In the place where the priest was supposed to preach the grace of God, an entrance about two meters wide was opened directly, without any lighting on the gentle slope going down.
"The electricity here is much tighter than in our settlement, and it's chargeable." Jack explained and walked down first.
Qian Xiao was the second to walk to the entrance and looked down. Then, instead of taking out the big bag behind him, he took out a flashlight that looked familiar to Qiu Yu from behind his butt, and followed Jack to light the way.
The space utilization of this underground shelter is the worst that Qiu Yu has ever seen. Not to mention compared to the one when dealing with the lizard people, it is even worse than the underground warehouse where the scientists are located. After walking a few dozen meters, there was still only a narrow passage. After flicking Qian Xiao's flashlight and seeing the patterns and words on the wall, Qiu Yu was almost certain that this underground shelter was actually an abandoned mine.
The air is still circulating, but just walking on the top of less than two meters makes people feel depressed, and even breathing is not so smooth.
After walking hundreds of meters, there were gradually lighting sources here, but most of them were damaged. The few electric lights were like sparks floating in the endless darkness, stingily gathering their weak light into a small area.
Separated by light and darkness, there are independent rooms composed of hollowed-out mining sites. These rooms are sealed with cement, leaving only a small door for people to enter and exit. From this it seems that it was designed before the war.
The further you go, the more side roads and rooms there are, but all the rooms have one thing in common - the dust on the door is quite thick, and it seems that no one has used it for a long time.
Jack also seemed to know what the other three were thinking, explaining, "Having a room of your own means that you have the right to live here. But no fool will feel that living here is more comfortable than on the ground, so the rooms here are just for one status." Symbol.”
Qiu Yu and Qian Xiao were easy to understand, but Coulun kept shaking his head, saying that he really couldn't understand this weird behavior that was not helpful in survival.
Qian smiled broadly and said, "Then why did you bring us in? What you want to bring us to see are all old antiques who refuse to leave here, right?"
"Old antique? This word is more appropriate." Jack nodded, "There are always some people who are unwilling to leave here. They probably think it is safer here than on the ground."
As he spoke, Jack suddenly sped up and walked towards a door similar to other rooms. He was about to knock on the door, but after Qian Xiao's flashlight light, which was stronger than the surrounding light source, shone on him, Jack stopped knocking.
Curious Qian Xiao took a closer look and immediately understood the reason. The dust accumulated on this door was no less than other places.
"This is?"
Jack looked around again, as if to make sure he had gone to the wrong door. "The most talkative of the five managers lives here, but he shouldn't leave here."
Qian smiled and said, "People change. Maybe he was in poor health when he was old, so he found a comfortable place outside to spend his old age."
Jack instinctively wanted to refute, but he felt that this possibility still existed, so he led a few people around a few times, but all the rooms he saw next did not look like they were uninhabited.
"Why do you feel that not only the person you are looking for, but also the others, I haven't seen anyone. Could it be that this is a trap to deal with us?" Qian Xiao said very scary words in a relaxed tone. .
When Qian Xiao said this, Jack suddenly reacted and kicked open the closed door in front of him. Qian Xiao cooperated and cast the light of his flashlight into the room the moment the door was kicked open.
Looking at the empty room, Qian Xiao curled his lips and said, "They've all been emptied."
As if being stimulated by something, Jack kicked open the doors one by one, but the scene was the same in every room.
"We were deceived by the woman in the bar?" Coulomb didn't understand the current situation, but he remembered that Rebecca asked a few of them to come here to find the plane. If everything was emptied, valuable things like the plane There is no way he will be left here.
"Oh! Are we here to find the plane?" Qian Xiao seemed to have only now realized the purpose of coming here, "But can the plane come in from the place just now? Isn't it a toy plane?"
Qiu Yu turned his attention to the emotional Jack, "So, there should be another entrance here."
Hearing Qiu Yu's words, Jack turned around and walked into another passage as if he suddenly understood. After at least two hundred meters, a dead end suddenly appeared in front of him.
Just as Qian Xiao was about to speak, Jack had already begun to dig up a layer of dirt on the ground. Under the dirt was a whole half-meter-square baffle. When it was pulled up, there was another road leading to nowhere.
"No, I have to drill holes everywhere while dragging such a big bag."
The flesh on Qian's smiling face immediately collapsed. But in Qiuyu's opinion, his size is a bigger obstacle than Da Bao.
"Then let's wait here. I think this is not the way to the other entrance." Qiu Yu sat down on the bag.
Jack was silent for a few seconds before saying, "Yes, I don't know if there is another entrance here. Below is a secret storage place that I discovered by accident. I just thought there should be someone there..."
