blood plague

Chapter 19 Hard Choices
This shriveled old man calmly stated the fact that he was about to die. Everyone knew that this was the reflection of a long-term sick person.

After putting down his medicine box, Father Locke knelt down in front of the bed on one knee. He lightly held Heller's hand with one hand, took down the wooden cross hanging on his chest with the other hand, held it in the palm of his hand, and began to pray :

"Almighty and merciful God, you are merciful and never reject those who call on you. You know our limitations and weaknesses. Facing the end of our lives, we all have fear and reluctance. Please have mercy on those who are dying. To relieve the pain of the sick in body, mind, and spirit, so that they may gain strength from your love, so that they may finish the journey of this life safely and return to your embrace.

Amen"

After finishing speaking, Father Locke held the cross and made a cross in the order of up, down, left, and right, and then put it on Heller's lips for him to kiss.

"Thank you, Locke." It may be because of the few cigars just now, Heller is having difficulty breathing now, and he said with difficulty: "This old guy of mine is for you, and there are still some bullets in the closet, you can use them." .”

After Heller gasped for a few more breaths, he asked in some pain, "Do you have any painkillers? If you have any, give me some, preferably the ones that are strong enough."

Father Locke let go of Heller's hand. He bent down to pick up the medical kit and rummaged inside. When Locke found the painkiller and pushed it into the syringe, he found that Heller seemed to have fallen asleep.

Father Locke reached out and pressed Heller's neck for a while, then turned to Vance and Iger and said, "He is back in the arms of the Lord."

Father Locke took down the double-barreled shotgun on Heller's bed. He laid Heller flat first, then gently covered him with a quilt, and closed the door after taking away two boxes of 12-gauge shotguns from the closet, sealing the bedroom permanently. In a solemn atmosphere.

After going out, Father Locke looked at his watch and the west side. Today's weather is not very sunny, and the time of darkness will probably be earlier, and the time spent at Heller's house is too much.The three discussed it, and they decided to return to the Gospel Church first, and continue the search and rescue tomorrow.

At this time, Iger's eyes seemed to be shaken by something, and he turned his head to look. Except for two straight rows of houses and messy streets, there was nothing surprising there.

At this moment, Iger suddenly found a photoelectric light that was flashing regularly towards him. After the photoelectric light saw Iger's sight and noticed him, it shook up and down, left and right, and continued to flash.

"There are survivors!" Iger said to Vance and Father Locke in a low voice. After he finished speaking, he raised his finger, and everyone saw the flickering light source.When the light source saw that the three were all staring at him, he turned around happily.

"There is a problem in front of us, we have to discuss it." Father Locke didn't immediately walk towards the light source, he turned to Vance and Iger and said, "It's not long before dark, if we go If we rescue, it may affect our evacuation; if we don't go to the rescue, the survivors may not last 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 to save people. Now there are really people who need help. At this time, we turn around and leave. This afternoon is not a trip." Is it for nothing?"

Iger didn't expect that Vance would agree to go to the rescue, and the reason he gave was even more irresistible: all are here.

Thinking of this, Iger said: "Maybe we don't need to withdraw tonight, as long as we can approach the survivors safely and without alarming the infected, we can choose to spend the night at the survivor's home. Since the survivor can stay at home safely I’ve been hiding for a few days, and I’m sure it’s okay tonight. I happen to have some food and water in my backpack, which is enough to eat.”

After the opinions were unified, Father Locke didn't say much, and the three carefully observed the surroundings and moved forward.

After walking forward for more than 100 meters, the three of them had just bypassed a van that rolled over and lay across the street, almost blocking the road. The sight before them made them stop breathing, and even their hearts seemed to freeze.

On the other side of the street separated by trucks, people were lying all over the ground in disorder, and there were a few standing infected people wandering in the distance.No wonder there was only one infected person walking all the way just now. It turned out that the infected people on this half street were hiding here.

The three of them bent over and squatted down immediately after seeing this. Fortunately, they were not discovered by the infected.

Father Locke made a gesture of withdrawing, Iger supported the underside of the overturned truck and slowly retreated, suddenly he saw a pistol dropped on the ground, and Iger stopped immediately, he had a new guess about the current situation .

Iger turned around and waved to Father Locke. After a few steps, he whispered into Father Locke's ear: "I think there are corpses lying on the ground. I'll go and touch them first. run."

Father Locke was about to object, but then he thought about it, regardless of whether Iger's judgment was right or wrong, he should be allowed to try it. This is also an indispensable experience for Iger to grow up.So Father Locke summoned Vance, and the two crouched behind the van on guard.

Iger walked up to a lying person almost in a squatting position. He first stretched out his hand and pulled the person's foot, but he didn't respond, then shook his foot again, but still didn't respond, he took a few steps forward, took out his hand The hammer pushed the man's face, but nothing happened.

Sure enough, it was a dead man.

When Iger saw a revolver not far away just now, he remembered the gunshot he heard last night, so he thought that maybe the one lying on the ground was the unlucky survivor and the infected person he killed.

So Iger took a risk and tried it, and he guessed right.

It didn't take long for Iger to touch the people lying on the ground, and they were all corpses. There were seven infected people with obvious gunshot wounds, and a man and a woman covered in bite wounds. corpse.

Iger picked up the revolver not far from the male body, and also picked up a quick changer on the ground.

This is a Colt .357 Magnum pistol.

There is a saying in America: There was no fairness in this world, but Colt came to fairness.
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The 357 Magnum bullet only needs to hit the human torso or limb once to bring about a fair death.

Correspondingly, the sound of this gun was also very loud. Last night, the gunshots were ping-pong-pong, and the evangelical church several kilometers away could clearly hear them.

This man and woman are the survivors who wanted to escape by night last night, but they didn't expect that the truck lying here almost blocked the road. When the infected people who were chasing behind rushed over, the man was forced to raise his gun and shoot .

But he didn't expect that the gunshots would attract more infected people. After the bullets were exhausted, the two were bitten to death by the surging infected people.

After touching the corpse, Iger retreated to the truck. He showed Father Locke and Vance the pistol and loader he had just picked up. Afterwards, Vance put the empty gun and loader into his backpack.

At 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.

　Thank you for your rewards.

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