Abyss Express

In front of the iron fence sentry box in the B14 living area, there is a big iron sign marked in Chinese, Japanese and English.

From its dense traces of rust and weathering, the words [Shiliufan Iron Works, Cadre Family Building] can be vaguely recognized.

Jiang Xueming took out his mobile phone and took a round of photos of the main building, the guard box, the mail warehouse, the stadium, the public canteen, the recreation room, and the bathhouse.

Immediately afterwards, he turned around and took pictures of the water tower and the distant view of the city on the hilly high ground in the B15 area.

In the family building of the steelworks, other functional facilities are marked in Chinese, Japanese and English. Like the iron plate on the gate, it is also consistent with the language used by Chief Nanami—it seems that the people living in the B14 area should also use these three languages, and the race is not too far apart.

"You two." Officer Nanami took out three yellow plastic dust capes from the weapon bag. "Put this on, hide the gun, don't let the residents see the gun, they'll associate it with [death] — get it?"

Nanami spoke Japanese, which Jiang Xueming didn't understand, but he could understand the superficial meaning from the body language of the other party. He took the dust cape and hid all the weapons on his body.

While putting on a cloak, Ah Xing pointed to a large merchant in the family building, "Jessica, I saw the sign of McDonald's! Can I go buy a McSpicy Chicken?"

"No!" Nanami took out a switchblade from her weapon pouch, "You must obey my orders here! I didn't say that you can enter the door, so you absolutely cannot enter the door."

She pressed the button of the jackknife, and the shiny blade popped out, pretending to be fierce and fierce, but her expression was not scary at all.

"Understand?!"

Jiang Xueming didn't understand a word of the string of Japanese that came out of Officer Nanami's mouth. He thought the officer was about to hand out knives, so he took the switchblade carefully in his hand and tested the reliability of the high-pressure steel spring. Sex, played with it several times, finally seemed to be relieved, folded the knife, and put it into MOLLE's chest plate.

"Understood!" Bu Liuxing stood at attention and saluted, looking like a good baby.

"Yeah!" Nanami folded her arms, looking satisfied: "This is so plausible! Very good! Very energetic!"

"Sir Jessica!" Ah Xing still maintained a saluting posture: "You can't buy spicy chicken, but can you buy a Big Mac?!"

"No!" Nanami was a little mad, she took out another pocket knife, and slashed at the greedy A Xing a few times, as if to vent her anger: "You two, the boss sent me comedian?"

"Relax." Jiang Xueming then carefully took the second knife from Nanami's hand, folded it, and threw it to A Xing, "He has always been like this, sir, and he will ask you the most important thing later. The problem."

Stepping up the meteor's righteous speech, like a recruit in training, the tone is serious, and it doesn't make sense to ask: "Chicken is not allowed! Big Mac is not allowed! Then, sir, what is your zodiac sign?"

"All Right" Nanami didn't want to say anything, she wrapped her arms with triangular bandages, and then wrapped Jiang Xueming's arms with bandages.

"Is this simple armguard used to deal with the pets in the hospital?" Xue Ming watched as the layers of bandages and gauze on his arm slowly turned into a strong and delicate armor under the skillful hands of Officer Nanami.

She ran to wrap Bu Meteor's armguard again, and replied in Chinese.

"Kevlar, cut hands, stab-proof clothing, too heavy. Bandages! Cheap! Easy to use!"

These protections are done.

Chief Nanami took deep breaths repeatedly, finally pouting, and took the lead into the compound of the family building with a serious face.

"Follow me, let's go back to the staff dormitory first, and put down your extra luggage."

Bu Meteor is a simultaneous interpreter for Xueming.

The two followed closely behind Chief Nanami and rushed into the compound.

Under the illumination of artificial ultraviolet headlights, the L-shaped family building looks weird——

——This kind of weirdness is not indescribable, but a weirdness that Jiang Xueming can describe in words.

He followed closely behind the officer, led the road from the cement in the courtyard, and passed the parking apron.

An old man protruded from the guard box behind him. He looked like a resident here. He didn't wear the uniform of a police officer, but only water and oil resistant overalls.

The uncle tilted his head, as if he heard the sound of three people breaking into the gate, he immediately came out and shouted Japanese phrases.

"Welcome back."

"You're welcome!" Nanamei responded and continued walking.

Immediately afterwards, Jiang Xueming saw the car parked in the yellow frame.

Most of them are Ryota (Honda, Toyota) brand family cars, but most of them have been turned into waste products under the polishing of time.

