Hiding a House in the Apocalypse - Chapter 236



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99. Four Axes (2)

“This is Defender. Destroy two enemy drones. We will rush into the server room of the Jonnae-non right now.”

“The car split. The exact number is unknown. The flare light is too bright.”

“Coming from the south. Two or so? I think we should take a closer look.”

There are many reasons why it is difficult to make decisions in battle, but one of the most common reasons is the imbalance in the amount of information.

Normally, there is no information to the point of being boring, but once a battle breaks out, an enormous amount of information is generated that is difficult to organize all at once.

It’s the same for me right now.

“Eww!”

“Krrrrrr!!!”

“Keep going!”

Hundreds of zombies are chasing me.

I’m not sure, but I think I felt the waves.

“I just felt a monster wave.”

Ha Tae-hoon accurately assisted my intuition.

“I woke up the zombies. I don’t know how many of them will go there, but try to crouch as much as possible. They’re all following me.”

Although humans have much slower feet than animals, intuitively, it has always been our two legs that ensure our survival.

Especially if the other person has two legs like us.

“Eeeeeeeeeee!!”

Running zombies, also known as runners, are the most dangerous type of zombies.

Simply because they are faster than other zombies.

But from another perspective, these guys are the limits of zombies.

The story is that if you can shake off the runner, you can shake off the other zombies.

I climbed up onto the debris and jumped over it, watching the three shadows created by the flare’s light run dynamically.

I feel the movements of the guys who were approaching me as if they were going to grab my hair at any moment are gradually falling behind.

A few of them try to chase me over the debris that acts as an obstacle, but I’m already up the stairs and looking at the next building, which is dangerously far away.

Acrobatics are not my preferred activity, but I don’t hesitate to do them if I absolutely have to.

I felt the zombies’ footsteps getting closer and stepped back. I ran at full speed and flew for a short while over a fairly wide space.

chin!

As soon as I landed, I rolled forward.

Of course, I didn’t forget to hold the barrel and straighten it.

I leisurely disappeared into the darkness, feeling the zombies staring at me from the building across the street.

“This is Park Gyu. It looks like we’ve shaken off the zombies. How’s the situation over there?”

“Uh······. Here we go. Go. The zombies are heading towards the Chinese bastards’ vehicle.”

The high-altitude drones were powerless due to the flares, but the Cheonyeongjae on the high ground filled the void.

Bang! Bang! Tata ta tata tang!

The sound of Chinese-made rifle shots is heard.

The zombies who missed me noticed a Chinese military vehicle that was more conspicuous and noisy than me.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

A series of gunshots followed.

Hiding in the darkness, he pulled out an axe, held the barrel of the gun with the handle, and observed his surroundings.

There is no sign of zombies.

The guys around me also eventually heard the gunshots and started to swarm the Chinese military vehicles.

The Chinese military’s strength is in numbers, but the zombies use human wave tactics more actively than the Chinese.

Bang! Bang!

bang!

Not only gunshots were heard, but also explosions that appeared to be from grenade launchers.

Ha Tae-hoon’s voice was heard from the communicator.

“Fuck, there’s two zombies crawling up here.”

“Two or so would be nothing to someone from the school, right?”

“Of course. By the way, Professor. I can’t help but be amazed. I can’t believe you can do this here.”

“How about the server side?”

“Oh, yeah. Hmm? This. This is annoying.”

“What’s the problem?”

“The drones are gathering in your direction.”

“Did you smell it?”

“You must have taken care of it. We lost the drone at the most important point. There’s already a vehicle that turned the steering wheel earlier heading towards that area. It looks like it’s headed towards the camp.”

“That’s it.”

We bought some time by waking up the necromancer type zombies, but judging by the flow of events, the Chinese army seems to have given up on us and are looking to reinforce the defenses of the mausoleum.

“Cheon Yeong-jae.”

“uh.”

“Do you see any Chinese kids there?”

“Hmm, I see an armored vehicle.”

“Can you surprise me with a gun?”

“why?”

“I think I need to grab those guys by the ankles.”

“Let’s try.”

As soon as the communication ended, gunshots rang out.

“Kill one.”

As expected from someone who graduated from high school, his skills are outstanding.

“What should we do?”

“Leave your current location and go to the next place.”

“i get it.”

During the communication, two voices rang out simultaneously.

“It’s the room where John Nae-non was! I found it!”

One is Da-jeong’s.

“Necromancer type. Advancing towards the Chinese army. Encounter soon.”

The other one is Ha Tae-hoon’s.

thud–

Then the sensation of shock waves made my skin tingle all over my body.

Prioritize on the spot.

“Open the lead door and go in. There will be a server, a machine, and maybe a corpse······.”

“What do you mean?”

