Chapter 97 – 97. Survivors of the Supermarket

After I finished drinking the horrible drink that tasted like an appliance, a notification window appeared in front of my eyes. It had a challenge and a reward for completing it, and the reward was quite novel.

[Challenge: ‘Labyrinth Strategy Expert!’]

[Achievement conditions: Complete 10 or more simple labyrinths (3/10)]

[Achievement reward: Survival rating increased by 3, can enter the weapon shop once, 5 old gold coins, fixed labyrinth ‘Devil Farm’ opened]

“Devil’s breeding ground…?”

“Huh? What is that, brother?”

“A challenge has appeared.. If you achieve this, you will be able to enter the Demon Farm.”

“Oh, it’s a devil breeding ground? It’s ominous..”

“Let me tell you in detail..”

“Oh, yes.”

I explained to my companions in detail the notifications I was seeing. The explanation was that if you conquer 10 simple labyrinths, your survival level increases by 3, you can enter a place called the weapon shop, and you can enter the devil breeding ground.

“It’s a place that breeds devils. Just hearing the name makes it seem dangerous.”

“So..”

What on earth is the devil’s cage that opens after completing 10 simple labyrinths? I think it is probably a labyrinth that boasts the highest level of difficulty. Moreover, considering that it is a ‘fixed labyrinth’, which is a type of labyrinth that I have never seen before, it seems to have a slightly different feel from an infinite labyrinth.

“For now, I need to continue conquering the simple labyrinth.”

“I see. Then, as I go down to Gyeongnam, I will have to attack the simple labyrinth as soon as I see it.”

“I guess so…”

I’ll sleep for 4 hours, wake up, move down, and when I see the simple labyrinth, I’ll take the route to attack it right away. Then, you’ll be so busy that you won’t even notice.

It might be possible to solve the problem in 7 days if we stay in one place and attack a nearby simple labyrinth, but we have to move to Busan now.

Moreover, even if you want to quickly go down to Busan and settle down, you cannot drive your car carelessly in the city center where there are too many risk factors, so you have to keep walking for the time being.

Soldiers may come after hearing the sound of a car, or other survivors or high-intelligence ghouls may be attracted.

“For now, everyone rest today..”

First, I dispersed the meeting. I need to sleep quickly, wake up, and move right away.

Since it’s not that late yet, I think I should let everyone else in the group sleep for now and continue conquering the Infinite Labyrinth tomorrow, and then wake up Kang Ji-yeon and go around in the early morning.

******

Thanks to rapid sleep and a deep sleep eye mask, I felt completely refreshed after only 4 hours of sleep. I feel like all the accumulated fatigue has disappeared.

I think I can get up and be active right away.

But I can’t get up.

“…Over there…”

“Hmm.. Hmm…”

“Cool… Kuul…”

Ayun and Hyuna are right next to me. And even Saeyeon’s sister.

I had a brief happy time with the girls before going to bed, and they all fell asleep completely relaxed. When I saw those images, I was reminded that she was my woman and I felt strange.

It was a relationship that was formed haphazardly due to a huge problem called disaster, but in a short period of time, everyone got along well without any problems.

There are no major problems or conflicts in human relationships yet. However, if there is one thing that is disappointing, it is that the soundproofing here is not very good. Perhaps Seonhwa Park, who was in the room next door, could have heard the noise we were making.

Well, it can’t be helped. Everyone is an adult. Because everyone knows that the four of us have this kind of relationship. More than that, Yeongsik showed interest in Park Seonhwa… I hope they get along well.

Anyway, I have to get up first. It seemed like if I lay down any longer, I would fall asleep like this. Perhaps it was because of the women’s body temperature that I started to feel drowsy again.

“Ayoon.. Oppa, I have to leave now.. Let me go..”

“Hmm… Ugh..”

Ah Yuni hugged my left arm tightly and pulled me closer and closer as she whined in her sleep. She seemed to be holding onto her husband at dawn. Like this, she just wants to lie down again while being hugged…

-Thud.

“Ugh..!”

But this guy… Is too strong. How high is her strength stat?

Yesterday, before I went to bed, I heard that I had raised my stats quite a bit while fighting the prey in the labyrinth… I think this guy might have a higher strength stat than me.

“Whoa…”

After tossing and turning for about 5 minutes, I finally managed to get away from Ayun. As I left, Ah Yuni quickly hugged Saeyeon, who was sleeping next to her.

