After walking a little further, there was a faint smell similar to a chemical in the air, and the air became viscous and damp. We are a little frightened, is it possible that the pollution on the surface has penetrated here?

Lin Yong, this kid is really annoying, and suddenly shouted thirsty, saying that the bun just now was too salty, and he had to drink water. In this environment, we didn't pay attention to him when we found water for him. It's just that Brother Ning became angry and scolded him, so Lin Yong closed his mouth.

Turning through this winding passage, a large room suddenly opened up in front of you. The room was smoky, and several large rusty boilers were operating, and puffs of white steam were coming out. Several thick and long pipes were connected to the boiler, zigzag and zigzag to somewhere. There was dark yellow sewage on the floor, black briquettes piled up in the corner, and we saw an old man in blue overalls in the room, throwing the cinders into the boiler with a shovel.

The place was damp and stuffy, like going into a sauna, and we were all sweating hot and hot. This old man is really good, so old, bent waist, working very hard in this harsh environment, shovel after shovel, it looks very energetic.

Brother Ning pushed me: "You go over and ask." ”

I had no choice but to walk over: "Uncle, let's ask you about something." ”

The old man still shoveled coal on his own, turning a blind eye to us and not hearing us.

I tapped him on the shoulder, and the old man stopped and turned to look at us. I was the closest, and I was startled, the old man was thin and dry, with dark skin and a wrinkled face. In particular, a pair of eyes seem to have cataracts, and they are covered with a very cloudy layer. It is estimated that he must be seventy or eighty years old, but he can't understand why he is working here at such an old age.

I saw a sign on the old man's overalls that said "Song", which must be his surname.

Brother Ning was not satisfied with my grinding and chirping style, so he came over and said, "Old man, where do we want to go through this factory?" ”

Old Song Tou leaned his shovel against the corner of the wall and hobbled to a stove. It was a very old-fashioned iron stove, which I had only seen when I was a child, with coal burning in the furnace, hot water on it, and chimney pipes to exhaust the toxic gases from the furnace.

On the stove of the old Song head, there is a long-spouted pot burning. He didn't look at us, took out a large teacup, which was thick black and black tea leaves, poured the boiling water in the pot slowly, brewed a full cup, and then sat on the small bench on the side and picked up a fan to fan himself.

Brother Ning was on fire and wanted to go over to beat someone, but Lin Yong stopped: "Forget it, big brother, this is a boiler burner, stupid and not chirping, and can't be angry, let's go along this road." ”

There were two doors open in the boiler room, one for us to come in, and one on the opposite wall. There was light through the door, and a long corridor could be seen faintly, which should have passed through it.

Our group walked through the boiler room and towards the door. Old Song fanned the wind, and he couldn't say anything in his eyes, so he stared at us like that.

Just as we were about to walk out of this door, he suddenly said, "Which of you is thirsty?" ”

Hearing his words, we stopped and looked at each other, thinking that he was either a fool or a dumb person. No one answered the stubble and remained silent. The old man in front of him was unspeakably eccentric, maybe there was something boring.

Brother Ning rolled his eyes and slapped Lin Yong: "Little Yongzi, haven't you been shouting thirsty?" ”

Lin Yong swallowed his saliva, walked back to the boiler room, and said to Old Song Tou, "Master, can I drink your water?" ”

Old Song Tou handed over the freshly brewed strong tea, a smile appeared on the old man's face, his teeth were all gone, and his face was full of folds when he laughed, which was very terrifying. To tell you the truth, I wouldn't have the appetite to drink water in front of such a bad old man. Lin Yong may also be too thirsty, so hot water, he blew the hot air, took a sip, drank the small half of the tank, wiped his mouth and said thank you.

Old Song Tou withdrew his smile, stopped looking at us, took out a small semiconductor, and squinted to listen to the Peking Opera inside.

Lin Yong walked back, wiped the sweat on his head, and shouted.

We didn't stop any longer and walked down the hallway. Walking far away, the air is no longer humid and dry. The light here was dim, oppressive and dreary, and no one spoke, just bowed their heads and hurried away. I originally imagined that there must be staggered passages here, and the depth of the organization, maybe how complicated it is, who knows that it is just such a corridor. I estimated the direction and distance, as long as I kept walking, it would take me about 20 minutes to pass through the factory.

As we walked a little further, we realized that something was wrong.

The walls on both sides of the corridor have been completely turned to concrete, and the surface is very rough. There are many thick and thin pipes on the wall, and the strangest thing is that there is a faint sound of running water in the pipes, Lu Wen touched it with her hand and screamed.

The pipes were so hot that the droplets of water dripping from the cracks were hot and turned into wisps of white smoke when they fell to the ground.

Some of the pipe mouths spewed out white mist-like water vapor. The temperature of this gas is extremely high, no less than boiling water, and if you get it, you will get severe burns. Brother Ning scolded and scolded: "It's all done by that old man, I'm really weird, the factory is empty and there is not even a ghost shadow, who is his boiler for?" ”

The further we walked inside, the higher the temperature, the sweat all over our bodies, and everyone's faces were crimson. After walking a little further, everyone stopped, because there was an unimaginable scene in front of them.

A deep crater appeared in front of the hallway, on which only a thick pipe could be passed. The pipeline flew through the air, connecting the two shores, and the abyss below was all black mist, unfathomable. There seemed to be something wriggling hidden in the mist, and it was terrifying.

