Chapter 242 – Zombie Apocalypse 3 (27)

The expressions on the faces of the supermarket people who gathered in the utility room in the morning were really bright, as if everyone had slept well in their new home.

The bed had changed, and since they had moved to a place away from a large group that could pose a threat, they must have been able to sleep soundly.

Of course, it is a distance that can be easily reached by car, but since the contaminated mana has not completely disappeared from the contaminated area, people instinctively avoid this place.

You just need to be fully prepared with the time it gives you.

“For the time being, we plan to dispatch many personnel to collect additional materials. Since it will be difficult to send people outside once construction begins, it would be better to bring trucks with us this time and collect items worth collecting. Improvement of the unit by today. I will decide the direction, and then we will divide the number of people.”

Except for a few men who are familiar with the military base, everyone will go outside. We plan to use two 1-ton trucks, so the size and amount of materials that can be collected will be large.

Choi Seong-tae did not classify the roles of Naeun and I, but I think it is appropriate to follow the supply of supplies.

The morning routine started like that.

While the search teams I usually went with were made up of men, today there were many female spearmen.

“Collecting materials is quite fun, isn’t it?”

Since they rarely left the supermarket since the beginning of the zombie outbreak, they had quite a bit of fun searching through the surrounding buildings.

I went to an apartment where the door was open, ripped off the bed mattress, found the remaining emergency food, and was so absorbed in collecting it that I had to go back before morning.

“Xian, it’s okay because we know who did this, but it would be quite scary for other people to see.”

On the way back, a female spearman pointed to the side and said to me.

There was a huge slash mark left on the wall of the building, and zombie corpses were strewn around.

“Is that so? I hope that people will be scared after seeing this and come to see us less.”

“Now, since there is a high possibility that everyone is a person driven by evil, it seems okay to meet them less often.”

“How long have they survived now?”

As we were walking while talking, Naeun poked my side with his finger.

“Naeun, why?”

“No.”

Are you jealous?

I also poked Naeun’s side with my finger, and Naeun also stabbed back.

Poking each other’s sides, we returned to the base and unloaded the luggage we had brought with us on the truck.

Rather than having two full trucks, we each brought the less bulky items in our own bags, so even if we couldn’t fill the whole morning, there was quite a lot.

If there were a little more than 60 people in the house and found one cup ramen, it didn’t help much, but as we went around collecting it from various places, we accumulated quite a bit of food.

By unloading and organizing the accumulated supplies, we were able to obtain enough food to last for three days.

The unit team that saw us coming back and cleaning up also started helping with cleaning up and Seongtae Choi told me.

“I think it would be a good idea to use up everything except the ammunition depot. It’s a shame that so many supplies appear to be enough to last us three days.”

“It happens because there are a lot of people.”

60 people will need food for 3 days, and if we reduce the number of people to just me and Naeun, the number will increase significantly to 90 days.

Of course, some things may be past their expiration date, but I’m grateful for that now.

“So, I think we need to do some clearing by cutting down the trees on the mountain.”

“Shouldn’t that be done with a saw or an axe?”

“Yes. Fortunately, the unit has the tools to do so, so we can do it, but Mr. Xian, can you help us a little?”

Since you want to quickly build a field, should I help you with that?

“Okay, let’s go right away.”

I walked to the outskirts of the unit with Choi Seong-tae.

There, the barbed wire fence had been left open, and a door had been installed so that the people who remained in the unit could come and go outside.

“I plan to make a gate like this and grow crops outside.”

“The scale has grown a lot.”

“In the end, the wide plain over there became the goal for survival.”

I thought it would be the same in other countries as well.

In the end, technology and culture can only develop if you can make a living.

“Well, I’m not sure if I’ll use this place until it’s harvested.”

“I guess that’s true. Does that mean we have to cut down all the trees here?”

“Yes. Of course, we can do it without Xian’s help, but it will take a long time. Even if we just pull out the stump of the tree…”

“I understand. I will lend my strength to shorten the time. Naeun, stay back with Seongtae.”

“Okay! I’ll be on the other side of the barbed wire.”

“Then please ask.”

After confirming that the two people who had followed him had gone beyond the barbed wire, he picked up a bone sword.

I think it would be easier to use Shadow Craft and cut it down with a huge great sword, but I’ll save that.

I’ll have to see if this works.

I made two cuts at the location where I wanted the tree to fall and pulled out the tree cut into triangles.

Then, I went to the back and pushed hard on the tree, and it slid over.

