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Encounter (3) – Over Incheon

Nettle liquid –

A strong wind, completely different from the ground, continued to hit my face.

My field of vision began to expand beyond what I could see from the rooftop.

SOS signals can be seen all over the roof of the building, and acrid smoke is belching out from the burning building.

A hospital full of zombies can be seen from a distance, and explosions and gunshots can be heard occasionally.

As I climbed a little higher, the dot-like panoramic view of Incheon came into view.

And the clearly visible dots were writhing and gathering in one place.

‘Zombie Wave’

It was a huge wave that could not even be compared to anything I had faced.

I roughly predicted the movement path of the large dots, and there was nothing to even call it a prediction.

“… I’m going to the shelter.”

All the zombies in Incheon were gathering at the soccer stadium.

At that moment, pure curiosity arose.

How is such systematic movement possible?

Well, I didn’t expect common sense when I saw the variant destroying a tank, but the movement of that group was definitely not natural.

Is it because of the noise generated while the military is defending?

While stroking my chin and observing the waves, I noticed that only one of the zombie waves was frozen in place as if it were blocked.

As I lowered my altitude towards that place, I could immediately see what the situation was.

“Keee!”

There was a zombie wave and a desperate struggle between the military and the military to stop it.

“Cremore! Explode Cremore right now!”

Kwaang-

The ground shook and the debris that exploded from Cremore literally destroyed the zombies in the lead.

The problem was that there were more zombies running behind him.

Ta-da-da-da-

“Don’t spare your bullets! Just shoot them all!”

With the commander’s evil shout, the zombies that were furiously rushing towards us fell apart.

Still, it wasn’t enough.

Crrrraaa~

A muscle mass variant was running from behind, pressing down on the same zombies.

As the mutant waved his arm, the abandoned car that the military was using as a barricade suddenly hit them.

“Kwaaa! Sergeant! Everything, my legs!”

“It’s a variant! Kill the variants first! Throw everything you have, including grenades!”

This time, all firepower was concentrated on Byun Byung, who lifted the car with both hands as if throwing a swing.

Quang- Quang-

The K-3 machine gun continuously spewed out fire along with the continuous explosion of grenades.

Tudadadadadada-

Crrrraaa~

As if this level of firepower could not be ignored, the mutant’s body began to tremble and the wounds began to increase.

Byun Byun threw the car he was holding to the side and began to cross his arms to protect his face.

But it wasn’t just mutations that were targeting them.

As firepower was concentrated on the variant, the fire net that blocked regular zombies naturally disappeared.

Taking advantage of the fact that the means of stopping had disappeared, the zombies quickly reached the soldiers’ nose.

“Keee!”

“Ugh, wow!”

At an excessively narrow distance, it was impossible to stop the zombie wave with pure firearms.

Soldiers on the front line fell and the cordon began to fall like dominoes.

From then on, the one-sided massacre continued.

Crrrraaa~

A soldier threw his gun and struck the fleeing soldiers with his fist, and the soldier who threw away his gun looked up at the sky as if he had given up everything.

And then our eyes met.

“… Huh?”

A small exclamation came out as the soldier’s eyes widened.

“Sal… ”

“Kkieeek!”

Zombies also attacked the soldier who opened his mouth towards me.

Tears flowed from the eyes of the soldier crushed by the zombies.

It was obvious even without hearing any more what he was trying to say.

I guess he was asking for his life.

While floating in the air, he stretched out his hand towards the mutant.

For a while, I was thinking of focusing my telekinesis on the back of the guy’s head who was wielding a military vehicle like a weapon.

Crrrraaa~

“… It’s impossible at the same time.”

I could tell right away as the mana was draining.

It was still impossible to levitate and attack the opponent at the same time using telekinesis.

I gathered my mana and lowered my arms without hesitation.

And then it started flying again towards its original destination.

I could feel the soldier’s final gaze continuing to be fixed on me.

But there was absolutely no reason to keep him alive.

***

Sreuk-

Within an hour, my body set foot on land.

It was the rooftop of a commonly seen residential-commercial complex.

I felt that my mana had significantly decreased compared to when I started.

Watching the zombie wave resulted in too much unexpected delay.

I needed some time to recover my mana.

I could see the long ‘Art Road’ and the ‘Central Neighborhood Park’ on its left.

Originally, it would have been a lively place with people walking and cars driving by… .

The asphalt on which cars had to run was covered with blood stains that had dried in the sun.

‘Incheon Metropolitan City Hall’ can be seen on the right, which can be reached in 5 minutes on foot.

The destination, the library, was right underneath City Hall.

‘Let’s fill up about half of our mana and move.’

While I was taking out an energy bar from my inventory, I saw something walking from afar.

If it was just a zombie, it wouldn’t have been so eye-catching.

Something was toddling along the middle of the road with short limbs.

“… You’re a kid, right?”

Even an elementary school student would understand.

Even in a world like this, if you’re really lucky, there’s a chance you’ll still be alive.

but… Is that too young?

To be fair, he was a 3-year-old.

A child walking calmly in the middle of the road as if he had arrived in another world.

“It’s as bizarre as a dog.”

