After Maria's roommate got up, she also got up. Although she should be at the age where she is snoozing, getting up early is a habitual part of Maria's life.
This room is the bedroom of the clergy of Hope Church. The furniture is extremely simple. There is not even a wardrobe, only a shelf to hang clothes.
Originally, there was only a single bed here. When the reclamation team stationed in the Hope Church, in accordance with the principle of at least two people in each room stipulated by Egg, a new simple bed was built here out of wood.
After being covered with mattresses and bedding scrounged from other houses, this simple bed looked simple, but it was not bad for sleeping.
On the first day, the woman in the same room insisted on giving up her bed to Maria. After the two argued for a while, Maria slept on the simple bed.
Maria walked to the switch in the dark and turned on the light. After living in Jixi Town for a long time, Maria couldn't live without electrical appliances.
Afterwards, Maria put on the clothes she had prepared yesterday. Putting on this civilian clothes, Maria always felt a little uncomfortable.
Many people will feel uncomfortable when they wear a monk's uniform for the first time; if they suddenly change out of a monk's uniform after wearing it for a long time, they will feel uncomfortable a second time.
There was no mirror here, but after Maria pulled the clothes for a while based on her feeling, she discovered where the problem was. The neckline of this dress was too low.
Maria took off her clothes, took out the needle and thread from her bag, and then carefully sewed the neckline of the clothes until she found a position she was satisfied with.
Putting on the modified dress again, Maria still felt that it didn't fit her. It should be said that she felt even more uncomfortable than before. The upper body was tightened very tightly, giving her an unbearable suffocation feeling.
"Maria." Alison said to Maria: "Do you need my help? I don't think your clothes are suitable for you."
Maria blushed. Yesterday, she asked Shandora, who was in charge of housekeeping, to randomly ask for a piece of clothing. At that time, she only saw that Shandora's figure was similar to hers. Maria had been wearing monastic clothes for more than ten years, so to
As far as she is concerned, she doesn't even know that apart from the size of clothes, there is also a difference in dressing style.
Alison walked over and picked up a pair of scissors, then walked to Maria and stopped, gesturing for her to lift her chin and look up.
Alison inserted the scissors into the neckline that Maria had just sewn, and then slowly cut it. She cut the neckline of Maria's newly sewn dress again.
"That's enough, stop." Maria shouted nervously.
Alison ignored her and continued to cut the last two cuts.
"Okay, it's done." After Alison took back the scissors, she smiled at Maria and said, "You are very beautiful, Maria. This is a blessing from God to you, please accept it with gratitude.
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In response to Alison's blessing, Maria suppressed her discomfort and shyness.
Everything always has a beginning.
Maria took a deep breath. Since she decided to take off the monastic clothes, she must learn to live the same life as others.
"Maria, can morning classes start?" Alison asked Maria.
After Maria calmed down, she nodded.
On the bedside of Maria's simple wooden bed was a huge and heavy classic Bible, and next to it was a blood-stained wooden cross. This was a relic of Father Locke.
These two relics were originally supposed to be handed over to Egg, but Maria felt it was not the time yet.
The training of Egg had just begun, but Father Locke encountered an unexpected incident, so this important task fell on his shoulders.
Although I do not have the qualifications to train as a priest, as Iger often said, "It's time to let go of some principles."
Maria looked forward to the day when Iger would put on the priest's robe, and on that day, she would hang the wooden cross on his chest with her own hands.
Father Egg is the one who inherits all the will of Father Locke.
The gospel team belongs to the gospel church, and no one has the right to take it away, no one.
Maria has taken off her monastic clothes, but her heart has not left the Evangelical Church. There is currently no one in the Evangelical Church, and Alison really came here after being guided by God.
Maria passed on her ordination to Alison, and from today on, Alison will become a novice nun of the Evangelical Church.
Nuns serve priests, and priests serve God.
Maria knew a secret, a secret about "the one". Father Locke became a martyr to protect this secret.
Now the only guardian left is myself, and you cannot destroy me.
"Sister Alison, nuns need to pray 8 times a day. Now let's do the first Mass together."
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Today is the fourth day.
Iger is holding a short meeting.
When he encountered a screamer in the middle of the night that night, Iger was still not sure whether it was a fish that slipped through the net in Puduo City or the first sprout that had sprung up after the rain. As a result, he encountered two more screamers leading a group to attack in the middle of the night yesterday.
This morning, hundreds of infected people surrounded the Nancheng Building. The field team members have now given up trying to poke them with spears. They are riding on the second floor windows, holding firearms and shooting down.
No one is worried that the sound of gunfire will attract more infected people. The infected people in the area have long been cleared.
The hit rate of such a condescending shooting is much higher than that of shooting from a swinging carriage. These infected people pose no threat at all.
But now it can be seen that the new batch of screamers are gradually "mature". The screamers can sense the existence of survivors in the distance. As soon as they wake up, they immediately lead their brothers to besiege the Nancheng Building.
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Although the security here is guaranteed, there is no shortage of supplies, and they are stationed here, the field team can actually use the building to encircle the area and call for reinforcements.
Attracting infected people to use refueling tactics can also prevent the infected from accumulating too many screamers. As long as the screamers do not reach a certain number or density, they will not be able to fuse with the Heart of the Hemorrhagic Plague.
However, we must also consider that if the wave of infected people suddenly breaks out, with thousands of infected people flooding in at once, it is very likely that the joint field team will be trapped in the building, and it will easily fall into strategic passivity.
