I was stiff now.
Xiao Leng noticed something strange about me, and his tone was a bit frightened, "Brother, what's wrong with you?"
I reacted quickly and pulled down the sleeves on my arms.
"It's okay, I'll be fine soon."
I turned around and said, Xiao Leng was looking towards me not far away.
In front of me, a headless body dripped with dark red blood.
I pulled a bunch of weeds and hastily covered it up.
…
I then disposed of the charred heads in the campfire.
This thing is even more disgusting to deal with than a headless corpse.
I penetrated it with a long knife, and white and red liquid flowed out of the black skull.
The sticky liquid dripped all the way, and I threw it next to the body.
By the time we returned to the air raid shelter, Xiao Leng was already pale.
The ground of the air-raid shelter was still stained with blood, and the old and new bloodstains blended together, like a strange totem.
This is what troubles me the most. When water is scarce, these blood stains cannot be washed away with water.
But if you don't clean it, the fishy smell from the blood stains will attract flies.
Just now, there are many huge flies landing on the dried blood.
I frowned. It was impossible to change places now. There was no other place safer than here in the entire city.
But this kind of sanitary environment is so bad that it is impossible to stay there for a long time unless it is dealt with.
I turned my head and looked deep into the air-raid shelter. There was still a long way to go from the air-raid shelter.
It's just pitch black, and we haven't explored where it leads.
"We can move the shelter inside and spread hay on the ground to prevent moisture."
I thought about it and turned to Xiao Leng.
Xiao Leng nodded, "The bedding was already wet last night."
"Water will seep down the walls here."
This is indeed true. When I woke up this morning, water could even be squeezed out of the bedding.
"If a layer of quicklime can be laid and a layer of hay can be laid, the moisture return will not be so serious."
I nodded. In fact, the biggest problem now is where to get these things!
Including the opening of the air raid shelter, what should be used to plug it?
While we were talking, Old Man Sun stood up from the other side, his whole mental state was very depressed.
Half of his sleeves were obviously darker in color and must have been soaked.
If the moisture-proof problem is not solved, everyone will get sick if we continue to live there for longer.
With a plan in mind, I said, "Let's go deeper and take a look. When Li Xiang and the others come back, we'll make an overall plan."
Xiao Leng nodded and reached out to grab my sleeves.
I turned on the flashlight, and the bright light penetrated the darkness inside the air raid shelter.
I feel like it should be very deep here, after all, there shouldn't be only one exit from the air raid shelter. Light coming in from other exits shouldn't be so dark.
Xiao Leng and I walked along the wall, being careful about anything we might step on.
'Tick tock...'
Water droplets seeped down the wall, and the deeper you went, the cooler the air became.
Xiao Leng and I walked more than ten meters and I hit a wall.
No, to be precise, it's a metal iron gate.
I shined my flashlight and saw that the door latch was rusty. This was an exit, the same air-raid shelter opening as the other side, except that there was a locked fence door.
The gaps in the fence were tightly blocked by stone bricks, with only a few rays of light coming through.
"Is this the end?"
I'm a little confused. The structure of this air-raid shelter is actually so simple?
A straight road, the total length is estimated to be only more than fifty meters.
It must be that half of the mountain wall has been excavated. This locked hole faces the inside of the mountain col, but it is blocked tightly. I don't know what it was used for before. The mottled door latch is full of a sense of age.
'Tap...tap...'
Suddenly there were footsteps behind him.
"who?!"
Xiao Leng exclaimed towards the darkness behind.
I flashed my flashlight back instantly.
All he saw was an old face, and he subconsciously covered his eyes when the light hit him.
"It's me."
Old Man Sun's voice came out.
"Why didn't you say anything when you came here?"
I frowned and spoke.
"I followed the light and couldn't see the way clearly."
I moved the flashlight's light away, and the figure put down his hand. There was no doubt that it was Old Man Sun.
"What do you think about moving our residence a little further inside?"
I asked him.
