After resting for a few hours at Akeem's house, when Wei Ran woke up again, the sky outside the window finally got a little darker.
There's nothing you can do about it. Even if it's not the longest day in this season, the night time is pitifully short, and the criterion for distinguishing day and night is just whether you're sleepy or not. Naturally, there's no concept of jet lag.
While Aunt Zhou Shujin, Chris and Aunt Jana were still sleeping, the two old guys, Professor Alexei and Akeem, each carried two large boxes of wine, various cans and self-heating food, and even camping tents and
Stoves and other items were loaded onto the RV at the door.
After Weiran helped put the three shovels, two metal detectors, and three shotguns into the trunk, Akeem got directly into the driver's seat.
"Come on up!" Alexei greeted Wei Ran, and he couldn't wait to get into the co-pilot's seat.
Almost as soon as Wei Ran closed the car door, Akeem stepped on the accelerator and drove the car quietly towards the dock.
"Akeem, there's no signal in that damn place, right?" Professor Alexei asked expectantly.
"No, how can there be a signal in such a remote place?" Akeem replied without thinking.
"I like places with no signal!" As he spoke, Professor Alexei took out half a bottle of gin from an unknown source, unscrewed the cap and took a big gulp.
"Are you two really going to find the historical truth?" Wei Ran, who was sitting in the back row, asked suspiciously.
"Of course! Of course we are going to see what secrets are hidden in that lovely shelter." While speaking, Professor Alexei raised his neck and took another sip.
"I hope so." Wei Ran couldn't help but shook his head, not bothering to reveal the little thoughts of these two old guys.
Rushing to the dock in a hurry, the three of them moved all the stuff in the trunk into the cabin and fixed it. Then, under the control of Akeem, the small plane took off lightly and flew to the northwest after some circling.
direction.
After more than an hour of flight, Akeem controlled the plane and began to lower the altitude little by little. In the cabin, Wei Ran had already used the cover of his backpack to take out the telescope in the metal book to observe the situation on the surface.
Although it is already late June, remnants of snow can still be seen in some places. In addition, most of what can be seen on the surface are endless boreal coniferous forests and a few roads that look particularly deserted.
and a few scattered residential areas on both sides of the road. Generally speaking, humans are probably the few animals here.
"Akeem, why would your friend want to buy land in such a remote place?" Professor Alexei asked through the communication headset.
"He is a hunter and a skilled leatherworker. Of course, his main income comes from making reindeer sleds and breeding sled dogs."
Akeem responded slowly, "Also, although he is Norwegian, like most Finns, he likes to find a quiet place to hide himself."
"No need to explain, I already understand." Professor Alexei responded, "The land here should be very cheap, right?"
“Really cheap”
Akeem responded, "That's how it is in Finland. The further north you go, the cheaper the land becomes. But the further north you go, the more beautiful the scenery becomes. Okay, you should fasten your seat belts, I'm getting ready to land."
Hearing this, Wei Ran and Professor Alexei immediately fastened their seat belts and responded. Soon, Akeem controlled the plane to lower its altitude again, and after some circling, landed the plane on a long and narrow building.
end of the lake.
What surprised Wei Ran and Alexey was that a simple dock was built here, and there were even two oil barrels placed on the dock.
"That was the only fruit of our labor last time we came here."
Akeem had already opened the cabin door as he spoke, "The only time this dock has been of value before was when my friend was injured, so that I could drag him directly to the plane."
While he was talking, Akeem had already fixed the plane to a log pillar at the edge of the pier, "Okay, let's move the bathtub down first. We still have to walk for almost half an hour before we can see the open space."
“The scenery here is so beautiful”
While Alexei sighed, he had already handed three children's bathtubs stacked together to Wei Ran, who got off the car first. After the latter separated the three bathtubs, various camping supplies, food and drinks were also collected.
Was put into the tub.
Taking a double-barreled shotgun from Professor Alexei, Wei Ran picked up a rope fixed to the edge of the tub and put it on his shoulders. He followed Akeem at the front while looking at the surrounding scenery.
Perhaps because few people come here, everything here remains original. Even across the lake, you can see two furry foxes stretching their necks and staring at them warily.
On the sparkling lake in the distance, immediately after the plane stalled, some unknown but particularly fat-looking birds flew over.
"Bang! Bang!"
Following the two clear gunshots, the birds and the foxes on the other side immediately flew away. Wei Ran's nerves became tense instantly, and he subconsciously took off the shotgun he had just carried on his shoulder.
“Don’t be nervous”
Akim, who was walking at the front, opened the double-barreled shotgun in his hand with a loud bang, letting the two shotshell shells fly to the side in a parabola, and said slowly, "Just to remind the predators around us that we
Come, this will save us a lot of trouble."
"The sound of the plane engine just now is the best reminder," Professor Alexey urged, "Let's go quickly, why are there mosquitoes in this damn place?"
