Chapter 1279 Fierce Dog (1/2)

The town of refuge had never been historically important, and little was written about it.

It was built by the nobility, the intellectuals, the landholding class, and the old army, which had taken refuge in the town. The town's construction was insufficient simply due to lack of labor.

Then, in less than a few years, the vast red empire of the Soviet Union engulfed the Central Siberian Plateau, and a torrent of blood flooded the town, wiping it out.

Back then, the Soviet Union would not give a detailed account of a town that had defied the will of the ruling body since its founding, at a time of international turmoil when no other country cared about the place.

The town's founders must have written a lot about it, but the Soviet Union didn't spread the story around the world.

At this time, Li Du and the others came to the location of the town described in the map. As far as their eyes could see, there was only a little crumbling wall, no sign of buildings.

After nearly a century of wind and rain, decay and insects, the place had become almost indistinguishable from the surrounding wilderness.

A few crumbling walls stood barely above the ground, covered with green weeds and mosses. It was difficult to make those out without careful recognition.

Looking at the area which, apart from a few bits of wall, was no different from the wilderness surrounding it, Li Du said, ”Let's go in and walk around. This is the lost city you wanted to see.”

Disappointed, Steve said, ”Where's the city? Damn, there's nothing here.”

Sophie was unperturbed and said, ”Of course there's nothing here. What did you think we were going to see at a site a hundred years old?”

”The skeleton of the old dead nobleman, perhaps? The tunnel leading to the secret palace? Or books that are hidden from prying eyes?” Li Du laughed.

”You can laugh at me all you want,” Steve said, ”but these things are real. They're not necessarily situated here. They might be in other places.”

”Then you have to go to the bottom of the sea or deep into the mountains,” Li Du said as he walked through the ruins. ”With the power of modern technology, other than things buried in the sea or deep in the ground, even a tree can be clearly seen by satellite.”

In the ruins of the town, the ground was smoother and easier for people to walk on and camp in than the pristine wilderness outside.

The buildings have been destroyed almost completely, but the terrain of the streets and buildings remained. They could not see all this from outside, but when they walked on, they could feel that this was a place touched by man.

Li Du asked Brother Wolf to find a suitable place to set up camp for the night. He took Ah Meow and the others to explore the area where they would camp. They would need water, and Li Du wanted to find a river. If he could find some fish, that would be even better.

The best thing that impressed him about the Siberian rivers was the salmon, which was particularly fresh and delicate, with the sweetness that comes with being raised in fresh water.

Modern maps showed a river in the southwest of the town. Li Du went in that direction, but even after a long walk, he did not find the river on the map.

The taiga environment was changeable, and some small rivers could disappear due to a storm.

After a long walk, Li Du did not find the river, but he did find several cars.

He shielded his eyes from the sun and looked ahead, and just as he saw the cars, the dogs around them spotted him and started barking.