Chapter 1083

"... I wanted to go deeper yesterday, but it was too dark to see anything. So this morning, I took out the flashlight my father put in the garage... Look!"

With a "click", Kevin looked at the big flashlight in Candice's hand, and immediately sent out a slightly yellow light, tearing a big hole in the darkness in front of him.

"Oh, it seems that you have long planned to play truant today!"

Little Kevin scratched his head and didn't know what he was feeling right now - to be honest, he was very concerned about the voice, because he heard it several times at his house yesterday.

So, why did this sound come out in this "underground hole" taller than adults?

For the reason, little Kevin will not understand.

He didn't even know that the "big hole" in front of him at this time was actually one of the many abandoned drains in the London sewer system once listed in the "seven industrial wonders".

If he knew the way, he would have no problem even if he wanted to go home along the underground waterway.

"Come on, Kevin! What are you doing there!"

While little Kevin was still listening to the hiss and wondering what was going on, Candice waved to him deeper with a flashlight.

"Ah, good! I'll come right away -"

Before the words fell, he finally seemed to put aside all the worries about playing truant and quickly caught up with Candice. Then he saw the two children walking shoulder to shoulder, excited and curious to the depths of the sewer by the light of the flashlight.

It is not without reason that London's sewers have been praised. This is not only out of surprise at their huge quantities, but also because it really protects the cities and residents who have been trapped by serious pollution.

Before the completion of today's sewers, London had made great progress due to the rapid industrial development, but the subsequent pollution began to breed diseases because of the backwardness of the sewer system.

In the hundreds of years before the last century, round after round of epidemics made the death rate of Muggles fluctuate, and London gradually became stinky.

I remember at that time, the originally clear Thames River was unable to absorb the brown sewage. The streets in central London smelled so bad that even the house of Commons had to hang the curtains soaked in lime water on the windows to block and filter the unbearable smell.

After that, after a series of discussions and visits to Paris, France, it took more than six years, and a huge sewer system stretching more than 2000 kilometers was finally built underground in London.

A large amount of sewage is transported to the sewage treatment plant, and all these outlets originally discharged into the river are abandoned. Some have been dismantled, some have been borrowed by the new system, and some are still vacant.

Now little Kevin and Candice are walking, which is one of the many abandoned drains.

"Oh!"

Just after Candice turned a corner from a fork in the road, she didn't take a few more steps. She was even amazed. Because she saw the intersection of another bifurcation channel, which was much larger than the one just now.

As the flashlight light moved slowly around, the brick wall gradually came into view. The design of the vault, the cutting of stairs and orderly turnouts make it look like an underground castle.

"I always think you can meet a vampire if you go further!" Candice looked at the deep passages with great interest, as if she didn't know fear at all. "Well... Maybe it could be something else, such as a stone ghost... Or a devil?"

Children always like these fantasy things. Although adults occasionally say that these things do not exist, this does not prevent children from continuing to fantasize.

Of course, a little girl as big as Candice usually likes unicorns more. She is really not very interested in evil creatures such as vampires and demons.

Hearing what she said, little Kevin couldn't help looking at it with some worry.

"That voice... It'd better not be what you said! Otherwise we'll be finished!"

"Oh, Kevin, are you afraid?"

Watching Candice start laughing, little Kevin immediately looked up and said loudly:

"Who's afraid! I'm worried about you... Haven't you seen it in the movie? People who don't worry about anything like you are usually the first to die in a monster attack!"

"Bah!" the snicker on Candice's face immediately turned into anger, "you will die!"

"Pa!"

When she saw her raise her hand, she slapped Kevin on the head, then turned around, raised her flashlight and walked to one of the turnouts.

Little Kevin covered his head and turned his mouth, so he had to follow up quickly - no way, his head can't leave Candice's flashlight here. Without the light, he can't even see his feet.

After they passed through the fork road with a ditch, they immediately found that there was a wider circular passage in front than they had seen before.

Just looking at the diameter of this passage, I'm afraid five or six adults can stand side by side, and even carriages can pass here safely.

"Ah! How dirty!"

As soon as she settled down, Candice found herself stepping into the water - here, there were finally signs of water, but not much for the time being.

It's just that the water is full of oil and some strange dirt. It looks disgusting. Even Candice wasn't afraid of dirty girls, but she couldn't stand the sight.

"Oh! My God... I think we should change our way..."

Under the light of the flashlight, Kevin also saw the accumulated sewage. Fortunately, the anxious Candice took the first step, so that he didn't step in together.

But just then, he suddenly turned his ear again, so he even whispered:

"Listen! The sound seems clearer... Do you hear it? It's the 'hiss' sound! I bet we're getting closer and closer to it... WOW! It's a mouse!"

Before Kevin finished speaking, he suddenly saw several very big mice running along the edge of the flashlight, trampling on the sewage.

And just as he exclaimed, Candice, who also noticed the mouse, hurried back to him.

Although there was no scream or anything, Kevin knew that Candice was finally afraid from her behavior of holding her arm.

"Hey! It's just a mouse... Ah! Aren't you afraid?"

Remembering Candice's mockery of himself just now, Kevin decided to take the opportunity to tit for tat - there are few opportunities to make fun of Candice, because the girl is even better than boys in many places.

I just didn't expect that she would be afraid of mice?

"Pa!"

"Who's afraid!"

Kevin's forehead suffered another reckless disaster, and this time Candice obviously used more strength, so that his head was burning.

"... violent woman." little Kevin couldn't help muttering.

However, although Candice was rarely afraid of mice, she seemed completely afraid of other things. After the mice disappeared, she rose again and went deeper happily.

Even if there is sewage here and the smell is very bad, don't you just cover your nose and avoid ponding?

She also heard the "hiss" that Kevin said just now. Obviously, she was also very interested in the movement that became clearer and clearer.

As for the mouse that may still appear... Hey, Candice's strong nerve has been forgotten all of a sudden.

"Kevin, keep up! What are you doing slowly!"

Unfortunately, their sewer exploration will not be plain sailing. Not to mention what made the strange movement, the shadow of death had already enveloped them before they found the source of the sound.

After walking along this wide passage for more than ten minutes, Candice couldn't help feeling soft. If Kevin hadn't pulled her aside, she would almost fall into the dirty ditch in the middle.

"Well... Thank you."

Candice, who was held by Kevin, shook her head vigorously, then said with a little doubt:

"How do I feel... A little dizzy?"

Of course, the two children will not know that it is easy to produce a variety of harmful gases in the sewer, and these gases usually poison people unknowingly.

It was only when they got here that they had problems, but it was because the channel in front had been vacant for many years.

"Oh, Candice, are you okay?"

Little Kevin struggled to hold the girl's body, grabbed the flashlight in her hand and took photos back and forth, trying to find a place to rest.

But this is a sewer. Except that there are steps for maintenance personnel at some turnouts, other places are too dirty to sit at all.

But in a moment, he helped Candice go a little further, and finally found the next fork by the wall of the passage.

Seeing this, he hurriedly dragged some sleepy Candice into the fork road and came to a solid soil platform for rest.

After leaving the wide and long passage, Kevin felt that the air seemed to become less smelly.

But just as he sat down holding Candice, he suddenly felt a sudden dizziness in his head. Bending over, he didn't stop at once and directly fell on the girl.

"Kevin?"

Candice tried to push Kevin, who was holding herself down, but she had already softened her hands and feet and couldn't exert much strength. However, just at this time, Candice felt a slight vibration and suddenly came down by herself