Chapter 23: The Refuge
It seems that even Chen Zaihai doesn't know what this phenomenon is all about. Explosive water vapor eruptions, which are not uncommon in the vicinity of volcanoes, never expected to come across such a large one.
Presumably, the outside of this door is already a steam hell that we can't imagine, right? The door won't open for the time being.
Now we have time to observe this vault. There was an emergency light next to the gate, and now it was flashing red. That might mean that the danger out there hasn't been eliminated yet, right?
It is a boxy room made of pure iron. The room was small and all of us came in and it was very cramped. I also noticed something like a black console under the emergency light. Other than that, it's empty.
I always feel that this place is too small as a refuge, and it is impossible for such a large power plant to have only such a small number of staff inside. Is there any other shelter in the power plant?
Because of the light of the emergency lights, Talia ordered us to turn off all the miner's lights. We were all exhausted, and everyone found a random place to sit down.
"What should we do now? Isn't this the same as Lao Tzu in a cage? Chen Zaihai, who was covered in burns, asked.
Hearing this, Talia said, "The only thing to wait here is. Those vapor eruptions won't last long, and when they're gone, we'll find a way out of the area. β
After listening to it, I remembered what I saw when we first fired the flares. There should be plenty of space behind the plant, and there is a noticeable extension of the train track on the loading and unloading platform.
There is no way to survive the way we came, and we have to try our luck by moving on.
"Think about the good in everything, there are no corpses of the guys who set the ropes here. It means they're out of here, though I'd love to see these bastards all die here," I said.
"So, can you only wait now" Chen Zaihai's voice was a little small.
I walked to the gate and looked out through the observation window. It was white, and the water vapor showed no sign of fading at all. We only deduce from the state of the corpses that the vapor will not last long. But the actual time is unknown, it could be hours, it could be days, it could be a week.
Thankfully, the entire shelter is well insulated, and perhaps it is sandwiched with asbestos. Although the main door and the outer wall were hot, they did not further raise the temperature of the interior space.
The action was fruitless, and I sat back helplessly. As soon as I sat down, I felt as if something had stabbed me, followed by a dull crash.
I was directly scared of a wit, something!
I immediately stood up and looked nervously at the place where I had just sat was nothing, except for a vent that had been checked a long time ago.
Wait, this vent seems to be a little different from before!
I was stunned for a moment before I realized what was going on. We checked the vent before and it was barbed wire, but now it's gone.
And the exhaust fan inside seems to be activated as well
What's going on? I can still understand the start of the fan, how did this barbed wire disappear? I looked through the vent, and it was so dark that I couldn't see anything but the spinning blades.
I had to get a flashlight from Chen Zaihai, and the dim light through the fan blades illuminated the inside of the vent
Almost at the same time, I immediately saw a white grimace peeking out from behind the blades, and the barbed wire that had disappeared was wrapping around his face
I snorted and stepped back as if I had seen a ghost, afraid that the thing would pull a rotting ghost claw out of it and drag me in.
Ah no, it's not like seeing a ghost, Lao Tzu is seeing a ghost!
My sudden sound also startled Taria, who was closing her eyes and recuperating, and Chen Zaihai, who was sleeping soundly. In a daze, they thought the vapor had come in again.
"Old Su, what's the matter. What the hell is called," Chen Zaihai said in a panic.
"That's right! What's wrong with it? That steam coming in? Talia spoke almost at the same time as Chen Zaihai.
I immediately explained that no, my heart was still pounding. Damn it! What the hell is that just now, it's too much of a test of people's cardiovascular function, if I was more vulnerable, I would have suffered a myocardial infarction just now.
"No, it's not. I just saw something in that vent. Slowly, I exhaled deeply, and I finally regained a little composure, and slowly said to them, "It seems to be a person in there"
"People? How is it possible, he will shrink his bones and fail? Chen Zaihai didn't know why.
I didn't react until I heard it, yes! With the size of this vent, I can't fit a person into it at all, and with my stature, my head is okay, and I will definitely get stuck when I reach my shoulders.
So what was that just now? I couldn't help but be speechless.
"So, Lao Su, you're still making a fuss. Do things indecisively, and do everything happily in the future is better than anything. Chen Zaihai reluctantly poked his head over to see what I saw.
"Holy shit! What a person! Chen Zaihai was shocked. Talia, scream, boys! We've got to find a way to get this guy out! β
"Get it out? If this is really a person, do you know what he would be like now? Talia had a look of disgust, "I don't want to, I don't want to vomit again!" β
"Stop talking nonsense! This man seems to be from the task force! Chen Zaihai shouted, "Do you treat your compatriots like this?" β
"What! How do you know for sure? When Talia heard that she was from the task force, she didn't care about any disgust. Immediately took a flashlight and shone it into the vent.
