Chapter 436 Country Church
Gao Fei yawned again.
Inadvertently, he heard a slight snoring sound.
Turning his head, he saw Jiang Feng hugging his arm, resting his head on his shoulder, and already dozing off.
On the other side, Wu Xiaoqian crossed her arms in front of her chest, lowered her head, her eyes were too sleepy to open, and her body was limply leaning towards him.
Gao Fei was sandwiched between two "sleeping cats" and couldn't move. He smiled helplessly and could only force himself to stay awake until the police car drove back to town.
When they arrived at the guesthouse, Jiang Feng and Wu Xiaoqian were not sleepy anymore, and they chattered about what to eat in the evening.
Ma Tao was sitting in the smoking area of the hotel lobby. He had a "Jiaozi" in his pocket, but he didn't smoke it and insisted on smoking a "Huazi".
"Tao'er, Huazi is too expensive, is Yuxi okay?" Wang Daqing discussed with him.
"That won't do! I have to have a cigarette today, otherwise I won't sleep well!" Ma Tao shook his head like a rattle.
Jin Zhijian went to the bar and bought a box of soft Zhonghua, which he opened and gave to Ma Tao and Wang Daqing. The three old smokers sat on the sofa, puffing smoke and talking nonsense.
Seeing Gao Fei coming over, Jin Zhijian handed him a cigarette.
Gao Fei didn't have the habit of smoking, but he still took the cigarette and put it behind his ear.
This journey to chase the murderer in the ancient tomb was full of hardships and obstacles, and the harvest was also quite rich.
Everyone accumulated a lot of experience points. During the break, Gao Fei and his teammates were promoted to the next level.
Jiang Feng spent 21,000 experience points and the special police was promoted to level 8, with 11,425 points left.
After the upgrade, her free attributes and free specialties became four.
"Defense wristband" completed the third-level synchronization, AC +8.
Ma Tao also upgraded the SWAT to level 8, with 13,775 remaining experience points, which he kept for backup.
Wang Daqing upgraded the SWAT to level 7, with 18,575 remaining experience points.
Gao Fei accumulated the most experience points, with 50,900 points in stock.
His consistent principle is to upgrade the main profession "Tiangong SWAT" as much as possible, and not to upgrade the secondary profession if it is not necessary.
Spending 30,000 experience points, Gao Fei upgraded the SWAT from level 8 to level 10 in one go, leaving 20,900 points for backup.
After two consecutive upgrades, he now has 5 free specialties, plus 5 free attributes.
In addition, the 10th level "Tiangong SWAT" also gets a new professional ability - "Mastery Reset".
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Mastery Reset: Spend 1 minute to reset free specialties and free attributes.
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The time required to reset points has been shortened from 10 minutes to 1 minute, becoming more flexible and able to adapt to the actual needs on the battlefield.
Wu Xiaoqian, a non-staff member of the special police team, has also accumulated a lot of experience points.
Her life dice has risen to 11HD, and she is one step closer to evolving again.
As for what new abilities she will evolve in the future?
Even she herself doesn't know yet.
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Gao Fei's team was expected to take a week on this business trip, but in fact they completed the mission in four days.
There are still three days of vacation left, so they are not in a hurry to go home. They are on vacation in Mulan Township, go to the hunting ground to practice shooting, and shoot pheasants, wild ducks, rabbits, etc.
If you are lucky, you may even encounter wild boars.
Wu Xiaoqian enthusiastically offered to be their tour guide and accompany them to travel and camp in the mountains.
The camping site is located deep in the forest farm. The old residential area nearby was originally the family area of the state-owned logging mill, and all of them are bungalows.
The logging mill has long been closed, and now there is no trace of young people in this dilapidated community. Only a group of old men and old women are left stubbornly sticking to the old way of life.
Every morning and after dinner, Gao Fei and Jiang Feng often come here for a walk, and Wu Xiaoqian sometimes accompanies them.
Gao Fei noticed that in this desolate old neighborhood, only two large houses are very popular.
One large house is a church.
The other is also a church.
On Sunday morning, Gao Fei passed by one of the rural churches while taking a walk, and heard hymns coming from the window in the distance.
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"Our Father in heaven: Hallowed be your name."
"Your kingdom come; your will be done on earth as it is in heaven."
"Give us this day our daily bread."
"Forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors."
"And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil."
"For yours is the kingdom, the power, the glory, forever. Amen."
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Perhaps infected by the atmosphere of singing, Gao Fei unconsciously stopped and looked into the church through the window.
In the softly lit hall, old men and old ladies were sitting on the long benches.
On the opposite wall hung a picture of the Passion of Christ, a statue of the Virgin Mary, and a bright red national flag.
Gao Fei was listening intently, the window was open, and an old lady with a headscarf smiled at him.
"Good morning, fellow Christian!"
Gao Fei was stunned for a moment, and nodded to the kind-looking old woman.
"Hello, I am a tourist passing by here, I hope I didn't disturb you while you were worshipping."
"No, no, do you want to come in and sit down?"
Gao Fei had no choice but to walk into the church and sit on the long bench next to her at the old lady's invitation.
The old lady held a Bible and preached to him in a nagging manner.
Frankly speaking, with Gao Fei's shallow theological knowledge, he could tell that her understanding of the Bible was too superficial, and all kinds of interpretations were filled with the naive imagination of a country woman, which reminded him of the old joke:
The Queen Mother of the East Palace made pancakes, and the Queen Mother of the West Palace peeled green onions.
Just when he was absent-minded, the old lady closed the scriptures, walked up to the podium with a staggering step, and began to preach.
It turned out that she was the pastor of this rural church.
Gao Fei listened for a while and gradually became interested.
In addition to those clichés of persuading people to be good, the main purpose of the old lady's sermon was to raise funds.
This was not surprising.
What surprised Gao Fei was the purpose of the fundraising.
After listening to the old lady's words, he realized that the epidemic had become serious again recently.
Especially in the northeastern border area, many imported cases of infection have been found, and several small towns in the border area have entered a state of emergency.
In order to prevent the spread of the epidemic, strict city lockdown measures had to be taken, which made the lives of local people very inconvenient, and the supply of daily necessities was once in short supply.
The church on the other side of the border has taken active action, assisting the government in the epidemic area to maintain order as volunteers and delivering fresh vegetables and fruits to the closed community, for which donations need to be raised.
The church in Mulan Township received the news and is also actively organizing fundraising activities to help church members far away to share their worries and solve their problems.
Gao Fei felt mixed emotions when he heard this, and touched his pocket, wanting to donate some money.
However, he soon realized that he didn't have a penny in his pocket.
Living in a big city, electronic payment is very convenient.
I don't know when he started to forget the habit of carrying money when going out, and even felt a little unfamiliar with paper money.