She seems like the type of person who can’t sleep unless she’s hugging something. Where should I at least buy a bamboo lady?

“Umm… Inho..”

“Ah, sister. “I’ll go out for a moment.”

“Ugh.. Ugh.. Ayun-ah.. Let go.. I have to see In-ho off… “

“Hmm.. Ugh..”

“You don’t have to come see me off. Hehe. “I’m sleeping.”

“Yes.. Sorry.. Come back.. I love you..”

Sister Saeyeon was a light sleeper, so she immediately opened her eyes to my pretense of popularity. But she couldn’t easily escape Ah Yuni.

I said hello to Saeyeon, who was trying to fall asleep again, and quickly left her room.

“Whoa..”

I went out into the hallway with thirty residential rooms, put on my coat, and went to the next room.

Jiyeon Kang is in this room.

“Jiyeon. Come out. Let’s go quickly.”

I knocked on the door and called Kang Ji-yeon. Then Kang Ji-yeon, who was ready to go out with the rustling crowd, opened the door.

“Hello..”

“Okay. Good morning. “Let’s go out right away.”

“Yes..”

We stood in front of the entrance to the infinite labyrinth.

The time is now 4:30 in the morning. The sun probably hasn’t risen outside yet. So it must be quite dark.

“My wrist was wrapped tightly.”

“Yes. “I made sure there were no protruding parts.”

“Good.”

If you get bitten, it can be a serious problem, so you should minimize skin exposure. If you happen to get bitten on an exposed area like your wrist or ankle, it’s the end.

It is especially dangerous because it is a night when the sun has not yet risen. Since you can’t see clearly in front of you, there’s no way if a zombie hiding in a place like under a car or under a bench jumps out and bites you.

Well, it won’t be easy since I can detect my presence.

“Whoa.. It’s cold..”

“I see..”

It was very cold outside.

Maybe it’s because we’re in the second week of the disaster, but it’s really cold. The third week will be even colder. Then, as we enter the fourth week, snow will fall and the amount of time the sun is up will gradually become shorter.

Then, at some point, the sun will never rise again.

“Is that the supermarket written on the note?”

“Yes.. Over there..”

We soon arrived near the supermarket where Jiyeon’s parents had gone. Fortunately, nothing special happened on the way here.

There was a bicycle shop on the way, so I decided to ride a bicycle later when I was traveling alone. Since bicycles make almost no noise, you can travel around more quietly than cars.

More than anything, I have always wanted an expensive bicycle. At this point, I just need to do one frost.

For your information, I didn’t even think about motorcycles. Riding a motorcycle is twice as dangerous as riding a car. Noise is generated as a noise level and is less safe than a car.

Of course, it would be nice to get around narrow streets or roads clogged with cars, but that is also possible with a bicycle. My two legs just have to suffer a bit. Therefore, the bike is out.

“Over there..”

“Uhm..”

As I continued to think about the ride and got closer to the mart, a slightly different situation unfolded than I expected.

“The door is blocked. “I thought there was someone inside..”

“Well, I think so…!”

The entrance to the supermarket was blocked by various furniture and miscellaneous items. The back door is probably blocked too. Also, there were zombie corpses piled up next to the window. I think they probably killed the zombies inside and threw them outside.

Trace observation tells us. There are definitely people in there.

“Uh, maybe…”

“He might be alive..”

“Ah..!”

Jiyeon was so happy that she squeezed my hand.

She couldn’t take her eyes off her supermarket. She seemed overcome with emotion at the thought that her parents, whom she thought were dead until yesterday, might still be alive.

“To get in, you have to first deal with the zombies around the mart..”

“Yes.”

“The numbers are roughly…”

There are about 270 of them.

When Yeong-sik was trapped in the obstetrics and gynecology ward, the number of zombies that came after hearing gunshots was close to thousands, so the number is definitely smaller than that.

It’s possible for the two of us. No, I can catch and kill them all by myself. If we summon the dark spirit, we can handle it faster.

First, I summoned all the dark spirits. For some reason, the dark spirit was not attacked by the zombies first, so we decided to reduce the number to these guys and deal with the remaining ones by ourselves.

******

About 30 minutes after releasing the dark spirits, the front of the supermarket was somewhat cleared up. It’s slowly rising. I have to kill the few remaining zombies and take a look inside the mart.

“Let’s go now.”

“Yes..”

