Chapter 12 – 12. Meeting in the Basement

“Ugh…”

When I opened my eyes, it was so dark that I couldn’t see an inch in front of me.

‘Where am I…’

I waited a moment, holding my breath, until my eyes adjusted to the darkness. Because you don’t know what will happen if you move without knowing what to do. It’s better to stay quiet and not pretend to be popular.

‘It’s done… ‘

After blinking for about two minutes, my eyes soon adapted to the darkness. Now I can finally see what the room looks like.

First of all, the place I woke up was someone’s room. The desk, bed, and dresser are covered in white cloth. It is a room with a very gloomy atmosphere. Fortunately or unfortunately, there was no one in the room except me.

‘Bat… ‘

The bat and the side bag containing the water did not disappear either, but were transferred along with me. Fortunately, we did not lose any weapons or reinforcement materials. With this, the probability of survival increases slightly.

There is a difference between heaven and earth between being metastasized with your bare body and being metastasized while carrying something.

‘Somewhere in the twisted basement… The key is which floor it is…’

I hope you haven’t entered some kind of 100-story building. If the floor level is too low, you might fall down from exhaustion while climbing.

‘Whoa… I’m so fucking nervous… ‘

Currently, the fifteen people who have entered this strange space are all awakened people like me. I didn’t know what would happen if we encountered each other.

It’s fortunate that the conditions for escaping are not battle royale, but if things go wrong, they might turn into enemies at any time.

‘So, if we encounter one, let’s go with the mindset that we will kill him first and take away his abilities.’

I used tracking because there might be someone nearby. Even if you can’t find the man, you will definitely find the woman.

However, there is a penalty of coughing for a few minutes, so I have to cover my mouth and wait in the room until the coughing stops.

“Sniff…Sniff..”

There is. It’s a woman. Even very close.

‘Maybe he’s not a participant… ‘

First, I put my ear to the door and overhear the sounds outside.

‘It’s quiet… ‘

I couldn’t hear any sounds outside the room and didn’t even feel like I was there. I think I need to go out to find out what’s going on outside.

Before I left the room, I cleaned up the cloth hanging around the desk and searched through the drawers to see if I could get anything.

“A ballpoint pen and a diary?”

I found something. It was a ballpoint pen with no ink coming out because it was used up, and a diary that looked like new. I looked closely to see if there was something written in the diary, but there was nothing written.

Since it wasn’t valuable enough to take both of them with me, I just threw it away in the room. There was nothing else useful.

‘But it’s not like there’s nothing… It means there’s something you can take with you… ‘

This area itself is said to be an area where farming is possible. Next time I have a chance to come through the gate with Saeyeon, I will tell her to take everything she can.

‘First of all… I can’t hear anything outside… ‘

I carefully opened the door, holding the bat tightly.

Outside the room, just like inside, it was just an ordinary house. There were also no zombies or hostile entities. It’s just a little dark. Since it was a basement, I imagined a damper place… It felt like I was in a luxurious hotel built underground.

‘Maybe that’s right…’

I immediately started searching the house. I woke up in a room with about 3 rooms. It seemed that the woman I had just sensed was not in this room. I think she might be in the next room.

‘Oh..’

First, I got a roll of toilet paper and a flashlight from the storage room in the end room. There was no need to bring toilet paper, so I just threw it away.

‘The flashlight is a piece of shit..’

I didn’t bring my cell phone, so there was no light source, but it worked out well. Since there was no danger in the house, I immediately turned on the flashlight and searched the house in earnest.

‘Oh..!’

From the kitchen, I got two small knives in a sheath and a hammer for cutting pork cutlet. It is reasonably usable as a weapon. In particular, the aluminum bat was so dented that it was difficult to swing, so I got a good spare weapon.

There was also a frying pan, but I didn’t bring it. A hammer for pork cutlet is enough.

I put a pork cutlet hammer on my trouser belt so I could pull it out and use it right away, and I stuffed the knife with the sheath into my pocket.

“Wook..”

I opened the refrigerator to see if I could take some food with me. Not only did the light not come on, as if the electricity had gone out, but all the food in the refrigerator was rotten.

It was very disgusting with the smell of spoiled food and the bugs trapped in the refrigerator rushing out. This… I unintentionally did something that lowered my mental power.

‘Oh… Bag…’

I got a fairly large bag and an awl from the last entrance room I entered before heading out. Now that I’ve packed my bag, I don’t have to stuff my farmed items into the side bag.

I put all the little things I had acquired at home into my bag. This is a good amount of farming. I think I can go outside now.

“Up to the first floor…”

The goal presented in the message before jumping into the gate was to reach the first floor. That means it may be difficult to go up to the first floor.

‘What on earth is out there?’

Before opening the front door, I checked the outside through an external scope. If you go out blindly and encounter a zombie, it’s a big problem. Maybe there are monsters worse than zombies.

‘Fuck..’

The outside scenery seen through an external scope was more bizarre than I imagined.