“Yeah. Find the desk there. There should be a secret compartment under the first drawer, and inside that should be the backup disk.”

“Okay. I’ll look into it.”

It was the moment when I was about to end the conversation with Da-jeong.

Suddenly there was a noise, followed by the sound of someone coughing, and then someone I didn’t know speaking Chinese.

I don’t understand that Chinese.

But Ha Tae-hoon seems to know Chinese.

“What the fuck, are you listening?”

He asks us.

“These bastards. They hacked our communication frequencies. They’re listening in!”

The difficulty came as the loud Chinese voices from the communicator continued to echo.

A number of bipedal drones that had been heading towards us appeared in front of the tomb of Jonnaenon.

The number is three.

“It’s fan-shaped. Even if I find the disk, I can’t get out.”

Ha Tae-hoon’s trembling voice echoed.

His stress tolerance seems lower than I thought.

“Defender. Are you listening?”

“huh.”

The voice of affection had sunk much lower than when he first entered the battle.

“Just wait a moment. Soon······.”

“Do you remember the original Dongtan Mom?”

“Original?”

“Don’t be a fool and go to China. There’s that guy.”

“Ah, that kid?”

“Oh. Let’s do it like him.”

“how?”

“Destroy the disc. Like that bastard does.”

“Like Dongtan Mom?”

“Yeah. Just like Dongtan Mom.”

Immediately after the communication ended, Ha Tae-hoon’s voice was heard.

“Are you serious?”

“Yeah. I’m serious.”

Ha Tae-hoon probably doesn’t know.

Our Viva! Apocalypse! The story of the old people.

How can the Chinese understand something that even Koreans can’t understand?

“Senior Park! A necromancer type appeared right in front of the Chinese army.”

“okay?”

“Huh? The Blue Dragon. The Blue Dragon has descended.”

It seems like something interesting is happening on the Chinese side.

Moved seats.

Towards Ha Tae-hoon’s hideout.

“ah.”

Dajeong’s voice was heard.

“this.”

Her voice trembled slightly.

“Are you sure you don’t like it?”

I can’t see it, but she’s probably looking at the corpse of my role model.

“He was holding a pair of axes. He crossed his arms in an X shape. He turned his back on the server······and he died standing······.”

“What a wonderful death.”

“······Desk. There’s a desk over there.”

Da-jeong has never liked Jonnaenon, nor has she ever had feelings for him.

But she also felt solemn at the death of a fellow user and colleague who breathed, worked, and interacted in the same space as us.

“I opened the first drawer. And······.”

She continued speaking in a choked voice.

“Disk found.”

He nodded.

“Hey. Brother Hong Jeong-ho! Chinese drones are heading your way! All three of them!”

Ha Tae-hoon spoke directly to Da-jeong, as if he was in a hurry.

He smiled broadly and said to Da-jeong.

“Okay, now I only trust you.”

“huh.”

“What? Weren’t you going to break the disc?!”

Ha Tae-hoon’s bewildered voice is heard.

“It’s our password.”

“Password?! Dongtan Mom?”

“Well, there is something like that. More than that······.”

It is visible.

A zombie corpse lying black under a flare, a necromancer type standing tall over the corpse, and a man standing tall in front of the monster while holding a blue dragon sword.

I moved quietly towards the hiding place and watched the scene.

A man holding the Blue Dragon Sword charged forward.

The Necromancer type created a lightning-like preliminary trajectory in the air and fired a death ray.

The man read the trajectory in an instant and continued to run through the area that the light could not reach, swinging his giant crescent sword towards the monster.

Bam!

As expected from a polearm weapon, its destructive power is much stronger than that of my axe.

The blow was enough to cause the necromancer type’s torso to snap to the side.

The Necromancer type tried to counterattack by waving its arms, but a terrifying series of attacks instantly disintegrated the Necromancer type.

Less than ten seconds after the battle began, the monster began to transform into particles of light.

“Wow. What the hell. That kid. Is this not a joke? He’s so strong. Seriously.”

Cheon Yeong-jae returned to his original position while speaking with a voice that was unusual for him.

A truck hidden behind a camouflage net, and a real doll underneath for some unknown reason.

If you climb up the stairs next to it, you’ll find our hideout.

“Senior, come in.”

As I climb the stairs, Ha Tae-hoon’s murderous gaze, aimed at me with a gun, greets me.

Once his identity was confirmed, he immediately put his gun away.

“Look here. Our drone has retrieved the disk.”

Ha Tae-hoon emphasized the disk gripped by the drone’s manipulator, but my gaze was directed at the man in the corner who had become light.

“I’m so sorry······.”

As Da-jeong said, he died while protecting his own server.

His server is still alive, with countless lights blinking.

An intruder has appeared within the sacred tomb.

Bang! Tata tata tang!