The metal parts of these cars have completely turned into rusted scrap iron. Large areas of peeling paint can be seen on the side doors and front covers, exposing the decayed undercoating, and the rubber tires have also become flattened.

He smelled a strong fishy smell, but it wasn't blood—he had also smelled it when he was in the factory. It was the smell of oxidized, rusted and damp steel, very similar to blood.

Going forward, there are still people active in the stadiums on both sides.

On the right is the tennis court. Jiang Xueming counted carefully, and there are nine people playing in the court.

Four young men, a man and a woman, were playing tennis—no, perhaps simply swinging the racket.

They held non-perishable polymer rackets in their hands, and the metal nets on them had long since rusted away. The handle of the racket is still old and dirty.

With just one wave after another, it seemed as if a tennis ball really flew across the empty cloth net.

Among the remaining five people, two referees sat on two high chairs with cloth nets, and whistled from time to time to remind the four people in the field——

——Their expressions are very lively and lively. It's like cheering for the athletes, turning over the "scoreboard" that doesn't exist at all.

The last three people are a family of three.

Passing by the stadium, Jiang Xueming could hear their conversation, and could see their appearance through the grid fence full of rust and creepers.

When Xue Ming took pictures, he could still get a response.

The two older brothers and sisters who were playing had their own reactions, or they were not used to showing off under the camera, so they waved their hands awkwardly.

There are also those who happily raised their hands and jumped up, wanting to leave the most beautiful freeze-frame picture.

I also heard the murmurs of the family of three, a couple who spoke Japanese and an eight or nine-year-old boy.

Bu Meeoxing leaned beside Xueming, translating simultaneously in a super soft voice.

"Husband, that's a new face, and he came with Teacher Nanami."

"It's really good! She looks like Teacher Nanami, a very energetic young man!"

"Mom, when I grow up, can I be as tall and strong as that brother? He is like a mountain!"

Here the child is talking about Ah Xing——

——A Xing's height of 1.9 meters like a sky tree really makes children greedy.

"What is this child thinking about! ~ Our family doesn't have that much money to buy calcium tablets! If you want to grow so tall, I'm afraid you have to go to the ground."

"Mom, do you think so? Can't I grow so tall?"

"Although it will make you sad to say it-my baby, I'm afraid you're going to the ground, exposed to the real sun, and can't stop for a moment, jumping and jumping, just like brothers and sisters playing tennis. Can he grow so tall? Look at that brother."

Ah Xing was a little embarrassed to translate here, making people blush.

"Look at that brother, he must be unable to stop all the time and drink a lot of milk to grow so tall, right?"

"I don't like milk. But I can't stop! Mom! I can keep bouncing, bouncing, bouncing!"

"My stupid son!~I'm afraid you will never be able to compare with that big and tall guy in your life. After all, your father and I are only this tall!~"

"Husband! What's the matter with your smug expression? That kind of broken jar attitude is really the worst person! It's too much! It's really too much to talk about this kind of thing with children!"

Immediately afterwards, the child started crying, and I heard the wife start beating her husband, and she was unwilling to swear in front of the child. In the end, the husband and wife comforted the child together, and nothing happened.

Bu Meteor didn't finish his other words at the end, and the three of them walked out of the stadium.

On the other side are eight table tennis tables with more people, including men, women and children who are active, and people who are doing warm-up exercises next to the table and preparing to take turns.

There are also onlookers shouting at the side, their faces are red, they slam the empty cigarette packs on the water meter box, bet heavily on the players they like, and they will often shout and give pointers from the air.

All these abnormalities, Jiang Xueming could describe in words.

The instruments in these people's hands looked like newly unearthed cultural relics, but their bodies were full of indescribable vitality—as if they didn't belong to this era.

Even in Jiang Xueming's hometown in Hengyin City, or in Hung Hom - he has never seen such a [lively] community.

In the slow pace of life in his hometown, he also delivered milk tea to the campus of Pingyang Agricultural University a few years ago. The stadium has been kept in a state of long grass for a long time-most of the students hide in the dormitory with the air conditioner playing on their mobile phones.

Elderly people gather in small groups to drink tea and play cards with their friends. The middle-aged and young people are all thinking about how to get money from their careers, or how to get money from others.

Later, when I went to Hung Hom, the city became busier, more crowded, and more lifeless.

Even though he often visits his sister at the Saintess High School, the school still feels like a harsh old menopausal aunt, not lively at all.

