Chapter 222 – 222. Escape Road

The endless night brought fear to everyone.

The moon is up, but the sun is not up.

Moreover, the moon in the sky is also… Somehow strange.

“That. Is it the moon?”

It wasn’t until the second day of the winter night that people started asking questions.

Is that thing floating in the sky really the moon?

Why is the moon floating so close?

What was even more surprising was that all survivors around the world were looking at the same night sky.

“That one. “It’s not the moon.”

Pupil.

It’s not the moon.

Something is staring at us.

All day.

“Ah. Ah.”

As we entered the third day of the winter night, people in madness began to appear from all over the world.

In addition to sudden acts of self-harm, they carved scars on their bodies.

The shape of the scar was quite familiar.

Some people engraved a cross, someone engraved the pentagram, and still others engraved the Taegeuk symbol or the swastika.

“It’s like taking refuge in the god you believe in.”

Those who suffered from mania and had scars on their bodies began their activities in earnest from then on.

“At first, they came together one by one.”

Then, they soon form a group of more than 30 people and, wielding abilities beyond the scope of their skills, capture survivors and torture them, making them fall into madness like themselves, or even killing them and eating them.

“Pagan. Or a fanatic. The god they believe in is not Jesus, Buddha, or Allah. “They believe in a god whose name they don’t even know.”

These are people who follow what they should not follow.

Should we kill them to get rid of them, but the madness they show and the wildness that comes out like an explosion are difficult to stop with the power of ordinary people.

“Are you able to deal with monsters with a clear mind who come at you with a smile on your face even though your arms are cut off and your stomach is ripped open?”

It’s impossible.

Moreover, when they use strange spells and black magic and wield tentacles and darkness, those who deal with them have no choice but to run away.

“They are another disaster brought about by a disaster.”

A disaster caused by a disaster. A fanatic brought by a winter night.

Mania born from evil spirits.

“Now they even pretend to be ordinary people.”

Pagans are rising up everywhere. Even fellow survivors can no longer trust each other.

From the moment they first showed their madness, they started using their brains.

Ask for help, or give help.

Requires cooperation or expects cooperation.

They infiltrated the survivors in various ways, not just kidnapping and confinement.

Sometimes I pretend to be a good person, and sometimes I act like a weak person.

The only way to find out is the pagan scars that must have been engraved somewhere on the body.

Just a few weeks ago, you would have to take off your clothes to check for any zombie bites, but now you have to take off your clothes to check for any strange scars or signs of infidels.

“Those who have designs engraved in conspicuous places suffer from severe mania and seizures. Also, the probability of being caught is much higher.”

For example, people who have designs engraved on their foreheads, cheeks, or backs of their hands fall into this category.

“Instead, those who carved scars in such visible places. It is said that you receive more power.”

It is difficult to fit in among ordinary people, but you can become the best among pagans.

“This is where we started to think that their roles might be divided.”

A priest who gained great power by carving scars into prominent areas.

A missionary with a scar hidden in an inconspicuous location.

“And those who have tattoos on their bodies.”

“A tattoo…?”

“Okay. “They are shameless traitors who have sold their entire body, mind, and soul.”

Those who have the pattern of evil spirits revealed. It was decided to call them apostles.

“Apostle. Apostle must be strong.?”

“Can you believe that three veteran survivors with a survival rating of 30 were defeated in 3 minutes?”

“…”

A survival level of around 30 means that they have at least 3 skills.

Moreover, in order to raise the survival level to that level, it was said that one had to go through the simple labyrinth almost every day to increase experience points and farm items.

In short, the strong people who cannot be killed by zombies are veteran survivors with a survival rating of 30.

“Those people were eliminated in just three minutes. “Can you believe it?”

“What the hell.”

“I was completely helpless.”

“Did you see all of that?”

“Okay.”

“Ho, did you see what kind of technology they use?”

“Hmm. I watched from afar and saw that they were using abilities that were completely different from ours. There seemed to be no penalty or handicap. Maybe… I thought the madness they experienced and the protection of an unknown being were a handicap and a penalty.”

“Huh.”

Ordinary survivors cannot deal with apostles.

“So you have to run away.”

So the group of survivors in Busan packed their bags. First, they planned to get out of Busan. I’ve been ready to get out of Busan for the past month.

“Everyone gets dressed. Let’s go out.”

Busan is in shambles with zombies and survivors. The atmosphere was different from Seoul, where the military established a certain degree of order early on.

Therefore, they planned to gather enough items to become self-sufficient and go up to Yangsan. It will be a bit quiet there.

“Start the truck and go straight to the paved road. “If I get caught by a zombie, I’ll get out right away because there’s no answer.”

They prepared diligently. The road had been cleared in advance to allow cars to pass, and the nearby zombies had also been cleared to some extent.

“Please follow along.”

“Yes. “It’s cold, so let’s go quickly.”

