You should have noticed earlier

As Derek and the group left, Rick and the others also emerged from the shadows. As soon as they emerged, Rick couldn't wait to run to Lori's side, put his hands on his wife's shoulders and look up and down. 

"Are you okay?" 

Lori still kept her gaze on the ground unable to speak. Seeing this Rick began to feel much more concerned. He leaned over to look at his wife's face and found that it was streaked with tears. He thought something might have happened, but when he asked Lori denied everything and said nothing, seeing this Rick could only look at Shane to see if he knew anything. 

Shane also looked confused. Rick, who saw this, started to check if his wife was hurt. But unexpectedly, Lori reacted immediately soon after, she removed her husband's hand and wiped her face, then said, "I'm fine, I'm just a little scared." 

Rick didn't notice the lack of naturalness in her face, but believed that because his wife had never experienced anything like this, it was normal to be a little scared. 

"We should get a car to leave, Shane, Morgan, grab some weapons and let's get moving." 

As soon as the words fell, Guillermo drove a car out the door, and several people quickly jumped into the car and chased it in the direction Derek went. 

Lori stood behind the door, watching the car drive away with bitter emotions. She didn't know if being selfish one last time was right or wrong, but since she had made a decision, would anything happen to her family if they found out what she had said? That began to be one of his least worries, all he wanted now was to return to the central base and see his children one last time. 

... 

Launer was driving the van down the dark road, he had just left the terminus , and the people in the back seat looked at the burning building and let out some celebratory shouts. 

Derek sat in the passenger seat, and two people besides Airon sat in the back seats, while Colton was in the back. 

Derek looked at the terminus  behind him with a smile on his face and couldn't help but sigh. 

"What did I tell you guys, didn't I mention we'd be escaping like last time?" 

"Haha, your brain is really brilliant!" 

Airon asked with a very calm and indifferent expression, "Since you guys came out, shouldn't you let me go?" 

The two men in the back row looked at each other and a meaningful smile appeared on their faces involuntarily. 

Derek also saw their expressions and smiled tacitly. 

"Airon, I really feel very bad about your position..." 

"Oh? How come you say that?" 

"Because a selfish person decided to offer you as an exchange..." 

This sentence made Airon a little interested, and he couldn't help but ask. "Who suggested you do that? Let me guess, is it Lori?" 

"Hahaha, you're really smart, but it would be great if you could figure it out earlier. It's a shame, even if she's about to die she didn't sacrifice herself for her people, at least I would for the people in this car." 

"Sounds like you don't want to let me go, are you planning to kill me?" 

"No, no, you won't die now, at least not until we find a new shelter." 

"I understand!" 

At this point his mind was shaking too fast to sort through the information he had obtained so far.

The only person they had contact with since they showed up and left was Lori, so it was likely she was the one negotiating terms with them. 

Come to think of it, Airon from the beginning had prioritized increasing Rick and Shane's leadership capabilities, having only Sam as a man to train his soldiers. If he ever does die, Rick would possibly be the biggest beneficiary in Lori's eyes, but very few know that the ones with power on the base are Tyler and Mike. 

Did Lori really decide to trade just for that reason or because she will die soon? As Derek said, Lori is most likely infected. After all, Airon doesn't know what Rick's group has been through so far. 

As for thinking otherwise, there's no way Rick would try to betray him. 

Those are Lori's actions, for some reason she chose someone not important to her in this situation. 

That should be the case... 

Suddenly feeling a little uncomfortable, Airon's expression was grim and he fell silent. 

Derek saw that he didn't speak and smiled. The moonlight hit his face through the car window and reflected a row of white teeth.

"You guessed right, that crazy woman decided to inform us that you won't let us live. She said as long as we trade with you, we might have a chance to live. But don't worry, she'll die anyway ever since she was bitten by a walker."

Hearing Derek's words, he confirmed his assumption that Lori had suggested this action to these people. 

With a bitter smile on his face, Airon also realized this problem. As time goes by, won't some people forget what he has done for them? 

After all, there will be more and more people on the base, and the benefits generated at the time may cause some to think differently, that had happened with Lori but not Tyler, is that normal? 

Lori is infected and will die from the Wildfire virus, she will become a walker and die in a similar way as in the original story. 

Does she plan to see her children before she dies? 

The van slowly pulled out of an intersection onto a wider road. This is the exit from the terminus . Once on this road, the five people would basically be out of danger. 

Launer stepped on the accelerator with enthusiasm. So as not to attract too many walkers, he didn't turn on the high beams and the car hurtled forward with six people. 

Boom! 

But at that moment, the car seemed to hit something. Launer tried to hold the steering wheel tightly, to keep the car steering. 

He slowly stepped on the brake and did his best to slow the car down in a short time. 

In the end, the van flew off the road and crashed into a tree on the side of the road. 

The two people in the front row were badly hit, and Launer was better off. Derek, the co-driver, was not wearing a seat belt at all. When the car hit the large tree, his head hit the front of the car hard. 

The blow left him bleeding and dazed. 

The two people in the back row also hit the back of the seats in the front row. At this moment, they also held their foreheads disoriented and lost their fighting power for a while. 

Only Airon was prepared. Just before hitting the tree, he stretched out his feet and stepped on the back of the middle row of seats. The strength of his legs greatly reduced the impact caused by the crash, and at this point his arms had already led the grip of the people at his sides. 

Aside from a few bumps, Airon suffered no serious injuries and reached his hand out to the door handle to open it. 

Pushing the large man on the left out of the car, he quickly got out, while the man who was pushed fell on a sharp stone on the side of the road. 

"Launer! What's going on?" 

"I don't know." 

Launer looked at Derek aggrieved. He obviously didn't see anything at the moment, but the car suddenly lost control. He couldn't help but look toward the road behind, but he couldn't see anything. 

Because the speed of the car was not very fast, the few people were a little dizzy from being hit. After taking a few deep breaths, they slowly returned to normal. 

They quickly got out of the car and noticed that Airon was not far away.

"Airon, didn't you run away?" 

Airon looked at them coldly and said in a cold tone. "Why should I run?" 

A few seconds later, five people held their knives, surrounded Airon with a vicious smile, but they found that the man in front of them was not nervous at all. 

Derek suddenly felt a throbbing in his heart and quickly turned his head to look around. 

"Hehe, you're very smart, but it would be great if you could figure it out sooner." 

The same sentence, only after a few minutes was used by Airon, who was looking at those men with indifference. 

At that moment, several lights came on in the vicinity. The group of five looked in horror at the large number of strangers that suddenly came out, there were at least fifty people! And they were all pointing guns at them. 

How many soldiers does this person have! The group of five people were so frightened that they could not move, they could already think of the next destination, which must be extremely miserable. 

Hearing Airon suddenly extend his hand towards the people next to him, and he said coldly. 

"Give me the dagger and then we can talk!"