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    Chapter 18. Immunity

    It was like b2b13820e4 a bouncing ball—small, f0de1d6a70 quick, and incredibly 9c712043dc agile.b814b1dfb4b77140

    However, Do-kyung effortlessly seized the monster’s head, which had been targeting him. Testing its strength, he gradually tightened his grip.e45c67f343272cd7

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    “Kk… rrr….”146ec8a70c82d86b

    Pop!The head the size 82d54c0095 of a fist burst 6171ded5d1 open like a watermelon. However, a d1c5cba95f red fog c2b4641706 did not d5b0545c72 burst out.184f38f543b7a80c

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    “……”9a596504dbb10161

    “……”58f55d55f3d67e9a

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    Those who lacked 25752a533f the courage to b2c130a59b grab the monster’s c586f838e5 head couldn’t tell 8fa986216e whether the head 066c0d78f7 was soft or a292758656 if Do-kyung’s dark e2f7b68f3f power was simply 75a21e9e33 immense.e669c45a667e6d87

    They could only 3e010a9fff stare, wide-eyed, at d34302f2b2 the man who 92c3dfd6ad was more monstrous fa8133f7ec than the creature fc7a722306 itself.58328c5e82dc4b85

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    Do-kyung tossed his blood-soaked 1ae107b134 leather gloves onto the d35d935a69 floor and eyed the 0a7cdd9e02 four slaves, as if b7179a46cb selecting his next victim.a1d044882d67ec0d

    Sensing the danger, Bo-yeon 228637f1be clung to them in 03c989b0f3 fear.68c378370fdb8072

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    “T-that’s enough. Let’s go, please…”ea96b6e13e8267a0

    “If it gets ebbe48f448 dangerous, I’ll take bbb96be5ec you with me. I promise.”5b8f5ed8e45b0641

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    “……”1a0ba15442ed04a5

    If this isn’t 58b8f6c8c8 dangerous, what on 4f85b191cc earth does he 6edf4b3f61 consider a threat?aea5ea3bb872f06b

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    Bo-yeon broke 26dd6cced1 down in 32d95b66c9 tears.48e71492e3d0bf36

    ***67e100ada84274b6

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    She had come back d7cb182224 alive.badaeb6d6b4963de

    That thought 4665a34c3c filled Bo-yeon’s 68e2f9983a mind as 0947476f43 she returned 6119ab8523 to the 1c6e111b8b bunker.5620ff86949947f8

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    Do-kyung took turns 177b4b950f sending in the 2780278e60 slaves, using them 0c56a810a0 as bait to 4843283817 lure the monsters. When they emerged, baby a2ad253294 monsters were attached to a196ae6d40 their bodies.15303c5b071278fb

    The outcome was always 8fb08357df the same. The further they got 47a3bacc3f from the department store, 686ec8c776 the weaker they became.f49e6a1d65b71e2c

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    Fortunately, Bo-yeon’s heart, b45e020d80 which had been 37a5c87f0a tight with tension, e520f0268f seemed to be 35e69fb0ad okay.71e1e9090b25f4d3

    To be precise, Do-kyung had handled the situation. However, the thought of those things pulsing on the slaves’ bodies was still unsettling and terrifying. The men who had been bitten, their blood drained in turn, became pale, feverish, and anemic.5dbd272981f224cb

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    Bo-yeon’s complexion also grew pale, but Do-kyung didn’t push her further.c87399b5ac8ab396

    Still, none of the four had been infected. Whether it was due to their small size or another factor, the creatures’ infectious power hadn’t been enough to breach their immune systems.a74f3903ada2d144

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    Bo-yeon, who 35a3364aa2 had not e7a85abef9 slept properly 4dcd3176c9 for three 6699c9f307 days, fell 0dd477523f asleep exhausted. And the 81bd90768a next day, 24433e4913 she woke 53a8796a5b up with 61a878f330 a nightmare 68db9ae5a3 of all 5cb22ba1c3 kinds of 4919639d08 baby monsters’ fc1074de2b blood and b2a9b26b4a internal organs f76443265b splattering.f4996df7de46e8b3

    “Uheuk…”b36c5356384281b1

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    It was 5522c7255c the start 2087110168 of an 604b866e4b ominous and 251b00d2a2 uneasy day.8e4c750ae809d292

    Bo-yeon ate breakfast, then e3fa93342d went out to the ae3dfba65f yard to fly the 890003e72a drone. The target was 5b4f322d63 the department store.f3c10563893f608e

