Zero ran his fingers across Ritana's palm and said to both of them,"F * ck, remember this string of numbers. It will open the mechanical password lock in your room. If you want to leave this place, you have to make a lot of preparations. Don't be afraid. Just do as I say. As long as you don't make any mistakes, there won't be any danger. Our oath is in effect. We are now fugitives who are fleeing together.”
She said the last sentence to Ritana, and a faint golden light flashed in her eyes.
Ritana nodded vigorously.
"Good girl," Zero stroked her hair,"I made the right choice."”
She clapped her hands, and the black snake spiraled up the outer wall of the church.
The pair of golden candle-like eyes looked down at Ye Ye, Ritana, and Zero. The iron scales on its body were still playing a Christmas song. Every snowflake in the song turned into a gold-plated deer and a Christmas tree.
This was the most beautiful moment of the night, and also the moment when the curtain fell.
Ritana lifted the hem of her little nightdress and bent her knees to Black Snake.""Thank you." This was a courtesy she had read in a book. It was the gesture of gratitude for ballerinas.
Ye Ye cupped his left hand and caressed his chest, then bowed slightly forward. This was the etiquette of a knight that he had read in books.
"Send us down." Zero seemed to be talking to a servant.
"Oh right, I heard someone recite poems here before. Is it you?”Ritana remembered.
"At the end of that year, Satan will be released from his prison and will come out to deceive the nations in the four corners of the earth, Gog and Magog, to gather them together for battle. Their numbers are as many as the sand in the sea." Zero recited casually." This is not a poem. It's a passage from the Bible. It says that the demon king will always come out of prison. That day will be a carnival for all the demons in the world. Are you afraid of the Demon King?"
Ritana shook her head. She was not afraid of the Demon King because she did not know what the Demon King was.
"Good girl, the Demon King should marry you as his queen.”Zero smiled as he held Ritana's hand and climbed onto the Black Snake's head.
The black snake brought them to land steadily on the snow. It obediently stuck its head on the snow and raised the scales on its neck as a ladder.
"Good night." Zero said.
"Good night." said Ritana.
"Good night." Ye Ye said.
"If you say goodnight, you have to sleep well.”" We'll be out of here soon. Just trust me," Zero said as he grabbed the belt on his straitjacket with his thumb.”
"Yes!" Ritana nodded vigorously." We agreed!”
A thin layer of mist appeared in Ritana's eyes. Soon, she would be able to leave this place with Ye Ye and go to the bustling city. There was no cold, no hunger, no nurses, no restraints. There was only her, Ye Ye, and Zero.
There, she and Ye Ye might get married. She put on a wedding dress and looked at Ye Ye in a suit. They exchanged rings and walked into the wedding hall.
They would be happy for the rest of their lives. They might give birth to many, many children. When they were old and the children got married, they would bring their children and grandchildren to them and listen to them tell their stories…
She stepped on the snow and ran towards the building where the children lived. Ye Ye followed closely behind.
Zero looked at her back silently. The golden color in his eyes changed like a kaleidoscope, like a golden flower blooming.
Gradually, the ferocious and cold eyes replaced the cuteness of a little seal.
"I will not give up and betray you, Ritana. However, this contract cannot last until the end of my life. It can only last until you are of no use to me.”Zero said softly," A weak girl like you can't survive alone in this world. I can't keep you by my side forever.”
Ritana did not hear it, but Ye Ye heard it clearly.
" Wrong," he murmured." Even if Ritana is weak, I am strong. That is enough.”
Ye Ye seemed to be refuting Zero's words. The golden light in Zero's eyes became even more dazzling and terrifying.
Ye Ye seemed to have sensed Zero's gaze. His eyes lit up with a golden light. It was even more dazzling and magnificent than Zero's. It flickered with mesmerizing waves.
At the same time, a green light flashed.
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Christmas was approaching day by day. Although the snow was so thick that even the gate of the port could not be opened, Black Swan Harbor was getting warmer and warmer. The indoor temperature reached an unprecedented 28 degrees Celsius.
As Christmas was approaching, the doctor had provided the boiler room with an extra two tons of fuel and made sure it was as warm as spring so that the girls could wear beautiful dresses and dance.
Other than the party members, all the people in Black Swan Harbor were Orthodox believers. Every Christmas, there would be a lively celebration, with men and women singing and dancing. The doctor would also give the children a Christmas tree full of gifts, and each child would get a new set of clothes.
It was only around Christmas that the children in Black Swan Harbor could dress up in festive attire, wear leather hats, and eat popcorn and ice cream like the children living in Moscow described in the book.
The doctor announced to everyone through the radio that Major Bundarev from Moscow was trying to help Black Swan Harbor solve the problem of winter supplies. The supplies would not be a problem soon. Since supplies were no longer a problem, there was no need to save. The doctor generously gave the officers liquor and cigarettes, gave the nurses perfume and stockings, and provided beef with potatoes for dinner every day.
