Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio  Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

The next morning, the flames in the tunnel were finally extinguished, and the bottom layer of the tunnel was filled with a thick layer of ashes.

Hubert led his men down to clean up the tunnel for nearly an hour.

“Should we seal off this tunnel? If the devouring rats attack again, the church might not be able to withstand it.”, Father Marlin asked worriedly.

“No, only defending is not my way of doing things. In addition, since we have already discovered the devouring rats, we must destroy them. Otherwise, when their numbers increase by ten times, a hundred times, or even a thousand times, the church won’t be able to defend at all. There is only one way to protect the church, and that is to completely destroy the devouring rats before they develop.”

Hubert said firmly.

“But, how do we deal with them? We used all our manpower yesterday, and we almost couldn’t deal with them. Under the sewer is their home ground, so we have no chance of winning, right?”, Father Marlin asked worriedly.

“I have already thought of a way to deal with them.”, Hubert asked Sophia to bring all the tear gas from the police station.

“My plan is like this. First, I’ll bring people to cast tear gas in the sewers. The devouring rats have very sensitive five senses. In addition, the sewers are enclosed spaces, so the effect of tear gas will be maximized. As long as we can gradually cast tear gas in all places, we’ll be able to drive the devouring rats out of their hiding places and drive them to a place that is beneficial to us. Then, we’ll use the gas canisters to make a simple fire-breathing device. Together with gasoline, I believe we can completely destroy this group of devouring rats.”

“That’s a good idea, but where are we going to get so much tear gas and gas canisters? Most importantly, we don’t know where this sewer leads to or where the entrances and exits are. It might be very difficult to carry out the plan.”, Father Marlin thought for a while and found the key point of the plan.

“Tear gas is very easy to get. Sophia and I found a lot of it in the police station. We only brought a small part of it back. We should be able to move the rest back. It’s not difficult to find gas canisters either. We can search the outdoor stores nearby and get a lot of them. As for the sewer route map, I’m afraid we can only go to the water supply center or the library to check the information about the construction of the sewer.”, Hubert said.

“I might be able to help with the information about the sewer.”. Suddenly, Linda, who had been standing by the side, raised the pincer in her hand.

“You have a way?”, Hubert’s eyes lit up.

If Linda could solve the problem of the sewers, it would be much faster than them searching for information in the library.

“My tutor has been researching on the topics of reconstruction and reuse of old abandoned sewers and various underground facilities. He has a lot of old sewers and various underground facilities’ branch blueprints built in St. Louis. I think it would be easier to start from him.”, Linda said weakly.

“That’s great!”, hearing Linda’s words, Hubert waved his fist excitedly.

“Thank you so much. You’ve been a great help. I’ll have to trouble you. After dinner, you and I will go get the map blueprints.”, Hubert pulled Linda’s pincer and said.

“It’s no trouble. I don’t have any other skills. I just want to contribute to the shelter in this way.”, Linda was not used to being held by Hubert’s hand, so she lowered her head and said.

After settling the problem of the map, Hubert began to arrange the division of labor.

“Sophia, take some people to the police station later. Try to move all the supplies inside.”

“I promise to complete the mission.”, Sophia gave a playful salute.

“Chloe, take some people to the outdoor stores nearby and get the gas canisters back. If you see other useful supplies, try to bring them back. The sanctuary is short of everything now.”, Hubert said to Chloe.

“Understood. I promise to bring back all the outdoor stores nearby,”. Chloe nodded and said.

“Father Marlin, I’ll leave the church to you, especially the passage leading to the sewer. You must send people to keep an eye on it at all times.”, Hubert said to Father Marlin.

“Don’t worry. I’ll get people to pile the gasoline barrels here. If those smelly rats dare to come again, I’ll show them what I’m capable of.”, Father Marlin patted the gasoline barrels beside him with his tree branch and said.

“Okay, since there are no more problems, then I wish us all the best.”

Hubert raised the cup in his hand.

After breakfast, everyone began to move.

Hubert followed lobster girl Linda out of the sanctuary and walked toward the office of Linda’s tutor.

Before leaving the sanctuary, Hubert had planned to prepare some weapons for Linda.

However, Linda’s hands had become a pair of large pincers, and she couldn’t use any weapons at all.

Hubert had no choice but to put on a bulletproof vest for Linda and put on an explosion-proof helmet to strengthen her defense.

In order to avoid making too much noise and attracting the attention of others, Hubert deliberately didn’t drive the car.

Fortunately, Linda’s tutor’s office wasn’t far from here. It would take about 40 minutes to walk, which was acceptable.

As he walked, Hubert considered whether he should get a bicycle or a skateboard.

These things were small, low-pitched, and did not depend on the terrain. They were good walking tools.

Maybe he should take some time to go to the sporting goods store.

Hubert added another line to his future plans.

This time it was much farther than the last two times. However, there were still no people on the road, and the streets were quieter than ever. The windows facing the street were closed, and Hubert could sense that someone was spying on them through the gaps in the curtains.

When he turned his gaze over, the peepers immediately pulled the curtains tightly, as if they were afraid that he would discover them.

Looking at the appearance of these people, Hubert could not help but shake his head.

It seemed that these residents still had not accepted the fact that they had become monsters.

However, in his previous life, he was also one of these people.

He hid at home for a week until the food at home ran out and he secretly went out to look for food. Only then did he realize that everyone had changed.

In his previous life, it took him more than a month to slowly adapt to this new world.

In comparison, in this life, he was much better. He had obtained the angel bloodline, a divine artifact, and a sanctuary. He was on the verge of eliminating the devouring rats in this district. Everything was developing in a good direction.

While his thoughts were running wild, Hubert and Linda came to an office building.

“This office building belongs to our school. My tutor works in it. All the information should be in his office. Let’s go up now.”, Linda said as she was about to open the door.

“Wait, there’s a situation.”, Hubert said in a low voice. He grabbed Linda, climbed over the railing, and jumped into the bushes to hide behind a bush.