War Photographer's Notebook

Chapter 744
When the glaring white light subsided, before Wei Ran had time to see the surrounding environment clearly, he felt a sharp pain in his left wrist!
"Fuck—ah! Hiss—!"

His wailing frightened Beria, who was lying on the ground, to get up immediately, circling around his chair anxiously, moaning and humming in his big mouth that was still slobbering, as if he was about to say something.

But Wei Ran didn't have time to respond to the dog Beria at this time, and in such a few seconds, beads of sweat even appeared on his forehead.

The pain on the wrist is different from the sharp pain of needle pricks when taking out the crawler transporter. Although the latter also hurts, as long as you endure it, it will be over in just a second. It can be said to come and go quickly.

But this is not the case on the wrist at this time. It feels like someone has stripped his nerves and muscles, sprinkled them with thick chili powder and pepper, and even, while waiting for the marinade to taste, use Nerves make strings and play a piece of Guangling San!
Even Wei Ran suspected that this was the metal book to torture him on purpose, because even if he was really injured by a gunshot wound, it wouldn't hurt so much at all!
However, even though the pain was killing him, he was extraordinarily awake, as if even his brain forgot to activate the self-protection mechanism just to watch the fun.

But even so, Wei Ran, who kept screaming, was still very thankful in his heart. Although the pain this time was unbearable, it was far better than what Tengxian experienced after that time. At least, he could still scream out. This time, I couldn't even call out!

Amidst his continuous screams, time passed by every minute and every second, Beria also put his big paws on the edge of the table and stood up, anxiously nuzzled Wei Ran, who was constantly trembling in pain. .

I don't know if it was ten minutes or an hour before the pain that invaded the bone marrow completely weakened, and Wei Ran, who seemed to be fished out of the water, also heaved a sigh of relief.

At this moment, he could hardly feel the existence of his left hand, but the uncontrollable slight twitching of the five fingers of that hand hinted that the five brothers could barely use it.

However, before he could breathe a sigh of relief, he heard a light "click" from behind him!
Turning around subconsciously, Wei Ran was surprised to find that the safe door, which was the size of a washing machine, opened by itself.

Pulling away the dog that was circling around him, Wei Ran moved to the side of the safe with his right hand clutching his left arm, and looked inside.

This glance didn't matter, a look of surprise immediately appeared on his face.At this time, not only was there an old-fashioned Soviet military kettle on the tray inside the empty safe, but there were also three small green stones beside the kettle!

He picked up the kettle and shook it, the clicking sound immediately made a smile appear on his sweaty face.

"Not a loss! This cliff is not a loss!"

Wei Ran clamped the kettle under his arm, unscrewed the lid with difficulty with his right hand, then tipped the kettle gently, and smoothly poured out several large and small stones from it!

Satisfied, he stuffed these stones back into the kettle, and put the kettle back into the safe. Wei Ran picked up the three extra stones that couldn't fit into the kettle and looked at it. The biggest one among the three stones contained pigeon eggs. The size, the two smaller ones are about the same as quail eggs.

If it is placed on a diamond, although this size is amazing enough, it is definitely not rare. Even if it is this big after cutting, as long as you have money, you can definitely find it.

But it’s different when it comes to demantoids. There are very few of these things that exceed two carats, and those that can reach the size of those stones in the kettle can be traded at auction, let alone these three that are so big.

"Why did the reward get into the safe this time?" Wei Ran muttered to himself, and subconsciously looked at the surrounding environment.

Only then did he realize belatedly that those stones were definitely not brought back.

At this moment, on the wall next to the head of the bed, on the wall where the three-barreled survival guns of the German Air Force of World War II hung, there was actually a coiled cowhide whip hanging on the wall!Although the practical value of this thing is really small, it is a perfect souvenir enough to carry all the memories.

“Souvenirs from a Siberian farmhouse”

Wei Ran murmured something to himself, and turned around carefully in the living cabin, and even went to the driver's cab for a walk.

It's a pity that the big AK that he has been thinking about still hasn't appeared, and he didn't even get the SKS semi-automatic rifle that was the next best thing.

Until this time, he sat down on the sofa chair by the table again.Rolling up his cuffs, he looked at his wrist, a bruise shaped like Halley's Comet.

Stretching out his hand and rubbing it lightly, Wei Ran bared his teeth in pain the moment his finger touched there.

