episode_0166

The downtown area of Jangyu was more organized than I expected.

Although it wasn’t as good as Busan, there was at least a place for a motorcycle to pass by.

I wonder if each village was grouped separately, and every time I passed by a village, I saw something resembling a patrol.

Each person had a different light source, which was fascinating.

In some places, torches are used, and in other places, flashlights or electric lights are used.

I wanted to take a closer look, but I didn’t have time.

Because we were delayed by tens of minutes, we might not have been able to arrive at Jinju on time.

Since I needed to find a place to hide before daybreak, I had to pedal now.

“A, C.”

Honestly, at times like this, I just wanted to ride a motorcycle.

As long as you have enough gas, you can drive really comfortably.

But I knew better than to do that.

In the first place, motorcycles made a lot of noise, so it was not easy to ride them.

I wonder if there are such friendly survivors.

If there are looters or zombies, it’s practically suicide.

Still, it was fortunate that I could at least ride a bicycle.

Imagine walking there.

Obviously, I should have taken three or four days as a basic and walked.

It’s not like I’m going to Hanyang.

A few more hours passed after that.

The road itself seemed to have been cleaned more than expected.

There was room for at least one motorcycle to pass by.

But that wasn’t the case on highways in many cases.

In that case, I had no choice but to open the map.

I opened the map, modified the route, and pedaled again.

The only consolation was that I wasn’t tired.

If I had to take a break along the way, the schedule would have been further delayed.

To be honest, I rode my bike roughly from Busan to Changwon, and I couldn’t help but feel tired.

But I wasn’t tired at all.

I had so much strength that I could keep pedaling forever.

No, it’s not overflowing, but you’re not that tired?

That was exactly it.

Anyway, as I kept going, I saw a sign pointing towards Haman.

According to the map, there were only three hours left to get to Jinju.

Considering the poor road conditions, about five hours?

It was about 2 in the morning, so I thought if I just pushed a little harder, I would get there before it was too late.

After a few more minutes, we arrived in Haman.

There weren’t as many survivors here as I thought.

There were traces that something had happened, but I couldn’t see anything at all, probably because everyone was hiding.

Of course, we didn’t search thoroughly, but…

Still, I usually saw one to two people, which was amazing.

It wasn’t that I couldn’t guess at all.

They say Jinju is swarming with marauders, so it must be uneasy.

So it seemed like he was probably hiding.

Looking at the dead body of the mutant left on the side of the road, it seemed like the nobles were still alive and well.

No, rather than being healthy… Feeling like you can’t breathe?

There was nothing that could be called a strong variant.

At most, I’m a witch, a boxer, or a hunter.

It seemed like there was a lull here as they tried to drive out the zombies on their own.

“I’ll have to take a look later.”

About half a year after the incident broke out, three things usually happened.

The rise of survivors who drove out nobles in some way, like in Busan or Jinju.

Conversely, there were places where survivors were driven out and nobles raised zombies.

However, there were cases where both coexisted.

Should we call it an uncomfortable cohabitation?

A lull in which zombies cannot drive out survivors, and survivors cannot drive out zombies.

And usually, this situation would end in the zombies’ victory without external intervention.

No matter how clumsy the zombies in this worldview are, they are zombies.

So, they say you have to eat raw food and take in nutrients.

Zombies were more advantageous as they could endure much more damage than humans.

If it weren’t for the Jinju marauders, they would have been sitting here helping the survivors.

But there was nothing I could do now.

I hastily pedaled forward.

The closer we got to Jinju, the more ruined buildings there were.

It is a ruin where it is clear that someone set the fire artificially and managed it so that it did not spread widely.

I could tell who did it without even looking.

This means that the Jinju marauders have advanced into Haman at some point.

After several hours, only complete ruins appeared.

All the buildings erected on the outskirts of Jinju had long since been dismantled and turned into barricades.

Most of the buildings that were dismantled and deemed unusable seemed to have been burned down.

So there weren’t many places to hide.

Since there was a lot of open space in all directions, it seemed like the best way to deal with zombies.

