Chapter 57 – 57. Adding People

When we arrived at the auditorium, seven survivors had already escaped on their own.

Moreover, the inside of the auditorium they escaped from was full of dead zombie bodies. They must all be women who were brought here and held captive.

Under the circumstances, while all the gangsters guarding the auditorium escaped to kill Won Min-sik, one of the women trapped in the auditorium would have made an extreme choice, and at this time, the dead body would have come back to life as a zombie and infected all the women trapped in the auditorium. .

After a cursory examination through trace observation, such a conclusion was drawn. Anyway, I thought there would be close to 30 people trapped, but there were only seven survivors.

To be honest, I didn’t have the confidence to handle all 30 people… I’m sorry to say this, but it was fortunate that the number was reduced. If you had to save all 30 people, just the food to feed them would be a daunting task.

If you keep feeding them in a situation where you don’t know if they will all pay for their food properly, you will probably run out of food at some point.

Moreover, since they are victims, they must be in a lot of psychological danger, and some of them will definitely commit suicide. Also, the number of people feeling suicidal has probably increased. I get stressed just by imagining it.

In any case, what is important now is that the number has been reduced from thirty, which is virtually impossible to handle, to only seven. Even these seven people are all awakened.

Well, since they are all awakened, they must have survived that zombie den.

“W-Who are you..”

And among them, a woman with a lot of blood on her hands and arms asked us, her hands shaking. She seemed to be the eldest, probably the oldest among them.

[Cheolwan Metamorphosis (A)]

[Effect: Metalizes both arms up to the shoulders.]

[Hanticap: The sense of touch is dulled while using the ability.]

[Penalty: A miscarriage occurs for the amount of time the ability was used.]

‘A person with the ability to metalize both arms … The reason her hands were shaking was because of the penalty ..’

For some reason, there was a lot of blood on my arm.

It seemed like he was killing zombies with both arms metallized. It’s an ability I’m quite coveted, but I’ve already acquired so many skills that I can’t bear the penalty, so I don’t have the heart to kill it and steal it.

First, we need to build a friendly relationship. It can accommodate about seven people. We must accept it and make it our side.

“We…Wow…”

After calming them down, the moment I tried to tell them that I had no intention of fighting, I felt a stomach ache and a feeling of nausea.

A sudden reverberation of the body. I kept gagging from the uncontrollable feeling of nausea, and eventually I grabbed a flower bed filled with cigarette butts and vomited out everything I had eaten.

“Fuck you…”

As for vomit, I didn’t eat anything, so most of what was poured out was just gastric juice, but I could see small nut kernels floating in between.

The nuts were in the same form as I had chewed them and swallowed them, as if they had not been digested at all. It was probably inside the chocolate.

‘Fuck.. Photosynthesis..’

This was due to the penalty for photosynthesis. Honestly, since I was learning so many skills, it was difficult to remember all the penalties.

As a result, I forgot about the penalty for my photosynthesis skill and ended up eating the chocolate that Saeyeon gave me without realizing it.

Saeyeon was always in the habit of feeding me candy or chocolate when she said she was low on sugar, so today, like yesterday, I just put the chocolate she gave me in my mouth.

At least there wouldn’t be a problem if I just melted the chocolate and ate it, but since there were other contents in it, I felt nauseous and threw up.

‘I guess I should quickly pass this on to someone else… ‘

If the penalty is something like this, it would be better to hand it over to someone who broke the news from the beginning, not someone like me who lives with a treacherous mouth.

‘Crazy penalties… I can’t do it… It’s not something I can do because I have it… Too many skills are actually toxic. You should only carry what you really need…’

After vomiting due to photosynthesis, I thought that if I continued in this state, I would suddenly die someday. When I think that the penalties that I cannot handle on my own overlap with each other and that I may die without any way to do anything, I feel chills.

‘We need to quickly distribute them according to each person’s tendencies and existing skills.. Hehe… Even if I had this many skills, I would explode and die before I could use them all properly..’

I feel like having more than 10 skills per person is overloading. Right now, I am not the only one who has memorized the penalties for all skills, so I just ate the chocolate without even thinking about it and got sick of it.

Of course, skill distribution should be done at a safe house. Right now, I need to fix the awkward atmosphere.

“Kahak… Hehe… Hehe… First of all, it’s not for any other reason, it’s because of the skill penalty I have… My name is Kang In-ho. “I have a suggestion for you.”

At my words, the woman with iron arms who was at the forefront opened her mouth.

“Suggestion..?”

“Yes.. But maybe. “No one got bitten, right?”

“Nothing..”

No one looks like they have been bitten. Moreover, since it changes almost immediately when bitten, it would have been noticeable right away.

“Then, I don’t think this is something to talk about standing here…” “Let’s talk in an empty classroom.”

We have to talk about everything from pregnancy to gender transition, but talking about it openly in front of Yeong-sik and Jun-ho may incite resistance from the other person. I need to talk about it separately.

‘I’m so tired…’

But my body is slowly reaching its limits. No matter how good your cardiorespiratory training skills are, your physical strength is not infinite.

Also, my condition got worse because I vomited. However, I feel a bit uneasy about leaving the situation to others.

