When the sky outside the workshop gradually became brighter, in the warm living cabin, the old-fashioned horseshoe watch hanging next to the iron cabinet also woke up the hungover people with its crisp ringtone.
Wei Ran opened his eyes drowsily and yawned. After sitting up, he immediately looked at the ladder at his feet leading to the bunk above him.
On the second step of the metal ladder that had worn off the paint, there was still a small piece of newspaper torn off the edge that he had put on it last night.
In other words, from the time he couldn't help but fall asleep last night until he woke up, April, who was sleeping above his head, didn't come back.
Stretching, Wei Ran put the small piece of newspaper into his pocket by getting up and getting dressed. When he got dressed and was about to leave the living cabin, he directly put it with a few pieces of firewood.
They were thrown into the furnace together.
When he pushed open the heavy door, a bonfire had already been lit in the stove in the distance, and the enamel pot and stainless steel coffee pot placed on it were steaming. Even the sleigh next to it was converted from an oil drum.
They were all piled with firewood, and a little further away, there were several wolf carcasses of different sizes lying neatly.
"Are you awake so early?" Wei Ran greeted April enthusiastically, as if he didn't know that the other person didn't even rest in the living cabin last night.
"You have to bring the prey back early, otherwise it will be eaten by other beasts." Apolly pointed to the stove beside him, "I made oatmeal and coffee."
"Thanks"
Wei Ran took the wooden bowl and enamel cup from the other party, filled a bowl of porridge from the pot, and poured another cup of coffee.
When he sat down opposite April, Dr. Murat and others also stretched out of the living cabin.
While eating breakfast, everyone was divided into three groups and prepared to explore the few buildings in the mine.
"See that building with the painting of Khrushchev and his precious corn?"
Dr. Pavel, who was standing at the door of the workshop, patted the two corns in his pocket, raised his fingers and pointed at the building farthest from the workshop and said, "The auditorium I mentioned before is on the top floor of that building. Wait.
Let’s meet there.”
"Everyone grab their weapons"
Apolly then reminded, "I have just retracted all the animal traps at the door, but there may still be beasts in these buildings, so before entering, it is best to fire a shot."
"Apolly, we can also catch prey."
Gennady said while loading the revolver in his hand, "Maybe I can find a hibernating bear."
"If you encounter a bear, you'd better keep a bullet for yourself." As Agravan spoke, he also loaded his double-barreled shotgun with an astonishingly powerful single-head bullet.
"Maybe it's a little bear," Sharip guessed optimistically.
"Okay, the day here is too short, don't waste time." Before Murat finished speaking, he had already led Taras and Sharip who were in the same group with him to the mobile building on the left side of the workshop.
Seeing this, Dr. Pavel also waved his hand and led Agravan and Gennady towards the building on the right.
"Let's go too." Before he could finish his words, Apoli had already loaded the AK rifle in his hand with a click.
Seeing this, Wei Ran, who was also carrying an AK rifle, turned around and closed the iron door of the workshop. He wrapped the rusty iron chain around a few times and then quickened his pace to follow Apolly.
It was obvious that April had no intention of seeking Wei Ran's opinion, so he walked directly to a building not far away.
Of course, Wei Ran would not care about where he went first and where he would end up, but instead focused all his attention on the surrounding environment.
It was only one night, and yesterday's heavy snow had been blown by the strong wind, exposing the surface densely covered with rocks and slag. Even some buried mining equipment and even some old trucks could be seen at a glance.
But what attracted the most attention of the Weifang was an ATC59G crawler-type artillery tractor with a bulldozer installed on the front.
The cargo compartment of this artillery tractor is still equipped with obscure equipment, but one of its tracks has fallen off, and one of the road wheels has also been removed and thrown aside. Even the track not far away
There was also a metal toolbox covered with rust and almost worn through.
Apparently, the tractor carrying the goods broke down during the move. At first, someone might have been preparing to repair it, but in the end, for some unknown reason, even the tool box was removed.
Abandoned here forever.
However, this thing was only put into service by the Soviet Union in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and the copper mine code-named "Nizhny Tunguska Mine No. 119" was closed on Christmas Day in 1962
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In other words, the new equipment that was put into service not only failed to tow the artillery, but was instead used as a forklift in such a remote mine.
