8. Zombie and Immortal(1)
Bake it-
In a large hospital that would have once accommodated numerous patients, the electricity was cut off and zombies filled the dark hallways, screaming and chasing Siwoo. The sight of it jumping and staggering seemed funny at first glance, but its speed was similar to that of a person running, which only added to the fear.
The distance between the zombies and Siwoo repeatedly grew longer and closer. Siwoo tried to shake them off as best as he could by turning down the hallway, but the zombies didn’t let him go easily.
Unlike Siwoo, whose speed slowed down as he got more and more exhausted, the zombies’ speed increased as time went by. In addition, there were zombies in Si-woo’s path, and each time Si-woo passed through them, the distance to the zombies became closer and closer.
Nevertheless, Siwoo’s expression was calm. As if there was something to believe in.
At that time, a woman’s voice was heard from the hands-free radio plugged into Siwoo’s chest.
-I stole all the medicine! Are you okay there?
“Well, it’s not bad.”
Siwoo answered in a casual tone and turned toward the right hallway. Three zombies. One was close and two were far.
Siwoo raised his gun and aimed at a nearby zombie. Ride! A neat three-pointer hit the zombie’s head exactly. A zombie falls backwards from shock.
But the zombies didn’t die.
The zombie lunged at Siwoo with her head spread out. Shiwoo was disgusted by that sight and jumped over the zombie. He swung the iron pipe around his waist to push away the other two zombies and continued running.
This is why this world is ruined. Because the zombie in this world was able to move until all the muscles in her body were shattered. Moreover, it was fast and powerful, so much so that an ordinary person would have trouble even catching a zombie.
Of course, Siwoo was not an ordinary person.
“Is everyone out of the building?”
-Uh. I got rid of all the stupid zombies too. You?
“I’ll be out soon too. But I have a lot of friends who like me.”
-It doesn’t matter. Give me a shot.
“Of course I should.”
Siwoo grinned and jumped over the stopped escalator with one leap and went down one floor. The power of internal and external energy. The zombies chasing Si-woo almost fell down and chased him. The sight of it dripping dark red blood to the point where it looked pitch black because it couldn’t hold in oxygen truly suited a zombie.
Siwoo crossed the stairs in the same way as if performing acrobatics. If there was a space like a department store where all the stairs were open, he would have been able to fool the zombies by skipping several floors, but since that wasn’t the case, he could only keep the zombies at a distance.
Of course, even if it were a department store, he wouldn’t have escaped the zombies at all. Siwoo had something else to aim for.
As he drove through a bunch of zombies, he saw a door with sunlight streaming down. It means the entrance to the hospital. It was easy to recognize because the brightness was completely different from the completely shaded interior as there was no electricity.
Siwoo ran towards the entrance of the hospital with the zombies behind him. After manually opening the non-functioning automatic door, Si-woo was greeted by bright sunlight that could not be seen in the shaded interior. The clear sky he had seen for the first time in a long time purified Siwoo’s mind.
The peaceful blue air and white floating clouds contrast with the disaster-stricken earth. Siwoo admired it and sighed.
But the inside of the hospital is still hellIt was a degree. The zombies who had been following behind for a while pushed each other and clung to each other, saying they would go through the automatic door that Si-woo had closed again, and in the process, the zombies that were trapped were trampled. Unlike humans, zombies do not need breathing, so they will not suffocate to death, but their bodily functions will have been significantly reduced.
There were so many zombies coming in that the load became too much for the automatic door to withstand. The sight of his whole body jumping and hitting the glass looked as if it would break at any moment, and in just a moment, it would spill outward like a burst dam.
Since there was no reason to watch it, Siwoo raised his magic power.
There was nothing to be scared of.
Because he had black magic that boasted the best compatibility with this world.
“Body explosion.”
Kwaang-
The explosion completely destroyed a corner of the hospital, along with a horde of zombies.
Siwoo walked out leisurely with his back turned to the explosion.
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“I will not! “I really don’t do that!”
Siwoo’s hideout. A woman lying face down on a dusty mattress screamed and struggled. Every time she did that, the rifle loosely strapped to her back rattled and she collided with the woman’s body.
Her woman’s name is Reina. She was a beautiful woman with neatly tanned brown skin and red hair. In a world where even the opportunity to wash properly was rare, her beauty stood out even more as she was able to always walk cleanly thanks to the spirit under Siwoo’s control.
Likewise, Siwoo, a man who maintains cleanliness, which is rare in this world, gently responded to Raina’s dissatisfied whining.
“But thanks to you, I got a lot of medicine. “You won’t have to worry about it for a year now, right?”
“Isn’t it best to avoid having to use something like that in the first place? And originally, Americans don’t go to the hospital for minor illnesses and just endure them.”
“That’s because the health insurance in this country is a problem. It was a time when civilization was still intact. “In the current environment, a small illness can develop into a major disease, so I think it is right to secure as much medicine as possible when possible.”
An incontrovertible argument. Raina was speechless.
However, his stern expression still did not seem to give in to his intention. It was worth it. The fact that there were supplies left even though it had been quite a while since the zombie outbreak broke out meant, on the other hand, that the supplies were so bad that they had no choice but to remain.
