Falling into the Abyss
Chapter 51 Unexpected Discovery
Earth is sparsely populated today, and many of the sprawling cities on the surface are uninhabited and have become ghost towns over time.Some ancient cities that have experienced a prosperous past are covered with intricate subway systems, connecting various prosperous areas in the city.In some of the largest cities, it is said that the subway lines at that time were so complicated that they looked like a maze. Each station had several floors and [-] or [-] different exits. There were snack streets and shopping streets inside, just like an underground city reflecting the ground.
There are even rumors that these subways will be used for military purposes in times of crisis. Many subway terminals have hidden subway stations behind them, leading to many secret bases hidden by the government at that time.
The spotlight above Ethan's head flickered, probably because the power was about to run out.He quickly patted hard, and the light finally stabilized.He took a few steps forward, the monotonous sound of footsteps echoed in the empty hall, the beam of light swept over the dense cobwebs on the top of the stone pillars and the dust flying everywhere, and a few mice ran quickly on the opposite platform.
A dusty subway map hangs on a circular pillar.He wiped it with his hand and read the words on it clearly.Those are all names written in a popular ancient language, and the title is vaguely readable: Subway Map of City B.
He looked at the map carefully and found that it almost matched the current Forbidden City.In other words, along these rails, there may be a way to find the exit.
Even... Maybe they can find a route to the outside of the Forbidden City?
But as soon as this idea appeared, Ethan's rationality told him that it was almost impossible.The people who originally designed and built the Forbidden City must first check these subway lines to ensure that the Forbidden City is completely closed.Otherwise, none of the tens of thousands of non-human beings who have been imprisoned in the Forbidden City for so many years can successfully escape.
Ethan knew he didn't have much time, and once the lights above his head were completely extinguished, his chances of going out would be even slimmer.He turned down from the platform and walked along the thin passage along the side of the railroad track to the passageway with carriages.I don't know how many centuries that part of the carriage has been lying here, like a section of cut corpse.The paint on the shell has cracked, and large areas of peeling off reveal the rusty pitted iron sheet.It was pitch black in the carriage, and the windows were covered with a layer of dust.
Ethan passed by the side of the car, but the moment the spotlight above his head swept across the silent car windows, he froze for a moment, stopped in his tracks, and fixed the light source on a certain place that he just swept past. on the window.
As I said earlier, these windows were covered with a layer of dust.However, on that glass was a small handprint.
Such a small hand can only belong to a child no older than 12 years old, and the most uncomfortable thing is that the five fingers of that hand are close together, and the fingertips are actually lined up in a straight line, like a brush.
Everyone knows that people's five fingers are of different lengths. Even if the middle two or three fingers are sometimes the same length, it is impossible for the five fingers to be close together and the fingertips to be completely flush.The thumb and little finger are too long, and the middle finger is too short.
What's more, judging by the cleanliness of the handprint, it was probably printed only recently.
These subway lines have been closed for countless centuries, why do children's handprints appear?And it looks so deformed and weird...
Ethan imagined a chilling picture in his mind: deep underground, on the dark abandoned railway, a little man staggered along, his body was naked, his thin arms hung down to his feet, The hand dragging on the ground has fingers that are brushed together, and it looks like two soft brushes...
Ethan swallowed, and hurriedly stepped away from that section of the carriage.He recalled the subway route map he had seen before, and walked towards the next station. From there, if he could find the stairs to the upper two floors, that is, near the factory area in the East District, he might find it there. Exit to the ground.
Walking among the ancient ruins, Ethan suddenly had the illusion of traveling through time and space.The front and back are empty, but he is very afraid that suddenly a subway is roaring from afar with ghostly lights on.
Just because my imagination was distracted, I suddenly tripped under my feet.
He looked down and saw a human body that had rotted down to the bones sitting against the wall.
He yelled and ran wildly.Although he only had one glance, he still saw that the clothes that had rotted from the fibers were the inhuman uniforms of the Forbidden City.Where did this person get into this subway system?How did he die here?Is it because he was starved to death and thirsty because he couldn't get out?
