Chapter 78 – A Group of Survivors
Everyone here gathered in one place.
Everyone was packing and carrying as much as they could.
“Every single person is there.”
I thought at least one person might have gone out alone in search of freedom, but I was wrong; all the people I saw yesterday were gathered in one place.
“I knew I would die if I went out, so I just decided to follow.”
Kang Seo-yoon, who was standing next to him, smiled bitterly at the sight of a ruined world that forced him to make an inevitable choice.
“Hmm…”
I glanced at the people again.
They frowned at the shattered gender ratio, with women still making up the majority.
Even so for the women, it was full of older men, so no matter how you look at it, it was difficult to use it with all its might.
Still, as Seo-ah said yesterday, these people may have been working in professional occupations, so even if one or two of the women failed, they had to take all the men as much as possible, leaving no one behind.
“Are you ready?”
“Yes.”
People were scared and nervous about leaving their comfort zone and stepping into hell, but there was no other option.
Therefore, regardless of gender or age, all they do is hold a kitchen knife with a short blade tightly in their hand and carry a lot of luggage.
“You can leave right away.”
As Kang Seo-yoon looked around for the last time, she noticed that all preparations were complete and added,
She spotted Kim Ki-yeon, who glanced at Kang Seo-yoon next to me, nodding her head at her words.
He kept looking at Kang Seo-yoon, who had the most beauty here, but he was ignoring the regret of standing next to me and was flirting with other women.
Women who would have never accepted the dash of a man who was not good-looking and rather boring showed infinite affection by laughing at his words with wide smiles on their faces.
On the other hand, Uncle Jihyuk just stands still and rolls his eyes as if there is still no girl he likes.
Anyway, I had something to check first before leaving.
“Everyone, before we leave, let me ask you one quick question.”
People’s eyes gathered at my words.
“Are you an expert in a certain field? For example, is there anyone who has worked or studied a profession like a doctor?”
I didn’t bother to look for a specialist, citing a doctor as an example.
People raised their hands one by one.
They were all men, and although occasionally women did raise their hands, they only had skills that were not needed.
“Hmm…”
As I listened to each person’s skills one by one, I swallowed my sleep.
It’s not bad, but most of the jobs don’t seem to be needed right now.
Most of them were in the fields of tiling, architectural design, etc., But there were also technicians needed.
Among them.
“What about the last one?”
He pointed to the person standing furthest behind and raised his hand and asked.
“I’m a dentist.”
“Dentist… ?”
I was about to cheer at the word doctor, but then frowned at the fact that dentistry was listed in front.
“He is a dentist and has basic medical knowledge.”
He sighed and said.
He said that whether it is dentistry or plastic surgery, first you have to study sufficiently as a doctor before deciding on a field, so any doctor has basic medical knowledge.
The gang members laughed it off, and he lamented that he was treated poorly due to the fact that he was a dentist despite being a doctor.
To be honest, he said it was plausible, but he had no knowledge in the field of medicine, so he couldn’t be sure.
According to my vague memories, that seems to be correct.
Even if you study medicine with the goal of becoming a dentist, you don’t really go to college studying dentistry.
“Is that really true?”
I asked Kang Seo-yoon, who was standing next to me.
“I don’t know the details, but I guess it’s probably true. And since he’s a doctor, I’m sure he has more knowledge than us.”
That’s my opinion too.
First of all, since he is a doctor, he obviously knows better than an ordinary person who has not studied medicine at all.
“I understand first.”
It takes time to bring in all these people, and above all, there is risk.
Therefore, it may be difficult to bring everyone back alive.
I ranked priorities based on the techniques I heard from them earlier.
If an emergency situation arises that even I can’t do anything about, the priority is who to save and take away as best as possible.
Naturally, doctors were the first priority, and then I slowly lined up the technicians that I personally thought would be needed now or in the future.
Among them, Kang Seo-yoon was next to the technicians.
Even if they followed me, did things well, and were good at leading people, in reality, priorities had to fall behind.