Occasionally, when class is over, I can see a few younger siblings in the corridor of the school building. Once they talk about the future, such as this month's exam, next month's vacation, and next year's plan, these younger siblings immediately think about it Shame on my face, I can't be happier anymore.

Then gather and sort out his thoughts, and return to the family building of the ironworks in front of him.

Jiang Xueming could feel it—everything here seemed to be full of youthfulness, like the sun at eight or nine in the morning.

Entering the corridor, although the facilities here are old, they are still clean, as if someone has been cleaning them.

But after a while, an old aunt followed up and grabbed Nanami's arm.

"Teacher Nanamei! Nanamei!" The old aunt spoke Chinese, very anxious and eager: "You agreed, you will bring me a broom this time when you come back, my broom can't be repaired, I don't have tools What can I do? I have been picking up garbage with my hands for half a month. I am old! This is useless. I clean up the bathroom and canteen on the first floor. If these places become dirty, the building will be destroyed. Are people still living here? Don’t stink to death.”

Speaking of [death]—

——The old aunt was stunned for a moment, as if struck by lightning.

Nanami's expression changed drastically, and she immediately grabbed the aunt's wrist, and quickly explained: "Broom! I brought it, here it is, wait, wait, wait! Wake up! Wake up!"

The old aunt finally woke up, scratched her gray hair, bent down to thank her, and glanced at the two strange young men beside Nanami.

"Hello, I'm the cleaner of this building, do you want to live here too?"

"No" Bu Meteor just wanted to speak.

Chief Nanami winked fiercely.

"It's not what you think!~" Ah Xing immediately changed his words: "Auntie~ We were called by Chief Nanami to accompany her. She didn't say how long she stayed."

The old aunt first looked at the two passengers suspiciously, and then regained her enthusiasm: "Which floor do you live on? If you have something to do, you can call me for cleaning, and I will arrange someone for you."

Nanami immediately replied in broken Chinese: "They, I, live in one room."

The old aunt didn't understand this complicated triangle relationship for a while, so she just said, "Ah, live in one room?"

"Ah yes!" Bu Meteor responded.

Jiang Xueming didn't speak.

Nanami nodded vigorously.

When the cleaner was far away, he turned back and shouted: "Mr. Nanami! Remember to give me the broom. There are a lot of fallen leaves in the yard. I have a bad waist. I only picked up half of them. You must remember!"

"Okay!" Nanami breathed a sigh of relief, and was worried in private - she didn't remember this incident at all, and it would be difficult for the cleaning staff to ask later.

From a long distance away, I heard the cleaner's aunt muttering in a low voice, secretly looking at Xue Ming's pants a few more times.

"When will there be such a cowherd at the station? I'm so envious, young people nowadays."

When Nanami heard the cynical tone of the auntie cleaner—her expression became very exciting.

At this time, Jiang Xueming looked around and ran to the poplar tree in the courtyard to break off a lot of twigs to use as wood. After rummaging through the baggage, I took out a bundle of steel cables, and made a broom with local materials.

It took only two minutes——Nanami was shocked by this operation.

When she got the broom, she saw the circles of solid steel cable skeletons inside the broom, which seemed to last for a long time.

"Oh! You did a good job! You did a good job!" Nanami held the broom in one hand, and slapped Jiang Xueming on the shoulder with the other, which made Xueming tremble.

I saw her running to hand over the broom to the cleaning staff, and finally returned to the corridor with peace of mind and continued to climb.

Xueming had more questions in his mind.

When there was no one around, he finally asked, "Sir Jessica, why do these people call you teacher?"

"As I said before, I do homework for the children. They think I am a teacher from outside." Nanami explained in Japanese: "I often bring in new things, such as vacuum cleaners and newspapers, peeling fruit Peelers, and snacks and stuff. They learned to sing with me, very, very trendy songs, and they kept calling me teacher.”

After Bu Meteor finished translating, Jiang Xueming saw from the window that on the other side of the L-shaped corridor was a small kindergarten called Yingying Kindergarten. There were still children in class and nursery teachers taking care of them. There were only five or six people in total.

Through the window grille, he took pictures of all this with his mobile phone, thinking about it in his heart—it seems that this journey is not as dangerous as he thought.

Arrived at Room 411 on the fourth floor——

——When Officer Nanami took out the key to open the door.

Jiang Xueming and Bu Liuxing discussed in private, whispering.

"Ah Xing, what do you think of this place?"