For the reconstruction of the city, it would be better for the buildings to remain…

This is better to prevent immediate attacks from external forces.

I could see whether there were buildings used as watchtowers there, or what remained standing tall among the ruins.

“This seems like a mess… ”

The management of the watchtower seemed to be going well.

It seemed like it had a light source or something like a light.

However, it seemed like it wasn’t a very strong light source, so it didn’t shine that far.

Of course, that was enough to cause trouble.

The plan I came up with was to infiltrate deep into the pearl under the cover of darkness.

However, if you were already on guard like this, it was difficult to sneak in.

However, I had no intention of going inside confidently.

Do you know where this is and go in like that?

It was obvious that if you confidently joined the Jinju Citizens’ Union, you would end up fighting from the beginning.

However, I had no intention of going to the cannibal faction.

“… A, C.”

In the end, I felt like I needed to find some way.

So, after dragging Ochu to the tallest ruins, I unfolded the map and turned on the flashlight.

Because I came to Jinju from Busan… Perhaps this was the southwest area.

They said Hamodan was in the southeast, so it seemed like all I had to do was go east.

“Wait, southwest?”

I opened the map again.

So, I came down to Jinju based on the highway.

I was told that if I go all the way along the road, I will find a pearl, so I came down in the same way.

But when I came down from Haman, it seemed like I came down wrong.

The direct highway was blocked, so I took a slight detour.

And it seemed like the root of the problem was that I went up to Jinju as soon as the road opened again.

I recalled the last sign I saw.

I think it was said to be in the direction of miosis, but if it is miosis…

“Ah.”

It seemed like I had passed by the place where Hamodan was without even thinking about it and came into the cannibals’ territory.

I was taking local road 1002 from local road 1007 and had to get off in the middle.

Now I see that you have to take provincial road 1009 to reach Hamodan’s territory.

I quickly folded up the map and turned off the flashlight.

I felt like I needed to go back in the direction I came from before it was too late.

“Kya!”

But suddenly, fireworks exploded in the air.

I was already so nervous that I screamed without realizing it.

There was no time to hesitate, so I hurriedly got on the Ochu.

Perhaps it was something like a beacon between cannibals.

If something were to happen, it would be to set off fireworks.

As if my prediction was correct, the fireworks died down for a moment and then suddenly exploded.

At the same time, harsh shouting was often heard.

It seemed to be roughly about catching intruders.

I didn’t know how he knew, but running away was a priority.

So, the moment I stepped on the pedal and was about to leave, I made eye contact with two men.

One was middle-aged and the other was a young man, and the young man took out a long stick firecracker.

And before I could stop him, he lit it and exploded with firecrackers.

The middle-aged man loaded the shotgun with expert hands.

I thought for a moment, then immediately stepped on the pedal.

“Stand there!”

“Evil!”

I must have figured out that my five senses were pedaling, and I felt a sharp pain in my leg.

Fortunately, the bullet couldn’t kill me.

Otherwise, it was clear that he would have been incapacitated by now.

I pedaled again. Although one leg hurt, I felt like I could ignore it and run.

The two men couldn’t catch me. I had to step on it quickly to prevent that from happening.

“Shame on you, you bastards!”

I shouted and increased my speed.

I thought I could just run away to the local road like this and then go to Hamodan’s territory.

So, the moment I tried to run without hesitation, I saw a barricade blocking my path.

“Now, same car!?”

It was clear that the unparked car was used whenever necessary.

The car was all broken and destroyed, but it was enough to prevent misfortune.

I hurriedly tried to turn the steering wheel and look somewhere else, but I couldn’t.

There was no place to pass at speed.

If I tried to pass at higher speed, it was clear that there would be a car accident.

It seems like there might be a chance if we get off the Ochu and then drag it along, but…

“Ay, Mr!”

I got off Ochu without hesitation.

I felt like I had to do something, whether it was to get rid of that car or not.

So, I kicked the car and pushed it away, creating a space for Ochu to pass through.

Now all I had to do was get back on the Ochu, but suddenly nets fell from above.