chsdbacks Chapter 469 The Wall
Chapter 469 The Wall
"Brother Li, how come you know this place so well?"
Following Li Donglin inside, Fatty Lin noticed that he knew the way well and immediately asked him a question.
"I've seen the blueprints, and I've even sneaked over here a few times!"
Li Donglin looked around and said, "It's not just me who's been here; many tomb raiders have been here too!"
"The title of 'Number One Haunted Building in Sunwu' has been established for decades. In recent years, many tomb raiders have come to investigate under the guise of exploration. You saw the graffiti on the wall on the first floor just now. Some of it was done by some fearless young people from the area, while some was a cover-up for other purposes!"
"Brother Li, you're too cunning, you actually came here!" Fatty Lin exclaimed.
"Fatty, back then a lot of people thought of you, Brother Li, as a reckless rich kid. No one who does that ends up well. But you, Brother Li, are a villain who appears loyal!" the blind man on the left chimed in.
"You blind fool, all you do is expose my shortcomings, and you pretend to be loyal when you're actually treacherous. Your whole family are treacherous!" Li Donglin laughed and cursed.
"Yes, yes, my whole family are wicked!" The blind man nodded repeatedly, much to everyone's annoyance.
"Brother Li, don't listen to that blind Fourth Brother. We don't play mind games, we disdain playing mind games, but if anyone dares to play mind games with us, we'll have to play them!"
"That's what Fatty Lin said."
"You fatso, what a load of flattery!" Blind Zuo pointed at Fatty Lin and shook his head.
"This isn't flattery, this is telling the truth!" Fatty Lin declared confidently.
I didn't say anything, but I understood. Li Donglin may seem rough and reckless, but he's actually quite shrewd. If you treat him sincerely, he'll reciprocate with sincerity. But if you try to play dirty tricks on him, you'll be in for a storm.
"It's so sticky!"
Just then, Long Nier scrambled her feet.
I shone my flashlight down and saw that the ground was shiny black, with oil and mud mixed together to form an oily sludge.
"Chirp chirp!"
Little Ba popped out, barked twice, and its little eyes darted around.
Long Nier's expression changed, and she said, "Xiao Ba said this isn't generator oil, it's corpse oil!"
"Chirp chirp!"
Little Ba nodded its head, gestured with its tiny paws, and barked twice, its barks carrying a hint of anger and sorrow.
"Xiao Ba said she could smell ashes too. She said every inch of this space smelled of ashes!" Long Nier continued translating.
"Damn you little devils!"
Fatty Lin cursed through gritted teeth.
I took a deep breath, trying to remember the smell, and also the atrocities committed by the Japanese devils, while shining my flashlight around.
This is an abandoned boiler room. The Japanese demolished it once when they retreated, and the Russians demolished it again when they came. Apart from the tunnel that housed the motors, all that's left are the blackened, yellowed walls covered in grease.
The further you go in, the lower the temperature gets.
It was early summer, but it felt like an icebox.
"Back then, the Japanese and Russians dismantled everything that could be dismantled, leaving only the shell. But they sealed off the crematorium, flues, and secret passages on the three underground floors, and didn't have time to destroy them."
Li Donglin said as he led the way.
Passing through the messy boiler room, there is a long, narrow corridor.
At the end of the corridor was a half-open iron door.
Shining a flashlight inside, you can see more than a dozen rusty iron cabinets.
This cabinet is somewhat similar to the large garbage bins found in many residential communities.
"This is where corpses are kept!"
I was just about to ask what these metal cabinets were for when Li Donglin spoke up, "Back then, there were surplus corpses that we didn't have time to cremate, so we stored them here!"
"Grass!"
I swore; that's all I could say.
After a quick glance, Li Donglin led us to turn left. After passing three rooms, we came to a section of mottled red brick wall about two meters long.
After passing the red brick wall, you enter another room.
Unlike the room where the bodies were stored, these rooms look like offices.
After Li Donglin led us to the end, we returned to the red brick wall.
After staring at the red brick wall for a long time, Li Donglin exhaled and said, "The underground entrance should be behind this wall!"
"Here?" I asked.
"Um!"
Li Donglin nodded and said, "Including this time, this is my third time here. According to the notes, when the Japanese retreated, they sealed off the passage leading to the third underground level to cover up their crimes!"
"After the Russians arrived, they only cared about dismantling the imported Siemens motors in the boiler room; they didn't care about the secret passages or anything like that!"
"After liberation, everything that could be demolished was demolished. In addition, this place is located in the suburbs and is too cold and damp, so accidents always happen here. It was abandoned. No one expected that in addition to the above-ground buildings, there were three underground floors!"
"Brother Li, I think it's because everyone who knew about it was silenced!" I said.
"Yes, they were all silenced!" Li Donglin said with a sigh of relief.
"What do we do next?" Fatty Lin asked.
"Go out and call for help. Even if we break our arms, we might not be able to break down the wall!" Li Donglin said.
"Brother Li, is this why you asked Brother Meng to bring more people over?" I said.
"That's right!"
Li Donglin nodded and said, "First, with more people around, it's harder for some to do something underhanded. Second, there are people to help with the work."
"high!"
I gave a thumbs up.
Returning the way they came, they came out of the building, but the officials hadn't arrived yet. On the contrary, Meng Guizi's side had already summoned seven or eight tattooed men, who were obviously shady characters.
Without wasting words, Li Donglin led the group inside the building and discussed the issue of the wall.
After handing it over to me, Meng Guizi made a phone call.
Half an hour later, a Dongfeng truck drove up, and seven or eight workers jumped off.
Facing the workers who had jumped down, Meng Guizi held up one finger and pointed to the abandoned power plant behind him, saying, "Today's job is simple: demolish one wall, about two meters long. Two hundred yuan per person. After you're done, we'll go to the county hotel for a meal, and I'll pay!"
"The boss is so generous!"
For these workers, getting 200 yuan for demolishing a wall and being able to spend money at the county hotel was a great deal, and they all expressed their gratitude under the foreman's guidance.
As for the fact that this is the number one haunted building in Sun Wu, they are not afraid even in broad daylight.
On the other side, Lao Fang saw that the workers had all arrived and were about to start demolishing the wall, but his own people hadn't arrived yet, so he hurriedly started making phone calls to urge them on.
Meng Guizi ignored him and led the workers inside.
Once inside the building, the tools were laid out, and the workers began demolishing the walls.
"Damn, this wall is pretty thick!"
After they started working, it took less than two minutes for the workers to realize something was wrong.
The wall wasn't single-layered; you drilled through one layer with an electric pick, and then another layer appeared behind it.
They drilled a full half meter deep before finding a clear opening at the back; the passage really was there.