Victoria stared at the manhole cover with a six-pointed star in front of her, and said thoughtfully: "Even if there is a secret, I'm afraid it was a secret many years ago."
"Why do you say that?" Sokov asked puzzledly.
But Victoria did not answer Sokov's question directly. Instead, she asked: "Misha, don't you think that your friends went down from here?"
"Isn't it?" As soon as Sokov said these words, he immediately realized that something was wrong. The fallen leaves that had just covered the manhole cover were somewhat stained with soil. They obviously did not fall in the past two days. If Baharo
If my husband and the others really went down from here, these leaves should have traces of being cleaned. He quickly changed his words and said, "Vika, you are right. Judging from the fallen leaves covering the manhole cover, it is obvious that they did not fall in the past two days."
Yes, it means they did not enter the sewer from here yesterday."
Seeing that Sokov understood what he meant, Victoria smiled and nodded, pointing to the manhole cover and continued: "Also, there are usually two small holes on the manhole cover. Maintenance workers use grapples to hook the manhole cover and pull it away.
It was used when opening it. But look at it, these two holes are blocked by silt, so I would say that even if there is any secret hidden under the manhole cover, it should be a secret from many years ago."
"Do you need to open the cover to see what is underneath?" Sokov asked tentatively: "It is said that many people have disappeared since this building was abandoned. Maybe there are the remains of the missing people under the manhole cover."
"Let's go find the lieutenant first and ask him to bring someone over." Victoria said, "I don't think we can open this manhole cover without tools."
Sokov looked at the manhole cover carefully. It weighed maybe fifty or sixty pounds, and it didn't even have a handle. He couldn't pry it open without tools. He shook his head and followed Victoria.
Go find the lieutenant from just now.
The two left the building and found the lieutenant where the police car was parked. He was standing next to the car with several of his subordinates, smoking.
When he saw Victoria and Sokov coming out, he quickly threw his pipe on the ground, walked up to them quickly, and asked with concern: "Major, have you noticed?"
"Lieutenant," Victoria said to the lieutenant: "We found a manhole cover with a six-pointed star in the hall on the first floor. Can you send a few people here to help open the manhole cover? I suspect there are a lot of things hidden underneath."
Hearing what Victoria said, the lieutenant was unambiguous. He turned around and called a few uniformed policemen over and ordered them: "The major found something in the hall on the first floor. Let's follow him and take a look."
Victoria reminded the other party: "It's best to bring tools. It seems to me that the manhole cover hasn't been opened for many years. You can't pry it open with just your hands."
Fortunately, the lieutenant and others brought some necessary tools with them when they went out to police. When Victoria said this, the lieutenant immediately ordered one of his men: "Go and bring the crowbar and ropes in the trunk, and get a few more bright flashlights."
, it might come in handy later."
After preparing the tools, everyone came to the lobby on the first floor.
Seeing the six-pointed star pattern on the manhole cover, the lieutenant had a look of astonishment on his face. Seeing the other person's expression, Victoria asked curiously: "Lieutenant, what's wrong with you? Have you seen this pattern before?"
"Yeah, yes, Major." The lieutenant nodded, but did not immediately explain to Victoria. Instead, he ordered his men: "You use a crowbar to pry open the manhole cover. Remember, when the cover is opened, it may
If there is a bad smell wafting out, remember to hold your breath."
A big, muscular policeman in uniform agreed and started to pry off the manhole cover with a crowbar.
With little effort, the manhole cover was pried open.
Just as the lieutenant said, there was a disgusting stench coming from inside.
Although Sokov was standing five or six steps away from the manhole cover, the stench emanating from it still made him almost vomit. He hurriedly took a few steps back and covered his nose with his hands.
Weakened slightly.
"Lieutenant!" The uniformed policeman who pried open the manhole cover was coughing violently for a while, and said out of breath: "It smells too bad in here. Is there any body hidden there?"
"It's possible." Victoria said solemnly: "Lieutenant, if I were you, I would contact the forensic and technical departments immediately and ask them to rush over immediately. Maybe you will find a lot of things in the well."
