Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
The next morning, Hubert introduced Linda to the group.
After a brief welcome, Miranda invited them to breakfast.
All kinds of bread filled the table.
Miranda also prepared cereal, coffee, and fried eggs for the group.
In normal times, this might be a very ordinary breakfast.
But during the Cataclysm, it was especially precious.
Especially when many people need to hide themselves at home and eat dog food to satisfy their hunger.
After hearing about Linda’s suffering, Miranda became even more sympathetic. She sat beside Linda and asked about her well-being. She even helped Linda fill a basket full of bread, as if she was afraid that Linda would not be full.
Hubert came to Marlin’s side and discussed the issue of the church’s defense with Father Marlin who was eating tomatoes.
“Do you really think that this crisis will last for a long time? Or even more than ten years?”, Father Marlin asked.
“Of course. If you don’t believe me, look at us now.”, Hubert spread his hands, “Everyone has become like this. Moreover, the streets have been in chaos for two days. Even the water station has been suspended for a day. But what about the police? What about the national guard? What about the FBI? Where did all their people go? No one came out to maintain order. So, there must be some internal problems. So, what I mean is, don’t wait for the unknown rescue. We have to save ourselves first.”
“Okay, I agree with your opinion in principle. But I don’t really know how to do it,”, Father Marlin said as he took a bite of the tomato.
“Leave it to me.”, Hubert patted his chest.
He had stayed in several shelters in his previous life and had enough experience. He knew how to build a shelter’s defense better than anyone else.
Hubert took out a stack of paper and a pencil and drew a map of the church on it.
“In my opinion, the church’s defense should be divided into two parts, the outer part and the inner part.”
“The outer part of the church is the area from the church wall to the outermost wall. This part of the church should be mainly used for defense and alarm
“The outer wall is a little low, only two meters. It can’t stop people from prying. I think some broken glass should be fixed on the top of the wall with cement. This can effectively prevent people from climbing. Of course, it’s best to add a layer of barbed wire and hang empty cans on it. That’s the safest way
“In the corners of the walls, especially in the bushes that are easy to hide in, it’s best to plant large-sized traps. If possible, it’s best to dig a few traps that are two meters deep and place spikes all over the place
“Internal defense refers to the defense of the main building of the church. I’ve observed it before. There are too many windows in the church. This can easily become an entrance to sneak in. My personal opinion is to seal all the windows on the first and second floors with stones and wooden planks. We absolutely must not leave any room for the other party to take advantage of. The third floor should also be equipped with a guardrail and have people responsible for patrolling. It’s best if they are armed guards
“The church should prepare generators and water storage equipment. This will ensure that when the church is besieged, it can ensure the most basic needs
“By the way, all kinds of medical supplies must be prepared. Not only do the injured need them, but medical supplies can also be used as hard currency. We can use medical supplies to exchange for the things we need with other shelters
“In addition, we need to dig a tunnel to the outside world in the church. This way, after being besieged, we will have a chance to escape to other places.”
Hubert told him all about his understanding of the sanctuary.
Hearing Hubert’s story, Father Marlin was dumbfounded. He had never seen such a thing before. He was completely stunned.
He even had the urge to dig into Hubert’s brain to see what kind of magical brain circuits could come up with such an idea.
Broken glass on the wall, animal traps hidden in the bushes, was this really something that a human could come up with?
Please be a human, Hubert.
“I don’t have any experience in making these things. Besides, we don’t have a lot of materials either.”, Father Marlin said as he scratched his head with a tree branch.
“It’s okay, I have experience.”, Hubert said as he patted his chest.
After eating, he organized the civilians in the shelter, emptied a nearby building materials store, and began to strengthen the church.
Everyone worked hard. After all, it was a matter of personal safety, so no one dared to slack off.
After seeing that everyone was on the right track, Hubert handed the supervision to Father Marlin, and left with Sophia.
He had more important things to do, which was to get a bunch of guns.
It was not enough to have a strong defense. Only with enough guns could those who harbored evil intentions put away their thoughts when they approached to the church.
As for where to get guns, Hubert had already thought it through. He was going to a police station three blocks away.
In his previous life, he had gotten a batch of weapons there. In addition to the standard weapons like Glock and Remington, Hubert had also gotten a few AR 15s. With these things, he believed that guarding the church would not be a big problem.
Hubert took Sophia and pushed two shopping carts that he had stolen from the supermarket towards the police station.
There were still no other people on the road during the day. Other than the cars that were parked on the side of the road like scrap metal, and the stray dogs that occasionally flashed past, the street was empty. There was not a single person on it. The smell of burnt flesh permeated the streets, the corpses of the past few days had been mostly eaten by wild beasts. The white bones had been thrown away all over the places. There was no one to clean them up. The entire city was like a huge ruin. It was quiet. There was no sound at all.
It was only the third day, and the originally prosperous and lively city had become like this. Hubert could not help but sigh at the fragility of human society.
The two of them quickly arrived at the police station’s entrance.
At this time, the police station’s entrance was quiet. The main door was tightly shut, and no one seemed to be there.
Hubert pulled out the Holy Light Sword, and with a light stroke, he cut off the lock on the door. With a push of one hand, Hubert and Sophia walked into the police station.
The police station was quiet. What entered their eyes were messy desks, chairs that had fallen to the ground, trash that could be seen everywhere, and two pig-headed police officers wearing police uniforms.
At this moment, the two policemen were eating something with knives and forks.
Sophia went over to take a look and was surprised to find that they were eating a woman’s thigh. Half of the stocking was still hanging on the thigh.
The two pig-headed policemen raised their heads when they heard the noise. Their small eyes were filled with ferocity and violence. When they saw Sophia, their blood-stained lips curled into a strange smile, looking ghastly and terrifying.