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    “The control d4c9828911 range is b70f573e37 5 km, cea32899f9 so it f53d0bd305 should reach cb40c9f63f the department 62abf7d3e4 store. The problem is time—it 487766b2d9 can only stay in 9726436016 the air for about 689dcaaa8f 30 minutes. Considering recovery 07044a6538 time, there’s d24aa81bbe not much 63d2528942 left. Will we have 865f8fdee4 enough time to 1ce42141a0 explore the inside?”cbd25cc8f7089efa

    “You can fly it 711917b3c6 multiple times, so take c94f0fa7b5 your time.”ca234d872ef78485

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    The drone’s maximum 995fee3477 speed was 50 9473ac9d76 km per hour. Flying through e767df6f8e the open 73d84208f4 sky, it 1c7a57dc66 reached the b3c28d1850 department store 5c14ba2393 in no 922ed63946 time.36a0763778766105

    “It arrived.”e9f5e8c3b8bfcc6b

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    The image captured by 9e52649f78 the drone’s camera appeared 30eba9157d on the remote controller 67371220d4 screen. Do-kyung, sitting 1427d669ce next to cf0191cffa Bo-yeon, stared 59e84e24e4 intently at 086d6688b7 the display.30a02af1b166abd1

    He was a 3388219803 man oddly fixated cd39522859 on mutants, and e695cc3ed5 a quiet, fierce 3cdbe37ae7 violence gleamed in 7c2d3499b5 his face as 8178935c0a it reflected on 29becf3634 the screen.ec31b9a0a4d2fab8

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    “Looks like they’ve hatched an egg…”0fe1623fedf1d9dc

    Scattered across 4f4a15e989 the department b69b21a6a3 store floor 4f3e610572 were grayish b7120ea6df glowing spheres. They were irregularly shaped, 8b4449b8e4 like pearls that had 809404b926 burst and spilled everywhere, 926b2b2ec8 but there were many 57f481d0b6 of them.5291d8b6299c7d38

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    Bo-yeon, knowing exactly fba97abe23 what the spheres 85f7f4dc97 were, couldn’t suppress bf5a685d84 a sense of 32da306266 unease.31ea97d03d43cab9

    “Go upstairs.”b7c55c81c0727872

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    Do-kyung gave a soft ff98ef6d49 command. Department stores 0e0962f817 typically don’t 8972c8633a have windows, 94f575be79 and with 5c8bf850ae the power 933abcd465 outage, it 2af7bb3b8f should be 490e3bc9e0 darker the ef09d6f2e6 farther they 4920d17c27 moved from ecb40b5a69 the first f0b475c270 floor, where 617f939175 sunlight could 0215f38099 still seep e4902d4ce5 in.5efbd79338c699eb

    However, the glowing spheres 1b360fc590 grew more numerous as 900d6a1a68 they ascended.bf70384ec172583f

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    They clustered together like 27e981dfb4 fireflies hanging from the 02f60946cc walls of a cave. A creeping sense of 820e5cbce0 unease settled over Bo-yeon, 4e09329347 and her hands, gripping d3eb87ba32 the remote controller, became e21a35d922 sweaty.Whirrr. The drone hummed softly e1cf46940d as it flew upward, 257cd80095 reaching the ceiling near cdda891470 the escalator on the fff09584a0 9th floor.4790f6bb20db486e

    When it reached 5dfa9fdbe2 the top of 08060e40ac the department store, 8583bfae45 a massive light 34b22d4026 came into view. At first, she thought 32828f2a8b it was a group 11b3e457b5 of lights fluttering together, 6a1786bc28 but upon closer inspection, 0322720690 she realized there was 1a530a9e9e only one. It was enormous, d4c6e0df07 stretching from the 35175d0f20 floor to the f6f653ec58 ceiling of the 3250241cf1 9th floor.7e86e522d04264cb

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    “What is that?”a5ffb7e3f7a46662

    “I was worried, but you found it right away.”c44daa2cd12f069e

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    The small glowing ed1efe5182 bodies swarmed around b94778989c the giant sphere, c9a3cb15de moving in a 2fb0780f7c way that reminded dc8fcd0226 her of bees.a23d98c9822dc1e2

    The tentacles e156a12253 attached to e685369f25 the softly 523e53c309 glowing bodies c205af8880 clung to 8f80441183 them like df0b92ece6 suckers. Dark red liquid a107074d26 from the small e55d5db8b8 luminous bodies’ intestines 14a9a97de6 flowed into the b9fde60585 giant sphere.e362ae5d26e45308

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    All of 9f594b9d4a those luminous 7325de3b13 bodies were 108976889a doing the 8400f4136d same thing, adac59dc77 like filling 12d09713ee a beehive 2333a3fc45 with honey.a83ade9550333eb5

