Chapter 342 Goodbye, 1850! (End) (10,000 words updated!!!)

As a senior Goubi from later generations.

Xu Yun undoubtedly attaches much greater importance to his own safety than anyone else in this era.

After all

Halo never reminded him whether he would lose his life in real life if he died in the dungeon.

Of course.

Judging from the many lives that Halo has accomplished.

The probability of this obliterating punishment mechanism is not high.

However, even if death in the dungeon will not affect the real body, the completion of the task will definitely be affected.

Xu Yun didn't want to see that he had spent a lot of effort and wasted a long time, only to be slapped at the last moment because he was not meticulous enough, and he had no choice but to get a low score or even a guaranteed evaluation result.

Therefore, before entering the dungeon, he made many preparations - such as the lime hidden in his sleeves.

This vigilance reached a whole new level after the night raid on the Scottish camp.

Therefore

As early as a long time ago, Xu Yun had arranged some backup plans.

For example

This body armor.

That's right.

A long time ago.

This body armor was actually not one of the two items he asked Aveline to build, but the product of an earlier agreement between him and Liszt.

That was the young man who Xu Yun went to University College London to find after visiting Mr. Carr's family in London. (Hey, I didn’t expect that)

Now in 1851, there are two well-known 'Liszts' on the European continent.

One of them is Franz Liszt, a Hungarian.

He is a famous composer, pianist, conductor, a great romantic master, and one of the most outstanding representatives of the early romantic period.

Later generations called him the King of Piano.

And what about the other Liszt.

It was Joseph Lister.

He is the founder and promoter of surgical disinfection and is known as the father of surgery.

He proposed that lack of disinfection was the main cause of postoperative infection and created a series of surgical regulations.

In less than 10 years, the postoperative mortality rate dropped from 45% to 15%.

Even many people in later generations have benefited from him, which can be said to have immeasurable merit.

In the "List of 100 People Who Influenced the Course of Human History" published by Mike Hart in 1978, Lister ranked 60th.

Listeria, which drove countless medical doctors crazy in later generations, was named after Listeria.

So after learning that Xu Yun was visiting Liszt, some students thought that Xu Yun was going to get antibiotics.

But they ignored two issues:

First.

Xu Yun did not have anyone who needed antibiotic treatment at the time, and if he wanted to save someone, he could have copied the allicin from the Northern Song Dynasty.

second.

Antibiotics may differ from the photoelectric effect or cathode rays.

If this thing had been invented in advance, the West would be the well-deserved number one beneficiary, but it would be difficult for the East to reap this part of the dividend.

Therefore.

The purpose of Xu Yun's previous visit to Liszt was not to involve the medical field, but to

Works with the Lister family to produce body armor.

Everyone knows Liszt as the father of surgery, and he was later awarded a baronet for his work.

But few people know that Lister’s father, John Jackson Lister, was a businessman engaged in achromatic lenses.

His uncle is a wealthy businessman engaged in silk production, and his uncle produces and sells porcelain in France. He belongs to a standard business family.

If not.

Lister would no longer have the energy to do surgical research:

These days, almost any project involving the word 'research' requires a large investment in capital costs.

For example, Gauss was supported by Archduke Ferdinand, who loved many noble people throughout his life, while Cavendish might as well have been a rich man himself.

As for Abel and Babbage, the unlucky ones who didn’t have a father who was a financial sponsor, even food and clothing were a problem

So after meeting at that time.

Xu Yun directly provided a cooperation plan, which recorded part of the production process of the original version of the body armor, and finally reached a cooperation intention with Lister.

Contract agreement.

Xu Yun provides relevant production technology, and the Lister family is responsible for production.

Xu Yun owns 40% of the share rights and also enjoys the right to trial the finished product.

Among them, what Xu Yun really cares about is the latter, after all, this is his biggest life guarantee in the dungeon.

It's a pity that Xu Yun wasn't very familiar with Aveline at that time, otherwise he could have left this matter to that ATM girl.

A full year has passed now.

Fortunately, the List family finally lived up to their mission and came up with this finished body armor.

Of course.

It’s still brackets, youth version.

As everyone knows.

In the long history of human weapon development, the search for the "strongest personal shield" has never stopped.

There is a saying that goes well:

"Every piece of equipment has its nemesis."

For bullets, body armor is one of the "old enemies".

