The railway tunnel was worse than Chen expected.
It took them nearly two hours to reach it, following the directions the woman had given them through the abandoned town and along an old stretch of railway swallowed by weeds. The tracks eventually disappeared beneath a steep hill where a wide concrete entrance opened into darkness.
Chen stopped several meters away.
Water covered the tunnel floor.
Not a shallow layer either.
The black surface began near the entrance and stretched as far as their flashlights could reach. Old railway tracks disappeared beneath it, along with overturned crates, broken signs and pieces of debris floating near the walls.
Liang Wei looked miserable.
"I told you this place was bad."
Chen ignored him and crouched at the edge. He dipped the end of a branch into the water, testing the depth. The ground dropped sharply a few meters in.
"How far does the flooded section go?"
Liang Wei shook his head. "I don't know."
That wasn't useful.
