Chapter 206: To Go Astray (1/2)

Chapter 206 - To Go Astray

TL: xDh20, LifeisaJourney

Sorry for the delayed chapters, quite a lot has happened.

After the whistle had sounded, many of the people were rudely woken up from their slumbers and had gathered in the lobby. The individual squad leaders had to tally up their own respective squad members. Aside from LuChen Wang, none of the other members were unaccounted for.

“Do you require me to search the surrounding area?” Yin He asked Liu Gan.

“No need, this Variant has a special physique that you aren’t able to detect.” Liu Gan shook his head. If Yin He had been able to detect this Variant, she would’ve already discovered it during her reconnaissance earlier. So it would be useless to send her out again. It seemed like this Variant was capable of avoiding Yin He’s detection.

“Elder Liu, what should we do?” Zhang ShengLi asked Liu Gan.

“We can’t let it have any more opportunities. Gather as many mattresses as possible on the first floor of the lobby. The rest of the people will stay on the second floor of each room. Every room has to have at least four people. Doors will not be closed. The patrol at night will be on high alert, so do more rounds,” Liu Gan ordered.

With this difficult situation and no better ideas, Liu Gan resorted to the same method he had used to deal with the previous Variant Zombie that ate brains. If Liu Gan had to guess, this Variant Zombie was a cold-blooded type of animal. It had a chameleon's ability to manipulate its own body color to match the surrounding, it should have some sort of intelligence as it was able to proactively hide itself after taking the life of LuChen Wang.

Now that everyone was gathered, it hadn’t attacked head on, so its combat ability must be quite low. It could only use guerilla tactics and assassinate isolated individuals by exsanguination. So the best method to counter this Variant was to gather every player together in groups, so that it won’t be easy for the Variant to strike.

After the players had resettled down in the lobby, the more courageous players were able to drift off into a deep sleep. Only a small portion of players, who weren’t as comfortable with the situation, stared at the ceiling unable to fall asleep. Even though Liu Gan said it wasn’t a ghost, they didn’t trust that was the case. Especially when they had seen LuChen Wang’s pale white body and face, his wrinkled face a mask of horror frozen in place.

Now that the patrol squads had been arranged and the rest of the players had relocated, Liu Gan had an emergency meeting with all the squad leaders along with Lee Miao. At the same time, Zhao Meng and Qian An were also summoned as well. They were the first witnesses to the crime scene, so they had to tell their side of the story.

“Little Han, earlier in the lobby, you said something that caught my interest. So I had to stop you before you frightened the other players around us. Now that we are here, please repeat what you said earlier to Elder Liu.” Zhang ShengLi said to Han GuangMing.

“Ah… I see… I shouldn’t have said it that time, it was inappropriate with so many frightened players already… It’s like this. Elder Liu, when I was patrolling downstairs, Qian An told me that he heard a faint whistle-like sound. When it was still quiet, I, too, heard that sound. Only Zhao Meng and LuChen Wang weren’t able to hear it. So I wasn’t too sure if it was real.”

“This faint noise was coming from the back door that leads to the rear courtyard. As for the exact location, it was hard to tell. I investigated but the result was inconclusive. So when the three of us turned back, we discovered that LuChen Wang hadn’t followed us. We turned back to look for him and found that he was already…” Han GuangMing explained to Liu Gan.