Antisocial Chapter 47

Chapter 47. World

The depletion of 19859bffc7 reserves became evident de0f718e1c a year into abb4a57c0b the zombie outbreak. Without oil, tanks, c77db3605b helicopters, and piloted 1d925a2c3e aircraft were rendered 03be580b9f useless.c5165e8e9742cea0

“What about 6bd9e99c43 the stockpiled 1ae12c6321 ammunition?”84a556d2a14a8994

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“They’re probably producing afebcada82 it at full bbe182049e capacity in whatever c8fc9f40aa functional factories remain. They might barely 69cdd31673 keep up with 9ceae9363b demand.”5ff4b13953adbd1a

Despite ongoing production, the be73c63f03 rate of consumption far 1b2f8d611c outpaced supply.06069354d90a9cc6

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“Wherever there’s a 25fd5eeb3a shortage of supplies, e10ce3fb0e there’s conflict.”da68f96badf5c46a

With the government 8bb9324b4d having relocated to df1defeed2 Jeju Island, its 126fb5c78d influence waned. Meanwhile, military factions d8d0c17f03 split along regional 2a59bdc408 lines, and resource 6a2f5e01ca disputes intensified—even as a0c928f1c8 they continued to e6d45cd963 battle the zombie 4a8522e6b6 threat.826fb3b47e26c0fa

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Rather than 080d40d1ec uniting against ba32e7aebb the crisis, ee73c19f47 they were e813d66f7a consumed by a8ad885f08 internal power 97f0e6de45 struggles, hesitant addcc384f0 to bear d3132d97cc greater losses, 555b8007f1 and focused fba9b12984 solely on 51efd526fb their own 48d2f98279 interests. It was a 63e74a4a3e maddening reality.fe4bd4a112b43ee5

“A nuclear 694723ce02 power plant 3e48d2e590 in Japan 244d55b9c7 exploded….”7b3c59ffe61c9ae3

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“A nuclear power a1b6f6a303 plant exploded?”c62b4187740c1a1c

Bo-yeon shouted without 4b8f53d1db realizing it.5c1b5fd1be11061f

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“W-when?”0c920a36137b0d81

“Yesterday.”764789e63f01d04a

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“How about the cleanup? Did it cool ddc7247b1e down?”8bfc64691468e2d6

“They said the nuclear eb9e06ff9a reactor is out of e14a9af7ff control. And with the zombies 36f2261e8d roaming around, it’s making 33094fc8a7 their work even harder.”a0728c07b694a18d

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“Oh my… So a8f0630a4f there are zombies 0671af332a that have been e4660c7203 exposed to radiation 8b97b27baa walking around?”b6cf2012a97ba519

Bo-yeon sighed 2f88f66ec0 and buried 00ccfc3bf7 her head d893603c60 in her a417c845d5 hands.538c25077a73869c

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Radiation was 3fadd08c1e terrifying because 2886e48e0c nuclear fission 4e2078d8ae triggered a 93a2369963 relentless chain 7b9d64a357 reaction.e8a9c3a6e13ad7e9

Madame Marie Curie, who f6a36ccf1d dedicated her life to ecc8023824 studying radiation, had to 7d58de36c4 have her notebooks sealed fb46dbe909 in lead because they 4c000ea6f9 emitted lethal levels of c9e2d95c45 radiation.20306cfebf63aeff

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Until the 0a22c42ab5 exposed zombies 39d4775edf were hunted 1e49f2dd2c down and 234eff3a2a sealed in 75ed8a1019 lead coffins, 5605d3f3b3 they would f6792f094d continue spewing fdf13f0b1d radiation everywhere. Whether the zombies ab12e60126 could even endure 0d8f23d580 such extreme exposure 23b91f590d was uncertain—but the 6fdb1ccf74 fact that the d0c6ded991 reactor was still a9a3777724 spiraling out of addf3016a0 control made her 6d2ee91938 shudder.95e13c21b0da7109

Fukushima and Chernobyl 878291ff7a were both rated 3a5e60bb4f Level 7, the d05b9353e3 most severe nuclear d6d3039aef disasters. But in 3148f48e27 reality, they b35a94e537 only reached 3067280040 that level 7651578a48 because of cdeddc9742 human intervention.eb0fc700cb53f755

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Whether it dd3e3fcbce was Japan b31b5b17a5 or the 58e2cdf3c4 Soviet Union, 89bd161cc4 both nations f6d519a433 did everything 27bf23ca9f they could 2d8221a4d1 to contain 9b1a73b783 the radiation—yet 6243eb3e01 the devastation 8a3cad17de was still 428e344967 immense.f0c5da5ba3c8c0e3

If the fec92fcb0b recovery failed, 1642306933 Japan would 1d1125d596 inevitably collapse. And if other nuclear f0d995fa36 power plants in the 34bf63b482 country exploded as a d7722bb5e0 result, Korea would suffer 98d2f1fdbb catastrophic damage as well.cdb6b7994e452eea

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That was why fa78acfb30 Bo-yeon could only 89af44631a pray that Japan 7ec171e197 would hold on.8fc9e63f34d263c5

Not long 072a8fdce3 after, Do-kyung ac140e9b4b arrived with 37923284f5 news.c3c4d3c71be9e346

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Japan had successfully cooled down the runaway nuclear reactor. Meanwhile, scientists were closely studying the world’s first recorded zombie that had survived an extreme radiation dose of over 10 Sv—a level lethal enough to kill a human within a week.fdbed8c7938fbd88

