It was almost dark when the pickup truck finally arrived at Nancheng Square. The field team had already had dinner.
The hungry Egger and Joanna did not let the team members start cooking any more. They randomly took a few cans from a pile of burnt black cans and prepared to open the blind boxes.
"I have canned oranges and orange juice." Joanna opened her can, took a look at it, and then said happily.
"The taste is too sour." Iger shrugged. He couldn't operate it with one hand.
Joanna helped Iger open the can and left him with the surprise of opening the can.
Egger took a look at the can after tearing off the skin, and then said: "Mine is canned strawberry and sparkling water."
Today’s dinner is a bit low in calories, let’s eat it first and then talk about it.
These cans were cleared from the ruins of the shopping mall. Since they were burned by the fire, these cans were given priority to be eaten.
Then Iger took a sip of water and immediately frowned.
"It's actually cherry flavored!" Egg complained.
"Hey, it's actually cherry flavored!" Upon hearing this, Joanna quickly reached out and grabbed the drink can from Egger's hand, then raised her head and took a sip.
"It's so delicious!" Joanna took a big sip and said to Iger with a face of intoxication. Then she prayed to Iger with stars in her eyes: "Shall we exchange?"
Iger was shocked. It turned out that some people really like cherry-flavored sparkling water, but he just didn't know how to appreciate it.
After the two of them quickly ate their canned fruit, they selected another one from the pile of dark cans. When they opened it, they saw that it was still fruit.
My hope of eating canned meat or other varieties was dashed.
After laughing for a while, the two of them suddenly realized that these cans were cleaned from the vending machines in the shopping mall on the first floor. How could there be canned meat in a place like that?
Although the fruit was low in calories, the sugar content in the sugar water was very satisfying. Before nightfall, everyone returned to the Nancheng Building. Vance's welding process should be of high quality.
After the siege of infected people and the safe retreat of field team members the day before yesterday, it shows that the safety of being stationed in Nancheng Building is very high. You can rest here and there is no need to send out personnel on duty at night.
After nightfall, Iger did not sleep. He went from the 4th floor to the roof alone with a flashlight.
Even though it's a little warm during the day and you may even feel a little hot, the wind upstairs at night doesn't have the slightest hint of coolness, it's just simply cold.
Looking at the red fire in the distance, Egg was reflecting on what he had seen and heard today.
Looking at the fire, Iger's heart was filled with loss and even regret, right?
No, he wished the fire would burn even louder.
The war between survivors and infected people only has butts and no heads.
Identity determines the butt, and butt determines the position. This is a life-and-death war, and there is no room for any emotion in it. No matter who the infected person really is, who cares, it is right for them to die.
Although the buildings in the slums are low and dense, they do not burn as easily as those in the commercial areas. This is probably because those in the slums cannot even afford serious wood when building houses. They use whatever they can find.
As a result, the house was built with so much smoke and low fire that the whole slum area was not burning a fire, but more like smoking bacon.
Of course, for humans, poisonous smoke is more deadly than fire, but this may not be the case for infected people.
Arson is really a matter of one-third of the matter, and the other-70 of it depends on the sky.
At present, God is not willing to help, and the wind is from the west wind against the direction of the fire.
“The broken halberd sinks into the sand and the iron is not sold, but it will be washed away and you will recognize your past.
The east wind does not go along with Zhou Lang, and the bronze bird spring locks Erqiao deeply."
Being moved by the scene, Egger read a poem unconsciously.
"Egg."
After hearing the sound, Iger turned his head. It was Joanna coming upstairs.
"Egg, what are you talking to yourself about?" Joanna crossed her arms and walked over. She didn't expect it to be so cold on the roof of the building.
"Well, this is a story I learned in a dream." Egg saw Joanna and smiled awkwardly before saying, "This is a story about wind, fire, and war. To put it simply,
Two armies are facing each other, and someone sets a fire in the middle. Whichever side the wind blows, the other side will win."
"What a strange war. Why did they leave the victory or defeat of the war in the hands of nature." Joanna knew that Egger had had a strange dream, but did the dream also have such complicated details?
"Why." Iger touched his smooth chin and said, "Probably because the gap between the enemy and ourselves is too big. Just like our current situation."
