Chapter 693 Finding Herzog (two in one, please subscribe)
The metal walls are dotted with black grooves, and inside the grooves are iron fences and cages. They are not so much used to prevent uninvited guests from invading the building, but rather to prevent the children in the building from escaping from here.
However, because the building's security system has been completely destroyed by the black snake, even if the infrared sensors and monitoring probes detect Lu Mingfei and Zero at this moment, and the alarm sounds non-stop, these defense devices are stuck in the grooves and cannot
Normal start.
Through the long metal corridor, Lu Mingfei and Ling came to the floor made of solid stone. Different from the entrance made of metal, the lights in this long corridor were dim, and there were locked iron doors on both sides.
, it seems roughly that there are at least a hundred or more, and from a distance it looks like two elongated parallel honeycombs.
Behind these two rows of iron gates are rooms that are not very spacious. The iron gate at the door of each house has a name in Russian. Behind the name is the corresponding military rank. The ranks range from the most common to the most common.
Soldiers can even rank all the way up to the rank of midshipman.
Obviously, this is a camp for soldiers stationed at the seaport...or it is more appropriately called a collective dormitory. Each room is not simple but definitely not luxurious. It has basic beds, bedding, heating, water and electricity and other basic facilities.
Everything is available, but there is no entertainment facilities in every room.
The only items that can be called entertainment are the aviation kerosene lighters that the soldiers brought from the Soviet Union, cigarettes and cigars produced in Russia, and some erotic books and periodicals that the soldiers privately collected under the beds.
In this isolated polar seaport, the existence of these soldiers has a very special meaning. They are different from the children and nurses. They have no entertainment, no festivals, no dances and no partners, that is, they have received strict training.
Russian soldiers can survive in this boring and freezing environment for several years. If an ordinary person lives in such a harsh environment, he will probably wait until he returns to normal human society.
I'm afraid I will spend the rest of my life in a mental hospital.
Lu Mingfei and Ling walked through the soldiers' accommodation area. In order to prevent Ling from feeling depressed after looking in such an environment for too long, Lu Mingfei speeded up the pace. A few minutes later, they arrived at the elevator, but
Part of the elevator shaft has collapsed, and the car is stuck in the shaft wall and cannot move. It is obviously no longer usable... But even if the elevator is intact, Lu Mingfei and Zero can't sit in it, because using the elevator here requires a dedicated
With the magnetic card, only those with sufficient authority are eligible to travel through the various floors of this building at will.
"The elevator seems to be out of service." Lu Mingfei looked at the stairwell on the other side, "Can the stairs lead to Dr. Herzog's room?"
"I have never been to the 'Doctor's' room, but the stairs should be impassable." Zero shook his head to Lu Mingfei, "The stairs are also sealed by fences. There were disobedient children who tried to run out from here.
, but it failed. The head nurse told us that no one can escape from here. Those who really want to escape can apply to her. Only with the consent of the 'doctor' can they be eligible to escape, but even if they leave the building, they can't escape.
Those who may escape from this harbor, which is isolated from the world, without warm rooms and fresh food, will soon freeze to death on the ice sheet."
"So we can only wander around on the first floor?" Lu Mingfei pointed to the dark stairwell, "How about we go up and have a look, maybe the iron fence of the stairwell was also destroyed by the movement made by the black snake just now.
Already."
Lu Mingfei led Ling up the stairs, but as soon as he passed the corner, Lu Mingfei stopped, and Ling also stopped behind him... because they had no way to move forward, and the huge iron
The fence separated the first floor and the second floor tightly. The damage caused by the black snake just now did crack the wall and stairs, but the iron fence was also embedded in the cracked gap in the wall, making it even more stuck. Lu Ming
I tried it but couldn't move it away.
"You are right, the stairs are impassable." Lu Mingfei shook his head and said to Ling, "This building has a very high defense level. Although the defense technology is not very advanced, its materials are very strong. These defense
All the building materials are not pig iron, but alloys."
"At least Black Snake should be allowed to take us back to Ward Zero." Lu Mingfei looked a little distressed, "It seems we are trapped on the first floor."
