usatvline Chapter 124 Crisis on the Highway (The End)
Chapter 124 Crisis on the Highway (The End)
...On the highway, the setting sun cast its dim, yellow glow, making the atmosphere even more gloomy and desolate.
Daryl and Sean stood guard on the roof of the car, each holding a weapon.
Lori and Susan comforted the distraught Carol.
The others gathered around, but no one spoke; they simply waited in silence.
……
As the sun was about to set completely, and there was still no sign of the returning group, everyone's mood grew increasingly heavy...
Why don't we go out and search together?
Carol wiped away her tears, choking back sobs with helplessness, "Sophia is so small, how far can she run?"
"Perhaps the area they're searching for is limited because there are only two of them..."
The longer it dragged on, the more Carol suffered. The thought of her daughter looking at her with pleading eyes broke her heart, and she regretted not being there for her daughter at that time.
"Rick will definitely be able to save Sophia, it's just a matter of time..."
Lori gently stroked Carol's shoulder, offering words of comfort.
"Don't worry, with Allen here, those two walkers are no problem. They'll be back soon..."
Susan also said.
She had complete confidence in Li Ailun, even though his injuries had not fully healed.
Actually, Susan was initially surprised that Li Ailun would resolutely choose to go out and rescue the two.
Li Ailun has always maintained a distant relationship with the team and rarely interacts with his two children.
But because Susan was often by Li Ailun's side, she occasionally noticed that his gaze would sometimes unconsciously linger on the two children.
[Alan seems to really like these two children...]
Thinking about this, Susan realized something.
"what!"
But Amy, who had been standing by the highway guardrail, looking on anxiously, suddenly exclaimed.
"what happened?"
"Is it a zombie?"
Amy's voice immediately drew everyone's attention, and they instantly became somewhat nervous...
"Hey, miss, watch your voice..."
Sean quickly spoke up to stop him, saying with displeasure, "Do you want to summon those walkers again?"
"Feel sorry......"
Amy then realized she was getting too excited, but she couldn't suppress the smile on her face:
"It's Uncle, they're back..."
"Where......"
Upon hearing this, everyone got up and went to the highway guardrail to look around...
Where is Sofia?
Carol rushed over anxiously, asking repeatedly, "Have you seen her? Did she come back with you?"
"There they are! Rick, Sophia..."
Amy pointed out the way with her slender fingers, speaking in a suppressed, excited voice.
……
Sure enough, following the direction Amy pointed, everyone saw two large and one small figures slowly walking towards the road.
Lee Allen led the way, followed by Rick and Sophia, whose little hand was tightly holding his.
Bathed in the glow of the setting sun, the three of them looked as if they had stepped out of a beautiful painting, appearing perfectly harmonious...
"Oh... thank God..."
Carol was overjoyed to see her daughter return safely, and she burst into tears of happiness, finally able to put her mind at ease.
"..."
Everyone else also wore relaxed smiles.
……
When the three finally returned to the road, everyone rushed to greet them.
"Sophia!"
Carol called her daughter's name and hurried to meet her.
"Mommy..."
Sofia let go of Rick's hand and ran towards her mother.
"I'm sorry, I'm so sorry, I should have always been by your side..."
Carol knelt on the ground and hugged her daughter tightly, weeping with joy, while incoherently apologizing.
"..."
Seeing her husband looking somewhat disheveled with his clothes half-wet, Lori couldn't help but smile at him, her eyes filled with tenderness and pride.
"..."
Rick simply nodded to Lori, responding to his wife's gaze with a touch of reserve.
"Honey, are you hurt?"
Carol carefully examined her daughter's condition, asking her anxious questions.
"..."
Sofia was held in her mother's arms, and her eyes met those of little Karl behind her. Seeing his pure smile, she smiled sweetly back.
"I'm alright, Uncle Rick and Uncle Allen saved me..."
Upon hearing her mother's question, Sophia shook her head and replied.
"As long as it's okay, it'll be okay..."
Carol reached out and stroked her daughter's face with doting affection.
Only then did she realize she had neglected her benefactor, and she quickly turned to Rick, repeatedly expressing her gratitude: "Thank you, thank you..."
"..."
Rick looked at Carol's grateful eyes and felt ashamed as he thought about how she and her daughter had followed him all this way because of their trust in him, yet they had encountered one crisis after another.
"It's all thanks to Allen..."
Rick, embarrassed to take credit, quickly said, "If he hadn't appeared in time, we probably..."
"No, if you hadn't caught up with Sophia first, she probably would have already met a terrible end."
Li Ailun shook his head, not taking credit for it.
"..."
Rick seemed to want to say something more.
"I believe you can save her even without me..."
Lee Allen interrupted Rick, not wanting to continue arguing about the topic.
Suddenly feeling a gentle tickle on his palm, he turned to look at Amy beside him in confusion.
"..."
Amy winked at him playfully, her eyes filled with pride.
"In any case, thank you for everything you've done for Sofia..."
Carol expressed her sincere gratitude.
She will always remember this kindness.
"Everyone, perhaps we need to consider our next steps now..."
At that moment, Dell suddenly spoke up.
He watched as the sun completely set and said in a low voice, "It's already dark. What are we going to do tonight?"
"We can't travel today..."
Seeing the exhaustion on everyone's faces, Rick thought for a moment and said, "Let's make do here for the night and talk about it tomorrow morning..."
"Is it safe here? What if another horde of zombies comes...?"
Andrea was very worried about this decision; the horde of corpses she had passed by earlier that day still haunted her.
"Maybe we should turn back and take that side road..."
"We need enough space to turn around; we need to move these cars first..."
"We're exhausted, and some of us are injured..."
"We can sleep in the car, set up some warning lines around it, and arrange for people to take turns keeping watch. Let's just get through tonight first..."
Andrea's speech immediately made everyone hesitate, and they all expressed their own opinions.
"..."
At that moment, Daryl looked around and suddenly remembered something. He frowned and said, "Where's Moore?"
"..."
Upon hearing Daryl's words, everyone realized that they hadn't seen Mor before.
"Moll!"
Daryl looked around and couldn't help but shout out.
"Don't be too loud, buddy."
Sean quickly stopped Daryl and reminded him to keep his voice down.
"..."
Daryl glanced at him, then turned away without calling out again to find someone else.
"Everyone, look around carefully, and try to make as little noise as possible..."
Sean turned to the others and spoke.
......
After a while, the group finally found Moore, who was still smoking in the car.
"W-What are you doing...?"
Moll was pulled out of the car by Daryl, unaware that they had just gone through a life-or-death crisis.
He said, looking confused, "Why are you all surrounding me? I found this myself! It's my personal property, if you want it... you'll have to... you'll have to exchange it for something..."
"..."
Seeing that Mo Er looked like he was high on drugs, everyone was speechless for a moment, then shook their heads and dispersed.
"Hey...darling..."
Upon seeing Constance, Moore immediately flashed a sly smile and said seductively, "You...would you like some? It's free..."
"..."
Constance rolled her eyes at his words, then ignored him and turned to walk away.
"Tch, forget it, I don't even have enough for myself..."
After saying that, he looked up at the sky and murmured with some doubt:
"How come it got dark so quickly...?"
......