Chapter 39 – 39. It’s Not Scary if There Are Two of Us

-Splash!

Private Choi Chi-su, wearing a bulletproof hat, deeply pressed against the sound of water coming from afar.

He trembled. Soon, a notification rang throughout the gutter.

-Notice! One survivor has died! Six people left!

Choi Chi-soo’s body trembled even more violently when he realized that someone else had taken his life. He couldn’t help but tremble. Because he didn’t come here because he wanted to.

‘Fuck, fuck, fuck… ‘

Choi Chi-su was a deserter who ran away while fighting an endless wave of zombies. No, it’s no use saying he’s a deserter.

It was an inevitable choice. Should he call it a strategic retreat?

As expected, the squad members who were blocking the army of zombies and unknown mutants along with Choi Chi-soo were bitten off one by one, and the defense line collapsed in an instant.

There were more than one person who escaped. Most of them ran away without even looking back.

‘I couldn’t help it… I couldn’t help it… ‘

Choi Chi-su abandoned his remaining companions and ran for his life alone. Then, a gate appeared before his eyes as he hid and trembled.

He really had no other options.

The door of the warehouse he was hiding in was on the verge of breaking. It seemed as if he would be crushed at any moment by the dozens or hundreds of zombies chasing him.

In the end, he ran towards the gate without thinking about what to do next. He stood in the hope that if he came here, he would survive.

Yes, Choi Chi-soo thought this was an opportunity to survive.

He thought that if he had a gun, he could easily kill them all and get a reward box. He had never been through a gate before, but he believed he could do well. He thought he would survive this time too.

It was clear that as we passed the time beyond the gate, the zombies that had flooded into the warehouse would naturally escape elsewhere.

Because they are not the type to stay in one place for a long time. They are monsters that move around all day, tracking the noise or light made by survivors.

He had hope. Because he felt like he would kill himself if he didn’t have hope. He just rationalized it to himself because he had no other choice than to come in at the gate.

‘I thought I could do anything as long as I had a gun… Damn… I guess I took it too easy… What should I do…’

He checked the magazine of the assault rifle he was carrying.

Choi Chi-su only has one magazine left. Even that wasn’t fully loaded with bullets. In the end, Choi Chi-soo realized that if his opponent was better armed, he would be dead.

If the enemy he had to kill here was a soldier like himself, or a person with a gun, he could have died without moving.

It was only after realizing that fact that Choi Chi-su finally despaired. Hope is lost. He gets scared. He didn’t know when he would die, so his hands and feet were shaking and his head was dizzy from his fear.

‘Even though he has all the skills, he seems like an asshole.. Fuck.. Fuck..’

The ability he awakened was ‘Class C vision blocking.’ It is a skill that blocks the sight of a designated target, and the biggest drawback of Class C vision blocking was that when using it, you yourself will not be able to see in front of you. It was a skill that was too vague to use in a place where you had to survive alone, even if you had a friend by your side.

The reason why he, who had such an ambiguous and not very good skill, was able to raise his survival level to level 5 was simple. This is because, while he was in the military, he shot and killed zombies in a prodigious manner.

Military awakeners grew considerably faster than civilian awakeners. I told you all about how many executives have already reached survival level 8.

Of course, if he wants to aim beyond that, he can’t just kill zombies. In any case, if we only look at the average survival level, the awakened people belonging to the military were currently quite overwhelming.

‘I want to live. I don’t want to die. I want to live. I don’t want to die. Please God. Please help me get out of here safely. Please, please. Please…’

Choi Chi-su prayed. If he wanted to get out of here alive, he would have to kill all five people except himself, but he didn’t have the confidence to do that. Still, he didn’t want to die easily for their escape.

He just couldn’t accept this situation, and this time he was busy running away. It was too much hardship for Choi Chi-su, who was still young and had just turned 21 this year and joined the military, to bear.

Not everyone in this world had a strong mentality like Kang In-ho. It is rare to find someone who is as quick and decisive in judging situations as In-ho Kang. Most people, like Choi Chi-soo, were unable to accept rapid changes in the situation, panicked, or wasted time trembling with fear.

-Quaaaaa!!!

At that time, another victim’s death was heard from afar.

-Notice! One survivor has died! Five people left!

“Fuck… Again…”

Choi Chi-soo ran in the opposite direction from where the screams came from.

He couldn’t waste the ammunition he already had for no reason. He should have held on a little longer. He thought that there was no other way than for the killers to kill each other, and when they ran out of strength, they opened fire and hit each other in the back.

