Journey to another world in the subway

Chapter 16 Ground
The commander waved his hand to signal that it was all right, Su Mengfan pushed open the transparent door, picked up his submachine gun, and jumped onto the street.Although the stalker asked him to keep up with the pace and not wander around, it is impossible to obey...

Ever since Su Mengfan was a child, the sky has completely changed.The sky is no longer a boundless sky blue, but dark clouds.

The first drops of autumn have fallen from the gray sky.The cold wind blew through and penetrated into the cloth protective clothing Su Mengfan was wearing.

The space here is unbelievably large, jaw-dropping, empty to the left, right, and in front.This boundless space is both fascinating and strangely depressing.

In an instant, Su Mengfan wanted to go back to the lobby under the ground of Hayabusa Station, feel the sense of security brought by the wall close at hand, plunge himself into the limited space isolated from the world, and stay comfortably.

He countered the oppressive feeling, though, by forcing himself to divert his attention by studying the nearest buildings.

The sun has set, and the city is gradually being enveloped in the gloom before nightfall.

The pillars of the low-rise apartment buildings have been eroded by acid rain for decades, and the surface has become uneven.

The dilapidated windows were left with empty frames, staring at them as they passed by.

This city... although desolate, still gives people a magnificent sight.

Su Mengfan didn't hear any call, just stood still, looking around fascinatedly, he finally had the opportunity to compare the reality with the dream, and with the rather vague childhood memory.

Sa Qi may also have never been to the ground, and he is also standing next to Su Mengfan.The last one to walk out of the front hall of the base was Tyne.

The stalker patted Su Mengfan's shoulder to get his attention, and pointed to the silhouette of the cathedral's cupola in the distance, standing against the sky.

"Look at that cross." Tyne's voice muffled through the filter of the gas mask.

At first, Su Mengfan didn't see anything special, and indeed he didn't see the cross. He only saw a huge winged shadow flying out from behind the door with a creepy moan.

At this moment, he realized what Tyne was talking about.

After flapping its wings a few times, the monster flew high into the sky, turned around and glides down to find food.

"That's where it made its nest," Tyne said, waving his hand.

They leaned against the wall and moved in the direction of the library.

The commander led the team and was a few steps ahead, while Tyne was a few steps behind, turned around halfway, and stepped behind.

It was precisely because the two stalkers were distracted that Su Mengfan was able to glance at Lightshi Miya before they approached the bronze statue of the old man sitting in the armchair.

Su Mengfan did this action unconsciously, but when he saw the monument, he couldn't help being moved, something in his memory became clear, and something from yesterday's dream suddenly emerged completely.

But now it seems that this is not just a dream, because the panorama and the colonnade of the library that he has seen before are now presented in front of his eyes.

Does this mean that Wright Shimugong is the Wright Shimugong he imagined before?
No one paid attention to Su Mengfan, even Saqi was not around, and fell behind with Tyne.

Su Mengfan said to herself, "It's now, or never."

His lips were dry, and blood began to rush to his temples.

The stars on the fort really shine brightly.

"Hey! Alcorn! Alcorn!" someone called, shaking him by the shoulder.

The numb consciousness woke up with difficulty, and a bright light shone into his eyes.

Su Mengfan began to blink her eyes hard and covered them with her hands.He was sitting on the ground with his back against the granite plinth of the monument.

Thatch and the commander were hunched in his direction, looking worriedly into his eyes.

"His pupils are constricting," the commander said. "How did you lose him?" he asked Tyne angrily.

Tyne stood not far away, his eyes fixed on the street.

"There's something making noise behind that, and I can't turn my back on it," the stalker explained.

"Who would have thought he would be so fast... Look, in almost 1 minute, he almost got sent to Saviolov station... He should stick to it.

Fortunately, our stalker's head is still on his own shoulders.

He patted Sage on the back as he spoke.

"It's glowing," Su Mengfan said to the commander in a weak voice, "It's glowing." He looked at Saqi.

"It's glowing, well, it's glowing," Saatchi repeated reassuringly.

"Didn't I tell you not to look over there, idiot!" the commander said to Su Mengfan angrily.

He is now sure that the danger is over, "Will you obey the commander's order?" He asked while patting the back of Su Mengfan's head with his hand.

The helmet lessened the strength of the slap that meant a lesson, and Su Mengfan continued to sit on the ground, eyes clenched.Finally the stalker couldn't stand it any longer, grabbed his shoulders and shook him violently, placing him on his feet.

Su Mengfan gradually regained consciousness, and he felt ashamed for not being able to resist the temptation.