“Sister, please take out that bottle of stimulant.”

“Huh? Ah. Just a moment..”

Looking at the skill effect of photosynthesis, there were no special restrictions regarding drinks. Moreover, since pills will not be included in the food, it will be possible to consume various types of medicine.

Gulp.. Gulp..

An acute stimulant obtained from Labyrinth. If you eat this, you will enter a state of awakening and be able to survive without sleep for two days. This is an item you should drink when you feel like you’re dying of exhaustion, like right now.

It’s okay as long as you don’t take it in succession.

‘It tastes like lemon…’

Feeling the sharp and sour taste, I roughly threw away the remaining bottle in the school hallway.

-Drur.

We entered an empty classroom. After that, since I was going to talk about something a bit sensitive, I asked Junho and Youngsik to go to the next classroom for a while. Then Seunghee and Lee Heejeong headed to the next classroom together.

The ones left are me, Saeyeon, Ayun, and Hyuna. Saeyeon took out snacks and distributed them to the women, and Ah Yuni stood behind me so that she could move immediately in case a disturbance broke out.

Hyuna came out with an expression that she wasn’t sure what to do, and she looked at the seven survivors in turn.

“First, let me introduce myself. As I said before, my name is Kang In-ho.”

“My name is Seonhwa Park… The rest of the kids are…”

The woman in Cheolwan introduced herself as Park Seon-hwa. Most of the remaining women were busy picking up and eating the snacks that Saeyeon had distributed.

Everyone looks in very bad condition. There’s no way these crazy scoundrels could have been fed properly.

As I was watching the women eating snacks in a hurry, Park Seon-hwa opened her mouth. His voice she sounded very tired.

“Well… I starved for almost three days… But what is that offer…?”

Park Seon-hwa, who defends others, asks me what suggestion I have. The voice seemed a little anxious. She said that she had been kidnapped and held captive for almost a week, that she had not been able to eat properly, and that she had been sexually assaulted… So she was understandably anxious.

“First of all, I was going to suggest that you join us.”

“Together…?”

“Yes. We ask you to join our group. We have some food and the current situation is being handled well. This is my first and last suggestion. There are no second chances. Think carefully before deciding.”

“Uh…”

At my suggestion, Park Seon-hwa looked at the other women who were eating snacks. Then the short-haired woman who was munching on potato chips wiped the crumbs from the corner of her mouth and opened her mouth.

“Well, there are no soldiers or people like that…?”

“There are also soldiers.”

“Uh.. Then.. I need help from the soldiers..”

“I won’t be able to receive it forever.” Soon the never-ending night will come.”

“A night that never ends..?”

“Yes. The sun will not rise. “The temperature will continue to drop… And soon everything will start to freeze.”

“Uh…”

This is what will happen in three weeks. I wonder if there is any need to hide it.

Anyway, the seven survivors had no answer to my firm words. They looked at me like they couldn’t believe it.

“Why are you so surprised? Are you still surprised by a situation where zombies crawl out with superpowers?”

Park Seon-hwa shook her head and asked back at my words her.

“Oh, no.. Let’s say the night and winter continue.. What about that and the soldiers..”

“How long do you think soldiers will work for free? Most of the soldiers were brought in when they were in their 20s. You can’t expect free service forever. It’s not labor exploitation. This is shameless. “Soldiers are not machines.”

“Well.. Then..”

“The soldiers are still providing relief to civilians, but once a full-scale disaster begins, they will gradually satisfy their own self-interest. That’s natural. If that happens… I’ll leave the rest to your imagination.”

Park Seon-hwa seemed to have roughly understood. She said that she was in a situation where she could not receive help from public authorities.

“So.. You accept us..?”

“Yes. You never know what might come crawling out of the gate soon. “I plan to increase the number of people who can fight.”

“Hey.. But Mr. Inho.. What is that gate again…?”

“Uh…There is an entrance that leads to another space. For now, we’re calling it a gate… But you’ll know it when you see it.”

“Aha…”

The women looked despairing when they realized that it was not a lie when they told them to see for themselves.

“Um… We are in a position where we have to ask for this… It seems dangerous for us to move by ourselves… Please accept us..”

“First of all, I want to make one thing clear.”

“What is it..?”

“Some of you may be pregnant.”

“That’s right… “

All the women who were munching on the snacks stopped moving for a moment. It seemed very uncomfortable, perhaps because it reminded him of memories he tried not to recall.

“We… Honestly cannot afford to take a pregnant woman under these circumstances. “The possibility that pregnant women will not be able to withstand future disasters is very high.”

“Now, wait a minute.. That is.. So..”

Park Seon-hwa and the rest of the women were anxious that they might be abandoned for a moment. I spoke before they even opened their mouths.

“So, first we need to change your gender.”

“Yes…?”

Women who are embarrassed by my words. I continued speaking to them.

“Because there is no doctor, it is impossible to terminate the pregnancy. So… Let me make you a man for a moment. “If the uterus disappears, the possibility of pregnancy disappears.”

There was no one who objected to my words to make him a man.

Now, it’s time to change the seven women into men.