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Through the small window on the iron door, Dr. Herzog and Bundarev observed Renata. This fair and slender girl was sitting on her own small bed, wrapped in a blanket and trembling. The blood on her body hadn't been wiped off yet, and her smooth back was covered in a layer of blood.
"She was in Room Zero when we found her. But she must have entered the restricted area on her own," the head nurse breathed heavily through her nostrils." Doctor, I told you she wasn't as obedient as she looked!”
"Rape?" The doctor frowned." They're just children."”
"Doctor, you can't underestimate them. These little kids, the girls are so flirtatious. That Khorjina made her nightgown smaller by the waist and showed off her waist and butt to the boys!”The head nurse said loudly," I understand these little girls!”
The doctor frowned even more, clearly not interested in her topic: "How's Zero?"
"I was injected with a sedative.”The head nurse said," He has undergone surgery. The sound of the clapping is effective for him. There's no need to worry about him.”
"Isn't Zero supposed to be locked tight?”
"The belt of the straitjacket is a little old. We found that his wristband had been worn off and had been reinforced with iron chains! We have failed in our duties. We promise that similar situations will not happen again!”The head nurse saluted.
"Except that the straitjacket wristband was worn off, the leg straps were intact, and he was still tied firmly to the recliner.”Bondarev said." Then he can't run around, right?”
"Absolutely impossible!"
Bondarev turned to the doctor.”
"That was the first child to receive pontine fission surgery. At that time, our surgical techniques were not mature enough, and there might have been some problems, causing his post-surgery condition to be very unstable. He went berserk easily, so he was locked in Room Zero alone and always wore a straitjacket. We've done a lot of hallucinogen experiments on him, and he's a very important subject of our research.”
"A large dose of hallucinogen will increase the berserk state.”
"He is a lunatic."
"What is his bloodline ability?"
The doctor shook his head.”
"So we can rule out the possibility that the two of them are intruders? When the alarm rang, the two children were engaged in a violent and unsuccessful struggle.”said Bondarev.
" To be on the safe side, we can also operate on Number 38," the head nurse suggested." As long as we operate on him, everyone will be obedient."”
The doctor looked at Renata behind the bars and sighed softly."Renata has always been obedient, hasn't she? In this godforsaken place where it was either day or night, and it was so cold that it made people want to curse God, seeing her was like seeing a fresh flower, making me feel relieved. Xiao Hua, who had undergone surgery, was a specimen of Xiao Hua. There were already many specimens here.”He pointed at the iron gates of the other rooms." Leave me a fresh flower."”
"Doctor, let's go to your office and have a chat.”said Bondarev.
The footsteps disappeared at the end of the corridor. Tears of fear poured out. Renata could no longer restrain herself. She could not stop trembling, but she did not dare to make a sound. She had heard the conversation between the doctor and Bondarev. In the past minute, her fate was decided by a single word. She had escaped the operation.
"Time is of the essence. We have to move the entire Black Swan Harbor.”Bondarev was still wearing infrared night vision goggles as he said this.
" It's hard to find a more suitable place than this. This is a natural hiding place. Other than airplanes, icebreakers, and dog sleds, no other means of transportation can get here. It's a pity to give up." the doctor said.
"But your research is no longer a secret. The intruders have already heard our conversation. He had yet to leave Black Swan Harbor, but he would find a suitable opportunity to do so. We can't trap him. He has perfect genes and can hide his tracks. Imagine, if the secret of the dragon race was given to some bigwig in Moscow, we would all be finished.”Bondarev said," We have to delay the intruder as much as possible. He has only seen the dragon bone and has not grasped all the secrets of Black Swan Harbor. I don't think he is in a hurry to leave. During this time, we will move the important things.”
"What about the dragon bones? A dog sleigh couldn't carry such a huge thing.”
"We can only give up on such a huge thing. We can do what Russ did, blow up the tunnel and seal it in the frozen soil. We have boats.”
"Where is the boat?"
"You don't think I skied all the way from Moscow, do you?”said Bondarev.
Bondarev inserted a metal cylinder into the cast-iron dock.
"We have to stay far away." Bondarev said." This thing burns my eyes every time.”
With a deafening explosion, the metal cylinder shot out a blazing white signal flare, creating a magnificent band of light in the polar night sky. The color of the light band gradually changed from red to purple, like a beautiful aurora.
"The docking point of the Vladimir is only 40 kilometers away from Black Swan Harbor. They will be here soon. This new type of signal flare was very good. The American spy satellites would recognize it as an aurora.”said Bondarev.