"Same as us?" Joanna looked at the red sky in the distance worriedly. She didn't know whether it was because it was too far away or because the fire was really small. This fire seemed much weaker than the one the day before yesterday.
After watching for a while, Joanna also discovered a problem. The wind was blowing from her back. If this continued, the fire would not be able to spread to the entire slum area.
The fire attack tactic could only be carried out once, because during the day the apartment building was the only commanding height outside the slums. If it had to be carried out a second time, the only way to do it was a close-range attack.
Joanna encouraged herself and said: "God will bless us."
"God?" Iger said with a hint of disappointment: "If there is one. Also, he must be on our side."
As soon as Iger finished speaking, the wind turned.
The fire, which had been suppressed by the wind, finally touched the long-awaited dry firewood next to it. The fire became visibly bigger with the naked eye. In just ten minutes, the fire became more than three to five times bigger.
"Woohoo!" Joanna cheered loudly.
After a while, the wind gradually became stronger and became unbearable for the two of them, so Iger and Joanna went downstairs.
Returning to the rest area on the 4th floor, people who were chatting by the firelight outside the window with candles were also attracted by the growing fire and stopped talking.
At this moment, Joanna came back with excitement on her face. She danced and recounted what she and Iger had just seen upstairs.
"Really. Just after I finished praying, the wind direction changed, and then the fire burned bigger and bigger. Look, it must be my fault." Joanna announced loudly to everyone.
"awesome."
"You are great!"
“Awesome!”
All kinds of rainbow farts are coming in, and it doesn’t cost money to praise people anyway.
The fire started, and everyone's mood improved. Egger has said many times that all the infected people in the slums can only be burned to death, and the city of Puduo will be taken.
Although the fire basically wiped out the city of Puduo, the current situation is that there are fewer people and more land. As long as there are no infected people and the land is full of resources, there is no shortage at all.
While chatting and laughing with everyone, Iger swallowed an analgesic tablet. With natural distrust of the dose prescribed to him by Dr. Heidemi, Iger arbitrarily cut the dose in half.
Even if there is still some pain, just bear with it and it will be fine.
After a while, the medicine took effect, the pain gradually became less severe, and Iger fell into a drowsy sleep.
…
Early the next morning, Egg climbed to the top of the building.
There was no fire visible during the day, but the smoke was still thick and the air was filled with the stench of dioxins.
Seeing this scene, Egger made a decisive decision: hold on steady and continue to wait and see.
Later, Iger returned to the 4th floor and announced that he would take a break today.
It would be great to be able to rest and recuperate, even if you are on the front line.
When a person is in a dangerous environment, he will be in high spirits at the beginning and will not feel tired for a few days. However, when fatigue accumulates to a certain amount, a qualitative change will occur and the person will feel tired no matter how much rest he or she takes.
This is also the reason why soldiers need to rest and recuperate after a long battle.
People are like batteries, energy is the power. Iger found that it takes about 3 days to completely discharge the power. Similarly, it also takes 3 days to slowly recharge the battery.
Taking a break is to recharge, so when Iger was in this world, he was afraid that he was performing an emergency mission. As long as conditions allowed, he would seize the time to give his subordinates a holiday. A half-hour break would count as half an hour, and a 10-minute break would count as 10 minutes. Unlike some other small bosses, who drained the energy of their subordinates and then began to squeeze their vitality.
The same group of young people who joined the company worked for three or five years under different people, and when they were brought out again at a party, their mental outlook was several years behind.
Just before noon, there was a sound of car horns in the square downstairs. Iger opened the window and saw that it was Allen.
After learning that the Grand Commander's arm was broken during the battle and that he came back with a bandage and then went to Puduo City with the injury, Allen felt that he had better not lie down and follow him quickly.
So early this morning, Allen asked Andy to arrange a vehicle to send him here, and then the car from Qixi Town also picked up Vance.
After Iger sent Vance away with a smile on his face, he returned upstairs. Iger looked at the wisps of black smoke in the distance and decided to live another day.
The next day, Egger walked to the window early in the morning and looked into the distance. The black smoke in the distance finally dissipated.
Back on the 4th floor, after a simple team formation, the joint field team's convoy drove majestically toward the slums.