In a hidden mountain valley in the Ural Mountains, a crisp gunshot ended the peace of the past. A wolf jumped out of an abandoned building and turned around and ran away at the same time as the gunshot sounded.
But soon, more wolves emerged from the surrounding abandoned buildings. Beria, who was standing on the half-track motorcycle, also had his back hunched up, ready to fight to the death with those beasts that were much larger than himself.
Prepare.
From the driver's seat of the half-track motorcycle, Wei Ran sighed, put the 1911 pistol back into the metal book, and replaced it with a Bobosha submachine gun.
"Ta-ta-ta! Ta-ta-ta!"
The huge noise caused by two consecutive bursts of fire hitting an abandoned oil drum startled the wolves that were getting closer and closer. Then, the third burst of fire also hit the inverted mine where the alpha wolf was squatting.
In the car.
The huge noise caused by the collision between the bullet and the mine cart startled the alpha wolf, who thought he had a chance to win, and he jumped to the side with his limbs almost lifting off the ground at the same time.
"boom!"
After another bullet that almost followed its butt and hit the ground, the wolf let out an unpleasant whimper. Immediately, the entire wolf pack began to retreat in an orderly manner, disappearing little by little into the coniferous forest on the edge of the building complex.
Until the last alpha wolf turned around and started running, Wei Ran also breathed a sigh of relief and silently put away the weapon in his hand.
The wolf's choice to give up its territory was obviously the right choice, even though they were the real owners here.
Looking at the venison on the sled behind him, and then looking at Beria who was still hunching his back and growling toward the forest not far away, Wei Ran knew that the gap between the two sides had been forged, and that
The wolves must have been thinking about him.
"It's also a good opportunity..."
Wei Ran jumped off the half-track motorcycle, put it into the metal book, rubbed his face vigorously, then took off a glove and bit it in his mouth, took a deep breath, and took it out while feeling a sharp pain like needles all over his body.
The latest crawler transport vehicle.
Spitting out the glove in his mouth, Wei Ran lay on the snow and gasped for breath. The fleeting pain just now caused him to break out in cold sweat, so much so that even his voice could not be heard.
Can't send it out.
After taking a deep breath, Wei Ran shiveringly reached out and grabbed Beria's collar, turned over with difficulty and climbed up.
Taking out the transport truck was his plan before setting off, otherwise he wouldn't have insisted on coming alone.
As for the reason, firstly, it was to find gems to provide life support, and secondly, it also gave me a chance to take a good look at the car. After all, last time I was on the outskirts of the town of Tula, I just took a quick glance and didn't have time to take a closer look.
However, even though he was prepared, the unbearable pain just now made him fearful of putting away the car in the future.
"I don't know if I will develop a tolerance to the pain after using it for a long time."
Wei Ran muttered to himself, and even began to wonder whether giving himself an injection of anesthesia would have any effect when he put away the transport truck next time.
Of course, he just wanted to think about this kind of thing after all. After such a long time of "getting along", he had already figured out the temper of the metal notebook, and the other party would definitely not let him take advantage of such a loophole.
Putting the messy thoughts in his mind behind, Weiran, with the help of Beria, dragged the sleigh to the door of the cargo hold, threw everything in including the skinned reindeer and locked the door.
With his dog Beria, who had seen a lot of things in the world, he carefully walked into the door of the most beautiful-looking building.
Although the quality of these buildings is pretty good, and most of the windows on each floor are intact, the two iron doors on the first floor, which are two meters high and smell strongly of urine, have long been slapped on the floor.
superior.
Stepping on the rusty door panel and walking in carefully, everywhere you look are the bones of various animals.
Looking at the walls on both sides of the hall on the first floor, most of the wall coverings have fallen off in pieces, revealing the still solid reinforced concrete structure inside.
I carefully walked into the nearest room, but it was filled with piles of animal feces next to each other.
Reluctantly putting on the mask, Wei Ran turned to the second room. Unfortunately, there was no difference here. At first glance, the most visible thing was still a large amount of animal feces.
Wei Ran carefully checked every room on the first floor one by one, and found a few interesting things.
The first floor of this building seems to have been used as a toilet by those beasts. Except for the relatively clean corridor, the rooms on both sides are all mined.
On the other hand, all the rooms on the second floor were obviously used as nests. Not only was the flat floor covered with weeds and dead branches picked up from nowhere, but the hygiene level was also much better.
In addition, he also found that all the rooms on the two floors were intact except for the floors, doors and windows, and there was no furniture at all. Even the door panels had obviously been removed.
The stairs leading to the third floor of the top floor have completely collapsed whether due to man-made or time factors.
Fortunately, although the stairs were gone, it was not difficult to climb up. Wei Ran just went to the forest outside to chop a thigh-thick pine wood, came back and put it in the collapsed stairwell, and climbed up to the third floor easily.
