[Full-time Chusu] Dreaming of death

, carefully opened the curtains and looked out.A few sparks danced in the air, screams and wails were heard, and occasionally a few words of Arabic that seemed to be swear words could be heard.Such a situation is unusual, Chu Yunxiu put down the curtains, put on her helmet and camera, turned and ran downstairs—since she arrived in City B, she had developed the habit of sleeping fully armed—when she arrived at the lobby, she happened to meet the embassy who got up to check the situation Military officer Xu Bin.Seeing her going downstairs in full armor, the latter hurriedly asked, "You don't want to go out now, do you?"

Chu Yunxiu nodded hastily, "What's going on outside?"

"The two sides exchanged fire, and it was too dark to see the specific situation."

"I want to go out." Chu Yunxiu answered briefly, put on the helmet and reached out to push the door, but was blocked by Xu Bin, "For safety reasons, even if you have to go out, you have to wait until after dawn. The ambassador reminded you .”

Chu Yunxiu suddenly recalled what Wang Jiexi said in the evening that he should be more careful recently, and his thoughts seemed to be aware of it, "You mean that there are... in City B?"

"I don't know anything." Xu Bin shook his head, "But don't be such a needless victim, you are one of many."

After he finished speaking, he locked the door again and left straight away. Chu Yunxiu stood there holding the camera for a long time, and finally walked slowly back to her room and sat down by the bed. It was very late at dawn in City B, and I didn't know how long it would take before I could go out.Although waiting is not something that is difficult to get used to, she still rushed out of the country C embassy almost at dawn, and rushed to L Hotel as quickly as possible to collect today's interview pass.

The man on duty at the Ministry of Information office, dazed by the gunshots, ignored her inquiries about the current state of affairs. On January 1th, the streets of City B were full of remnants of armed conflicts. Bloodstained bodies lay motionless on the edge of the road, obviously dead for a long time.Broken guns and splintered shrapnel were everywhere, and blood-soaked road dust congealed into sickly lumps.All the patrolling soldiers and police disappeared, and there were several hysterical shouts from the houses on both sides of the street.Even though she could not understand the language, Chu Yunxiu could hear the depressive pain, and quickly realized her powerlessness—the only weapon in her hand was the camera, although this loyal partner could truthfully record the whole street full of dead bodies. The tragic image of war, but the ruthlessness and abhorrence of war are far more than that.

At this moment, a burst of chaotic footsteps accompanied by loud shouts came from one end of the street.Chu Yunxiu hurriedly turned her head to look.A group of civilians of various ages approached, holding large cards with various slogans written in different languages.Most of the residents of City B are quite disgusted with the identity of a reporter, but with her camera in a camera bag, she looks more like a foreign national who has not yet evacuated.She immediately entered the crowd and chanted Arabic slogans that she didn't understand at all—when a group of wolves howled, the safest thing to do was to howl along with her—plus the conspicuous flag of country C behind her, the crowd looked at her His gaze suddenly became much friendlier.

After turning two streets, they entered a wider road. At the end, there was a tall and distinctive building—that was the seat of government in District M of City B.Chu Yunxiu squinted her eyes and looked around. There were already a lot of people gathered in the small square in front of the building, shouting words and phrases she couldn't understand.The police with bloodstained faces tried their best to maintain order but with little success. A man who appeared to be a government spokesman was talking loudly, but no one was really listening.Reflexively, she put her hands on the zipper of the camera bag, and quietly searched for the best shooting location nearby as she moved forward.

Several cars of the Ministry of Information of Country I stopped in front of the door, and many foreign journalists jumped out of the cars, and the gathered crowd suddenly became more excited.Unspeakable hatred filled their hearts, and everything in front of them was so disgusting.A gunshot suddenly exploded in the noisy room, Chu Yunxiu's scalp went numb, but she immediately maintained her composure, and took the opportunity to pretend to be overly frightened and use the cover of the demonstrators in front of the building to sneak back into the foreign reporters under the protection of the police. Safety was patted on the shoulder——

"What a coincidence." Su Mucheng moved the camera away from her eyes—Chu Yunxiu recognized that this was not the camera from the refugee camp last time—"Meet you again, Yunxiu."

"I don't think this is a lucky coincidence," Chu Yunxiu glanced at Su Mucheng helplessly with a smile, and quickly took the camera out of the camera bag to start working, "After all, we are in a situation where we may be caught at any time In the case of an explosion."

Su Mucheng smiled, but said nothing more.It's hard to be distracted by a chat while juggling safety and work, and they all know that.The government officials who had already retreated to the front steps were still speaking loudly, as if they were trying their best to appease the public, but such a gentle attitude did not bring him much luck—another gunshot, and the man in suit and tie He froze suddenly in the middle of speaking, and then fell straight down.