The earlier body armor was "steel-based armor", using a hard steel plate to resist bullets.

This kind of steel armor appeared very early, and to some extent it is no different from ordinary armor.

It was once popular at the end of the 16th century and spread throughout Europe.

Although it can provide bulletproof effect, it is too hard, heavy and inconvenient to wear.

As a result, countries around the world are gradually embarking on the road to find "lightweight soft armor".

The first thing that entered human vision was cotton fiber.

In 1811.

Gaul once used more than 10 layers of cotton fiber to make a "cotton back armor", which has a certain bulletproof ability.

Next are the Three Musketeers in modern times:

Silk from the late 19th century.

Manganese steel in the early 20th century.

As well as the truly modern ballistic materials Kevlar, Tevlon, Spector and more.

The technical idea of the body armor designed by Xu Yun this time is not complicated. To put it bluntly, it is an extremely simple but not simple formula:

Silk + ceramic.

The easy part is the silk.

It has no technical content and uses the principle of silk armor.

This thing has existed in the East for a long time, but most of the customers of silk armor in later generations only have two groups:

One is the armor collector.

The second is sexy lingerie lovers and just because.

As for the not-so-easy part.

Of course it’s ceramic.

As everyone knows.

Ceramic sheets by themselves cannot be used as body armor.

Because such a large piece of ceramic is too heavy, and it is hard and inconvenient to move.

Wearing such a suit makes it difficult to perform complete movements.

But.

Ceramics can be used as materials for bulletproof inserts, and they are mainly targeted at rifle bullets.

Corresponding to the NIJ standard NIJ III level and above NIJ IV level across the sea.

It is a composite material composed of ceramic + bulletproof fiber, and its effect is relatively good even in later generations.

Because ceramics have high hardness and a much lower specific gravity than bulletproof steel.

When faced with a shooter.

Ceramics will rely on their hardness to break the projectiles into several smaller projectiles, and then use the fragmentation of the ceramics to further reduce their kinetic energy.

The bulletproof fiberboard behind the ceramic then absorbs these smaller threatening fragments to achieve a defensive effect.

This bulletproof fiber is the silk mentioned earlier.

Of course.

This type of ceramic in later generations is not an ordinary ceramic, but a multi-curved cermet with a polyurea coating on the surface.

How was this thing done in 1850?

Seeing this, the smart classmate Zhou Zhou must have remembered it.

That’s right!

In the cathode ray experiment, Xu Yun once gave a prop that could convert electrical signals into acoustic signals——

Piezoelectric ceramics. (Chapter 303)

After polarization of piezoelectric ceramics, the electric domains will be aligned along the direction of the electric field.

At this time, as long as some metal is added, the properties of the beggar's version of bulletproof ceramics can be achieved.

A gray line leads to a foreshadowing.JPG.

With piezoelectric ceramics and silk, a simple version of the body armor was born.

This DIY version of piezoelectric ceramic body armor can reliably protect against 7.62mm half-power rifle bullets in later generations without even damaging the ribs, but it cannot protect against full-power bullets. (Youtube has video)

However, although the 7.62mm bullet was standard in later generations, in 1851

The bullet used in the Minie rifle is called Minie bullet. Sometimes it is also called Minie bullet due to transliteration problems. It is a kind of bare lead bullet.

The charge of this kind of bullet is very small, and its lethality lies in the initial kinetic energy, so there are three ranges of power:

One is within 10 meters, the power of the Migne bullet can be compared with the full power of the 7.62mm rifle bullet.

The second type is 10-25 meters, which is equivalent to half-power bullets.

But beyond 25 meters, its power will decrease in a range - because ballistics is so primitive these days.

at long distances.

Unless he is shot in the head or hit an organ like the earlier Kennedy, he will basically not die immediately.

Of course.

When breech-loading gun technology appears, the power of minie bullets will be greatly enhanced.

Then Xu Yun took out a steel helmet from his backpack, which weighed five or six kilograms.

The performance of later generations of steel helmets is more complex. This thing is not actually used to protect against bullets, but to avoid stray bullets or fragments.

However, the bullet velocity of the 1851 muzzleloader gun is limited. Unless it is shot head-on, it can barely be said to be a "bulletproof steel helmet."

A body armor and a steel helmet were enough for Xu Yun to face the enemy head-on.

While Xu Yun was putting on his body armor.

