Chapter 53 - 52: Silencer
The rider Shana had a bellyful of dissatisfaction with Lin Wu, secretly playing spiteful tricks. She tore along the road with sudden breaks and turns to dodge zombies, forcing Lin Wu to cling desperately to her backpack.
Arriving near their destination, the motorcycle screeched to a sudden stop. After Lin Wu got off, he felt dizzy and his vision swam. He leaned against the motorcycle, heaving dryly, and finally lay down on the grass, feigning death. This condition was not a result of system damage, so recovery was swift, with no lingering aftereffects.
Shana was hoping to have a laugh, but several zombies drawn by the noise were already creeping up. Shana had no choice but to adopt the usual tactic of fighting while retreating. Lin Wu leaned limply to the side to watch the excitement, having no desire to move at all. He couldn’t care less about dying from the motion sickness, much less about Shana’s fate.
By the time Lin Wu managed to stand up, Shana had just finished her tussle with four zombies. Lin Wu didn’t want to talk; he gestured to Shana to keep silent, ran to the side to draw the four zombies toward him, and pulled a water pipe from his weapon rack.
Lin Wu ran about ten meters, luring the zombies to the farm fence, and waited on the other side. As the zombies tumbled over, Lin Wu struck their heads with the pipe, seized the opportunity to vault back over, and after a bit of back-and-forth, all four zombies’ heads were bashed in. Lin Wu looted the bodies while eyeing Shana: Got it?
Shana had to admit she had never thought of using the fence tactic, and she nodded helplessly.
The two walked to the bridge and saw at a glance a tent and a pile of campfire remnants on the elevated platform, but no people were in sight. On the riverbank below the platform, two Screeching Zombies led a group of about a dozen zombies roaming nearby.
Shana was just about to ask why they had been observing for so long when Lin Wu made a silencing gesture, listening intently. The cursed sound of water flow prevented Lin Wu from determining if a Frenzy was lurking nearby. After listening for a moment, "Two plans, you could lure the zombies away while I raid the tent but... how tall are you?"
Shana puffed out her chest, "One meter seventy-three."