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Chapter 473 Air-Raid Shelter

“Is this the same city but over 40 years ago? No wonder I kept wandering around without knowing its name for a long time,” sighed Rabbit, breathing a sigh of relief after meeting Zhang Heng . “Something worse happened to me . I was trapped on the roof, and the frigid winds from the sea tortured me for almost half a day! During that time, I saved a guy who fell into the water, and instead of thanking me, he wanted to kick me into the ocean . It was awful!”

“Do you know why we were sent here from that tsunami?” Zhang Heng asked . “Well, most people think that we only dream once a night . That’s because most people only remember their last dream before waking up . That’s not right, I’m afraid . In the study of sleep, the researchers are accustomed to dividing the sleep cycle into two periodsrapid eye movement sleep (REM) and non-rapid eye movement sleep (NREM) . These happen alternately during a sleep cycle . Early studies showed that people only dream during their REM sleep but later, new research overturned the claim . Therefore, in theory, we might have many dreams in one night . Based on a conjecture of mine, I believe we just came from Han Lu’s previous dream, her second dream . But it is still unclear whether this transition between dreams is natural or a special one triggered by the Dreamland of Death,” muttered Rabbit, blurting out all the words in a staccato .

“Any plans in mind?”

“Uhh… Is reacting per the circumstance considered a plan??” Rabbit shrugged, “We only just acquired this item that allows us to enter someone’s dream . It has unlimited uses, but one thing’s for sure, it uses up one flower for each trip . Right now, there are only three flowers in total . Once we use it up, we’ll have to wait until it grows again . By the time another flower blooms, who knows how many people the Dreamland of Death would have targeted . Hence, we did not conduct any experiments in advance . We have to watch every step we take . ”

When Rabbit was finished, she looked at the Popsicle cart not too far away . “Wow, the popsicles look delicious, and they only cost 5 cents . Don’t worry about the calories . I’ll go get myself one now . ”

She took out her wallet, handed over ten yuan, and generously gave it to the elderly man operating the cart . “Keep the change, grandpa . ”

Instead of taking the money from Rabbit, the old man stared at the ten yuan and frowned . “Little girl, is your bill… a counterfeit?”

Rabbit looked embarrassed, quickly realizing the mistake she made .

In the end, she simply ran away while the old man looked at her suspiciously . She hurriedly returned to Zhang Heng in desperation .

“Shit! They’ve never seen our modern RMB note before . ”

Since the two could found no useful clues around the plaza, they could only keep looking for someone that could help them . Meanwhile, Zhang Heng would look at his watch every once in a while .

When Rabbit saw Zhang Heng looking at his watch repeatedly, she sighed . “It’s useless . The time flow in the dream world is different from the real world . ”

Acknowledging Rabbit’s advice, he looked at the time recorded on the phone twice, making sure he remembered it . “I know . I just want to see if I can find out the contact . ”

“Contact, what contact?” “I don’t know yet, so be prepared,” said Zhang Heng . The two went along the street, asking around randomly about Han Lu’s childhood . Unfortunately, they found no useful information that told about Han Lu’s whereabouts . After what seemed like a long while, they accidentally bumped into Han Lu’s mother, a translator . She had that frequently serious look on her, and she did not like to smile .

It was evident that Han Lu’s feelings for her mother were very complicated . The nature of her mother’s work required her to travel often, and thanks to that, she missed out on most of her daughter’s childhood . At the same time, her emotionless, poker face also made her look like a mean person .

Zhang Heng, however, managed to discover some things in common between the two of them . The way they frowned when they get impatient looked the same, and other than that, perseverance was a quality they both shared . Zhang Heng also finally got to know where Han Lu’s rhinitis came from .

Zhang Heng and Rabbit quietly followed behind Han Mu, trying to determine where Han Lu stayed as a child . Not long after that, though, Zhang Heng once again noticed the abnormally-shaped clouds appearing above his head .

The same thing happened before the tsunami hit the city, like some omen before a catastrophic event .

Rabbit raised her head to the sky . “Again?” she muttered, her hands shielding her eyes from the sun . “The same bloody thing is going to happen to us again . What should we do? Should we continue to follow her or look for a high place and observe the situation?”

Zhang Heng thought for a while before reaching a decision . “You get to a safe place first . I’ll keep following her . Let me know where you’re heading to, and I will look for you once there’s news or when the tsunami passes . ”

Rabbit hesitated . “In that case, I’ll stay a little longer . According to the previous pattern, we have around half an hour before the tsunami arrives . I’ll only five minutes to retreat to safety . ” Zhang Heng didn’t want to persuade her after hearing her out .

Alas, both couldn’t be more wrong this time . After a quarter of an hour, Rabbit looked bewildered as she stared at the thing poking out of the clouds . “Really?! I thought the inland tsunami was enough nonsense . I didn’t expect anything mythical to be in this dream?!”

‘I saw three huge black shadows spreading their wings above the city, like Death with wings, looking down on the peasants . ’

“Uhh… I just hope they won’t spit fire everywhere . ”

As soon as Rabbit said that, a giant dragon opened its mouth, and its flaming breath hit a bus on the road dead-on . Its passengers didn’t even stand a chance to escape, where every last person onboard was decimated by the sea of fire . The heat was so intense it melted the cars around the bus .

The dragon did not stop there . Fire quickly swept across the entire street . In just a few fiery spits, the lively and joyful street promptly turned into purgatory on earth . Unlike the previous tsunami, those caught in the fire were completely erased from the world, charred to oblivion .

“Airraid shelter!” Zhang Heng spat out three words quickly upon seeing the deadly scene unfolding before him .

Air-raid shelters were rare in the modern-day . But in the early 1970s, violent Sino-Soviet relations and threats from the United States gave credence to the notion that nuclear war was imminent . During that special period, the powers that be equipped almost all major universities, factories, and government bureaus with air-raid shelters .

A sprawling underground city was built right below the capital . It extended in all directions, from Wangfujing all the way to the railway station . There was even a cafeteria and barbershop . Fortunately, these air-raid shelters didn’t see any use, and they gradually faded out as time went by . With the appearance of the dragons, however, they could surely come in handy .

There was an air-raid shelter less than 400 meters away from the two were, and the terrified crowd was running there . There was no need for Zhang Heng to say anything to Rabbit . She was shoved along with the running stampede of people, joining the horde involuntarily . After running for a while, she realized that Zhang Heng was no longer with her .

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