Forget it, with the closure of the mine, this almost brand-new military equipment at the time was just thrown here forever.
Whether it was extravagance or waste, or whether it was rich and powerful, the Soviet Union at that time, whether it was a poor and unfamiliar Soviet Union at that time, or a Russia in the future in a world where the Soviet Union would never be possible and would never be allowed to exist.
Perhaps they are all as elusive as the shadow in the mirror wearing a crown and holding a scepter.
Gently patting the rusty car door, Wei Ran quickened his pace again and chased Apolly to the downstairs of the building.
Although the ground here is made of hard rock, perhaps in order to withstand heavy snowfall and severe cold, these buildings, like most buildings near the Arctic Circle, also choose to suspend the first floor with load-bearing columns smashed into the permafrost.
After walking on the cracked concrete steps to the suspended platform, Apolly and Wei Ran looked at each other, then raised the rifles in their hands, pointed at the wall and pulled the trigger. Amidst the intensive gunfire, Wei Ran also fired the rifle in his hand.
The weapon was aimed at the only entrance and exit.
Maybe it was because there was too much noise last night, or maybe the animal traps set up by April yesterday made the wild animals living here feel in danger.
In short, until April replaced a new magazine, no animals escaped from the ajar door.
Seeing this, Apolly first put the barrel of the gun in, and then gently pushed open the wooden door wrapped with iron sheets with his toes.
After waiting for a while, the two of them walked in one after the other.
The entrance to the first floor of this building is a 100-square-meter hall. As far as the eye can see, apart from the skeletons of various animals and the feces mixed in them, there are only some propaganda about growing corn on the walls on both sides.
It smells like the Soviet Union.
However, even if Gorbachev is invited here, I am afraid he will not want to grow corn in such a ghost place that is already within the Arctic Circle.
The two of them covered each other and searched the first floor. There were not many rooms, but according to the sign on the door of each room, it was clear that this place once had not only a boiler room, a canteen, and a collective bathhouse, but also
There are also hairdressers, health clinics and even shops.
But it's a pity that apart from finding a lot of abandoned coal in the boiler room, they moved almost all the other valuable things that could be moved away. The remaining things were either not used by them at all, or they couldn't take them with them at all.
Walk.
I continued walking upstairs without giving up. The second, third, and fourth floors were all dormitories. There were all wooden bunk beds in this dormitory. In most of the dormitories, you could even see wild animals making wooden bunks made of dead branches and weeds.
The two even found two wooden tables that looked like they could be used in the living cabin.
But it was obvious that both Apoli and Weiyan were just keen on opening the drawers to see if there was anything interesting inside, and had no intention of moving the table back to the workshop.
After leaving the building without finding anything, April pointed to another building not far away and said, "Go and have a look in that building."
Wei Ran nodded silently and followed the other person to another building next to him with his gun in hand.
Compared with just now, the first floor of this building has not changed much. It is still a boiler room with a lot of coal left behind. It also has a canteen, baths, shops and health rooms.
But starting from the second floor, every room has a structure of two bedrooms and one living room, and just from the furniture left in these rooms, it can be seen that the living conditions of the people who lived here were actually pretty good.
Apolly even used a gun to pick out a formal suit and some stockings on hangers from a wardrobe with a floor-to-ceiling mirror.
Looking at each other with Wei Ran, April shook his head, laughed, and walked into another room silently.
This room was relatively clean, but the childish graffiti on the surrounding walls hinted that a child full of imagination once lived here.
"The Soviet people at that time were probably happier than the Soviet people today, right?" Apolly asked Wei Ran without looking back.
"Maybe" Wei Ran gave an ambiguous answer, turned around and walked out of the room.
Apolly, who stood alone at the door of the bedroom with a gun, opened his mouth, but in the end he didn't say anything more, just turned around and left the room.
Going from one room to another, Apolly received a pair of sunglasses that were rarely used in this environment, while Wei Ran removed an enamel bathtub from the bathroom of a certain room.
After all, he always wants to continue to establish himself as a clean and hygienic person, so it is not too much to get a bathtub to take a bath in.