After confirming that this hand will not need any strength in a short time, he then focused on the metal book still on the table.

At this time, the two patterns on this page had already been turned into black and white photos.In the first photo, he recognized the pistol, pocket watch and flagon on the table at a glance. It was clearly Mikita's habit of arranging his personal belongings when he went to see Dr. Goosen for a drink.

However, he frowned when he saw the second photo.In his memory, he didn't remember anyone who hit the back of the head with a TT33 pistol.

On the other hand, the back of the head seems too small in the photo?
no no no!Wei Ran's eyes widened, the back of his head was so small, and the hand holding the gun was really not that big!
Can't wait to look down, the pale yellow paper has already been filled with metal quills.

"Good and evil are rewarded"

Dr. Goosen was transferred from Mine No. 1952 to Kazan on January 1, 2. In the summer of 52, he committed suicide by drowning himself on the banks of the Volga River, leaving behind a son, Celsi Koka.

Pontiac/Su Shengnan head nurse, in 1953, No. 52 mine stopped mining and was transferred to a nearby military base to work. After retiring in the autumn of 1966, he moved to Chita to spend his later years. He passed away in the summer of 1980.

The political commissar of Kretsch, in 1953, after the mining of No. 52 mine stopped, he voluntarily stayed behind to take care of the mine. In the winter of 1960, he was shot dead by thieves and buried at the foot of the statue of No. 52 mine.

Nurse Zhuoya married Mikita after leaving Mine No. 1953 in 52, and gave birth to a daughter, Sasha, in 1955. She died of dystocia in 1960.

Captain Mikita, in the winter of 1951, was ordered to lead the prisoners of war to the aluminum mine on the west side of the Ural Mountains to carry out mining work. In 1953, all the prisoners of war in the former No. 52 mine were killed in the fake hand mine accident. In the same year, he married nurse Zhuoya and settled in Kazan to work in slaughtering.

In the winter of 1966, he returned to Mine No. 52 with Sercy Coca and Paulide to retrieve the gemstones. Unfortunately, he was shot and died of abdominal infection. According to the request before his death, he was buried in the former doctor's office of No. 52 Mine Hospital.

Captain Baolid, in 1953, after the mining of No. 52 mine stopped, he retired and settled in Kharkov. In the winter of 1966, he returned to No. 52 mine with Captain Mikita.

After the unfortunate death of Captain Mikita, he chose to comply with Mikita's will, and sent some of the gems and Selsey he got back to Kazan, and then returned to Kharkov to continue working as a shepherd. In the summer of 1982, due to the accidental theft of gemstones, he died of a heart attack.

Lost gems?

Seeing this, Wei Ran couldn't help being stunned, and then he could only helplessly shake his head and sigh inwardly, before continuing to look down.

Nurse Irene, in the winter of 1951, was transferred from No. 52 Mine to No. 501 Construction Site after being jointly recommended by the Pontiac Head Nurse and Kretch Political Commissar.

In the spring of the following year, in order to escape from the No. 501 construction site, he married a prisoner of war guard and was successfully transferred to work in Sarampaul while pregnant.

In the winter of 1953, he went to Mine No. 52 to report against the political commissar of Krech and returned to Sarampaul to hibernate after failing.

Since 1956, under the guise of collecting the corpses of missing prisoners of war, Irene has repeatedly encouraged the remaining prisoners of war to go to the No. 52 mine to find gem clues, which finally aroused the vigilance of Kreich's political commissar and planted a large number of landmines in the No. 52 mine.

In 1960, married prisoner No. 589, and hibernated again.

Since 1964, he has led prisoners of war to Mine No. 52 many times to search for gems in the name of collecting corpses.

In 1966, he was captured by Mikita and others, and was accidentally infected with rabies virus.In order to save her son Vajim, Irene took the risk of performing an operation on Mikita.

After Mikita died of abdominal infection, Irini asked herself to be trapped in the No. 5 mine before the onset of rabies virus, and detonated the explosives herself.

The remaining prisoners of war headed by No. 589 were captured by Mikita and others in 1966, and were buried alive in the mine of No. 52 mine, and none survived.

Vajim, the son of Irene, survived after killing three of his companions in the winter of 1966 at the request of Paulide.

After returning to Sarampaul in the same year.Suffering from mental illness, he shot and killed his half-brother in 1968 and received reeducation through labor. He returned to Sarampaul in 1972. Since then, he has been imprisoned for robbery many times and joined local gangs.

