PFC Chapter 126 Gunshots in the Woods (2)
Chapter 126 Gunshots in the Woods (2)
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Li Ailun, along with Susan and Moore, has left to find the nearest town on the map in search of life-saving medicine.
On the highway, Rick and his team were busy pushing aside the cars blocking their way, working up a flurry of activity.
The adults were all busy, but little Carl had nothing to do.
He had just gone to play with Sophia, but now Sophia was being held captive by Carol and couldn't leave her side for even a moment.
Karl stayed with Sophia for a while, but got bored and left.
The sun was getting hotter, and little Carl's face was covered in a thin layer of sweat. He kept weaving between the cars, trying to find something interesting...
Suddenly, little Karl's eyes lit up!
Through the car window, you can see the already dead driver, with a weapon case next to his body, and a hand axe clearly visible.
Little Carl watched the axe blade flash by and became very interested. He quickly walked around the car to the driver's side.
"..."
Little Carl swallowed hard as he looked at the closed car door; he hesitated.
However, the hesitation was only momentary; after all, a newborn calf is not afraid of a tiger.
Little Carl slowly reached for the doorknob, then pulled it open in one go...
Click...
As the car door opened, the corpse's arm fell down with a sudden movement, startling little Carl. His eyes were fixed on the corpse, fearing that it might suddenly transform into one of those terrifying zombies.
The corpse was almost completely mummified, but fortunately, it did not seem to have mutated and remained completely still.
"..."
Carl breathed a slight sigh of relief, but his eyes remained fixed on the corpse. He approached step by step, then reached out to pull at the bag of weapons...
Unfortunately, the weapon case was quite heavy and seemed to be stuck in the seat gap. Little Karl was too weak, and his little face turned red as he tried several times but couldn't pull the bag off.
"..."
Karl had to give up for now. He carefully examined the body again, and only after confirming that the body was truly motionless did he dare to lift his foot and step on the car door step.
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As he got closer to the corpse, Karl endured the stench emanating from it and carefully reached out to reach the weapon case over the body, his eyes constantly watching for any reaction from the corpse.
Because he pulled on the bag so hard, the desiccated corpse shifted slightly with his movement...
"what......"
Little Karl was so frightened that he leaned back and fell to the ground.
The desiccated corpse was also pulled out by inertia, but fortunately, it was secured by a seatbelt, preventing it from falling completely out.
Little Karl lay on the ground, clutching his weapon case tightly, staring intently at the corpse.
Because of the intense sun exposure, the corpse's skin had shriveled, and its facial features appeared wrinkled and grotesque...
"..."
Once he was sure it was just an accident, little Carl got up from the ground and ran off excitedly, shouting:
"Sean!"
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Hearing her son's shout, Lori rushed over anxiously, fearing something had happened. She asked urgently:
"Karl, what's wrong?"
"Mom, I found something really cool..."
As Carl responded to his mother, he jogged toward Sean.
"..."
Lori breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that he was alright.
"Sean, look..."
As soon as little Carl ran to Sean's side, he eagerly opened the weapon case and, looking at the various gleaming cold weapons inside, exclaimed excitedly, "It's a weapon case!"
"That's really cool, send it to your dad."
Sean was repairing a car, and he didn't even look at it, just giving a perfunctory reply.
"Look at this..."
Little Karl didn't notice the perfunctory tone in his voice. Instead, he bent down, picked up a hand axe from the weapon case, and began to demonstrate it with great interest, saying:
"Wow...it's an axe..."
"Be careful, don't touch these things..."
Lori, on the other hand, was quite perceptive and noticed Sean's cold attitude.
But she couldn't say anything to Sean, so she could only scold her own son.
"Wow, that's really sharp..."
Didn't you hear what I said?
Seeing her son still fiddling with the axe, Lori's tone became much stern, and she went over to take the axe away.
"Can I keep one?"
Little Carl was naturally reluctant to part with his mother, and he looked at her expectantly and asked her a question.
"Are you crazy?"
