Today's earth is sparsely populated, and many of the sprawling cities on the surface are uninhabited and become ghost towns over time. Some ancient cities that have experienced the prosperous past are under the intricate subway system, connecting various prosperous areas in the city. In some of the largest cities, it is said that the subway lines at that time were complicated like a labyrinth. Each station had several floors, twenty or thirty different exits, and there were snack streets and shopping streets. It was like a dungeon reflecting the ground.
There are even rumors that these subways will be used for military purposes in times of crisis, and many subways have hidden subway stations behind their terminals, leading to many secret bases hidden by the government at the time.
The spotlight above Ethan's head flickered, probably running out of power. He quickly patted it hard, and the light finally stabilized. He took a few steps forward. Monotonous footsteps echoed in the empty hall. The beam of light swept through the dense spider webs and dust flying around on the top of the stone pillars. A few mice trotted past on the opposite platform.
A dusty subway map hangs on a circular column. He wiped it with his hand and saw the words on it clearly. Those are all names written in an ancient popular language, and the title can be vaguely read: Metro Map of City B.
He looked at the map carefully and found that it almost matched the current Forbidden City. That said, along these rails, there might be a way to find an exit.
Even... Maybe find a way out of the Forbidden City
But as soon as the idea appeared, Ethan's reason told him that it was almost impossible. The people who designed and built the Forbidden City in the first place must have checked these subway lines first to ensure that the Forbidden City was completely closed. Otherwise, it would not have been possible that none of the tens of thousands of non-human beings locked up in the Forbidden City could escape successfully for so many years.
Ethan knew he didn't have much time, and once the lights on his head went out completely, his chances of getting out were even slimmer. He turned down from the platform and walked along a thin passage along the side of the rails to the section with the carriages. That section of the carriage did not know how many centuries it had been lying there, like a cut corpse. The paint on the shell has cracked, and large swathes of peeling off reveal rusted and pitted iron sheets. It was dark inside, and the windows were covered with dust.
Ethan passed by the car, but just as the spotlight above his head swept across the silent windows, he was stunned for a moment, stopped, and re-fixed the light source on the one that had just swept past. on a window.
As I said earlier, these windows are covered with a layer of dust. However, there was a small handprint on the glass.
Such a small hand can only belong to a child no more than twelve years old, and the most uncomfortable thing is that the five fingers of the hand are close together, and the fingertips are side by side in a straight line, like a brush. .
Everyone knows that people's five fingers are of different lengths. Even if the middle two or three fingers are the same length sometimes, it is impossible for the five fingers to be close together and the fingertips to be completely flush. The thumb and little finger are too long, and the middle finger is too short.
What's more, looking at the cleanliness of the handprint, it was probably only recently printed.
These subway lines have been closed for countless centuries, so why are there children's handprints? And it looks so weird...
Ethan imagined a chilling picture in his mind: deep underground, on the dark abandoned railway, a little man staggered along, his body was naked, his arms were slender down to his feet, The hand dragged on the ground has fingers that brush together, looking like two soft brushes...
Ethan swallowed and hurriedly stepped away from the carriage. He recalled the subway map he had seen before, and walked towards the next station. From there, if he could find the stairs to the upper two floors, that is, near the factory area in the East District, 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 the back were empty, but he was afraid that suddenly a subway was roaring from a distance with a ghostly light on.
Just because of his own fantasy, he suddenly stumbled under his feet.
He looked down and saw a rotting human corpse leaning against the wall.
He shouted and ran wildly. Although he only had one glance, he still saw that the clothes that had been ragged by rotting fibers on the body were the inhuman uniforms of the Forbidden City. Where did this person get into this subway system? How did he die here? Is it because he was starved to death because he couldn't go out
Ethan stopped suddenly, his face pale and panting. In his mind, heaven and man were fighting for a while, but he still resisted the urge to escape and turned to the corpse.
He crouched down and covered his nose with his sleeves. I didn't notice it when I was distracted just now, but now the smell of death and decay hit his sense of smell strongly. The skeleton was only left with a thin layer of skin tissue wrapped around the outside, and the internal organs and muscles had long been eaten by maggots. Resisting the urge to vomit, he carefully observed the corpse.
He found that a large piece of skin on the corpse's neck was missing, and the neck bone was broken, apparently bitten off by something.
In this abandoned underground railway, there are not only children, but also beasts that can bite people? And why did this beast kill people but not eat it? Is it just biting and playing
Ethan felt that the subway was getting more and more strange. He tried to get in touch with Tanisel, but no matter how focused he was, he couldn't sense the other party's response. Ethan forced himself to calm down, and while continuing to walk forward, he searched the ground for tools that could be used for self-defense. I never imagined that there was such a strange place not far from the underground of the Forbidden City. He doesn't dare to imagine that he can escape the forbidden city along these railway lines, he just wants to get out of this ghost place quickly.
