Chapter 438: Sudden Change
Not wanting to make a fuss at this time, Long Yun temporarily put away his curiosity.
But after doing so, he still didn't understand why the KGB named the town in the 0353 area "Rome"?
I don't know if Viktor Rezenov's remaining memories are at work, Long Yun vaguely remembered the cultural origins of Russian history at this time, or had some concepts of the spiritual sustenance of the Russian nation, so he suddenly had an idea.
"This 'Rome' is a symbol of the inheritance and inheritance of Roman civilization?"
It sounds like a speculative speculation, but it was immediately affirmed by Zakaev:
"Yes, that's roughly true. At that time, after the discovery of a huge number of 'energy mediums', everyone in the department decided that it should be regarded as one of the most astonishing discoveries in human history, and that it was no less important to the entire human civilization than the establishment of the Roman Empire in history. Since the Russian nation has historically and culturally taken the 'Roman Empire' and the 'Third Rome' after the 'Eastern Roman Empire' as the goal of its efforts - hey, this is not good or bad; Therefore, when someone mentions yƬ on this basis and calls this research base that is related to the future and destiny of mankind the 'Fourth Rome', everyone agrees very much, and thinks that such a name is extremely appropriate.
From the standpoint of that time, I sometimes think back, maybe it was really a great cause related to the future of mankind, right?
But...... After that shock, all of them were changed. ā
Zakhaev's words, after saying "such a shocking change". There was a brief pause.
And to hear the words of this old man. The surprise in Long Yun's heart was naturally conceivable. He didn't make a sound urging, but just patiently waited for the tall old man in front of him to say next.
After a long pause, Zakhaev slowly opened his mouth and picked up what he had just said. As the hoarse and low voice sounded, I don't know if it was the effect of consciousness prying eyes, Long Yun seemed to have a vivid memory picture in front of his eyes, and he gradually followed Zakaev's consciousness into that terrifying night.
"Looking back now, the day was a shock. How so...... It's completely terrifying, and it's very confusing.
I still vividly remember that it was March 29, 1979, a seemingly ordinary day. Before that day, after having done some of my work in Rome ahead of schedule, I took a helicopter to the supply transfer station, about thirty kilometres from Rome, to take a bus to Cherkar, where there was a branch of our department in the city connected by rail.
Unexpectedly, it was the early departure of that day that that allowed him to get his life back.
In the evening of the same day, because of the wind and sand or something else. In short, the convoy of supplies did not arrive on time, so we settled at the supply terminal. After dinner, I gathered in the duty room of the station to play cards to kill time. As a KGB agent, playing cards was certainly not a hobby to be put on the table, and we and the agent on duty seemed to have had some alcohol at the time, but it didn't hurt to think about it; In the inaccessible material base in the hinterland of Central Asia, what threats need to be guarded against?
At that time, the wind was gradually blowing outside, and it seemed that the convoy would not be able to get here the next day, so we kept teasing and chatting in the duty room with a very relaxed mood.
This continued until late at night, when all of a sudden, the officer in charge of radio liaison slammed open the door and shouted at us with a terrible face.
'Rome, Rome has an accident! ā
At that time, the officer on duty shouted like that, and I was not awake at first, wondering if he was making a fuss; But after seeing the terrible expression on his face, everyone in the duty room got up and ran quickly to the radio contact room, when the radio operator inside stood in the room with a stunned face, and there was a dead silence with a rustling sound in the earpiece that fell to the ground.
Seeing that several people in the room looked lost and depressed, and I didn't know what they had heard before, as the highest-ranking person in charge of the transfer station, I immediately asked the officer who came to report the situation:
'Why are you scared like this?' Let's be clear, what message did the Romans send just now? ā
'No, I don't know! ā¦ā¦ I mean, I, I think something must have happened over there, something terrible has happened! That...... That's horrible......
As an active-duty soldier, the officer looked like he was so dejected, and I thought he was so timid as a mouse, so I asked the operator next to him, but they also stood there with dead faces, as if they were stupid by something terrible.
Seeing that they were all like this, I also had a vague feeling at the time that something was wrong, no matter what they heard at the time, it was certain that the connection between the 'Roman' side and the transit station had been completely cut off now.
