NOVEL NEXT Chapter 409 Midnight babble!
After taking care of all the islanders on the gravel beach, Su Mo carried Amamiya Jinfu and took KOKIA and Aphrodite towards the high mountain on the island.
According to the confession of the commander just now, there are now more than a thousand people on the island, so he did not dare to take the main road. He just dove into the dense bushes and climbed up to the top of the mountain.
Along the way, they encountered wooden outposts built by the islanders many times. Fortunately, Su Mo's five senses were far superior to ordinary people, so he could detect them in advance every time and choose to take a detour to leave.
It continued until dark before the group stopped outside an abandoned building complex on the mountainside. There was also a sentry post here.
After observing secretly from a distance for a while, Su Mo discovered that there were only two old islanders living here, and they seemed to be the permanent guards here.
KOKIA and Aphrodite walked the mountain road for most of the day and were already exhausted. In addition, Amamiya Jinfu's injury was gradually getting worse, so Su Mo decided to rest here for one night. Besides, there were people living here permanently, so maybe they could return. I can find some useful supplies.
After making up his mind, Su Mo climbed over the wall, easily eliminated the two islanders, and then led everyone to a relatively clean cabin.
However, after rummaging around the house, they only found some food and daily necessities, but not the medicines they urgently needed.
Seeing this, Su Mo left KOKIA to make a fire to cook, while he took Aphrodite towards a large warehouse-like house to see if there was any harvest.
When he got closer, he found a large rusty iron lock hanging on the iron door, and a copper sign posted on the wall next to it. After wiping off the dust, several lines of Japanese characters of different sizes were revealed.
Aphrodite came over to look at it for a while and then said: "The first research institute of Project Storm, the material warehouse, was sealed in October 1943 and no one is allowed to enter!"
Hearing this, Su Mo raised his eyebrows.
Project Storm, that sounds like a code name for an operation.
And 1943 happened to be the turning point of the Pacific War. At that time, Japan was being beaten and retreating, and the time was just right.
It seems that this is the stronghold built by the Japanese army to study the storm.
Although according to the commander, after the failure of the research, the researchers at that time divided into two groups. One group may have moved near the ruins they excavated because they believed that Queen Himihu would be resurrected, but such an important How could the stronghold be abandoned? If it is really abandoned, why are there two old, weak, sick and disabled people left to guard it?
Su Mo couldn't figure out the reason, but now that time was running out, he didn't want to think too much. He could only hope that the things here hadn't been emptied out yet.
He pried open the iron lock and pushed open the heavy iron door. A musty smell hit his face. It seemed that this place had not been opened for many years.
When Su Mo walked into the warehouse, he immediately discovered a large number of wooden boxes dumped on the ground, with the contents scattered everywhere.
Picking up a small bottle and looking at it, Aphrodite said: "This is medicine, but it has been expired for decades."
Hearing this, Su Mo was a little disappointed, and then he searched the warehouse for a while, but still only found a large amount of expired military supplies, including several boxes of old rifles, but unfortunately not half a bullet. It can only be used as a crutch.
Unwilling to give up, he started rummaging around in other houses, but the situation was similar to the warehouse just now. It seemed that the group was in a hurry when they left. They didn't even want the most important medicines and only took some. Weapons and all ammunition.
And after so many years, they didn't come back to get it, and they didn't know what they were afraid of.
Back at the wooden house, Su Mo first visited Amamiya Jinfu. The white-haired old servant was in a very bad state. Not only was he still awake, but he also started to have a fever. It was obvious that the wound was infected.
If this situation is not treated promptly, I'm afraid it won't last long.
After eating something casually, Su Mo said to the two women, "You guys go to bed early. We will speed up tomorrow morning."
The two women also knew the seriousness of the matter, so they went to rest together.
But Su Mo didn't dare to sleep.
He had only killed so many islanders during the day, and the other party should have discovered it by now. He had to prevent someone from sneaking up on him at night, so he leaned against the corner and closed his eyes to rest.
In the middle of the night, a spooky whisper suddenly came to his ears, which was very scary.
"give me back......"
Su Mo opened his eyes immediately, but the voice disappeared immediately.
"Did you hear wrongly?"
He was a little unsure, so he closed his eyes again, but after a while the voice sounded again: "Star... Reincarnation Ceremony..."
Now Su Mo knew that he was not hallucinating just now, this voice was real.
He looked up at the two women opposite and found that they were sleeping soundly and were not affected in any way.
"Did you sleep too much?"
Su Mo frowned. He closed his eyes and listened for a while, but the voice just repeated the words back and forth. It seemed that it was coming from a room in the research institute.
After thinking for a while, he decided to follow the sound and go have a look, but he didn't worry about leaving the others here. After all, what if this was the other party's plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain?
So he immediately woke up KOKIA and Aphrodite.
The two women were sleeping soundly, but now they were a little drowsy. KOKIA even yawned: "What's wrong?"
Su Mo asked directly: "Did you hear anything?"
The two women looked at each other and immediately shook their heads.
Su Mo didn't want to scare them, so he said, "Follow me."
After saying that, he put Amemiya Jinfu on his back and walked towards the direction where the sound came from.
Seeing his serious face, the two women didn't ask any more questions, they just got up and followed him.
After a while, the group entered the previous material warehouse.
At this time, the voice in Su Mo's ears became clearer and clearer. He raised his ears and walked around the room, finally locking his target.
The sound actually came from underground.
After putting down Amamiya Takeo, he squatted on the ground and began to explore little by little. Soon he pushed aside a few wooden boxes, and then pulled away a heavy stone slab, revealing a dark hole, and a putrid smell. It also immediately floated out of the hole.
"Why are there sounds in this cave? Are there prisoners locked up?"
Su Mo was a little curious, so he said to the others: "Follow me down and be careful."