People who got up early in the morning saw supermarket trolleys littering the streets as soon as they went out, and an ominous premonition filled their hearts.
Then, everyone was called up and gathered on the street in front of the Morgan Building for a roll call.
After the roll call, there were 6 less people, all members of the Love Supreme team.
Father Locke thought of the task he gave Alison yesterday, so Father Locke quickly ran to the parking lot outside the town.
In the parking lot, the most eye-catching bus has disappeared.
Father Locke stumbled and lost his balance. Sister Maria who was following him quickly caught him with quick eyesight and hands.
"Maria, go and check what's missing." Father Locke said to Sister Maria, "I'll take a rest here alone first."
After Sister Maria heard what Father Locke said, she quickly counted the vehicles and then ran towards the underground warehouse of the Morgan Building.
The underground warehouse seemed to have been looted. A fully loaded bus was enough to empty a small warehouse.
To make matters worse, the pickup truck of the first team was also missing. Although the other two cars were not driven away, the guns in the vehicles were taken away, and all the ammunition in the warehouse was emptied.
Sister Maria ran back to the parking lot and whispered to Father Locke for a while, and he nodded. When so much bad news came at once, Father Locke's mind was surprisingly clear.
It was not the worst yet. Father Locke thought quickly. He had to come up with a countermeasure by walking slowly back to the Morgan Building.
In the flash of lightning, Father Locke thought of several ways. He raised his head and glanced at the restless people not far away, who were still waiting for him to announce the news.
Father Locke took a deep breath, straightened his back, and walked the last section of the road with his head held high.
Father Locke stood in front of the crowd and said to everyone in a very calm manner: "I have some very bad news to tell you. Last night, all members of the Love Supreme team broke away from the gospel team, and they drove away our bus.
A huge amount of supplies were also stolen, including all our firearms.
In just two days, we suffered a second betrayal."
After hearing Father Locke's words, everyone was surprisingly quiet.
It's not that I wasn't surprised, but I was so shocked that I couldn't even speak.
"It doesn't matter! None of this matters!" Father Locke suddenly said loudly, "Now, our focus should be on fighting against the infected, and we cannot let our will and determination be shaken by a small number of defectors.
Although we lost some supplies, we still owned the entire town.
As long as we unite and stick together, victory will eventually belong to us!"
Father Locke's speech barely lifted some morale.
Of the 25 newcomers who just joined a few days ago, 10 have now defected. Counting those injured in the line of duty and those killed in combat, the total reduction is 12, nearly 50%.
At this time, all the old members' hearts were not only filled with sadness, but also with anger.
So, now comes the problem.
Love and family are composed of three teams. Now "love is supreme" and "family is everything" have defected one after another. So, do the people who say "love can save everything" have any thoughts of fleeing?
The old members' questions are very reasonable.
The fact that is now facing the members of Love Can Save All is that it is hard to say whether they have any intention of fleeing, but these people are now facing a very serious problem. This problem is also related to Egg.
The two teams "Love Supreme" and "Family Is All" did not disband after joining the gospel team. They are still the same as before, and they belong to the group within the group.
The "Love Saves All" group is more unlucky. The situation of this team is that their leader Nicholas was captured by Egg. Now the team is leaderless. Even if they want to cause trouble, they can't find anyone to take the lead.
Now, even if the remaining new members don't cause trouble, the situation has become extremely bad.
The infected group is approaching, the battle is unfavorable, members have been killed, defected twice, and now even the guns have been stolen.
All kinds of bad situations keep adding up. If it had happened to other teams, people might have been scattered.
Father Locke relied on his own strength and the prestige accumulated over decades to barely hold back the gospel team.
As long as Father Locke doesn't fall, the gospel team will never fall apart.
After describing what happened, Father Locke quickly made arrangements and ordered: "Although we no longer have guns, we still have sufficient supplies.
Erica, please immediately take an inventory of the shortage of materials for making cocktails, replenish them immediately and start making cocktails.
Andy, take two teams and several vehicles to conduct house-to-house searches in residential areas, and bring back some ammunition from the gun shop.
Maria, you lead two teams to conduct house-to-house searches in the commercial district.
Our goal is to find guns. I believe that there should be enough guns that have not been discovered in our town.
Fran, you monitor the infected group alone. Don't alert them yet, and report their movements every half hour.
Don't panic, everyone, we still have enough time. Our team members already caused huge damage to the infected group yesterday, and we can annihilate them today.
Victory is coming, God bless us."
After Father Locke's work arrangements and speech, everyone suddenly felt confident and started busy according to the work arrangements.
People are afraid of being idle. When they get busy, they forget their fears and worries.
The biggest crisis for the current team is the cluster of infected people on the three roads, and now that they have lost all their firearms, this means that it is impossible to organize effective resistance.
Actually, this is what happened.
Iger is not here. If he were, there would be nothing to worry about even in this situation.
To kill an infected person, you don't have to use a gun, or even a cocktail.
There is a more efficient way.
In the Jixi Town Fire Station, there is still a useless heavy vehicle parked there that has been sitting there gathering dust - a fire truck.
If Egger was here, he would only need to take Joanna with him, and the two of them would drive the fire truck, set off the alarm, and drive over the group of infected people in reverse.
If it doesn't work once, just roll it over a few more times. With the weight and power of a fire truck, it's actually no different from an armored vehicle.
It's just that the scene is a bit bloody.
As Egger often says, there are always more solutions than difficulties.
When encountering emergencies, many times it is not that we are helpless, but that we are unable to think of a solution because we suddenly panic or cannot think outside the box in a short period of time.
Although Father Locke could not think of an extremely cruel method like Egger's, at this time, any calm thinking was extremely valuable.
Father Locke's order at least got the team running again. As long as the team is running, it can always produce some effects.
There were a lot of cocktails made yesterday that were not used up. The Love Supreme team thought these things were not easy to carry, so they did not take them away.
In fact, what the evangelical team most urgently needs to solve now is the dozens of infected people on Route 221.
The group of severely infected people on the highway in Rama City was almost completely wiped out yesterday, and the remaining infected people could not cause much trouble.
The group of infected people on Film Avenue will not be able to reach the town for a while. The worst thing is to let them spread and then slowly clear them out.
Neither of the above two groups of infected people must be exterminated immediately.
After getting the cocktails, the Fourth Team, who was experienced in arson, was ordered. Father Locke arranged for Captain Ron to take the remaining cocktails from yesterday to fight against the infected group on Route 221.
Throwing cocktails is a technical job, and it is very risky. If you are not careful, you can easily get burned.
At 8:00 in the morning, Lily turned on the radio and continued to call the field team, but today she called a few more things.
"The base camp is calling the field team. Please return immediately if you hear it. Be careful of new members appearing outside the town. Some new members have defected from Jixi Town.
The base camp calls the field team..."
It's understandable that Lily calls like this as a reminder, but she has forgotten or simply doesn't know how wide her radio listening audience is now.
After Lily's broadcast, the audience was in an uproar. This matter was a bit beyond everyone's understanding. There was internal strife and defection in the gospel team. Who defected, how and why they defected.
"Snapped."
Phoebe turned off the radio.
Phoebe looked at Alison who was sleeping in the car covered with a blanket, her heart filled with love and pity.
Cute little baby, I will take you to a heavenly home.
Phoebe has already planned her future course of action, and she is not planning to lead her team members around. Phoebe's ultimate goal is to lead her team members to find a small island to settle on.
On the southeast coast, there are countless small islands that have been developed, but they were once marked as private territory. Now, they only need to find a boat, and then they can take over everything.
Sunshine, beach, waves, thinking of this, Phoebe's heart warmed up.