First of all, this was a very old underground hotel. Countless rooms were lined up outside. In addition, the red lights were on, making the atmosphere very eerie.

The hallways were quiet, as if there were no zombies… But honestly, I don’t want to go outside. If she went out, it seemed like she would be killed not by a zombie but by a ghost wandering the hallway.

‘Huh..?’

As she felt an internal conflict for a moment, thinking that she didn’t want to go out, she saw someone walking in the hallway across from her.

Because the distance was quite far, I couldn’t make out its detailed appearance, but I still knew it instinctively.

‘That’s not a person..’

It looked like a zombie walking unsteadily… But it wasn’t a zombie either. That thing was something fundamentally different. It was like… A doll. It was a creepy-looking doll that tried to imitate a human and failed. It’s an appearance that brings out the uncanny valley just by looking at it.

‘Avoid that… Until the first floor… ‘

I wasn’t sure how strong the creepy-looking doll was, so I watched it for a moment and then the entrance to one of the rooms across from me opened.

Soon, a boy who appeared to be still in high school walked out, lighting the hallway with his cell phone flashlight.

‘Oh.. Indeed..’

The doll soon discovered the light and jumped towards the boy. I can figure out how strong that monster is.

-Fuck! What!

The boy swung the iron pipe he was holding at the charging doll.

-Pow!!!

An iron pipe inserted into the doll’s head. Part of the doll’s head was broken like porcelain, and black water was dripping from inside. Is it really oil?

-Fuck..!

The boy let out his curse and then struck his temple twice with his right hand.

‘What is it..?’

I was momentarily taken back by the sudden act of self-harm. Soon, a blue electric current began to flow through the iron pipe the boy was holding. To be exact, an electric current was flowing through the right hand that hit the temple.

‘Crazy.. That’s an ability..’

It’s an ability that seems quite strong. Also, if you hit your temple hard enough to see it right away, it’s an ability to send electricity to your hand… So the penalty was relatively small.

‘We have to kill and steal… ‘

That’s a good ability to have. It can be used for immediate attack… And it can also be self-enchanted if you are holding an object that carries electricity, like the iron pipe the boy is holding.

-Bwak!!!

– Sebum!!!!

The iron pipe the boy swung electrocuted the doll, and the doll, shocked by the electric current, trembled all over. Additionally, the black water flowing from the cracked area caught fire. It appears to have been oil.

Soon the doll started burning. It wasn’t a very strong enemy. It seemed like he could be defeated even if he didn’t use his abilities.

‘Well… The level of difficulty was low… ‘

First, I carefully opened the door and went out.

-Squeak..

Just then, someone came out from the house next door. It seems like she’s the woman I sensed through a romantic relationship a while ago.

“…”

The woman from next door had dyed her hair blue. She also had piercings in her nose and ears to complement her extremely slim figure and tattoos on her exposed thighs and arms. Her appearance was somehow seductive, just like a prostitute.

When you look at her overall image, she doesn’t seem like a normal woman. She looks like a woman with a screw missing somewhere.

Moreover, the fire ax he was holding looked unusual. Judging by the fact that there was a lot of blood on the blade, it seems like he was having fun killing zombies and people with that blade.

It’s a weapon I want to take away.

“Hmm..”

Just as I looked at the woman, she also looked me up and down as if she was evaluating me.

“Your eyes are fine.”

The woman observing me grinned and nodded her head. What does it mean to be okay?.

I wanted to immediately break this crazy bitch’s head and take the fire ax away, but if I did that, it would be difficult to kill the boy across from us who was looking at us.

They’ll think I’m a guy who kills people at random and try to confront me. That’s a bit tricky. I want to be seen as a harmless human being. That would be a good way to stab them in the back.

‘For now… Let’s take advantage of the opportunity. I’m not sure what abilities this woman has, but I can’t kill her without even knowing her abilities.’

My target right now is that electric boy. This is not a woman who looks a little crazy.

-Kkiik…

While I was thinking that, a door opened in the hallway across from me and another person walked out.

This time it was a man wearing a blood-stained shirt. She was tall and her body looked very slender. Even the weapon he holds is Ohamma. The fact that his expression was so grim was a bonus.

He adjusted his glasses with his middle finger and looked around him with an emotionless expression. He seemed like a psychopathic serial killer.

“Hoo…”

As soon as the stocky man came out, the blue-haired madwoman glared at him with a grin. Is it just that all men with a good physique are good?

-Rattle..

At that time, the door to another house opened, and this time a man with brown curly hair that reached his eyes his came out.

He was hunched over, holding a heavy, blood-stained sword in one hand. Judging from the dripping blood, it looks like it came in after killing zombies or people a while ago.

‘They all look difficult to kill..’

They all looked like crazy people. The way everyone looks at each other is so cruel.

‘At least I killed that bastard…’

Before reaching the first floor… I want to kill at least two people, including the brat with electricity abilities.

That’s right, we have to take away the ability.