The short meeting held by Egg now is to discuss follow-up tactical arrangements.
Onder was the first to speak, and he said: "Withdraw. I think we should have withdrawn a long time ago. Every night I stay here makes my heart beat with fear. We need to keep moving, you know, moving. Only in this way can we maintain our
Advantage.
Waiting here stupidly for the infected to come is the behavior of a fool."
Ender's ability is very good. His unforgettable life of escape has made him adapt to the coming of the doomsday in advance. In his eyes, these infected people who walk slowly and cannot use firearms are completely inferior to the oppressive force brought by fb1.
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One of Onder's bad habits is that in daily communication, he often pops up various f-words in a verbal manner. Without these words, he seems to be unable to speak.
This is a habit formed by Onder's long-term living in the lower social circles. Although everyone knows that Onder is not cursing when he f-words someone, he may be expressing his love or happiness. Most of the time, these f-words are actually
It has almost the same meaning as oh, but it is just a modal particle. He did not even realize that he said this word.
But the perception from onlookers is not so good.
So although Onder worked hard to prove himself, his popularity was not very good. When everyone got used to Onder speaking with an f, their evaluation of him stopped sliding towards the negative side.
But Allen hasn't yet.
Upon hearing Under's words, Allen seemed a little angry, but he tried to restrain himself.
"I will be stationed here." Allen said to Egger, "I will select some brave soldiers, we will build a strong defense line here, and then defend here to the death.
This is our position, I will never take a step back!"
Allen's last words were almost yelled at Under, who obviously didn't know how he had offended Allen.
However, in Ender's perception, all those who are unfriendly to him are racists and are prejudice and discrimination against him.
So Under also glared back at Allen.
Egg gently tapped the table with his fingers. He found that many times, adults are more naive than children.
Ender proposed a retreat, which was a good suggestion. This place was originally called Tidal Outpost.
Since it is called a tide, it has its ups and downs.
However, Egger feels that it is not time to retreat yet.
The harvest of these three days of mobile warfare was very great. The joint field team wiped out at least thousands of infected people, and the results were greater than the gains in the previous half month. From this point of view, if this momentum is maintained, in another half month
, maybe we can clear out more than half of the infected people in Pudo City without having to use napalm bombs.
Once you evacuate the Nancheng Building, you will lose a supply point with extremely rich supplies. Although you can also move some supplies before evacuating, considering the consumption of half a month, the amount of transportation will be a bit large, and it will cost a lot of money.
time to complete.
Food is one aspect, but the main reason is that the consumption of ammunition is too high.
The amount of ammunition consumed in the past few days is extremely shocking. Each team consumes thousands of rounds of ammunition a day on average. In just three days, the entire field team has consumed tens of thousands of rounds of ammunition.
Egger originally did not have an intuitive concept of ammunition consumption, and his knowledge was still based on his previous experience in playing shooting games.
Combined with Egg's own shooting method, Egg felt that not only one bullet could kill an infected person, but three or five bullets would be enough.
In this battle, the actual ammunition consumption and enemy annihilation ratio were approximately 20:1, which means that an average of 20 bullets killed an infected person.
Allen said, this is already above ordinary efficiency.
No wonder.
Now Iger finally understands why the last time the gospel team fought against three groups of infected people, even though there were so many people, it was so difficult to fight.
How many people, how many guns, and how many ammunition stocks are there in Jixi Town? Several hundred infected people are enough to drive Jixi Town into chaos.
Due to this realistic situation, evacuating Nancheng Building means supply interruption, and supply interruption will lead to reduced efficiency.
I can no longer fight monsters so happily.
And stick to it, the first thing Iger considers is who, not why or what. In the past, I always emphasized www thinking, but Iger feels that the first thing that needs to be considered is human issues.
However, Allen expressed his willingness to stay, which is naturally excellent. Specifically, how many people can he recruit to volunteer to stay here, and how can he keep the mentality and morale of the defensive personnel from being reduced too much due to being besieged? This is not what Iger needs.
issues to consider.
Egg is tired of driving as a driver. He is adapting to letting his subordinates drive by themselves. He is only responsible for applying the brakes.
Nicholas's view is similar to that of Egger. He believes that both sides need to be taken into consideration, and the difficulty lies in the allocation of left-behind personnel.
Egg decided to split his forces into two groups.
After the meeting, Allen began to look for his team members, and Egger also announced in public that the remaining team members could reasonably consume existing supplies.
Attracted by the abundant supplies, there were more people willing to stay in the Nancheng Building than Iger expected, a dozen or so.
Subsequently, Egger led most of the team members to evacuate to the temporary headquarters outside the city after replenishing supplies to the maximum extent.
In Nancheng Building, the left-behind personnel are not just squatting in the building eating, drinking and having fun, they also have to go out to kill monsters today.
Allen called two of his team members and told them to work together today. He had other important and urgent work to do.
After the other team members left, Allen was the only one left in the entire Nancheng Building. He scratched his head and walked towards his workroom.
Allen's arms development encountered a bottleneck that was difficult to overcome.
To put it simply, Allen's attempt to create a napalm explosive device failed.
Although he received systematic and complete blasting training in the military, the training content was all about how to use various types of explosives, including military explosives from other countries, and occasionally involved the modification of civilian equipment.
But how to use civilian parts to manufacture military equipment is Allen's biggest problem now.
