Chapter 298 - 175 Defending the City
There are no mice-free places, just places lacking a heart willing to find the mice.
Recalling this aphorism spoken thousands of years ago by Prawn, Lin Wu had an epiphany. Immediately, he packed his gear, strapped on his skis, and returned to the base. With the help of a drone and his diligent search, he discovered the first mouse in a spot southwest of the supermarket, close to the mountain. Following the trail of this mouse, Lin Wu found several suspected Mouse Holes nearby.
Looking at the position of the Sentry Card, Lin Wu cleared a patch of snow and placed the bait about 4 meters away from the Mouse Hole, then swiftly returned to his post. Unexpectedly, the mice were quicker than him; as soon as he aimed, he saw two mice fighting over the bait, sending it scattering in all directions.
However, the distance seemed a bit too far, over 70 meters. Without Maya there to calculate the wind speed, Lin Wu fired his first shot straight at the Crosshair, but the bullet bounced off the ground, missing its target by just two centimeters. The two mice instantly fled.
Lin Wu confirmed the bullet’s point of impact and, after waiting a few minutes, successfully killed one of the mice. Hunting zombies was no fun; hunting mice was far more interesting—it carried the true essence of hunting.
When Maya returned, she immediately spotted Lin Wu at the Sentry Card. He seemed unaware of her footsteps crunching in the snow, quietly prone on the sandbags at his post, he fired a shot. With his eyes and body still, left hand pressing down on the gun body and the right hand pulling the bolt, he continued to wait for the next prey to emerge.
Maya reached the base, took the elevator up to the rooftop, and walked to the post, only to find Lin Wu completely absorbed in his task, oblivious to her standing right beside him. Maya took out her assault rifle, peered through the scope, and saw a tiny mouse scurrying along the cleared path to the bait area. The mouse stopped to nibble on a kernel of corn and was then suddenly killed, its body flung into a pile of snow.
Looking back at Lin Wu, his whole body was still except for his hands, quickly chambering the next round, his eyes always on the Crosshair. Maya glanced at the setting sun, stretched out her hand, and used her finger to measure the distance between the horizon and the sun, confirming that there was about 45 minutes left before sunset. She decided not to disturb Lin Wu, allowing him to focus on his play.
Just as Maya was about to leave, the system alarm suddenly sounded, indicating a siege event.