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How can I shortcut this area?
1 of 8: First off, you have to have at least three barrels of some sort to pull off this shortcut.
2 of 8: There's a bunch of explosive barrels on the way from the beginning of the chapter to this area, so it helps to have saved and brought along a few.
3 of 8: NOTE: If you didn't, you can enter the flame-blocked building and get several barrels from it, including two regular ones.
4 of 8: After the shotgun preacher runs off and you finish off the zombies in the area, get one of the tables in the butcher shop that two zombies broke out of.
5 of 8: Put the table next to the raised grassy ledge that's just up the slanty street from the shop door.
6 of 8: That'll allow you to jump up onto the grassy ledge while carrying your barrels.
7 of 8: Carry them all up there one at a time and stack them next to the tall wooden beams in one corner so that you can use them to jump up onto the wooden plank walkway that you can see overhead.
8 of 8: As soon as you're up on the walkway, turn right and go in through the window you see there. That'll get you past the whole electrified fence area and into the next building!