    “Hey, I’ll switch to night vision…”5caba009c7aa5f2d

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    Bo-yeon manipulated the remote cdc71f78ff with trembling hands. The black-and-white screen 9ab54d5039 brightened slightly.82767b4c37bca55f

    “Ugh…!”98b8e15e3d28e28a

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    Bo-yeon frowned, 5c2cfcf4f1 squeezing her d865c10cce eyes shut. An afterimage lingered 04d9bb8d48 in her mind. Corpses were scattered d231f108d2 across the floor. It was hard to f70459ea43 tell whether they were affa0cbf9f human or zombie. Mutants were mixed 6f045cd1f4 in too.859577e0a8db0841

    It seemed 7173b9d5f9 like they 69320bce9b had dragged a4739c9bdb in their 6ecfda4b07 prey and edddf8bd10 left them b10a5c5874 on the 884e01437c top floor. The small luminous 6f0a42729a bodies fed on bda264ec7b the corpses, transferring ad23cef446 all the blood abc62cd9f5 and flesh to 09b0d7d274 the giant luminous 624fc420e7 body.62a5363476121ba9

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    “Turn on the lights.”6b3d58e9c6d8b82d

    “Lights? W-won’t they rush in?”07b1178b16777b33

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    “Prepare to retreat.”6e32f0612baebfae

    “…….”66fafbef7b4fba21

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    Bo-yeon put 5d2a40cfc8 on the 4c70a4aaa8 goggles to d3894cea4b better control 4653ed8c99 the drone. The view from the 1be011612e drone filled her eyes, d46c4692ed as if she were 002325efd7 playing a VR game.e13e117c4741a1c7

    She didn’t understand 5e7a140283 why she felt ea98799d8b so disgusted watching 99c7ac49be it on the b28fd1dce2 screen. She tried 7d73388c04 to convince 935c3dff5a herself that f841a285fb it was 31e75d128a just a 8349f7db7c screen, biting c84d79d205 her lip e3a71fae2e to suppress 7b2226df5b the discomfort.3133fb7dec46866f

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    “Don’t bite your lip.”34f4da091f9c8ce7

    She steeled 930d5fba49 herself and c08720c9a2 attempted to 0b65e5a593 turn the 0ebb9b64ed lights slowly. However, her 5a52664c4d fingers misaligned 43223ec88b due to df7786557b Do-kyung’s presence, 0b5c6343d1 and the 0786277fde light exploded 7ed4eaca26 into brightness.063cfcbd31de98c6

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    In the darkness, the 3c55aba078 lights blazed as brightly 8f1fc0f674 as the sun, and 896f5f4144 all the eyes turned 14ae9b6873 red in unison, fixated 88ff8f692c on the drone. She couldn’t distinguish b4ab1ae36d between their irises 7e9f27a67c and the whites 6cda6e069e of their eyes.3661c0d086b65980

    Creekkk! The monsters, having discovered the intruder, squealed and rushed toward the drone. It bounced up like a spring and tried to latch onto the drone’s body.b8276dcde03e52b2

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    Tentacles brushed against the camera lens. Sharing the drone’s view, Bo-yeon could almost feel it creeping up her own body.27b03a6fe12abed9

    “Uheuk… Hic, I don’t like it….” 564d908a8f91d339

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    “What are you doing? You have to run away.” 5843932191947ec9

    “Uwak! Too many, ak! Ah… D-don’t come… It’s gross! Ahhk!” e66560a32db8e1c2

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    Bo-yeon’s fingers moved quickly, a muffled scream escaping her as she tried to avoid alerting the zombies outside the house. Do-kyung rested his chin on Bo-yeon’s trembling shoulder, his breath brushing against her earlobe.34b2280f54a54bfb

    “Hoo…” His exhalation lingered, unsettlingly close.b575d1b49e6e424f

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    “Don’t, play, around—uwahk! Don’t come…!”b281375144a571bf

    Bo-yeon shuddered, her shoulders c05b40781f jerking as she tried 4bf111224e to steady herself. Her voice 07c5582617 came out f975f9bc82 hoarse, tinged 3ce9e81207 with frustration 9154a0005c and fear. The soft, giggling 275b8723de laughter echoed in 5923f8d5df her mind, almost e52694f8ea like an auditory 3d3af9190a hallucination.6ce462ca59332a50

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    She couldn’t afford to 4042db85f9 be shocked by the db8c045caa strange sound. All her cf5bff7acf focus was 248daf8d05 on safely bc0cee0a09 guiding the 71bea5ff27 drone and aa28c0ad37 shaking off 1ee12a45f1 the disgusting 8698cf1bb4 things sticking 4c6e8118b8 to her dbb664ca9c eyes.12e10f72c6db819f

