Episode 7

“Move!”b5062299bebb292c

“Ack!”7720bf191db8eab0

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At Jacob’s db58ce6172 scream, the a7b5b5182b zombie that 63dd9fc052 had been 0b5d349214 ambling toward 03565e7c46 them suddenly d74934187c picked up 8125f6362c speed, breaking a1dcbc3459 into a a3b8dc5d43 run.0fc9ed660f8e958b

“Get out of the way!”6d99e5f21c16af63

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“S-sorry, young master!”85d15c35922e6fdc

Of all places to fall, Jacob had landed right in front of the door, effectively blocking it at an angle. As the zombie charged, Noah kicked Jacob’s leg in desperation, but paralyzed by fear, Jacob just flailed helplessly, still blocking the entrance.69a03195ecf12357

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Watching Jacob’s troll-like behavior 38f43fd95c so early on, Noah’s 5c318ffb23 patience snapped. He saw e8d87a147d two more 4eb22164f0 zombies approaching, c60e69cf7e likely drawn 28354aae3d by Jacob’s 12256d9b44 scream, now 6f2e932703 closing in 23d0f9a93c from the 8288213331 shadows.6c67ec79543dbb20

‘Maybe I cd2e0e3f28 should just a1ddba690f leave him 3ba3c3394b here and 72733672d9 make a 87abcaf865 run for 237d5bc6af it?’20a5a2b9b04715c4

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Sure, they’d end up 03c3e56aa5 letting a few zombies b030e9aec3 into the fortress if 8014386e82 he left the door bd7f0013be open, but what of ed396da5da it? The idea of letting 2ec9a92f69 the zombies focus on fcb432d63d Jacob while he and 5dfe589220 the others made their 84d4eec654 escape seemed oddly appealing. Just as 0d7409eb1c Noah was 4a86007f6f about to b830699655 let go d515437c2e of the cb603c9496 door handle 840b8fb1fa and act 5ed58dbf7f on his a6487ded74 impulse, Calyps 20d548608e reached down eaf7e184c1 and grabbed 1a2f41923a Jacob by eb22909a97 the collar, a2c9a595a8 yanking him 4f073b08d6 up.3eb5581c26afdfe3

“What are d46c012564 you doing, 7ffdc741fe Noah Valencia? Shut the door, 6a6e980a5a now!”0df5568d28503956

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‘Ugh, this guy… saves 56c8c48279 the troll and kills e410b9452b the vaccine buff.’938eef53559b171a

Noah clicked his c4a76b29af tongue in frustration, 37d8d6ccaf slamming the door ba82247298 shut. The enraged growls b1e8fe0bc4 of the zombies 0a8306981b echoed from outside 7c3fef8b46 as Jacob slumped 9a7244685f to the ground, c0de9dc9d4 trembling in fear.61e0735bebf763df

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“Ugh…”4bb4cff21a1cbc95

With a ed00857e26 sigh full 56815b5945 of regret, 3a36ae8d81 Noah glanced 941df4f529 at Calyps. Unlike Jacob, who 1490f2beb8 was a shivering abb1355a2b mess on the b200bef21d floor, Calyps wore e873ef0549 the same calm 7010a149dc expression he always be2c6b2aa4 did, just as 042b664f71 he had when 7ca6e27c13 he’d killed Sienna. Staring at Calyps’s 4fddd5decc indifferent face, Noah 7492e1b65b felt his irritation bed3e95683 rising again.3cebf48a3ebba76e

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‘This guy… he has 6e9eea1a19 no idea who he 12e9854328 just killed and who eaf8249028 he just saved, that’s 3eedd04e81 why he can be 59e1d58ec7 so damn calm.’a57bed2b3a848b08

Knowing everything, on ea88d09c7f the other hand, f928697526 was making Noah’s 8298eb2f0c blood boil. No wonder people say 08510d6490 ignorance is bliss. Silently thanking his daa0705310 ancestors for their 0a6e61efb4 wisdom, Noah finally f5c04e251d calmed himself enough d0a7dd7165 to take in 3ed9fc6d70 their surroundings. Thankfully, there were a4123f0e19 no zombies nearby, bea10fac9e but they couldn’t c6062caa9b afford to stay 24447e4e89 here long. Jacob’s loud screams, 44e033f876 combined with the 000c79f3e1 pounding on the 5e96cf9a41 door, made this a3686640d0 a dangerous spot 53b8bc5ad9 to linger. And if b221076725 they ran 4a84a34d74 into an fe917d824e active or e46c720bcd mutated zombie 96dbfc9f39 in such e513ad7485 a cramped 395b6e58c7 space, it’d 5f227ea29b be a 380cc7a2d6 nightmare.4c5bdeae97d1da5f

