Carefully turning the corner of the corridor, a faint light appeared not far ahead, coming from a vent near the ceiling. However, the small vent was already covered in thick dust and dark stains, so even under the bright morning sunlight, the brightness here was hardly stronger than the flashlight.
"Shh…"
Jack, who was at the front, turned off the flashlight while making a stop gesture. The three people behind him immediately stopped cautiously, pressing tightly against the wall. Bai Ru, holding a gun, carefully leaned behind Jack at the corner, peeking her head out to look at Thomas. She saw five or six dazed zombies either standing or sitting in the light, perhaps retaining some of their instincts from when they were alive, preferring the light over the darkness.
At the end of the light was a pair of tightly closed warehouse doors. This place must have experienced a terrible disaster; the gray fire doors were covered in blood handprints, and the ground was stained with dark, dried blood. Some bone fragments and torn shoes and socks made one's scalp tingle, resembling a human slaughterhouse that had yet to be cleaned up!
Jack hid behind a large stack of drinks and turned to look at Bai Ru. Bai Ru instinctively swallowed, then seriously made a "six" gesture to him. Jack nodded, signaling her to stay back while he took the lead. Bai Ru hesitated for a moment but then quickly crouched and darted to hide behind a large wooden box across from him. She pointed to her eyes and then to Jack, using very professional combat sign language, meaning she would continue to cover him.
Jack frowned, looking at Bai Ru with some displeasure, as if he found her actions unnecessary. However, he soon adjusted the flashlight to long-range focus mode, directing the concentrated beam of light straight into the eyes of a zombie standing at the edge.
When the zombie was suddenly illuminated by a strong light, it was stunned for several seconds before looking over in confusion. Seeing the flashlight's beam, which had turned to a dim light, slowly drawing circles on the ground, the zombie tilted its stiff head in a daze and staggered towards the swirling light.
"Whoosh…"
A white knife swiftly sliced through the neck of the living corpse, which showed no sign of pain and continued to excitedly wave its arms, trying to pounce on the shadow in the corner. However, with its large movements, a shriveled head suddenly slipped off its body, rolling far away with a "gulu gulu" sound, still gnashing its mouth and revealing its mouthful of black, dirty teeth, making a crunching noise.
Holding the gun, Bai Ru's beautiful eyes were filled with shock. She had never realized that killing a living corpse could be so simple; it was just a matter of raising the knife and bringing it down. In an instant, a living corpse flailing its arms fell to the ground. In her imagination, even killing a person couldn't be this easy, right?
Jack ignored Bai Ru's shocked gaze, bent down to drag the decaying headless corpse behind him, and continued to lure the living corpses over using the same method, dealing with them one by one. However, on the third attempt, two came at once. Jack remained calm, one knife, two knives, swiftly taking care of the two female living corpses. When only a male living corpse was left sitting dumbly on the ground, Jack suddenly turned the long frozen meat knife in his hand and handed it to Bai Ru, saying lightly, "It's your turn!"
Bai Ru slowly straightened up, slinging the shotgun across her back. Looking at the frozen meat knife covered in dark brown substances, she frowned in apparent disgust. However, after a moment of hesitation, she gritted her teeth and took the knife from Jack's hand, took a deep breath, and slowly walked towards the zombie, tightly gripping the knife handle.
"Wait…"
Just as Bai Ru took two steps, Jack called out to her in a low voice. He pointed at the hand holding the knife and said softly, "You're gripping it too tightly. Not only can you hurt yourself this way, but the knife can also easily slip out of your hand. Relax a bit; you haven't moved much in over a year. If you hold it too tightly, you'll tire yourself out quickly!"
Upon hearing this, Bai Ru pursed her lips and nodded, acknowledging that Jack was right!
Yes, this group of women had been trapped in that dark place with no room for movement. Since she took the knife from Jack, she had only taken two steps, but due to gripping too tightly, she was already sweating profusely. At this rate, if she couldn't kill the living corpse with one knife strike, she would collapse from exhaustion after just a few exchanges!
Bai Ru wiped the sweat that had gathered on her forehead with her arm, losing her previous arrogance, and looked at Jack with a humble expression, softly asking, "Lin Ye, is there anything else I need to pay attention to?"
"The key points are above the neck of the living corpse. Don't try to attack their heart. It's useless. If your strength is not enough to cut off the head of the living corpse with one knife and the knife is stuck, give up decisively. You can use your gun butt or even fire the gun. Also, don't let the thick liquid of the living corpse If the dark red blood fluid splashes into your eyes or mouth, it will be fatal to you." Jack told Bai Ru his experience concisely and clearly. Although it sounds simple, these valuable experiences are even more important to apocalypse people than Marcus Jin.
"Yes." Bai Ru nodded gratefully. After trying to adjust the strength of the knife in his hand so that his whole body no longer seemed so stiff, he slowly moved towards the living corpse that seemed to be starved to death.
However, Jack probably wanted to train her, and did not let Bai Ru get close to the living corpse sitting on the ground easily. Instead, he casually kicked the heavy wooden box next to him, making a small and medium vibration. The next moment, the living corpse's head instinctively turned around, with no pupils, only gray eyes, and stared blankly at Bai Ru, who was close at hand.
He looked fiercely at the living corpse. The bloodthirsty and empty eyes immediately startled Bai Ru, and he subconsciously wanted to retreat. However, because of the smell of fresh human flesh, the stupid-looking living corpse burst out at a shocking speed. With his hands on the ground, he bounced up from the ground and pounced straight at Bai Ru.
The living corpse was filled with a disgusting rotten stench. It waved its stiff arms and was in front of Bai Ru in the blink of an eye. Bai Ru obviously did not expect that this seemingly stupid living corpse could be so fast. She fell onto a pile of drink boxes behind her in panic, and the long knife in her hand also fell far away with a "choking" sound.
The living corpse roared excitedly. Although it was still more than two meters away, Bai Ru felt that she could smell the stench in his mouth. It was too late to turn around and draw the gun. While struggling on the pile of drinks, she instinctively looked in the direction of Jack for help, but found that Jack had lit up a cigarette at some point and was smoking it lightly with his left hand supporting his right elbow. He looked at her with a very indifferent expression and seemed indifferent when he saw Bai Ru's frightened eyes. He just stepped forward and kicked the long knife she had thrown on the ground to her.
Wearing an indistinguishable work clothes and a pair of milky white rubber shoes on his feet, this living corpse that was once probably a worker in the food processing area was about to pounce on Bai Ru's tender and delicate body. He had no intention of showing mercy at all, and tried his best to maximize the size of his torn mouth, and bit down hard on Bai Ru's rapidly beating carotid artery...