If we were talking about the United States, where personal firearms are widespread and the military is still active, then there was no need to say anything about that level.
Si-woo, who recalled hearing her screams on his walkie-talkie several times while she was in the large hospital, spoke softly as if to soothe her.
“Hmm… But definitely, it was a bit difficult for me this time too. “I’m going to go to a safer place next time, too.”
“Oh, Siwoo, you finally understand my situation.”
Raina, pleased with Siwoo’s words, began to complain about how difficult it had been. He didn’t know where the medicine was kept, so he opened it here and there and was startled when he opened a cabinet with a baby zombie inside. He said he had to jump out of the window because there was no way to get out of the zombie. Shiu might not know, but for Raina, an ordinary person, these were all challenges that were life-threatening.
Siwoo nodded and listened to her. Even though she pretended to be cheerful, Raina was someone who ended up dying several times while acting according to his plans. She would have a considerable mental load, so she could not be neglected.
“Huh, the zombies are coming and I’m thinking about you a lot.”It was me. I would have felt more at ease if I had that kind of hero power…”
“Going around exploding corpses is a hero power.”
“Hmm… Then villain power?”
“That’s quite fitting. “Can I go kill Spider-Man now?”
“Would Marvel hate it if you appeared as a villain? That’s not PC. Someone will do that. Featuring an Asian as a villain is racist! Called.”
“Ah, that damn social justice warrior.”
Even as Siwoo passed the conversation off as a joke, he wondered if this was something he was doing well.
Raina knew that Siwoo’s ‘Hero Power’ was an ability that belonged to Siwoo alone and could not be passed on to others. This was because she said so when Siwoo revealed his abilities.
Of course, she had her reasons for saying that. Even at this moment when zombies were rampant, numerous countries were wiped out, and even several states in the United States turned into lawless zones, the most dangerous beast was ultimately human.
Especially now that it has already been two years since the zombie outbreak occurred. Because good people die young.
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So Siwoo couldn’t solve the knowledge carelessly. It was the basic human attitude toward the zombie outbreak that he trusted no one but himself.
There were other reasons as well. If Si-woo’s ability is spread, Si-woo’s existence will also be spread, so there is a high possibility that there will be someone targeting Si-woo. He would have been happy if it was just a kidnapping to transfer abilities, but he could not rule out cases such as biological experiments.
The CIA already has a record of conducting biological experiments. Even if the CIA has since changed its mind, extreme claims tend to gain strength in an extreme world. Si-woo could be promoted as a hero at the forefront of the war against zombies and used as a propaganda tool, but Si-woo’s abilities are transferable, so it was more likely that a suitable patriot would be put forward as a sign and Si-woo would be used as a test subject.
So Siwoo hiding his abilities would be the only way for Raina to be safe.
However, even if I thought about it rationally, it was not very pleasant to watch Raina trying to survive together with Si-woo in an ordinary person’s body.
As if reading Siwoo’s gloomy expression, Raina clapped her hands lightly and changed the topic.
“Now. He survived anyway, so now it’s time to sort out the medicine he brought. “Let’s get it all out first.”
An utterance that intentionally reveals intent.
Siwoo smiled faintly in agreement with that intention and spilled all the medicine he had packed in his bag onto the floor. Raina also poured it out on the floor and became absorbed in sorting the medicine as if she were putting together a puzzle.
Raina just looked at the names, ingredients, and instructions for use and classified them according to their uses, but Siwoo used the help of the chat room to classify them more easily and professionally. Medicines that should not be taken together or the order of taking antibiotics, etc. The chat room was a great help in areas where the help of pharmacists and doctors was needed.
Half of the medicines classified that way were unnecessary. This was an unavoidable loss because they took whatever they could get their hands on without properly inspecting it. Because it was what he expected, Siwoo wasn’t this discouraged.
However, Raina seemed to have some lingering feelings, and grabbed the instructions for using the medicines that had been classified as useless.
While Raina was struggling with the American-style user manual, Siwoo lay on the mattress and slowly looked at the pictures of the scriptures he had received yesterday.
The contents of the scriptures were quite different from what Siwoo had seen before. Before reading it, I vaguely thought it was a minor copy of the Bible.However, that expectation was shattered from the first line.
First line. The first story in Genesis was like this:
“In the beginning there were seven. When God gathered the seven and contained the possibilities of all things, the world was finally opened…”
It was strange from the beginning. Not chaos, not nothingness. Not even one, but seven.
That peculiarity became more and more severe. This scripture did not seem to view God as a transcendent being. Rather, they seemed to regard it as a special friend with special power and with whom humans would interact for the rest of their lives.
Siwoo seemed to know a little about the tendencies of Creation Siwoo’s people.
As I read the scriptures like that, I relaxed and the fatigue that had built up took over. His eyes opened and the letters shook dizzyingly, and Si-woo’s mind occasionally turned off and turned on again.
In it, Siwoo confirmed that Raina was next to him.
I just let go of the tension.
The dream world I visited like that was the only paradise I could enjoy in this world.