Soul-eating Golden Coffin - C30
I hastily turned my head to look and only then did I realize that there was a small bright spot the size of a yellow bean in the darkness. The sound came from that direction.
He was definitely still in the corridor with the broken end. The bright spot should be the hall with the bomb shelter. Did someone discover us coming down here and mobilize people to search for us? Or did Zhang Shan move the reinforcements over? When I thought of someone else, I immediately got up and walked towards the yellow bean sized little dot of light.
As the specks of light gradually grew larger, the sounds I heard became clearer and clearer. At one moment, I was reading Chairman Mao’s poems, at another, “On the Gold Hill in Beijing”. Although the sounds were loud and clear, they were not stereo in nature. One could tell that they came from a megaphone.
Finally, the glowing hole got closer and closer, and the scene outside became clearer. I couldn’t help but run.
When we were still a few dozen meters away from the cave entrance, I slowed down my footsteps because I could clearly see the scene in the great hall. The outside was brightly lit up with light, it was the great hall that Zhang Shan and I had entered when we first arrived.
There were many white curtains in the hall, and the faint yellow iron frames of the beds were neatly arranged, leaving only a few corridors for people to walk through. There were many people coming and going in the corridors, but they were all in a hurry.
One of the girls was dressed in a white coat, and it was only when she got to her knees that she realized they were all nurses, shuttling back and forth between the iron beds.
There were people lying on almost half of the beds, and a few of them had white hair. It seemed like they were wrapped in gauze.
Those who did not wear white coats wore work clothes of the same style and material. Although the colors were different, they were only navy, earthen yellow, and black and gray. They did not have any particularly bright colors.
The men were mostly wearing old-fashioned military hats, and almost all had red bracelets on their arms and a shiny object hanging from their chests.
Now, I finally understand, those chest shining things can also guess what it is – Chairman Mao’s badge!
This… This is… I was completely lost. The emotionless woman’s voice from the loudspeaker in the corner of the hall was still snarling in a single voice, but I could hear nothing. I’ve only seen this scene in movies and TV dramas before. This is what it looked like forty years ago!
I was staring at the new, bright red “Long live Chairman Mao” on the wall. I had seen those words when I first entered the cave, but the paint had fallen off a lot, so I could just make out the words. A woman’s voice came from behind me. “Which unit are you from?”
I quickly turned around and saw a nurse with two pigtails and glasses standing five meters away, looking me up and down warily.
Looking around me, I realised that within a radius of ten meters from the entrance, there wasn’t a single person walking around or laying down on a bed. I, who was standing here, was undoubtedly very eye-catching.
“I… “I …” I looked at the nurse nervously. I didn’t know how to explain it, and I couldn’t explain it.
“Speak!” Did you just come out from passage number 1? ” the nurse asked sharply, taking a step closer and pointing at the hole behind me.
I turned my head to look in the direction of her finger and saw a few words written above the white paint on the entrance of the cave. “Channel 1. No one is allowed to enter.”
The nurse saw that I was obviously nervous, and her tone became more severe. “Which unit are you from? “If you don’t tell me now, I’ll notify the security!”
“I… I’m from the Chinese Cotton Factory compound! ” I saw she was going to shout if I didn’t say anything, but the bomb shelter was busy at the moment, and no one paid any attention to us. Because the National Cotton Factory was located diagonally opposite the Beshakwan Park.
“China Cotton Factory …” “The young nurse looked at me as I was dressed in jeans. She seemed to believe me a little.” Are you from the repair shop? ”
“Yes!” Yes! The repair workshop! ” I hurried to answer.
“What factory are you from …” The nurse had just asked another difficult question. He only heard someone shout at him from behind: “Little Hu, come over here and help us! Two more wounded came down. If you still have the time to talk, be careful that I don’t tell your team leader! ”
The nurse turned her face to the man who had called out to her, stuck out her tongue, and then turned back to me with a serious expression, and said to me in a commanding voice, “You! See that bench? He just sat there quietly! I’ll interrogate you when I’m done! Look at you! His long hair and his clothes were disheveled. It would be weird if I don’t skin you alive if I don’t let the inspection team see you! “” I … I … I … I … I … I … I … I … I … I … I … I … I … I … I … I … I … I … I … I …. “Then she hurried off to help with the wounded.
Dazed, I sat down on the bench behind me and watched what was happening, trying to sort it all out.
Zhang Shan and I came down to look for the Corpse Supporting Spell, but we never thought that the first path we would take would be the guillotine. On the way back, we met a toad, and after being bitten by that damned toad, we woke up like this, it was really weird!
I had heard my father talk about this era. Due to the excessive worship of leaders, there had once been a group of young people who, under the banner of a leader, feared that the world would not fall into chaos. In the name of “Rebels break the four ties”, they wreaked havoc everywhere, openly disrupting social order. Otherwise, judging from the clothes of the people in front of him, this was a peaceful time in the country. How could there be so many wounded?
