SWDnovel Chapter 4 The Attack, the Man-Eating Rats, and the Long Night Watch
Chapter 4 The Attack, the Man-Eating Rats, and the Long Night Watch
Boom!Boom!Boom!
The warehouse door was being violently pounded, accompanied by the roars of some unknown wild beasts, and there were quite a few of them.
Under the light, the door panel trembled from the impact, but fortunately that was all. Despite the repeated impacts, the door showed no signs of collapsing.
Lu Sheng secretly breathed a sigh of relief and glanced at the time on the terminal screen again.
Nine minutes remaining.
He looked up at the ceiling of the refueling warehouse, where there was a skylight used to facilitate the airlift of supplies by small drones.
As long as there are bullets in the gun, Lu Sheng is confident that he can deal with one or two small nighttime beasts. He has never fired a gun before, but the muscle memory left by his predecessor is still there.
Suddenly, the banging at the door stopped.
Lu Sheng pressed his ear close to the ground; he knew very well that this represented two possibilities.
The first possibility is that the beasts of the night abandoned this place and went elsewhere.
The chances are even lower than if an 18-year-old mature woman throws herself into your arms the moment you open the door tomorrow morning.
The second possibility is that the beast of the night changed its attack route.
He heard disordered footsteps coming from both sides of the gas station warehouse; the beasts of the night were beginning to circle the warehouse.
Bang!
Lu Sheng jumped up from the ground, staring intently in the direction from which the sound came. The shelf he had used to block the gap had been bumped by something from the outside.
Fortunately, Lu Sheng had filled the shelf with miscellaneous items from the warehouse, giving it enough weight, so the impact only made a loud noise, and the shelf didn't move an inch.
The monster that had been ramming the shelf seemed to realize it couldn't break through and didn't try a second time, but Lu Sheng was certain that the monster hadn't left; it and the other monsters were still searching for a gap in the refueling warehouse.
He looked back at the terminal; there were still seven minutes left.
Boom!Boom!Boom!
The sound of the ferocious beasts of the night crashing into the breach rang out again, this time the sound came from all directions.
"Damn it, I'll risk it!"
Lu Sheng gritted his teeth and grabbed the dagger lying under the cashier's counter. This was the weapon his predecessor used for close combat.
The blade was stained with blackened blood, no longer shiny and bright, but it was proof of the previous owner's many close-quarters battles against ferocious beasts of the night.
Before the monster could rush in, Lu Sheng carried the A-frame ladder to the skylight, nimbly climbed up, and pushed open the skylight. The cold wind outside hit him, making him shiver and giving him a boost of energy.
After getting off the ladder, Lu Sheng leaned against it and looked around the entire warehouse.
Suddenly, he heard a roar, clearer than any he had heard before.
Without hesitation, Lu Sheng headed straight for the source of the sound. The sandbag blocking the gap had been pushed open, and a rat's head the size of a basketball crawled in.
"Take this!"
Seeing that only the head of this ferocious beast of the night had entered, Lu Sheng pounced on it and stabbed the rat in the head with his knife. Then he pressed down with both hands and killed it.
This was Lu Sheng's first battle in this world. His adrenaline surged, making him tremble all over, yet he was also full of power. Even though he was usually a bit of a germaphobe, he didn't care that blood had splattered on him.
How many minutes left?
Lu Sheng didn't know that anything that crawled into the refueling warehouse should be stabbed to death. Only in this way could he see the sun rise tomorrow.
Suddenly, he heard a buzzing sound and instinctively turned his head towards the skylight.
A silver-white object slowly descended, with a black iron basket hanging below it—it was a delivery drone!
"Even if I die, I'll still give you a bad review if you're any later."
Lu Sheng muttered something to himself, turned around and ran towards the drone, taking out the box from the iron basket.
When opened, it was found to be full of revolver bullets, as well as a fully loaded quickloader.
"Great review!"
He drew his revolver, ejected the magazine, aligned the bullet in the loader with the magazine, pressed it down, then pressed the magazine back down, and cocked the hammer. The gun came back to life.
Just then, a ferocious beast of the night smashed through the crate blocking the gap and rushed into the warehouse.
Under the light, Lu Sheng could see that it was a rat larger than a small dog.
Man-eating rats are among the most common small, nocturnal predators.
As they rushed into the refueling depot, the cannibal rats immediately located Lu Sheng, and Lu Sheng simultaneously locked onto them with his gun.
"Bang!"
A gunshot rang out, and the cannibal rat, which had just assumed a charging stance, had its head blown off and staggered to the ground.
"Great gun!"
The gunshots dispelled the gloom in Lu Sheng's heart, and confidence took over.
Before the next beast of the night could crawl in, he quickly ran to the gap, kicked the junk box back into place, and dragged a sandbag from the side to weigh it down.
Throughout the entire process, he kept his gun in his hand, listened attentively to everything around him, and guarded against the next ferocious beast of the night that might sneak into the warehouse.
After doing all that, he returned to the ladder, carefully picked up the transport drone, and moved it into the container under the checkout counter.
The shopping instructions clearly state that this item will not be returned until tomorrow during the day, and any damage or bumps during this period will be the responsibility of the seller.
After placing it, he stood up and glanced at the time on the terminal screen.
There are still seventeen hours and forty minutes left until the end of the night.
"call."
Lu Sheng took a deep breath and slowly exhaled to calm himself down. The battle with the beast of the night was just the beginning of a long night.
Because he was the only one at the gas station, with no one to relieve him, the beast of the night couldn't possibly leave him undisturbed just because he wanted to sleep.
He admired his predecessor somewhat; he had actually managed to endure such a life for three months.
"Since we're here, we might as well make the best of it. We won't be able to sleep tonight, so we'll think of something when it gets light. Now that we have ammunition, things are much better than before."
Lu Sheng comforted himself and continued to cheer up, keeping watch through the long night.
After two man-eating rats died, the Night Beast slowed its attack. In the next few hours, only one man-eating rat tried to break in while Lu Sheng was off guard.
It lost its gamble and became yet another corpse stuck in the gap.
After that, the frequency of the man-eating rats hitting the wall decreased, and Rikuo was also a little tired from being on edge for a long time, and even thought about taking a nap.
"tear."
He pressed the pistol to his face; the cool metallic touch instantly dispelled his drowsiness. He turned to look at the time; more than seven hours of the long night had already passed.
The night is about to transition from the first half to the second half.
According to the memories of the previous incarnation, the night is divided into stages, based on scholars' research on the habits of monsters in the night. The first eight hours are the first half of the night, and the last eight hours are the second half.
As night falls and time progresses, the beasts of the night become increasingly active, reaching their peak in the latter half of the night.
More importantly, the beasts of the night are just one type of monsters of the night. Compared to these wild beasts, many more threatening monsters are concentrated in the latter half of the night.
Lu Sheng ejected the spent cartridges from the empty magazine of his pistol and reloaded it with bullets.
The night suddenly became quiet, as if all the ferocious beasts of the night had retreated. After an unknown amount of time, there was a knock on the door.
Boom!Boom!
"Kind person, I'm lost in the wilderness, please take me in for the night."
An old woman's voice came from outside the door.
Boom!Boom!
"I will repay you; I have gold."