‘How long can I run away? How much longer can I endure? In this rotten mud full of filth… I have to endure a few more days to see if they will lose their strength… I want to live…’

He had nothing to drink except tap water from an old canteen that looked like it was 60 years old. Perhaps on the third day, he will collapse and lose consciousness, and his body will gradually become contaminated, eventually becoming a dead man in the labyrinth.

Of course, you will be hunted before that.

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“Hmm…”

Kang In-ho discovered military boot prints on the floor. It was taken recently, so it looked like someone was moving in this direction.

‘If he’s a soldier, he’ll have a gun… And if the opponent is a tough guy, he’ll be quite difficult to kill… ‘

Kang In-ho found it a bit difficult to deal with soldiers. As of now, it is a fight that the one with more firepower will definitely win, regardless of whether he has the ability or not.

I was even more scared the day before when I saw soldiers catching and killing zombies like they were bursting tomatoes.

‘What should I do.. Keep going like this, don’t I..’

Should we continue to pursue the soldier like this, or should we go find other prey? At a time when I was faced with a choice, another notification was sent throughout the gutter.

-Notice! One survivor has died! Five people left!

After the first alarm about an hour ago, there was a bit of silence and another person died somewhere. Kang In-ho realized that a murderer just like himself was roaming around here. If we stop like this, all of our remaining prey will be taken away.

‘That won’t work…’

There were three reasons why Kang In-ho entered the labyrinth.

The first was, of course, a reward for conquering, and the second was for farming in the labyrinth. And the third was to kill other awakened people who entered the labyrinth and steal their skills… But now that competitor has appeared.

‘Has one guy already killed two people? I’m not sure if it was a different incident, but before other guys arbitrarily killed people with good skills… I need to raise my score too..’

Kang In-ho quickly followed the trail. The other person seemed to have no intention of hiding himself from the beginning and was moving around leaving traces here and there. It seemed like he kept running, walking, and then stopping.

Thanks to that, it was easy to find.

“I found it..”

In the distance, I could see the back of a man wearing a military uniform.

The man’s back was illuminated by the softly lit lights of the gutter. It looked exactly like a scared mouse. Kang In-ho realized. The reason there were so many marks left on the floor was because the other person was scared.

Trace observation was able to almost accurately determine the other person’s condition.

“Shoot me with a revolver now? No, other killers might come in after hearing the noise. And it doesn’t look like you’ll hit the target from this distance… If you can’t kill him with one hit, you’ll only be on high alert…”

Moreover, I still don’t know what my opponent’s skills are. Rather than attacking prematurely and missing the prey, it was better to catch the timing to kill it for sure.

“Ring…”

Kang In-ho wore a perception-impairing ring and took the lowest grade magic stone. In an instant, the magic stone cracked and broke apart. This reduces his popularity for 1 hour. He was good at targeting the back.

“Okay.. Now I just need to stop talking to myself like this..”

Kang In-ho took out her handkerchief from her bag and put it in her mouth. This was put there by Yoo Sae-yeon to wipe away his sweat her her, but he decided to use it as a gag. If you have something in your mouth, I will force you to stop talking to yourself.

******

Choi Chi-soo, who was moving forward endlessly, found a body abandoned in his gutter. It was the same type of monster that Kang In-ho discovered, a type of spore zombie that attacks when someone gets close.

If you inhale the yellow spores emitted from the body when you kill it, you will continue to cough, and in severe cases, the blood may rot and you could die from sepsis.

“Ugh..Is someone dead here..”

Choi Chi-su thought it would have been better if he had had a gas mask, and he tried to pass by the filthy corpse.

“Wooooo!!!”

“Ugh!!! Fuck you bastard!!!!”

-Tadadang!!! Get on board!!! Tadadaang!!!

Choi Chi-soo was so started by the zombie’s sudden movement that he spent as many as nine shots. He even inhaled a lot of the yellow spores emitted from the spore zombie.

“Ugh!! Cough! Cough!!! Cough!! Wow.. Fuck.. Wow…”

The spores stung my eyes and nose and I felt like I was going to die. He also coughed up blood and felt pain in his throat. He continued to cough and staggered.

“Ugh… Fuck… “

Soon the zombie’s body and spores disappeared, leaving behind only the lowest grade magic gemstone and the small leather side bag the zombie was wearing on his belt.

‘Si, where did the body disappear… ?’