"You said the 'Lenin'.”the doctor said.
"Moscow isn't prepared to send the Lenin to Black Swan Harbor, but we can. The Lenin is now under my family's command.”
A black shadow rose from the sea level, and the roar of the giant bee's wings approached at high speed. The snow dust was twisted into a tornado by the helicopter's rotating wings, and the red five stars flashed in the white tornado. It was the MiG-26 heavy helicopter, codenamed Halo, one of the pride of the Soviet military industry. The helicopter hovered over the cast-iron dock. The searchlights tore through the haze of the polar night. The hatch opened, and five captains lined up and saluted Bondarev. The communication light below the belly of the plane flashed, greeting Bondarev in Morse code.
"I'm glad to see that you're safe and sound, Your Highness!”The doctor read the greeting.
They called Ubbondarev the grandson of the emperor instead of a comrade, which meant that the helicopter and the Vladimir on the ice sea were no longer loyal to the Soviet Union, but to the heir of the Romanov Dynasty. Romanov's name was about to shine again after being buried in history for nearly a hundred years. With the power of the dragons, it was not impossible for them to rebuild their hegemony on Earth.
Bondarev handed a letter to the doctor."This is a letter I wrote to the family. Please take a look.”
The doctor glanced at it and handed it back to Bondarev.
"If everything goes well, we will be able to complete the relocation within a few weeks.”Bondarev handed the letter to a captain who was descending along the zipline." We will build a new research base and holiday villa for you in the warm and pleasant Baltics.”
The captain placed a box at the doctor's feet. Inside the box was a box of old red brand vodka.
"A small gift. This way, you don't have to worry about not having enough wine to drink before we leave Black Swan Harbor.”said Bondarev.
"I think I chose the right partner.”The doctor smiled.
On another full moon night, Renata leaned against the small window and looked out. In the dark corridor, a chandelier swayed in the wind.
Ever since the last incident, the children's rooms had been locked, and Renata had no chance to sneak out to play. She had waited for a whole month for this full moon, but the black snake did not come. Renata had a terrible guess in her heart. Could it be that the nurses sounded the alarm to look for the black snake? They might have killed it, scraped off its scales, removed its spine, and dried its skin on the roof. As she thought about it, she couldn't help but shiver.
She walked to the window. The Arctic poppies on the windowsill had withered. In such an extremely cold area, even the Arctic Poppy only bloomed for two months. She took advantage of the time when the Arctic Poppy bloomed to dig the entire flower back from the courtyard and planted it in a white iron box near the heater, hoping that the withered flower would revive with a little warmth. But she had never succeeded. She hugged Zorro tightly and felt like crying again. The black snake did not come, and the Arctic Poppy had withered. In this world, only she and Zorro were left to rely on each other.
At this time, the melody of Christmas songs sounded in the corridor, as if countless people had gathered there to beat the steel castanets. The whole building began to shake slightly in the joyful and peaceful melody.
Renata turned her head in surprise, her golden snake eyes glistening in the small window.
Renata tried to push the iron door, and it opened. The black snake's huge body was coiled in the corridor. It had made a hole in the wall and dragged its long tail outside because the corridor could not accommodate it so coiled up. Zero leaned against Black Snake with his arms crossed. He looked like a handsome boy in a big city who was driving a new car to pick up a beautiful girl to watch a movie.
He hugged Renata. The black snake is my pet." It was as if the person who wanted to rape Renata was not him at all, and he had always been Renata's good friend.
Renata looked down at her toes and was silent for a long time.""Thank you."
"I said I have a way, as long as you don't force me to marry you." Zero grinned.”
Renata understood Zero's intentions. The " rape " incident had confused the nurses. The nurses were not in the mood to manage Renata and collectively went to " call " Zero. Every night, the nurses would gather in Room Zero. One night, Renata even saw them push a cart full of potions in.
"Are you alright?" Renata asked.
"Hallucinogen?" "It's like a sleeping pill to me." Look, isn't it beautiful?"
Zero pointed at the roof. Renata looked up. The roof was covered with golden foil, cut into the shape of petals and deer, like decorations on a Christmas tree. Zero picked Renata up and lifted her up. Renata plucked a piece of elk cut out of gold foil. The elk was extremely beautiful. It didn't look like the cheap plated gold foil, but more like it was made of pure gold.
"So beautiful!" Renata said sincerely.
The wind blew through the corridor, and the gold leaves made a tinkling sound like wind chimes.
