Chapter 346 Treasure Cave
At that time, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident was caught off guard because the accident happened suddenly. The Soviet government had to announce an emergency evacuation of people within 30 kilometers of the power plant several days after the accident and completely blocked the area. Once the dictatorship country acted, the efficiency was still very high. In addition to the valuables it carried with you, the residents of Pripyat were abandoned in their original homes, and even the poultry and livestock they raised were abandoned. After returning to nature, they were abandoned.
Mixed with the surrounding wild animals, a new animal community was formed. Under the premise that the local high nuclear radiation and that humans no longer interfered with their growth, many of these animals had distorted. Along the way, Yang Xing and the others saw rabbits the size of domestic pigs, catfish two meters long as the size of sharks, and earthworms crawling out of the ground with a figure comparable to cobras. They were like entering the crazy world of Alice in Wonderland and seeing all kinds of amazing weird animals.
Xia Yujia was young. On the way, she accidentally noticed that the apples in an abandoned orchard beside her had already ripened on the ground. The bright red apples seemed to have laid a red carpet on the ground. The apples were extremely red in color, and in late autumn, they had been on the ground for a long time, but there were not many rotten or damaged. She was curious for a moment and wanted to pick up one and take a look, but then she reached out and was blocked by Lin Jiana.
Through the breathing mask, Lin Jiana sternly warned her in a distorted voice: "Everything here suffers from tens of thousands of times more radiation than ordinary people allow. This apple is even more poisonous than what Snow White eats. If you eat it, you won't wake up again for tens of thousands of years!" Xia Yujia was trembling all over and hurriedly retracted her hand wearing gloves.
Before coming, they not only equipped the radiation monitor, but also made sufficient preparations, taking anti-radiation iodine tablets, wearing anti-radiation suits, and applying thick radiation-proof oil to their exposed hands, feet and skin. In addition, gloves, protective boots, masks and other equipment, they were simply armed to their teeth. After walking for a long time, everyone was sweating profusely and itchy. But Ariksai and Lin Jiana still dared not relax. Before leaving, they reminded Yang Xing and others that they participated in Cherno at that time.
Among the Soviet officers and soldiers rescued at the Bailey Nuclear Power Plant, many of them began to get sick a few years after they returned and died one after another. It was not too much protection for radiation that was invisible to the naked eye. After all, life was the most important. Along the way, they were not only careful to guard against the soldiers who were patrolling, but mainly avoided the various animals and plants they encountered along the way. Who knew how much radiation dust was hidden in the bodies of those animals and plants that seemed normal!
Finally, everyone cut a barbed wire and entered the interior of Pripyat City. As a small town dedicated to serving nuclear power plant workers, various public facilities here include gymnasiums, swimming pools, train stations, shopping centers, and schools. When they passed by a primary school, through the glass-free windows, they could still see students' textbooks scattered on the desks. The textbooks were still open, and the graffiti on the original owner was clearly visible. On the playground, the students' sports equipment was preserved in full. A swing swung in the autumn wind and creaked, as if time had frozen at this moment. They were still waiting for the original owner to return. It can be seen that the rush of evacuation at that time made the immersive people shudder.
"We thought we were the masters of God, but in the end we realized that we were just natural humble slaves." Yu Aojun murmured a proverb. Only by seeing all this in the scene can we understand how much harm the nuclear demon will bring if it loses control.
"It's here!" Ariksai pointed to a building with the sign hanging "High radiation, no entry!" and shouted. After they bypassed many buildings in the main urban area, they found this building that was said to be a military shooting range. In the former Soviet era, nuclear power plants were under military supervision, so there were also a large number of soldiers in Pripyat. This shooting range was originally used by the military, and it was indeed very concealed to put the entrance of the secret room here.
No one has used it for many years, and thick dust is now accumulated here. Although Pripyat is empty, the electricity from the nuclear power plant has been kept smooth. Although there is no one, the public lighting in the city will be turned on at night, perhaps to express the last bit of remembrance and condolence for this "ghost town". Ariksey took everyone to the ground of the shooting field. After moving a few hidden switches, a whole wall in the ammunition warehouse slowly slid open, revealing a huge entrance. After everyone entered excitedly, as the door behind them closed, a long corridor appeared in front of everyone with a string of lighting.
Yang Xing and the others felt their heartbeats faster, and finally came here, which meant that they were very close to their target. Alexei explained the origin of this place as he walked. This was the channel used to move military by-products produced by the Chernobyl power plant. During the Cold War, the United States and the Soviet Union expanded their nuclear arsenals in a crazy manner and also produced many "by-products". Among them, it is not a secret to use nuclear power plants to process and refine military-grade nuclear materials. After the Cold War, the United States took the lead in trying hard to prevent nuclear proliferation around the world, and even threatened the disobedient nuclear power plant projects of Iran, Iraq, North Korea and other countries. This is the main reason. Ariksey and others learned about the existence of this secret passage when they transferred the Soviet secret files.