The Super Skeleton’s guns opened fire.

The rapid fire shot destroyed the enemy drone’s camera and shattered its head in one fell swoop.

“One machine is incapable of combat.”

The Super Skeleton ship moved left and right and took cover behind the server.

Another drone appeared beyond the stairs.

Tata tata tang!

The Super Skeleton’s wrath flares again.

However, the enemy drone pilot was not stupid and immediately took cover.

The bullet only managed to damage a portion of the armored torso.

The enemy drone crouched down and suddenly tried to race towards us.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Firing a single shot.

I don’t know the exact circumstances, but it seems like they’re trying to gain an advantageous position.

At that moment, the screen shook violently.

The Super Skeleton suddenly leaps and jumps over the server, landing on top of it.

“What is this?”

As Ha Tae-hoon continued to exclaim, the Super Skeleton’s gun fired.

Tata tata tang!

The bullet hit the enemy drone’s head exactly, destroying it.

Ha Tae-hoon burst into cheers without realizing it.

“This guy is no joke. He’s a real professional drone pilot?”

“Two units out of combat. One more to go.”

A calm and affectionate voice is heard.

however.

“Huh?”

Crash

Crash

Crash

A metallic, squeaking sound came through the speakers.

Ha Tae-hoon and I exchanged glances at the same time.

It’s a bullet jam.

“This is why it’s made in China!!”

“Defender. Are there any other weapons?”

“None. Just a fist.”

It’s the worst case scenario.

I lost my weapon, leaving only one left.

“What is the durability of your fist?”

I asked Ha Tae-hoon.

“The robot’s hand is literally a manipulator for manipulation. You can’t just punch out an enemy robot like the robots in the comics.”

“What about the kick?”

“Uh······. Well. That drone. It doesn’t fall over easily, but once it falls, it’s hard to get up.”

“Is the kick also a seal?”

In the increasingly gloomy atmosphere, another piece of bad news hit us.

Wheeeeeeeeing-

A drone is flying in front of us.

These are the reconnaissance and combat drones that we destroyed countless times earlier.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

I destroyed it immediately, but that’s all.

They’ll be here soon.

“······.”

I thought about the enemy’s numbers.

The number of Chinese troops that initially headed here was 30.

We moved around in four vehicles.

However, two of those vehicles entered the main camp.

So, it would be safe to assume that our enemy has about 15 people.

It’s still a dismal number, but it’s better than 30.

Believing that something is better will have a positive psychological impact.

“Da-jeong-ah.”

I called Da-jeong’s name without realizing it.

“Skeleton?!”

Dajeong asks in surprise.

I made a mistake, but this is not the time to show it.

I opened my mouth as I quietly watched the mausoleum’s scenery, projected on the tablet and filled with endless flashes of light and dark, as if time had stopped.

“Close combat. Is it possible?”

“If only I had a weapon.”

“You have a weapon, right?”

“Weapon. Where······. Ah······!!”

Dajeong understood what I meant.

“The axe of the John Nei-non······?”

“huh.”

“Are you okay? Skeleton. You really respect him, John. That’s why you even copy his old-fashioned way of speaking······.”

“It’s okay. He’ll understand too. Because he is.”

He said this while looking at the mummified corpse floating in the video.

“Because I’m a true hunter.”

The view moved back and forth.

Nodding is a sign of agreement.

“I’ll try.”

“It’s okay if you fail. It’s just that you won’t be able to go to Jeju Island. So just shoot as you normally would and kill. You’re good at killing, aren’t you?”

“jeju island?”

Suddenly, the real Defender’s voice cut in.

It seems like he was listening to everything.

“······Ah, something came up. Hurry up and go! It’s urgent here too.”

“Okay! Let’s talk about Jeju Island later.”

“Uh, yeah.”

Just as we were about to end the communication with a reasonable excuse, another disaster that had already been predicted became a reality.

“Hey. Senior Park. Senior Ha. The Chinese kids. They’re going there. Including that monstrous Blue Dragon······.”

When he heard the word Cheongryongdo, Ha Tae-hoon’s face turned pale.

“Bytou······. Bytou is coming······!!”

Perhaps he saw the Chinese person in person and felt his skills.

I gently patted Ha Tae-hoon’s shoulder.

“senior.”

“?”

He stared at him quietly and spoke in a low tone.

“Have you forgotten who I am?”

Ha Tae-hoon’s gaze began to change as he looked at me.

“Professor······!”

I picked up an axe.

The two axes danced across my fingertips as if they had a will of their own.

“Do you speak Chinese well?”

Ha Tae-hoon nodded.

“To some extent.”

“Please pass that blue dragon to the clown.”

The two dancing axes suddenly stopped as if by magic and settled on my two gloved hands.

“The professor wants to have a game.”