I didn't stay long at Hayabusa Station when a group of employees arrived.

Go to the archives of the Lenin Library to find a book and ask Su Mengfan to sign the contract. Because they thought that Su Mengfan's "special ability" would play a big role.

Su Mengfan came out of the subway station, and he looked around frantically.

He had just signed the strangest contract of his life, and the man refused to tell him explicitly what he needed to look for in the main archives, only promising him to tell him the details after he had gone up outside.

He could not go outside alone, and his superiors intended to equip the entire detachment.

Su Mengfan was arranged to accompany at least two pursuers, and he needed to hand over what he found to that person immediately, and the expedition would be considered a success.

That person would tell Su Mengfan the answer he wanted.

Now, he came from the dimly lit room to the platform.

To him, the terms of the contract seemed ridiculous. It's like in old fairy tales that he is sent to places he doesn't know, to find things he doesn't know at all, and in exchange he will receive miraculous salvation that he doesn't know what.

But what else can he do?

Just go back empty-handed?

Is that what the stalkers want him to do?

When Su Mengfan asked these amazing employees how he could find what they had been looking for in the main archive of such a large library, he was told that he would figure everything out in due course.

He would have heard, and he didn't ask any more questions, for fear that the employee would lose faith in his anomalous abilities, even though he himself did not believe in his own anomalous abilities.

Eventually, he was sternly warned that the soldiers must not be informed of anything, otherwise the contract would no longer have any validity.

Su Mengfan sat down on a chair in the center of the hall and began to think.

It was a great opportunity to go outside, to do what he had thought before, without being punished or caring about the consequences.

Go outside, or go up with the real stalkers and complete a secret mission for those employees......

He didn't even ask them why they were so disgusted with the word "librarian."

The commander was lying on a bench next to him, he looked tired and a little nervous.

"Why do you say 'yes'?" He didn't even look at him, and asked expressionlessly.

"How do you know?" Su Mengfan asked in surprise. Fifteen minutes had passed since his conversation with the employee.

"I have to go with you," the commander said in a low voice, completely ignoring Su Mengfan's question.

Su Mengfan opened his mouth, when he wanted to ask why. The commander glanced at him, then stood up and left.

Su Mengfan spent the rest of the day walking around {Hayabusa Station}, aimlessly walking through the endless corridors and passages, inspecting the majestic colonnades, admiring how this underground city could accommodate so many people.

He studied all the "subway news" printed on brown wrappers, listened to the songs of wandering singers, flipped through books on bookstalls, played with puppies for sale, and listened to the latest gossip news.

But none of this can change the feeling that he is being followed and watched all the time.

A few times, he suddenly turned around, hoping to get someone's attention, but it was all in vain. He was surrounded by a bustling crowd, and no one noticed him.

He found his room in a passageway, slept for a few hours, and then at ten o'clock in the evening he came to the exit of {Hayabusa Station}.

The commander would come over after a while, but the sentries had obviously been instructed to give Su Mengfan a cup of tea and let him wait slowly.

The old sentry, after filling his enamel cup with boiling water, continued to tell his story: "So, I was asked to listen to the radio, and everyone wanted to hear from the government on the Urals. But listening to the radio is useless, because the first thing they hit is a strategic target.

This is why the Lamench district of Moscow is slandered, and it is also the reason why all summer dwellings in basements thirty meters deep outside the city are slandered.

Most likely, they missed the Lamench region of Moscow...... They try not to attack the peaceful people...... No one knew that the war was about to end.

So, they probably bypassed the Moscow Lamench area, but there was a command point next to the Moscow Lamench area, so they attacked it.

As for civilian casualties, they say, there is collateral destruction everywhere and you don't want to see that terrible scene.

But no one believed it at the time, so I sat on a piece of brass next to Arbat station and listened to the radio.

And initially, I heard a lot of strange news...... Siberia is very quiet. While the rest of the country is still broadcasting, strategic nuclear submarines are also on standby. They will ask if they will carry out the crackdown...... The people do not believe that Moscow will cease to exist.