“Yep.”

Two 2.5-ton freight cars, three trucks fully loaded, and a village bus full of people started up.

They did their best to survive.

“Everyone got on, right?”

“Let’s go.”

The car moves forward. It won’t take long to reach mass production.

Moreover, there was no danger because the survivors who had come down from the upper regions a few weeks ago had slaughtered all the psycho killers camped at Hopo Station.

Of course, the ones who cleared out those camped at Hopo Station were Kang In-ho and his companions who came down a few weeks ago to rescue Yoo Sae-ah.

“Whew. “It’s scarier because the road is dark.”

“I guess so.”

“I can’t play the song.”

Inside a bus carrying nearly 40 survivors.

Those who were carefully running down the road and entering Yangsan couldn’t overcome the silence and started chatting.

Perhaps because I was halfway out of Busan, I was reasonably relaxed.

“Oh right. Mister. Have you ever seen vampires?”

“Vampire? “I’ve seen it before.”

“Really!?”

“Uh. “I met you once in the labyrinth.”

Jeongsang Yoon, who was driving the bus, decided to be a conversation partner for the young girl to break his sleep.

“They all had white hair and red eyes.”

“And. Are all vampires albinos?”

“I know. Maybe so.”

“So, uncle. “Can you kill a vampire too?”

“Of course.”

In fact, he once hunted a vampire.

Of course, it wasn’t the vampire that Kang In-ho caught.

What he caught was a strigoi created in the labyrinth.

I managed to hunt down a weak vampire assistant who was like a vassal created by a blood demon.

“The man is amazing.”

“Really?”

“Yes. Uh? Uncle, stand in front.”

“Huh? Oh, my!”

The truck that was moving ahead suddenly stopped. Jeongsang Yoon quickly applied the brakes and stopped the car.

Only then did the people who were talking look out the window one by one.

“It is light.”

“What is that.?”

“Isn’t it a tree? Isn’t it? “I can’t see clearly.”

“There is something, though.”

Jeongsang Yoon, who was driving the bus, got out of the car.

Outside, the drivers had already gotten out of their cars and were talking.

“What on earth is that?”

“There is light… But is it the military?”

“I don’t know. Should I go?”

“I think it would be dangerous to take everyone with us. “Let’s go to just a few elite people.”

“I just came after checking.”

The story ended quickly. There is nothing good to be seen from standing still for a long time on a road with no cover.

“Then let’s go.”

So, 10 men took the captured guns and items and moved towards the place where the light was coming out.

They entered Mulgeum, where Kang In-ho and his companions had established their base.

In a way, it was a more dangerous place than Gimhae, which became a demonic city.

“Isn’t there something warm here?”

“Iknow, right. “The water isn’t even frozen.”

The Nakdong River is flowing. It would be normal if everything froze and the water pipes burst. The water did not freeze.

Also, the air is strangely warm.

People were embarrassed by temperatures they had not felt in the past week.

“Huh. What the hell.”

“That hit a tree.”

“A tree growing that tall is emitting light.”

“It’s dazzling…”

“It’s warm and there’s light.”

“Is it paradise?”

It is a world with gates and zombies. I thought there was no way it wouldn’t be a paradise on earth.

“Hey, stop.”

“Why?”

“Something… Is moving around.”

“Aren’t you a zombie?”

“I don’t think so. The presence is different. “About 3 people.”

At that time, a man with detection skills stopped his group.

There is something.

“Oh my.”

Jeongsang Yoon, who was walking ahead, frowned.

“Well, there’s no way we can just leave this yolk land alone.”

“First of all, if you’re a person, talk to them…”

“Uh? Excuse me. “No way.”

Jeongsang Yoon saw it.

Guys with white hair and red eyes are holding guns and looking around.

“No way.”

When I thought that vampires had taken up residence in this land, I felt like my head was going to burst into flames.

I couldn’t stand the thought of these vermin-like people, who were already causing a lot of damage to the civilian population, taking up residence in this paradise on earth and hunting humans.

“Are there any more signs?”

“There are a few more, but there are about 10 of them. “I have roughly figured out the location.”

“Whew. Even vampires eventually run after being shot.”

Anything that bleeds can be killed. He thought it would be a good idea to hunt down vampires and take over this land.

Because I already have experience hunting vampires once.

So they fired at the members of the Blood Demon who were patrolling, took a building as their site, and began fighting.

“So, in the end… It means that there was an apostle in Busan.”

“Yes. Kuheook…”

Jeongsang Yoon sat on her knees covered in blood and nodded at her.

Kang In-ho was standing in front of him. He was troubled after hearing the whole story of how they came here.

‘I never thought an apostle would be born in the town right next door.’

I had no idea that an apostle-level monster would emerge so soon.

With the feeling that his worst assumption had come true, Kang In-ho sighed internally, saying he didn’t know why the evil spirit was so obsessed with him.