Ethan's footsteps stopped suddenly, his face was pale and he was out of breath.There was a battle between heaven and man in his mind for a while, but he still resisted the urge to escape, turned around and walked towards the corpse.
He knelt down and covered his nose tightly with his sleeve.He didn't pay attention when he was distracted just now, but now the smell of death and decay immediately hit his sense of smell strongly.Only a thin layer of skin tissue was left on the outside of the skeleton, and the internal organs and muscles had long been eaten away by maggots.Resisting the urge to vomit, he observed the corpse carefully.
He found that a large piece of skin was missing from the neck of the corpse, and the neck bone was broken, obviously bitten off by something.
In this abandoned underground railway, there are not only children, but also beasts that can kill people?And why does this ferocious beast kill people but not eat them?Is it just biting and playing?
Ethan felt that the subway was getting more and more strange. He tried to get in touch with Tanithel, but no matter how focused he was, he couldn't perceive the other party's response.Ethan forced himself to calm down, and continued walking while searching the ground for any tools that could be used for self-defense.No one could have imagined that there was such a strange place not far from the underground of the Forbidden City.He doesn't even dare to imagine that he can escape from the Forbidden City along these railway lines, he just wants to get out of this ghost place as soon as possible.
Finally arrived at the next subway station, which is obviously much bigger than the one just now.He rushed to the map of the subway station and carefully studied the complicated entrances and exits, and found a staircase leading to the transfer area on the upper two floors.However, just before he was about to reach the top of the building, he suddenly heard someone laughing behind him.
giggle.
Ethan turned his head abruptly, and vaguely saw a small bipedal figure under the stairs.Feeling numb in his scalp, he turned around and ran as if fleeing for his life.
The laughter was too strange, not like a child's voice, not even a human voice, but a bit like the bugs I heard in the pipe before.
He rushed up the last flight of stairs leading to the ground, only to find that the exit was sealed with bricks.This time the masonry was extraordinarily strong, no matter how hard he kicked it, he couldn't break it.He knocked hard on the wall and shouted for help.He shouted until his voice became hoarse, exhausted, and his stomach ached from hunger after not eating for a day, and finally he couldn't shout anymore.He turned around and stared closely at the bottomless darkness below the steps, afraid that a small hand with five fingers would suddenly appear in the halo of the spotlight above his head.
The overhead light was getting dimmer, and it was evident that it would soon be extinguished.Ethan's breathing was short, the back of his neck began to itch again, and his skin was tight and swollen, making him very uncomfortable.When he was about to despair, he suddenly heard the sound of something chiseling the wall from the other side!
saved!
When the wall was opened and the light from outside came in, Ethan's eyes turned red with excitement.He rushed out of the darkness, and the first thing he saw was not Samuel and the other inhumans at the front, but Tanithel standing behind them with a solemn expression.
Ethan couldn't believe his eyes, the priest actually came to the Forbidden City!
He instinctively wanted to rush over, but he was suddenly hugged by Samuel forcibly after taking two steps. Omega made a surprise look of finding it again, and whispered in his ear, "Don't forget that others are still watching!"
Only then did Ethan realize that he almost made a big mistake.He had no choice but to suppress the turbulent impulse in his heart, pursed his lips tightly, and stared at the priest from afar.Tanithel slightly bent the corner of his mouth at him, and a clear idea flashed in his mind: it's fine.
Although he had just been frightened for a day, at this moment Ethan suddenly felt that all the strange things he experienced that day would be worthwhile in exchange for seeing the priest.
He was immersed in the ecstasy of escaping death, but he didn't notice the thoughtful calculation in the eyes of the gray hair who was watching him and Samuel hugging from a distance.
Ethan finally got the chance to be alone with Tanithel.It turned out that the reason why Tanisel came to the Forbidden City this time was that the machine that tested Ethan's blood last time was out of order, and he came to take another blood sample this time.Although this doesn't seem to explain why he asked the chief of the guard to take people to find someone near a sealed tunnel on the edge of the factory area in the eastern part of the Forbidden City as soon as he came to the Forbidden City, but everyone on Earth knows that Priest Eve is extraordinary. I have a sixth sense, so I don't doubt him.
