Journey to another world in the subway

Chapter 14 Trivia
Not long after staying at Hayabusa Station, a group of employees came.

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, looking around frantically.

He had just signed the strangest contract of his life with someone who refused to tell him exactly what he needed to find in the main archives, only promising to give him specific details when he was up and outside.

He couldn't go out alone. The superiors planned to equip the entire unit.

Su Mengfan is arranged to travel with at least two stalkers, and he needs to hand over what he finds to that person immediately for this expedition to be considered a success.

That person will tell Su Mengfan the answer he wants.

Now, he came to the platform from the dim room.

The terms of that contract seemed ridiculous to him.Like in the old fairy tales, he's sent to places he doesn't know, to find things he doesn't even know, and in exchange he'll get some kind of miraculous redemption.

But what else could he do?

Just come back empty-handed like this?

Was that what the Stalker wanted him to do?
When Su Mengfan asked these amazing employees how he was going to find what they were looking for in the main archives of such a large library, he was told that he would figure it all out in due time.

He'd hear it, and he didn't ask any more questions, for fear that the employees might lose faith in his psychic powers, which he didn't believe in himself.

Finally, he was sternly warned not to let the soldiers know anything, or the contract would no longer have any effect.

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

This is an excellent opportunity to go outside, to do what he thought before, without being punished, and regardless of the consequences.

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

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

"Why did you say 'yes'?" He asked blankly without looking at him.

"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 whispered, 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, walking aimlessly on the endless corridors and passages, inspecting the majestic colonnade, and admiring that this underground city can accommodate so many people.

He studied all the "Metro News" printed on brown wrapping paper, listened to the songs of mariachi singers, leafed through the books on the bookstall, played with the puppies for sale, and listened to the latest gossip.

But none of this changed the feeling that he was being followed and watched all the time.

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

He found his room in a passage, slept for a few hours, and then at ten o'clock in the evening he arrived at the exit of Hayabusa Station.

It took a while for the commander to come over, but the sentries obviously got the instructions and gave Su Mengfan a cup of tea to wait slowly.

After filling his enamel mug with boiling water, the old sentinel resumed his story: "So, I was asked to monitor the radio, and everyone wanted to hear news from the government over there in the Urals. .But listening to the radio is useless, because the first thing they hit is the strategic target.

This is why the Lamenchi district of Moscow is stigmatized, and why all summer residences outside the city with basements 30 meters deep are stigmatized.

Most likely they missed the Lamenche region of Moscow...they tried not to hit the peaceful people...no one knew that the war was going to end soon.

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 said, there's collateral damage everywhere, and you don't want to see that.

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

And at first, I heard a lot of strange news... Siberia is very quiet.Although the rest of the country is still broadcasting, strategic nuclear submarines are also on standby.They will ask whether to strike ... The people do not believe that Moscow will cease to exist.

All the captains were crying like children over the radio.

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

"The men said: 'That's right! Hell is calling for it, it's tit for tat!' They had gotten close to the shore of the lake and were shooting wildly at the city.

Others, on the other hand, thought that since all was doomed to hell, there was little point in continuing to fight.

Why kill more people?

It didn't help much, and many people wanted to avenge their families.A boat has always been a necessity, and they can live half a year underwater in a subway station.They found some of them.Of course, they can't find them all.

Well, this is a familiar history.

Every time I think about this day, I'm in shock, and it doesn't matter.

I once met a tanker who miraculously survived a battle, and they were transporting tanks from strongholds or whatever... New generation armor technology protects them from radiation.

There were three soldiers in the tank, and they were driving eastward from Moscow at full speed.They passed through some burning villages, and the lake district, and then kept going, stopped on some straw tops, and started on the road again.

When they ran out of fuel, they came to a remote area, but it had been bombed into a clearing.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 digging hull-type tanks, and finally completed an orderly fortification.They pitched tents nearby, eventually built mud huts, and set up an artificial generator.Lived around tanks for quite some time.

For two years, I have communicated with them almost every night to understand what it is like to live like this.

At first, everything was peaceful, they built a farm, two of them had children, and everything was... normal life.

They have enough ammunition.

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

Then they quietly left.

I spent half a year looking for them, but couldn't find them.Maybe their generators or transmitters are malfunctioning, or maybe they're out of ammo..."

"You were talking about the Lamenche district of Moscow," recalled his partner, "about how it was blown up, and I felt that as long as I was serving here, no one could tell me about the Kremlin. things."

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

"Who told you it wasn't attacked? Oh, it was indeed attacked!" said the sentinel affirmatively,
"They just don't want to tear it down because it's a monument, but also because they're testing new weapons. That's what we're seeing ... it would be much better if they wiped it off the face of the earth in the first place. ’ He fell silent after spitting.

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

He heard 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 has been lingering in his mind: "Other cities also have subway systems, right? At least, I've heard of them.

Is it true that no one survived everywhere?Didn't you hear this being discussed when you were a radio operator? "

"No, I didn't hear anything. But you're right. People living in Petersburg, for example, should have been saved. Their subway stations were dug deep, some even deeper than ours, The facilities are the same. I remember going there when I was a kid."

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

I remember being amazed when I saw this scene.I've asked everyone, but no one can tell me exactly why it's designed the way it is.

Some people say that this is done to prevent flooding, while others say that this design can save a lot of money for the entire project.

After that, I met one of the workers who built the subway and became friends with him.He told me that something wiped out half of one construction crew, and then the same thing happened to the other construction crews.When they were found, all that remained were gnawed bones and road-building tools.

Of course, people were never told anything, just those iron gates were installed along the line.The purpose of doing this is just for safety.

When was that?

Let me see... Anyway, it's really hard to imagine what was swallowed up there. "

(End of this chapter)