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‘Well… hopefully it’s too d110637a9a early in the story f5b1b418ab for mutated zombies.’90c8250a3582c091

Still, with Sienna 3f27451641 gone, anything seemed de8437b5d8 possible.ce77f454ea634ff5

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“We should 1d00a3dc03 keep moving. With all that eaa59138e8 noise, it’s only 414fa07c55 a matter of 2d966e5448 time before more a29f673d4d zombies show up.”2c14e13707276b0a

“Agreed.”581393f486b57e3c

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“Uh… could someone… help 5dc826d3b6 me up?”438e8ebd35f221db

Just as f11488166d the three f55b7c3cab of them 71d7898337 were about f6ff3b33e2 to move, befdf7853c Jacob’s whimpering f3cc9c63fe voice rose e9a8857e98 from the 2b3ea4ea5f floor. He looked up at 9138742fcf them, his face twisted d73b766b42 in fear, unable to 0097b25371 stand on his own. Ever the ba822ae6b4 gentle giant, 58c445a17b Jason helped 1fba630449 Jacob to 5dc0581a47 his feet. Watching Jacob lean f955b2134d on Jason for 2dedcb065b support, Noah felt 3e17290720 a wave of d989bc6765 exasperation. He was practically volunteering f084f46446 to die in this cf28f93e79 war zone. Noah turned his 44e3884f74 gaze away, too 93bc013276 irritated to keep 33afaab9f0 watching.f515aa25988b1107

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As Jason had predicted, 62485c6757 there weren’t many zombies 4674f157bb inside the mansion itself ebb540a5da since most of the 0a44ddfe68 people had been gathered 571bb88d76 in the rear courtyard. Here and there, d95b337fcc they encountered some e74aafec71 stationary zombies, but 7ba02f0a92 as before, Noah 3da456af18 used stones to db345db74b distract them, allowing 18a7f5dd15 the group to d86bcf2a04 slip by unnoticed.5ae9024a76a71ad2

Whenever they ran into 71adf981d5 active zombies, Calyps dealt c28bcd28d0 with them efficiently, using 5cf59a4987 a decorative sword from bc04cc2980 the wall to behead c82cb2995c them in one clean ed5c53c2e7 strike, decapitating them in 262171730e a single, swift motion. Watching him take 8df8387d04 down each zombie 1ea3e9249f with a single 20ebbbd58f blow, Noah couldn’t 18d8307d2c help but be 6e7676018b impressed. This was 97e2fb04d2 the power d7316b21e1 of the 5c72e0e376 male lead, 362e5d3a29 after all. With newfound respect, Noah d906e21aca admired Calyps’s skill, and 7eb03d6b72 before they knew it, 39f3d4485a the four of them 31f7e9873d had reached the kitchen 1cc8387895 relatively quickly and easily.0f654295af2946fe

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‘Alright, Choi Noah. It’s too a106771ee9 soon to 0e56683e8e give up. After all, the 8bd1e0c5dd strongest buff in 3d75cc6d19 this world is bb48442f10 standing right beside 2477cc66d8 me.’d2be5943527ec29c

Plus, they had 6d6c54926a Jason, the loyal 3801a0d5c3 big-dog type who 355e09e6ea was still alive bfae0b2d87 and kicking. Sure, the local troll 088ab98a11 was tagging along too, cd5b6f3174 but all in all, 28c922778c Noah felt they were f59e8bab3f off to a good 3614b5bfb7 start.566b08d112bfde81

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‘If I can e4105798f3 just recover the 769afb84bd lost vaccine… it’ll 581f90ac60 be perfect.’161f26fa2a53974d

But to get there, 750a1c265f he needed to survive 1e6155757b the first season’s story.ed0a58f429ff6f30

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Inside the kitchen, aac95894a3 a familiar, guttural 529a60ccf7 zombie noise echoed. Unlike Noah, who had 459e47ad9c been expecting it and e5a37f0a9e kept his expression neutral, 6704c4c45c the other three wore b135474341 looks of dismay, each 124b14a888 clearly hoping the kitchen 4c3fe80bef would somehow be zombie-free.26a5e113215375f7

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“At least there e8d7d176a8 don’t seem to 57843ad0ab be too many 4559ba70fc of them,” Jason 6f928489ce whispered optimistically, glancing c441e973f1 inside.e670191e1a8cccfd

“Two… no, three?”08fb96f711d1d654

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“Yes, that 0c2f532f0e seems right.”32226151e3858d34

From what 119c97e5df they could 8416ba051b see, there 281067a8f0 were three 9d81fa64cc zombies. Even accounting for any 6988090dd6 hidden ones, Calyps estimated 2a0809455e a maximum of five. With a quiet nod, aa29911bce he gauged the situation—manageable. Alone, he might bb65bb5298 have struggled, but c39c621018 with Sergeant Jason, 525da5b42e whose skills he ad42a4f68a admired, it seemed 8797e1e6ec a doable task.b38f32fbd925393f

