Chapter 107 – Zombie Apocalypse 2 (15)
I arrived near Naeun’s officetel with a bent piece of metal.
Even at a glance from afar, the entrance seemed to have changed.
Last time I came, the entrance was blocked off by building it into a wall, giving the impression of a castle wall.
Since it was almost 12 hours ago that the synthetic zombie appeared, it seems that the incident was somehow resolved.
The reason we can be sure of that now is because we are burning zombie corpses in a hurry.
Since evolved zombies are creatures that are born by eating zombies, survivors now prefer to burn zombie corpses or place them far away.
Listening to the Park siblings, it seems like they piled up zombie corpses and used them as a symbol of power, but now that they are burning them, it is clear that one was born there.
And the reason I brought it to the supermarket was only out of frustration.
You won’t know what happened to the synthetic zombies that came out here unless you ask.
“Let’s go up to the nearby building. If we make direct contact, I think I might have to kill him for no reason.”
“Are we just going to do reconnaissance? I understand.”
I went up to a nearby building, so I could check it out in more detail.
There was a zombie corpse left on the stairs here, and it looks like someone used the tactic of fighting on the stairs.
“The supermarket was spotless.”
Naeun covered her nose and responded to the smell of a rotting corpse.
I went up to the rooftop and used my smartphone to check the officetel.
There were four people guarding the entrance, up from two last time, and they were holding sharp-tipped spears.
On the first floor, I checked past the security guards and found that all the windows in the hallway were shattered, and the exterior wall was also quite damaged.
And because there was no front door, I could see a glimpse of the inside of the house, but because of the angle, it was difficult to see if people were living there.
Should I say that the second floor has a good view?
Although it was not completely visible, the number of shoes sticking out beyond the front door showed that there was a huge crowd of people on the second floor.
“There are a lot of people on the second floor.”
“Yeah. If they all have their own owners, isn’t there too many people in one room?”
“Having seen synthetic zombies, I guess people who don’t have the strength to fight would give up their pride to be protected even if they were treated like that.”
Originally, it might have felt like that on the first floor.
If you want to create gaps between floors, that’s the easiest way.
The 3rd and 4th floors were the same as before the zombie apocalypse.
The door was well hung and there were no broken parts.
Are there trash bags left out in the hallway?
Because in a world like this, we can overcome that level.
At that time, the front door on the third floor opened.
The door suddenly opened, and the naked woman came out and was dragged in by the hair by the man who came out from behind her.
“Sian.”
“I saw it too.”
It is now day 8 of the zombie apocalypse.
The response of Gunwoo, who is now the leader of that building, was very quick, but isn’t it too quick to lose one’s humanity?
Even if you think that the contaminated mana accumulated there had an effect, it is too fast.
You may have just been thinking in your mind that this is what you should do if a zombie outbreak like this happens.
‘But perhaps because of the award, the troops look strong.’
The cost and quality, which felt a little lacking when I first went with Naeun, were definitely different.
Would you say it feels like people who can use a lot of power are the main players? It seemed like those people cooperated because there was proper compensation.
“You mean those guys wanted Eunseo?”
“Well, that’s right.”
But how could those guys miss the two people running away?
Did you think that the Park siblings, who escaped without proper weapons, would just be killed by zombies?
“This place… I don’t think it can hold on like this.”
“The supermarket has abundant supplies, so the system works like this.”
If there were fewer supplies, I may have had to make more drastic moves.
I was about to leave after completing my reconnaissance, but the door to the 4th floor was opened.
The person who came out of there was Geon-woo, a shirtless man with yellow hair and full of piercings.
Geon-woo opened the hallway window on the fourth floor, stuck his face out, and started smoking.
We quietly smoked a cigarette and watched him go in, then came down from the building.
On the way back to the supermarket, Naeun said to me.
“Do other places feel like this? I don’t like it when there are many groups divided into classes like that.”
“It’s still the early stages of the zombie outbreak, so there will be few places like that. Even though they miss people, now that the internet is available, they can satisfy their loneliness to some extent, so there will be more people who will try to quietly endure like our officetel. If supplies become really scarce in the future, then from then on, there will be more people. This can be divided.”
And when modern firearms are unsealed in 22 days, the person with access to firearms will be of the highest status.
Would it be a good idea to develop the strength to beat a gun? Is it possible in 3 weeks?
‘You’re thinking all these crazy thoughts.’
Even in Yu Xian’s world, guns were considered strong weapons.
If you don’t reach a certain level, you’ll be much stronger if you learn how to use a gun.
