At that time, after experiencing that horrible night, I finally woke up in the temporary hospital tent in Cherkar, the fifth day after the tragedy.

I don’t know if it was luck or fate, but the last moment of running out of my best efforts made me escape my life. But the terrible experience that night still left serious mental trauma and neurological sequelae. I stayed in the Sochi Nursing Home by the Black Sea for half a year before gradually recovering, but to this day, I still suffer from migraines and neurosis from time to time.

Of course, compared with my colleagues and comrades who died inexplicably that night, I can say that I am very lucky.

After the initial dangerous period, like all those who survived this tragedy, I and other colleagues who survived were eager to participate in the investigation and try to find out the truth about the horrific night of "Rome". This was not only shocked by witnessing the tragic death of my comrades, but also because of my responsibility - the research project in charge, such a serious accident, no matter whether it is reasonable, it cannot be relieved until the cause is found.

Yes, no one can let go, especially those like me who survived death at the last moment. What's more, if I hadn't given the order to let the soldiers take helicopters and trucks, maybe they wouldn't have lost their lives inexplicably?

Although reason repeatedly reminded me that my reaction was completely blameless, the mental stimulation that witnessed my comrades dying in front of me still made me unable to sleep or eat for a long time. So I applied to participate in the investigation in Cherkar's hospital, but the answer given by the organization was completely beyond our expectations."

As Zakayev's story changed his perspective. Long Yun was sitting on the sofa and listening to the sensation. He gradually realized that the old man's personal memories had come to an end for the time being; what he heard next should be the investigation of the tragedy of "Rome".

Or, is it about the reason for this tragedy and why the truth cannot be explained?

"With the tragedy of 'Rome', the KGB soon received news.

Because the shocking change occurred in the extremely important top-secret base of "Rome", and the situation at the scene was particularly tragic and weird. While strictly blocking the news and organizing personnel to rescue it, the KGB also immediately started a large-scale investigation. At least we must immediately try to figure out what the situation in "Rome" is now?

However, to everyone's surprise, the KGB's initial investigation not only achieved nothing, but also caused new casualties.

Just after the shocking change that night, "Rome" completely lost contact with the outside world; so the KGB quickly coordinated with various departments, dispatched reconnaissance planes, armed helicopters to the 0353 area, and observed the situation of "Rome" from the air. At the same time, the ground reconnaissance team also set off from nearby Cherkar and Baikonur, and the vanguard's cars were escorted by tanks and armored vehicles to cope with any possible emergencies.

Although I have made such complete preparations, but...

Just the day after the tragedy, the reconnaissance aircraft sent by the National Air Defense Force and the helicopters of the local garrison disappeared into this area without exception; the same was true for the search teams on the ground, and the reconnaissance vehicles sent to "Rome" also went but did not return, as if they were evaporated from this world.

From an hindsight perspective, there is no doubt that these scouts encountered an unexpected accident after approaching "Rome".

But at that time, there were very few survivors who had experienced the tragedy, just like I was just discovered by the search and rescuer and was still in a deep coma; so the KGB had no idea what the specific situation was going on that night, and could only be at a loss in the face of this situation.

Although the plane and ground vehicles were missing, there were no obvious clues left, and the contact with the personnel sent to the investigation was suddenly interrupted, the communication equipment faithfully recorded the terrifying roars and screams that appeared before and after the contact was interrupted before the reconnaissance disappeared. It was not until I woke up that I listened to the recording and realized that these people were probably the same as those who died on the tragedy night, and after approaching "Rome", they were mysteriously severely damaged and then died.

Faced with such a strange and terrible situation, the KGB was naturally shocked.

After the initial chaos, the organization immediately began to upgrade the alert level of the 0353 area from the original "first-level secret" to "zero-level secret". In order to strictly keep it confidential, all archived information about the area was transferred, and even the materials inside the KGB were no exception. Therefore, Comrade Rezenov, the empty file box you saw before at No. 11 Rubyanka Street should have been cleared and transferred here shortly after the tragedy.

