Chapter 6: Meeting.

“Ggrrr….”

“Ugh….”

‘Scratch, scratch’

I marked the map with an X and put the notebook back in my pocket.

I had roughly expected it, but seeing it in person made me feel even more depressed.

‘XX District No. 2 Shelter’

As befitting a shelter sign, there were various barricades at the entrance, such as police buses, sandbags, and road obstacles, but they had all been left half-broken a long time ago.

Only the bloodstains and rotting corpses scattered everywhere showed that there had been some resistance.

“Ugh….”

The inside of the shelter wasn’t much different either.

Torn tents, corpses, and zombies scattered here and there…

Perhaps in the early stages of the disaster, the government was forcibly evacuating residents, and for some reason, the entire shelter collapsed.

‘Clatter…’

A heavily dented reinforced plastic police shield that was kicked by my foot while walking through the devastated shelter.

It would have been somewhat useful for several people to form a line and block zombies,

But I’m not included in that, so I don’t need this broken shield.

I continued to look around the shelter, but I couldn’t see any survivors or any useful items.

There were quite a few bullet casings rolling around on the floor in the tent that seemed to be the command post, but at the time of the shelter’s collapse, all weapons of the firearms kind were taken out with them,

Or the survivors who found it later swept it away, either way, it can be seen as a waste of time.

‘Click click’

I picked up a radio that looked useful, dusted off the deeply settled dust, and pressed the operation button, but

‘Static… Static…’

No broadcast comes out even if I turn the frequency.

Even the thug gangs that I saw occasionally have all been turned into zombie food after making them all zombie food three or four times, and the shadows of people are no longer visible at all.

Except for a few survivors who might be hiding somewhere in the city,

It should be seen that the entire area has already been completely occupied by zombies.

‘Thump thump’

It’s already been two weeks since I woke up as a zombie, and I’m almost used to living here, and I’m currently walking around and investigating various places in this area.

I naturally join the zombie horde and move in areas with high zombie density,

On the other hand, in areas with a small number of zombies, I disguise myself as a human as much as possible, and quickly and nimbly investigate the surrounding areas.

Whether it’s unfortunate or fortunate, I haven’t met anyone or found a survivor camp since I started marking it on the map,

But I have a solid set of disguise items in case of an emergency.

First, I cover most of my skin with long pants, a hoodie, a hat, and a mask, and cover my pale skin with dark makeup,

I complete it by covering the unfocused iris with disposable lenses and covering the zombie-specific corpse smell with perfume.

At least they won’t mistake me for a zombie and kill me, right?

Of course, I can’t hide the growling sound that comes out only when I open my mouth, so I’m forced to be as good as a mute,

I don’t even intend to join a group of survivors in the first place, so it doesn’t matter.

Before I knew it, among the buildings marked on the map, the number of buildings marked with an X was more than the number of unmarked buildings,

If the remaining areas are also investigated, I can live safely here unless additional threats arise.

The leveling speed has slowed down quite a bit, but it’s been steadily increasing little by little,

[User Basic Information
Name: (Undecided) Gender: Female
Race: Zombie Classification: Common (Shambler)
User Stats (LV 28)
STR: 12
DEX: 23
CON: 12 INT: ???
LUK: 17
Bonus Stats: +1
Next Level… (38/95)
User Skills
Scratch – Swing your arm to attack a living creature.
Bite – Bite the designated target.
Evasion – Increases the probability of avoiding threats from the target.]

While sitting on a nearby bench, checking the status window, and taking a rest, a small, foreign sound began to be heard.

Based on a modern city, the hearing would be dulled by various noise pollution during the daytime,

The ruined city becomes as quiet as a rural area.

A foreign sound heard in a place where everything is stopped, except for the howling sound that the surrounding zombies occasionally make?

‘Burdur…’

This small but gradually increasing sound must be a car engine sound.

If they have enough power to operate a vehicle, they must not be a small group, so there’s no need to cause friction.

“Grrr?..”

Before I knew it, some zombies started to react, and I could see them heading towards the source of the sound.

‘Rustle rustle’

First, I hid in the nearby dense bushes.

The location I’m currently in is a commercial area with a low zombie density in the outer part of the city center,

From the survivors’ point of view, if you scan the buildings around to loot…

‘Nuri Pharmacy’
‘GX 24-hour convenience store’
‘Best in the country! Fishing tackle store’

Hmm… When I checked while walking here, the probability of a vehicle stopping here, where the commercial area is concentrated compared to the low density of zombies in the surrounding area, is quite high.

‘Brrr… Choo-choo…’

As I expected, one SUV van and one truck stopped here, and the armed scale is…

‘Drrr, clunk!’

“Everyone stop! There are few zombies around, so don’t use firearms,
Once it’s organized, search the neighborhood in groups of 4, and gather in 15 minutes.”

Five of the 10 people have K-2 rifles, 2 have M16 rifles, and the remaining 3 are likely to have pistols.

“Ggrrr….”

‘Thwack!’

‘Thud!’

Perhaps because it was a search party of 10 men, the zombies around them were quickly organized,

I confirmed that 8 people, excluding the 2 people who would protect the vehicle, were divided into 2 groups and entered the shopping district.

‘Sizzling… Sizzling!’

“Hoo, hoo… Is this the last cigarette?”

“Why don’t you quit this time? It’s not good for your body, you’re going to suffer from lung cancer.”

“Lung cancer is frozen to death… I don’t know when I’m going to die from a zombie before that.”

The two men guarding the vehicle are exchanging silly words.

Anyway, it seems that they are definitely not a small group if they are sending out 10 people for exploration.

There will be at least 10 people to protect the base,

Considering that they are still operating vehicles in this situation, vehicle maintenance personnel,

If you consider the possibility that there are injured, elderly, children, etc., it may be a medium-sized group of up to 50 people.

If those conditions can accommodate that size of personnel, there is a high probability that they have settled in the factory industrial complex or large warehouse, which I have not yet explored.

Of course, the most important thing is the tendency of this group, in a situation where the situation has been prolonged and the government’s existence is almost non-existent, if they use firearms on their own, there is a high probability that they will not be very friendly to other survivors.

Rather than showing my current appearance, I should wait until they finish exploring this place and move…

‘Rustle’

“Don’t move, what are you doing hiding here and watching?”

I feel the cold muzzle of a gun touching the back of my head.

This… I think I’m f*cked.