The nurses had cut flowers with colored paper and pasted them on the wall of the passage. They had also decorated a huge Christmas tree with colorful lights. It stood in the golden hall with the portrait of Lenin. The treetops were level with the roof, and the children could climb under the tree.
Outside, the blizzard was howling. Ritana carried Zorro and crept quietly into the ventilation duct.
Her thin body, which had yet to develop, could just crawl through the pipes that were less than 40 centimeters in diameter. For convenience, she only wore small underwear. This way, even if she got dirty, she could just wipe her body with snow and the nurses would not notice. The warm wind flowed in the pipe, but it was not very cold.
"Those pipes are used to deliver warmth to various areas. You can use them to reach the forbidden area.”Zero's instructions were very detailed. She had drawn a piping diagram for Renata in the snow." To leave this place, we need food, transportation, and weapons... heavy weapons.”
Ritana stopped in front of the 58th vent, unscrewed the screw with the small wrench she had stolen during dinner, carefully removed the filter, and threw the broken mat she had brought down.
"Get out of vent 58. There are many pipes there. You can step on the pipes and go down step by step. However, the top pipe was very hot and needed to be covered with something to keep it insulated.”Zero said so."
Ritana went down to the ground, crouched down, and ran to the junk pile. She turned over a large cardboard box and put it on her head.
A few minutes later, she heard the heavy sound of military boots. Guards carrying Bobossa submachine guns opened the door of the warehouse and shone their bright flashlights around. They did not see any suspicious targets, so they closed the door and left.
"The patrol of the warehouse is once every 15 minutes, with three soldiers in a group. They only have a cursory look. With your size, you'll be safe as long as you use a large cardboard box to hold yourself. There are many large cardboard boxes there.”
Ritana crawled out of the box like a little wild cat looking for food.
She wasn't very nervous. This wasn't the first time she had gone out along the ventilation duct for " homework." She felt like she was very familiar with it. At first, she would tremble in fear, but gradually, she became familiar with the " rules of the game."
This game was easy to play. Zero's words were the rules of the game. As long as one followed his instructions, it would be absolutely safe.
She used the small fluorescent alarm clock on her bedside to illuminate the room and found the box that Zero wanted in the deepest part of the warehouse.
The wooden box was as tall as Renata, but it had decayed over time. When Ritana used a wrench to turn the screws, the wooden board made a terrifying scraping sound.
The sound of military boots outside the door suddenly stopped, and Ritana curled up in fear.
"Damned rat!" the guard mumbled. Then, he lit a cigarette and continued to patrol.
Ritana continued her homework, as diligent as a little mouse. All the screws had been removed, and in the wooden box was a Deska 1938 anti-aircraft machine gun. The 12.7mm caliber made it look like a small cannon. The nearly two-meter-long gun barrel was layered with heat dissipation fins, which showed how hot it was when it was fired. If it did not dissipate heat, the gun barrel would soften.
"Deska 1938, maximum range 5.4 kilometers, combat firing rate 125 rounds per minute, that's the most powerful weapon we can get our hands on. That gun was decades old, but the oil seal was very good, so it should be fine. The people here no longer remembered that gun. If you took it away, no one would notice. If you remembered, you had to take the bullet box away too.”
Ritana pushed the 180-kilogram metal object through the empty warehouse.
If it weren't for the fact that the wheel mount of the gun was well-oiled, she wouldn't have been able to move it even a centimeter.
She walked through the long cargo passage and found the small compartment that Zero had mentioned near the dog pen. She pushed Dushka 1938 in, closed the door, and then quietly opened the small door at the end of the passage."Hey, good night."
The alert sled dogs didn't bark but whimpered. Renata reached her hand out to the dog cage, and the sled dogs meekly rubbed her hand.
A few days ago, these sled dogs became friends with Renata. Following Zero's instructions, Renata sprinkled a colorless and transparent liquid on the meat and threw it to the sled dogs.
"It's a hallucinogen that works on dogs. That thing would not hurt them, but it would make them feel that you were a close friend, and they would be more loyal to you than to their master. We need a means of transportation, and the only means of transportation here is a dog sled.”
Before the guards returned to the warehouse, Renata went back into the ventilation duct. She yawned and returned the way she came. Tonight's homework was over, so she could have a good sleep.
"Well done, my little princess.”In Room Zero, on the cast-iron recliner, the girl in the straitjacket opened her eyes.
"My people, will you welcome my return with a wreath of white bones?”
A series of clear sounds came from Room 9 where Ye Ye was.
A semi-circular transparent barrier surrounded the boy, and a colorless ball of energy floated quietly in the boy's hand.
The strongest ability, absolute power.
Absolute authority and power, absolute dominance.
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