Chapter 7 - 6 Base (Part 2)
Lin Wu knelt on the ground and crawled with his knees, feeling ahead with his left hand while clutching a steak knife in his right. The first thing he touched was a table, and tracing along it, Lin Wu deduced it was a large table placed in the middle of the room, from which he guessed the layout of the room. He moved along the edge of the table, his fingertips slowly probing forward on the floor, progressing very slowly. Daiyu's effort to keep her voice low reached him: "35%."
"Shh," Stone silenced her. Stone walked to the door of a room on the first floor and said, "Don't rush." His voice was quieter than Daiyu's, and since her voice hadn't startled the zombies, his wouldn't either.
Stone returned to the staircase, and Daiyu whispered in his ear, "Maybe there are no zombies."
Distracted, Stone replied, "Possibly." He was pondering a question, Can beauty be eaten as food?
At that moment, Lin Wu's fingers in the left room touched fabric. He slowly moved his fingers, determining it was a zombie, but Lin Wu couldn't be sure whether he touched the zombie's hand or leg, nor could he pinpoint the location of the zombie's head. Unaffected by Daiyu, he proceeded at his own pace, tracing the fabric, moving his fingers inch by inch until he felt nothing, confirming it was a leg and visualizing the zombie's full prone position in his mind's eye.
After finding the fabric on the zombie's arm, Lin Wu successfully located its head. Unless the zombie slept with its head turned, Lin Wu was confident he could deliver a fatal blow. Just as Lin Wu was about to make his move, Daiyu's whisper came from the doorway, "Ready?"
The zombie sat up at the sound, its head colliding with Lin Wu's. Unable to pinpoint the location of the zombie's head, Lin Wu could only grab the zombie, and his left forearm was viciously bitten. Pain! Lin Wu grunted and, holding the zombie down with his left hand, his right hand stabbed the zombie's head with the knife.
Infection rate 10%, damn it.
The commotion in the left room greatly worried the others outside; as Daiyu was about to ask, Little Knife covered her mouth and pulled her away. This technique Little Knife had perfected tonight, accurate with every cover. After searching the room, Lin Wu confirmed the left room was secure.