They waited until evening.

The short and thin man and Gangzi seemed worried that Lin Chu might suddenly return. They not only avoided going to the bathroom but even skipped eating, choosing instead to drink nutrient solution directly purchased from the system.

The two of them didn’t dare leave their posts, but after guarding the bathroom for so long, boredom set in. They started chatting to pass the time.

“That woman is really good at hiding. We’ve been guarding here for so long without seeing her, and Boss still hasn’t found her after searching for half the day.”

At one point, Ma Yan had sent someone over, saying that they hadn’t seen the vile woman and telling them to be extra cautious before leaving.

Gangzi, holding a clean cloth, wiped the Tang knife in his hand. Hearing this, he sneered lightly.

“That vile woman only knows how to hide. Just wait, she’ll have to show herself eventually. We’ll catch her, and I’ll personally kill her to avenge Lei Zi and A Feng.”

The blade glinted under the moonlight, casting a cold gleam that reflected the ruthless intent on Gangzi’s face.

The short and thin man didn’t agree with him.

He had seen the mighty Feng Ge, who had been killed by that woman with no ability to fight back.

Now that he was guarding here, he was feeling uneasy.

If he could, he really didn’t want this task, but he knew Ma Yan’s temper.

Ma Yan was a man who always meant what he said.

The thought of disobeying him made the short and thin man shiver.

Now, he could only hope Gangzi was braver than Feng Ge and could kill that woman.

Gangzi seemed to sense the short and thin man’s cowardice. He shot him a sideways glance and snorted.

“If it weren’t for you being the only one who’s seen that woman, do you think anyone would let you guard this place? If you’re really scared, go back to our turf and replace that scarred guy watching the soldier fool.”

The suggestion tempted the short and thin man, but he was afraid that Ma Yan would punish him afterward. He could only awkwardly laugh and change the subject.

“Heh, how could I take Scarface’s job? He’s not just watching that soldier fool, but also guarding our shelter. Such a heavy responsibility, I couldn’t handle it.”

Gangzi seemed unimpressed by the short and thin man’s words. After some more idle chat, they both fell silent.

However, Lin Chu had already gathered a lot of useful information from their conversation.

It seemed that these people had captured a soldier, though it was unclear whether he was a taskman or from this world.

Their shelter needed someone to keep watch—did that mean they hadn’t activated the anti-theft door?

Lin Chu’s second question was soon answered.

The short and thin man, sitting inside the bathroom door, suddenly felt a chill run down his spine. He looked at Gangzi sitting by the door, hesitated for a moment, and finally couldn’t resist asking.

“Gangzi, do you think that woman has already activated the anti-theft door and turned on the peephole view, watching us secretly from behind the door?”

Gangzi couldn’t help but laugh when he heard him scare himself with such a thought.

“Think back to when you first entered your task world. How long did it take you to accumulate 150 points?”

The short and thin man lowered his head, feeling embarrassed. Honestly, he hadn’t even gathered 150 points by the end of his first world.

“And if they asked you to spend 150 points at once to activate the anti-theft door, would you really do it? That 150 points only works for this world, and in the next world, you’d have to start over.”

“Do you think it’s possible for someone to accumulate 150 points in just seven days?”

“You could say our group is pretty strong, right? We’ve killed a lot of zombies these past few days. How many points have you accumulated in all this time? Have you got 150 yet?”

Not enough.

The short and thin man calculated it. Since coming to this world, he had only accumulated 130 points, and that was because he had been following Ma Yan, a violent boss.

He couldn’t help but touch his nose and fell silent.

Though he thought that woman was powerful, she probably wasn’t that powerful.

He stopped talking, and Gangzi didn’t say anything else either.

The cold wind blowing through the broken window of the bathroom made him feel uneasy.

Finally, the short and thin man couldn’t sit still anymore. He stood up and walked to the window.

“What are you doing?”

“Gangzi, this cold wind is making me uneasy. I’m thinking of something to block the window so that neither the zombies nor that woman can get in through here.”

Gangzi gave him a side glance. “You’re such a fuss.”

After saying that, he ignored him.

The short and thin man, with a worried face, paced back and forth in the bathroom.

He didn’t know why, but he just couldn’t shake the unease in his heart.

Gangzi grew annoyed with his pacing and finally stood up. “Alright, alright, I see some abandoned sacks outside. Let me get them and block the window for you. You stand by the door and keep watch.”

Hearing this, the short and thin man was a little happy, but as he watched Gangzi’s figure grow more distant, his unease grew even stronger.

He was about to call Gangzi back but was afraid of making too much noise and attracting zombies. He could only anxiously wait.

He kept his eyes on Gangzi’s figure while Lin Chu was watching him.

After confirming that Gangzi had walked far enough, Lin Chu, holding a bone club in one hand and a tetanus knife in the other, quietly pushed open the shelter’s anti-theft door.

By the time the nervous and anxious short and thin man heard the noise, it was too late.

The intense pain in his head made him want to scream, but the next moment, his neck was twisted.

Not wanting Gangzi to find out she had entered the shelter, Lin Chu dragged the short and thin man’s body into the adjacent men’s bathroom, avoiding the peephole view that might have been activated. She then tossed his body into her space.

Once she finished, she heard footsteps as Gangzi started to return.

She immediately hid behind the wall.

When Gangzi returned and saw that the short and thin man wasn’t standing at the door, he assumed that the coward had hidden inside again and couldn’t help but curse.

“This coward, hiding inside again. He really is a good-for-nothing.”

He stomped into the women’s restroom, and Lin Chu snuck up behind him. Just as she was about to strike him with her club, she heard his cursing stop abruptly, replaced by raspy gasps.

Lin Chu took a step forward and saw Zheng Ziyu holding her kitchen knife with both hands, standing at an angle in front of Gangzi. She was preparing to strike again to make sure he wouldn’t survive.

Seeing that Gangzi, though bleeding from his neck, wasn’t immediately dead and was trying to retaliate with his Tang knife, Lin Chu immediately struck him in the back of the head with her club.