"Come, let's dance." Zero patted Black Snake.
The black snake began to twist clumsily and slowly. It was really dancing, just like a game played by an Indian snake charmer, but when this hundred-meter-long giant snake danced, the building shook and cracked, and huge cracks spread and grew. The metal parts that fixed the roof fell, and the cement floor opened up as if it had been plowed. Renata cheered happily.
"Are you cold?" Zero grabbed Renata's hand and blew hot air into her palm.
"I'm not cold."
"Then let's go outside!" Zero grabbed Renata's hand and ran.
He was more familiar with the spiderweb-like passageways than Renata. They passed through doors that were left ajar, passages that were silenced by alarms, and climbed up the rusty iron ladder. Tonight, every corner of the port was open to them. They held hands and ran wildly. Renata laughed loudly as she ran. It felt like she was flying. They crawled into the little church and climbed over the sacred cross to the parquet window, which Renata pushed open on Zero's shoulder. The moment the cold wind blew against her face, she had the urge to cry. It was as if the world was ending in front of her, so beautiful that it made her feel so lonely. The jagged iceberg stood in the distance, and the huge ice shell that floated from the polar region slowly floated across the sea. A huge ice gorge cracked in the middle of the ice shell, and in the middle was a dark blue waterway. The sun sank below the horizon, and the horizon was red.
Zero climbed out through the rusted window and pulled Renata up to the rooftop. This was the highest place in Black Swan Harbor. A cement cross stood in the snow, engraved with the names of the Red Army soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the construction of Black Swan Harbor.
"Over there, 453 kilometers away is the North Pole.”Zero turned around. Over there, 3781 kilometers away, was Moscow.'
The mighty wind blew from under her feet. Renata hugged Zorro tightly and looked north and south. At this moment, Black Swan Harbor was like a small mountain that had been conquered under her feet. She stood high and looked down at the world, suddenly trembling slightly. It turned out that she was so close to Earth's pole, but so far away from the human world.
"It's a little cold, right? I have a way!" Zero revealed a smug expression.
He pulled Renata to sit beside the cross and pulled open an iron gate covered in snow. The heat of burning charcoal rushed up and drove away the coldness in Renata's heart.
"This is the only chimney in Black Swan Harbor. We won't be cold sitting on the chimney.”Zero sat next to Renata, humming an unknown song.
"How do you know so much?”Renata asked.
" Reading," Zero said." I'm reading in the library.”
There was a large library in Black Swan Harbor, but it was only for researchers to use. Even nurses had no right to enter. Renata had sneaked in on the night the black snake appeared. Zero was Black Snake's master, so it was not surprising that he would enter the library. Renata didn't think it was strange for Zero to do anything. In her eyes, this boy was omnipotent. "This is for you." Renata unzipped Zorro's back and took out the white iron box with the Arctic Poppy. The flowers had withered, but the white iron box was still not bad. It was a gift that she had thought of with great difficulty. She hid the flower in Zorro's body to avoid the nurses 'ward rounds. The nurses were not allowed to bring strange things into the room.
“Papaverradicatum？”Zero said.
"What?" Renata didn't understand.
" This," Zero pointed at the Arctic Poppy." The book says it's called Papaverradicatum.”
Renata didn't know that this was the scientific name of the Arctic Poppy. It was called Papaverradicatum in the library. Zero had indeed obtained his knowledge from the library because no one had talked to him.
"The flowers have withered." Renata said," It's beautiful when it blossoms. You can plant new ones when it blossoms next year.”
She couldn't bear to pull out the withered flower. It was like cutting off a life. However, she felt that boys would not be so careful. They would always break the toys.
Zero took the white metal box and said carefully,"There's no need to plant a new one. Papaverradicatum won't die.”He paused and said something very strange. There was always a life in the world, and every time it died, it would return.
"Thank you for your gift, Comrade Renata Yevgeni-Chichelin.”"I don't have anything to return the favor with, but I can kiss you."”
"What did you call me?" Renata was stunned. She only knew that her first name was Renata. She did not seem to have a surname or a full name.
"You, you are Renata Evgeniy Chichelin. I've seen your file. It's in the bottom drawer of file cabinet No. 2 in the archive room. It's locked three times, but that's not a problem for me.”Zero smiled.
" I don't know," Renata lowered her head." I was sent here when I was very young. I don't remember what my parents looked like. If I think about it carefully, it's just a blurry figure.”
"They don't care about you anymore. What do you want them to do?”Zero snorted.
