Chapter 24 : Apocalypse (6)

“I know you’re not going to say what you’re thinking.”

[– Busted lol]

[– But are you sure you should be so relaxed?]

“Huh? What do you mean?”

[– Those are zombie sounds.]

[– Can you really take out that many with just a bow?]

[– I think this might be possible?]

[– Just how far are you going to stretch this…]

[– AVGOOGLE]

[– The spelling’s wrong, but I’m strangely drawn to it…!]

I really started to hear something squishy.

The distinctive sound of air escaping from a mouth without a tongue and a dragging sound like walking through mud.

It was exactly the sound of the zombies I usually had in mind.

“You should have told me if you heard it first!”

The rattling sound from earlier must have been something that had trapped them opening.

While I was arguing with the viewers, they seemed to have noticed my voice and started running.

Still, they were slow.

Not running like in zombie movies or dramas, but a little slower than a normal person’s pace?

I guess that’s the best they can do.

[– I want to see WooSeok as a zombie.]

[– WooSeok, consumed by his instincts… I’ll write down my fantasies in my notepad.]

“You guys are blocked!”

[– Honestly, what can we do, we don’t have any men here, lol.]

[– I’d rather kill one more zombie coming at me than worry about us.]

Arrows were limited, so I couldn’t just waste them.

So, there’s a fatal drawback to not having magic power.

Fortunately, there didn’t seem to be any of the earlier mutants, but there were just too many.

“What hidden route! How am I supposed to do this alone!”

[– Later on, you get a flamethrower or a laser gun.]

[– In the last stage, of course. ^^]

[– If you become a zombie in this, every streamer has a dark past.]

[– It’s true, you can’t control your emotions lol. Clip ready!]

Seeing those comments, I couldn’t become a zombie, even if I died.

I’d rather kill myself.

I got a gun from Joanna’s mother?

I tried to suppress them as much as possible, but there were just too many.

“You’re right, it’s really disgusting. This isn’t an adult broadcast, so it’s getting mosaic-censored, right?”

The zombies were even worse than the images I’d seen in the gallery, if not better.

It was so grotesque that I wondered if that’s what real people would look like walking around with their organs or bodies damaged.

I don’t understand what the viewer who recommended this game at dinner time was thinking.

“I’m taking care of it all~”

“What, you could intervene here?”

Gaia, who I thought would only answer in the chat, spoke from somewhere around me.

If only she could come here, there would be countless strategies available.

At least I could use her as bait.

“Even if a woman has to protect a man, isn’t it a bit much to think of using me as bait?”

“I didn’t say anything.”

“A goddess like me can read those kinds of things easily!”

“You’re still going with that concept. Get out of here if you’re not going to be helpful.”

“Heuf-“

She made another strange sound, and then Gaia’s voice was gone.

Did she really get upset and leave?

It feels like the distance between me and the horde of zombies is getting closer.

[– Bad boy. All men are bad, but that look… Maybe not so bad.]

[– The insults from a man who doesn’t weigh 500 pounds are so beautiful…]

[Stop! donated 100 Candies!]

[– Keep going.]

“Your nickname and message don’t match.”

Tick-. Tick-.

While I was listening to the useless chatter of the viewers, I ran out of bullets.

I threw the gun at the nearest zombie and picked up any broken debris or wooden sticks around me to resist as much as possible.

There was still some distance left, but with throwing, there was a limit, so I was gradually being pushed back.

I guess the human wave tactic is the answer after all.

A horde of zombies, trampling over each other’s corpses, just charging forward.

This is crazy.

If the arrows were infinite, I might have a chance, but the distance between us is getting too close.

It might be better to come back tomorrow with Joanna.

“Sorry, but I’m ending here today…”

Just as I was about to type the end-of-broadcast message, an alarm rang with a cheerful sound from the chat window.

And then a slot machine appeared.

[WooSeokIsABeastAtNight donated 1 Candy. Roulette result? – Fail]

[– Let’s go until Broadcast + 1 hour comes up!!]

[– There was something like this?]

[– I can’t miss Zombie WooSeok]

[– Regret adding a few more fails to the other fails because you were needlessly kind last time?]

