Chapter 154 Nightmare

In the dark corridor, accompanied by every dull rumble, the orange electric light will always flash, re-lit or extinguish from time to time, while in the corridor, the empty echo echoes continuously echoes with every crash, making an upset echo.

Trembling, everything between heaven and earth is shaking and shaking, everything in the eyes is constantly trembling there, and the feeling of shaking the sky and the earth only makes people feel a little dizzy.

What does it taste like?

The turbid and pungent smell of gunpowder smoke, the air is filled with a strong smell of gunpowder, mixed with the stench of burning rubber products, constantly stimulating their respiratory tract and eyes.

What's going on?

Finally, after another shock, Chen Moran felt that he seemed to have recovered some sanity, but his vision was still so blurred that he couldn't figure out where it was at all.

At this time, a man was swaying in front of him, as if shouting something at him.

Who is this person and what is he doing?

Chen Moran, who turned his eyes carelessly and couldn't see everything around him, was full of doubts about everything. He looked around, everything seemed to be in a thick fog, and his vision was blurred and a little illusory.

"Your Majesty, we must leave here now..."

The man in front of him was still yelling at him. The familiar voice seemed a little far away, even with a little echo. It felt not so real, but Chen Moran was still very happy to finally hear someone else's words. Before, he could only hear the rumbling sound.

At the same time, the originally blurred vision began to slowly clear, but the vision still seemed to be distorted, just like a distorted picture seen through the hot air through the stove in winter.

It's Songpo... I finally saw the man standing in front of me, but to Chen Moran's surprise, this minister who had followed him for many years seemed to be much older overnight. The white temples were exposed under the military cap, and the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes were also deeper. What surprised me most was the pair of perseverance. The clear eyes, only fatigue and helplessness at this time, but more despair. The despair in the blue eye socket is more helplessness, but it is an indescribable complexity.

The change of Songpo only surprised Chen Moran. He didn't know why the army minister he was familiar with became like this.

What happened?

Although he kept asking this question in his heart, his mind was blank and there was no impression at all.

"Your Majesty, we must leave here now. I ask you not to give up. The navy and the main fleet of the navy have not betrayed the royal family. We still have colonies overseas, as long as you withdraw to Zhejiang..."

"What's going on?"

Cai E didn't seem to hear Chen Moran's inquiry, and he continued to shout hurriedly.

"...be able to leave the mainland safely, then... we can continue to fight... until the mainland is restored."

The words he heard only made Chen Moran feel dizzy. What on earth was he talking about?

Leaving here, I haven't even figured out where I am now.

And what's going on?

Where is this again?

And what's wrong with the dull roar and this rocking shaking?

What's going on?

Why did Songpo become like this?

Hasn't the navy's main fleet betrayed the royal family?

Did someone betray the royal family? Is it... "Songpo, what happened? Why am I here?"

Chen Moran was eager to get an answer from his subordinates, but what happened next shocked him.

"As the emperor of the Chinese Empire, I will never leave the capital!"

When he heard this answer, what scared Chen Moran most was that this sentence came from his mouth.

"The Central Guard Corps can save all this. I have given an order that they will never betray me!"

While feeling all this, Chen Moran confirmed that it was his own voice, and even that the sound came from his mouth, which made him feel a fear from the bottom of his heart. He felt that it was like his body was occupied by another soul. He didn't understand why it was like this. He didn't understand what was going on. What made him more afraid was that he didn't even understand what he was talking about now.

What's the matter?

"It is impossible for the Central Guard Corps to get here, Your Majesty. The First Army has been completely annihaled by Xu Beng's battle. The Central Guards Army is fighting hard against the rebels on the front line around Wuhan. There are no established legions near Nanjing to use, and we have no reserves to mobilize here.

Therefore, I hope your majesty can follow our advice and leave Nanjing immediately. We still have 50 million subjects in the colony, and at least 30 divisions loyal to your majesty's colonial troops. The colony did not betray your majesty. They can mobilize at least 200 divisions. The main naval fleet is still loyal to your majesty. Now the future of the empire needs you to command those troops to continue to fight. You must be able to Create miracles again. As long as you withdraw to the colony, Your Majesty, the empire will still have hope.

At this time, he recognized that it was Guan Mingtang's voice, and then Chen Moran saw him.

Gang Mingtang looks as tired and old as Cai E. At this time, Guan Mingtang looks at least 70 years old. His eyes are full of depression. What's more frightening is that at this time, he is full of helplessness like Cai E.