"Actually, there is another way." Zero reminded Lu Mingfei, "There is an iron fence blocking the first floor and the second floor, but there are no obstacles in the stairwell going down from the first floor."
"Down?" Lu Mingfei was stunned.
"Yes." Ling nodded, "'Doctors' and nurses rarely go down to the first floor, let alone down below, but the soldiers often have to go off duty and work, so the first floor and the basement
There are no defensive measures in place."
"What is the underground level?" Lu Mingfei asked.
"Many things, including boiler rooms, warehouses, and kitchens, are all on the underground floor." Zero added in a low voice, "It is said that there is a confinement room on the underground floor, but it is not used to lock up children.
Detaining soldiers, Yakov said that he once dreamed that the ghosts of dead soldiers appeared in the confinement room. He often used this to scare those timid children, saying that he would look for opportunities to explore the confinement room together."
"But you also said that 'Doctor' and the others will not go to the underground level. There is no point in going down even if the way down is clear. We are not going to the boiler room or the confinement room now." Lu Mingfei said to Ling, "I
I'm here to see 'Doctor'."
"I know, I can help you find 'Doctor'." Ling whispered to Lu Mingfei, "The boiler room is responsible for most of the heating system and hot water installations in the entire building, so there are ventilation pipes in the boiler room, and we can climb
The ventilation ducts go to other floors.”
"Ventilation pipe?" Lu Mingfei was stunned.
"Yes, no one here except me can get into the ventilation duct, because I am the smallest, and the door to my room is not necessarily locked at night. Sometimes I am too bored to be alone at night, so I will get into the ventilation duct.
Just run to other floors." Ling nodded, her expression as if she was sharing one of her most personal and hidden secrets with Lu Mingfei, "But avoid working in the boiler room, otherwise you will be burned by the steam.
, I put a dead leaf on the ventilation pipe on the third floor. Every time before getting in, I would check if there are any water droplets on the leaf. If there are water droplets, it means that the boiler room is working. Then I will
The plan to get into the ventilation duct and run to other buildings will be ruined."
Lu Mingfei was slightly surprised, because Zero was obviously smarter than he thought. Under normal circumstances, the entrance to the ventilation duct should be the driest, especially in such a closed arctic building, but if you have dry hair and a mouth
If water droplets appear on the leaves, it proves that the building's heating system is operating, and a large amount of charcoal and coal fires are burning in the boiler room. The water droplets on the leaves are the steam generated by boiling water that condenses on the blades after being cooled by the ventilation ducts.
Made.
"But it still doesn't work." Lu Mingfei hesitated, "You can get into the ventilation duct because you are the smallest among the children. How am I going to get in? I have never practiced bone shrinkage."
"What are you talking about?" Zero raised his eyebrows, "Aren't we about the same height?"
While talking, Ling deliberately stood next to Lu Mingfei, stood on tiptoes slightly, and gestured with his hand to mark the inconspicuous gap between them.
Lu Mingfei was stunned for a moment. He realized that he was looking at Zero almost at eye level. Lu Mingfei immediately realized that in the real world, he who was over 1.7 meters tall could not fit into the narrow ventilation duct, but now
This body is not his body, but that of Size Zero. Size Zero looks like a ten-year-old boy, and his height and figure are indeed not much different from Renata's.
"Let's go, let's go." Lu Mingfei said with some embarrassment, and could only let Ling take him to drill the ventilation duct.
After walking up about fifty steps, Lu Mingfei and Ling arrived at the underground level of the building. At this time, the underground level was dark, and a cold atmosphere filled the space. The boiler room was shut down tonight.
Because all the soldiers ran out to deal with the black snake. Judging from the rivers of blood on the ice field, it can be said that there are basically no survivors. Even if there are a few soldiers who are lucky to be alive, they probably won't go crazy and run back to this building.
Come here.
Lu Mingfei, or Number Zero, has very good night vision, so even if the underground level is pitch dark, Lu Mingfei can still see the surroundings clearly without bumping into anything.
But it should be said that the underground floor of this building is the place with the strongest Soviet atmosphere. It’s not that there is any strange smell in the air, but that all the machinery and facilities here are very distinctive, simple and huge.