Bourne, who was leaning against the only unclosed front window, raised his head slightly and glanced outside:

"Attention, the enemy is only ten meters away from the gate!"

Said.

Bourne raised his bayonet high in defense.

Several dozen seconds passed.

Kakaka——

The sound of military boots gradually came from outside the door.

It is not difficult to judge from the interval between steps. The other party is obviously very cautious.

Bang——

After a few seconds.

Three gunshots suddenly sounded outside the door.

Three holes soon appeared at the door, but the bullets that rushed into the door were quickly blocked by the barriers.

At the same time, three gunshots were fired.

"Yeah!!!"

An aristocratic woman whom Xu Yun didn't recognize suddenly screamed and angrily threw the book in her hand towards the small door that had not been reopened.

Snap——

The book hit the small door, and there was a muffled sound.

Upon seeing this, Bourne frowned and glanced at the woman dissatisfied:

"Idiot!"

At this time, it was obviously in the testing stage. The enemy did not know exactly how many people were in the auditorium and what their actual combat strength was.

If you can delay for one more minute at this time, you will have more chance of winning.

Now the aristocratic woman threw the 'weapon' first, wasn't she telling the people in the auditorium opposite that the people in the auditorium were panicking, like a frightened bird?

Sure enough.

After the noble woman throws the book.

The pace outside the house was a little faster, and there were some undisguised conversations:

"Здесьоченьволнуется!"

“прямов!!!”

"Suka BuLei!!"

The attackers made no attempt to persuade them to surrender, and simply wanted to kill everyone in the house.

Prince Albert didn't shout, "I'll give you double the amount of money you charged" like the powerful people he assassinated in the novel.

It can be seen from the indiscriminate killing of the attackers from the beginning and their accents that there is no verbal compromise in tonight's battle and there is no retreat.

After a while.

Bang bang bang——

There was a strong knocking at the door.

After all, from the attacker's perspective, the entire door in front of him is closed at this time.

They don't know that the obstructions for small doors and large doors are actually different.

But soon.

The attackers then tried to reach the wicket.

"Report! There is a problem with the syllables here! The defense seems weak!"

Dong Dong Dong——

There was another knocking sound outside the door. This was the attacker determining the thickness of the barrier behind the door.

After a few seconds.

Bang——

Bang bang——

There was a sound of gunfire and a vibration from the handle of the small door.

Although the door lock is still as stable as ever, there are gaps in the surrounding wooden blocks.

Students who have kicked in the firewood shed door should all know this.

When a wooden door has a crack, even if it is still locked, the difficulty of brute force cracking has dropped by an unknown number of levels.

soon.

There was a knock on the door outside the house.

The atmosphere in the auditorium became quite tense again.

However, Bourne and the others did not wait. They saw him move gently to the small door, targeted the gap, and stabbed the bayonet out fiercely.

Without giving the opponent time to react, he quickly withdrew the bayonet.

What was taken back and scattered on the ground was a bit of bright red and a scream came from outside the house:

"Sukabule! My hand, my arm was stabbed!"

Although it is not known whether it was the other gunman whom Byrne stabbed.

But since he is injured, the opponent's combat ability will be affected to some extent.

Listening to the angry scolding outside, a smile appeared on Bourne's lips.

If you can add some trouble to the enemy at this time, you can at least relax your mood.

But soon.

There was a faint sound in his ears, which sounded like

Straw burning?

"Not good!!!"

As one of the strongest individual soldiers of this era, Bourne is familiar with this sound.

His expression suddenly changed, he threw down the subordinates around him, and at the same time shouted to Prince Albert:

"Damn, what they lit was a mercury-fulminating tube! Your Highness, the grenadiers and the Coldstream Guards are all guilty"

Boom——

Bourne didn't finish his words.

There was a huge explosion outside the house, and the door and the wall were blown into pieces.

There was smoke and dust billowing at the entrance, and Bourne and others were confused about life and death.

See this situation.

Prince Albert's heart suddenly sank.

The thing he was most worried about actually happened:

Not only did the Coldstream Guards have spies in the Royal Division, but the Grenadiers also had a big problem!

The presence of a mole in the grenadiers means that the opponent is likely to have it.

High explosive gunpowder!

gunpowder.

It is one of the four great inventions that China has always been proud of.