The lieutenant nodded, took out his cell phone and walked aside to make a call.
"Vika," Sokov whispered to Victoria: "Did you just notice that the lieutenant had a shocked expression on his face when he saw the six-pointed star logo on the manhole cover?"
"I saw it." Victoria nodded, and then asked: "What, did you think of something?"
"Perhaps he has seen similar signs somewhere before, and it was during a major case." After Sokov said this, he saw Victoria's eyebrows raised, as if she was worried about what he said.
He felt surprised and quickly added: "This is just my judgment and for reference only. You need to ask the lieutenant himself whether it is true or not."
The lieutenant came over after making the call and said to Victoria: "I have already called the bureau and they will send someone as soon as possible."
"Lieutenant, I have a question for you." Victoria looked at the lieutenant and asked, "I wonder if you are willing to answer the questions in my heart."
"Major, if you have anything, just ask." The lieutenant said, "As long as I know, I will definitely tell you."
Victoria pointed to the manhole cover that had been moved aside and asked tentatively: "Lieutenant, have you seen the six-pointed star logo on the manhole cover before?"
The lieutenant stared at the six-pointed star logo, nodded slowly, and replied expressionlessly: "I've seen it!"
"Can you tell me where you saw it?"
"In the underground garage." After the lieutenant said this, he might be worried that Victoria didn't know which underground garage he was talking about, so he specifically added: "It's the underground garage in this building."
"The underground garage here?" Victoria asked in surprise: "Isn't it flooded by water? When have you seen it?"
"About seven or eight years ago." The lieutenant continued: "At that time, there was an evil organization that occupied the underground garage of the hospital building. They often held various bloody rituals in the underground garage of up to three floors. We took over
Following orders from superiors, these people will be arrested and their strongholds will be eliminated.
However, in the process of taking action, we were arrested and exchanged fire with members of these organizations. During the exchange of fire, the grenades thrown by the police caused the floor slabs of certain parts of the garage to collapse when they exploded, and the falling floor slabs happened to block the
An escape route for organization members.”
"What happened next?" Victoria said with some embarrassment: "Lieutenant, seven or eight years ago, I was still studying in the police academy in St. Petersburg and knew nothing about this matter. Can you tell me that those members of the evil organization were trapped in the
What happened after the underground garage? Did they surrender or escape through other exits?"
The lieutenant shook his head and continued: "No, they were not able to escape. When the police were still clearing the rubble, they suddenly discovered that water began to accumulate on the ground, and the depth of the water was still rising rapidly. In order to avoid accidents, the commander in charge of the operation
The official issued an order for everyone to evacuate the underground garage. Shortly after we evacuated, we found that the water had reached the first floor below, and the second and third floors where the organization members were hiding were completely submerged by water."
"Where did the water come from?" Victoria continued to ask: "You know, the building was stopped before it was completed, so the water supply must not have been turned on."
"It's groundwater." The lieutenant said with a serious expression: "It should be that the groundwater under the building surged out and flooded the underground parking lot. Among the surviving organization members, not even one of them escaped."
"After all these years, have you never thought about draining the water from the underground parking lot and then going down to check it out?"
"No." The lieutenant shook his head and said, "After all, it is an abandoned building. Everyone feels that more things are worse than less things, so no one has ever mentioned this matter. As time goes by, it has gradually been forgotten by everyone." There was a pause. Finally, he continued: "More importantly, it is said that the souls of these drowned members of the organization are wandering in the hospital and come out to do evil every night, turning this place into a place that brings fear to people."
When Sokov heard what the lieutenant said, he murmured to himself. It was said that there were five legendary legends in Hoflin's hospital. This ghost theory should be one of them.
After the lieutenant and Victoria chatted for a while, his cell phone rang. He glanced at the caller ID, said something to Victoria, and then walked aside to answer the phone.
But Sokov pulled Victoria aside and asked in a low voice: "Vika, when can we leave here?"
"What, you don't want to find the whereabouts of your friends?"
Sokov smiled awkwardly and said a little embarrassedly: "I suddenly felt that it was a bit spooky here. There are not really ghosts, right?"
