red moscow

Chapter 2708

On the way back, Da Yuan was still angry and muttered, "This old man clearly agreed on the price, but when it came time to pay, he raised the price. It's really unkind."

Sokov laughed and said, "Dayuan, it's not a bad thing that you didn't buy the bracelet."

Hearing Sokov say this, Da Yuan was surprised: "Why do you say that?"

"When you looked at that bracelet just now, did it seem a little new to you?"

"Yes, it is indeed newer. It should be because it is well preserved."

"When you were checking the bracelet, I took a closer look at it and I couldn't see any signs of age. It was too new."

"What does it mean that there are no signs of aging?"

"What I mean is that it's a newly made bracelet. I think giving him 5,000 rubles is too much, let alone 50,000 rubles."

"Fake?" Da Yuan asked in surprise, "You're not seeing things, are you?"

"Anyway, I think it's too new." Sokov said, "If something from one or two hundred years ago wanted to be preserved so well, it would have to be kept in a sealed case at a constant temperature. Do you think there was such preservation technology back then?"

Da Yuan stopped talking and began to think seriously about what Sokov said, wondering if he had made a mistake again.
After sending Dayuan home, Sokov found a nearby supermarket, bought some vegetables and meat, and prepared to cook at home.

Unexpectedly, when he entered the house, he saw Anna busy in the kitchen. He hurriedly picked up something and walked in quickly. He asked worriedly: "Anna, your foot is injured. Why don't you lie down on the bed and rest? Why did you run to the kitchen?"

"I don't have a broken bone, I just sprained it. It's okay to stand for a while." Anna said, "Go and do your thing first. I'll call you when dinner is ready."

How could Sokov feel at ease letting Anna cook alone? He quickly put the things he bought into the refrigerator, then took over Anna's work and started cooking dinner.

"You came back a little late today." Anna said, "Is the store busy?"

"There's no business at this time of year," Sokov said with a wry smile. "I went to Korolev with a friend today."

"What are you going to Korolev for?" Anna asked curiously.

"My friend wanted to go to the Korolev market to find some treasures, but ended up making a wasted trip."

Anna nodded after hearing what Sokov said, and then continued, "I heard that when the society just disintegrated, in order to make a living, everyone sold all the valuable things in their homes. At that time, you might be able to find valuable antiques at flea markets or street stalls. But now, everyone has learned to be smart and will no longer sell their treasured treasures at a low price. So I think it is basically impossible to find treasures."

"That's right." Sokov agreed, "When I first arrived in Moscow, I liked to go to the flea market whenever I had free time and buy things I liked. But the more I went there, the more I found that there were almost no good things to be found there, so I gradually stopped going there. Now I only occasionally send people who are new to the market and are interested in the flea market to take a look."

After the meal was ready, the two talked about the Khovlin Hospital and the missing Khabarovsk while eating.

"Misha, I'm curious." Anna said puzzledly: "How complicated can the underground terrain be? After the rescue team went down, they couldn't even find the three missing people. Is the legend true?"

"What legend?" Sokov asked curiously.

"It is said that the establishment of the Khovlin Hospital was just a cover." Anna said to Sokov, "In fact, there were multiple layers of biochemical laboratories built underground. With the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the underground laboratories were moved to other places, and the contents were also moved away, and then the area was completely closed."

Anna's statement made Sokov very curious: "Anna, who told you this?"

"I heard this rumor when I was still in school," Anna said. "Others also said that the reason why the construction of the Hovlin Hospital was stopped halfway through was because of insufficient funds and the soil quality of the area was not suitable for building an 11-story hospital building. In fact, they were worried that after the hospital was built, there would be too many people visiting the hospital, which would expose the underground biochemical laboratory, so the relevant authorities found an excuse to stop the construction of the hospital."

