Chapter 112, Locke's Worries (Happy Chinese New Year, Happy Year of the Tiger!)
Hearing Joanna repeating her words word for word, Iger stopped crying. He took a deep breath and tried to calm down.
It's really strange. I was wronged several times more than I am now, but now my emotions are out of control.
Egg sniffed and blamed the "morale" system for losing control of his emotions. He looked at Joanna who was "talking" seriously. Although he knew it was useless, he still felt warm in his heart. This little girl.
As expected, after Joanna put forward the proposal, Father Locke rejected it directly without even discussing it.
Joanna turned her head a little discouraged. She originally wanted to make an apologetic expression towards Iger, but she saw Iger give her a thumbs up. Judging from his mouth shape, he should be saying "Awesome"
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Joanna felt happy all of a sudden.
Iger figured it out. He comforted himself and said, it doesn't matter. It didn't work this time, and it will happen again. Iger also knows that the change of thinking is a matter of time and effort.
It is human nature for people to always hope that the world can function in the way they are familiar with. After all, this is not the case for me either.
After Iger figured it out, he concentrated on being a dummy in the subsequent meeting.
After more than ten minutes of discussion, the gospel team decided to include the love and family team.
When Father Locke returned to the fourth floor and told the anxiously waiting Nicholas and others about the gospel team's decision, everyone couldn't help but cheer.
At this time, the sky outside the window had begun to turn white. Father Locke decided that without further delay, the rescue team should set off immediately. After all, there were still hundreds of kilometers to go from Jixi Town. One minute earlier, one minute safer.
When the three leaders of Nicholas heard this, they who were yawning all over the place quickly expressed that they were not sleepy at all.
Each leader felt that he had the responsibility and obligation to lead the way. After some debate, the three of them decided to go back together.
It has to be said that democratically elected figures have a natural sensitivity to every opportunity to show their faces.
Soon, a convoy consisting of a car, two pickup trucks, and a bus slowly drove out of Jixi Town under the cover of night.
Two pickup trucks, one of which is the fire support team led by Egg.
Sitting in the pickup truck driven by Joanna were Iger, Fran, and Erica, who were the strongest combination of the gospel team.
According to Nicholas' report, when they drove over, there were no stray infected people on the road, and the road was completely empty.
Egger speculated that the movement of infected groups not only attacks survivor strongholds, but also "collects" free infected people.
Therefore, the fire support team not only provides security for the rescue convoy, but also takes the initiative to meet the enemy after reaching the destination.
On the one hand, this is naturally to delay the movement of infected people towards the "Love and Family Team" as much as possible. On the other hand, the sniper attack on this super large group of infected people starts from now on.
Subsequently, the fire support team will not withdraw with the main force. They have sufficient supplies and ammunition to deal with the infected group for a long time.
On the way, Egg told the three team members his strategy. Based on the experience of eliminating the infected group last time, Youdao is to capture the thief first and capture the king first, and the screamer must be eliminated first.
Therefore, the first step in the battle plan is to find the Screamer.
According to Egger's plan, he must first actively approach the group of infected people, trigger the Screamer's attack command, and have observers at high altitudes use telescopes to identify them.
The second step is to use a shotgun for long-distance synchronized sniping.
The third step is simple, use firearms to shoot the infected people who have lost their organization one by one.
In the gospel team, the person with the best "shooting skills" is naturally Iger, followed by Fran and Erica.
When it comes to shooting with a gun, Fran may not be as good as Erica, but in terms of long-distance shooting ability, Fran is extremely good.
The firepower of the fire support team this time is extremely sufficient. In addition to their regular guns, they also carry three shotguns and several boxes of bullets. They can make full use of the pickup truck to move around and slowly disperse the infected group, and then
Annihilate them one by one.
What needs to be guarded against here is the outbreak of blood plague caused by the screams of the screamers. What Egger is more worried about here is Fran.
Logically speaking, Egger should not have brought Fran to participate in this field work. After all, Fran's resistance to the blood plague is not very strong. Once the blood plague breaks out, I really don't know what will happen to him.
But the current situation is that Fran has nowhere to go.
Yesterday afternoon, Fran reported that winter has now entered, and the activities of animals have been greatly reduced. In addition, the hunting team organized by the gospel team some time ago was intensively gathering wool in the forest, and the forest was partly denuded.
