Abyss Express

The train has arrived.

Jiang Xueming was ready to get off the car long before the broadcast.

He stuck to the car door glass, watching the dense stone forest in the wilderness getting closer.

But within a few minutes, it actually began to "rain".

To be precise, this kind of rainwater is more like condensate in a huge underground cavity, and the movement of hitting the glass is very loud. If you look carefully, you can also see many gray particles from the water stains, which seem to be dust.

He casually took a big black umbrella from the self-service shelf, and brought a few breads for dinner. These things were prepared for the guests, and no extra payment was required.

Then, the door opened with the howling of the hydraulic valve.

A gust of wet and cold air rushed towards him, causing Xue Ming to clutch his collar tightly and button his coat tightly.

After stepping out of the car door, he followed the announcement and walked all the way to the security department of the station.

He walked very fast, with great strides, and his shoes stepped on the wet iron road, splashing circles of gray water.

There were few people around, and no other passengers were seen on the platform, only Ah Xing trotted behind him, carrying a backpack and catching up.

Ah Xing smiled and asked as he walked, "Why didn't you wait for me? I have a lot of things."

Xueming: "You can keep up."

Ah Xing: "Hey! You trust me so much?"

Xue Ming: "I trust your muscles and height."

Ah Xing still didn't understand what Xue Ming meant, he just kept laughing.

At the side door of the exit passage, the two turned into the security department. As if to save power, the lights on both sides of the road gradually dimmed.

The redundant road was long and narrow, and there were many staff lockers on one side. Xue Ming strode across it, but Meteor could only cautiously walk in sideways.

Then to the office door of the department——

——Xue Ming, based on the principle that efficiency is paramount and that time is the life of his younger sister, directly broke in without knocking on the door.

The size of the office hall is the same as that of the corridor, which is very narrow.

At a glance, the visual estimate is only 20 square meters.

The walls on the left and right sides are full of file cabinets and information bags, and the bags are full of unintelligible symbolic notes and yellow light strips, like props used to make trace marks in the wilderness.

Sitting at the desk was a blond foreigner, wearing the outfit of an armed officer.

Black nylon tight vest, MOLLE system, lamps and bullet bags, tweezers pipe wrench and battlefield first aid kit are all available.

On the security guard's armband is a grinning black cat and the name of the station in both Chinese and English.

Xue Ming immediately expressed his intention: "Hi, I'm going to SW. The BOSS sent me here. According to the BOSS, I'm going to follow you now, and find a place to stay first. Then I will conduct a two-day investigation in SW, Is it right?"

The security personnel didn't reply immediately, but just nodded and stared at Jiang Xueming intently.

That look made Jiang Xueming feel very uncomfortable.

In the dark environment, Anbao's eyes didn't reflect any light source, like a walking corpse with nothing in it, saying that he was looking at something, but in fact his pupils didn't make a miniature reaction of focusing, as if they directly penetrated Xueming's flesh It's like looking at his brain tissue clearly.

The soul of the security guard finally returned to his body, he snapped his fingers quickly, and got up quickly, as swiftly as Xue Ming.

"good."

After tidying up the messy desktop and taking away the black waterproof bag in the container, the security guard instantly became an efficient working machine. He even snatched away the backpack from Ah Xing and led the way.

"Walk."

Bu Meteor was puzzled watching this scene.

He pulled Mr. La Xueming's sleeve and asked in a low voice, "What's going on? What's the matter?"

Xue Ming didn't quite understand either, but the security guard's attitude made him feel very at ease.

Talk less, move quickly, don't ask unnecessary questions, and don't waste time.

The two followed the security guards to the parking lot, and the means of transportation was still the old black Volga.

After a while, the car drove into a stone forest.

Jiang Xueming looked out of the car window curiously, and the buildings next to the station were getting farther and farther away.

The driveway looks very new, because of the shadows of the trees in the stone forest, you can see deep and shallow marks left by uneven heating on the asphalt road.

The trees beside the road have been completely petrified, and it is unknown how old this woodland is.

There was silence in the car, except for the road noise of rubber tires rolling over gravel.

This suffocated Ah Xing, he didn't dare to ask anything, and he didn't know anything. All I know is that Amin and this security brother don't talk very much, and they don't like to chat.

Xue Ming took out his notebook, wanting to know some basic information about the destination.

"Sir, can you tell me about the basic situation of this place in SW? I will record the hotel we are going to stay, and [attractions]."

The crisp clicking sound when Jiang Xueming pulled out the pen was like hitting the play button on the WALKMAN.

The rain outside the window, accompanied by the deep voice of the security personnel, reached the ears of the two young men.

"SW is a code name, generally referring to the first feature of the temporary residence. You should smell it when you get off the car. The air here has a fishy sweet smell. It's not very pungent."

Xue Ming bowed his head to take notes.

Meteor, on the other hand, followed suit, opened the notebook on the mobile phone and started rubbing the glass.

The security guard continued.

"Its original meaning is called Sweet Wind (fragrant and sweet wind), and you communicate in Chinese, so let's call it Fangfeng."

"Four years ago, the expedition team discovered this place. The ground investigation equipment showed that there is a huge water reserve here. We decided to build a new station here—but surprisingly, a small settlement, like from It got out of the ground and appeared around the engineering team out of thin air. It only takes half an hour to drive from the station to the south-southeast direction, and the distance is about 40 kilometers.”