Finally arrived at the next subway station, which is obviously much bigger than the previous subway station. He rushed to the subway station map and carefully studied the complicated entrances and exits, and found a staircase leading to the transfer area two floors up. However, just before he was about to reach the top of the building, he suddenly heard someone laughing behind him.
giggle.
Ethan turned his head sharply, and vaguely saw a small shadow standing on two legs under the stairs. Feeling tingling in his scalp, he turned and ran as if to escape.
The laughter was so strange, not like a child's voice, not even a human voice, but a bit like the bugs I heard in the pipes before.
He rushed up the last flight of stairs to the ground, only to find that the exit was blocked with masonry. This time, the masonry was extraordinarily strong, and no matter how hard he kicked it, he couldn't get it off. He banged hard against the wall, shouting for help. He shouted until his throat was hoarse, exhausted, and his stomach ached from hunger after he hadn't eaten for a day, and finally he could no longer shout. He turned and stared at the bottomless darkness below the steps, afraid that a small hand with five fingers would suddenly appear in the light of the spotlight overhead.
The lights in the head were getting dim, and it was obvious that they were going to go out soon. Ethan's breathing was rapid, the back of his neck started to itch again, and the skin was tensed and swollen, uncomfortable. When he was about to despair, he suddenly heard the sound of something chiseling the wall from the opposite side!
saved!
When the wall was opened and the lights from outside came in, Ethan's eyes turned red with excitement. He rushed out of the darkness, and the first thing he saw was not Samuel and several other inhumans at the front, but the solemn Tanithel standing behind them.
Ethan couldn't believe his eyes, the priest actually came to the forbidden city!
He instinctively wanted to rush over, but just after taking two steps, he was suddenly forcibly hugged by Samuel. Omega said in his ear, "Don't forget that others are still watching!"
It was only then that Ethan realized that he almost made a big mistake. He had no choice but to suppress the urge in his heart, pursed his lips tightly, and stared at the priest from a distance. Tanisel bent the corner of his mouth slightly at him, and a clear idea flashed in his mind: it's fine.
Although he had just been frightened for a day, at this moment, Ethan suddenly felt that all the strange things he had experienced this day were worth it in exchange for seeing the priest.
He was immersed in the ecstasy of escaping death, but he didn't notice the thoughtful calculation in the eyes of Gray Fur, who watched him and Samuel embrace from a distance.
Ethan finally got the chance to be alone with Tanisel. It turned out that the reason Tanissell came to the Forbidden City this time was that the machine that tested Ethan's blood last time malfunctioned, and this time he came to take a new blood sample. Although this doesn't seem to explain very well why he came to the Forbidden City and asked the Chief Guard to take people to look for someone near a sealed tunnel on the edge of the factory area in the Eastern District of the Forbidden City, everyone on Earth knows that Priest Eve is extraordinary The sixth sense, so there is no doubt about him.
Tanissell checked the back of his neck first, frowning tightly. The thin black line that had subsided spread again, and it was much faster than before. He noticed a small bump where the black bloodshot was the most dense.
In the process, Ethan has told him about the handprints, corpses, and the last black figure he saw in the abandoned subway station.
Priests believe that a city like the Forbidden City, which gathers probably the most negative emotions and chaotic spiritual power in the entire galaxy, is also likely to attract some eccentric sojourners. Although human beings have ruled the earth for countless centuries, and even nearly destroyed the earth, they do not know enough about their homeland, and there are many species that have long existed on this planet that have not yet been discovered.
"Did you feel that after you were infected, the strange events around you became more and more intensive." Tanisel 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 shackles of the God of Order. Perhaps, the God of Entropy wants to make you mutate as soon as possible, so that so many strange things happen to you. ... Maybe for some reason they need you."
Ethan was very dissatisfied with his tone of not being worried at all but seemed interested, and even a little aggrieved and angry, "What entropy god, you are obviously the one who led me to that subway station!"
Tanissell looked confused, "Me?"
"Yes, it was you who kept telling me to go left or right with your spiritual connection, and I found the subway station."
Tanissell shook his head slightly and sighed, "After I sensed your panic, I just told you to calm down, and then I couldn't contact you again. That's why I immediately found an excuse to come here."
Ethan was dumbfounded by Tanisel's words, 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 strong enough to perceive the specific environment around you without going to the scene."
Ethan suddenly felt a little dazed all over his body, and asked indifferently, "Then... Who has been guiding me?"
"It's been three weeks since your last injection, and in the kind of environment that makes you nervous and panic, the power of the egg of the prologue is weakened, maybe... some spirit that wants you to mutate is guiding you. I also Not sure." Tanisel said, but took out a familiar blue injection from his luggage, "But don't worry too much, with this, you can always restrain the impatient main god a little. "