Lori, fearing he might hurt her, snatched the axe without hesitation and prepared to confiscate all the weapons.
"Don't do this..."
Seeing this, little Carl panicked. He had finally found this place after a lot of trouble, so he could only turn to Sean for help, saying, "Sean, Sean..."
"Tell her to save one for me..."
"..."
Sean turned to look at him, but his gaze lacked its usual doting affection; instead, he said impatiently, "Little brother, hurry and take it to your father, quick..."
"..."
Carl had never seen Sean so indifferent to him before, and he immediately felt embarrassed.
He doesn't know what he did wrong?
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By this time, Lori had already packed up the weapon case. Seeing this, she felt a little sorry for her son, so she handed him the bag of weapon cases and gestured for him to go first.
"..."
Seeing that Sean ignored him, Little Carl could only take the weapon case and leave dejectedly.
"..."
After seeing her son off, Lori questioned him with some dissatisfaction, "What kind of attitude was that?"
"What......"
Sean gave a perfunctory response.
"The way you just sent him away..."
"You embarrassed him..."
Lori's barrage of criticism went unanswered. Turning around, she saw Sean simply engrossed in his own work, and she felt like she'd punched a pillow. This only fueled her anger.
"I can't believe you're so cold to me..."
"Isn't this exactly what you wanted?"
Sean silenced her complaints with a single sentence, then retorted, "Didn't you tell me to get lost? To stay away from you guys?"
"Have you forgotten what happened at the CDC? Have you forgotten the stupid things you did in the recreation room? What are you planning to do...?"
Lori felt it wasn't her fault that things had turned out this way, so she helped him remember...
What am I planning to do?
Sean interrupted her, turning to look into her eyes and asking, "What do you think I want to do?"
"I know exactly what you were trying to do!"
Lori retorted without backing down, still feeling angry when she thought about what happened.
"That was a mistake, I admit it..."
Sean readily admitted his mistake, looking at the woman opposite him and saying, "I've done a lot of wrong things, Lori."
"the same as you......"
After saying that, Sean turned around and continued with his work, not wanting to pay any more attention to her.
"I don't deny it..."
Seeing Sean's aloof demeanor, Lori's tone softened inexplicably: "But Sean, we can't go on like this..."
"Otherwise, why would I need to prepare a new car?"
Sean looked up and asked, gazing into her eyes that had once captivated him, "I'm leaving..."
"Walk?"
Lori repeated the sentence in confusion, not quite understanding the meaning behind his words.
"I will never come back. I will leave quietly as soon as I get the chance."
Sean spoke casually, as if he were talking about something very ordinary.
"..."
Lori was momentarily speechless, looking at Sean and suddenly not knowing what to say.
When she realized that Sean really intended to leave, she felt a sense of relief, but also a faint sense of loss.
Lori's feelings were very complicated at this moment; she didn't even know how she felt...
But there was no time left for her to continue worrying.
After Sean finished repairing the car, he casually turned on the car radio and was surprised to hear a long-forgotten broadcast sound:
"Buzz... The emergency warning system has been activated. The Civil Defense Office issues the following message: Immediately cease routine broadcasts. This is a critical moment..."
Is this the local signal?
The radio broadcast attracted the attention of those around them, and everyone's face was filled with hope.
"The signal source must be within 50 miles..."
Dell concluded.
"Buzz... Prevent infection at all costs, stay calm, rescue is on its way... Buzz... Emergency warning system activated, Civil Defense Office..."
The radio broadcast started repeating itself, and Sean, realizing he couldn't hear anything meaningful, simply turned it off.
The broadcast said there would be rescue...
Jacques said with a hopeful look on his face.
"This is a one-way broadcast; there's no way to get in touch. How can they possibly provide rescue?"
"No shelter address was released, not even a contact channel was provided; it's just a meaningless message..."
Most people thought the broadcast was unreliable and untrustworthy.
"..."
Rick glanced at his wife and Sean with a hint of doubt.
However, he didn't see anything, so he said to everyone:
"Okay, get back to work."
A single sentence brought everyone's restless minds back to reality.
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