"I remember that my father reeked of alcohol. He stabbed me with his beard. My mother was very beautiful. They didn't care about me anymore, but I still missed them.”
"Now that you have good friends, you can forget about them. I will treat you better than they treat you!”Zero's face was filled with dominance.
Renata glanced at him, thinking that it was still different. She lowered her head and did not speak. The atmosphere was a little cold.
"Woof! Woof!" Zero suddenly barked like a dog.
Renata was shocked. She looked up and saw Zero sticking his tongue out at her. She knew at once that Zero was trying to cheer her up, that the boy was holding onto her as if she were his own-but that was exactly what she liked, so she giggled and forgot the sad subject.
"If you don't like the name Zero, you can call me Little Loser.”Zero said.
Renata thought to herself," You're really like a puppy when you're trying to please people," but she said," That's rude."”
"When I begged you to be my friend, you looked at me like you were looking at a defeated dog.”Zero smiled.
"That's not right."
Zero was stunned.
"It's a baby seal." Renata whispered, and she couldn't help but laugh. She reached out and touched Zero's head. Zero probably didn't understand what Renata was talking about, but he still let her touch his head. If you don't want my kiss, what else do you want? I can think of a way to get it for you. Zero said.
Renata believed in the boy's ability. Even the black snake was his pet. What else could he not do? However, she thought for a long time and shook her head."I don't want anything."
"What about wishes?"
"I want to go home, or…let me die.”
Zero scratched his head. If you die, I won't have any friends here.”
"But why do I have to live here? Day after day, there was no meaning to it. Slowly, he felt that death was not scary. It was as if he was asleep.”Renata whispered," If I die, Mom and Dad won't know. No one will be sad, and no one will cry for me... Will you cry for me, little seal?"
Zero wasn't used to this new name yet. He bared his teeth awkwardly."I won't cry. I cried too much in the past and I don't have the ability to cry anymore.”
Renata didn't understand what he meant. She thought that Zero probably didn't need to cry for her. After all, she was just a new friend. Zero was so capable that she would have other friends in the future.
"Don't die, Renata." Zero gently stroked her long hair." Let me tell you, this world is very fun. There are many things that you have never seen or experienced. So don't die…stay alive…those who block your way…should die.”He said those harsh words, but his voice was so pleasant and gentle. Renata's heart trembled.
"When is your birthday?" Zero asked.
"Christmas."
"Hah! Perfect! Zero clapped happily." I'll give you a birthday present on your birthday.
" I haven't received a birthday present yet," Renata said excitedly." Just a little thing will do."”
" I don't have anything small," Zero said quietly." I'll give you a wish.”
"Wish?" Renata was stunned.
" I will give you freedom. You can leave this place and see your parents." Zero pressed his hand on Renata's palm as if he was swearing an oath.
"Really?" Renata couldn't believe her ears.
"Renata Yevgeny Cicelin, are you willing to escape with me? On this journey, we will not abandon each other, nor betray each other, until the end of time.”Zero stared into her eyes. Renata looked at the magical boy for a long time. There seemed to be a faint golden ripple in his eyes. His gaze was long and distant, as long as thousands of years.
"I'm willing." She said softly.
"A total of 128 iron cabinets of information and genetic samples have been sent to the Lenin through the halo. 200 million USD has also been transferred to your account at the German Bank. Now, we only have the last and most important batch of supplies to move. In addition, we have to know how to blow up Black Swan Harbor. We can't leave any information to the people who found this ruin.”said Bondarev.
The doctor spread out a huge blueprint on the desk: " Black Swan Harbor had a complete destruction plan at the beginning of its establishment. In this plan, we will completely collapse the frozen soil that is dozens of meters thick and bury everything inside. This juice was called the Death of the Swan.”
Bundare quickly scanned through the blueprints."Excellent! Every supporting steel frame had been carefully designed. Once it was detonated, it would completely collapse and be impossible to recover!”
"But it's difficult for us to withdraw quietly. There's an air force base in Vilhoyansk with a squadron of Su-27 heavy fighter jets stationed there. The order they received was to blow up Black Swan Harbor when necessary. No one was allowed to escape. I'm also being monitored here. If it weren't for your appearance, I wouldn't have been able to escape.”
"Those fighter jets are very troublesome. A squadron of Su-27 fighter jets was a big problem for an aircraft carrier fleet. The Vladimir could not deal with them.”Bondarev frowned.
