Falling into the Abyss

Today's earth is sparsely populated, many of the large cities spreading on the surface are uninhabited, and over time they become ghost cities. Some ancient cities that have experienced the prosperous past are intricate subway systems that connect all the prosperous areas in the city. In some of the largest cities, it is said that those subway lines were as complicated as a maze at that time. Each station had several floors and twenty or thirty different exits. Inside, there were snack streets and shopping streets, which looked like an underground city reflecting on the ground.

There are even rumors that these subways will be used for military purposes in times of crisis. Many subways have hidden subway stations after their terminals, leading to many secret bases hidden by the government at the time.

The spotlight on Ethan's head flickered, probably because the power was almost exhausted. He quickly patted hard, and the light finally stabilized. He walked a few steps forward, monotonous footsteps echoed in the empty hall, beams of light swept through the dense cobwebs and dust flying everywhere on the top of the stone pillars, and a few mice ran across the platform quickly.

A dust-covered subway route map hung on a circular column. He wiped it with his hand and saw the words and sentences on it. Those are all names written in an ancient popular language, and the title is vaguely readable: City B subway route map.

He looked at the map carefully and found that it almost matched the current forbidden city. In other words, along these tracks, there may be ways to find an exit.

Even...maybe you can find a route to outside the forbidden city?

But as soon as this idea appeared, Ethan's reason told him it was almost impossible. The people who designed and built the forbidden city will inevitably check these subway routes first to ensure that the forbidden city is completely closed. Otherwise, none of the tens of thousands of inhumans who have been locked in the forbidden city for so many years can successfully escape.

Ethan knew he didn't have much time, and once the light on his head was completely extinguished, his chances of going out were even slimmer. He turned down from the platform and walked along a thin passage on the edge of the railroad track to the passage with carriages. I don't know how many centuries the carriage has been lying here, like a section of corpse. The paint on the shell had cracked, and the rusty iron skin was exposed in large areas of peeling. The carriage was dark and the windows were covered with dust.

Ethan passed by the car, but the spotlight on his head swept across the silent car windows for a moment. He was stunned, stopped, and fixed the light source again on the one that had just been swept past. On the window.

As mentioned earlier, these car windows are covered with a layer of dust. However, there was a small handprint on that glass.

Such a small hand can only belong to a child under twelve years old, and the most uncomfortable thing is that the five fingers of that hand are joined together, and the fingertips are arranged side by side in a straight line, just like a brush .

Everyone knows that people’s five fingers have different lengths. Even if the middle two or three fingers are the same length, it’s impossible to put the five fingers together and the fingertips to be completely flush. The thumb and little finger are too long, and the **** is too short.

What's more, looking at the cleanliness of the handprint, it probably only got printed recently.

These subway lines have been closed for countless centuries. Why do children’s handprints appear? And it looks so abnormal and weird...

Ethan imagined a chilling picture in his mind: deep underground, on a dark abandoned railway, a little man walks staggeringly, his body is bare, his arms are hanging down to his feet, The hands dragged on the floor have slick fingers, which look like two soft brushes...

Ethan swallowed and quickly speeded up his steps away from the carriage. He recalled the subway route map he had seen before, and headed towards the next stop. From there, if he could find the stairs to the upper two floors, that is, to reach the factory area in the east, he might find it there. Exit to the ground.

Walking among the ancient ruins, Ethan suddenly had the illusion of traveling through time and space. The front and back were empty, but he was afraid that suddenly a subway was shining ghostly light and roaring from afar.

Because of my own fantasy, I suddenly tripped under my feet.

He looked down and saw a human corpse sitting against the wall that had rotted to the point of bones.

He yelled and ran wildly. Although he only glanced at it, he still saw that the clothes that had been ragged by fiber rot were the inhuman uniforms of the Forbidden City. Where did this person enter this subway system from? How did he die here? Was it because you couldn't get out and was starved to death?

Ethan's footsteps stopped abruptly, his face pale and panting. Heaven and man fought for a long time in his mind, but still resisting the urge to escape, he turned and walked towards the corpse.

He squatted down, tightly covering his nose with his sleeves. He didn't pay attention when he was absent, but the smell of death and decay immediately hit his sense of smell. There was only a thin layer of skin tissue wrapped around the skeleton, and the internal organs and muscles had long been gnawed away by the maggots. He endured the urge to vomit and carefully observed the corpse.

He found that a large piece of skin on the corpse's neck was missing, and the neck bone was also broken, which was obviously bitten off by something.

In this abandoned underground railway, there are not only children, but also beasts that will kill people? And why does this beast kill someone but not eat it? Is it just biting and playing?

Ethan felt that the subway was getting more and more weird. He tried to get in touch with Tanithel, but no matter how focused he was, he couldn't perceive the response from the other party. Ethan forced himself to calm down, searching for any tools on the ground that could be used for self-defense while continuing to walk forward. Unexpectedly, there is such a weird place not far from the underground forbidden city. He didn't dare to imagine that he could escape the forbidden city along these railway lines. He just wanted to leave this ghost place quickly.

