Chapter 6: The Rat Plague (Additional)
"Is that what you call a broken pipe? Where did you say your voice came from?
You know, Su Mengfan, we idiots may all be deaf and can't hear that voice.
Probably you have a special sense for that thing. You're in luck, man! The commander said.
"It's weird that it came out of a tube. You say it's an empty pipe?
Hell knows what's in there," he muttered, staring warily at the serpentine pipe in the tunnel wall.
It's not far from Liriga station.
A quarter of an hour later, they saw the patrol's fire, and the commander slowed down and gave the correct signal with a flashlight.
They immediately let the group into the blockade, and the car slowly drove into the base.
The situation at Riga is somewhat better than at Alekseevsk.
Once upon a time, there was a large market on this station.
Most of the people who managed to get to the subway to save themselves were market merchants, so the people at this station were more savvy, and the proximity to the Pax de la Pax station made it easy to get to the Hanseasa and the main trade route ensured its prosperity.
They have electric lights, like emergency lights at the All-Russian Exhibition Center station. Their patrolmen wore old camouflage uniforms, which looked much better than the decorative padded jackets of the Alekseevsk station.
Residents welcomed the guests into their tents. It is unlikely that they will be able to make a quick return journey now, as they do not yet know what new dangers are in the tunnel and how to deal with them.
The manager of the base and the commander from Su Mengfan's team got together for a meeting, and the others took advantage of this time to take a break.
Su Mengfan was tired and annoyed, and immediately lay face down on the small bed. He didn't want to sleep, he was just exhausted.
A few hours later, the station decided to host a banquet for their guests, and judging by the frowning and whispering of their hosts, they would probably still be able to eat meat. But now it's time to lie down and think about nothing.
A noise ran through the tent. The banquet was held at the campfire in the middle of the base.
Su Mengfan couldn't help but glance out. Some were cleaning the floors and laying tarps, and a little farther away were cutting pork, skewering small pieces with wire so that they could be roasted over the fire.
The walls of this station are more special: not marble, like the All-Russian Exhibition Hall and Alekseevsk station, but yellow and red tiles.
The color scheme must have been a delight at one point.
And now, the glazed bricks and plaster are covered with a layer of soot and grease – but still maintain some of the original feel.
On top of that, there was a real train at the other end of the base that had been submerged on the other side of the tunnel - though its windows had been blasted open and its doors were open.
You won't find real trains in any of the passages and bases.
Over the past two decades, most of them have been torn down, and wheels, glass, or other parts have been used to decorate their bases, especially trains that are stuck in tunnels and uninhabitable.
The commander said on the way that in Lufthansa there was a passage where the trains were cleared to facilitate the passage of the travelers' trolleys.
And, according to rumors, the carts were all sent to the red metro line.
There was not a single cart in the tunnel from the All-Russian Exhibition Station to the Peace Boulevard Station, but that could have been just a coincidence.
The local residents slowly gathered, and the sleepy-eyed Zhenya also climbed out of the tent.
Half an hour later, the local leader came out with Su Mengfan's commander, and the first piece of meat was placed on the fire.
The commander and the ruler of the base giggled and joked with each other, and it seemed that they had a good conversation.
They brought a bottle of homebrew and everyone was happily toasting.
Su Mengfan chewed the meat that was given to him, licked the hot oil dripping on his hands, and looked at the glowing coals, the warmth of the fire brought an incredible comfort and comfort.
The time of pleasure is often not the same as the time of the passage of painful time.
It didn't take long for Su Mengfan's team to set off again. Since the subway is not transparent to light, it is impossible to know what the time is other than the clock.
There is no white night in the Moscow metro station, but more like the All-Russian Exhibition Station, you set your own time to distinguish between day and night.
In addition, it didn't take a lot of time to wake up from Su Mengfan in this world, it only took a few hours.
Along the way, physical exhaustion is only a small part, and more is mental stress.
In any case, as long as you are in the subway for every minute and every second, you will be under non-stop mental pressure. In this case, it is not uncommon to lose your mind and go crazy.
Therefore, after Su Mengfan's team rested, they embarked on the journey to their destination again.