Chu Yunxiu's expression changed. City B now has more than half of the population with guns, and no one can see where the gun came from.The women and children in the crowd began to scream because of this sudden change. Many gun muzzles protruded from the windows on the second floor of the building facing the street. The police, who were mainly concerned with maintaining order, drew their guns and turned into ready-to-fight postures.The people who came to the demonstration scattered and fled. They did not expect such a thing to happen, but unarmed civilians were always victims in armed conflicts.The god of death from above easily took away the life longing for peace. The reporters followed the command of the police and retreated into the government building, except for one person——

"Mucheng!" Chu Yunxiu threw the camera back into the camera bag and roughly zipped it up, not caring whether it would damage the camera or not.From inciting civilians to demonstrations in front of government buildings, the appearance of armed forces of unknown origin, and the shooting of government personnel in full view—everything that happened here was clearly premeditated, and the top priority is to save your own life, not to do something strange stupid thing.She crossed the crowd and grabbed Su Mucheng's hand, "Come back, don't go out!"

Su Mucheng shook off Chu Yunxiu's hand, and still walked out stubbornly.After hearing the news, the army and police who arrived were exchanging fire with those unidentified people, and some people were shot and fell down at any time.The man who was shot first was still left there alone, blood soaking through his clothes and flowing down the steps to the street along his gradually cooling body.Su Mucheng pushed open the side door, the cruelty of war and real death reminded her of her helplessness indifferently.No one could understand this pain better than her, and the breath of despair almost knocked her down.It’s just that she couldn’t remain indifferent for some reason—the turbulent emotions told her that she should move the corpse on the steps to a safer place—but before she took any action, Chu Yunxiu, who had been staring at her from behind, Suddenly rushed up and dragged her back to the door and turned behind the wall. Su Mucheng, who hadn't expected it, was about to get angry when she heard a loud noise, and the ensuing air wave impact could almost knock down the wall. The ground on the ground couldn't help shaking, and a large amount of dust from the explosion dispersed in the air, causing people to cough uncontrollably.After the loud noise, there was a little silence everywhere, Chu Yunxiu frowned slightly and blamed: "I told you not to go out, why are you doing such a meaningless thing?"

The main entrance of the government building in District M was damaged by the bomb just now, and broken glass flew all over the place. The foreign journalists hiding behind the wall were panicked.Su Mucheng stared at Chu Yunxiu in a daze, her lips trembled, as if she wanted to say something, but all kinds of words stuck in her throat and she couldn't open her mouth, her heart was in a mess.In the end, she didn't say anything, but stretched out her arms to hug Chu Yunxiu and buried her face in her arms.Seeing Su Mucheng's appearance, the latter could no longer say anything to blame.It was the first time in her life that she experienced death, and she suddenly felt Su Mucheng's pain—so she didn't have the face to say those comforting words in the past, and after much deliberation, the only way was to respond to Su Mucheng's hug.She put her arm around Su Mucheng's thin shoulders, the latter froze for a moment, then buried her head deeper, and began to cry softly.

The armed riot in Area M was successfully suppressed by the military near sunset. In addition to the public officials who died during the suppression, civilians who participated in demonstrations before the riot also suffered heavy casualties.The bearded president was very dissatisfied with this incident, and turned his anger on the group of foreign journalists who were also present but had no major casualties.In the early morning of the next day, many reporters were deported because of this, and the lobby of the L Hotel was full of amplifiers and other equipment.Chu Yunxiu looked at those foreign counterparts who had to leave with sympathy, and was a little thankful that she went there with the prostitutes yesterday—even though most of them could no longer leave there.

The person on duty at the office of the news department today is a woman about her age, who for some reason reminded Chu Yunxiu of Su Mucheng — the latter stayed in her arms yesterday until the whole riot was over, and the other reporters had begun to fear death They remained huddled behind the wall when photographed through the window.However, Su Mucheng left alone in the end, and Chu Yunxiu still doesn’t know where she lives—she took back the interview pass that passed the inspection, and tentatively asked the person on duty: “Excuse me, today Does the press officer have time, I want to 'walk around' on the street."

The woman in formal attire looked up at Chu Yunxiu suspiciously. The word "Zhuanzhuan" is obviously inappropriate at this time, but she did not have a clear interview target, she just didn't want to waste time sweeping the street.She quickly spread her finger and pointed to the national flag on her left chest to prove her innocence, "I'm not a spy, ma'am, I'm a reporter from country C, and country C is a brother of country I, as you know."

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