Journey to another world in the subway

Chapter 21 Memory
Su Mengfan held his breath, trying to concentrate to distinguish the faintest sound.

Nothing but the false rustling of pages.

He returned to the passage, flashing the light quickly to where Thatch was struggling with his shoelaces, and he was nowhere to be seen.

What about people?

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

The light spot of the flashlight swayed wildly from side to side, 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 fight back?
What happened?

What can happen to him?

No, he turned back too far.

Thatch should be closer...but he's nowhere!

Su Mengfan felt that he was losing control and began to panic.

Standing where Sage had tied his shoelaces when he left, Su Mengfan's back was limply leaning against the bottom of the bookshelf.

Suddenly, from the depths of the bookshelf, he heard a quiet inhuman voice burst into a terrible cry: "Alcorn..."

Fear made it hard for him to breathe, and the gray fog on his gas mask made it almost impossible to see anything.

Su Mengfan suddenly turned to the source of the sound, and tried to control the shaking submachine gun in his hand.

He moves forward.

"Alcorn..."

Sound is just around the corner!
Suddenly, a small ray of light passed through a bookshelf, and from 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 the harsh sound of metal.

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

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

Then he heard the same strange guttural sound bursting into the air not more than two steps away from him.

The flashlight beam continued to bounce aimlessly back and forth across the floor.

But suddenly a little boy appeared in front of him.He waved to Su Mengfan and said.

"Alcorn, let's go quickly. Charles and the others are already waiting for us! If we are late, they will laugh at us and say we are little cowards."

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

Seeing the child in front of him, he was about to ask what was going on.

But his body suddenly moved, and only then did he realize that he couldn't control his body.

Su Mengfan didn't say anything after seeing what the little boy said.

The little boy dragged Su Mengfan and ran outside.

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

It's just that there are no mushrooms that can grow without sunlight, and there are no cocks crowing or pigs humming.

Suddenly, I found that the middle-aged man sitting at the door looked a bit 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?

Not long after, Su Mengfan reunited with the little boy and two other boys.

One of the boys said to the little boy, "Why did you come here? Could it be that you are afraid?
If you're really scared, hide in your stepfather's arms and ask for a hug. The boy laughed after he finished speaking, and the other boy laughed too.

When Su Mengfan saw the little boy pulling him over, his face became blushed, and he grabbed the hem of his clothes with both hands.

Then he shouted angrily, "Charles, you fart. I'm not afraid. I just went to find Alcorn."

Charles made a face at the little boy, and when the little boy saw it, he quarreled with Charles.

Su Mengfan found that these little boys only had flashlights and a double-barreled rifle in their hands.

Thinking that he and the commander were surrounded by some monsters as soon as they arrived on the ground, and the powerful forward hero Tyne was also bitten off his head by the {demon}.

I can't help but start worrying about these little boys, really newborn calves are not afraid of things.

Then a few little boys took advantage of the interval between the changing of the guard, sneaked across the outer blockade, and quietly crawled around the botanical garden station for a long time.

Although the experience was thrilling and exciting, the little boys found it very interesting.

Under the light of the flashlight, Trouble can see the remnants of human life scattered everywhere - ashes, burnt books, broken toys, torn clothes...

Rats were scurrying about, and every now and then, there was some weird rumbling noise coming from the tunnel just north of the Botanic Garden Station.

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

"How about we take the fence down and go down the elevator to the ground to see how ... just to see what it's like up there, what else is there?" he said.

The little boy immediately objected.

The stories his stepfather used to tell him about the people who had been above ground were still fresh in his mind, and those people had been sick for a long time when they went back underground, and they had seen some terrible things above.

But soon they started arguing again, thinking that this is a very rare opportunity.

Without the company of adults, when can they come to an abandoned subway station by themselves like now?
Also, this is their chance to go down to the ground and see for themselves what it's like when there's no cover over their heads.

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

The thought of being alone with Alcorn in this deserted subway station, and the thought of losing his prestige in the eyes of his two best friends, was too much for the little boy to bear.

So, he summoned up his courage and compromised.

To everyone's surprise, the mechanism of the barrier between the platform and the elevator was working, and it was the little boy and Su Mengfan who finally opened the barrier after half an hour of almost desperate efforts. barrier gate.

The rusty iron door made a harsh noise as it moved aside, 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 the elevators with the big gaping mouths, the light from the torches shining through.

You can see some huge gears that have not been in operation for many years. They are severely corroded by rust, and some brown objects that are not easy to attract attention are crawling on them...

Such a scene adds to their urge to go up.

Several times, the steps they stepped on gave way and fell into the dark, deep hole below, making harsh noises, and they stepped over the chasm, leaning on the shade of the old subway lamp to continue on.

The road to the ground is not too long, but their resolute fighting spirit at the beginning has evaporated with the first step on the broken steps.

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

A young boy and his pals Charles and skinny Andy all want to be stealth heroes.

And, as they forced themselves to climb the horribly broken, caved-in stairs, they imagined themselves in hazmat suits, with ray busters and heavy machine guns, like a true stealth hero.

But they have neither ray scopes nor protective clothing, and they don't have powerful military heavy machine guns.

All they had was an old double-barreled rifle, and it wasn't known if the trigger could pull the trigger on that shit.

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

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

"Follow me!" The little boy raised his double-barreled guns, and Su Mengfan raised his flashlight.

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

Everyone's courage is being slowly diminished by this unknown environment, and everyone is gradually retreating.

Our team broke up shortly after.

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

And Charles was already so frightened that he stopped after taking two steps.

But the little boy's two legs kept moving forward.

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

Fortunately, it happened to be night, otherwise they would have lost their eyesight.

Accustomed to the darkness, bonfires, and those emergency lights, they must not be able to withstand the dazzling and scorching sun on the ground.

With no eyesight and nowhere to turn for help, it is not easy for them to find their way back.

The lobby of the Botanic Gardens station was basically destroyed—half the roof collapsed, and through the broken roof one could see the radioactive dust beneath a dark blue summer sky, cloudless and speckled with stars.

But what a starry sky it was to a child who had never seen it!
Looking up, the concrete "dome" and the criss-crossing network of decaying wires and pipes are no longer in sight, but I have fallen into the blue abyss, and suddenly there is a vast and distant space above my head.

It was so memorable!
And those stars!

How can someone who has never seen the stars imagine the vastness of space?
Perhaps, people first created and discovered the concept of the word kongyuan after being inspired by the night scene.

Such are the ten thousand shining silver nails, covering the sky like blue velvet...

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

Su Mengfan saw the little boy in front walking faster and faster, and he disappeared after a while.

He started calling his name.

So, tremblingly followed.

...walked another 100 meters...

　The first floor of the subway illustrated book was swallowed, and it was reposted in the comment area.

　　There is another chapter today, and I will post it tonight.

　　Today's follow-up reading is very important, and I hope everyone will support it.Thank you for your concern!

　　
　
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