Sokov began to think, if what Anna said was true, and there really was a biochemical laboratory built by the Soviet Union under the Khovlin Hospital, then could the missing Khabarov and the other two have accidentally entered the biochemical laboratory through some unnoticed passage?
"Misha, what are you thinking about?" Anna saw that Sokov was lost in thought again, so she asked tentatively, "Are you thinking about Khabarov again?"

"Yes, I was thinking about it." Sokov answered truthfully without hiding anything: "I was thinking, if there really is a biochemical laboratory under the Hovlin Hospital, then could the missing Khabarov and the two men have entered the biochemical laboratory through some unknown secret passage?"

"Misha, what I said was told to me by others. I don't know whether it is true or not. Do you believe it?"

"Anna, it's hard to say. After all, none of us has ever been underground, so we don't know what the situation is like there." Sokov looked at Anna and said, "If there really is a biochemical laboratory underground, you can think of the movie Resident Evil. The biochemical laboratory of the Umbrella Corporation is located deep underground, and you even have to take a train to get there. If Khabarov and his team accidentally break into this area, it may not be easy for a few rescue team members to find them."

"Misha, hearing you say that reminds me of the movie 'Metro' that I watched before," Anna said, "A subway train in Moscow was in danger due to water seepage in the subway tunnel, and almost all the passengers on the train died for various reasons. When the flood used to seal the tunnel poured into the subway tunnel, the few surviving passengers and two rescue team members hid in a passage built during the Great Patriotic War and escaped the disaster. Tell me, could Khabarov and his men happen to be in a certain passage?"

Sokov began to try hard to recall the movie he had watched that year. When the rescuers felt that there would be no more survivors in the subway tunnel, they closed the entrance to the subway tunnel. When they were about to leave, a rescue team member trapped underground kept hitting the manhole cover with a fire axe he was carrying. Fortunately, a subway worker who had not walked far heard the sound and rescued the survivor trapped inside.

Thinking of this, Sokov suddenly had a new idea. He thought that after the police rescue was over, he could check the basement of the Khovlin Hospital to see if there was another cave underneath. Maybe he could find the missing Khabarov and others.

"Misha, Khabarov and the others have been trapped underground for several days. Could something have happened to them?"

"If there is another cave under the Hovlin Hospital, there should be enough oxygen." Sokov said, "And Khabarov and his team certainly didn't go there empty-handed. They all carried some food and water. Even if they are trapped underground and can't get out, they can still survive for a few days with the food and water they brought." At this point, Sokov picked up the phone on the table and called Victoria: "Vika, this is Misha. Is there any new progress at the Hovlin Hospital?"

"Misha, I was just about to call you." Victoria said, "The lieutenant told me something. Can you come over to my place? I'll tell you after we meet."

"Okay, I'll go down right now."

After Sokov hung up the phone, he said to Anna, "There's news from Vika. I'll go down first."

"Well, you go."

Sokov came to Victoria's house and saw Lida dozing on the sofa.

He was afraid of waking up Lida, so he walked over quietly and whispered to Victoria, "Let's talk somewhere else."

Who would have thought that just these few words would wake up the dozing Lida: "Misha, is that you?"

"Yes, yes, Lydia, I am doing it again."

Seeing that Lida had woken up, Sokov sat down next to her, intending to chat with her and then talk to Victoria about the Hovlin Hospital.

Lida grabbed Sokov's hand and said excitedly: "Misha, I had a dream last night. I dreamed that you and Vika went back to the Great Patriotic War and participated in many battles. I was standing next to you at the time, shouting at you two, but you seemed to be unable to see me or hear my voice..."

"Misha." Hearing Lida's words, Victoria explained with an apologetic look on her face, "My great-grandmother may be out of her mind. She has been talking about this since I got home from get off work. She said that she saw you and me returning to the Great Patriotic War. Think about it, how could this be possible? It's nothing more than her imagination."