However, when he forced Apolly to help carry the bathtub back to the workshop, he found that both Murat and Pavel had returned with their students, and it was obvious that these people had gained something.
There are more of them than Weiran.
"You guys found all of this?"
Wei Ran asked in surprise, how long has it been? An hour? It can only be an hour at most.
But these people have brought back three solid wood tables that look pretty good. On one of the tables is not only a set of crystal plates and several crystal vases of similar styles, but also two sets of beautiful porcelain tea sets.
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He randomly picked up a teapot and looked at it, and then picked up the matching teacup and looked at it. When Wei Ran put it back in its place and raised his head again, Taras explained proudly, "These are the things we learned from a
I found one in the suite, one for drinking tea and one for drinking coffee, which look much more comfortable than our enamel cups and plates."
"When I worked in Moscow, I never used such a good plate."
Murat picked up a crystal plate, looked at it, and said to Wei Ran, "Victor, I'm going to eat on this plate tonight, so please make something delicious."
"I will try my best to get some dinner that matches this plate," Wei Ran said in a dumbfounded voice.
"Should we go see Comrade Khrushchev?" Pavel patted his pockets, "I even prepared corn for him."
"Then let's go together"
Apolly took the initiative and said, "Victor and I searched two buildings, but except for the bathtub he insisted on bringing back, we didn't find anything valuable at all."
"We only found these things in the building we went to," Dr. Pavel explained while picking up the shotgun, Agravan who was following him.
"There was nothing in the building we went to," Taras followed.
"Everyone will definitely find something in the last building!" Pavel vowed, "There are a lot of good things in it."
Hearing this, everyone subconsciously quickened their pace, and under the leadership of Pavel, they arrived at the downstairs of the tube building with Khrushchev and corn painted on the side.
This building was also the only building with a locked door, but what made everyone dumbfounded was that Pavel actually took out a key from his pocket and easily opened the chain lock on the door.
"This was locked before Dr. Murat and I left here in the summer."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Pavel pointed to a big rusty lock still lying on the steps and said, "Of course, it was also locked when we came here."
"There was a seal on the door at that time," Murat added, "as if the people here would come back."
"Teacher Pavel, open the door quickly!" Gennady urged, "I am becoming more and more curious about what is inside."
Hearing this, Pavel smiled and took away the chain lock and pushed open the heavy wooden door.
At first glance, there is not much difference between this building and the ones I have seen before. It is just relatively clean and there are no animal bones in sight.
But just after walking around, Wei Ran immediately noticed the difference. The first floor of this building was also distributed with boiler rooms, canteens, and even shops and medical rooms, but no matter which one, the area was much larger, and even the
There are more than 20 pits in the public toilet.
Under Pavel's leadership, we climbed up to the second floor. In addition to a bathtub with a sauna, the entire first floor also had a cinema that could seat at least two hundred people.
Except for the lack of curtains and projection equipment, it seems that with a little cleaning, it can be put back into use.
Continuing to the third floor, there is a library with only bookshelves on this floor, a huge room with several billiard tables, and several conference rooms with only tables and chairs.
Finally climbing to the top floor, Pavel took everyone directly to the entrance of the auditorium, which occupied half of the area.
Amidst the creaking noise, the heavy wooden door was pushed open by several young people. In addition to rows of stepped tables and chairs in the spacious space, there was a stage in the middle that was still covered with carpets and hung with curtains.
In the center of the stage, above the head, in addition to a Soviet national emblem the size of a car tire, as Pavel said before, there is also Khrushchev's head.
However, there seemed to be something hanging on the other side of the national emblem that was symmetrical to the portrait, but now there is only the sentence "our potato politician" left in red paint by an unknown person.
Beria's taste of ridicule, and a big red arrow pointing past the Soviet Union's national emblem to Khrushchev's head.
Of course, just by looking at the thick dust accumulated on this message, you can tell that it was definitely not left by Pavel and Dr. Murat.
"Don't be in a daze, come here and help."
Pavel happily took out the corn from his pocket, called on everyone to help move a metal ladder placed against the wall, and set it up next to the message.