Tanisel first checked the back of his neck for him, and frowned tightly.The thin black lines that had subsided spreaded again, and at a much faster speed than before.He noticed a small bump where the black blood was most concentrated.
In the process, Ethan has told him about the handprints, corpses, and the last black figure he saw in the abandoned subway station.
The priest believes that it is very possible that a city like the Forbidden City, which gathers the most negative emotions and chaotic spiritual power in the entire galaxy, may attract some weird sojourners.Although human beings have ruled the earth for countless centuries, and even almost destroyed the earth, they don't know enough about their homeland, and many species that have existed on this planet have not been discovered yet.
"Do you feel that after you are infected, the strange events around you become more and more intensive." Tanisel paused, and said in a slightly playful voice.
Ethan frowned, "What do you mean?"
"According to my observations of you, your fear will accelerate the mutation in your body, and even break through the shackles of the god of order. Perhaps, it is the god of entropy who wants to urge you to mutate as soon as possible, so that so many strange things happen to you .Maybe they need you for some reason."
Ethan was very dissatisfied with his tone of being not worried at all but seemed very interested, and even a little aggrieved and angry, "What kind of entropy god, you are the one who led me to that subway station, okay?"
Tanithel was confused, "Me?"
"That's right, it was you who kept telling me to go left or right through spiritual contact, so I found the subway station."
Tanithel shook his head slightly, and sighed, "After I sensed your panic, I just told you to calm down, and then I couldn't contact you again. That's why I came here right away with an excuse."
Ethan was stunned by Tanithel's words, and he was stunned for a moment, "So you didn't tell me how to go?"
"No. Although my mental power is strong, it's not strong enough to be able to perceive the specific environment around you without going to the scene."
Ethan suddenly felt a little dazed all over his body, and asked dully, "Then... who has been guiding me?"
"Three weeks have passed since your last injection, and in the environment that makes you nervous and panic, the power of the egg of the preface god has been weakened, maybe... a certain spirit that wants you to mutate is guiding you. I I can't be sure." Tanithel said, but took out a familiar blue injection from his bag, "But don't worry too much, with this, you can always restrain the impatient main god a little bit. .”
There are even rumors that these subways will be used for military purposes in times of crisis. Many subway terminals have hidden subway stations behind them, leading to many secret bases hidden by the government at that time.
The spotlight above Ethan's head flickered, probably because the power was about to run out.He quickly patted hard, and the light finally stabilized.He took a few steps forward, the monotonous sound of footsteps echoed in the empty hall, the beam of light swept over the dense cobwebs on the top of the stone pillars and the dust flying everywhere, and a few mice ran quickly on the opposite platform.
A dusty subway map hangs on a circular pillar.He wiped it with his hand and read the words on it clearly.Those are all names written in a popular ancient language, and the title is vaguely readable: Subway Map of City B.
He looked at the map carefully and found that it almost matched the current Forbidden City.In other words, along these rails, there may be a way to find the exit.
Even... Maybe they can find a route to the outside of the Forbidden City?
But as soon as this idea appeared, Ethan's rationality told him that it was almost impossible.The people who originally designed and built the Forbidden City must first check these subway lines to ensure that the Forbidden City is completely closed.Otherwise, none of the tens of thousands of non-human beings who have been imprisoned in the Forbidden City for so many years can successfully escape.
Ethan knew he didn't have much time, and once the lights above his head were completely extinguished, his chances of going out would be even slimmer.He turned down from the platform and walked along the thin passage along the side of the railroad track to the passageway with carriages.I don't know how many centuries that part of the carriage has been lying here, like a section of cut corpse.The paint on the shell has cracked, and large areas of peeling off reveal the rusty pitted iron sheet.It was pitch black in the carriage, and the windows were covered with a layer of dust.
Ethan passed by the side of the car, but the moment the spotlight above his head swept across the silent car windows, he froze for a moment, stopped in his tracks, and fixed the light source on a certain place that he just swept past. on the window.