Iron pots, simple and huge tool boxes, simple and huge abandoned guns, all items are printed with a red five-pointed star logo. Just now Lu Mingfei and Ling saw this dome building from the perspective of the outside.
There is also a brightly colored red five-pointed star on the door, three medals of Lenin, the Red Flag and the October Revolution, which means that this building and everything in this building are under the control of the Soviet government.
Herzog has always claimed that this is an orphanage located in a remote Siberia, but combined with the conditions on the first floor and the underground floor, as well as the description of this place in Lu Mingfei’s dream story, it is not so much an orphanage.
, it would be better to say that this is a comprehensive building that integrates a research institute, a war dock, a church and a mental hospital. It is like a mini world independent of the human world.
Ling skillfully led Lu Mingfei through the warehouse and boiler room, and came to a ventilation duct that was about the thickness of an adult's waist. Ling moved the blades of the ventilation duct to the appropriate angle with his hands, and waved to Lu Mingfei.
He signaled Lu Mingfei to follow, then twisted around and nimbly slipped in between the leaves.
Lu Mingfei followed Zero and got into the ventilation duct. He couldn't see his fingers in the ventilation duct, but the space here was not as suffocating and cramped as he imagined. In fact, to be precise, it should be that Zero's figure is too small, so
As for this kind of place where it is difficult for an adult to reach his head, he does not need to restrain himself.
However, Lu Mingfei really wanted to complain about Zero's physical strength, so he climbed along the wall of the ventilation pipe. After a while, he had to stop to take a breath and regain his strength. However, this was probably because Zero had been injected with sedatives and hallucinogens.
, suffering from the torture of Herzog and the nurses, Lu Mingfei couldn't help but think of Lu Mingze's appearance in his memory... No wonder this guy always looked like a teenage boy, neither tall nor big, and he couldn't see it.
No change has occurred, because this body has long been used and wasted. Being able to maintain basic activities like a normal person without any disability is probably due to the special bloodline of No. 0.
"Zero, do you know where the 'Doctor's' room is?" Lu Mingfei asked Zero in front of him, "Our rooms are on the third floor. The 'Doctor's' should be in a higher place. We have to climb three floors in one go."
The fourth floor?”
"No, we don't climb up, we go forward." Ling said in a determined tone, "When Black Snake took us through the ice field just now, I saw lights lit in the church, Khorkina and Jacques
The husband ran in the direction of the church, and all the children ran in the direction of the church, and the 'doctor' certainly wouldn't stay in his room."
Lu Mingfei couldn't help but sigh once again at how smart this girl was. Indeed, with Herzog's character, he would definitely not huddle in his room at this time and wait for Lu Mingfei to come to the door. Moreover, the black snake just destroyed the building.
At that time, the fire on the third floor was very fierce, and the high temperature and smoke would spread to the upper floors of the building. Herzog's room may not be safe.
The church is a place independent from the main body of the building. If the dome building really collapses, or the fire cannot be controlled, staying in the church is at least safer than staying in the building and waiting to die... And why are those children in a fire?
Will they all run towards the church? This must have something to do with Herzog!
In this far north place far away from human society, do people really believe in God? What is the point of building a religious building like a church in such a disqualified place?
"How far is it from the church?" Lu Mingfei asked. He felt that he and Ling had been crawling in the ventilation duct for a long time. It was very cold here and even breathing was a little difficult.
"We're right ahead." Zero pointed to a tiny light ahead.
At the end of the ventilation duct was a door made of iron. The light came through the gap in the iron door. Ling pushed hard, but she couldn't push the folding iron door open. Lu Mingfei exchanged with Ling in the passage.
Once he was in position, he gathered his strength on the spot, and then slammed his head against the iron door skin.
With a "bang", the iron door was pushed open by Lu Mingfei, but due to inertia, Lu Mingfei rolled all the way, and he crashed into a warm place.
Fresh and warm air blew towards his face, cheerful dance music began to play, and Lu Mingfei fell down on the ground. In his field of vision was a crystal lamp that refracted the colorful light.