Kang Ji-yeon pulled out the sword from her waist. That’s the zombie slayer’s katana I gave you yesterday. If the energy of the sun filled both hands with a wheel strike, some of that energy could be transferred to the weapon.

So she gave me a suitable weapon.

“Inhale!”

-Whoops!!!

Fortunately, there were no ghouls around here. Well, if there were ghouls or ghoul-specific entities here, the mart would probably have fallen long ago.

Maybe Seoul has a particularly large population, so there may be more ghouls.

“Haa…Haa..”

[Congratulations! Survival level has increased!]

After killing about 30 of them, a notification appeared saying that my survival level had increased.

I think it may have been because of the elite combat doll that I killed yesterday, so my experience points were filled just before my survival level went up.

“Oppa, I’ve risen to the survival level..”

“Okay? “What grade is it?”

“Uh.. 8.”

“Oh..”

It seems that Kang Ji-yeon’s survival level has increased by one. She said it was time for him to rise too.

“First of all, we took care of all the zombies in front of the supermarket…”

“Now we can go inside.. Hey, brother. By detecting presence..”

“I already used it. There’s a lot of stuff inside. “I’ll have to go in to find out if it’s alive or not.”

“Ah..”

All zombies in front of the supermarket were eliminated. Fortunately, there seemed to be no more around here, so there were only 50 of them.

“It seems difficult to break down the entrance…”

“Ah, brother. “Over there.”

“Huh?”

I looked in the direction Jiyeon Kang was pointing.

“It’s a person..”

“Yes. “What are you talking about?”

People were standing at the window on the third floor of a large supermarket. They were looking down at us and talking. Their expressions didn’t look very good.

Should I say that it feels like welcoming an uninvited guest? I felt a strange current in their appearance. They probably think of us as plunderers.

Well, a man with messy hair and a dirty look and a woman holding a blood-stained knife. Moreover, hundreds of dead zombies along with skeletal spirits. It looks dangerous enough. At least I didn’t panic, probably because I knew that the dark spirit was my summon.

Perhaps, after confirming that the dark spirits are not attacking me, they think that they are my summons or creatures created by my skills.

Anyway, the question now is how we are going to get in there… Will they really let us in? If it were me, I wouldn’t let you in.

We needed to talk about this.

At that time, Kang Ji-yeon suddenly grabbed my arm.

“Ah..! Ah!!”

“Huh?”

“Uh, over there..! My parents…”

“What?”

Kang Ji-yeon stumbled and tried to sit down. I quickly put her back on her feet and looked at her window.

Standing there was a middle-aged woman whose eyes looked exactly like Kang Ji-yeon’s, and a man whose face shape looked similar to hers. They were hitting the glass and calling for Kang Ji-yeon inside.

When the two people made a fuss, others quickly stopped Kang Ji-yeon’s parents. If you make a lot of noise, zombies will be attracted.

Even if you only meet your child for a week, you can’t let a zombie get in your way.

“Jiyeon. She should stop crying and go up. “She came down the line over there.”

“Ah.. Yes..”

Soon, a window on the third floor opened and a rope tied with clothes came down. They’re probably telling you to grab this and come up. Since Kang Ji-yeon’s parents were there, it seems they decided to let us in for now.

First, I sent Kang Ji-yeon upstairs, then looked around to see if there were any zombies, ghouls, or other survivors, and then quickly climbed up.

It was on the third floor, but I was able to climb up quickly, probably because my strength was high.

“Whoa… Huh?”

When we climbed up and climbed through the window, the survivors of the supermarket welcomed us.

“Drop your weapons.”

“Okay..!! Two, both of you, drop your weapons!!”

“If you do something strange, we’ll attack right away..! Throw away your weapons! You bastards!!”

Holding a bamboo spear made from a mop.

“Haa.. Fuck..”

As expected, there is no way it will be resolved so easily.

How should I deal with it? There are no awakened people that stand out right now..

There is no one holding a gun or anything that looks dangerous.

Ordinary local people who look like they came to rob a supermarket and then just sat here…

Even their level of armament was miserable. All there is is a crude window made from a mop or other miscellaneous items made from items found at the supermarket.

Things that could all be cut off by swinging a zombie slayer’s machete.

Yes, the survivors in front of me were worthless.

So, I think it would be okay to start with a gun.

Then they will have to talk to me whether they like it or not.

There are also parents in the group. I guess we can go a little peacefully.