Fran originally came back this time to discuss his next work plan, but before the discussion, this new team joined again.
The soles of Fran's feet were sweating at the thought of suddenly being surrounded by 25 unfamiliar faces. When he heard that a fire support team was being formed, he immediately signed up to participate.
Iger and the other three are all Fran's very familiar friends. Being with them, Fran feels particularly at ease and calm.
Egger also feels this way, and now he wants to stay with the field staff more. Only through the life-and-death test of field service can stronger trust and trust be developed between people.
In his office on the fourth floor of the Morgan Building, Father Locke sighed sadly as he watched the long line of motorcades leaving Quick Creek Town.
Egg has become Father Locke's heartache.
Yesterday, Iger acted without authorization and forcibly killed Walton Morgan. If this incident can still be explained by "youth and ignorance", Iger's words just now are heartbreaking.
What kind of person can he say "break up, reorganize, review" very easily and coherently? Father Locke let out a long sigh.
Egger said to himself that he was a maximalist materialist. At that time, Father Locke still found it particularly interesting. He thought this was a big talk made by little Oliver because of his youthful rebellion.
How should I put it, in adolescence, you can play whatever is the most rebellious. Father Locke doesn't care too much about this matter. As an elder, he has seen a lot of these wild words.
Now it seems that Iger may not be talking nonsense, he is serious.
Father Locke had experienced the crazy ideological era during the Vietnam War, and he knew that maximalism and the Communist Party were not the monsters and monsters that the current public opinion propaganda says.
However, when Egger spoke these remarks in a calm tone, even Father Locke found it difficult to maintain inner stability.
After all, Father Locke is also an American. He has lived in certain deliberately guided public opinion environments for decades, and his worldview has become very stable.
At this time, even if Father Locke rationally felt that Egger's words seemed to make some sense, it was difficult for him to convince himself from his heart to follow Egger's suggestion.
Father Locke cannot deny that Iger is extremely talented and that Iger has played a decisive role in making the gospel team reach this stage.
Why is it that the successor whom I am so optimistic about turns out to be an ideological heretic? Can I still trust him with the responsibility of managing the team?
Father Locke recalled that when he first met Oliver, the child had evasive eyes and was very careful and alert.
Lying is an instinctive reaction when people face danger, especially in unfamiliar environments. Lying is a human camouflage.
In order to make Oliver let down his guard, Father Locke kindly stated to him that he was a trustworthy elder. As a result, Oliver was frightened. Not only did he not admit that he had lied, he also made up a new one for himself in order to cover up the lie.
identity.
Father Locke chose to "believe" in the children's tricks.
Father Locke could no longer push the child. He would do anything if he pushed the child too hard.
It is a good idea for adults not to expose the things that children try to hide.
This strategy was very successful. Little Egg let down his guard and quickly integrated into the new family.
Now it seems.
If Iger hadn't lied at that time, he was really a soul from another world.
OMG!
However, Father Locke did not have any evidence to prove whether Egger's soul was the real Oliver.
Egger told Vance that his brain was damaged by the high fever of the blood epidemic, many memories were lost, and his cognition was also somewhat confused.
In other words, even if Egger did not lie, Egger's statement that he was from another world was most likely a misunderstanding caused by hallucinations caused by a high fever.
The truth is not necessarily true.
Father Locke knows that human cognition is easily affected by various influences, and memories can be induced and distorted out of thin air, let alone cognition.
After all, as a clergyman, this knowledge is basic common sense.
In the history of religion, many believers claimed to have visited heaven and hell.
Those who go to hell and return to earth would rather be labeled as "spreading evil" and burned at the stake than change their words.
Lying does no good to them, but will bring death.
Therefore, these poor people did not lie, they "really" went to hell.
This is a very typical cognitive distortion that even death cannot change.
But what if this time it is true!
Father Locke sighed deeply. Recently, he often felt that his energy was not keeping up.
Now the food and accommodation conditions of the gospel team are gradually improving, and have almost returned to the level before the outbreak of the blood epidemic. However, Father Locke's physical decline has not slowed down, and his physical fitness has declined to 5 points.
He didn't know how long he could hold on, and Father Locke was afraid that he would collapse halfway.
It was a dark night outside the window, and a strong and burly old man with tired eyes was reflected on the glass.
"God bless us."
Father Locke made the sign of the cross on his chest devoutly.