All the captains cried like children on the radio.

You know, it's strange that the officers of the Aral Sea Navy, who have never said anything bad in their lives, are crying and asking everyone to look around to see if their wives or daughters are still alive...... 'Go find them.' They said...... After that, they went their separate ways. ”

"Those people said, 'That's right! Hell is calling to it, and it's a tooth for a tooth! They were already close to the shore of the lake and were shooting wildly at the city.

Others, on the other hand, believe that since everything is doomed to hell, there is no point in continuing to fight.

Why kill more people?

It doesn't do much, and many people want to avenge their families. Boats have always been a necessity, and they can live under the water in the subway station for half a year. They found some of them. Of course, they can't find them all.

Well, it's a familiar piece of history.

Whenever I think about this day, I am blown away, and it doesn't matter.

I once met a tanker who had miraculously survived the battle, transporting tanks from a stronghold or something...... A new generation of armor technology can protect them from radiation.

In the tank were three soldiers, who were moving at full speed from Moscow to the east. They drove through burning villages, the Lake District, and then kept going, stopping at some straw tops and getting back on the road.

When they ran out of fuel, they came to a backwooded place, but it had been blown into an open field. The radiation here is very strong, but there is still no sign that it is close to the city.

They set up a training camp, began to dig hull tanks, and finally completed the orderly fortification. They set up tents nearby, eventually built mud huts, and built an artificial generator. Lived around the tank for quite some time.

For two years, I talked to them almost every night to find out what it was like for them to live like this.

At first, everything was calm, they built a farmstead, two of them also had children, everything was ...... Normal life.

They have enough ammunition.

They saw strange things there, and the lieutenant we were talking to couldn't even accurately describe what the animals that ran out of the forest looked like.

Then they quietly left.

I spent half a year looking for them, but I didn't find them. Maybe their generator or transmitter is malfunctioning, or maybe they're running out of ammo......"

"You are talking about the Lamench region of Moscow," his partner recalled, "about how it was blown up, and I feel that no one can tell me about the Kremlin as long as I serve here." ”

"How does it stay intact? Why wasn't it attacked? I mean, think about those two questions and you'll find that bunker......"

"Who told you it wasn't attacked? Oh, and it did get attacked! The sentry affirmed,

"They just don't want to demolish it because it's a monumental building and also because they're testing new weapons. That's what we see...... It would be much better if they wiped it off the face of the earth from the beginning. He spat and fell silent.

Su Mengfan sat quietly, thinking about not to interrupt the veteran's memories.

He heard the details of many things, which were rare in the past. But the old sentinel remained silent, lost in some kind of personal world.

Su Mengfan finally seized the opportunity and decided to ask a question that had been haunting his mind: "Other cities also have subway systems, right?" At least, I've heard of it.

Is it true that no one survived everywhere? Didn't you hear a discussion about this when you were working as a wireless telephone operator? ”

"No, I didn't hear anything. But you're right. For example, people living in Petersburg should have been saved. Their metro stations are dug very deep, some of them are deeper than ours and equipped with the same facilities. I remember, when I was a kid, I went there to play. ”

"On one of the lines, instead of building an exit to the railroad tracks, they built that heavy iron gate. When the train arrives, these doors open along with the train's carriage doors.

I remember being amazed when I saw it. I've asked everyone, but no one can tell me the exact answer to why it was designed like this.

Some say it's done to prevent flooding, while others say it saves a lot of money for the whole project.

After that, I met one of the workers who was building the subway and became friends with him. He told me that something destroyed half of a construction team, and then the same thing happened to the other construction teams. When they were found, all that was left was gnawed bones and road-building tools.

Of course, people were never told anything about it, but those iron gates were installed along the line. The purpose of this is just to be safe.

When was that?

Let me think...... Anyway, it's really hard to imagine what exactly swallowed up there. ”