Old Man Sun shook his head and touched the wall next to him.
"It's not good, the water vapor is heavier here, and if you light a fire at night, the air doesn't circulate here, so it won't burn at all."
Old Man Sun smacked his chapped lips, turned around and walked back tremblingly.
He was right. The other door of the air raid shelter was blocked. If we moved our accommodation inside, there would be no light at the door at night, so it was inevitable that those kinds of things would come in.
At that time, it will really be a dilemma.
I took Xiao Leng and walked back a little. The reason why the air inside was colder was because the water vapor was heavier.
I put my fingers on the wall beside me.
With a gentle swipe, a drop of water fell from my fingertips.
The walls were covered with a layer of moisture.
I stared at the wet fingers and frowned.
"With such heavy moisture, I'm afraid quicklime is useless."
I said to myself, twisting my fingers, and there was an obvious grainy feeling on my fingertips, "No, why does it look like rust?"
"What's wrong?"
Xiao Leng came forward confused.
I shined the flashlight on my hand, and I could clearly see that the water stains on my fingers were dark red rust spots.
"Is this an iron wall?"
I shined the flashlight towards the wall.
The walls were covered in dark red rust spots, and the moisture caused many blisters on the metal surface.
I suddenly saw a dark gap running straight from top to bottom in the middle of the rust stain.
"This is not a wall, this is a door?!"
I gasped.
The flashlight light swept up and down,
"Mr. Sun, come here and take a look!"
I shouted.
Not far away, Old Man Sun walked quickly towards me.
The light of my flashlight hit the crack of the door.
I'm not sure if this is the door gap because the gap is so thick.
Until the light illuminated the circular wheel on the side.
The half-meter-diameter wheel was covered with rust spots. I originally thought it was just a valve for the pipe inside the air raid shelter.
But now it seems more like turning the switch on the door!
After hesitating for a long time, Old Man Sun finally squinted his eyes and said, "This... this is a door, it should be some kind of underground fortification."
There was a hint of suppressed excitement in Old Man Sun's tone, "I just don't know if I can open it or what's inside."
After hearing this, I handed the flashlight to Xiao Leng.
I walked to the roulette wheel and turned it in the direction of the arrow above.
I almost tried all my strength, but it didn't move at all. Only a few rust spots fell off the surface of the wheel.
"If you can't unscrew it, wait until Li Xiang and the others come back and try together."
I took a breath and raised my hand to glance at my watch. It was already eleven o'clock in the morning.
Not long after, Li Xiang and Li Chong came back dragging three thick logs.
Their clothes were soaked with sweat.
"Take a breath and follow me."
I didn't say anything and led the two of them to the roulette wheel.
"What is this doing?"
Li Xiang drank some water and asked me with a flushed face.
"This is probably an underground fortification. Try to see if you can unscrew the door."
Hearing this, Li Xiang immediately put down the water bottle in his hand.
Li Xiang, Li Chong and I were lifted up by two and pressed down by the other.
"Ready, three two one!"
"one two three!"
After exerting force twice, I clearly felt that the wheel began to loosen.
'click'
There was a crisp sound from under the metal wheel, as if the buckle was aligned.
"Harder!"
I said hello, and the three of them exerted their strength at the same time.
The roulette wheel suddenly spun.
'Click...clack-clack-dong...'
The sound of gears turning overhead echoed in the dugout.
All of us held our breath and looked up towards the crack in the door.
The dark door crack slowly opened, and red rust fell on the ground.
Suddenly a cool breeze blew out from the crack in the door, and I smelled a moist vapor on the tip of my nose.
'Wow -'
Two rows of blue light suddenly rose up, illuminating the corridor in front of them.
As the heavy iron door slowly opened, two rows of lights extended inside, and the corridor led to nowhere.
A huge buzzing sound came from the depths of the corridor.
At this moment, I was completely stunned.
The gears turn, the stars pave the way...
The blue lights are like two rows of stars, and amid the buzzing sound, the stars are shining brightly...