Chapter 14: Reconnaissance.

That day is a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish, a day of devastation and ruin, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and blackness, A day of trumpet and alarm against the fortified cities and against the high corner towers.

Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to save them on the day of the LORD’s wrath; but the whole land will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy, for He will make a complete end, yes, a terrifying one, of all the inhabitants of the land.

Zephaniah 1:15-18

The departure towards the next destination after occupying the base is smooth.

A map with the route written on it, a K1A submachine gun and spare ammunition, a backpack filled with some items for reconnaissance and search, and a jeep that will run without problems even on rough terrain,

Considering that I’m a zombie so I don’t need to pack separate food and water, I can pack extra fuel and weapons in the jeep, so the period I can be active outside without supplies is about a month.

Of course, one month is a rough estimate considering the minimum amount of fuel.

If I patrol on foot or get additional gasoline from gas stations or abandoned cars, I can live only outside.

Thanks to the fact that all the zombies nearby have been gathered and concentrated, the base, which will be vacant for a while, will not be looted unless they kill all of them,

‘Kakkakak… Drrr!’

When the preparation is complete, let’s start the engine and depart.

‘Stagger, stagger…’

I’m short… I have to stretch my legs all the way to barely reach the pedals…

I feel depressed for some reason…

Hearing the powerful engine sound, I stepped on the accelerator, leaving behind the zombies who came to see me off.

‘5.. 10.. 20.. 30…’

I gradually increase the speed on the empty, quiet national highway, and adjust the gear by stepping on the clutch from time to time.

Hmm… It’s been a long time since I’ve driven…

I got a type 1 license right after graduating from high school, and I was assigned as an armored car driver in the military, so I drove endlessly, and after being discharged, I had a paper license ever since…

“Ugh…” (It’s been almost 2 years..)

At that time, after finishing the last drive before discharge of the grueling K200 armored vehicle, I thought that the day I would grab the steering wheel again would never come, but

Thaaat.

I never thought I would be driving again in the body of such a tiny little girl…

Life is really unpredictable.

‘4km to the XX-dong exit’

Perhaps because it’s been a long time since I grabbed the steering wheel, I was a little greedy and drove speeding, so I almost arrived near my destination.

‘Brrr…’

Since reconnaissance and patrol were a priority, I parked the jeep appropriately in the bushes a little away from the road and covered it.

According to the map, I have to walk 3~4 km from here,

Like the previous base in the warehouse area, this place is quite far from the city center, so the zombie density seems to be quite low.

In this case, it’s not a suitable environment to use my specialty, Aggro…

‘Flap’

” ?!… “

I was startled by the sound of a bird suddenly flying up from behind.

The surrounding area is mostly mountainous, so there seem to be quite a few wild animals.

Well, there are no more threatening beasts than animals such as roe deer or wild boars…

With a backpack and a gun on my shoulder, and a machete in my hand to cut through the bushes, I started climbing the mountain for full-scale reconnaissance.

According to the information about the cult group written in the records, the minimum number of people is not a small group of more than 20 people.

The number of enemies is almost half of the number of people I dealt with before, but the vigilance for each person will be greater,

They are tied to a united ring called a specific religion, so it is a situation where I don’t know what they will do.

It was almost a hostile relationship with the old warehouse camp, but surprisingly there is no particular point of contact.

Perhaps it’s because there’s nothing that would be profitable to touch each other first.

The warehouse camp is mostly armed with military weapons, while this side has hunting rifles as their main weapon, as if they had robbed a local gun store,

In the case of food, they seem to be raising chickens and farming as their main source of food.

They sometimes go to the city to find essential supplies, so their territory overlaps with the warehouse camp,

Since the frequency is so low, a hostile relationship close to neutrality seems to have formed.

Well, that’s all the information written in the records.

The key points such as the approximate number of people, the level of armament, and the food situation have been grasped, and all that remains is to go and find them directly.

Despite being written as a cult group, there is no explanation as to whether it is really a group of fanatics.

If I visit and find out that it’s really a den of lunatics, I’m planning to clean them up completely,

If not… well, I’m just going to go back.

It seems too harsh to just kill them all if they don’t harm others and are living well self-sufficiently among themselves, so even though I’m a zombie now, I’m trying to keep my conscience as the last emotion of a human.

If I don’t even have that, I’m just a ruthless murderer.

Well, by that point, I won’t be in my right mind anymore…

‘Creak, creak’

After wandering through the mountains for about three or four hours, I was finally able to find the base of the religious group.

A small church building that can be seen anywhere in the countryside with two floors, the church grounds are full of large tents and several small vegetable gardens, and zombies in a pit a little further away…

“?…”

Hmm? Did I see wrong?

‘Creak, creak’

I zoomed in on the binoculars I was holding and checked again.

I didn’t see wrong. There is a deep pit, and it is full of zombies who cannot get out.

I wonder why they collected that.

In front of the church building, I can see worshipers muttering among themselves,

After observing a little more, when the church door opened and a man dressed in white came out, everyone stopped what they were doing and cheered.

Judging from the circumstances, the middle-aged man in white is a pastor and the boss there, but the atmosphere is strange.

The pastor seems to be preaching for a while, and then everyone starts their own work again.

I don’t know what they’re saying because I’m observing secretly from afar, but other than farming peacefully in the mountains, it’s no different from other survivor camps.

‘GRRRRRRR!!!’

Except for that suspicious pit where they gathered the zombies.

‘6:40’

I should stay in this area for a while and observe them a little more.

If they’re really ordinary people, I can meet them directly and find out their situation.

‘Thwack! Swish!-

Thwack! Swish’

I need to take out the field shovel from my backpack and create a space to stay temporarily.

I want to just set up a tent, but I can’t set it up carelessly because I’m worried about being caught, so I’ll have to be satisfied with a sleeping bag.

‘Trickle… Trickle…’

The darkness is slowly setting in and the sound of insects is getting louder.

I crawled into the sleeping bag, holding the K1A submachine gun with the fire selector set to burst in case of an emergency.

If there are no other abnormalities, today will pass like this.

!!!!!!

If I hadn’t seen them making a campfire in the middle of the night and performing a cult ritual…