On the other hand, realizing that the situation of "Rome" was absolutely extraordinary, and at the same time, it showed a terrifying weirdness. The KGB reorganized the department that was originally responsible for the research of "Rome" bases and special abilities, and formed a secret general bureau named "Rome" to conduct a meticulous investigation on the tragedy of "Rome".

Comrade Rezenov, where you are now, the "Roman General Administration", has only been there since then.

The original intention and purpose of the establishment of the General Administration of Rome can be said to be very clear, which is to try to investigate why the tragedy of the "Roman" base occurred and the situation of the base after the tragedy. Needless to say, you can definitely understand the extreme importance of this work; but for various reasons, after the establishment of the General Administration, it has never stopped investigating for more than ten years, but the gains are insignificant.

I just told you before that there is very little information about ‘Rome’ and ‘Zero353 Area’, right?”

“——Uh, yes.”

Long Yun, who had been listening to Zakayev's words, was stunned for a moment before he could talk.

Yes, such a serious terrible upheaval has been around for more than ten years now. The almost omnipotent KGB has not investigated the truth of the incident. Of course, the strength of the KGB service is unquestionable. So, is it that all relevant information was damaged on a tragic night?

"So, now I'm talking about this. The lack of investigation data was the first serious difficulty encountered by the General Administration of Rome. To say that the cause of this phenomenon can be said to be entirely caused by the KGB's principle of confidentiality.

Comrade Rezenov, although you are a new member who has just joined the organization, you must also know the strength of the KGB's confidentiality. Based on the principle of nearby storage and centralized management, most of the top-secret information controlled by the KGB is the responsibility of the 10th General Administration, which is specifically responsible for the preservation and management of archives, that is, the underground database stored at No. 11 Lubiyanka Street.

But what you may not know is that this principle is not without exception in actual implementation. In fact, for extremely secret engineering projects like "Rome", all drawings, archived documents and technical materials involved in the plan, whether it is handwritten records stored on paper or tapes that save data, it can be said that they are secrets in secrets, and the consequences will be unimaginable once they are leaked.

Speaking of this, if you don’t understand what ‘the consequences are unimaginable’ means, then as a member of the ‘Roman General Administration’, what I can reveal to you is: for many years, the signs of feedback from the intelligence front have shown that Americans, or Germans, are also conducting secret research on special abilities. Of course, since they have not yet mastered the role of ‘enable media’ - or in other words, we have not noticed any signs that they have found ‘enable media’, then it can be considered that Americans’ research progress is extremely limited and they have no introduction at all.

But you can think about it, if they knew about the ‘match’ and the existence of ‘Rome’, what would happen?

There is no airtight wall in the world, nor is there any security prevention without loopholes. Instead of letting Americans come up to disrupt the situation like a bloody shark, it is better to keep the secret from the beginning and let no one know about "Rome".

It is precisely because of this consideration that the KGB adopted the "concentrated confidentiality" strategy that only a very small number of the most confidential projects used. Specifically, it is to store all the data and related materials on the "Zero353" area, about "Rome", and on special abilities research in the "Rome" base. As you just saw, in the "Zero353" area data box in the "Zero353" archives room of the KGB headquarters, there are only a few sheets of paper and maps in front of you, and all are newly added records after the tragedy. This is because the previous archives have been transferred to the data warehouse of the "Rome" base.

It is precisely because of this strategy that during the years since the completion and operation of "Rome", the general public and Western intelligence agencies not only did not know the function and purpose of this base, but also knew nothing about the fact that there was a mysterious area of ​​"Zero353" in the hinterland of Central Asia.

But who would have thought that the archive management strategy, which was originally based on confidentiality, became a stumbling block in the investigation after the tragedy.

When the General Administration of Rome began to study this terrible incident, we were surprised to find that the huge KGB organization could not even find a map of the "Roman" base; when we were really planning the investigation plan, the only reference materials we had were just some photos taken after the tragedy, risking the plane to destroy people and kill people."

Speaking of this, Zakayev reached out to pick up the information bag on the table, and found a few slightly yellowed aerial photos from it. He carefully handed the photos to Long Yun:
Chapter completed!