That’s how harsh reality was.
“Let’s go.”
At my signal, people started to force their way outside, whipping their trembling legs.
*
After the world turned into a zombie apocalypse, those who ran away into the gangster’s den and came out for the first time were crouching in fear and taking steps.
People who are anxious because they don’t know when and where zombies will come out and attack them and turn them into the same zombies.
If zombies really come out and attack, I don’t know if I’ll be able to properly resist.
It would be nice if I didn’t end up getting bitten by a zombie and killing myself, let alone resisting.
That’s because I didn’t think it would be a very good feeling to kill someone I had just been talking to after seeing the human enemy.
Above all, as a human being full of affection, I couldn’t help but feel as if my perception of myself would be shattered by the sight of me mercilessly killing a person who had just been a colleague and survivor.
Even if you can’t help it, once you kill him, it’s clear that all kinds of negative emotions will come rushing in like an emotional trash can.
If not everyone, at least one person will definitely think that way.
“…”
I raised my hand.
Everyone crouched down and held their breath as if they were waiting.
“A lot of zombies in front.”
After feeling the presence of others, I hid myself and looked at the number of zombies in front of me.
At first glance, it seems like there is no choice but to multiply by hand, but when you make eye contact and start throwing fits and running towards them, you hear the sound and you never know when and where new zombies will pop out.〈 Br〉
If I were alone, I would show up casually and kill all the zombies I see right now, as well as the newly added zombies, but I was not alone.
There was absolutely no reason to kill someone who had been needlessly trying to save someone.
“Useup… Let’s go back.”
Those alone would give him close to ten points, but unfortunately he lamented the bitter reality of having to return without being able to kill him.
Those who don’t even know that I have a status window and that I can get points by hunting zombies will only think that I am lucky.
Anyway, I led the group back to avoid the zombies.
Those close behind me, Mr. Gye-sang, Mr. Ji-hyuk, and a few men will take care of it.
All I had to do was not look back and check the path we were taking.
How long did it take to walk like that?
Just hunt and avoid the minimum number of zombies, and even if you occasionally encounter a group of zombies, it won’t be a big problem and you can easily deal with them and then move on again.
It was visible that the number of zombies gradually decreased significantly.
As we moved to avoid the zombies, insisting on being as safe as possible, it was a place I didn’t know well, but simply because the number of zombies had clearly decreased, I knew that we were probably getting closer to our goal, the house where Seo-ah and Seung-i were.
That’s because I hunted every zombie around the house as much as I could for points and to prepare for emergencies.
“I think we’re all there.”
“That’s right.”
Mr. Gye-sang, who was walking next to him, said, “Heh heh.” He smiled and agreed to what I said.
The man, who knew better than anyone else why there were no zombies, seemed relieved that the worst he had feared had not happened, with an expression on his face that the exodus was unexpectedly boring.
In contrast, the group of survivors who followed us were sweating profusely and looked exhausted.
They were exhausted as they had almost never walked for such a long time with their bodies so tense.
In addition, since I was carrying food and supplies all over my body, it was natural that my stamina would run out faster.
Still, we gritted our teeth and followed after us in order to survive, but little by little we were reaching our limit.
“Everyone. Let’s try our best. We’re almost there, so we just have to go a little further.”
Mr. Gye-sang shouted to those around him, hoping to gain some strength.
“Really… ?”
A middle-aged man asked Mr. Gye-sang.
“Yes. The proof is that there are no zombies around here.”
“Ah…”
After hearing Mr. Gye-sang’s words, I realized belatedly that there were no more zombies.
At first, there were many times when zombies came out all the time and we had no choice but to go back and fight, but now it was difficult to spot the zombies.
“Ha, haha…”
People, including a middle-aged man, laughing with joy at the thought of finally being free from the zombies.
“It probably isn’t the time to laugh.”
I shook my head at their appearance.
That’s because they have to go hunting for food and supplies after some time.