Sokov didn't know how to respond to Victoria's statement. After all, he had traveled to the Great Patriotic War and participated in that war. It was not until the end of World War II that he returned to his own era by accident. But Lida said that she saw herself and Victoria and returned to the Great Patriotic War. This was too unbelievable. Maybe it was really an illusion that Lida had when she was unconscious.

But even though he knew that Lida was confused, Sokov still tried to coax her and keep her calm: "Lida, besides seeing Vika and I go back to the past, what else did you see?"

Lida said in a steady tone: "I saw that after the Battle of Moscow, you two got married and had twins."

"Misha, my great-grandmother is talking nonsense." Victoria said to Sokov with a red face, "Please don't mind it."

Sokov looked up at Victoria and muttered to himself: Victoria is also a very beautiful woman. It would be nice if I could marry her.

Seeing Sokov staring at her with a smile on his face, Victoria immediately realized that he might be thinking nonsense. She straightened her face and said seriously, "Misha, this is all nonsense made up by my great-grandmother. You are not allowed to have any nonsense in your mind. Do you understand?"

Sokov said with a smile: "Don't worry, I won't let my imagination run wild."

After waiting for Lida to fall asleep, Sokov carried her to the bedroom, put her on the bed, and covered her with a quilt. Then he returned to the living room and said to Victoria eagerly, "Vika, tell me quickly, what did the lieutenant say?"

"He said that the people who were rescued said that there were 12 of them in total, and they entered the underground through an elevator room where there was no elevator installed." Victoria said: "Who knew that not long after they walked forward, a landslide occurred behind them, and the road they came in was blocked by fallen construction waste and soil. In desperation, they could only keep moving forward to see if they could find another exit. After walking forward for a distance, they found a fork in the road, so they split into two groups, each taking a different path, preparing to find a place to meet up at the back.

After wandering around underground for an unknown period of time, the two groups of people who had been exploring the road separately met in the area where they were rescued. After a short rest, Khabarov took two people out to explore the road, and the rest of the people stayed there to wait. Unexpectedly, Khabarov and his group never came back. The people who were sent out to look for them found that there were walls all around or the roads were blocked by construction waste and mud, so they had to return to the resting place.

At this point, they realized they were trapped underground. They wanted to call the police, but there was no signal on their cell phones. They could only knock on the wall and shout loudly, hoping to attract the attention of people outside, so that they would have a chance to be rescued. "

Sokov waited for Victoria to finish speaking, then asked, "What happened to the four people who died?"

"They were trapped underground for an unknown amount of time, and all the dry food and water they brought with them were gone. In addition, the oxygen content in the trapped area was low, causing everyone to become drowsy. Forensic examinations showed that the four people died due to severe lack of oxygen and lack of food and water."

"Vika, I just heard a rumor about Hovlin Hospital."

"What rumors?"

"It is said that there is a multi-story biochemical laboratory under the Hovlin Hospital. The Hovlin Hospital was originally established to conceal its existence." Sokov said, "Later, due to various reasons, the biochemical laboratory was moved elsewhere and the contents were emptied. The missing Khabarov and his companions may have entered the area where the biochemical laboratory was located through some unknown path, so the rescue team could not find any trace of them."

Victoria frowned and thought for a long time, and finally raised her question: "Even if they enter the area where the biochemical laboratory is located and have enough oxygen, but without food and water, how many days do you think they can last?"

"Vika, Baharov is my friend. I have followed him on expeditions many times." Sokov explained to Victoria, "He always carries a week's worth of food and water to ensure that if he encounters difficulties, he can rely on the food and water he carries to support himself until the arrival of the rescue team."

"If Khabarov is indeed still alive, what are your plans?"

"Vika, I want to go to the basement of the Hovlin Hospital to see if Khabarov and the others are really trapped in the biochemical laboratory."

Victoria laughed and said, "Misha, you are so fanciful. The rescue team searched underground several times but found no trace of Khabarov and his men. Do you think you can find them by yourself?"

(End of this chapter)