As I said earlier, these windows were covered with a layer of dust.However, on that glass was a small handprint.
Such a small hand can only belong to a child no older than 12 years old, and the most uncomfortable thing is that the five fingers of that hand are close together, and the fingertips are actually lined up in a straight line, like a brush.
Everyone knows that people's five fingers are of different lengths. Even if the middle two or three fingers are sometimes the same length, it is impossible for the five fingers to be close together and the fingertips to be completely flush.The thumb and little finger are too long, and the middle finger is too short.
What's more, judging by the cleanliness of the handprint, it was probably printed only recently.
These subway lines have been closed for countless centuries, why do children's handprints appear?And it looks so deformed and weird...
Ethan imagined a chilling picture in his mind: deep underground, on the dark abandoned railway, a little man staggered along, his body was naked, his thin arms hung down to his feet, The hand dragging on the ground has fingers that are brushed together, and it looks like two soft brushes...
Ethan swallowed, and hurriedly stepped away from that section of the carriage.He recalled the subway route map he had seen before, and walked towards the next station. From there, if he could find the stairs to the upper two floors, that is, near the factory area in the East District, he might find it there. Exit to the ground.
Walking among the ancient ruins, Ethan suddenly had the illusion of traveling through time and space.The front and back are empty, but he is very afraid that suddenly a subway is roaring from afar with ghostly lights on.
Just because my imagination was distracted, I suddenly tripped under my feet.
He looked down and saw a human body that had rotted down to the bones sitting against the wall.
He yelled and ran wildly.Although he only had one glance, he still saw that the clothes that had rotted from the fibers were the inhuman uniforms of the Forbidden City.Where did this person get into this subway system?How did he die here?Is it because he was starved to death and thirsty because he couldn't get out?
Ethan's footsteps stopped suddenly, his face was pale and he was out of breath.There was a battle between heaven and man in his mind for a while, but he still resisted the urge to escape, turned around and walked towards the corpse.
He knelt down and covered his nose tightly with his sleeve.He didn't pay attention when he was distracted just now, but now the smell of death and decay immediately hit his sense of smell strongly.Only a thin layer of skin tissue was left on the outside of the skeleton, and the internal organs and muscles had long been eaten away by maggots.Resisting the urge to vomit, he observed the corpse carefully.
He found that a large piece of skin was missing from the neck of the corpse, and the neck bone was broken, obviously bitten off by something.
In this abandoned underground railway, there are not only children, but also beasts that can kill people?And why does this ferocious beast kill people but not eat them?Is it just biting and playing?
Ethan felt that the subway was getting more and more strange. He tried to get in touch with Tanithel, but no matter how focused he was, he couldn't perceive the other party's response.Ethan forced himself to calm down, and continued walking while searching the ground for any tools that could be used for self-defense.No one could have imagined that there was such a strange place not far from the underground of the Forbidden City.He doesn't even dare to imagine that he can escape from the Forbidden City along these railway lines, he just wants to get out of this ghost place as soon as possible.
Finally arrived at the next subway station, which is obviously much bigger than the one just now.He rushed to the map of the subway station and carefully studied the complicated entrances and exits, and found a staircase leading to the transfer area on the upper two floors.However, just before he was about to reach the top of the building, he suddenly heard someone laughing behind him.
giggle.
Ethan turned his head abruptly, and vaguely saw a small bipedal figure under the stairs.Feeling numb in his scalp, he turned around and ran as if fleeing for his life.
The laughter was too strange, not like a child's voice, not even a human voice, but a bit like the bugs I heard in the pipe before.
He rushed up the last flight of stairs leading to the ground, only to find that the exit was sealed with bricks.This time the masonry was extraordinarily strong, no matter how hard he kicked it, he couldn't break it.He knocked hard on the wall and shouted for help.He shouted until his voice became hoarse, exhausted, and his stomach ached from hunger after not eating for a day, and finally he couldn't shout anymore.He turned around and stared closely at the bottomless darkness below the steps, afraid that a small hand with five fingers would suddenly appear in the halo of the spotlight above his head.