Kuung.

The cut down tree went down the slope and stopped.

“It’s easy.”

There may be differences in the number of times, but I think anyone can do it if they have good tools.

Now that I’ve started, I’m going to have to sweep up everything around me.

*

After collecting supplies for the afternoon, I ate until dinner and returned to my room.

I was going to lie down in bed with Naeun, but Naeun asked me.

“Have you forgotten about that pig hunting thing anymore?”

“Oh. That? Honestly, I was just saying it. If it’s really necessary for Hyorim High School, I still plan to do it. Honestly, I think I’ll take care of it.”

“Do you think it will change?”

“I think I’ll change it.”

Among the people who joined Hyorim High School, there will be people like Seo Ye-ji who will do the work they are told and receive a little more food, or there will be people who will burn out the spirit of reform that still remains and aim at the point of the sword.

And the most important thing is that the randomly generated zombies have disappeared.

As long as you have food and money, you will be able to survive away from the group.

A large-scale attack involving evolved zombies will be a problem, but since there is nothing the current group can do about it, wouldn’t it be possible to choose to leave the group now?

Then the pigs will be left with nothing.

“Well, let’s watch a movie. What movie haven’t we seen?”

Because it’s not my job.

*

Unit management and material collection continued the next day.

After finishing collecting supplies, the women in the supermarket trained themselves as women’s crafts, and the men looked a little envious and continued to work on the mountain of work.

Men too should learn how to become stronger from Zhuge Xian.

I also thought that I would like to teach Naeun the higher level of Naegongsim and martial arts than Yeogeonggong.

First, I plan to check what they say tonight and decide what to do next.

“Ugh. I’m nervous. What kind of nonsense are we going to talk about today?”

Naeun also woke up after a lucky breakfast and was waiting.

Of course, there is a possibility that we won’t say anything today, but wouldn’t we do something?

I thought that people all over the world were waiting to hear what was coming.

Even on the YouTube live broadcast that I watched because I was bored, there were quite a few people who gathered to listen and discuss it.

“The best thing is to maintain the status quo or ease it, but relaxation seems to be out of the question.”

“That’s right. I hope that strange guy doesn’t get involved again.”

With those words, the time came when I was silently watching the chattering broadcaster in the chat room.

[Compared to the world 21 days ago, 12.6% of humanity remains today.I deliver.]

The last thing I heard was 50%, so I thought half of that, 25%, would be alive, but more people died than I thought.

I didn’t feel it very well because so many people around me didn’t die, but wouldn’t it decrease even more if the food shortage worsens?

In a way, it’s only been 21 days.

[The Lord of Plague delivers the locations of the 10 most powerful Plagues to the survivors.]

Then, suddenly, something that looked more like a globe than a world map was drawn in my head.

It seemed to be delivered by creating a self at the center, and there were white dots above and to the left of us.

“One for China and one for North Korea?”

North Korea may have a smaller population compared to other countries, but I don’t know why it has something like that.

And the voice was no longer heard.

Usually, he said something serious enough that he had to change his way of survival because of what he heard in his head, but now he only told us about the reduced population and potential threats and disappeared.

Wouldn’t this be the best day I’ve ever heard of?

“It seems like today is going quietly.”

“Yes.”

The broadcaster also began to display a world map and dot North Korea and China to explain the locations he had seen.

Probably, if you gather information on the Internet, 10 locations will come up soon.

And even if it’s not the strongest plague, it’s still enough of a threat, so I honestly don’t think it means much.

“Still, I can sleep with my feet stretched out today.”

Naeun hugged me and lay down on the bed.

I covered the laptop, took it off the bed, and then covered myself with the same blanket as Naeun.

Choi Seong-tae is not going to call a group meeting, so I think I can just sleep.

After taking a nap with Naeun, I decided to use Return of Possession to go back.

*

“Have you been quiet this time? And I didn’t even fight for my life.”

Since I have become much stronger in other worlds, especially in Wulin, I think I have fought well while avoiding all-out war with second-evolution zombies.

I was in a bit of a crisis because of my foolish act of consuming all my mana at once, but I was able to survive by clearing the quest and learning the guardian rules for survival.

Even if there wasn’t a guardian, wouldn’t it have been possible to earn mana to use at least once? Still, it would have been a little dangerous if I had used it once and moved away from there.

Still, I safely protected Naeun and returned after a comfortable stay, so I think I can finally try out my newfound freedom of time.