Chapter 426 - 224: Sneak Attack
The three discussed as the soldiers returned to their work area and closed the door. Lin Wu wondered, "Why close the door? No matter what happens outside, it’s better to have the door open than closed."
Maya inwardly praised Lin Wu for his cleverness. Could this mean that the secret passage into the shelter was behind the door? If someone launched a surprise attack from the outside, the door would have to be opened, incidentally concealing the entrance, which would only be revealed once the door was closed.
Lin Wu said, "I’ll have to give it a try."
Maya cautioned, "Be careful. Although we can’t see the sniper, they can see everything outside. If your forehead guard cracks, run for your life. We’ll cover you."
If the gunman was at the window, while they could see the outside, the outside could also see them. But if the gunman stayed one to two meters away from the window, they could take full advantage of the light and the environment, making it impossible for anyone outside to pinpoint their position. Just like when we stand by a window and can be seen from outside, but if we stand two meters away from the window in a dark room, those outside can no longer see us, even though we can still see them.
Lin Wu descended from the water tower, moved stealthily forward, and made it successfully near the reed bed, crouching at its edge. Before him was the railway fence. Crawling through the fence to reach Platform 2, he jumped down from a one-and-a-half-meter-high step, crossed over two railway tracks, climbed up to the one-and-a-half-meter-high step of Platform 1, and he would reach outside the south door of the waiting room.
Another route would be to keep moving forward and use the railway overpass to switch from Platform 2 to Platform 1. Unfortunately, the overpass seemed to have been deliberately collapsed, becoming a broken bridge.
Lin Wu took a deep breath, crawled through the hole in the fence before him, and arrived at Platform 2. He jumped down to the platform, landing on his tiptoes, but the stones beside the rail tracks crunched under his weight. The sound wasn’t loud, but in the quiet depths of the night, it seemed incredibly piercing.