in his whole body was converging in his chest, and he couldn't help but look up to the sky and howl!
"Revenge! Live and get revenge! Swear revenge! These voices kept lingering in Ma Kai's head, and he closed his eyes and recorded the scene of Zhao Gang's tragic death deeply in his heart. Then he roared, turned and ran towards the escape route.
"Kill you all! I'm going to kill you all!! Ma Kai roared hoarsely as he ran. Tears were sprinkled behind him, and from this moment on, he decided to say goodbye to himself who he thought was cowardly, and took the lives of Zhao Gang, Bear and Fat Dong on his back! As a sinner who killed his comrades, take revenge as his lifelong goal!