" That's not all. The plan of Death of the Swan is to detonate the 48 vacuum bombs buried under the Black Swan Harbor. They are giant bombs that are as powerful as small nuclear weapons. When they are detonated for the first time, they will spray the dust of the high explosives into the air. The dust will mix perfectly with the air and then detonate again. The shock wave of the dust explosion can break the wings of the halo!”
"This isn't considered troublesome, right? We can evacuate first and then detonate those vacuum bombs.”said Bondarev.
"The problem is that if that squadron discovers that we're retreating, they can detonate those vacuum bombs. And they will hunt us on the surface of the sea.”said the doctor." We must disguise the destruction of Black Swan Harbor as an accident, a fire. After observing the fire here, Vilhoyansk's air squadron will take off. When they find that the situation is out of control, they will detonate vacuum bombs in the air, and we will quietly evacuate from the ground under the cover of bad weather and use dogs to pull sleds. In this way, Black Swan Harbor would disappear completely without a single survivor.”
"It's a great plan. When will the last batch of supplies be withdrawn? You should be personally escorting the last batch of supplies and those children, right? Although we have established trust, I don't think you will give me all the power.”Bondarev smiled.
"I will personally escort the last batch of supplies.”the doctor said.
"A dog sleigh?"
"Yes, we must be the last to evacuate. If the other people in the port find out that we are missing, then there will be no way to destroy them without any survivors.”the doctor said coldly.
"Are you saying that other than you, me, and the child, no one can survive?”Bondarev's expression turned serious.
"Are you moved by compassion, Comrade Bondarev?”The doctor turned around. His eyes, which had always been elegant and gentle, were so cold that there was no warmth in them." You have to know that the person who knows our secret is hiding in Black Swan Harbor. Can we let him leave here alive? The research is nearing its end, and the researchers have lost their value to us. I can complete the final step on my own and insert the dragon-type genes into the human genes to create a hybrid. We are about to grasp great power. The person who grasps this power is like a king. A king will not share his power with others.”
Bondav sniffed. He seemed to have smelled the thick scent of blood.
"Understood! We need the courage to make sacrifices!”Bondarev raised his glass." For our cause!”
"For our career!"
"One more question. Can the dogs pull the sleigh and take the children away?”Bondarev asked.
"We only took away the most valuable children. Most of them have no value anymore.”The doctor said lightly, we can't go to a new place to open an orphanage, and it's not like we can't find children with perfect genes. We've basically studied these children thoroughly.
Bondarev took a deep breath.""You are as decisive as a king, or rather, a tyrant.”
"If we know that cruelty can establish achievements, then everyone will become cruel.”The doctor said coldly," Coward's Cirou is just cowardice. If I wasn't such a person, I wouldn't dare to cooperate with your family.”
"Zero? Do you want to take it away?"
"No, he was injected with too much hallucinogen. His mind is on the verge of collapse.”
"Where's Renata?"
" Renata is a very well-behaved child. She is a fresh flower. Her smile will warm my heart." He patted Bondarev's shoulder. "We're going to leave this damned place for the Baltics soon, aren't we? It was warm and moist there, and there were fresh flowers everywhere. Why must I bring a little flower to a garden full of flowers?”
"A fresh little flower is precious because it blooms in the cold Arctic Circle.”Bondarev sighed.
"So let her stay in the Arctic Circle.”the doctor said lightly.
"The final evacuation time?"
"Christmas. According to the weather forecast, it will be the most cloudy day.”
Zero used his finger to stroke Renata's palm.""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.”
Renata nodded vigorously.
"Good girl," Zero stroked her hair,"I made the right choice."”
He clapped his hands, and the black snake spiraled up the outer wall of the church. The pair of golden candle-like eyes looked down at Renata and Zero. The iron scales on its body were still playing the Christmas song, and every snowflake turned into a golden deer and a Christmas tree. This was the most beautiful moment of the night, and also the moment when the curtain fell.
Renata 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.
"Send us down." Zero seemed to be talking to a servant.
"Oh right, I heard someone recite poems here before. Is it you?”Renata 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?"
Renata 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 Renata's hand and climbed onto 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." Renata said.
"If you say goodnight, you have to sleep well.”"We'll be out of here soon. Just trust me."”
"Yes!" Renata nodded vigorously." We agreed!”
She stepped on the ice and snow as she ran towards the building where the children lived. Zero silently watched her back. The magnificent golden color in his eyes changed like a kaleidoscope, like a golden flower blooming. Gradually, his ferocious and cold eyes replaced the cuteness of a little seal.
"I will not give up and betray you, Renata. 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.”
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