Journey to another world in the subway

Chapter 24
"But why do I have to go there alone?" Su Mengfan still couldn't believe his ears, thinking that walking together was the right way, so he asked again.

"Don't be afraid, all you have to do is go straight ahead, until you get to the exit, and then follow it, there is not a turn there.

Don't expose yourself on the road, stick to the house, it's full of their people, keep going until you come to the intersection with the second avenue, which is the garden ring road.

Then, turn left and go straight to an apartment building made of white stone.There used to be a fashion store...

You'll notice right away, across the garden ring road, that on the opposite side there is a half-destroyed tall building that is the Trade Centre.

At the back of the boutique there is a yellow archway that says 'Smolensk Station Metro Station'.

Turn in and you will see a small square inside the courtyard, where the subway station is. "

"They, who are they? Those dark creatures?" Su Mengfan interrupted the commander.

"Yes, those monsters, but if you follow the route I just said, you won't encounter them.

If everything is ok, go down.One door was closed, also guarded.These guards guard them, only allowing rogues on their side to pass.

Knock like this: three quick taps, two slow taps, three quick taps, and they'll open the door.Tell them 3 sent you so they will shoot you as an enemy.

I have no way to go on like this now, and I will drag you down.None of us can escape if we encounter mutants.

This is for you, this is my ID.With this, they won't give you a hard time when you get to Smolensk Station.

Next, let me rest here alone.

Let me look at the ground again, I really miss the blue sky in the past.

We don't know what will happen next.

But here's another metro station, closer, from the map, you know... Arbat station" He remembered the name.

"There's a base like this, you shouldn't go near it, don't even want to go near it, you just ignore it, stay on the other side of the street, and move fast, but don't run. That's all. Not for a second Waste!" said the commander finally.

Then let Su Mengfan walk towards the exit of the front hall.

Su Mengfan saw the will to die in the commander's eyes, and knowing that he could no longer argue with him, he put one machine gun on his shoulder and took another.

Stepping out onto the street, he backed quickly back to the monument, shielding his eyes with his right hand so he wouldn't accidentally catch the alluring twinkle of the Kremlin's stars.

Su Mengfan turned left and crossed the street corner by the steps of the large library before meeting the old stone figure in the easy chair.

After passing, he glanced at the majestic building and felt a shudder run down his spine, Su Mengfan still remembered the terrifying inhabitants of this place.

Now the Great Library was once again immersed in a dull silence.

Silent librarians are likely already scattered in shadowy corners, licking their wounds after their insolent intrusion, and ready to return blood to the incoming intruder.

Sage's pale and tired face appeared in front of his eyes. Su Mengfan felt that Sage was frightened by these monsters for no reason, and even refused to talk about them.

Did he foresee his own death in a nightmare?
His body will forever lie in the stacks, hugging the librarian who killed him.

Of course, if these monsters decomposed into carrion... Su Mengfan avoided it and did not dare to think about it.

Can he forget the process of his companion's death, the companion who almost became his friend in two days?

In his opinion, Sage would often appear in his dreams for a long time, trying to talk to himself again and again, and could speak intermittently with blood-stained lips.

Su Mengfan went out to the broad street, and he quickly thought of the instructions given to him by the commander.

Go straight to the intersection of the Kalinin Tower and the Garden Ring, don't make a turn... try to guess again if that street is the Garden Ring or not.

Don't be in the middle of the road, or against a house wall, get to Smolensk Station before the sun comes up.

The famous Kalinin tower appeared high up, and Su Mengfan knew from the yellow postcard with Moscow sights that it was about half a kilometer away from where he was standing now.

Today, low-rise houses line the street, which bends to the left towards New Arbat.

The outlines of buildings closed completely and blurred as he moved away, and then they blended into a shimmer.

The moon is hiding behind low clouds.

The meager milky light failed to penetrate them, and only for a brief moment the hideous outline of the home took shape again as the curtain of fog lifted.

But even in this light, in the alleys that divide the streets by 100 meters, you can see the imposing silhouette of the old cathedral on the left.