At that moment, the child’s toddling footsteps suddenly stopped.

And then he started turning his head directly towards me.

‘Fuck? ‘You heard this?’

As I met the child’s red eyes, I was able to see the child’s entire appearance.

His entire body was covered in layers of wrinkles like a Michelin tire mascot.

That was an abnormal body shape that went beyond ‘the child looks lucky.’

abnormal.

‘… sport.’

As soon as he thought, the child who had been watching quietly opened his mouth, which was devoid of any teeth.

“Bwaaeaeaeaeak!”

A noise that was different from the usual zombie roar began to hit my ears.

For a moment, I felt like I was shaking.

I quickly moved my mana and stretched out my hand towards the mutant.

No matter what consequences that noise would cause, I wanted to close that mouth as quickly as possible.

My hands were shaking like when I was killing the pseudo-woman.

“… Damn this haircut.”

“Baeaeaeaeaeaeaeaeaeak!”

Even when I tried to rip off its head, it didn’t move at all. His arms, legs, and even his entire body were immovable even with telekinesis.

Wrinkles all over the mutant’s body were noticeable.

“Is that the legendary actual compression muscle?”

Any more telekinesis was a waste.

No matter what happens, all I have to do is jump into the air, so I withdrew my telekinesis with the intention of focusing only on recovering my mana.

“Ugh, wow! What is that!”

At the same time, people started coming out of the building to the right of the shopping mall where I was.

There was a man wearing glasses, a man with a book taped to his body, and a woman with her head down.

“Bwaaeaeaeaeaeak!”

The legs of the party members, who were directly exposed to the loud groaning sound, trembled like aspen trees.

Unless you were born with a microphone stuck down your throat, that’s definitely a variant.

But is that all it takes to make you lose your balance for a moment by making a loud noise like that?

It was a disappointing performance even compared to the muscle mass variant.

Clearly there is something more.

And they’ll probably confirm that.

I started watching them with the thought of watching a movie.

“Uh, what should I do? When is Kang San coming out?”

“Fuck, if you say something, it’s Gangsan, Gangsan. Get out of the way, you bastard.”

A man in book armor holding a baseball bat ran towards Byun Byeon and swung the baseball bat, pushing the anxious-looking glasses man.

Wow –

With a strong hitting sound, the book armor that lost the baseball bat began to scream in pain.

“Ugh, wow!”

The right hand in book armor was greatly bent and twitching wildly.

‘You little bastard, it’s a good thing that even telekinesis doesn’t help you.’

Two more people came out of the building behind the man who sat down and started sobbing.

“Kyungmin! What’s going on?”

“Tongue, brother! Now, that woman said she had to go out, said that bitch, bitch, bitch and left… ”

A man who calms down a glasses-wearing man who speaks gibberish.

Even from a distance, you could feel the energy of a man with a tall and tall body.

‘… Should I kill him?’

And a man wearing a tracksuit that came with a handsome man supported the fallen book armor.

I could tell from his bulging legs that he was a man who used to exercise.

“San-ah! I don’t have a good feeling about this?”

“Taesan! First, take Cheolsu and get away from that bastard… ”

Kkkk!

The howls of zombies rang out through their busy communication.

The ground began to shake with the mutant’s cries.

There was a view that only I, who was up higher than them, could see.

Zombies were running toward the mutant from all directions, from far away.

“Ah… right. Sound.”

We were able to infer the role of that variant.

That squealing sound served as a kind of ‘siren’ to attract zombies who are sensitive to sound.

‘A variant that immediately screams when it spots a person, summoning a wave of zombies.’

The group must have sensed the unusual atmosphere and quickly gathered in a tight formation.

The woman who was right behind the handsome man started trembling and started whispering something to the handsome man.

The voice was so small that even my superhuman body couldn’t hear it.

The handsome man who heard something from the woman began to turn his head busily as if checking somewhere.

However, the direction it was turning was exactly the direction the zombies were entering when viewed from above.

“Ayoung says zombies are coming… .”

“Hyung! It’s because of me, that bitch! If only she hadn’t told me she had to go out!”

“I said I was clearly aware of the situation. Why did Cheolsu become like that?”

“I, I, I said let’s stay still! It’s true!”

The athletic man who checked the book armor that was struggling said to the handsome man.

“San-ah, the condition is serious. Let’s go back to the library.”

“Going to the library doesn’t mean you can get treatment.”

“But first, I have to go to a safe place so I can at least guess the bones.”

“I know. Let’s hurry up and move.”

Eavesdropping on the ensuing conversation, I waited for the moment when the woman’s face rose.

‘Listen. Please listen. You have to see the face. ‘Face.’

Rather than knowing that the group had come from the library, I was more anxious to check the face of the woman with her head down.

The body of the woman who was holding the hem of the handsome man’s clothes trembled once again and raised her head.

Now the zombies have come so close that they can be seen with the naked eye even from the ground.

After seeing the face of the woman looking at the scene, I immediately raised my voice towards them.

“It’s dangerous if you continue to stay there!”

The heads of my companions turned to me.

I waved my hand and shouted again.

“Come this way!”