Chapter 37: The Tunnel of Corpses
After listening, Chen Zaihai and I both turned pale, and we were extremely reluctant in our hearts. Of course, I don't know what toxic gases are mixed in that smell, and I don't know why these waters can relieve the symptoms of poisoning, so how can we continue to walk with peace of mind?
Before that, we were dead, and the situation was even more unclear, and a lot of the grotesque behavior of the Japanese was unexplained, and the devil knew what would happen after they went up, and I really didn't want to be in that situation again.
However, I know that it is useless to give advice. This is Talia, and no one can stop her stubbornness, and I still wonder if she has something she hasn't told us. Anyway, she was too persistent this time, and even Chen Zaihai, the proposer of this private action, retreated, what is she insisting on?
"It's all come this far, why go back?" Talia said vigorously. "Here, there's no problem with this, right?"
Then we watched as Talia pulled a gas mask out of her backpack, how could she have this?
"Don't just look at it! You told me to get my equipment ready, right? Of course I'll have a gas mask with me, and you have one in your bag, take it out and take it with you. She gave us a strange look. And then put this one in water and cover it in front of you, so you don't have to be afraid of those poisonous gases, right? ”
Then she magically took out three towels and handed them to us, and Talia thought about the problem so comprehensively. Now we have no capital to refuse.
"I said how you were so prepared." Chen Zaihai sighed as he put on a gas mask. "You've done this, and we'll have to serve you to the end."
I nodded to Talia too, but it was something that reminded her again. No one would have expected this kind of poison gas to appear in this place, and the task force was no exception. They've lost their supplies early, and there's a good chance they'll be hit, so you'd better not get your hopes up too much.
At this point, I couldn't see the specific expression of Talia in the gas mask, she just nodded at me and climbed up with her towel covered.
This gas mask is very different from the one on the previous three-defense suit, after all, it was a few decades ago, and the field of vision is very narrow after wearing it. Talia didn't have this problem for us, she said that it was from the equipment that Ivan was staying in, it was all regular Sulian goods, and the quality was definitely worth guaranteeing.
It didn't take long for us to get everything ready, and once again we all climbed back. It's really strange to say, since I put on this gas mask, I can barely smell the same stench as before, I was a little curious to remove the towel I was holding, and the stench came faintly. Almost instantly, I covered it again, and it seemed that even a professional gas mask could not completely eliminate the stench.
This made me even more interested in what was in the water, but Talia had already taken samples before. After that, it's good to find someone to analyze it on the ground of the safe return road, but I don't know when I can return to the ground.
I was a little disappointed when I thought about it, although I had already decided that I would not give up until I found out what those red boxes were, but I also had a desperate urge to see the sun again. I have been a gopher underground for so long, and I can't stand anyone who puts it.
Chen Zaihai and Talia had already walked to the top of the stairs, and I also hurried to catch up, there was no point in doing these emotions at this time, let's take one step at a time, all the way down like this.
There really isn't much to describe about this place, all the design is what we are familiar with. After the three of them cautiously reached the second floor, they simply found the iron ladder to go up.
"Someone has been to this place, you see." Chen Zaihai suddenly crouched down and shone a miner's lamp at our feet. "You wait for me to go up and have a look."
I looked at it and sure enough, there were a lot of footprints other than us, and it looked like there were more than a dozen of them, which was exactly the number of people we had guessed was born to the task force.
Talia immediately grabbed him and said that since we were not in the wrong place, let's go together. Gas masks do not guarantee our absolute safety, we still carry so many things on us, we should not be scattered, the best thing is to fight quickly. Chen Zaihai stopped and thought about it, and felt that it made sense, so he took the lead and let us follow behind.
After climbing to the top floor, we were surprised to find that it was not pitch black outside. The whole area is not very empty, and there are many red emergency lights, some are written and some are dark. These uncomfortable red lights illuminate the terrain where this power distribution station is located quite clearly.
"I didn't think this place was a corridor?" After wearing the gas mask, Chen Zaihai's voice became a little muffled. "What do you do and keep going?"