Again the shadows of great wings hovered above the cross-covered domes.

Maybe that's why Su Mengfan stopped to look at the beast towering in the air he noticed.

It was hard to be sure in the twilight if it was my imagination drawing strange figures that stopped dead in the depths of the alley and merged with the partially destroyed walls of the house.

It wasn't until he checked further that he realized that this mass of darkness had moved slightly, and had its own free will.

It is difficult to accurately determine the structure and size of the monster from this distance, but it can be seen that it has two legs.

Su Mengfan decided to act according to the method the stealth hero told him.

He turned on the flashlight and shone it into the alley, and swung it three times.

There was no response.

Su Mengfan waited there for a minute, and then he realized that it would be dangerous to stay in the same place.

But before he left, he took another photo of the things in the alley.This time it took him by surprise, and he immediately turned off the flashlight and walked across the alley as quickly as possible.

He is not a human being, its outline has become clearer under the light, no less than [-] meters, he has no shoulders and neck, and his big round head grows directly on his strong body.

The monster hid, biding its time.

Although this was obviously a matter of hesitation, it still shocked him.

In less than 1 minute, I walked 150 meters and reached the last alley.

Looking carefully, this is not an alley, but a hole leading to a residential area that was blasted by some kind of weapon.

They either bombed here, or simply overturned a whole row of buildings with heavy military equipment.

Su Mengfan looked curiously at the half-destroyed home that disappeared into the distance.At that moment his attention was fixed on the vague and still shadow.

It was enough to shine a flashlight beam on it to dispel all doubts: it was the same monster or its companion.It stood right in the middle of the same block and made no attempt to hide.

Su Mengfan thought, if the monster was the one he saw behind him in the street earlier, it meant that it had followed the street parallel to the one he was walking on.

This proves that it is twice as fast as he is: for when he reaches the next intersection, it is already there waiting for him.

But there was something worse, this time he saw a similar image in the alley on the right side of the street, just like the first one, it stood there motionless, like a statue.

After a while, Su Mengfan thought that they might not be monsters, but someone put them here to scare people or serve as warning signs...

He had reached the third intersection, stopped beside the last and farthest house, carefully looked around the corner of the alley, and made sure that the mysterious follower had passed him again.

There are already several large silhouettes, and now that they are easier to see, the clouds covering the moon have thinned slightly.

As before, the monster stood still, as if waiting for him to appear in the open space behind the house.

All of these are not deceiving yourself, taking stones or concrete blocks of collapsed structures to deal with monsters?

His keen senses could get him a good job down there, on the subway.

Up above was the deceitful world of which he knew nothing, but here everything was different, life followed different rules.

It no longer made sense for him to rely on his own feelings and intuition.

After trying to rush through a new alley as quickly and quietly as possible, Su Mengfan stuck himself on the wall of the house, waited for a minute and looked around the corner.

He was panting—the silhouettes moved, and unexpectedly.

One of them elongated even higher, raised its head as if sniffing the air, and unexpectedly disappeared on all fours around the corner of a long border, and the rest followed it a few seconds later.

Su Mengfan moved back, hid, and sat on the ground to rest.

There was no longer any doubt—they were after him.

It looked like the monsters were leading him along parallel streets, biding their time before he passed the new intersection.

They would appear in an alley to make sure he was on his way, and they continued to shadow him silently.

why?
Want to pick the right moment to attack?
Or just out of curiosity?

So why didn't they decide to come out to the streets, preferring to hide in the dark shadows instead?

He recalled again the words of the commander, who forbade him to turn from the straight road.

Was it because they were lying there waiting for him, and the commander knew the danger?
In order to calm down, Su Mengfan changed the magazine, pulled back the bolt, and tried the laser sight.

He was armed, and he could shoot without danger here, where it was easier to defend himself than in the library.

Taking a deep breath, he stood up.

The monster has not allowed him to stop wasting time, he has to act quickly.

It seems like here, on the ground, one always has to hurry.

(End of this chapter)