The overhead light was getting dimmer, and it was evident that it would soon be extinguished.Ethan's breathing was short, the back of his neck began to itch again, and his skin was tight and swollen, making him very uncomfortable.When he was about to despair, he suddenly heard the sound of something chiseling the wall from the other side!
saved!
When the wall was opened and the light from outside came in, Ethan's eyes turned red with excitement.He rushed out of the darkness, and the first thing he saw was not Samuel and the other inhumans at the front, but Tanithel standing behind them with a solemn expression.
Ethan couldn't believe his eyes, the priest actually came to the Forbidden City!
He instinctively wanted to rush over, but he was suddenly hugged by Samuel forcibly after taking two steps. Omega made a surprise look of finding it again, and whispered in his ear, "Don't forget that others are still watching!"
Only then did Ethan realize that he almost made a big mistake.He had no choice but to suppress the turbulent impulse in his heart, pursed his lips tightly, and stared at the priest from afar.Tanithel slightly bent the corner of his mouth at him, and a clear idea flashed in his mind: it's fine.
Although he had just been frightened for a day, at this moment Ethan suddenly felt that all the strange things he experienced that day would be worthwhile in exchange for seeing the priest.
He was immersed in the ecstasy of escaping death, but he didn't notice the thoughtful calculation in the eyes of the gray hair who was watching him and Samuel hugging from a distance.
Ethan finally got the chance to be alone with Tanithel.It turned out that the reason why Tanisel came to the Forbidden City this time was that the machine that tested Ethan's blood last time was out of order, and he came to take another blood sample this time.Although this doesn't seem to explain why he asked the chief of the guard to take people to find someone near a sealed tunnel on the edge of the factory area in the eastern part of the Forbidden City as soon as he came to the Forbidden City, but everyone on Earth knows that Priest Eve is extraordinary. I have a sixth sense, so I don't doubt him.
Tanisel first checked the back of his neck for him, and frowned tightly.The thin black lines that had subsided spreaded again, and at a much faster speed than before.He noticed a small bump where the black blood was most concentrated.
In the process, Ethan has told him about the handprints, corpses, and the last black figure he saw in the abandoned subway station.
The priest believes that it is very possible that a city like the Forbidden City, which gathers the most negative emotions and chaotic spiritual power in the entire galaxy, may attract some weird sojourners.Although human beings have ruled the earth for countless centuries, and even almost destroyed the earth, they don't know enough about their homeland, and many species that have existed on this planet have not been discovered yet.
"Do you feel that after you are infected, the strange events around you become more and more intensive." Tanisel paused, and said in a slightly playful voice.
Ethan frowned, "What do you mean?"
"According to my observations of you, your fear will accelerate the mutation in your body, and even break through the shackles of the god of order. Perhaps, it is the god of entropy who wants to urge you to mutate as soon as possible, so that so many strange things happen to you .Maybe they need you for some reason."
Ethan was very dissatisfied with his tone of being not worried at all but seemed very interested, and even a little aggrieved and angry, "What kind of entropy god, you are the one who led me to that subway station, okay?"
Tanithel was confused, "Me?"
"That's right, it was you who kept telling me to go left or right through spiritual contact, so I found the subway station."
Tanithel shook his head slightly, and sighed, "After I sensed your panic, I just told you to calm down, and then I couldn't contact you again. That's why I came here right away with an excuse."
Ethan was stunned by Tanithel's words, and he was stunned for a moment, "So you didn't tell me how to go?"
"No. Although my mental power is strong, it's not strong enough to be able to perceive the specific environment around you without going to the scene."
Ethan suddenly felt a little dazed all over his body, and asked dully, "Then... who has been guiding me?"
"Three weeks have passed since your last injection, and in the environment that makes you nervous and panic, the power of the egg of the preface god has been weakened, maybe... a certain spirit that wants you to mutate is guiding you. I I can't be sure." Tanithel said, but took out a familiar blue injection from his bag, "But don't worry too much, with this, you can always restrain the impatient main god a little bit. .”
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