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At first glance, zombies may seem like simple beings.
They gather at the sound source and attack and eat anything that moves.
However, a closer look reveals that this is not necessarily the case.
Although it responds to sound, it ignores natural sounds such as wind and rain, and reacts sensitively to man-made sounds such as footsteps and voices.
It bites people and animals that move, but does not touch objects such as flags or cars waving in the wind.
It eats the flesh, but stops eating as soon as the prey turns into a congener.
I don’t know if it’s instinct or if they have intelligence in their own way, but anyway, the zombies could distinguish between their own kind and enemies, and what they could eat and what they couldn’t.
Quoo!
The heads of the zombies turned at once at the sound of crying they heard from somewhere.
There was a strange presence there.
My eyes were looking at the wrong place, my body was shaking, not being able to stay still for a moment, and the steps I took were uneasy, as if I was going to fall at any moment.
It’s like a broken robot somewhere.
After staring at the uninvited guest for a while, the zombies realized that he was their own kind and turned their heads to where they were looking.
oh oh oh!
A sound louder than before.
Even the zombies’ faces were distorted by the sound that continued to be heard, not just once.
No matter how much time passed, there was no sign of the sound stopping, and the zombies began to approach the uninvited guests.
It’s not that there’s a specific purpose, it’s just that it’s just getting closer to screaming all the time.
The uninvited guest stopped and raised his arm at the approaching zombie.
There was something black and long in his hand.
And at the end of it, a spark flashed.
bang!
Clink!
There was a deafening explosion and the windows of the car that was away were shattered.
The uninvited arm moved slightly to the right and sparks flashed once more.
This time, with a dull destructive sound, the zombie near the car fell to the ground with blood spattering from its chest.
Keek!
The fallen zombie screamed in anger and rose from its seat, and the zombies around it also screamed in response.
Kindred do not attack each other.
But that guy attacked himself.
So, is that a cognate?
The uninvited guest’s next action drove a wedge into their doubts.
bang! bang! bang!
continuous bursts of noise.
Although none of their kin fell like just before, it was clear that it was an attack against them.
Kee
The zombies rushed at the uninvited guest without saying anything first, and the gun in the uninvited guest’s hand exploded with a series of explosions.
Even if you bring a 100% marksman, you will not be able to defeat the zombies in this terrain.
Not to mention a clumsily moving puppet.
A few zombies were knocked down by blinding bullets, but the remaining zombies managed to reach the uninvited guests safely.
Quo! Quoo!
The uninvited guest screamed and screamed at the sight of his own people devouring his body.
The zombies, who took it as a provocation, ate the uninvited guest even more ferociously.
If the zombies had been able to communicate, they would have paid attention to the screams from earlier.
However, the zombies did not know how to contain anything but simple emotions such as anger in their shouts, and that decided their fate.
Ting!
The uninvited guest moved his three remaining fingers, took out a round object from his jacket pocket, and pulled on the ring.
And the zombies that were covering the uninvited guests collapsed all at once with a huge explosion that could not even be compared to gunshots.
bang! Kwakwang! Tadadadang!
The uproar wasn’t just happening here.
Grenade exploded at a short distance, cars in the parking lot exploded, and gunfire erupted from the roof of the building.
As if in response, screams filled with anger resounded throughout the city, and zombies began to flock to the source of the sound.
And the moment the distribution of zombies became unbalanced, a meteor that was hiding in a nearby building jumped out and started to run toward the city center.
‘… … Well, the technology itself isn’t bad.’
The knowledge given by an unknown being, perhaps a foreign god, was profound enough to be compared to that of Mugeuk Ilwongong.
No, in a sense, it was good to see it as more than that.
A technique to manipulate the body, thoughts, emotions, and will at will by stimulating the brain of a living being.
The amount of mana expended on such a ridiculous effect was extremely negligible.
Needless to say, if it was lower than the amount of natural magic recovery of an ordinary human, Choi Kang-shik.
The only regret is that because of Choi Kang-sik, no, thanks to him, the link with the unknown entity was broken in the middle, so complete information was not delivered.
The only thing that could be manipulated was the body, and even that was not perfect, so the movements were not as natural as the zombies before.
‘What’s even creepier is that this was at least at a level that was degraded to match my level.’
It was only speculation, but perfect knowledge that had not deteriorated did not seem necessary to send a signal by planting a medium such as a thorny vine inside a living being.
‘Even if it just emitted a special wavelength, all living things that recognized it would have unknowingly moved according to the will of the owner of the wavelength.’
“ha… … .”
Involuntarily, a sigh came out.
It was a sigh mixed with relief that I hadn’t become a puppet of an unknown being and regret that I had missed out on a great skill right in front of me.
Keek!
bang!
The zombie who jumped out from between the cars couldn’t walk a few steps and collapsed with blood pouring from his forehead.
Hitting a moving target, not just walking, but hitting it while running is next to impossible.
But Yoosung did it.
It was because he slowed down the perceived time with the Sura sense, aimed as accurately as possible with marksmanship, and controlled the recoil with muscle strength that exceeded that of ordinary people.
It wasn’t a coincidence, it was an intentional action.
That meant that the same thing could happen over and over again.
bang! bang! bang!