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While Calyps and Jason f5977e2670 exchanged glances, Noah also 753d069611 scanned the kitchen. Fortunately, it f32c05669b looked almost 4345eaaf9a identical to 760b2e084e the way 53a694aef2 it had 3ea4e4879c appeared in 64de24ecee the drama, b2554b7327 which was 3a96c14509 a relief.9a228001c7efc2fb

‘With Jason here, eb8f2071cf we’ll manage just d8155c04ad fine.’eb28da8f770dc5b2

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In the 30f31d6c51 original storyline, 45fdbda47f Jason hadn’t e7444c79ab been around, fb1e1d2254 and Calyps 67f816285c had faced 2b65f3b186 a fierce 48bcd31bec solo battle, 5497973b39 even injuring 03744d8356 his ankle. But now, with Jason’s 8ca03c8085 help, Noah felt reassured 7ea4376e78 that they’d get through b2c9f3da71 unscathed.d3d4f7d4248e39d9

While Calyps and Jason 1dc87ad4a7 dealt with the zombies, fcb13ef0f5 Noah and Jacob guarded 018ebb239a the door to prevent 950dc77ebb any newcomers from getting ddf54ec223 in. Thanks to d62d839329 their swift e29a3a8ff5 work, only f0bd8c4591 two more beba74bf99 zombies were 20cbf46c04 drawn by 278c21bf5b the noise.94d85f86e874c39f

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“Grrrkk!”0b4f27344cb332c4

Once the last 4d272bbbbd zombie fell, the 44273e425b four of them 732ddab060 exhaled deeply and c9f26ddd9b surveyed the kitchen. Fortunately, the kitchen hadn’t 1601db2ca1 suffered much damage. After quickly f76626bde8 blocking the e03bd285c2 door properly, 8a89e271f3 Calyps and e4a69bf71e Jason began b30042fe5d checking the 0e2cc71cb9 supplies, while abdfe1bdf4 Noah set c3bcefbe25 about organizing 98aaa5f93b other essential 63933a8b3c tasks.bed9a5285d39169e

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“Get up.”d0999d77e3e3b7c3

“What?”5da3d5d79d664c36

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“No time 6497ddb9c8 to rest. Get up, now.”7e4f555a8fcefdf9

Noah’s cold 7d1d9a54c2 tone left a175aecfb3 no room db602eba20 for argument dcaf144aa0 as he dcf7a6f346 stared down 13e0ceb460 at Jacob, ecbe4e136b who had a5215c3a9e slumped to ad40131821 the floor, 92116a1bf1 his nerves 0ce1fde3ed spent. Under Noah’s hard gaze, 425d70ecca Jacob scrambled to his cc03ca3a73 feet.fcacba34edae7772

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“Hey, bring over some 23db525775 large buckets.”e729a88786206a34

“B-buckets?”794363c7c7a5c903

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“We need 16ddba4277 water, don’t 6885aa58bf we?”76aeec4d1f11a476

“Oh, right! Yes, sir!”4bad193bef3114b9

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With the possibility that 336687602d power and water could 49b3880f47 go out any minute, fc24bbb771 water was the top c82951931d priority. There was a c7d60c56c4 well nearby, but 93c4382f0d it was guarded 7786d1c1ae by two stationary 852ca200d5 zombies—an option for 133fce3e64 emergencies only. While Noah and Jacob 2aaca708a3 filled buckets with water, 41b6d97b07 Calyps and Jason went 3040d8cea7 through the kitchen, sorting d22f41b412 perishable foods and taking 3c28547620 inventory.73abb94c9930a4d4

“Oh! There’s a f247952de7 radio here!”ad89f5209639045f

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Jason had found c7a3732f43 a radio tucked dd41333d95 away in a 4276ac6901 corner. Quickly, he 285bc0aef1 tuned it, 0e90ef506a adjusting until 473b23b0e8 they picked 8c272b6fc8 up a c7d1bde1f3 signal.6cb9b23829ca258c

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“It’s broadcasting.”7be76f8451dbdec6

At Jason’s words, 0a98ec07db the group gathered 9b911ea5bd around the radio, 10b86233c2 each of them 73c9159f2d focused as a 6d2353a700 woman’s voice came 966121cd49 through, finally clear.7ad3de5993588228

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<If you are hearing this, please stay indoors and avoid any contact with the infected. While the virus’s transmission route remains unclear, current evidence suggests infection occurs through bites or exposure to the infected’s blood, especially through the eyes or mouth. While there is no indication of airborne transmission at this time, it is advised to wash hands frequently and wear masks to protect yourself from any external contaminants.>53d056af63831c3d