"Your Majesty, we must leave. Time is running out. The naval warships that broke into the Yangtze River are being bombarded unprecedentedly, which can only temporarily block the footsteps of the rebels. I ask you to leave here as soon as possible while you still have a chance."

Jiang Baili still maintained his respectful attitude, which also carried the coldness of rejecting people thousands of miles away as always.

"No, I can't leave here. I can't run away like a wild dog in front of those damn rebels. I am your majesty chosen by 40,000 people. I will never abandon my compatriots and never let my compatriots fall into the hands of red bandits"

When he heard this answer, Chen Moran never knew that he would be so stubborn. Although he had not fully understood what had happened, he knew that his current situation must be very bad.

Red Bandits!

When he heard this word, Chen Moran seemed to understand some problems. Could it be... "Your Majesty, now General Xu Shuzheng has led the last guard to launch a raid on the enemy's defense line. He must be able to open a channel for you. We can't let General Xu die in vain. The rebels' artillery skills are very poor, and we have a full chance to rush out.

At this time, Cai E suddenly pulled his arm, and Chen Moran clearly felt the power and pain from his hands. He felt that his current performance was like a stiff teacher. He could feel everything around him, but he could not control his decision.

Maybe, like a visitor, it seems to be just witnessing everything here, but not changing everything. Yes, it's just a visitor, just like a soul. You can see it, but you can't stop it.

Chen Moran saw that he was dragged out of the room by Cai E, and then walked quickly along a narrow corridor.

"Long live Your Majesty!"

Both sides of the corridor were full of heavily armed soldiers. In addition to the pungent sulfur and burnt smell, the air was mixed with grease, leather, the smell of sweat on the soldiers, the smell of rust, the smoke of cigarettes, all kinds of smells that only soldiers can have. The sultry air in the aisle is turbid. Suffocation.

At this time, Chen Moran was surprised to notice that most of the soldiers and officers on both sides of the corridor were wearing the "Yulin" badge. The "Yulin" on the badge was indeed the logo of the "Yulin Camp", but it was just a "ring". When did it become a soldier's arm badge?

Doubt, this doubt is the same as before, without any explanation. Who will tell him what's going on?

"You all follow up and protect your majesty from breaking through."

Cai E issued the order loudly, and his hand was still holding his arm tightly. What puzzled Chen Moran was that the previous stubborn self walked silently along the corridor without saying a word at this time.

This is a huge underground fortification, which is bigger than all the similar fortifications Chen Mo has seen. The passages, large and small, are as dense as spider webs, and are as complicated as a maze. Every aisle is full of people, including soldiers, officers, and many civilians in all kinds of clothes. However, it can be seen from the clothes of those civilians that most of them are decent people and are likely to come from the upper class.

When they saw the emperor, men, women and children took the initiative to salute, although their faces were also desperate.

As a viewer or an audience, Chen Moran feels as if he is watching a movie about the end of the empire. Now everything he sees is like the scenes in many films about the end of a country in another world, even more chaotic and horrible.

The reason why it is horrible is that the country was created by him!

Every time he walked through an aisle, several or even dozens of heavily armed soldiers and officers would take the initiative to join the team. When the sign indicating the exit appeared in front of Chen Moran's eyes, he found that there were soldiers all over the front and back, which was crowded with the two cards that could drive side by side. In the aisle of the car, the huge queue seemed to be endless under the dim lights.

This should be an exciting scene. The atmosphere of the scene can almost be called solemn. However, as an audience, he still feels only one kind of grief. The meaning of sadness comes from the heart, and despair and sadness are mixed.

Those soldiers all stood there silently, and they could no longer see the pride and self-confidence in their eyes. Now, there is only fatigue left on the faces of those soldiers, a kind of fatigue from the bottom of the spirit, with a trace of sadness and helplessness, but more despair and sadness.

However, what makes Chen Moran feel very gratified. No matter how tired they look, no matter how desperate they are, no matter how helpless they are, as soldiers, they still maintain their inherent military posture, they still hold the weapons in their hands, and there is still a resolute will to fight in their eyes.

These soldiers have not lost their faith. Maybe they have been defeated by powerful enemies, but they still retain the self-esteem of soldiers. These soldiers may be defeated, and they can only be defeated. No one can conquer them. This is still their own soldiers.

