Man is a creature whose existence can only be confirmed by cognition. Before yesterday, the tunnels made of these volcanic rocks were simple walls to us, and now we can't even guarantee that they are real stones.

It's just that with one more awareness, our perception becomes very different from what we had before. In a sense, ignorance is also a kind of happiness.

That's how I feel about what happened before. I wondered why I wasn't very sad, and of course I wanted the engineer to be alive. But if the blurred human form on the wall in front of me is really him, I can accept it.

This can be described as a cold-blooded performance, but I think it is the continuous accidents that numb my feelings. There is always a limit to human cognitive ability, cloud maps, pythons, fog, lighthouses, logbooks, there are too many incomprehensible existences.

In other words, it is impossible for anyone to remain calm after going through this. We may still be able to hold on now, we have firm conviction and unconditional absolute trust in the party, and people of that era were like that. But I'm almost certain that when the dust settles and we are completely safe, all of us will be completely released, and it is not impossible to cry for a few days and nights.

But everyone, including Nie Chuanhui, knows that they can collapse at any time, but definitely not now. The task is not completed, all the puzzles are not solved, and no one will be willing to die like this.

The most obvious change is really Nie Chuanhui, the death of several comrades-in-arms who ate together and slept together gave him a great impact. Now I suddenly remembered that I had seen him a long time ago, when the little nail was struck by a landing mine. The soldier who came to report to the regiment commander at that time seemed to be him.

At that time, his eyes were still very clear and innocent, and they were completely the eyes of a child who did not understand the world. Now his eyes were full of tenacity, and I had seen them many times. During the years of the Anti-Japanese War, I retreated all the way south with **, and those who passed away loved ones, friends, and lovers all had this kind of look. It was a look of revenge, a look of revenge at the expense of everything to make the culprit pay for it with blood.

This kind of person tends to self-destruct, doing everything desperately, as if only by doing so can he be worthy of the life that has disappeared in front of his eyes.

I also know that this is definitely not the right state of mind, and I hope he is just a momentary anger. Don't look at this kid is thin and small, usually very inconspicuous, so that if he does something stupid, no one may be able to stop him.

I quietly told Chen Jaehai and Talia what I thought, and they were also deeply worried. Talia even said that she would take a good look at Nie Chuanhui.

Of course, in the end, we don't know why the engineer ran to the fork in the cave at night, and we can't confirm whether the humanoid blood clot in the wall is him. The group walked towards the depths of the cave with a depressing atmosphere.

If those cables are really going to protect us, Talia doesn't dare to pack tickets. We had to walk as far as we could in the middle of the tunnel.

The rest of the engineers surrounded us in the middle back to back, all with their guns pointed at the wall. The way that thing eats people is still unknown, and walking in the middle does not guarantee our safety. It seems that these engineers are willing to keep us safe even if they sacrifice themselves.

"Xiao Nie, in fact, you don't have to be so pessimistic. No one can be sure that this is our man, maybe he is still alive somewhere. Talia on the side comforted Nie Chuanhui.

"You don't need to comfort me, Chief Talia, although we engineers didn't go to college, we are not as well-informed as the leaders. But we're not stupid, and we're not kids. The little nail is dead, the squad leader is dead, and Wei Tiezhu is also dead, you don't have to comfort me. From the moment we joined the army, we were ready to die in a foreign land. It's just that I really didn't expect that they, they wouldn't even be able to send their bones back to their hometown in the end. Nie Chuanhui choked up as he spoke, "Little Nail is my best brother, the squad leader has taught me so many things, although Tiezhu has been in different classes before, we have been chatting very well recently." But why? Why them! ”

Seeing this, Talia gently hugged Nie Chuanhui, perhaps this child reminded her of Alec. Talia is this kind of character, and she will never let others go.

"I said Chen Zaihai." I gently stopped him as he walked forward.

"What's wrong?" Chen Zaihai asked.

"Is Alec younger than Talia?" I've always felt that Talia is very good at taking care of younger people, especially Nie Chuanhui. This kind of concern has gone beyond the ordinary level of superiors and subordinates.

"I know what you mean. To Talya and me, Alec was like a brother, and Talia loved him very well. The current Xiao Nie seems to remind her of Alec again, and there is no way to do it. For a while, he was indeed very similar to Xiao Nie. Chen Zaihai replied softly, "It's okay for Talia to care about her juniors, I just hope she doesn't treat Xiao Nie as a substitute for Alec." ”

I really didn't expect him to have such a layer of worry, and sure enough, for Talya, Alec has always been a hurdle that can't be crossed. But now compared to Talia, Nie Chuanhui's state is more worrying. So I reminded Chen Zaihai again and asked him to pay attention to this child, and he agreed.

After that, there was nothing to say all the way

"How far have we come? As soon as I came in, I kept twisting and turning, and now are we going up or down? A few hours later, Chen Zaihai seemed to be unable to stand the quiet atmosphere and began to create a topic.

"It must go down, the Japanese won't have enough to eat and build a train track underground and then give it up. It would be nice to build it directly on the ground. "Talia said." As for how deep, Su Zhenpeng, do you have a barometer? Take it out and measure it. ”

"I said sister, we are the Meteorological Bureau, not the geological team, where did we get that kind of underground barometer?" I said helplessly.

