Chapter 28: Courage to live on (1/2)

Chapter 28: Courage to live on

Almost arriving at of the third floor window, Liu Gan tried his hardest to not create any loud noise because of the possibility of getting ambushed. However, there were no noises that he could hear from the inside. So Liu Gan decided to climb in, and there was indeed no ambush waiting for him.

The third floor window had a viscous sticky material, as if a zombie had climbed through here before. Whether it was to climb in or to climb out though was hard to tell in this situation. All Liu Gan knew, was that it was not quite safe in this building. So he must proceed with caution to completely inspect the building.

He wrapped up the rope putting it back inside on the window ledge. Liu Gan carefully investigated the third floor, which had a simple layout. One bedroom with one bathroom, and inside the bedroom was a small bed with a wardrobe. Liu Gan first investigated underneath the bed,but there was nothing unusual. Then he checked inside the wardrobe. Inside was a pile of male and female clothes, but there were no zombies hiding inside that either.

Alongside the bed was a simple make up desk, with all of the lipsticks, nail polish and other make up materials still there. It was very clear that a female was living here.

Along the wall was a dinner table, with a simple ethanol stove on top of it. Sitting on this stove was a pot that formed an airtight seal with the stove. There was residual ramen soup in the base of the pot that had long since turned cold. Near the dinner table was a garbage can that contained empty bags of ramen, along with empty cracker packages. There were also four to five empty cans of soft drinks. Everything edible or drinkable had already been cleaned out.

Aside from the viscous material on the windowsill there was nothing particularly abnormal. The floor didn’t have any fresh blood stains and there was no evidence of a struggle. The only thing that was out of place was an overturned chair on the floor.

“Is there anyone there? Does anyone live here? If there is someone, we can leave and choose another location to stay…” Liu Gan whispered at a volume only loud enough for people inside to hear. If someone was living in the building, then his volume was perfect for the whole building to hear him. If there were zombies hiding inside, it was loud enough for them to leave their hideout and rush toward the source.

Within the building no reply could be heard. It was almost completely silent as if this building was deserted, and the only sound created was the wind blowing through the window.

If the female store-owner was pushed out from the window by the zombie, then it was very likely that the zombie jumped off as well. That would explain why when Liu Gan shouted out, it didn’t attract any movement within the house.

The question was, where did this zombie come from? Did she let them in the house?

That would be impossible. The metal gate was locked tight. That meant when the female returned to the shop, there was sufficient time for her to seal up the gate, so it was safe.

This situation must be resolved first, otherwise it wouldn’t be safe to stay in this location for the night.

Liu Gan already declared that the third floor didn’t have any abnormalities or signs of danger. He stood at the top of the stairs and used his flashlight to shine onto the second floor. After deeming the area to be safe enough, he proceeded down to the second floor with his flashlight on.

The layout of the second and third floors were very similar. Both floors had bathrooms and a single bed in the room. However the room in the second floor had a faint smell of rotting flesh, which was very similar to the smell that originated from a rotting zombie. This lead Liu Gan increase his battle awareness.