At this time, at the exit, more than a dozen soldiers tried to turn a huge wheel on the wall at the exit. They tried their best to open the door that might weigh dozens of tons.

"The electric hoist was blown up, Your Majesty."

Cai E said in a low voice. He walked back and forth nervously and looked at the soldiers behind him from time to time, as if he was worried about something.

Finally, with the efforts of dozens of officers and soldiers, the huge concrete explosion-proof door slowly turned up. When the first crack was displayed in front of people, a blazing air also blew into the aisle with the roar of bursting, so that the two rows of soldiers standing at the outside couldn't help retreating a few steps.

"Attention, everyone, after the exit is opened, rush out quickly and occupy the favorable terrain to expand the defense circle. You have only one responsibility to protect your majesty's safety!"

Cai E shouted loudly, and his voice was constantly interrupted by the explosion.

"Yes, sir!"

The neat answer caused an echo in the aisle.

While the exit was slowly opened, the soldier rushed to the ground under the leadership of the officer. Chen Moran saw that the "self" struggled to climb the last steps under Cai E's pull. Then, they were stunned by the terrible scene in front of them like those officers and soldiers who rushed out first.

Once upon a time, Chen Moran thought that he had seen countless documents about the end of the world and various similar movies, but he had never seen the real scene of the end as effectively as he is now.

In his eyes, it is a hell that no one can imagine, and it is even more difficult to create. This is a burning hell.

At this time, he was obviously standing on the mountainside of a mountain, and within the range of his sight, there was a burning hell, which had been razed to the ground within his sight, full of flames and twisted debris and ruins spewing ashes.

With the rumble of explosions, there was a roar of the collapse of buildings in the air. It seemed that the city market at the foot of the mountain had been completely flattened to the ground, explosions, flames, and everything was destroyed!

There... Isn't it the Capitol? The once large Western-style building was a landmark of Nanjing, but at this time, it has been completely flat. There... The sea of fire is devouring the once prosperous capital, and the imperial capital is being destroyed and collapsing, just like... like this empire.

In the distance, on the Yangtze River, two battleships that are constantly bursting flames are struggling on the river, and the huge muzzle is still spewing flames towards the north of the river. They seem to be stopping something, and on the river, one black spot after another, no, not a black spot, but a boat, all kinds of boats, that Some boats that I don't know where they were collected from are desperately sailing towards the south of the Yangtze River, but on the boats, there is a red flag. The large and small ships in the river were constantly broken into iron by warships or shore guns, and farther away, the tall and spectacular was regarded as a miracle. To be precise, before that, the Nanjing Yangtze River Bridge, which only existed on the drawings or the architectural model of an office in the palace, was broken into several cuts, obviously deliberately The explosion was blown up.

What's going on? What is this... In the context of flames and destruction, Chen Moran looked at the red flag on the river in the distance with fear. He looked at the red flag rising in the city. At this moment, he seemed to understand something. The most frightening reality that was once ruthlessly appeared in front of him. Yes, finally, finally, he knew What happened here, and I also know why his empire was destroyed. I also know why the soldiers with the "Yulin" badge appeared. Why did they always repeat the rebels repeatedly in Cai E's mouth? Yes, they are loyal and they will not betray themselves.

They... It seems that someone betrayed the empire. Yes, maybe they created this army by themselves, but this army has not adapted to fighting with domestic enemies from the future. They are used to fighting with external enemies. Yes, they were defeated and defeated by internal enemies.

Is this a nightmare repeat?

Chen Moran, with a feeling of despair surging in his heart, raised his head. Although it seemed to be far away from the battlefield, but it was just a continuous drop of bullets, he still felt the scorching heat in the air around him. He could feel the scorching air burning his skin. He tried to absorb it in the hot air. With the last trace of oxygen. He wanted to greet the ministers who were still with him at the end of the day, but he found that he could not make a sound.

This must be a dream!

Because just yesterday, his empire was still standing in good condition in the east. From the bottom of his heart, Chen Moran knew that he must be dreaming now, but it was an extremely real nightmare, a nightmare that he was most afraid of and feared.

He doesn't know what he sees. Is this the future? No, it's impossible. It can't be the future.

But why does this chilling nightmare appear in your dream? What scared him more was that he found that he couldn't even make it stop.

At this moment, he saw that the sky turned red, fiery red, fiery red, as if it would devour the whole world, devour the world, devour all the creatures in the world...

(to be continued)