Later generations generally believe that the earliest record of gunpowder in China appeared in the "Martial Classics General Essentials" compiled by Zeng Gongliang of the Northern Song Dynasty.

There are three gunpowder formulas recorded in writing, one is excerpted here:

"Tribulus fireball and its gunpowder method, artillery gunpowder method: Jinzhou sulfur... swirled and evenly mixed, wrapped in five layers of paper, tied with hemp, not to mention melted turpentine to apply it, and fired with cannons." (Some other things are omitted. things)

These gunpowders were finally introduced to Europe by the Arabs in the 13th century and developed rapidly.

Like the earliest British grenadiers, they threw clay pots filled with gunpowder, which was conceptually equivalent to primitive hand grenades.

However, when talking about high-explosive gunpowder, which is a higher level than gunpowder, what comes to everyone’s mind should be another person’s name:

Nobel.

Here is a possible misunderstanding:

The inventor of TNT explosive was not Nobel but Wilberland.

Nobel invented colloidal Dana dynamite, which is nitroglycerin dynamite.

Its preparation method is... ahem, I can't say this.

At the same time, Nobel also invented the detonator - note, it is a detonator, and Bourne is talking about a mercury thunder tube.

Mercury fulminate appeared much earlier than the detonator. It was successfully synthesized as early as 1807 by a British priest, Forsyth—you read that right, a priest.

It is a white or gray crystal that is the earliest explosive used by humans. It is highly sensitive to flames, needles and impacts.

Therefore, in the early days of its invention, it was widely used in percussion guns.

For example, the Minie rifle at the scene contained mercury fulminate.

However, in 1838, after T.J. Perouse first discovered that cotton soaked in nitric acid could explode, the United Kingdom produced a special weapon:

Mercury tube.

This is a very contemporary product.

If I have to say it, it is somewhat similar to the BB players and DVDs in the early 21st century. They have their own characteristics but appear and become obsolete very quickly.

The combination of mercury fulminant tube, cotton, lead wire and metal ring became the exclusive weapon of British grenadiers around 1850, specially used for attacking fortresses.

This is also the reason why Bourne immediately judged that there was a mole in the Grenadier Guards after hearing the sound of the lead.

The emergence of mercury fulminate tubes also represents another thing:

The defense system previously deployed by Prince Albert has now lost its meaning.

What they had to face next was a direct attack from fifty enemies armed with Miné rifles.

Although strictly speaking, even if all the doors of the auditorium were blown open, it would not be possible for fifty enemies to enter at the same time.

But when the portal is open, the more specific number of people entering is meaningless.

If you change to a smaller place.

The attacker could even set up a gun outside and arrange for some men to throw grenades directly inside, slowly killing the people inside.

Fortunately, the auditorium was large enough. With limited time, the attacker obviously couldn't do this.

After all, 'hand grenades' these days are still relatively primitive, and the maximum number of grenades a grenadier can carry is only five to seven.

The attackers sneaked in for another sneak attack tonight. Unless they were carrying Doraemon's space bag, they would never be able to carry enough projectiles.

But even if this worst-case scenario does not happen, Prince Albert still faces a terrible life and death crisis.

His eyes were fixed on the smoke and dust at the door, and he clenched the sword in his hand again, and there was even a trace of it in his eyes.

Death intention.

Apart from Charles I, the only other monarch in British history who was assassinated in office was Edmund Ironside.

Will he now become the second tragically unlucky person?

But then again.

Compared with Edmund II who was stabbed to death by the Vikings hiding under the latrine, his death method should not be so 'anal fissure'.

Wow!——

Just when Prince Albert was in a trance, the sound of heavy stones falling to the ground suddenly came from the entrance.

It's obvious.

This is someone pushing away some of the walls that have been blown apart, preparing to open up a more open space.

A few more seconds passed.

Bang——

Several bullets were fired from the smoke, but due to sight problems, they still only hit the table, but it still caused a panic.

See this situation.

Prince Albert, whose military literacy far exceeded ordinary people, had a flash of determination in his eyes and said to the people around him:

"Everyone, the gate has collapsed. Standing here is the only way to die!"

"Our only chance now is to drag the attackers into close combat so that they cannot use firearms!"

"All young men and women obey my orders and turn off the lights immediately while there is still sand and dust blocking your view at the door!"

"The Migne gunners fired immediately. Afterwards, the Guards were in front. Everyone rushed out with me!"