Finally arrived at the next subway station, which is obviously much larger than the one just now. He rushed to the map of the subway station to study the complicated entrances and exits carefully, and found a staircase that ran up to the two-level train transfer area. However, just before he was about to reach the top of the building, he suddenly heard a laugh from someone behind him.

Giggle.

Ethan looked back abruptly, vaguely seeing a small shadow standing on two legs under the stairs. He felt his scalp numb, and he turned and ran like an escape.

The laughter was too strange. It didn't look like a child's voice or even a human voice. It was a bit like the worms that I heard in the pipe before.

He rushed up the last flight of stairs leading to the ground, only to find that the exit was tightly sealed with masonry. This time the masonry was so strong that he couldn't kick it no matter how much he kicked it. He knocked **** the wall and shouted for help. He yelled until his throat became hoarse, exhausted, and his stomach was so hungry that he hadn't eaten for a day, and finally couldn't shout. He turned around and stared at the bottomless darkness below the steps, fearing that a small hand with even five fingers would suddenly appear in the aperture of the spotlight above his head.

The light above his head dimmed and it was obviously about to go out soon. Ethan's breathing was rapid, and the back of his neck began to itch again, and his skin became tight and swollen, making him uncomfortable. When he was about to despair, he suddenly heard the sound of something beating the wall across the wall!

saved!

When the wall was opened up and the light outside came in, Ethan's eyes flushed with excitement. He rushed out of the darkness, and the first thing he saw was not Samuel and a few other inhumans at the front, but Tanithel, who was standing behind them with a solemn expression.

Ethan couldn't believe his eyes, the priest actually came to the forbidden city!

He instinctively wanted to rush over, but he was suddenly forcibly hugged by Sam after just two steps. Omega said in his ear while making a surprise look that was lost and recovered, "Don't forget that others are watching it!"

Ethan realized that he almost made a big mistake. He had no choice but to suppress the urge in his heart, pursing his lips tightly, and staring at the priest in the distance. Tanithel bends the corners of his mouth slightly at him, and a clear idea flashes in his mind: It's okay.

Although he had just been frightened for a day, at this moment Ethan suddenly felt that all the strange things he experienced on that day could be exchanged for seeing the priest, and it was worth it.

He was immersed in the ecstasy of escaping from the dead, but he didn't notice the thoughtful calculations in the gray fur who looked at him and Samuel from a distance.

Ethan finally got the chance to be alone with Tanisel. It turned out that Tanisel came to the Forbidden City this time because the machine used to test Ethan's blood failed last time, and he came to take a new blood sample this time. Although this does not seem to be a good explanation for how he asked the chief security officer to take someone to find someone near a blocked tunnel on the edge of the factory area in the east of the forbidden city, but everyone on earth knows that Priest Eve is extraordinary. His sixth sense, so there is no doubt about him.

Tanithel checked the back of his neck first and frowned tightly. The thin black lines that had already faded spread out again, much faster than before. He noticed a small bump in the densest place with black bloodshot eyes.

In the process, Ethan has told him about the handprints, corpses, and the last black figure he saw in the abandoned subway station.

The priest believed that it was very possible for a city like the Forbidden City, which gathered the most negative emotions and chaos in the entire galaxy, to attract some weird sojourners. Although humans have ruled the earth for countless centuries, and even almost destroyed the earth, they don’t know enough about their homeland. There are many species that have existed on this planet for a long time.

"Do you think it seems that after you are infected, the weird events happening around you are getting more and more dense." Tani Selton paused and said in a slightly playful voice.

Ethan frowned. "What do you mean?"

"According to my observation of you, your fear will accelerate the mutation in your body, and even break through the power yoke of Prologue God. Perhaps it is Entropy God who wants to urge you to mutate as soon as possible to allow so many weird things to happen to you. . Maybe for some reason, they need you very much."

Ethan was very dissatisfied with his kind of tone that he was not worried at all but seemed to be very interested, even a little aggrieved and angry, "What entropy god, obviously you led me to that subway station!"

Tanithel was confused, "Me?"

"Yes, you kept telling me to go to the left or to the right through mental contact, and I found the subway station."

Tanithel shook his head lightly and sighed, "I felt your panic and only told you to calm down, and then I couldn't contact you anymore. That's why I immediately found an excuse to come over."

Tanithel’s words made Ethan stunned. He was stunned for a moment, "So you didn't tell me how to go?"

"No. Although my mental power is strong, it is not so strong that I can perceive the specific environment around you without going to the scene."

Ethan suddenly felt a little stunned all over, and asked quietly, "Then...who has been guiding me?"

"Three weeks have passed since your last injection, and in the environment that made you nervous and panicked, the power of the Prelude God's Egg has been weakened. Perhaps... some spirit that wants you to mutate is guiding you. I I’m not sure.” Tanithel said, but took out a familiar blue injection from his bag, “but don’t worry too much. With this, you can always suppress the impatient god. ."