“Because it’s summer”
Akeem responded matter-of-factly, using a rope to pull a pink bathtub into the pine forest on the shore.
This pine forest is not dense, but it is thick enough, and the three of them can feel that the terrain is slowly climbing. From time to time, you can see some large and small rocks around.
After advancing in this coniferous forest for more than half an hour, until the plane behind us was completely blocked by the tree canopy, a small open space suddenly appeared directly in front of us.
“This is it”
Akeem pointed to the white tarp covered by logs in the middle of the clearing and said, "The shelter is under that tarp. Of course, the body is also there."
"Shall we camp here tonight?" Alexei's reluctance came somewhat belatedly.
"Alexei, aren't you scared?" Akeem teased
"How could I be scared?! I'm just worried that the smell of those corpses is too bad!"
Professor Alexei retorted with a beard and a glare, "Anyway, let's go check out the shelter first!"
Hearing this, Akeem immediately nodded and called for Wei Ran and the two men to walk to the tarp in the center of the open space, pull out the ground nails on the edge of the tarp, and then lift away the thigh-thick logs, revealing the
Thoroughly dug shelter.
Actually standing at the scene, Professor Wei Ran and Alexei immediately discovered some details that could not be seen in the photos. Perhaps the most obvious one was the vague smell of rancidity, which also showed that
The three corpses do not seem to be wax corpses, but have been kept in a state of "low temperature preservation".
In addition to this most obvious feature and the things we have seen in the photos before, there is also a floor on the ground of the shelter, and you can also see three simple beds leaning against three walls.
On the headboard of the bed, some were scattered with a box of rusty nails, some were placed with several German army lunch boxes, or were placed with things such as saws, wrenches, or even kerosene lamps.
"check it out"
Wei Ran pointed to an object on the edge that was mostly buried by the collapse with a stick, "Why does that thing look like an engine?"
"Really like an engine"
Professor Alexey nodded, but had no intention of going down and taking a closer look. Instead, he knocked on the log wall of the shelter with a stick he picked up casually, changed the subject and said, "Even if you don't consider digging such a large shelter,
The difficulty was that just fixing the surrounding walls with logs was not a small project. How did those three people do it at that time?"
"And those wooden boards laid on the ground."
Wei Ran then said, "Even if they have that two-man chain saw, how can they find the mood to lay the floor of this shelter? And looking at the surrounding walls, one side has already been nailed with wooden boards. What are they doing? Hobbit
Do people build houses?”
"I don't know if the hobbits are building a house."
Akeem, who was standing aside, pinched his nose and said, "How come these corpses have become so smelly in just a short time?"
"Maybe it's because they were exposed to the sun after being dug up. Before that, they were basically kept in the refrigerator."
Professor Alexei looked at Wei Ran and said, "Victor, why don't you go down and take a look? There seems to be a metal box sitting under the buttocks of the three corpses."
"Why don't you go down?" Wei Ran asked, rolling his eyes.
"I drank on the way," Professor Alexei said, licking his face. "What if I accidentally break something valuable?"
"Admit it, you're just afraid of those corpses"
After Wei Ran finished speaking, he didn't bother to listen to the other party's explanation. He stood up and walked to the edge of the bathtub not far away. He took out a pair of suede leather gloves from his bag and put them on. Then he took out a mask, and then strolled around.
I came back and carefully walked down an aluminum alloy ladder on the edge of the shelter.
After decades, these three corpses have not changed much except that their colors have become a little scary, their skin has become a little shriveled, and most of their clothes have rotted away.
However, the stench that cannot be blocked by masks also implies that if they are allowed to continue sitting here like this, they may not wait until winter comes again, and they will completely disintegrate like the melted ice and snow.
Can leave some hard bones.
After carefully inspecting the three corpses, Wei Ran did not find any fatal wounds. Thinking of this, he carefully picked up one of them and put it aside, then the second, and the third, and finally exposed it.
They sit on the tin box under their buttocks.
Because he had witnessed the large landmine in Belarus, Wei Ran was extremely careful when opening the box. However, what disappointed him was that there were no special objects in this heavily rusted box. It was just a place for storage.
He only had an empty wine bottle, a few German cans, and a rusty Mauser bayonet.
"Victor, since you have gone down, please bring your things up first!"
Alexey, who was squatting on the edge of the shelter, said, "Especially the two-man chain saw, and look at the model of the buried engine."
After hearing this, Wei Ran closed the rusty box lid, handed it to Alexei and Akeem above his head, turned around and walked to the other corner, carefully peeling away the loose soil.
"Why does this thing look so familiar?"
Wei Ran fell into deep thought after looking at the engine he dug out with his own hands, and soon realized that this familiar engine probably came from a half-track motorcycle! He even repaired this thing with his own hands when he was on Bear Island.
