Su Mengfan held his breath, trying to concentrate on distinguishing the faintest sound.

There was nothing, only the pages of the book making a false rustle.

He returned to the passageway and shone the light quickly at the place where Thatch was fighting with his laces, where there was no one of him.

What about people?

Su Mengfan didn't look at where he was going, he just rushed back quickly.

The light points of the flashlight swayed from side to side and beat wildly, illuminating row after row of identical bookshelves in the darkness.

Where did he stop?

20 meters? …… About 30 meters, he should be here...... But there is no one here.

Where would he go without notifying Su Mengfan in advance?

If he was attacked, why didn't he resist?

What happened?

What could happen to him?

No, he had turned back too far.

Thatch should be closer to the point...... But there is no place for him!

Su Mengfan felt that he was losing control and began to become very panicked.

Standing where Thatch had tied his shoelaces when he left, Su Mengfan's back leaned weakly against the bottom of the bookshelf.

Suddenly, from the depths of the bookshelf, he heard a quiet, non-human voice, and suddenly burst into a terrible cry: "Alcohen......"

Fear made it difficult for him to breathe, and the gray mist on his gas mask made him barely visible.

Su Mengfan jerked to the source of the sound and tried to control the shaking Chong in his hand. Sharp guns.

He moved forward.

"Alcoen ......"

The sound is just around the corner!

Suddenly, a small beam of light passed through a bookshelf, peeping through some loosely connected books at the bottom.

The beam moves back and forth, as if someone is constantly shaking a flashlight from side to side......

Su Mengfan heard a screeching sound from the metal.

"Alcohen." The voice was barely audible, but this time it was a familiar whisper, and there was no doubt that it was Thatchi's.

Su Mengfan excitedly took a big step forward, looking forward to seeing his partner.

Then, he heard the same strange sound coming out of his throat, rushing into the air no more than two paces away from him.

The flashlight beam continued to sway aimlessly back and forth on the floor.

But suddenly a little boy appeared in front of him. waved his hand at Su Mengfan and said.

"Alcohen, let's go. Charles: They're already waiting for us in front! If it's late, they'll laugh at us, they'll call us little cowards. ”

Su Mengfan suddenly found that it was no longer a bookshelf in front of him, but a child who suddenly appeared.

I glanced at the child in front of me and was about to ask what was going on.

But his body suddenly moved, and he realized that he couldn't control his body.

Su Mengfan saw that after hearing the little boy's words, he didn't say anything.

The little boy dragged Su Mengfan and ran out.

Su Mengfan looked at the surrounding environment, and felt that the layout here was a bit like the {All-Russian Exhibition Hall Station} where he and the commander and others went to buy mushroom tea.

It's just that there are no mushrooms that can grow without sunlight around, and there are no chickens or pigs chirping.

Suddenly, I found that the middle-aged man sitting at the door looked a little like the old man I saw when I registered.

But I can't control it, so I can't make any moves.

I really don't know how this scene happened?

What am I doing here?

It didn't take long for Su Mengfan to gather with the little boy and the other two boys.

One of the boys said to the little boy, "Why did you come here, you must be afraid, right?"

If you're really scared, take refuge in your stepfather's arms and ask for a hug. The boy laughed, and the other boy followed suit.

Su Mengfan saw the little boy who was pulling him over, his face turned red, and he grabbed the hem of his clothes with both hands.

Then he shouted angrily, "Charles, you fart." I wasn't scared, I just went to Alcohen. ”

Charles grimaced at the little boy, and when the little boy saw it, he quarreled with Charles.

Su Mengfan found that the little boys were only holding flashlights and a double-barreled rifle in their hands.

Thinking that as soon as he and the Commander reached the ground, they were surrounded by some monsters, and the powerful forward hero Tyne was also bitten off by {Demon} alive.

I couldn't help but worry about these little boys, they were really newborn calves who were not afraid of things.

Then the little boys took advantage of the change of the guard, secretly crossed the outer blockade, and quietly crawled around {Botanical Garden Station} for a long time.

The experience was thrilling, but the boys found it interesting.

Under the light of the flashlight, the remnants of human life could be seen scattered everywhere—ashes, charred books, torn toys, torn clothes......

Rats scurried around, and every now and then, some strange rumbling noises came from the tunnel north of the Botanical Gardens Garden Station.