This time, however, there is no great danger from Riga Station to the Avenue of Peace, as it has been mostly cleaned up by the Lufthansa Alliance in the name of "friendship and mutual assistance".
This time, Cage and the others did not sneer at Su Mengfan, and took the initiative to say hello one by one. After all, on the way to Riga Station just now, if it weren't for Su Mengfan's existence, the others would have been tortured to the point of madness, and they wouldn't be far from death.
And this time the journey was really much easier than before, not only was there no monster harassment, but there was no intrusion of strange sounds.
Not long after the road, Su Mengfan felt a slip under his feet while walking on the railroad tracks.
When he looked down, he found a big black mouse at his feet, and there were many rats gathered next to him, each of which was bigger than his foot.
After Su Mengfan saw the mouse, his mind suddenly went blank, and his body had no strength to support it, so he suddenly leaned back.
Fortunately, the commander next to him was quick and immediately supported Su Mengfan. And helped him to the cushion.
When the team saw this sudden situation, they panicked.
"It's okay, I just looked and saw that Alcohen is just a little weak, just let him rest. Zhenya, bring the kettle in the bag. Others return to their posts. The commander immediately commanded.
At this time, Su Mengfan was so frightened by the mice on the ground that his mind suddenly went blank.
The memories in the depths flickered, and a few paragraphs appeared inexplicably in Su Mengfan's mind.
"Sir! Save them! Please! A hoarse cry.
"Mom, I'm going to be with you!" A desperate sob.
"Nope! Alcohen, you must protect your brother. A gentle command.
"Well, Mom! I will definitely protect my brother. "A stubborn response.
"That female voice sounds familiar, like I've heard it somewhere."
"Is that child's voice my voice?"
"Brother?"
"I have a younger brother!"
"Where is he?"
"Where?"
Suddenly, Su Mengfan covered his head and smashed his fist his head. The mouth shouted:
"Damn! My head hurts. ”
The commander next to him was taken aback by Su Mengfan's movements, and immediately shook Su Mengfan's fist. And comforted in a slow voice on the side.
It didn't take long for Su Mengfan to wake up.
After Zhenya saw Su Mengfan wake up, he immediately asked, "Are you okay now, you really scared us a lot just now." ”
Su Mengfan raised his head and smiled at Zhenya: "I'm fine, I'm really sorry just now." ”
Su Mengfan found that all the people in the team cared about themselves in their own ways, even the Cage, who had made things difficult for him before, cared about himself.
Su Mengfan's heart warmed, this is after the death of his parents, few people will care so much about themselves. It is different from those relatives and friends who care about it with interests.
Zhenya looked at Su Mengfan with a smile, "You stepped on the rats and fainted, are they so scary?"
I can tell you, we're almost at the Peace Avenue station, where there is a roasted rat that has been popular for a long time, and we'll go eat that one to relieve our anger. ”
At this time, Cage suddenly interrupted Zhenya's words.
"Zhenya, there are some things that you said are not right. Do you know? Nineteen years ago, there was a rat plague at Timilyazev station.
My brother died in that rat plague, and it was so terrible that I asked the people who survived that plague afterwards, and when I talked about it, my face was still scared for a while.
On that day, countless wet gray giant rats poured out of the dark subway tunnel without warning.
Originally a northern branch of the city's complex underground tunnel system, the tunnel rarely attracts attention on weekdays.
One day, the tunnel suddenly sank deeper into the ground and disappeared into a cold, foul-smelling, and terrifying underground labyrinth.
The tunnels extend into the kingdom of rats, a place that even the most deadly explorer would not dare to set foot in.
If someone gets lost underground, even if he can't find the exit, he won't go in here to find the exit.
Anyone can instinctively sense the dark and ominous danger of this, and quickly flee from here as quickly as they can escape through the gates of a rat-infested city.
No one dared to disturb these rats, no one had ever visited their territory, and no one dared to cross their borders.
However, they found humans.
On that day, many people went missing.
A torrent of giant rats surged past the cordon, burying the human invaders.
Their sheer size and overwhelming numbers made people too late to scream before they died.
These giant rats devoured all the living, dead, old, sick and old of their own kind, and rushed forward blindly but surely, with a strange force beyond human imagination. ”