Finished.

He turned to look at the two shooting points and ordered:

"Shoot! Fire all!"

Bang——

Five Miner rifles opened fire quickly.

"Ah!"

"Watch out! Punamit!"

"My feet!"

Five bullets hit two people.

This round of shooting suppression slightly slowed down the enemy's movements, but after the shooting was completed, there was a reloading period of nearly thirty seconds.

at the same time.

The guard standing by the switch quickly turned off the light source, and the room was instantly dark.

Upon seeing this, Prince Albert stood up suddenly and shouted to everyone:

"Life and death depend on this! Everyone follows me——"

As a result, the last word was not finished yet.

A figure wearing a steel helmet and a vaguely familiar figure appeared next to him, and rushed in front of everyone as if reincarnated.

It can be seen by the little light coming from outside the auditorium.

This figure vaguely held something in his hand. After arriving near the gate, he quickly hid next to a wall that had not been blown apart.

Then

In Prince Albert's ears, he heard a very rhythmic sound.

Da da da——

Becky Smirnov, 34 years old, 2.05 meters tall, captain of the Tsarist Russian Army.

He is also the first commander of the night attack team.

Not long ago.

There were 74 members of the night attack team headed by Becky Smirnov. With the cooperation of internal personnel, they successfully lurked at the experimental site.

They lay in wait behind a predetermined area.

This area is hidden from view, and the patrol personnel are also our own.

Therefore, Smirnov and others lurked for several hours without being discovered.

Then when the experiment was coming to an end and everyone was most relaxed.

Smirnov launched the attack.

Smirnov's first shot was actually aimed at Prince Albert, but the distance was too far and the shot missed the target.

Instead, he shot the happy-looking middle-aged man next to Prince Albert to the head.

Fortunately, this kind of mistake is not a big problem.

The reason why so many of them came tonight was that they were prepared for a frontal attack - even if Prince Albert was killed in one blow, they would still launch a large-scale massacre.

in short.

The more people you kill and the more chaos you create, the better.

Anyway

There are also people in the escort team in Cambridge who will delay time

Sure enough.

As their battle plan predicted, Prince Albert did not foolishly flee to the open space, but retreated into the auditorium.

The assassination turned into an assault.

This is the last thing Smirnov wants to see, but it is still not difficult.

After all

In order to succeed in this attack, the forces behind them used almost all their trump cards.

For example, someone added fuel to the flames and invited many imperial dignitaries who were not interested or had hesitant attitudes.

Someone secretly ambushed them and created the perfect opportunity for them to enter.

Others are supporting supplies. In addition to Minie rifles, there are also top-secret weapons of the British army such as mine pump tubes.

Everyone is a ghost.jpg.

At this moment.

Looking at the door of the auditorium that had been blown open in front of him, the corners of Becky Smirnov's mouth curved slightly:

"Lieutenant Harrington, prepare to attack."

The Harrington in Becky Smirnoff's mouth was a Scottish soldier with a thick beard. Hearing this, there was a hint of vigilance in his eyes, and he suggested:

"Captain Smirnov, just to be on the safe side, do we need to test it again?"

"After all, there are still guns in the auditorium"

"Anyway, we have plenty of time. We can observe the situation before rushing in."

"Don't worry too much, Lieutenant Harrington, those are just a few broken guns!"

Becky Smirnov waved his hand and pointed at the subordinates behind him with his thumb:

"Fifty Minie rifles fight five weapons of the same type. I have the advantage. Tell me how to lose if the barrel of the gun is blocked in your face?"

As he spoke, he placed the Miné rifle in front of him and waved in other directions:

"The windows of the auditorium were too small, and it was impossible for people inside to escape through the windows. People under martial law immediately gathered around me, and everyone rushed in together!"

"Gun in hand, follow me!"

The military orders were overwhelming. Facing the instructions from his immediate superiors, Harrington could only obey them.

Shashasha——

The sound of military boots walking in the snow came, and all the members of the night attack team gathered outside the gate.

Just when Becky Smirnoff was about to give the order to rush into the house.

illuminated by exterior lights in the auditorium.

Out of the corner of his eye, he suddenly saw a faint appearance in the corner of the main entrance.

A long, dark tube.

And then the next second.

Da da da——

As a very rhythmic sound sounded.