Su Mengfan found that Charles was the most active and curious one.

"We took the fence down and went down the elevator to the ground to see how it was ......going," he said Just go and see what it's like up there, what else is there, how? ”

The little boy was immediately opposed.

The stories that his stepfather used to tell him about the people who had been on the surface were still fresh in his mind, who had been sick for a long time when they had returned to the ground, and who had seen something terrible on the ground.

But soon they began to argue again, thinking that this was a very rare opportunity.

Without an adult, when will they be able to come to an abandoned subway station on their own like they are now?

And it was their chance to go up to the ground and see for themselves what it looked like when there was no cover above their heads.

Later, knowing that there was no hope of convincing the little boy, the companions said that they would leave him, the little coward, down there, and let him sit by himself and wait for them to go up and see before returning.

The thought of having himself and Alcohen in the abandoned subway station, and the thought of losing credibility in the eyes of his two best friends, made the boy feel unbearable.

So, he plucked up his courage and compromised.

To everyone's surprise, the mechanical device that blocked the barrier between the platform and the elevator was working, and in the end, it was the little boy and Su Mengfan who opened the barrier door after half an hour of almost desperate efforts.

The rusty iron door made a screeching noise as it moved to the side, and then, a not-so-long elevator appeared in front of them, leading to the world above.

Some of the steps were broken, from the holes in those elevators with gaping mouths, through the light of flashlights.

You can see huge gears that have been out of action for years, they are badly corroded by rust, and there are some brown objects crawling on them that are not easy to obtrude......

This situation only adds to their urge to move up.

Several times, the steps they stepped on collapsed, and they fell into the dark, deep, dark hole below, and with a screeching sound, they stepped over the pit and leaned on the cover of the old subway lights.

The road to the surface was not long, but the resolute fighting spirit they had at the beginning had evaporated with the first step of the stairs.

To boost morale, they imagined themselves as real stealth heroes.

The little boy and his sidekick Charles, as well as the skinny Andy, all want to be stealth heroes.

And, as they forced themselves to climb up the horrific crumbling staircase, they imagined themselves dressed in hazmat suits, with radio-destructive mirrors and heavy machine guns, like a true stealth hero.

But they had neither radioscopes nor protective clothing, and they did not have powerful military heavy machine guns.

All they had was an old double-barreled rifle, and they didn't know if they could pull the trigger and shoot the gun.

I don't know what happened suddenly, but the little boy suddenly became brave as if he had changed into a different person.

It felt like there was something on the ground that was attracting the little boy.

"Keep up with me!" The little boy held the double-barreled gun in both hands, and Su Mengfan raised the flashlight.

Following the rickety moss-covered steps, we came to the upper hall.

Everyone's courage is slowly being eroded by this unknown environment, and they are gradually retreating.

Soon after, our team dispersed.

Andy said that he was reluctant to go outside, which was very different from his positive appearance at the beginning.

And Charles was already scared, and he took two steps and stopped.

But the boy's two legs moved forward with all his might.

And Su Mengfan found that he had stopped, but the little boy in front of him was still walking forward, gritted his teeth, and followed.

Luckily, it was night, otherwise they would have gone blind.

Accustomed to the darkness, the campfires, and those emergency lights, they certainly couldn't withstand the dazzling, scorching sun on the ground.

With no eyes to see and nowhere to call for help, it is not easy for them to find their way back.

The vestibule of {Botanical Garden Station} was largely ruined - half of the roof had collapsed, and through the broken roof you could see the radioactive dust under the deep blue sky of summer, and the night sky was cloudless and dotted with starlight.

But what a starry sky for a child who has never seen the sky!

Looking up, there was no concrete "sky" and a network of decayed wires and pipes crisscrossing in sight, but it fell into the blue depth, and there was suddenly a vast and distant space overhead.

It's so memorable!

And those stars!

How can anyone who has never seen the stars imagine what is empty and far away?

Perhaps, it was inspired by the night view that people first created the concept of the word "empty distance".

Tens of thousands of glittering silver nails were just that, adorned with a celestial dome like blue velvet......

"Artyom! Where are you going?! Artyom! ”

Su Mengfan saw that the little boy in front of him was walking faster and faster, and it didn't take long for him to disappear.

And they began to call him by name.

So, tremblingly, he followed.

…… Another hundred meters......