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Compared with the first and second floors, the environment on the top floor of this building is undoubtedly much better. Not only is there only dry dust on the floor, but most of the doors in the rooms on both sides also maintain complete outlines.
However, when he pushed open a door, he found that it was also empty inside, with nothing at all. Even the roof had collapsed, exposing the reinforced concrete rafters and beams inside.
He patiently walked around room after room, and the only thing he gained was a portrait of Stalin hanging on the wall of a certain room.
Not to mention disappointed, Wei Ran retraced his steps and left the abandoned building, taking Beria slowly towards the second building not far away.
As expected, there is not much difference between this building and the previous building. Only the stairway from the first floor to the second floor has collapsed. He even found a small section of the remaining stair handrail to tie to it.
detonation line.
From this small detail alone, it can be judged that all the stairs in the remaining buildings must have been blown up.
Compared with the later period of the Soviet Union, around 1950, the Soviet Union, which had just won World War II, was also having a hard time, especially in a remote place where there was nothing to do. So they evacuated the furniture in the building and even demolished it.
It's normal if the door panel falls off.
You can guess without even using your brain that the furniture that was dismantled and moved may have become daily necessities in the similarly abandoned military base a few kilometers away.
But what does it mean to blow up the stairwell?
Wei Ran lowered his head and looked at Beria, who was sticking out his tongue and wagging his tail at him, thinking that it wasn't to prevent wild animals. Otherwise, wouldn't it be enough to just block the door?
Although I didn't want to understand this question, it didn't delay Wei Ran as he walked from building to building.
Before it got dark, he took Beria back to the living cabin of the transport vehicle. After walking around for half an afternoon, he only walked through five buildings in total, not even one-third of the building complex.
No.
But in these five buildings, all the things were evacuated and the stairs were blown up. In two buildings, all the stairs from the first floor to the third floor were completely blown up.
In order to climb up, he had to find a way through the bare exterior wall of the building. Because of this, he wasted a lot of extra time.
But after this search, apart from the portrait of Stalin hanging in the top-floor conference room of every building, and the abundance of animal excrement and bones in every building, the additional findings were really lackluster.
As agreed, they used satellite phones to report that Suisui and Ji Ma were safe. Wei Ran, who had had enough rest, also took advantage of the last ray of light before dark to go around the cab and cargo hold, and also planted some seeds on them.
The apple tree in the cab was watered and a service fee worth one apple was charged.
Objectively speaking, although the fruit produced by this apple does not taste amazing, it is still far more delicious than the original version in Old Ivan's transport truck.
Before leaving the cab, he casually touched behind the dashboard. Unfortunately, the Makarov silent pistol that he thought would be there was not there at all.
On the contrary, in the cargo hold, not only were the various canned goods that I had seen before stored, but now there were also a lot more fruits and vegetables, as well as beef and fish frozen into ice lumps. Of course, the most abundant ones were boxes of different types of alcoholic beverages.
He randomly picked up a large plastic bottle of beer and a few vegetables, then picked up a few pieces of hard frozen fish and two fist-sized pieces of beef. Finally, he picked up a big Leba and strolled back to the living cabin.
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Different from that winter night in 1991, this time Wei Ran was able to enjoy this much more comfortable living cabin by himself, so naturally he would not make do with the food.
First, he cooked the two large pieces of beef prepared for Beria. Wei Ran slowly dug out a packet of Chinese seasoning prepared by Jima, and cooked himself a large pot of braised fish in tomato sauce. He also cooked sliced bread.
Put it in the steamer.
Rather than grilling the inedible big ribba until it becomes crispy, he actually prefers the soft texture after heating it with steam, because it tastes somewhat similar to steamed buns.
While waiting for the dinner to be cooked, Wei Ran took off his clothes and sat in the wooden bathtub without being welcomed. He had already been thinking about this thing when he first went to the Liehuo Wilderness Rescue Station.
Now that I have the opportunity, I naturally want to enjoy it.
Outside the bathroom, Beria was lying on the warm solid wood floor, looking at the steaming stainless steel pot with tears in his eyes. Not only was there the Lieba that Weiyan had just put in, but also
Two large pieces of beef that made it drool.
When night completely enveloped the No. 52 mine site, Wei Ran was finally willing to leave the wooden tub and placed the prepared meals on the table. At the same time, he also cooled the boiled beef belonging to Beria through cold water and cut it into pieces.
The size is suitable for the mouth, and the plate is placed on the floor.
For the sake of concealment, he did not turn on the searchlights surrounding the roof of the car, but the warm light from the car window still reflected several rectangular spots on the snow.
In the forest farther away, the wolves that had been driven away by Wei Ran carefully returned to their den where they had lived for generations after repeated trials. With their big wet noses pointed, they smelled the wolf coming from the direction of the living cabin.
The aroma of food wafted over to them that they had never smelled before.
