Still hoarding supplies in the apocalypse? I'll just go on a killing spree and looting!

Lin You straightened up and turned to Wang Tao. "Wang Tao, you make the bait. Remember not to go near the biology lab on the third floor. Just tap the handrail or something near the stairs. After tapping, immediately retreat back to the stairwell. The hunting frog's dynamic vision is most sensitive to fast-moving objects."

Wang Tao nodded and asked, "How long will it take to knock?"

Lin You looked at Qin Ying and said, "Keep knocking until the hunting frog starts moving. Qin Ying will tell you when that happens."

Lin You then turned to the others and said, "What we need to do now is to lure them up."

Lin You looked at An Yan and Xia Lin and said, "They want to ambush us, so let them think we're not leaving tonight."

Lin You pointed to the row of windows on the fourth floor.

This spot faces the direction where the four are hiding, so they must be observing any movement here.

"Plan adjusted. First, get them to come in on their own. Charlene, An Yan, find some planks or broken tables and chairs and nail them shut on the fourth-floor window facing the parking lot. Make a big fuss and a lot of noise. Let them think we're fortifying our defenses and preparing to stay overnight. If they see that we're going to stay here, they definitely won't wait outside all night. Women are easier for them to control."

An Yan nodded and said, "Understood."

Charlene hesitated before asking, "And then, what do we do after we've done all this?"

"Of course, I'll leave."

"Then... how will Professor Shen go down?"

"Use a stretcher. There are materials in the lab. Qin Ying, go find two long stretcher pieces that can provide support, sturdy but not too heavy. Xia Lin and An Yan, go find some fabric, like lab coats, curtains, and bed sheets, and tear them into wide strips. Lin Tanzhi and Wang Tao, you two carry Professor Shen to the fourth-floor corridor and prepare to leave."

Lin You straightened up, drew the mantis knife from behind her back, its serrated edges gleaming coldly in the dim light of the tactical lamp. "Everyone to your positions. Move out."

After listening, Xia Lin didn't ask any more questions and immediately got to work.

Qin Ying frowned in thought, and in just a few breaths, she had already gone through all the usable materials in the laboratory in her mind.

The iron legs of the lab bench can be disassembled, and the curtain track is made of stainless steel pipe with sufficient load-bearing capacity.

He adjusted his glasses and turned to walk towards the laboratory.

An Yan and Wang Tao exchanged a glance and followed.

Charlene packed her backpack and turned to leave when Lin You called her back.

"Charlene, stay close to us when you leave."

"We will, I promise."

Next came the performance, and everything was designed to make the four people below believe that they would stay overnight.

Now we can only watch An Yan and Xia Lin's performances.

The props were quickly gathered; the wooden board was a tabletop removed from a school desk.

With Lin You's bone dagger, it was very easy for Wang Tao and Qin Ying, since the bone dagger could cut through the entire iron fence in two minutes.

Dealing with wooden desks is a piece of cake.

An Yan pressed the wooden board against the window frame, held onto the frame with both hands, and braced her knees against the wall for support.

"It's crooked. Raise the left side a little higher." Charlene stood behind her, holding a hammer and a few nails that she had taken from a lab drawer.

An Yan lifted the left side of the wooden board by half an inch, and Xia Lin pressed the iron nail against the corner of the board and smashed it down with a hammer.

The nail pierced through the wooden plank and was driven into the wood of the window frame, making a dull knocking sound.

An Yan took out another nail from her pocket and handed it to Xia Lin. Xia Lin took it and continued nailing, because women are not as strong as men and had never done this kind of thing before.

It took several hammer blows to drive the nail in.

"That's enough." Charlene wiped the sweat from her forehead, took two steps back, and checked the effect.

The wooden board covered the lower half of the window, but there was still a wide gap in the upper half.

She picked up another piece of wood from the storage room cabinet door and covered the gap. "One more piece should be enough."

She continued hammering the nails, each strike making a dull, resounding thud.

Soon the window was blocked off, plunging the entire room into darkness.

An Yan took out an alcohol lamp she had found in the laboratory from the side pocket of her backpack, lit it with a lighter, and placed it on the windowsill. She then took out half a candle stub from her backpack and lit it.

The firelight shone through the cracks in the wooden planks, standing out starkly against the leaden sky.

Soon, An Yan and Xia Lin appeared in another window.

Four people crouched in the shadows in the bushes at the edge of the parking lot downstairs.

The woman, who was around thirty years old, was surnamed Zhou. She raised her hand and made a gesture to lower it.

The three men behind her immediately lowered their bodies even further.

"They're nailing up the window. Fourth floor." Zhou Min put down her binoculars and lowered her voice. "See them? Two women. One's nailing up planks, the other's passing something. There's a light on the windowsill too. They're planning to stay here tonight."

"Idiot." The man with the shotgun next to him sneered.

His shotgun was equipped with a 4x scope, the lens reflecting the dim light of the day. "They dare to light a lamp in the wasteland, as if they're afraid no one will know there are people in the building. Sister Zhou, this is easy prey delivered to your doorstep."

Another burly man couldn't help but say, "There were more than two of them. A car went in this afternoon, and there were at least three people inside. Adding those from the original building, there were probably more."

The man holding the shotgun scoffed, "If they had enough manpower, they wouldn't have sent women to reinforce the defenses."

Sister Zhou drew a simple topographical map on the muddy ground with her finger. "But no matter how many there are, they're not leaving tonight. Nailing up the windows means strengthening the defenses, and lighting the lights means a long-term stay. They plan to use this place as a temporary base."

She looked up at the fourth-floor window, which was mostly covered by wooden boards, with the light still flickering through the gaps.

"We can't wait."

The man with the hunting rifle put it away, his tone mocking. "Wait all night? Too many things can happen at night. If some monster comes in the middle of the night, we'll be sitting ducks. We'd better sneak up while they're still busy. The sound of nailing the windows will cover our footsteps."

Another man with an M16.

He was rather thin, with an old scar on his neck, and nodded: "I agree. While they're busy upstairs, we'll clear the way up floor by floor. First, control the second floor, then the third, and finally block the fourth. They're so focused on nailing the windows that they definitely won't notice what's downstairs. If we act quickly, we can finish in ten minutes."

"Do they have guns?" Sister Zhou asked, frowning.

"When I got off the bus in the afternoon, I saw a shotgun. The bald guy was carrying two knives."

The man with the shotgun licked his lips. "Two knives against four guns. What's the suspense?"

Sister Zhou was silent for a moment, then raised the binoculars again.

Another wooden board has been added to the window on the fourth floor, the light on the windowsill is flickering, and someone is walking behind the window.

"Let's go." She stood up, rested the butt of her M16 on her shoulder, and lowered the muzzle. "Ahui, you go first. Lao Ma, you and I will go in the middle. Alin, you bring up the rear. Keep quiet once we're inside the building, and don't turn on your flashlights. Search the first floor first, and only go up to the second floor if you're sure no one's there."

She paused, glanced up at the window on the fourth floor that was still letting in light, and said, "Don't split up. Clear the floor together, one by one. Don't waste words with anyone you encounter, just shoot."