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Back to the present
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"Come out to the light," Mathew said as soon as he noticed the figure hiding in the shadows.
Despite the risk of attracting the zombies, the area where they organized both the staging ground against monsters and where they harvested and then counted the zombie cores was perfectly lit.
After all, it was hard to find out the cores in the depths of the zombies' slimy brains. Doing so without any light would make this task maybe not impossible, but way too time-consuming for Mathew and company to bother.
As a result, while their part of the corridor was well lit, as long as one walked just several meters deeper into the hallway, the area would turn dark pretty quickly.
"I'm unarmed," the man in the shadows reported, slowly coming forward with both of his hands armed.
"He is telling the truth," Norbert whispered as soon as Mathew blinked.