Yang Xing and the others suddenly realized that Ariksai was in charge of the files of the Ukrainian National Security Bureau for many years. He had mastered this passage that could secretly approach the Soviet secret chamber, and often came to check the completeness of the secret chamber. After passing through the tortuous and long secret passages and several sealed doors, Lin Jiana looked at the degree on the radiation detector and signaled that everyone could take off their masks and gloves. The radiation value here had been blocked and was almost normal. Ariksai proudly said that when building the secret passage, he considered radiation protection and added a large amount of radiation protection materials, which was still effective even if it was discarded for more than ten years.
But when we arrived at the bottom of the secret passage, everyone was stunned. There was a downward passage in front of us, but it was filled with water. How could we go down? Lin Jiana checked and found that the water quality was still normal, but the passage seemed not short, so we could only dive in. Ariksai explained that this was the emergency protection measure at that time. Water was the best radiation barrier. The nuclear waste processed by the nuclear power plant was kept in the pool. On this secret passage, it was a backup reservoir for the nuclear power plant. When the Soviet Union collapsed, it was in chaos. In order to protect the secret barrier from the danger of nuclear radiation, the managers turned off the power of the reservoir and flooded the entire secret room and passage with large water. Now there is no water pump to pump water, and no submersible can get close to it. Even though Ariksai later got the password and secretly used this secret passage to check frequently, he only walked here every time. As long as he saw that there was no change in the water, he knew that there was no problem leaving.
When Yang Xing heard this, his legs felt weak, thinking that Ariksai hadn't seen the Soviet secrets with his own eyes in recent years, so he didn't know if he was soaked in water. This time he had put his life here. If the bamboo basket was empty, Yang Xing would even have the will to jump off the building. However, now he has been fighting for the back and forth, he can't retreat. Fortunately, Lin Jiana was ready and took out the submersible equipment he carried and assembled it immediately. Yang Xing secretly vowed that if something happened, Ariksai's two daughters must pay the debt.
Several of them were trained and did not complain too much. After a short break and meal, they recovered their strength, they put on simple submersible equipment and went into the water one by one. In the dim environment under the water, Yang Xing saw a catfish swimming slowly by his side. He almost thought that a real-life version of the movie Great White Shark was about to be staged. However, it was obvious that although the radiation creatures were abnormal in size, they still retained the habits of ordinary creatures. After the big fish found them, they just turned around and swam away without launching an attack, but it also made everyone sweat.
After several twists and turns, everyone finally opened a heavy steel door, revealing the outline of the entire secret room. After spending a few underwater welding rods to open the sealed lead print, Yang Xing and the others held their breath and exposed the water surface. Seeing that a long steel ladder was not rusted by water, they finally put a big stone in their hearts. It seemed that the seal here had not been touched.
Lin Jiana walked in front. She was the best in her skills and was cautious and did not relax her vigilance because she succeeded immediately. She and Ariksai each activated a sealed door according to the password. With the rumbling mechanical sound, the sealed door slowly opened. Lin Jiana threw a few luminous rods into the darkness behind the door. With the shimmer of the luminous rod, she looked inside and screamed. Yang Xing and the others felt a change, and they couldn't help but shout, "What did you see?" They quickly climbed up with the ladder and looked inside, and everyone couldn't help but exclaim.
This secret room was surprisingly large, with many steel frames arranged in the space as big as a football field, and was filled with boxes of different sizes. There was also plastic film tightly sealed outside the box. After more than ten years, there was little dust in the secret room, and it was obviously well sealed. Everyone lost many luminous sticks in the secret room, so that the entire environment was in the green light, so that they could barely see clearly. Yang Xing let out a long sigh and finally fulfilled his mission.
He wiped away the dust from a box recently, revealing a line of Russian letters. He slowly read it over, "Theoretical Research Data of High-Energy Laser Weapons", his heart jumped, he really found a treasure! Others were also excited to check everywhere. Yu Aojun grabbed a box and said, "Complete Picture of PC20-b Ballistic Technology", while Xia Yujia simply knelt on the ground and looked at the Russian side of the box in detail: "Ground-effect aircraft test flight data"! This is just one of the thousands of boxes. If it is filled with similar information, then the price of the billion dollar is too worth it. The reward is hundreds of times more than their efforts.
At this time, everyone looked at the boxes around them, and the light in their eyes was like seeing Alibaba entering the treasure cave where the forty thieves was full of greed. This was really the largest treasure cave in the former Soviet Union!
Chapter completed!