Just as I was lost in thought, someone walked up to me and gave me a hard pat on the shoulder. He raised his head and saw that it was still the nurse surnamed Hu from before.
He looked at me and said coldly, “Don’t be careless. We are part of the revolutionary team, so your thoughts are the worst. “The most effective way to train one’s willpower is to devote all of one’s energy to the people’s war …”
I listened to her bullshit and felt both angry and amused. It wasn’t easy for her to finish her words. I hastily pointed to the hole that we had walked out of earlier and asked, “What is the use of this first passage?” Why is there only death in there? ”
Ah!” You really went in? ” The nurse was surprised. She said, “Don’t you go out and talk nonsense! This was a serious disciplinary violation! When we first came down, the leader of the troops repeatedly emphasized that the first passage was not completed yet and there was no reinforcement. No one was allowed to enter, as there was always the possibility of a landslide. “Furthermore, they want us to send people to stand guard all the time. If it wasn’t for the chaos up there today, and if we didn’t go to help, you wouldn’t have been able to enter even if you wanted to.
Hearing her say this, I’m 90% certain that I don’t believe her. Whether there is a reinforcement inside or not, I just came out, how can I not be clear? Besides, this was a beheaded road. Even if the land was going to collapse, there was no need to send people to guard it. It was obvious that they were making a big fuss out of nothing. There was definitely something odd about this passage number one!
At this moment, the emotionless loudspeaker sounded again. “Attention of the people in the dugout, attention of the people in the dugout. In addition to the medical staff and the sick and wounded, please leave quickly. Please leave quickly.” to return to their respective positions, to their respective positions. ”
“Hurry up and leave. Otherwise, if your leader finds out that you’re not here, you’ll be in trouble!” With that, the nurse ignored me and ran away.
I had no choice but to follow the stream of people into the passageway and walk up.
The afternoon sunlight felt exceptionally comfortable on my body, but I did not feel the slightest bit of happiness. In this unknown era, it was as if a barrier had suddenly appeared, separating Zhang Shan and I. I don’t even know if I’m in a dream or if I’m really back in the past.
The people coming up from the dugout were scattered about, and I walked aimlessly, not much noticed. After walking for a while, I found myself at the north gate of the Bishang Park.
From a distance, I could see that the old door, which I had never seen before, was shut tight. A group of people were guarding the door. I didn’t dare to go over, for fear of being asked again, so I turned and began to climb the small hill with the bunker on it. It was impossible for there to be any tall buildings nearby at this time of year. The small mountain should be considered as a high point. If he went up and observed his surroundings, he might be able to discover something.
Halfway there, I could see the top of the small fortress on the hill, but a sudden noise from above stopped me.
“Captain Chen, please be magnanimous. Please spare me this time!” I promise I won’t do it again! ” A man’s tearful, begging voice could be heard.
I quickly lay down in the grass. Fortunately, the grass on the small mountain was very tall, so I wasn’t afraid of being discovered after I laid down.
Following the sound, I slowly crawled forward.
At this time, another lazy voice said, “I say, Chen Yougui, we are also considered the same family, but by doing this, you are obviously digging out a socialist corner! How do you want me to explain this to the higher ups? ”
The sobbing voice immediately followed, “Captain Chen, just this time you all didn’t say anything, so no one will know. Please be merciful! There are seven brothers and sisters in my family, and the monthly rations are simply not enough for me to eat. A whole family is waiting for me to trade this box for some food to save them! If you truly feel that it’s inappropriate, then once I return and change the food, I’ll accept whatever punishment I get! ”
“Chen Yougui! It’s not as if you don’t know what form it is. If I let you go, you can come back and admit your wrongs. If your family lives, what about us brothers? Catching you was light, you stole a whole box of bullets! It’s not wrong to sentence you as a rebel spy! Are you going to let us die with you? ” The lazy voice suddenly became stern.
“This …” The person called Chen Yougui was obviously unaware of the severity of this matter. Hearing what Captain Chen had to say, he became speechless.
“Hehe, asking this brothers to help you is not impossible. However, this kind of risky thing requires a high reward. You are in charge of the Militia Company’s supply depot. We don’t know anything about you stealing a box of bullets today. “But what do you think when you get each of us a small pistol and some more bullets?”
I was close enough to see through the grass that three men were standing with their backs to me, in a semicircle, facing the bunker at the top of the hill, and the one who spoke in the middle seemed to be Captain Chen.
Since I was looking up from the bottom, and from the angle, there was another person who was surrounded by them, shorter by half, with only the top of his head exposed. It was hard to tell if he was squatting in front of the bunker or not.