In a daze, he picked up the lowest grade magic gemstone that had fallen on the floor.

“What is this…”

He was a little confused as he had no information about the gate. In the first place, he was even hiding the fact that he had awakened.

He had heard that they forcibly took those who had awakened, trained them separately, and put them into more dangerous operations, so he kept his Saya blocking a complete secret.

“Damn…Cough…”

He decided to rest for a while. Not only could he no longer walk, but he had inhaled so many spores that he felt like he was going to die.

Choi Chi-su drank all the water in the canteen without a second thought. It felt like my throat would crack and I would die if I didn’t drink this water right away.

“Haa…Haa…”

Driven to the limit, he put his gun aside, took off his uncomfortable bulletproof helmet, and held his face, holding his breath. I felt like it was really over now.

He had few bullets left and his physical condition was rapidly deteriorating. It never occurred to him that he would be able to survive here.

Someone approached Choi Chi-su, who was in such despair.

“Huh?”

Only late did Choi Chi-soo realize that someone was approaching him. He immediately grabbed the gun and tried to stand up. However, the price of being careless was great.

-Whoa!!!!

“Quaaa!!!!”

A pork cutlet hammer flew at his head

In an instant, his left eye caved in and he was thrown to the side. One side of the field of view was blocked. He collapsed and laid down with his gun down, and the enemy was already within a stone’s throw.

His throat is sore. A knife was held at Choi Chi-su’s throat.

‘Miss, crazy… Murderous…!’

A man with scraggly hair worse than that of a soldier and a very ghastly look was looking down at him.

In his hand his his was a machete that could easily cut three people to death, and if he even hit it, Choi Chi-soo would have been finished.

“S-Stop..!! Please, please…!!”

Choi Chi-su prayed. Please save me.

Of course, in order to get out of here, he had to come to a conclusion, either he died or that man ran after him, but right now, all he could say was that he wanted to be saved.

“Hmm… Hehe..”

As Choi Chi-su cried and begged, the man who was looking down at Choi Chi-su spit out the handkerchief he was holding in his mouth and asked.

“Whew. Hey. Shall I save you?”

“Yes.. Please.. Huh..”

“Hmm… Yeongsik blocks the view… If I take away the military uniform, will they consider me a soldier… For now, I’ll use the concept of an auxiliary battery…”

The man muttered to himself, picked up Choi Chi-su, threw him to the side, and picked up the assault rifle he was lying on. Then he thrust the knife at Choi Chi-su and said,

“Give me everything you have. Then I’ll save you for now.”

“Ah.. Yes..!!”

Choi Chi-soo handed over everything, including the lighter, bandolier, and flashlight, to Kang In-ho. Then Kang In-ho shook his head and spoke again.

“Give me everything you have.”

“Yes…?”

“The clothes you are wearing. Take off everything except your panties. Even the dog tags are wrapped.”

“Ah…”

At this, Choi Chi-su trembled and began to take off his clothes. He thought to himself. I got this wrong. He said it might have been better to commit suicide.

Soon after, Kang In-ho put on the bulletproof hat that was lying on the floor and threw the empty bag to Choi Chi-soo and said.

“Put all the clothes and equipment you took off here. Take care to secure space.”

“Yes…”

How can you not react when a crazy guy with crazy hair threatens you with a knife? Choi Chi-su packed his military uniform in a large bag.

Meanwhile, Kang In-ho, who was wearing a bullet belt, ordered Choi Chi-soo to carry the heavy bag, then picked up the worn-out side bag that had fallen on the ground and quickly checked its contents.

“It’s a disaster again.”

There was nothing inside the old leather side bag. After the first zombie, all the zombies Kang In-ho encountered were bad. The ring of cognitive impairment was just a good first step.

“Whoa..”

Kang In-ho roughly threw away the old, unusable bag and then pointed a knife at the trembling Choi Chi-su and said.

“Now, walk ahead. For your information, I already know about the skill you have, vision blocking. So don’t make nonsense. Because you can put the remaining bullets all over your body. “I have infinite bullets.”

Kang In-ho showed Choi Chi-su the newly created bullet through bullet weaving.

Choi Chi-soo felt like he was going out of his mind as bullets continued to be generated from the magazine, which should have had less than 12 rounds left.

“Ugh.. Yes…”

In the end, Kang In-ho was able to make Choi Chi-soo walk.

Through this, Kang In-ho was an excellent porter and acquired an auxiliary battery for bioelectricity.