[– Nope~ We don’t regret it~ We’re going to watch what WooSeok does as a zombie~]

[LetsGo donated 1 Candy. Roulette result? – Fail]

[– Let’s go, Let’s go, Let’s go, Let’s go, Let’s go]

“Guys? Calm down a bit…”

[SmartWooSeok donated 1 Candy. Roulette result? – Fail]

[– +1 hour please please I stole from my mom’s wallet to spin this]

[– 1 Candy is 100 won, right?]

[– Actually, I just didn’t have any money, so I took some.]

As soon as the roulette wheel was discovered, the slot machine began to spin non-stop.

Of course, the probability was almost all below 0.1%, but with this many people, there’s bound to be a variable.

But it seemed like there would be a lot of backlash if I stopped the roulette wheel right away.

Zombies in the front, viewers in the back.

A secretary AI that has disappeared, a tutorial NPC that has died.

Nothing is going right.

Vowing to set a roulette limit starting tomorrow’s broadcast, I had no choice but to run into the horde of zombies.

Judging from the situation, the chat window would be on fire until I got infected, so it was better to fight and go out in style.

I didn’t want to die stuttering.

I put strength into my hand and slammed the bow down hard on the head of a nearby zombie.

The sound of something hard bursting, along with splattering pieces of meat.

“Ugh!! Disgusting!!”

[– The zombies must be happy… Because a part of their body touched WooSeok.]

[– To you…]

[– Touching…]

As expected, as soon as I went directly into the horde of zombies, the viewers, who had switched to spectator mode, started cheering.

Even if I turn into a zombie, what strange things am I going to do?

“Gaia! If something’s strange, should I end the stream right away?”

“…Yes.”

“We need to talk.”

“Yes~ I’ll be looking forward to it!!”

It was suspicious, but since I got a definite answer, there was nothing more to hold back.

One by one, the fragile female bodies burst.

Thanks to the realistic textures, I frowned a little, but kept going, thinking of it as a game.

[– Something… Something is strange.]

[– I’m not the only one who feels it.]

[– Why are you guys talking amongst yourselves?]

“What’s strange?”

This time, without looking away, I asked them while defeating as many zombies as possible.

Did they find a clue in the quickly changing screen?

[– The zombies aren’t attacking right now, they’re just taking the hits.]

[– Yeah, I feel that way too.]

[– When I played, even the basic zombies were throwing themselves at me, exploding and going crazy.]

[– Now, they’re strangely… running away?]

“Huh?”

The viewers’ opinions started to unify.

They were saying the zombies were acting strange, so stop attacking and go on the defensive.

“You guys aren’t doing this on purpose because I’m fighting unexpectedly well, are you?”

[– Seriously, believe us.]

[– Just stop attacking for once.]

Actually, stopping wasn’t particularly difficult.

I was planning on getting bitten anyway.

But, as a professional broadcaster, it had to be as dramatic as possible to be stimulating when I get bitten.

“Just like that?”

[Gungseoche donated 100 Candies!]

[– WooSeok,]

“Yeah?”

[Mocheojjin donated 100 Candies!]

[– We’re a group of forever-alone virgin nerds, so if you suddenly do a reaction like that, we can’t handle it….]

[– Chat’s frozen again.]

[– Yena’s away message is up again, lol.]

[– How many times a day is she doing that, lol.]

“Damn it, I should just get bitten!”

At this rate, the mood was going to shift in another direction, so I put my weapon down and approached the zombies.

Through the glasses of what appeared to be a female office worker with her jaw missing, I saw her pupils dilate.

It was disgusting that she didn’t have a jaw to support her tongue, but at least it looked better than getting bitten by that woman who had a black mask covering her face and body, five times the size of an average woman.

“I choose you!”

It was new and unfamiliar, so I closed my eyes and waited with my arms outstretched, but nothing happened even after a long time.

I carefully opened my eyes to see zombies surrounding me in a circle.

“This is definitely strange. Is it because it’s a special map?”

If I approach them, they run away from me.

If I stop, they encircle me, forming a circle.

[ZombieResearcher donated 100 Candies!]

[– I have a different theory.]

“Who even researches this stuff… Anyway, so what’s your theory?”

[– You said zombies act instinctively, right?]

“Right?”

[– They’ve also never been with a man, so they don’t know what to do when they see the most handsome pretty boy in the city.]

“What the h*ll are you talking about?”

[– No, really, they’re blushing, those zombies.]