Because they have to move along the railway track, Lily and her group need to approach Waterloo Station first and determine whether the railway line is the one they want to take.
Although it is also possible to go directly to the Thames River and find the way there, but that would be a headless collision and it is easy to waste time, and Lily and the others are now racing against time.
Compared with the surrounding buildings that have been damaged or collapsed, Waterloo Station only said that from the appearance, except for the unavoidable sense of obsolescence, there are no obvious signs of collapse or damage. Even the main entrance of the station, the world The mechanical clock above the entrance of the famous Arc de Triomphe is tenaciously moving the second hand once in a while.
On the tall stone pillars on both sides of the clock, many bronze statues stand there with different movements, and their expressions are lifelike, but they will never change, just like the fog surrounding London, which is permanent and unchanged. .
"Who are those bronze statues? I only know that they are to commemorate the Battle of the Arc de Triomphe." Stephenson asked curiously. He likes art and history very much.
But it was obvious that no one in the team could answer his question. The children in the orphanage basically maintained a reclusive life style before they officially reached adulthood. They rarely had the opportunity to go out for outdoor activities or play. Even if they could come out, they were forced to do so. The orphanage teacher led the group to visit some places of great historical or political significance.
Lily once went with a sightseeing study group led by the director of the orphanage to the British Museum, the legendary art center in London. Although Lily could not understand anything on that trip, she was greatly shocked.
"You already know more than us, Stephenson. Okay, now we have to enter a semi-enclosed building where the situation is unknown. Be more careful." Lily reminded everyone, and then signaled that Sandra could move on. .
After taking out the flashlight and turning it on, Sandra began to concentrate on exploring the area in front of her.
Although according to the general style of various railway stations in London, the lobby of the railway station should first be made of steel to create a special vault structure designed by the designer, and then the glass of special material is inlaid in the middle of the steel gap. Finally, Forming a transparent vault design.
But now, due to the impact of [Two Point Four Fog] on direct sunlight, the light that can penetrate into the station through the transparent vault is very limited.
But after walking a few steps, Sangzhuo reluctantly half-disarmed his alert posture. He had no choice but to see nothing but an erected sign within the 24-meter field of view... He even couldn't even see the shops on both sides. None can be seen.
"Wow..." Stephenson, walking in the middle of the team, couldn't help but sigh.
"This station is really big..." Camille also muttered quietly.
It was not the first time for Lily and Aiden to come here, so they were not that surprised. However, the fact that they could not see the shops on both sides still made Lily a little helpless. Why should this be a warning?
"Boom!"
There was a sudden muffled sound deep in the station.
Several people immediately stopped. Stephenson looked left and right in a panic, while Sandra stared intently at the direction of the sound. Dunn began to slowly move to the right side of the team, trying to change the field of view so that he could Seeing the shops on one side, Lily began to listen and sense with all her concentration.
Well...there are no intelligent creatures peeking at me within 50 meters, and there is nothing "valuable". Likewise, I can't hear any extra sounds.
After making these judgments, Lily turned back and looked at Aiden, shaking her head slightly.
After setting off, Lily briefly told Aiden about her abilities, so she believed that Aiden understood what she meant.
Sure enough, Aiden understood immediately and began to move to the right.
As Dunn and Aiden moved, everyone began to slowly approach the shop on the right. Although Stephenson didn't quite understand why he did this, everyone was moving, so he couldn't stand still.
"Aiden, did you bring that?" Lily asked quietly as she moved closer to Aiden.
"Yeah." Aiden simply hummed.
Lily stopped talking and followed Dunn, who was walking at the front, all the way towards the station along the shops on the far right side of the station.
On the way here, Lily told everyone in the exploration team that they might encounter other unidentified people during their exploration.
Due to John's disappearance, Lily believed that if she met someone else this time, there was a high probability that the other person had great malice, so there was no need to think about negotiating or anything else, she would either find a way not to be discovered, or find a way to solve the problem. other side.
For the time being, Lily felt that it was still too difficult to deal with the opponent. Whether it was Dunn, Aiden, or anyone else in the team, after all, they were just fourteen or fifteen-year-old teenagers who really had the courage to do so. To do that kind of thing?
Even if Lily is already an adult in name, it is obvious that a person's mind cannot change immediately just because he or she is one year older.
Because the teachers at the orphanage left, she and John and others had to grow up and mature early, but their age and experience were there, and she couldn't mentally build herself up to the point where she could kill someone without any resistance. .
So hide if you can, which is the theme of this exploration.
Although Lily and the others were moving into the station, their goal from the beginning was not to explore the source or cause of the sound. They wanted to quickly find the correct railway track and leave the station.
Arriving at the out-of-operation ticket gate, Dunn quickly glanced inside, then turned around and pointed at Sang Zhuo, making a heart sign... This was actually a decision they came up with after talking on the road. Gesture means exchange of positions.
Sandra nodded, quickly stepped forward and replaced Dunn's position, then easily jumped over the barrier of the turnstile, and quickly looked around.
Aiden, Stephenson, Lily and others also quickly crossed the barrier. Only Camille had a hard time climbing over. To describe it in Ender's game terminology, she took the power route, so her agility was a bit lacking... ....
By the way, there are basically no security checks at railway stations in the British Empire...
Of course, there is no need for security checks in today’s “walls”.
After quickly identifying the route to Embankment Station, Sandra began to take the lead in moving towards Platform 3, which was the fixed line from Waterloo Station to London Station, so that track must lead to Embankment Station.
To get to the platform, you need to walk down a flight of stairs, so the team changes their formation and moves in a 222 pattern. The last two people need to always observe the movements at high places behind.
The crowd didn't move very fast because they wanted to control the sound and try not to make loud noises, so it took them more than a minute to walk through the more than 100 steps and get down to the platform.