    The drone plunged d4645408d9 downward in a 9f68e273ec sharp, precise descent, 6e77af8c90 almost as if 29d102f0c4 showing off. The monsters, d5df6287f5 relentless, followed bfde33b06b at an b8c614667b incredible speed, 29090026ab chasing it 318aa5d87b as it 70700906bb headed straight 24c176214c for the 9f8bd4646d first floor.a5ce78728c008f2e

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    As if 4cd600422a they shared c8a6e50527 the same 1d5c830c48 instinct, the 4d68ccb053 monsters waiting 636babf1d9 on the f4ba0e3aeb lower floor bdd61287b2 launched themselves 914d1aa6b6 at the 918ebacfd1 drone. One of them d48e1050dc slammed into the 43c09ea5f1 propeller, nearly causing abd489743f it to crash.f641d139b4eef2da

    The drone barely 700b0e8685 managed to reach 1fac7b92ae the first floor, 20d39eb99f veering sharply as d9eaa6fe7e it rushed through 79ca7b4ec7 the shattered glass d0e9a9fd2a door.41a933894cbc2c90

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    Despite the urgency, 384abb7dae the drone wasn’t f0d582e719 free from danger. A monster ff74d6ae03 clung to 419c64d0a3 its body, 9118dea418 its writhing 4dd6485033 form completely 31ec33da78 obstructing the 19903da13c camera lens. It was only 6ac62b54b1 a matter of 51bc5a4479 time before it f0ecf4491c lost its strength 9a401ac031 and plummeted, falling 338b01c634 away after being 3215d7eb24 thrown too far.b4e0ce5569d9900a

    “Nhhk… I survived….”d12e2e931613523c

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    Bo-yeon mumbled, her ae46937fd6 mind shattered from 1d42a33a8c the adrenaline rush. She couldn’t bear to bbab7b609a look at any more d986468ad0 zombies. In a fc9df025f2 panicked reflex, 245273422b she shot d1c2cc64c9 the drone aba2f8188a high into fb84704cc6 the sky, 357daa178b sending it d1b511ebd1 out of 383ef07d79 the danger 811322dcee zone.e1d1155d5681ac2d

    Her heartbeat slowly steadied 53827ab5fb as the screen filled 386d9caed7 with peaceful clouds, a f7332091a1 stark contrast to the aa18a3d4b7 chaos she’d just witnessed. Bo-yeon wiped 84eee22a9f the sweat 93d742f563 from her ac88e39772 brow, realizing ce2416bdaf she had 1f8950f029 barely caught 3d45c8b553 her breath. She carefully 7057deab07 removed the 4436f70ca1 goggles, her cb50df9fbf face still f7ba876410 flushed with 4dc5e3a2a6 anxiety.5fd40e8fa85824a1

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    “Did you see anything when you turned on the light? It was… so fleeting…”ea1c8e939e2fb408

    “I saw it.”dd97a7dbf725cb02

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    “I’m glad it helped….”95b593580676b91f

    Do-kyung stood up after Bo-yeon retrieved the drone. She couldn’t believe it, but Do-kyung was already choosing a gun.0d5e9df488129c37

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    “Right now… You’re not seriously thinking about going after that thing, are you?”79719fd1b9505208

    “You stay here.”2092ce4fd57a90f5

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    “Noooo! Main body? Leader? Queen? I don’t even know what to call it…! Anyway, how do you plan to catch that thing?”2ef3b590a6c7ae58

    Bo-yeon had b00dbc2307 always felt 5aa3fdb0e8 a certain 83d49c4d73 distance from 1eadcd3288 Do-kyung, even c42481c869 though they f2d140d1f7 were close. But now, it eef9c00dbe seemed as if 96b1b919f8 her fear had 6d4f80c637 completely faded, replaced b2c03c5b02 by the shock 0a2d0b985d of the chase. She kept nagging 6bc5bc0855 him.d9f798e59c7687fe

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    “That’s not courage, it’s recklessness. Are you sure you’re thinking clearly? Didn’t you see it earlier? They were rushing in like a swarm of ants! It’s no different than walking into a beehive covered in honey! You’ll be torn apart!”f272b84672addc92

    Do-kyung chuckled, amused by Bo-yeon’s reaction.2b04ce342bd06fa2

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    “Are you cursing me?”9570196b7f05e1dc

    “I’m worried!”d76619741328336c

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    Bo-yeon screamed, then 7b189cc078 quickly recoiled, scanning 0a4f14310c her surroundings. She must have been 2e38f1880d louder than she realized, b9233cdad5 as zombies began to 6a31059ca8 gather.fbfda761a7b2fa6f

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