The Underground System. China.
"Quite a waste."
The leader of the Russian muttered, meaning to convince himself more than addressing the rest. No one in precision was leading the search. They all were walking at definite pace.
"What did you think happen here?"
He asked now. His tone quite firm, and his voice thick. Those who were behind him began to murmur. Perhaps the question he had asked had quite the numbers of answers to them.
"Probably they kind of tasted the olden life. And I'm sure they had a great experience."
One of the men behind the first three at the front said. His flowing beard seemed to had been treated in China or say, Afghanistan.
"But how did you really think they survived here. It's more of a mirage, don't you think."
Another man argued. None of the men present there had the specific names. There was no specific order of making their opinions known. Whoever thought he had something to say pick on his point.