It didn't take long for her to stand up like a prostration, and it seemed that Chen Zaihai was right. I immediately cooperated with Talia and gathered a few strong engineers to gather at the vent.
This place is almost all made of pure iron, and it is impossible to completely smash this vent into the ground. We had to find a way to remove the fan from there first, and then make a hook to hook the people inside.
The engineer took the tool and chiseled and knocked on the vent, and a group of people worked in a hurry for a long time, and finally removed the fan blade.
As soon as I saw the fan blades that had been lifted, I knew that the people inside would not survive.
You can also roughly see that the fan blades are made of copper, and some of the patina on the surface is blocked by a layer of sticky crimson things. I could tell it was half-dried plasma.
I can't imagine what kind of miserable situation it was in the vent, and when she saw this thing, Talia had already covered her mouth and knelt down. All of a sudden, the atmosphere became dull
Maybe it's still too cruel for her, to lose again and again. By now, she was the one who lost the most.
Alec, Nie Chuanhui, and the members of the task force, these are all people that Talia knows. This feeling of being able to only look at their corpses and not being able to do anything about it is really painful.
A faint sobbing sound came from Talya, and Chen Zaihai walked over and patted her on the shoulder without a word.
"That's a member of the task force, right?" Talia nodded. "You don't know him, do you?" Shake oneβs head. "Is it?"
Chen Zaihai didn't say anything, just gently took her soft body into his arms. Finally unable to take it anymore, Talia began to cry in his arms.
Another victim, I really feel that this place is a terrible monster that devours life. What happened to the task force?
There's no room for me to interfere between them. I silently walked over to the vent, the engineers struggling with how to pull the task force out.
This is indeed a problem, we don't have a ready-made hook on hand, we can't stick him out with a sapper shovel, it's too sorry for the dead.
In the end, I had to take a rope from the engineers, go around it, and tie a slipknot.
In this way, when the rope goes around the neck of the person inside, we will automatically tighten it as soon as we pull it. It's not a great way to do it, but it's much better than using a shovel.
As I put the rope in, I secretly prayed that the people inside wouldn't suddenly come and bite me.
Luckily, the whole process went smoothly and I didn't get bitten. As soon as the rope slipped on the white flower's head, I immediately stepped out of the vent.
I gave the engineers who had pulled the rope a look, and they immediately pulled it. All of a sudden, something in the shape of a human fell out of the vent.
I didn't expect this person to be stuck at all, and he came out casually.
Wait, if that's the case, it means that this person has been
"Old Su, how's it going?" Holding Talia, who was not very steady on her feet, Chen Zaihai walked over and asked.
I immediately stood in front of the guy who wasn't right, and shook my head at them slightly.
It was cruel not to let Talia see it. Chen Zaihai and I are fine, after all, we don't know this guy, and the impact is different from Talia.
There can be no more sad memories left for Taria.
Chen Zaihai's expression changed slightly when he saw my actions. He also realized what I was about to express. "A few of you, help you to rest with Chief Talia from the Soviet Union."
Hearing this, the engineers obediently walked like Taria, "Is there anything I can't see?" Tharia, with red and swollen eyes from crying, stared straight at me.
I was speechless, there was nothing to tell her. I can't even describe it basically, and the task force can't be described in four words.
"You don't have to care so much about me! Don't forget, I'm the leader! Talia pushed away the engineer who walked in, "He's my comrade, though I can't save him." But at least see for yourself what he looks like at the end! β
No one could stop Talia, who had a tough attitude, so Chen Zaihai and I exchanged glances, and had to silently get out of the way
The task force man appeared to have been hit badly, and there was not a single intact bone on his body. It's like a rib in a bone crusher, and the whole body is broken into pieces. If it weren't for the joints and skins, this man would have fallen apart a long time ago.
Vast expaquents of blood stretched from the vent to Talia's feet, and the man must have been in great pain before he died. His expression was completely distorted, his mouth was wide open, and his eyes were protruding, as if he had seen the most terrifying scene in the world.
Talia's body was trembling slightly, and I knew she was fighting against her instinct to escape. Sweat streamed down her cheeks and her tears melted into one
Talia stood in front of the corpse for dozens of minutes, then took out all the remaining alcohol and poured it on the man's body.
Struck a match and slowly threw it at his former compatriots, former teammates
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