Still, even if it wasn’t there, it was important to increase strength.
At least I didn’t want to lose even if I had to fight a person 1-on-1 or more.
“Sian, do you need another weapon?”
Naeun asked me vaguely while I was still holding the bent piece of metal.
“It would be good to have a sharper and harder weapon. Hardness would be more important than sharpness.”
Among the weapons currently available, excluding vehicles, the chainsaw seemed to be the most powerful.
It would be nice to have a weapon strong enough to withstand a chainsaw like that.
Otherwise, you can use mana with a weapon that can be misunderstood, but in the end, it requires my growth.
On the way back to the mart, there was no need to fight because there were zombies cleared out on the way.
Instead, I came back looking in a bad mood, so I was left with a feeling of discomfort.
*
On the way back, I tore off the door frame where I found a piece of metal.
It’s not enough to fold it once, but if you fold it four times and put them together, it will become a much stronger weapon.
Originally, I thought we would get into an argument if I didn’t throw away this piece of metal, but after seeing the situation in the officetel, Naeun also seemed like he wanted me to have a little more power, so he tolerated it.
I sat in the wide area of the car wash, stepped on the door frame, folded it, and shaped it into a blunt object.
A blunt instrument larger and longer than a baseball bat.
Since I have no intention of playing baseball with this, should I call it a zombie bat?
Although it was a bit less portable, it seemed to be sufficient to deal with large creatures like synthetic zombies.
“That seems really ignorant.”
Naeun said after seeing the new weapon I would use.
“I’m sure you look threatening then.”
It was good that it looked menacing and was sturdy, but based on the knowledge I gained while making various weapons through Shadow Craft, I felt that this weapon had a problem.
‘It’s very difficult to add mana.’
Perhaps because of its complex internal structure, I found that it was not a suitable weapon to pretend to be a strong weapon by covering it with the mana I wanted.
Even if I did use it, it was clear that if I used it once, it would explode again like the baseball bat I used last time.
At that time, around 2 o’clock, a patrol team came out from the entrance of the supermarket.
I had to stay in the supermarket to prepare for the synthetic zombies, so I watched them leave and then came into the office.
“Na-eun, can you find out more about evolved zombies? Just the ones that are presumed to be in Korea.”
“Huh? I understand. Synthetic zombies are okay?”
“Yeah. It’s really them.”
Naeun sat on the sofa and started searching for information on the Internet, and I sat on the floor and tried to eat breakfast.
If I have this much dusty mana right now, I think fortune breakfast would be more helpful for my growth.
The only thing I know is the Flame Magic, but I thought I wanted to accept things other than heat.
I started praying with the help of the status window.
*
I opened my eyes feeling that quite a bit of time had passed.
Before going to breakfast, Naeun was searching while sitting on the sofa, but was lying on the bed.
“Sian, are you finished with what you were doing?”
“Yes. I didn’t make any progress, but it still helped a little.”
“Really? When the patrol team returned earlier, I guess they found a good place other than the university. I called to say they would bring dirt from there, but you kept turning a blind eye, so I answered instead.”
“Really? Thank you.”
Since Naeun realized that I was the chosen one and that I could use different powers, she understood why I was quietly complaining.
Wouldn’t Naeun be able to do this as well?
If you teach me the Flame Magic, it will be difficult for people like me who do not have internal power and have mana, but if they have a little internal power, I think they will be able to exert a little more power when necessary.
The problem was that it was impossible because the Yeonyeom Shingong itself was not suitable for women with sexual organs.
Still, it might be possible to make them a little healthier by delivering heat.
While massaging Naeun’s legs with her warm hands as she lay on the bed, she asked about what she had searched for earlier.
“Was there any useful information?”
“Hmm. I think everyone is preoccupied with the synthetic zombies that showed up today. Still, I found out that there are more than 10 evolved zombies in Korea. And I think there are five that are close to us right now.”
“I remember it all being three in total, but did it increase that much?”
I think it was a military base, a food factory, and another countryside. I was unlucky, so I fought the first evolved zombie. It seems like several evolved zombies were created with not much difference in time.
“I think it’s because when people just move the zombie corpses without cleaning them up or when zombies pile up in places where there are no people, evolving zombies are naturally created.”
“That’s true too. Just because there are no people doesn’t mean zombies won’t form.”
That was the problem with this strange zombie outbreak. Even if no one dies, the seeds of plague continue to be created somewhere.
This may not be the case even after the restrictions on modern firearms are lifted, but we must fight hard for the remaining time to ensure safety.
“Let’s go to the supermarket.”
