This old man, who was so shriveled that he was almost withered, stated the fact that he was about to die very calmly. Everyone understood that this was a reflection of a person who had been ill for a long time.
After Father Locke put down his medicine box, he knelt on one knee in front of the bed. He gently held one of Heller's hands with one hand, took off the wooden cross hanging on his chest with the other, held it in the palm of his hand, and then began to pray.
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"Almighty and merciful God, you are merciful and never refuse those who call on you. You know our limitations and weaknesses. Facing the end of life, we are all afraid and reluctant to give up. Please have mercy on us in our dying days.
patients, alleviate their physical, mental, and spiritual pain, so that they can gain strength from your love, safely complete the journey of this life, and return to your arms.
Amen"
After finishing speaking, Father Locke held the cross and made the sign of the cross in the order of up, down, left and right, then put it to Heller's lips and let him kiss it.
"Thank you, Locke." Maybe it was due to the few puffs of cigars just now. Heller was having difficulty breathing now. He said with difficulty: "I gave this old guy to you. There are still some bullets in the closet for you to use.
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After Heller gasped for a few more times, he asked with some pain: "Is there any painkiller injection? If so, give me some, preferably something strong enough."
Father Locke let go of Heller's hand. He bent down to pick up the medical kit and rummaged through it. When Locke found the painkiller and pushed it into the syringe, he found that Heller seemed to have fallen asleep.
Father Locke stretched out his hand and pressed on Heller's neck for a while, then turned to Vance and Egg and said, "He is back in the arms of the Lord."
Father Locke took off the double-barreled shotgun from Heller's bed. He first laid Heller down, then gently covered him with a quilt. After taking away the two boxes of No. 12 shotguns from the closet, he closed the door and sealed the bedroom permanently.
In a solemn atmosphere.
After going out, Father Locke looked at his watch and the west. The weather today was not very sunny. It would probably get dark earlier, and the time spent at Heller's house was too much. The three of them discussed it and decided to return to the Gospel first.
Church, search and rescue operations will continue tomorrow.
At this time, Iger's eyes seemed to be shaken by something. He turned his head and looked around. Apart from two rows of straight houses and messy streets, there was nothing surprising there.
At this moment, Iger suddenly noticed a photoelectric flashing at him regularly. When the photoelectric saw Iger's gaze and noticed him, it swayed up and down, left and right, and continued to flash.
"There are survivors!" Egger said in a low voice to Vance and Father Locke. After speaking, he raised his hand and pointed, and everyone saw the flickering light source. When the light source saw the three people looking at him, he turned around happily.
It started in a circle.
"There is a problem in front of us. We have to discuss it." Father Locke did not immediately walk towards the light source. He turned to Vance and Egg and said: "There is not much time before dark now. If we go
If we rescue, it may affect our evacuation; if we don't rescue, the survivors may not survive until tomorrow. Let's discuss what to do."
Vance stretched out his left hand and rubbed the back of his head a few times before saying: "We rushed out this afternoon just to save people, right? Now there are really people in need of help. At this time we turn around and leave. We won't go out this afternoon."
Is it just for nothing?"
Iger didn't expect that Vance would agree to go to the rescue, and the reason he gave was even more irresistible: He's here.
Thinking of this, Egger said: "Maybe we don't need to retreat tonight. As long as we can get close to the survivors safely and without disturbing the infected, we can choose to spend the night at the survivors' homes. Since the survivors can be safe at home
I've been hiding for a few days, so there will definitely be no problem tonight. I just have some food and water in my backpack, which is enough to eat."
After the opinions were unified, Father Locke said nothing more, and the three of them carefully observed their surroundings as they moved forward.
After walking forward for more than a hundred meters, the three of them had just passed around a box truck that had rolled over and lay on the street, almost blocking the road. The sight in front of them made their breath stop, and even their heartbeats seemed to freeze.
On the other side of the street separated by trucks, there were people lying on the ground, and there were a few standing infected people wandering in the distance. No wonder there was only one lone infected person along the way. It turned out that half of the street
All the infected people on the street hide here.
Upon seeing this, the three people immediately squatted down. Fortunately, they had not been discovered by the infected yet.
Father Locke made a gesture to withdraw. Egger supported the bottom of the overturned truck and slowly backed away. Suddenly he saw a pistol dropped on the ground. Egger stopped immediately. He had a new guess about the current situation.
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Egg turned around and waved to Father Locke. After a few steps, he walked over and whispered into Father Locke's ear: "I think there are corpses lying on the ground. I'll go over and touch them first. If the situation is not right, we can do it again."
run."
Father Locke was about to object, but then he thought, no matter whether Iger was right or wrong, he should be allowed to try it. This is also an indispensable experience for Iger's growth. So Father Locke called Vance, and the two of them squatted behind the truck to be on guard.
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Egg walked up to a lying person almost in a squatting position. He first stretched out his hand and pulled the person's feet. There was no response. Then he shook his feet. Still no response. He took a few steps forward and took out his hand.
I pushed the man's face with a hammer, but there was no movement.
He is indeed a dead man.
When Egg saw a revolver not far away just now, he remembered the gunfire he heard last night, and then thought that maybe those lying on the ground were the unlucky survivor and the infected person he killed.
So Iger took the risk and gave it a try, and he guessed it right.
It didn't take much time for Egg to touch the people lying on the ground. Sure enough, they were all corpses. There were seven infected people with obvious gunshot wounds, and a man and a woman were covered with bite wounds.
Corpse.
Egger picked up the revolver not far from the male body, and also picked up a quick magazine changer on the ground.
This is a .357 Magnum pistol produced by Colt.
There is a saying in America: There was no fairness in this world, but Colt made it fair.
The .357 Magnum bullet only needs to hit the human torso or limbs once to bring about a fair death.
Correspondingly, the sound of this gun was also very loud. The ping-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong-pong shooting of the gun last night could be heard clearly by the gospel church several kilometers away.
This man and woman were the survivors who wanted to escape at night last night. However, unexpectedly, this truck lying across the road almost blocked the road. When the infected people chasing behind them swooped over, the man was forced to raise his gun and shoot.
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But he didn't expect that the gunshots would attract more infected people. After running out of bullets, the two of them were bitten to death by the incoming infected people.
After Egger touched the body, he retreated to the truck. He showed the pistol and loader he had just picked up to Father Locke and Vance. Vance then put the empty gun and loader into his backpack.
By this time, the sun had already set, and there was only some white light left in the sky. If they didn't move faster, they might be in a dilemma.