He stood up and looked at his toes in his boots, hesitating to look at the commander.

Fortunately, the Commander didn't have time to say anything, as his attention was drawn to Tyne.

Tyne is standing at a crossroads.He had already signaled to his partner to come along and put his finger on one of the filters in the gas mask, asking everyone to be quiet.

Su Mengfan decided not to get involved for the time being, but to follow the commander everywhere, and not to face the mysterious fortress any more.

The commander walked towards Tyne.

The bearded man was pointing into the distance, far away from the Lights Wooden Palace, where along Kalinin Street there were long, broken high-rise buildings that looked like exposed rotten teeth.

Su Mengfan approached them cautiously, observing the surroundings vigilantly from the wide back of the stalker.

Then, he quickly figured out the situation.

Right in the middle of the street, about 60 meters away from them, he saw three figures standing motionless in the twilight.

Is it human?

In such a far place, Su Mengfan never thought that they were really human beings, but they were of medium build and stood on two legs.The sight is exhilarating.

"What's that?" Su Mengfan asked in a hoarse voice, whispering, and tried to recognize the distant shadow from the blurred window on the gas mask he was wearing.

Were those humans, or some type of rodent they had been talking about?
The commander quietly shook his head, meaning that he knew as little as Su Mengfan.

He shone the flashlight at the motionless creatures and made three more circles.Then he turned off the flashlight.In response, a bright light shot from a distance, circled three times, and disappeared.

The tense mood immediately relaxed, and the dull atmosphere became normal.Su Mengfan had already felt this before the commander lifted the alarm.

"Stalker," the commander explained, "remember, next time our identification signal is to draw three circles with a flashlight, if you get the same response, you can go forward boldly, you will not be harmed .

If you don't get any response, or the response signal is different, then run and don't stay for a moment. "

"But if they have flashlights, that means they are humans, not some kind of monsters on the ground." Su Mengfan objected.

"I don't know what's worse," the commander interrupted Su Mengfan, and walked on without further explanation.

Seeing that the commander did not answer, Su Mengfan stopped asking.

Then the four of them moved on without anyone speaking.

More gestures are used to communicate. It is true that the wearer is wearing a thick one-piece protective clothing, but the fog in the mask makes people feel a little uncomfortable to breathe. Of course, the main purpose is to reduce physical strength.

And the radiation on the ground is far greater than that of the subway, and there are some places with low radiation that don't even need to wear a protective cover.

Su Mengfan had seen the prosperous world in his previous life, but here he saw the scene on the ground. The contrast was huge, and he couldn't help but feel sad.

It was also a nuclear explosion. The scene here reminded Su Mengfan of the Chernobyl accident in his previous life.

The impact of nuclear radiation on the ecological environment is fatal, and the Chernobyl area has not yet fully recovered to its original state.

This is only the effect of low-enrichment uranium fuel. The concentration of uranium raw materials used to make atomic bombs is more than 30 times that of nuclear power plants, and the damage to the ecology will also increase exponentially.

In addition, a nuclear bomb explosion will produce 500 million tons of smoke and dust, which will float to the stratosphere along with the shock wave, forming a thick nuclear dust cloud, completely blocking the light. At that time, the earth's surface will fall into a long-term nuclear winter, vegetation will degrade, animals will die, and even the marine ecosystem will be affected. None are immune.

And this place is far more terrifying than that. The whole world is destroyed here. I don't know where there is a "paradise" where you don't need to wear protective clothing.

The worst consequence of a nuclear war is the destruction of the existing social order. Human society degenerates into a dark forest where the weak prey on the strong. Everyone is both a hunter and a prey. The difference lies in whether they are strong or not.

The scariest thing about nuclear weapons is not its shock waves and nuclear radiation, but the destruction of social order and spiritual beliefs. This devastating force can destroy all dreams and hopes of human beings, turn living people into walking dead, and turn people into dead bodies. Civilization turned into barbarism.

And now we are in a nuclear winter. The whole world is dark, sunlight cannot reach the earth, the ground temperature will suddenly drop, the photosynthesis of plants will be forced to stop, and 99.99% of the plants on the surface will die. In such an environment, the remaining animals and plants will It will also gradually die out.

In order to survive, he had to evolve himself so that he could better adapt to life under radiation.

All of this reminded Su Mengfan of his previous life in 1945, when the world's first atomic bomb exploded, Oppenheimer said something like this:

"The sky is full of strange lights, like the Holy Spirit showing off his power."

"Only a thousand suns can compete with it."

"I am Death, I am the destroyer of worlds."

(End of this chapter)