Day five.
When Chen Miao woke up, he saw that Qi Ning and Zhong Cai were already up.
Last night, Chen Miao had gone to sleep at two in the morning, at the same time as the zombie cooking downstairs. Qi Ning had taken over the watch again.
Zhong Cai had thought he could handle it, but Chen Miao had refused, because he still needed Zhong Cai for the second step of his plan. In the end, they could only trouble Qi Ning once more.
After eating a few biscuits, Chen Miao told the two of them, "Yesterday's experiment succeeded. Next, we need to arrange the second step of the plan."
"We can't test this step, so we only have one chance."
Chen Miao looked at them.
"If we put this plan into action, the zombie this village has been raising for fifty years will definitely come out."
"If the plan fails to weaken it... I'm sure you both know what the outcome will be."
Chen Miao's words instantly chilled the atmosphere in the room.
But he had to say it.
Otherwise, if he kept them in the dark as they carried out the rest of the plan and something went wrong, their slim chance of survival might become no chance at all.
So Chen Miao had to make the danger clear beforehand.
Qi Ning looked at Chen Miao, his brows tightly furrowed. "We've been here for five days already. Can't we wait another two? Usually, if an Investigator goes out on a mission and doesn't respond for seven days, they're presumed to be in trouble, and more people are sent afterward."
"I think waiting for the bureau to send someone would be safer."
Chen Miao looked at Qi Ning. After a moment of silence, he said, "You're not wrong,