Every time the submachine gun fired, the zombies that were running into it were knocked down.
Having skillfully exchanged magazines, Yuseong brought the gun to the head of the zombie who had reached right in front of him and pulled the trigger.
Although the puppets were actively dragging aggro, the city was so large that the number of remaining zombies was not enough.
Despite avoiding possible engagement, the second magazine was already exhausted.
However, instead of slowing down, Yooseong ran faster.
Although it is said to be more than drones, it is the same that there is a limit to the number of guns and ammunition.
Even if it was a little overbearing, it was necessary to move as much distance as possible as long as the puppets could endure.
‘I have to pass at least the first point.’
There were a total of three difficulties on the route to the place where Choi Kang-sik’s father was supposed to be.
The first is a downtown area where commercial rooms such as shopping malls and department stores are gathered.
The second is an area where large apartment complexes are concentrated.
The last one was an office street where buildings were gathered.
And among them, Yooseong was most worried about the first district, the downtown area.
In the other two places, there were many places to avoid zombies inside buildings, but there are fewer such places in the downtown area.
‘Probably the most zombies are gathered here.’
Meteor squeezed out a little mana and even spread a flash, and soon enough, he was able to approach the first destination.
– Wait, wait, wait! Why don’t you slow down?!
‘It passes at once.’
-What?
It was a street densely populated with zombies, almost shoulder to shoulder.
Running into a place like this with all his might seemed like an act of suicide to Choi Kang-shik.
Keek!
– aaa!
Choi Kang-sik screamed as the zombie’s face approached.
However, Yoosung laughed and kicked himself into the air.
Pak!
A zombie that is one head taller than a normal person.
Surprisingly, the meteor was on top of the zombie’s head.
Choi Kang-sik’s strength is 31 points.
Although it is only 1% of the strength of Tyrant’s arms, Choi Kang-shik still has three times the strength of a normal person on Earth.
If you add 50 points, the effect of the strengthening treatment skill, to this, the total is 8 times.
‘Having 8 times the strength doesn’t mean that my jumping ability will increase 8 times, but I can easily jump over one person.’
Using the zombie’s head as a stepping stone, Yooseong once again slammed his body upwards and climbed to the top of the signboard of the building right next to it.
Yooseong, who blew a sneer at the zombies who became chasing chickens, started passing through the streets using the signboard as a stepping stone.
‘If you have high muscle strength, you can move in a variety of ways that deviate from common sense.’
An unmanned or knight-type contractor that exists on Earth as seen by meteors.
No, this also applies to people with abilities that exist in other worlds, but a not small number of people with abilities in the body system strangely couldn’t use it properly even though they had transcendental powers.
Even though he had the strength to cut the hides of monsters that bullets couldn’t pierce with cold weapons and bend special alloys, watching them fight with the common sense of normal people made me sigh.
“I’m glad this is a downtown area.”
The signboards are so close together that it reminds me of the streets of Korea.
It’s not aesthetically pleasing, but it’s extremely efficient as a foothold.
Chew!
The distance that Choi Kang-sik’s jumping power doesn’t seem to reach is crossed by using thorny vines.
It seemed that he would be able to pass through the downtown area without difficulty, but Yoosung, remembering his mistakes on the first day, never relaxed.
Thanks to that, Yooseong was able to avoid danger.
Wedge!
A faint air gap heard mixed with the zombies’ screams.
Recognizing that something was flying, Meteor reflexively slowed down.
Quaang!
The footstool I was planning to step on next exploded.
No, to be precise, it was hit by something that flew by and was broken.
oh oh oh!
Finding the one who slew the stones was easy.
It revealed its location while letting out a scream that overwhelmed the other zombies.
A zombie with a normal body, but with only one right arm abnormally developed.
The zombie, with arms the size of a grown man, with a little exaggeration, smashed the wall of the building next to it, then lifted the remains.
“What crazy?!”
I expected that there would be a special zombie, but I never dreamed that a person throwing things would appear.
It would be easy to deal with zombies whose specs were simply increased, such as strong strength or speed, but zombies with special skills like this were very troublesome.
A zombie that has completely overcome its biggest weakness: being unable to attack unless approached.
Wow!
“Kuk!”
Huge concrete fragments sounded more like bombing than throwing.
Yooseong, who managed to evade by activating Sura Sensitivity, aimed a submachine gun at the variant and pulled the trigger.
It was aimed precisely at the head, but none of the bullets hit their target.
‘You blocked it?’
Surprisingly, the variant was covering its face with its thick arm.
The defensive ability to block bullets was also defensive, but what was more surprising was that it recognized the gun as a danger and defended vital points.
I don’t know if he still has the knowledge he had when he was a human or if he’s seen a gun after becoming a zombie, but the fact that he has intelligence doesn’t change either way.
‘I have to widen the distance as much as possible before attacking again.’
The moment I left the transformation behind and flew again, Yoosung’s eyes trembled faintly.
“Two?”
A short distance away was a variant not as large as the first one, but with misshapen arms.
Yuseong, who was in a situation where his body was floating in the air, bit his lips at the appearance of the mutant looking at this side and posing as if throwing a ball.
But what was expected did not happen.
bang!
With a faint gunshot, blood gushed from the mutant’s head.
this is not a game