In other words, we have two choices in front of us, one is to climb the pipe and go over, and it is very likely that we will fall into the abyss with one step. Another option is to go home, how to get here, how to go back.

Brother Ning suddenly walked up to the mute girl, grabbed the little girl's collar, pointed to the opposite bank, and gestured with his hand: "Yours, crawl over." ”

The little girl was ignorant and didn't understand what Brother Ning meant, so she was dragged back and forth by Brother Ning. Her small mouth was shriveled, very aggrieved, and her eyes were red.

Lu Wen went over and hugged her in her arms and whispered, "Big brother, I'll climb first, don't embarrass her." ”

Brother Ning was impatient: "Hurry up." ”

Lu Wen looked at Fan Qiang, her face was flushed, she couldn't speak, and she looked very shy.

Fan Qiang couldn't hide his disgust, and turned his face sideways to look at her. is also, after all, they are big stars, and the little girls around them have them, even if their taste is low, they will not fall in love with Lu Wen.

Lu Wen came to the pipe, bit her lower lip lightly, and slowly climbed onto the pipe. This pipe is quite thick, and it will not be a problem for a person to walk through it normally, but what we are most afraid of is that there may be hot water flowing through the pipe. Halfway through this, the pipe suddenly gets hot, and falling into the deep pit below is death.

We stared closely at Lu Wen's back, Lu Wen was very fat, lying on the pipe like an ugly big bug, pouting her buttocks, crawling one after another. She staggered and finally reached the other side safely, and she stood up and waved at us.

A few of us looked at each other, and climbing this pipe was no less dangerous than Russian roulette. I don't know when the hot water in the pipe will flow, and I don't know who will be the turn when it flows, anyway, it depends on who will carry it.

It's about luck, and it doesn't make much sense to go first. They were still hesitating, and I sighed and said, "I'll come the second one." ”

I patted the mute girl and gestured, "You go with me, I protect you." ”

Who knew that the mute girl took a step back, looked at me as if she was particularly scared, and shook her head.

Brother Ning was impatient: "Don't pretend to be a good person here, hurry up, or I'll let the little dumb be the second." ”

I came to the pipe, stepped on it carefully, spread my hands, and slowly walked forward. My eyes were fixed on the bottom, the black fog in the dim light was not still, I could vaguely feel that the fog was rolling slowly and rhythmically, like a fantastic cloud, looking deep and mysterious, I don't know what is hidden underneath. If you fall, you can't imagine what the consequences will be.

Walking through this pipeline and stepping on the ground, I felt a thousand pounds of boulder in my heart.

Lu Wen and I sat on the shore, looking at the people who didn't come on the other side, and our hearts were extremely peaceful, this is the so-called happiness.

Lin Yong was about to go up, but Brother Ning hurriedly stopped him: "I'll come, I'll come." ”

I guess he has such a small abacus, the first two walked over and were fine, and hurried over while this momentum, the later the more variables became.

Brother Ning cautiously stepped on the pipe and also came over. As long as he is safe, he doesn't care about the floods. He squatted on the shore to watch the excitement, and made a bet with me about who would die, but I ignored him.

As soon as Brother Ning passed, Fan Qiang immediately walked up to the pipe and walked over cautiously. Lin Yong didn't expect Fan Qiang to react so quickly, and he actually rushed ahead of him. Lu Wen stood on the shore and said worriedly: "Even, be careful, be careful." ”

Fan Qiang walked to the end step by step, Lu Wen stretched out his hand to pull him, Fan Qiang ignored it, and jumped to the shore from the pipeline, without looking at Lu Wen.

Lin Yonggang was about to get on, who knew that the mute girl reacted faster than him, and the little girl rubbed it on the pipe, and ran towards us with two little legs.

Lin Yong fell to the last, and he was also in a hurry, so he hurriedly stepped on the pipe and followed behind.

The mute girl swayed, as if she could fall in a gust of wind. I was so nervous that I ran to the shore, not knowing if she could understand it, and shouted, "Be careful, be careful." ”

The mute girl was running two-thirds of the way to a stop, staring blankly at me. At this time, Lin Yong in the back staggered and arrived, and when he saw the mute girl stop and not leave, he was suddenly anxious: "Damn, can you go?" ”

The mute girl stood in place, looking at the black fog under her feet, and suddenly burst into tears, the child was completely frightened.

Lin Yong's brain is really slow, in this case, you can come over with the child. He stood there and said impatiently, "Are you leaving?" If you don't go, I'll push you down. ”

As soon as I heard this, I became angry and shouted: "Lin Yong, if you dare to do this, I will definitely not spare you." ”

Lin Yong was angry and yelled: "If she doesn't leave, what can I do?" ”

As he spoke, he began to push the little girl's shoulder, and the little girl took a step forward as soon as she pushed, and she couldn't stop crying.

I suddenly understood Lin Yong's way of thinking, and when he encountered this situation, he didn't have the string of holding the mute girl to escape together. His first instinct was to destroy others and survive himself. This extremely selfish way of thinking and subconscious is really harmful.

At this time, I only listened to the sound of "gurgling" water in the pipe, and everyone on the shore gathered around me.

Hot water began to flow into the pipes, and the temperature was getting higher and higher.