"Misha, it's hard to say." Victoria looked at the manhole cover not far away again, and said solemnly: "According to Russian legend, the manhole cover is a passage connecting two worlds. Although it is just a legend, it will
It won’t become true, it’s something that no one can tell.”
"So, we have to stay forever?"
"Misha, today's things are a bit complicated. Since you have been involved, it may not be easy to get out." Victoria sighed and continued: "Let's wait and see how capable the personnel sent by the police station are. If
They are all elite soldiers and strong generals, and they may be able to complete the work before dark; if they are men of average ability, I am afraid they will have to wait until dawn tomorrow."
"Ah, it takes such a long time?" Sokov asked in surprise: "If you don't go back, what will happen to Lida? She is so old and can't cook for herself. What if she goes hungry?
Anyway, what should I do?"
Victoria poked Sokov's chest twice with her fingers and said angrily: "If I really starve my great-grandmother, I will have to settle the account with you. I was supposed to get off work on time today, but you didn't
Ask me to accompany you to Hoflin Hospital. It’s okay now, we won’t be able to go back for a while.”
Sokov scratched the back of his head and said with a dry smile: "I was just afraid that the police would cause trouble after I came here, so I called you for help, but I didn't expect that you wouldn't be able to leave."
A uniformed policeman covered his face with his sleeves, carefully came to the entrance of the manhole, raised a bright flashlight and shined inside.
The lieutenant who came over just after making a phone call happened to see this scene and quickly asked the other party: "How are you? Did you see anything?"
The uniformed policeman took two steps back, took a few deep breaths, then shook his head and said to the lieutenant: "Lieutenant, the well is full of mud, and you can't see anything clearly."
"Lieutenant," Victoria saw the lieutenant staring at the manhole in a daze, and walked up to him and said, "Among the stench from the well, do you smell the smell of corpses?"
"The smell of corpses?" The lieutenant turned to look at Victoria and asked in surprise: "Major, how did you smell it?"
"Although your men only saw mud in the well, I can guarantee that there must be human bones in the mud."
After waiting for almost half an hour, sirens sounded outside, and it seemed that a large number of police cars were coming.
When the lieutenant heard the voice, a surprised expression appeared on his face: "The people sent by the bureau have arrived."
Victoria and Sokov followed the lieutenant and came outside the building. As expected, they saw many more police vehicles. A police officer wearing the rank of lieutenant colonel was giving orders to a large group of uniformed police.
The lieutenant turned to Victoria and said: "Major, that is the deputy director of our bureau, who is responsible for criminal investigation."
When Victoria followed the lieutenant to see the deputy director, Sokov stood there knowingly and did not move. As a citizen, he should not get involved in other people's police affairs.
Soon, the deputy director led Victoria and the lieutenant towards the building. When passing by Sokov, he stopped and asked the lieutenant beside him dissatisfied: "Where did this civilian come from?"
The lieutenant quickly explained to him: "Deputy Director, we got news today that a group of young people who came here to explore were missing. During the search, we found a mobile phone, and the last two calls on this mobile phone were
It was called to him, so I informed him to come over and assist in the investigation."
"Deputy Director," Victoria added next to her: "He is my friend. He was worried that he would not be able to explain clearly when he got here, so he asked me to come with him."
"So that's it." The deputy director waved his hand and said, "Then let's go over and see if the remains in the manhole are your friends."
The stench in the manhole could not be dissipated in a short period of time. In order to find out what was down there as soon as possible, the deputy director sent a police officer wearing protective clothing to go down the manhole. In order to ensure that the other party would not suffocate down there.
In this case, the gas mask has a pipe that is more than 20 meters long, and the other end of the pipe is connected to an air pressure pump to continuously supply oxygen to the police officers in the manhole.
After staying in the well for more than ten minutes, the police officer climbed out with difficulty. After taking off his gas mask, he reported to the deputy director: "Deputy director, I felt the shape of human bones in the mud below. After careful examination, I felt the shape of human bones."
There were at least four or five corpses in the groping."
After hearing this, the deputy director's eyes widened in surprise, and then he ordered the police officer: "Go down again and get all those bones out."