Chapter 217: Strangulation

Catherine looked around the lab and finally took a coat hanger from the corner. She twisted two metal hangers in her hands, assembling them into a makeshift weapon resembling nunchucks. The lab door wasn’t fully closed. Catherine quietly directed everyone to hide under the tables and behind the door, preparing to drag the first zombie inside. “But if we just stay quiet and close the door, can’t we keep the zombie out?” Vivian suggested in a whisper. “If it has found us, it won’t leave,” Catherine said as she tested her hanger weapon. “Unless you plan to stay in this lab forever.” “Miss Vivian, let’s leave it to Miss Catherine for now. There’s still a chance,” Miller advised, his words carrying a double meaning that Vivian understood. Catherine also found some masks in a small cabinet in the lab. She put one on herself, gave one each to Ivan and Owen, and handed the rest to Noel for safekeeping. The sound of human breathing could attract zombies, so Catherine wanted to minimize t