Brian shook his head and replied, "General Cao, what I said is not true, it is not because I have the ability to deceive people, that others trust me and are eager to join the organization. It is science itself that really persuades, and for devout seekers of knowledge, science is their faith, and our organization is on the side of faith. ”

Brian pulled out an oak corn pipe, tapped it on the spiral ladder, shook off a little of the embers that carried your tobacco, and then took out a stack of tin foil from his pouch. Peel off the tin foil and wrap some coffee-colored tobacco leaves inside.

Brian slowly changed the tobacco leaves for his pipe, and continued, "Mr. Cao Jing, you may not know. Fifteen years ago, I was an obscure little lord who established a small settlement in the Ruhr mines, where about 2,000 survivors gathered under my command and shelter. The Ruhr mining area was a well-known forgotten place in the European Community before the end of the world, because half a century ago, the Ruhr region was depleted of coal and iron. The famous industrial cities of a hundred or two hundred years ago, such as Bochum, Dortmund, Gersengirchen, Duisburg, etc., have irreversibly declined after the resources have been exhausted. ”

Brian finally changed the tobacco leaves, and he carefully stroked the pipe, and like a trick, he pulled a thin match from the cuff, and then swiped it lightly on the side of the pipe, and the match immediately and gently formed an orange-red spark.

Brian lit his pipe, took a puff and exhaled a thick puff of smoke before adding: "I was born in the Ruhr industrial area, and I am a native of the Ruhr. Although I left my hometown to work in the Frankfurt Economic Region for 20 years after graduating, I still miss my hometown and my wife, who returned to Dortmund because I was not used to living in Frankfurt. So, at the age of forty, I gave up my coveted job on Fifth Avenue and returned to the old industrial area of the Ruhr to work as a blacksmith. Of course, as you know, a pure blacksmith can't support a family, so I also work part-time in the arms business, and occasionally take on a high-risk, high-reward job or two, forgetting to tell you that I served in the German Confederation for two years before I went to Frankfurt. ”

General Cao Jing didn't know why, and raised his head to look at the spiral staircase: "What does Mr. Brian want to tell me?" ”

Old man Brian, who was hidden in the smoke, laughed and said, "Hey, General Cao doesn't have to be surprised, there are always some wordies when people get old." Anyway, not long after I returned to the Ruhr area, the end of the world came, perhaps by the favor of fate, the Ruhr area, as an area abandoned by the economy at the time, was sparsely populated, and after the outbreak of the X-virus, the Ruhr area became the safest place in Germany, so I survived. ”

General Cao laughed: "This is really a lucky thing, I think Mr. Bryan must have something to express, you don't just want to tell me how you escaped the terrible disaster outbreak." ”

Brian took a puff of his cigarette, and the pipe suddenly brightened, and the flames burning in the fireplace could not suppress the spark in the pipe, Brian slowly recalled: "At that time, I was only a little better than ordinary people, and my luck was a little better than ordinary people, but Flair was not, she contracted the X virus in the first year of the disaster. I remember very well that there was a knock on the door outside our apartment, and the ignorant Flair opened the door, and was bitten, and in just four hours, my dear Flair went from being a lively and kind old lady to a bloodthirsty and cruel monster who bit Thomas and Kyle to death, and ate Kyle's corpse. My two lovely little grandsons became food in my grandmother's mouth, and I killed my wife who had been with me for twenty-seven years. ”

Cao Jing was silent, everyone has memories, not Brian, but in this apocalyptic era, when talking about the past, everyone will resonate, because everyone has cherished it by their side.

"These are really sad stories, Mr. Brian, please don't live in dark memories, we should be more open, at least we are alive tonight, aren't we?" Cao Jing said.

Brian didn't answer Cao Jing's words, but said to himself: "When the X virus broke out, my son was still in Berlin, in fact, I haven't seen him again to this day, and I believe he is also dead." Berlin has a population of 6 million, and it is a city like hell. But I didn't think so at the time, I felt that he should live, and for the sake of a glimmer of faith, I chose to survive! So I gathered a group of people, and over the course of three years, established a settlement in the Ruhr area, and then weeded out the zombies in nearby towns. I was approached by the organization when I was preparing to go north to Brandenburg along the high-speed rail line. ”

When Cao Jing heard the word organization, his eyes couldn't help but light up!

"At that time, I was commanding 300 soldiers to encircle and exterminate the zombies in a small town on the banks of the River Lane, and the battle ended smoothly. The night I moved into the city, a group of men in black found me and invited me to join them. ”

"So you joined them?"

"It's not a quick process, and it takes courage and determination to embrace something new, especially for old men like us." Brian tapped his corn pipe, then tucked it back into the pocket of his suit.

"They helped me all the way north, breaking through more than a dozen towns, and after paying so much price, we finally arrived in Berlin." Brian stood on the spiral staircase, looking at the wall, not only deep, but far away.

"How's Berlin?" General Cao couldn't help but ask, for a common name in his books during the enlightenment period, General Cao couldn't help but be attracted.

"Berlin has no life." "I still can't forget Berlin," Brian said, "in the air of the Brandenburg Gate, I hid my face and wept, I gave the lives of all my followers, and I gave up the settlement I had built, and went there just to see ......"

"At that time, the people in the organization told me that they wanted to change the world, they needed people, they needed me, because I was the kind of person they needed, and I had some special skills, so they invited me to join, even at the cost of manpower, to help me fulfill my long-cherished wish. So I have no reason not to join the organization. Brian said.

Cao Jing clapped his palms: "Mr. Brian's story is really touching, but what does this have to do with faith?" All they value is your skills, and I think that must be a good skill. ”

Brian nodded, and shook his head again: "General Cao Jing, you didn't join the organization, so you don't understand the organization, and you are in the same spiritual realm as I once was." When I joined the organization, it was just to pay off a debt of favor, but after getting in touch with the organization, especially after getting to know the organization deeply, I feel that I have truly found faith! For the sake of this faith, I did not hesitate to travel all over the world. ”

General Cao smiled: "That's why you came to the Huaxia Alliance and found our President Sun?" Nice faith! ”

Brian shrugged his shoulders and uttered an old proverb: "There is not only one road to Rome, and we don't put all our apples in one basket." ”

General Cao laughed: "Well said, the cunning rabbit has three holes, it seems that some of you also have to contact the Nian Maniac, right?" ”

Brian shook his head.

"I don't believe that you will look for Mr. Sun instead of looking for Nian Maniac, you know, in this Watergate defense line, Nian Mania's power is a few points stronger than Mr. Sun." General Cao said.

Brian replied solemnly: "We have already learned that the commander-in-chief of the regiment is too conceited, he is not a good partner to work with, and he is not as open-minded as General Sun Zaichen. ”

General Cao slapped his mouth: "Oh, look at my mouth, I have a lot of words, those are the will of the high-level, we just need to obey." Mr. Brian, you may not know, my life was saved by Mr. Sun himself, at that time the boss was still the head of an old regiment, and I was still a platoon commander. So, Mr. Sun is my faith. ”

Brian shook his head again and said: "General Cao, taking people as beliefs is fragile, throughout the ages, there have been many examples enough to illustrate all this, only science is eternal." ”

General Cao was about to speak, when the door of the hall opened with the sound of the door opening.