Talia says what else can she do but do that? The structural diagram does show this corridor, which is not particularly rugged, and you can find the coal mining site after walking for a while. I deliberately looked at the wall here before climbing down with a miner's lamp, but fortunately, it wasn't volcanic rock, otherwise I would have to remind you for a long time.
The corridor was about four or five meters wide, and the three of us walked in it, although it didn't seem cramped, it wasn't spacious, and it would be even more troublesome if something happened and we had to fight. There were gray concrete walls on both sides, and some places were a little black, but I didn't care. Talia said that there was a coal mining site in front of it, and that these black eighty percent were cinders or something.
We didn't go far and found that this small corridor was actually connected to another small tunnel, and a small railroad track was in the middle of the tunnel. Talia looked at the structure diagram for a long time, as if she had found something incomprehensible.
Chen Zaihai and I looked back and asked her strangely what was wrong, and she said that the tunnel didn't seem to be marked on the structural drawing, and she couldn't understand what was going on.
Chen Zaihai said that it is not a big deal, and you don't know when this picture was drawn. Maybe at the time of drawing, the tunnel wasn't scheduled to be built. Coal mining sites vary greatly depending on the distribution of coal seams, and few are built exactly according to the drawings.
I also opened my mouth to persuade her, saying that this tunnel does not explain the problem of God's notoriety, and if you want to transport coal, it is not a big deal to dig a few maps without tunnels. Maybe the workers here made it for convenience, as long as they can get to the mining site, let the minutiae go.
Eventually, Talia followed us into the tunnel, and after a while a black coal cart appeared in front of us, with tools piled up next to it like shovels and pickaxes.
"What am I talking about?" Chen Zaihai kicked the coal car that had long been rusted and fused with the railroad tracks. "There must be a mining site in front of this, and the tools for transporting coal have come out."
Seeing the scene in front of her, Talia slowly lowered her vigilance, saying that she might really be thinking too much. At this time, I removed my hand holding the towel again, and found that the stench seemed to have faded a lot unconsciously, and although I could still ask with a gas mask, it was much better than when I was at the power distribution station.
The problem is still in the power distribution station, I really don't know what happened there, and this strange gas is produced.
Chen Zaihai, who was walking in the front, began to beckon us to hurry up, and I casually answered and followed with Taria. After arriving at this tunnel, the emergency lights that had been there suddenly disappeared, and we had to turn on the miner's lights again. This place was indeed a temporary excavation, and there are still many traces of construction on the wall, which is completely different from the cement wall just now.
"Old Sue, Talia!" I had just taken a few steps when Chen Zaihai's shout came from in front of me. "Hurry up, there's a situation."
Talia and I looked at each other, but we didn't see each other's expressions. Really, when Chen Zaihai shouted at me, I forgot that we still wore gas masks.
As soon as we ran to his side, an indescribable stench began to irritate our nostrils again. The smell was similar to that in the power distribution station, but it was much stronger, and I felt like I didn't have a gas mask.
"What the fuck does this smell like?" The little thing I had eaten at night suddenly tumbled in my stomach and was about to start surging upwards.
"Taste is not the point." Chen Zaihai said in horror. "You take a closer look at what's up ahead."
When I heard him say this, I realized that there seemed to be a lot of things in the dark ahead. With a flashlight, I passed all the way, and there were many people lying on the ground. The men were all lying sideways in the tunnel, all dressed in similar clothes as Talya, and I recognized several very Soviet faces, and saw that they were all members of the task force.
What's even more terrifying is that their smell seems to come from them. I endured the nausea and squatted down and touched their necks, and immediately found that all of them were dead. I couldn't tell how they died, but my mind went blank with the pale faces.
Originally, I still had a little hope that these people might still be alive somewhere, but the reality in front of me still ruthlessly shattered it, and they were all dead, maybe because of the poison gas, or maybe because of something else, and there was not a single living person lying down. Some of them are starting to rot, and the stench is coming from them.
"What's going on?" Talia shuddered and asked the question that no one could answer.
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