Journey to another world in the subway

Chapter 78 Arrival
Su Mengfan ran stumbling all the way, seeing darkness in front of him.

He fell down several times. He got up with his hands on the concrete floor, his knees were scratched, but he still refused to stop.

He is too familiar with the appearance of the seat machine gun, and he really doesn't understand how those people would believe the nonsense of staying away from violence!
Only those who are addicted to the fantasies made by others cannot realize how cruel the outside world is.

He is getting closer and closer to his goal step by step, Metropolitan Station is not far from the same straight line, only two stations away.

Just go, go, go one step at a time, and you can...

Su Mengfan entered the Sopakov station.

He didn't pause for a second, just concerned about whether the direction was wrong, and then he dived into the dark tunnel.

However, at this moment, something unexpected happened.

The fear of the tunnel, which had been left behind, hit him violently at this moment, forcing him to be so tense that he struggled to walk, his mind went blank, and his breathing became rapid.

These seem to have formed a habit for him.

He had roamed so long that the fear seemed to have left him, to trouble him no more.

Whether it is from Gomes City Station to Pushkin Station, or from Tverskaya Station to Paveletskaya Station, or even from Paveletskaya Station to Dubrynin Station, even if a single He did not feel any fear or tension during the long journey.

But now, the fear is all back.

With every step forward, the feeling gripped him more deeply.

Without any weapons for self-defense, only a thin cassock, but Su Mengfan has lost most of her sense of security.

Even with that "listening" ability, certain dangers can be avoided.But if he encounters a monster, he still has no ability to resist.

He wanted to turn around and rush back to the platform, at least there was still a little light and people there, at least he wouldn't feel his back itching uncontrollably from the eyes of the evil monster.

He has spoken to so many people and has stopped wondering what it was like when he first left Alesiev Station.

But now, he was once again engulfed by such thoughts, the subway is not just a means of transportation built at a specific place and time, nor is it just an air-raid shelter, or a residence for thousands of people...

People will more or less define it according to their own ideas, mysterious and incomparable, but its existence itself has a special reason that ordinary people cannot understand, and it should be like an alien language to him.

This feeling is so precise and clear. In Su Mengfan's opinion, it is the fear of tunnels. People mistakenly believe that tunnels are their final refuge. In fact, this huge creature only hates the weak creatures that enter his body.

Now, it doesn't want Su Mengfan to move on anymore, it is using its powerful mind to prevent Su Mengfan from reaching the end of the tunnel.

And every time Su Mengfan advances one meter, it increases its resistance to him.

He walked now in a period of unfathomable darkness, and even if he raised his hand in front of his face, he could not see it at all.

It seems to be out of space and time, and it feels like my body has disappeared.

It's like not walking in a tunnel, but floating in an unknown space.

Su Mengfan couldn't see the moving wall, so he felt as if he was standing still, and the trip seemed to be endless.

Yes, his feet were finding his way between the ties, and that was the only thing that made him feel a spatial displacement.

But on the other hand, the brain signals sent when the foot crosses the crossties are also monotonous and consistent.

The monotonous signal repeats over and over again.

It also made him doubt the authenticity of his actions.

Is he really close to his destination?

Where is the metropolis station that I have been going to?
The question tormented him.

Then, due to the fear of the unknown, Su Mengfan moved forward at three times the speed in order to prove to himself that he was indeed moving forward.

Suddenly he reluctantly stopped, his sixth sense feeling that there was an obstacle ahead, but miraculously he did not hit it.

He carefully groped the cold and rusted metal with his hands, the glass shards stuck in the rubber gasket, and the steel discs should be the wheels, and he recognized the mysterious object as a train.

The train was apparently abandoned.

In any case, there was only silence around.

Recalling the horrible story of Mikhail Porfilevich, Su Mengfan did not dare to climb in hastily, but stayed close to the tunnel wall, avoiding the chains of subway cars.

In the end, he passed the carriage, heaved a sigh of relief, and ran away.

Running in the dark was difficult, and he kept running until a reddish beard appeared in front of him.

It's hard to describe the comfort it gave him, knowing that he was indeed in the real world, with real humans nearby.

It's not about what kind of relationship they'll have with him.

They might be murderers or thieves, a certain faction doesn't matter.

What matters is that they are all flesh and blood like him.

He had no doubt at all that he could take refuge with these people, away from the shapeless monstrosity that was trying to devour him.

Or rather, a refuge for his own chaotic brain?

But the strange picture in front of him makes him suddenly unsure whether he has returned to the real world, maybe he is still just roaming in the nooks and crannies of his subconscious?
At Polyyanka station, there is no other light source, only such a cluster of bonfires, which makes it look brighter than all the electric lights at Pavletskaya station.

Two people were sitting by the fire, one with his back to Su Mengfan and the other facing him, but no one noticed his existence.

It was as if there was an invisible wall separating him from the outside world.

By the light of the bonfire, the unimaginable rubbish of the entire station is now visible.

Broken bicycles, car tires, scattered furniture, etc. can be roughly discerned.

From time to time, the people sitting by the fire pulled a pile of newspapers or books from the garbage mountain and threw them into the fire.

A bust of stone scales stood beside the fire, and a cat curled up comfortably beside it.There is no other living thing.

One man by the fire spoke to the other in an unhurried manner.Su Mengfan leaned over and heard some conversations.

"There are some rumors going around in the university...but they are all false. These are just repeating some old myths of the underground city, about the Lamenche district of Moscow on the 2nd metro.

Of course, you can't deny everything 100%, and you can't be 100% sure.This is the land of mystery and legend. Subway No. 2 is the most mysterious, which is the prime location.For example, even people who haven't seen it think so. "

Su Mengfan got very close, and the person with his back turned said, "There's someone here!"

　I worked the night shift for the first time last night, slept all morning today, and forgot to post.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)