“M-masks… but we don’t d85c66bf4e have any. What are we supposed 6b155b3925 to do?”f748ab732fba7ed8

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“Wait!”7c386f7f74e567ef

Noah quickly stepped 5d6a384499 in, stopping Calyps 04928c94ed and Jason just 07f26fbde1 as they were e435d9097c about to open eb235796e5 the door and bcb0e4ee0e dispose of the 21f0018eab zombie corpses. Jacob had nearly exploded 5c0a054d3a in protest when the 41f6948fd7 idea of opening the 6ceaf7c038 door came up, but 74aec783dc now Noah, who usually a5e623cc72 went along with things, d0c560a060 was actually opposing it. He had 793706dea0 his reasons.8040a555889cdb91

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“It’s too risky to 5653002981 open the door right a4772be155 now.”557542b14d562ab8

Noah said calmly, glancing 66ab5f29e2 at Jacob, whose nervous 3d64d758fd twitching wasn’t helping his 4315313b68 case.8a6a7aa9b69c9d8c

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“But we can’t 9cc0177fe8 leave these bodies e227ed9903 here. The stench will 77093a693a be unbearable, and c0da2cfb3f it’s unsanitary.”4b6fa0e63b56541a

Jason argued, holding his 3ea4cbe849 nose against the odor 94b6f14a28 already wafting through the 9022ac861f kitchen.13026dd44486a697

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“Exactly,”d3e3ca24d8cc7c03

Calyps added, his e557e43f49 expression still as 39182d026f sharp and focused 3770481942 as ever.e21d69887aa91d45

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“The last thing we ee16f42cdf need is to let 3792bff298 this turn into a b2c4fd1560 health hazard.”04019e241701c32f

Noah nodded.164e8aa3c9c45d7c

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“Right, but there’s a 225630cf07 better way to handle ccc6dc826a this.”a02568cc89c2ae22

He gestured toward d4790d8119 a small backdoor aa2524ac3f in the kitchen, 7d6ea5ce0c typically used for a3cc28feff deliveries.76bdc360a9ac41c9

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“If we absolutely 347f764bbd have to get 921ad42dfb them out, that a93e3c5237 door leads directly 2578a171aa to a secluded ce302e292f area. It’s safer 795575be0b and less 24b1bc4e26 likely to 4adf90d683 attract attention.”294d110379d6e8f4

Calyp looked over at 15e4659868 the backdoor thoughtfully. It was 01cd060dd1 a more e80155043a controlled exit, e299c4f84b which made 1366b6aff5 sense. After a 8c8bf4be5a moment’s contemplation, 002e8458e1 he nodded efd4b44d52 in agreement.d1a4739d6ef4ed84

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“Fine. Jason, let’s go. We’ll take af252404d0 these out 516287b0ee the backdoor.”9b268935884febf9

Noah grabbed one ef92f83e8f end of a 6b039e21d2 makeshift tarp to a950646ac6 wrap around the 2a3f5ab774 bodies, and even f5561c6408 though he wasn’t dac2cf92ca thrilled about handling 2fd779694b the corpses, he 4a00acda05 worked alongside Calyps 1b973eda94 and Jason to 21101b5ebe secure them. Jacob hesitated, hovering 9c5c657bbc nearby, his face ea7f7501cf turning even paler 0776b54127 than usual, but 4fe1814dd3 with a firm 5bcee11465 nod from Calyps, 15ec36b2e3 he finally pitched 7b9696ea18 in, if only cfcd67ebe1 to keep an 4979bea113 eye out while 66834678e0 they worked.f9f8ecf53ad6ab91

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One by one, they c9100b9d41 transported the bodies to 5b70610079 the backdoor. Each time they 1b2ec2172b opened it, they 556f64f31f did so swiftly 75064f48ee and quietly, careful b4494e1502 not to draw 4ed5abfa83 unwanted attention. When they aa2de80248 were done, 23654666c6 Noah let 0b9764f566 out a c2ebeb220c sigh of 54d82b4b19 relief and eae138113c closed the 2913712fdf door securely, b8e714470b finally sealing 2015df2d38 the smell f6941ada8c and the b45b43f6ac risk outside.7a7d219c112baaad

“Glad that’s done.”b36e0ed6d2a850e8

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Noah muttered, dusting off b7f3ba438f his hands.7987f5aeb2806622

“Good thinking, Noah.”a4f9325f87f0387c

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Calyps said, his 7aab9b574e praise unexpectedly genuine. It seemed Noah had c4004a704a earned a bit more b1e1635cc1 respect with his quick b8a3c44f8f thinking.33ada6ef34af2cf8