“Uncle! What’s wrong with you? Did Pierce do this?” Even though it was a foolish question at such a time, I couldn’t help but ask.
Uncle let out a wild laugh, “This is my intention, and it has nothing to do with anyone else. I simply don’t want you to find Pierce and Du Yuting!”
“Why? Don’t you like Du Yuting?” I asked.
“I do, but the Master likes her more. I can’t refuse,” he said.
“Uncle, is this what you truly think?”
“Of course. Alright, prepare to die. I’ve already gotten more mud and sand!”
I heard the sound of dump trucks outside, and everyone gasped. Damn, this guy is truly insane!
If he were to dump a huge pile of mud and sand in here, we would surely die. At that moment, I didn’t know what happened to everyone else, but we were scattered. I found a room and hid inside.
There were quite a few canned beef and some mineral water here. Outside, the sound of mud piling up rumbled on and on. After about 30 minutes, the passage outside was basically blocked by mud.
It seemed I could no longer hear Uncle’s movements. I cautiously moved a few steps and went to the blocked door. I shouted towards a distance, “Liu Yuning! Gao Mingqiang! Can you hear me?”
“We can hear you. Are you okay, He Sheng!” they both shouted back from different directions.
Then I heard responses from Xiao Yuande and Xiahou.
“We are here too!”
“Thank God, everyone is still alive!” I said excitedly. (kanshu.net)
“But we can’t get out. What do we do?”
“Are you all separated?”
“Yes, it was very chaotic at the time!” everyone replied.
I pondered what to do now. Looking around, I found everything was sealed. I picked up my wristband, hoping to contact He Xin. But when I looked, I discovered the wristband was damaged. A sense of unease washed over me. It must have been hit by the mud earlier.
What to do? This was my last resort to contact the outside world. Was I really doomed?
Perhaps sensing something, Liu Yuning shouted towards me, “He Sheng, you have that wristband, quickly notify He Xin to find a way to rescue us!”
I didn’t dare tell them the truth, but there was no point in hiding it now. I had to muster my courage and say, “I’m sorry, it’s broken!”
“What? How could that happen?” I heard everyone’s desperate voices.
For a long time afterwards, everyone seemed to fall into a dead silence. No one wanted to speak. I sat on a wooden barrel, feeling lost. Although there were still plenty of supplies here, in a sealed environment, after a long time, people would go mad. I believed many people understood this.
But for now, I could only wait it out. When hungry, I ate canned food. When thirsty, I drank mineral water. Fortunately, these items were not expired. They must have been bought by Pierce not too long ago.
Hours passed by one after another. I thought if He Xin couldn’t contact us, she might send people to look for us. But this would take time, and by then Pierce would have disappeared somewhere.
But there was nothing I could do. As long as we were alive, that was good. I persevered. A day passed. The people nearby hadn’t said a word. I was worried they might have an accident, so I couldn’t help but go to the cement door again and shout, “Are you guys okay?”
There was no response!
I called out a few more times with the same result. I was extremely worried. I remembered there was food and mineral water in the other rooms too. What happened to them?
“Yuning! Mingqiang!”
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No matter how much I shouted, there was no response, as if they had all left, and only I remained here.
Did they really get out?
Then why didn’t they find me! This must be a dream!
I pinched my thigh hard and found it hurt. It wasn’t a dream at all!
I returned to the vicinity of the wooden barrel and sat down anxiously, completely at a loss. I kept murmuring He Xin’s name, hoping she would find this place soon, or I would be finished.
I waited for about a few more hours, but no one came. I ate a bit more canned food when hungry. I lived like this for three days. By then, I had started to have diarrhea constantly. Because of eating these canned goods for a long time, I was extremely uncomfortable. When I called out, no one responded. At that moment, I felt as if the whole world had abandoned me.
Until I couldn’t bear to look at those cans anymore, I lay down by a wall, as if waiting for death. I felt someone outside in the corridor drilling with something. Suddenly, I had a glimmer of consciousness and struggled to move over, “It’s me! It’s me! I’m He Sheng!”
With my last ounce of strength, I shouted. The person outside moved a bit more and forcefully drilled through all the mud. However, when I clearly saw the person, I found it was Uncle!
“I knew you wouldn’t die, ha ha, come out with me!” Uncle grabbed my hair forcefully and pulled me out of the air-raid shelter tunnel. Only now did I realize there was another passage through a wall on the left.
This passage led out to the mountain stronghold outside. I was dragged out and thrown into a car. Uncle’s strength was terrifying. I had no ability to resist him.
Besides, I was already very weak. After getting into the car, I found it was a small truck. As the car started, my body bumped along the rugged mountain road.
I didn’t know where Uncle was taking me, but it certainly wasn’t anything good.
After about two hours of jolting, the car finally stopped. Uncle opened the back of the trunk. I was almost unconscious from holding my breath. He grabbed my hand and carried me out. He quickly tied a rope around me, and then, like dragging a wild beast, he pulled my body towards a mansion not far away.
The mansion was surrounded by iron gates. The European design style made it feel like stepping into the Middle Ages. The deep windows and doors looked very gloomy, and the rows of buildings lined up like neatly arranged guards watching over the mansion.
This place must be inhabited by a foreigner, likely Pierce.
Uncle carefully opened a round iron gate and pulled me in from outside. He dragged me along a dirt path inside the mansion. As we passed through some mud, my body was completely soiled, my clothes covered in mud.
Arriving in front of a building made of silver-white iron plates and walls, Uncle knocked on the door. The door opened automatically. A dazzling light shone from somewhere inside. I saw a familiar figure standing with his back to me in front of a strange stone statue. Beside him were several men in camouflage uniforms holding guns, and Du Yuting.