Ah Xing asked curiously: "Settling? What do you mean?"

"It means human settlements." The security personnel replied: "When our engineering team came to this stone forest to reclaim wasteland and conduct field surveys—the stone forest and mountains that were empty last month suddenly appeared. Human settlements."

"Originally, we thought that these humans might be the descendants of the advance team in the station. In the history of the pioneering of the station, many teams of more than a hundred people disappeared inexplicably in the underground world.

Maybe they didn't die, they just took root in this place, and the people living in this settlement are their descendants. "

Xue Ming then asked: "Is there any trace of this 'sudden appearance'?"

"It is precisely because there are no clues that the investigation has continued for so many years." The security personnel followed up and replied: "These human behaviors and habits that appear out of thin air are very strange. They are out of touch with modern society-before you, other passengers observed that this There are only more than two hundred people in the settlement. There is no running water or electricity, and the survival depends on some fish in the groundwater source, as well as moss mushrooms and some plants that can grow in dark light environments."

"No livestock and no pets."

"No need for fire and light source, eat raw food."

"There is no written language, most people can speak, and the language is also very complex, ranging from Latin to dialects of the Asian cultural circle."

"The strange thing is that the residents in this settlement can communicate in different languages ​​without barriers."

"Later, our scientific research station believed that the original [descendant of the advance team]'s guess should be wrong-except for language, this settlement has no traces of human civilization, and there are not even any symbols in general historical records."

"It's like someone who speaks English and doesn't know Elizabeth and Victoria."

"It's like a person who speaks Chinese but doesn't know who Qin Shihuang or Confucius is, or where the Chinese language comes from."

"The diving and hunting skills of these residents are superb, and their swimming ability is better than almost any professional athlete in the surface world."

"In the four years of construction of the station, although no accidents occurred to the engineering team, many inexplicable things happened.

It's like, the brother who was talking with you about his life ideals yesterday and wanted to work hard to support his family suddenly left a letter of resignation today and then disappeared into the underground world.

For another example, after a long discussion in the team, a young couple who were planning to get married suddenly broke up. In just a few hours, they changed lovers and went to live in another block, or directly returned to the ground to live a normal life. The days are gone.

These abnormal phenomena made the staff of the scientific research station feel inexplicable panic. Regarding this settlement, it seems that there is an unknown spiritual energy at work, which can change the people around us beyond recognition.

And, we still don't know how they got here—

—why do they live here, why do they use our language, so resemble us, yet behave like another creature. This is all I know about Fangfeng Village, and this is what the BOSS wants me to tell you. "

Xue Ming asked: "What is the scope of our investigation?"

"Anything is fine, don't let go of every suspicious place." The security staff instructed: "But I still want to remind you, don't treat these creatures as human beings. They look a lot like people, and it's easy to be together. Confused, but after getting along for a long time, you must be able to feel the abnormality in these creatures."

Ah Xing asked nervously, "How do you say that?"

The security personnel looked back at A Xing, still staring blankly at A Xing with blank eyes, which made A Xing tremble in his heart.

"Drive well! Watch out for Master Lu!" Ah Xing immediately reminded.

"I've seen these things." The security guard looked back at the road and continued to drive: "I was imitating their eyes just now, didn't I feel uncomfortable? Including the first time I met you, I saw you that way. I just hope that you will arrive at your destination later and don’t make a fuss.”

"Hahahahaha" Ah Xing smiled dryly, and patted Xueming on the shoulder: "Look, brother Ming, this master has a sense of humor, and his eyes can talk! I'm not sure if I want to imitate that look." Can learn right."

"If what you said is true, how do I know—is that look in your eyes faked?" Jiang Xueming closed his notebook: "Is there a possibility that you are also an aborigine in the Fangfeng settlement, but you are more clever. Infiltrated into the human world."

The security personnel explained: "People in the Fangfeng settlement don't eat cooked food. Passengers once brought food to these settlement residents. As long as it is cooked food, no matter whether it is protein or starch, they will vomit after eating. "

From the cracks in the car windows, the sweet and fishy air came in.

In the fossil forest outside the window, there seems to be ancient mysterious and bizarre legends written on the rough bark lines.

Jiang Xueming handed over a piece of bread. With cold eyes, he spoke.

"Then eat and see?"

Seeing that Anbao's face was getting more and more uncomfortable, Ah Xing laughed and smoothed things over.

"Why are you so nervous! ~ Isn't it just a piece of bread? I'll come first!"

After all, Bu Meteor tore open the packaging bag and took a big bite.

The security personnel remained calm, took the half-cut bread from Ah Xing's hand and took a bite.

Jiang Xueming felt relieved when he heard the grunts from the throats of the two brothers swallowing, and then sighed.

Bu Liuxing asked curiously: "Brother Ming, Master Security and I are fine, isn't this a great thing? Why are you sighing?"

"Excluding your two wrong answers, I still have to go for a walk in the settlement for two days." Xue Ming took a bite of the bread viciously, with a bit of hatred for iron and steel, and spit out a sentence that sounded extremely horrifying: "It's a pity I can’t personally send you to the dissection table of the scientific research station.”