"The McDonald's opened on the first floor, but I couldn't buy the fragrant chicken, so please give me a bad review."

"Be serious."

"It feels weird, Brother Ming, I feel really weird, it's so strange that I shudder."

"How did you see that?"

"I'm a post-zero, Brother Ming, are you a post-zero? I feel that everything here is very strange. I only saw it in documentaries. It seems that I entered the set of an old movie—and returned to the Showa era. Similarly, when we got on [Living のメリーゴーランド·Life’s Carousel], my mommy and I described that era, everything was thriving, and everyone worked with enthusiasm.”

"You're right. It's hard for me to understand all of this. They seem to have a very strong..."

"It's vitality, the vitality that can't stop for a moment. Whether it's a child or an adult, grandparents or uncles and aunts, just now I saw a very, very cute little corgi. It was on the table tennis table, circling like crazy. .”

"Why?"

"I had a dog before, but no one walked the dog. It played with itself. Otherwise, it likes to tear down the house, and there is nowhere to release the energy."

"That's not surprising, is it?"

"It's very strange! It's so strange! That little Corgi is so cute! I can see it very clearly, it is biting its own dog leash in its mouth, just like its owner is still there."

Speaking of this, Ah Xing broke the defense in a second, and tears just flowed down.

Nana Mei seemed to be suffering from dementia, she tried keys one by one, and opened the dormitory door after a lot of effort.

When she turned around, she saw the big, stupid passenger whimpering and whimpering.

"What's up with him?"

Jiang Xueming handed Bu Liuxing a tissue: "It's an old problem, please understand."

Ah Xing still has the same sad look: "No! You don't understand! Look at that dog, how cute it is! It wants someone to walk it! How can you understand?! You cold Masked Man!"

Xueming didn't bother with Ah Xing, but just handed over a pack of tissues as usual. Immediately afterwards, I looked into the dormitory and made sufficient mental preparations.

——Then he returned to Bu Liuxing, almost crying with Ah Xing.

But he held back, after all, when Bai Lu was sick, it was so difficult for him, he broke down so much and never cried, his dignity cannot be lost in this kind of place.

When he saw Chief Nanami’s dormitory, it couldn’t be described as a hell on earth, at least it was at the level of a strange injustice through the ages, full of stories—making people angry without arguing about their misfortune.

Xue Ming couldn't bear to look directly at the part of the entrance of the main hall that welcomes guests. In order to save a little space, I won't go into details.

Originally, Chief Nanami said that the office would be a little more decent than the dormitory in order to meet guests.

Regarding what the dormitory looked like, Jiang Xueming thought he had prepared himself mentally, and thought that his emotions would not be so strong.

——When he went to look directly at this house, he couldn't imagine how a person lived in this environment.

It took him twenty minutes to tidy up Officer Nanami's office last time, but this time it took him a full hour to clean the dormitory.

If you want to stay in this environment for a few days - without waiting for any crazy butterfly to come, he will skip the infection process and go crazy directly.

Jiang Xueming cleaned up everything, after Bu Liuxing cleaned up his emotions.

Chief Nanami asked the two of them to bring the necessary equipment, go lightly, and prepare to meet the first family and conduct investigations.

"I'm talking about the necessary equipment." Nanami looked at——

——Jiang Xueming was holding P90 in his hand, G26 on his waist, and a sword-shaped stick on his back. He took out four small cylinders of compressed gas GAS from the bag, and prepared a self-made incendiary bomb, using flammable air-conditioning refrigerant. A few cans of refrigerant were almost confiscated. If it weren't for the security check at the station, he would have planned to bring more convenient liquor with a temperature above 60 degrees as raw materials.

Looking at Bu Meteor again, he took out two bags of Want Want gift bags from his luggage, and carried six boxes of local products from the Hung Hom Bakery Qingxin Custard Egg Tarts, while holding the stereo with his other hand. He was still muttering the words "It's a pity that the milk and eggs are not fresh overnight".

At that time, Nanami almost became crazy like a cartoon emoticon pack.

"I'm talking about necessary equipment!"

What Bu Meteor was thinking about was how to make friends with these [Desperadoes]. As long as they became good friends, there would be no danger, right?

"That's right"

Jiang Xueming had just figured out how to make a simple design for delayed ignition of the air-conditioning refrigerant cylinder, and what he was thinking about was how to make friends with the [Desperado], as long as they became good friends, there would be no danger.

"It's all necessary equipment."