Harrington, who was beside Smirnov, screamed unpreparedly and fell on his back.

Then Smirnov didn't wait for his reaction.

The subordinates around him seemed to be performing a musical, and some people kept falling down, and the venue was filled with wailing.

Immediately afterwards.

The clicking sound paused slightly for two seconds, and two clicks were heard clearly in Smirnov's ears.

Then

Da da da——

The second burst of blows sounded, and several more people fell down.

Because the scene in front of him was beyond Smirnov's cognition, it was not until this moment that he reacted, suddenly picked up the gun and shot behind the wall:

"Enemy attack! Behind the left wall!"

Snap——

Several shots rang out.

In addition to Smirnov, members of the night attack team also fought back.

When Smirnov saw this, he suddenly looked happy - he must have at least four bullets hitting the body of the secret attacker!

However, the next second, his expression froze.

The person behind the wall seemed not to be affected in the slightest, and clicked to adjust something again.

Da da da——

The crisp sound of consecutive hits rang out for the third time.

This time.

Becky Smirnov, who was standing there in a daze, suddenly felt a pain in his chest.

Less than half a second.

There was a feeling of dizziness in his mind, and his vision gradually began to blur.

Bata——

As soon as he loosened his fingers, the Migne rifle slipped from his hand and fell to the ground.

At the same time, the whole person lost support, first his knees, and then the whole person collapsed to the ground.

Just as the remaining consciousness of Smirnov began to disperse.

He used his last bit of strength to raise his head and looked around.

Only three rounds of shooting were seen.

At least 70% of the subordinates he had recruited to block the door fell to the ground.

Either they died of breathlessness, or their bodies were shot and they kept wailing.

The rest either hid behind bunkers or simply fled the scene.

At the end of life.

A thought suddenly popped up in Smirnov's mind:

Who can tell him what happened?

What about your teammates? ? ?

at the same time.

In the auditorium.

Xu Yun shot a few more times outside the door.

If Mao Xiong, Da Mao and Huaxia are complex situations with both grudges and grudges, they need to be discussed comprehensively in light of the international situation and positions.

So in history, Tsarist Russia acted purely evil against China.

Therefore, now that he is fighting with his hands (?), Xu Yun seems to have no psychological pressure.

After finishing a magazine.

Xu Yun looked outside the window.

After confirming that most of the enemies had been eliminated, he looked back at the people who were still in a daze.

At this moment.

Everyone has the same expression:

O.O?

Even Albert, the uncrowned king of the British Empire, looked comically dull.

So many enemies.

Is this done?

Then, before Prince Albert could say anything, Xu Yun opened his mask and asked him directly:

"Your Majesty, there are still some enemies outside the door that have not been eliminated. Can the Guards deal with them?"

Prince Albert was slightly startled when he heard this, and said subconsciously:

"Of course."

Although the personal guards are not equipped with live ammunition, this does not mean that their military quality is not good.

Quite the opposite.

As pro-army soldiers who may appear in the war stage, the marksmanship of all pro-guards is extremely good, and there is no such thing as an interstellar player.

At present, except for Bourne and others whose life and death are unknown, the number of personal guards around Prince Albert is about twenty.

Not to mention that some nobles also have good marksmanship skills.

And the attacker

Due to a certain captain's cunning manipulation, all members of the night attack gathered at the entrance of the auditorium and made Xu Yun a personal target.

Three rounds shot down.

More than 70% of the attackers were dead or incapacitated, and the remaining ones were as frightened as birds, and some simply dropped their guns and ran away.

If you can get the Miné rifles scattered outside the house.

Even if Xu Yun stops taking action, the situation at the scene will not change again - at worst, Albert can just huddle in this auditorium and wait for reinforcements.

See this situation.

Xu Yun nodded slightly, indicating that he understood.

Then he looked at Mai and the others.

As his return approached, he no longer deliberately followed some etiquette.

I saw his eyes quickly sweeping over Wheat, Lao Tang, Gauss, Faraday, Riemann and others.

Regardless of whether what he does next will be fruitful or not, this time will be a true farewell.

According to Xu Yun's original plan.

He was also prepared to say goodbye to these acquaintances one by one in the remaining four hours.

But now it seems.

He doesn't have that many opportunities to be pretentious anymore.

Because in the remaining time, he still has to find two people.

No.

To be precise

It should be three people. (End of chapter)