After saying these words, Jack quickly entered the cave entrance without stopping. Coulomb hesitated, but ultimately did not follow.
It took longer than Qiu Yu expected. Ten minutes later, Jack came back again.
"Have you got the answer to why I drove you away a few years ago, and why you disappeared?"
Jack looked at Qiu Yu in surprise, "You already knew this?"
"How is it possible? I just guessed a little bit. After all, in this era, it is understandable for one or two people to insist on being a noble or something like that, but it is a bit strange for all the people in a shelter to be like this." His eyes met Qian Xiao's questioning eyes. , Qiu Yu shook his head and turned to Jack, "But even after you go in and take a look, you can't be sure whether everything they do is selfish or selfless. However, I hope you can think on the bright side if there is no answer."
Jack silently put the baffle back and buried it completely with soil. "There are still many people who left here living outside. My judgment is not important."
Qiu Yu smiled indifferently, "At least we found something that can achieve our common goal, right?"
Jack nodded and walked towards another passage.
Qian Xiao could not contain his curiosity, "Master, what is the reason why people are missing? What is inside?"
Qiu Yu sighed softly, "How could people disappear? It's just that most of the people who value the present have gone to the top, while a small number of people who value the future have gone to the bottom. So what's underneath is the future in their hearts."
Qian Xiao felt that Qiu Yu's words did answer his question, but when he thought about it carefully, it was as if he hadn't said anything at all. But knowing that Qiu Yu would not make it clearer, he changed the direction of attack, "You said that the woman in the bar asked me to come here to look for the plane. Does it mean that he also knows what happened here?"
"It's impossible to know the answer except by asking her directly. The value of any item is different in different time periods."
Qian Xiao just opened his mouth, but heard Qiu Yu continue, "Don't take the initiative to get involved in things that have nothing to do with us, otherwise the entanglement of fate will make it impossible for us to return to the right path."
Qian Xiao rubbed his face desperately, "Oh... forget it, I will always be right to listen to you... But, I still want to know..."
"arrive."
The journey this time was surprisingly short. In less than two minutes, Jack had stopped in front of a door.
Qian Xiao's curiosity came and went as quickly as it came, and he was immediately transferred to this door, which was no different from other rooms. "Could it really be a toy airplane? Or is it another secret passage?"
Jack did not answer, but inserted the key in his hand into the door lock, and the sound of mechanical rotation rang out. This time, before Qian Xiao could speak, Qiu Yu explained, "A very subtle design. Only by opening it with the correct key can the entrance hidden above the room be lowered. No matter whether it is a broken door or a normal one, When you open the door, you will enter a room that is used for concealment. Moreover, the activation device of the mechanism is on this door, so once the door is violently broken open, the mechanism will never be able to start normally. "
Qian Xiao wiped the sweat from his head, "Well, Jack just broke so many doors. If there happens to be this one, wouldn't we never see the plane again?"
Qiu Yu said, "It just can't be started normally. There are many other ways to start it."
The mechanical sound stopped and Jack opened the door.
Qian Xiao immediately stepped forward to study it.
This is actually a fairly simple mechanism. What descends from the top of the room is a metal staircase with the bottom disguised as rocks by plastic and fixed on top with pulleys. After the key is inserted and turned to the end, the iron pliers hidden in the door snap. Cut the wires holding the stairs in place and the pulleys start turning, lowering the stairs.
This is a design that can deceive unexpected visitors. For those who know this mechanism, even if they don't have a key, they can tear down the stairs with a little force.
When Coulomb and Jack were worried about Qian Xiao's big bag, Qian Xiao had already thrown the bag up the two-meter-high corridor connected to the metal stairs with a little force.
Coulomb quickly jumped up the stairs and carried the big bag. When he found that he couldn't even move it, his face was full of shock.
After Qian Xiao felt a little proud, he continued to show his curiosity, "Master, tell me, how long can this aircraft last without maintenance? By the way, doesn't the nuclear explosion destroy the electronic components? You Do you think the plane can still be used?”
Qiu Yu climbed up the stairs and looked forward. There was no light source in this passage, and he couldn't see the front at all. "Then we can only see whether fate is still favoring us."
Qian Xiao suddenly fell silent. It seemed that his violently fluctuating IQ suddenly hit hard and he heard something.
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Hmm... there may be some smart guys who think this chapter is a bit weird. So let me explain, this is originally intended to be a heartwarming story in the end of the world, but considering that it has little to do with the main plot, it will affect the compactness of the plot. Sex, so I reluctantly cut off about 7,000 words...
