Footsteps

Chen Chen was the first to hear the footsteps. His body had long become non-humanoid and his sense of hearing was vastly superior to that of a regular human. Before the other two had even caught the slightest hint of the footsteps, Chen Chen had located the exact location of where the footsteps came from.

The sound of footsteps came from within the mall and was approaching the second floor at this very moment.

"Clack, clack…"

For some reason Chen Chen could not discern, the footsteps carried a strange quality to it, the practiced manner of its steps felt almost mechanical. From the manner of feet shuffling against the floor, he felt it was closer to a dead body stepping mechanically across the floor than a live human traveling along the corridors...

As the sound of the footsteps drew closer, Zhao Shanhe soon came to hear it as well.