So what's going on, is it affected by the wind and sand?
As a veteran of the KGB, I was able to handle the situation properly at that time, and seeing that the wind and sand outside the house had not really raged, I immediately ordered the officers on duty to wake up the pilots and go to 'Rome' in the Mi-8 helicopter that usually transports supplies and personnel to check what was going on.
At this time, probably recovering from extreme shock, one of the operators told me that the base communication equipment was not malfunctioning, and that there should be a recording of the voice communication just now. For the sake of secrecy, I asked the rest of the group to leave the communications room, and then called the still frightened operator to turn on the recording and playback mode of the device, and wanted to hear what scared them out of that way.
To my surprise and foreboding, the operator was clearly afraid to hear the call log again, and he stumbled to tell me how to use the equipment, and ran away without waiting for my orders.
Seeing that the people at the transfer station seemed to be cowards, I was still a little angry at the time, so I operated the equipment to play back the record, but I didn't expect-
Alas! Although it was more than ten years ago, I think about it now......
I've never heard that terrible sound, that sound...... In the normal response to communication, the distorted roar gradually sounded, almost like the desperate cry of the devil in hell, so terrifying and terrifying......
No, I really don't want to reminisce anymore.
All in all, I could only vaguely discern it in the earpiece at the time, it was supposed to be a roar and scream mixed with strict electromagnetic interference, which sounded like it was making people's hair stand on end and their souls flying; When I turned off the loudspeaker, I felt my heart pounding, and my brain went blank, wondering what was going on in Rome.
Although I had no idea at all, my professional adaptability made me decide to go and check on the current situation in 'Rome', even if it was just a false alarm caused by signal distortion, when the helicopter at the transit station had already lifted off and the soldiers were in off-road trucks that had just left the gate, I called two agents on duty to get their weapons, jumped on a jeep and followed.
On a night in Central Asia in March, the weather was still very cold, but the palms of the hands clenching the handles of weapons were covered with cold sweat.
When the car drove on the hard temporary road, it was already late at night, and outside the car window was the vast wind and sand that gradually became stronger; The bright headlights shone on the potholed road, and the gun in my arms followed the bumps and ups and downs of the car, but the doubts in my heart continued unabated. Although I sincerely hoped that it was just an equipment failure or some kind of misunderstanding, the loss of radio communication and wired telephone contact at the same time did not bode well.
Little did I know at the time that a terrible fate would not only sweep over 'Rome', but would soon befall our group.
Shortly after we set off by car, in the dreary night with very poor visibility, we gradually noticed the faint light ahead; It was suspicious to see such a scene in the desert near 'Rome', so I ordered the agents to contact the off-road truck in front of them, and prepared to let the car go to a bright spot to check the situation, only to find that the radio equipment was no longer functional.
Actually, I later figured out that the light was probably the Mi-8 helicopter that had departed earlier...... It should have crashed and was burning on the desert ground.
At that time, I found that the radio was inexplicably malfunctioning, and I had not yet thought about it in connection with the previous loss of contact; But from the observation of the car, the off-road truck driving in front seemed to have seen the faint fire in the distance on the side of the road, and at that time I could only vaguely see the headlight column of the car swaying, it should be that the truck had left the roadbed and was driving towards the bright light in the distance.
Seeing this, I asked the agent in the jeep to follow, while looking through the window of the car at the back of the truck that was fading and blurring. In the desolate Gobi region, once we leave the temporary road, the jeep's obstacle crossing ability cannot be compared with that of off-road trucks with wide wheels.
Just a few hundred meters after the car drove out, and just when I couldn't see the shadow of the truck, I suddenly felt a splitting headache, and a strong inexplicable irritability hit me.
The terrible feeling is completely different from ordinary irritability or discomfort.
Suddenly experiencing this frightening and inexplicable feeling, I only felt very surprised at the time, and when I wanted to open my mouth to call for help, I saw that everyone else in the car was also in pain, obviously the whole car was experiencing this inexplicable terrible torture!
I was taken aback, what the hell is going on? (To be continued......)
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