At this time, if Lin Yiru was here, maybe there was a way, how could we, the people from the Meteorological Bureau, run underground with nothing to do? We usually measure atmospheric pressure, and ground pressure is not our field.

"Hey, it's useless." Talia said dismissively.

Eh, this woman's role has changed too quickly, it's really infuriating! I said in my heart: Chen Zaihai, how did you spend four years of college with her?

"Chiefs, there seems to be something up ahead!" One of the engineers at the front said suddenly.

We immediately turned our attention to the front, and in the light of the miner's lamp, a vague outline was revealed, and there was indeed something there.

"Could it be a power distribution office?" I asked.

"Possibly, go over and have a look." Chen Zaihai replied.

Seeing this, Talia immediately reminded us to be careful in everything. There might be some danger in that thing, and it would be too imprudent to approach it rashly.

"Don't go, chiefs, safety is important. Let's go and see, if there is anything, it will be easier for us engineers to get out. Nie Chuanhui, who had returned to normalcy, proposed.

"Xiao Nie, you can go. But be careful, we don't want to see anyone sacrifice anymore. Talia said.

Nie Chuanhui was slightly stunned when he heard this, but he still nodded. And another engineer wanted to touch the shadow.

The people who were left behind all had their guns raised, and in case of a sudden incident, they could support the two of them as quickly as possible. As I watched the figures of the two gradually disappear into the darkness, I really couldn't describe the complexity in my heart. There is really nothing worse than this to protect children who are so much younger than themselves.

There was nothing I could do, so I had to pray for the chairman's blessing and that they would be safe.

A few minutes later, Nie Chuanhui's light signal came from the front, but fortunately, everything we had agreed on before was a normal signal. Talia and Chen Zaihai also breathed a sigh of relief.

Now that there was no danger, Talia beckoned everyone to come over and see what it was.

I handed the gun to the soldier on the side, and wiped the cold sweat on my forehead, I was really afraid of the well rope after being bitten by a snake for ten years. So many accidents have made us all soldiers.

After walking in, we realized that this black shadow was much bigger than it looked at from a distance, with dozens of square meters at the bottom, and the top was almost up to the ceiling.

It was a small building, with the same concrete shell and pitch-black exterior as the previous signal tower. That's why Japanese people like black? Seeing this color again made me a little resistant, and the last time I saw it almost poisoned me to death.

The reason why it resembles a building is because there is a wall directly facing us, and there are no windows or doors on either side. It's a huge black box.

"Chief! There's a ladder behind here! Nie Chuanhui's voice came from behind the building.

There's a ladder in the back? Isn't it a door? The Japanese concept of architecture is really interesting. We had no choice but to go around to the back of the black box to join Nie Chuanhui.

In the process, I noticed that there were a lot of cables connected to both sides of it, and I thought to myself, maybe this black box-like thing is really a power distribution room.

After getting around, I saw Nie Chuanhui and another engineer checking the ladder. The iron ladder can be said to be rotten over the decades, and it is unknown whether it can support any of them.

Nie Chuanhui himself went up and tried it, but it didn't collapse, and the quality of the military industry is really different.

"Steel, only one layer rusted on the surface. The anti-rust treatment of this thing is very professional, and it's okay to step on it. Nie Chuanhui said for fear of dropping the iron filings on his hands.

"Then what are you waiting for, go up." Chen Zaihai urged.

Hearing this, Nie Chuanhui climbed up first, and the rest of the people had to follow in turn, and I was the last. It was only after I climbed up that I realized how high the tunnel was, and I couldn't see the bottom of the tunnel without the miner's lamp.

The ceiling, not far overhead, was also made of volcanic rock with a strong smell of sulfur. This place is really red except for the floor.

As for the rooftop where we stood, it was lackluster, the flat floor was undulating, and the color was that oppressive deep black, as if it had just come out of the crematorium incinerator.

In one corner we found an iron ladder leading to the inside of the black box, which had a deadly heavy steel roof, which was particularly well protected from rust and showed no signs of corrosion.

"It's really strange that the Japanese don't build a good door, and if you have to get a skylight, isn't this a submarine?" I sighed.

"It's not so much a submarine as a coffin." Talia turned on the miner's lamp and shone inside, "It's kind of interesting, let's go, let's go in." ”

As she spoke, she disappeared into the staircase, and the rest flowed in. The corrosion of the internal ladder is obviously better than that of the outside, and it is very realistic to step on it.

When I climbed to the middle, I subconsciously glanced down. You can clearly see the light of the miner's lamp in the hand of Taria, who went down first.

Wait a minute? It's a little wrong, the spot of this miner's lamp is too big, right? Near big and far small, won't it be fast to the end if it goes on like this? It feels like I haven't even gone down to half the height of the black box.

The facts proved my idea, and within a few steps, my feet touched the ground, and then Chen Zaihai and others who came down were also surprised.

Curiosity struck, and I turned on my miner's lamp. Like the lighthouse, the interior of this thing is dyed that black, and there is nothing in sight. And it's all black intimum, which makes me dizzy to look at, and it's hard to tell how big it is.

"This building should have two floors, and there's something down there." Taria, who had come down one step earlier, came over with a miner's lamp, "There's a door over there, you can go down from there." ”

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