episode_0165

Kang Si-woo was like that.

It also brings information about the marauder forces.

He told us to get to know the forces that are friendly to us.

So there was nothing bad about coming into contact with these people.

What if the road to Jinju is slightly delayed?

But there’s nothing wrong with going a day late.

In fact, there were no disadvantages, only advantages.

The survivors took me to middle school.

It was a middle school with an outlet nearby, and it seemed like they had used it as a base.

To be exact, it seemed like they all lived in different villages and gathered here whenever they had work to do.

Contrary to the powerful appearance of flags and torches, the number of people was not that large.

As it is a middle school building, hundreds of people can stay there, but I only saw a few dozen people.

“Stiffness.”

The man who guided me here, who appeared to be the leader of the patrol, held out his hand and said.

I said, holding his hand.

“This is Yeji Lee.”

Meanwhile, other members of the patrol began explaining about me to the people around me.

It seemed like he was saying that he was attacked by hunters and that he survived with my help.

Then the other people’s eyes became a little kinder.

Although there were some people who were skeptical, they seemed to have decided to welcome it for now.

I dragged Ochu and entered the middle school.

The inside of the middle school looked quite comfortable.

I didn’t go inside the building and look closely…

Still, it seemed like it had been cleaned up quite a bit. Even if you look at it from a distance, it looks like it was roughly cleaned.

“You can store your transportation over there. There is a storage stand for bicycles.”

“Ah, yes. What, there are so many bicycles?”

There were dozens of bicycles parked in the storage rack that originally appeared to be used by middle school students.

At least ten to twenty. Perhaps noticing my puzzled gaze, Seongtae Kang explained.

“Usually patrolling here is done on bicycles. Each household also communicates with each other via bicycle.”

“Aha… ”

“But I don’t ride my bike at night. As you may have seen, Yeji, those beast-like guys are so polarizing… ”

“Are you talking about Hunter?”

“Do you call that a hunter?”

Seongtae Kang asked back.

I nodded.

Perhaps the variants were called in a different way here.

Honestly, it was an understandable phenomenon.

Early survivors called each variant differently.

One faction called the hunter a bastard, another faction called the hunter a wolf, and so on.

And as the years passed, it became necessary to unify the names of the variants.

Only then can we learn about new variants and share information quickly.

But now, at most, a little more than half a year has passed since the outbreak of the incident, so there was no way the names could have been unified.

The force in Busan was a unique case. Well, it was worth it.

Noh Chang-hoon, the original author, would have spread the title to military bases, and Kang Si-woo, a returnee, would have spread it to campuses.

In that case, it would be okay for me to spread the word here.

“Yes. Where I was, all the zombies were called in English.”

“There was… Where?”

“I’m from Busan.”

“Are there any survivors in Busan too!?!”

“Wow, you were surprised.”

I complained, but no one seemed to care.

Most people who heard Kang Seong-tae’s voice ran to me and started talking.

I calmed the people down and put down the Ochu.

Fortunately, everyone calmed down after some time.

And among those people, an old man walked out.

The old man was wearing a suit and was holding a spear made from a kitchen knife as a staff.

The old man bowed his head to me and then opened his mouth.

“My name is Jeong Chang-seong, the principal of Jangyu Middle School.”

“Jeong… Changseong?”

“I’m sorry for unintentionally eavesdropping.”

“Oh, no. what. Because it’s natural to be cautious, usually?”

“You said you were from Busan. Which country did you come from?”

Now that I look at this person, I think he resembles Professor Chang-Hoon Jeong.

Come to think of it, I heard his name was Changseong Jeong.

There was only one letter difference, so I was just wondering.

“Seunghak Campus.”

“Is that so.”

However, Jeong Chang-seong’s reaction was not cool.

I knew it was the answer I wanted to hear… What can I say?

It was strange because it felt like knowing that much was enough.

I thought I would definitely ask more if I had an acquaintance or family member.

Instead, Changseong Jeong asked a different question.

“How about that?”

“If you’re talking about Busan, they’re driving out all the zombies.”

“… Is that so?”

This time everyone seemed surprised.

There was a bigger uproar than there were survivors in Busan, so I wondered if that was the extent of it.

Driving out zombies won’t be any different here.

Still, everyone calmed down as time passed, so I was able to explain.