Since 1995, funded by recruiting merchants, he has operated various mining equipment and collected information on various strategic mineral resources for a long time.

How could this be a spy?Wei Ran raised his eyebrows, and continued to read patiently.

Celsi Koka, son of Dr. Goosen, returned to Kazan after leaving Mine 1966 in 52.

In 1972, he married Bao Lide's daughter and worked as a librarian. In 1982, due to the unexpected death of Bao Lide, he moved to Harkov to become a jewelry craftsman. In the summer of 2018, he passed away due to illness.

"Good and evil are rewarded, really good and evil are rewarded."

Wei Ran looked at the address at the bottom of the page in Sarampaul, and couldn't help sighing.

Goosen died on the subject of his research.Commissar Kretch died in Mine 52.

Mikita, who killed an unknown number of prisoners of war, died at the hands of the sons of the prisoners of war, and those children finally paid the price for their wrong birth and childish impulse.

What about Baolide?In order to silence him, he finally killed those underage children with the help of Vajim.But he himself failed to grasp the gems in the end, and died for it.

Irene is also the same. She didn't get the gemstone she had been asking for for more than ten years, and she died in such an unbelievable way at the hands of the prisoner she had been playing with all along.Those prisoners of war who committed many crimes also enjoyed the treatment of being buried alive after all.

Not only that, although Selsey's life is quite complete, but he and Paulide's daughter gave birth to a beautiful son, and even their granddaughter Lola, fell into poverty because of the gems that had been found long ago. Got to the point of stealing.

Of course, the child named Vajim was not much better either. He was forced by Baolid to kill a child who was several years younger than himself when he was still underage. Guilt and hatred killed his mother and the child born to the prisoner of war.

In the following decades, he also went through the repetition of going to prison, getting out of prison, going to prison and then getting out of prison again and again. Even after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, he became a self-made 50 yuan.

The metal book wrote this matter in such detail, isn't it also a retribution for the child named Vajim?Could it be that Wei Ran could help him keep this secret?
Thinking of this, Wei Ran's forehead could not help but break out in cold sweat again.But this time, it wasn't because he had relieved a lot of pain in his wrist.It was the questions that Baolid asked bewitchingly before the white light sent him back, those questions about whether to kill those children.

"If the brain is hot at that time."

Wei Ran looked down at his still bruised wrist, and then at the safe behind him, his face was already full of fear, and even his body trembled involuntarily.

Based on his understanding of metal notebooks, if he really wanted to kill those children at that time, he might be questioned whether he could be sent back.
Fortunately, Wei Ran turned the page full of words.Under the blood-red slowly rotating vortex, there is only a simple sentence written, "Killers, people will always kill them."

He breathed a sigh of relief, then he reached into the vortex and pulled out a Nagant revolver full of bullets.

Gently turning the bullet nest, Wei Ran pulled out the bullets one by one, checked them, and stuffed them back one by one.

In the end, even the revolver was put into the metal book, Wei Ran stretched wearily, thinking about the harvest this time.

The harvest in the whirlpool is only a pistol, which can be said to have shrunk countless times compared to the transport vehicle obtained last time.

But if you look at it from another angle, the pistol can be said to be the most basic self-defense weapon besides the bayonet.Not to mention that this gun existed as early as the Tsarist Russian era, which undoubtedly gave it more opportunities to use it—at least it was much more practical than the American luxury 1911.

On the other hand, the gems that appeared in the safe also made his trip to Mine No. 52 a successful achievement of his original goal.

"I thought Selsey didn't know that his father had left him a large amount of treasures, but I didn't expect that not only did he know, but those gems must have already been revealed."

Wei Ran shook his head and sighed, feeling that all the treasures seemed to be cursed.From the treasure in the well in the North African desert, to the treasure on Bear Island, then the gold treasure in the second desert, and even this time.

These treasures themselves seem to have some kind of magical power, as if the higher their universal value, the easier it is for people who approach them to reveal the dark side of human nature.

"In the future, events related to treasures can no longer be touched"

Wei Ran resolutely found a valuable partner for Poland, who was alone in the blacklist, no matter how much the gems he harvested this time were worth, he was really afraid of the test of human nature.

　My father's birthday, today's single update, I hope you will forgive me.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)