Western power started from Seunghak Campus. Southern power started from the churches of the South District.

And it is said that all eastern forces, starting from the military base in the east, united and defeated the zombies coming down from the north.

There were many people who didn’t understand the things about nobles and high-ranking mutants…

Still, everyone seemed to understand to some extent.

And I was able to find out one fact.

The name of this survivor force was the Jangyu Alliance.

Well, like the Jinju Citizens’ Association, it doesn’t only give preferential treatment to Jangyu citizens.

It’s just a union of people living in Jangyu.

Jang Yu said that since the high-ranking mutants were not very established, the survivors gathered together more quickly.

Although there are not many natives, they drove out zombies from the surrounding area based on their sense of belonging.

I could see that I was of great help here.

Since Noh Chang-hoon and I caught the powerful Baron at Gimhae Airport, there would have been relatively fewer zombies to deal with.

There were people there who knew how to farm, which opened the way for them to supply their own food.

I also heard someone explain that they had already built a chicken coop in one corner of the middle school.

At this point, I wanted to make a suggestion.

Busan and Jangyu were not as far away as I thought.

So, I thought it would be okay to work together to stabilize Jangyu.

It would be nice if we could do this for the entire city of Gimhae, but that would be impossible.

But more than that, we had to find out how big this group of survivors was.

So I immediately asked Changseong Jeong.

“Hey, do you know how many survivors there are here?”

“Approximately tens of thousands of people. It would be around 30,000 to 40,000.”

“… Yes?”

“Luckily, there were many citizens who were able to be rescued in the early days.

Oh, and the zombies disappeared once in the middle.”

“But, there are so many… ?”

“Our area is unique. The survival rate is over 30 percent.

What happens there?”

“Uh… ”

To be honest, I didn’t know much.

You wouldn’t know it if I did that kind of work, but my specialty was manual labor.

So this was all I could say.

“There are probably a few hundred people on campus, and there are probably a lot more people at the military base. But I don’t know because I haven’t been there.”

“Is that so…? Thank you for letting us know.”

I said this because I really didn’t know, but it seemed like Jeong Chang-seong probably misunderstood it the other way.

So I had no choice but to speak hastily.

“If I have the chance later, I will ask you to send me someone who knows more.”

“It’s okay. It’s something we can visit ourselves.”

“Uh, ah. hmm. I see, right?”

“He seems to be busy with some business, but I guess we can’t hold him back much longer.”

“Well, did you notice that too?”

“You can get a rough idea just by looking at the items you brought on board. That motorcycle… It must have been remodeled in some facility.”

“Ah, well. This is thanks to the hard work of college students.”

“Do you not need food or water?”

“No, it’s okay. When I came from Busan, I brought a lot of stuff with me… ”

“Is that so.”

Changseong Jeong smiled.

Looking at it this way, it seemed that he looked quite similar to Professor Chang-Hoon Jeong.

There is a difference in that this one is more kind.

And fortunately, it seemed like they were interested in collaborating with us.

If the market stabilizes, it will help us as well.

I was also grateful that they were considerate of me.

Since it seems like they are doing something important, they will provide food and water.

I honestly wasn’t expecting any help like that.

Rather, I was worried that the food and water I brought would be stolen.

To be honest, I was planning on taking a short break out of courtesy, but I didn’t think there was any need for that anymore.

I am ready to set off again.

Meanwhile, people seemed to be thinking about going to Seunghak Campus.

Changseong Jeong asked for a letter, so I gladly wrote it.

Honestly, there wasn’t much nutritious content there.

I was lucky enough to meet these people, and they asked me to help them because they would help stabilize Jang Yu.

What followed after that was up to Seunghak Campus to take care of.

The college students and office workers who work at Hyeonrimgwan are competent, and Professor Chang-Hoon Jeong is very wise.

Kang Si-woo also has some free time, so he will take care of it.

So, it was good to end it on a reasonable note and go about doing my own thing.

Still, I couldn’t not warn him at all, so I told Jeong Chang-seong a little secret.

A force of marauders appeared in Jinju.

So I went out to investigate.

They might invade here, so be prepared.

Well, that’s all I said. I don’t know much either, so I can’t go into detail.

After a few tens of minutes of pleasant conversation, I left for Jinju again.