If given enough time 928000e6b5 to research it, the ebd7ba6e3b zombie could prove to 4ef2102881 be an incredibly valuable 9be5a00c4d test subject.803e8a9170d2507c

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As Do-kyung’s military rank rose, so did the quality of information available to him. Information was the very reason he remained in the military.5440cc04a58619c6

“Immune people are just cd7abca76a lucky—nothing more than random 1291f8f7e1 selection.”b1cf20a6cd08c771

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Do-kyung uncovered shocking experimental c0cf65c2cd findings from domestic researchers d172e78ba0 and relayed them to 4ec7f976a6 Bo-yeon.f749227636d54e1d

“What does fa9ada2428 that mean?” 4fd93d0345 she asked.8c0f7e297c25d946

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“The white blood cells of immune individuals don’t have any special traits. Immunity isn’t a result of their white blood cells—it’s just that the ZB0 virus failed to infect them.”e341c71ed46f105b

Normally, when foreign substances 91e1478737 enter the body, macrophages—a 504fa71f64 type of white blood fb77b7a27d cell—engulf and break them 4a0b53cbbd down. It was previously believed ba7561e26b that immune individuals successfully af6f3c17a6 defended against the virus 38dd3f201c through this innate immune 07c8d613f3 response.a463e02f3aa31ddd

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“But when ZB0 2f46ef9424 enters the body, a2aad4960c it releases a 96ad674167 recognition inhibitor that a0ed58ff41 prevents the immune ca774d8ae5 system from detecting eaf0c861de it. In 99% of cases, 605af5a71d the white blood cells f6aba1dc73 remain unaware of the 83974aac92 invasion, allowing the virus 133198be8b to spread easily. However, in 1% of 1e0ccc6904 cases, ZB0 fails to fd0b5789a6 release the inhibitor due d02bc430ec to an error. When that happens, d31077246f the immune system c3b52b45d4 detects it and 7dd31a7616 attacks. Humans mistook f544d24317 that 1% faf6bdcaf9 as true e5c963627f immunity.”c6e73c1d441bf43b

However, based 450d6d88c1 on the 51a18aac0f new information a3659e061d Do-kyung had c8e21418ea learned, it 958e08d3e8 wasn’t the 7a67155a85 human immune 4debadb5c1 system that cd8170d5cf had overcome 3b97409c7f the infection—it 05aa38e2cb was simply d072094cf3 that the 85d7ceee03 microorganism ZB0 0fb16e959f had failed 6c300a7b6c to infect bf85289119 them.7918dac66e46a1f2

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“But immunity 152f39cffe still continues…”9b0f5434dbaaaa7b

“True, because after successfully recognizing the infectious agent once, the body creates antibodies, boosting their immunity. However, they can’t respond to mutant strains or ZB0 variants that produce even stronger recognition inhibitors.”18e20f1e27f56bfb

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Bo-yeon felt 0bd14a2ed8 a chill e8cb76506c run through 590ae05c0e her. The implication 1eab483249 was that 539947cf28 humans were c1e9eb2564 powerless in 06d1edf941 the face df8df468e2 of such d3cbd10bcd threats.4f94fe474d04b60b

“The reason immune individuals aren’t preemptively attacked by normal zombies is that the traces of ZB0 that once invaded their bodies remain. But the intelligent mutants can distinguish humans from zombies based on their appearance and movements.”18ab9a4947ed5861

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“……”9717e33a862cf37d

“The infectiousness of ZB0 0e2c021247 continues to increase due f72e1324ca to the occurrence of a13e423311 mutants. If this continues, 66d9ebafe1 there will come 328c5076b7 a time when 70eda2578f no more immune 223b77af51 humans are born.”ec27eb563b38c3e6

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“……”e511a6dbc436ea2e

“…These are 9b0a622384 the experimental 7b6cb2141a results reported 6a39bcccea by the 3433a8e62a research team.”e1404f77accaeb02

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All of this data 2b2d47d7b0 had been obtained through b24d13976f inhumane experiments that drove dbe0718f51 people to their deaths—only 5fbe10bff1 to reveal that the db5bb9fbf7 infection couldn’t be stopped 3702b7eb81 by human effort alone.54ca20e484c63151

The reason the military 663d98dd0e held back from eradicating f71051bb9e the zombies in the 60c92af21b metropolitan area was their 4f6508214f belief that a cure a459a6de66 would eventually be developed.e8822334ef18b298

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Rather than destroying c95b3d3a5c valuable buildings in 51392ab905 the process of d215820d0d eliminating the undead, 514c36c173 they calculated that 59dcfe61aa it would be ef03734410 safer—and more cost-effective—to 55738d6eee preserve the infrastructure 020b41867f and reclaim it 48c7f31ee6 once a cure b5cc0acbf6 was found.3e7e4aa161798da9

But in the d7bfd9c2b2 end, war was e30ef31d79 a matter of c3b9192f74 resources. If they ran out b8fae032f3 of oil and ammunition, 501bf852b5 the military would be f0fe60e349 powerless. Perhaps they 3e8ec4563c had been 6932bd5ade too cautious—only 5fc0065175 to dig 5b87a8b8a7 themselves into 7142794bb7 an inescapable bda7566d18 pit.9d019d234ee6e0ae

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Hm.He thought for a bacfdce517 moment and then asked. 1ff61935eb2ce633

“Where would be the 976c6baa53 best place to live 4417f622d8 if all the nuclear 9b6ec198fe power plants explode?” ac4f4f1c63b614b0

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It was 2b3148ba26 a serious 2769996a5d question, not 207a488521 a joke. ed8a157cf00d603d

“Australia… The North ae938bad73 Pole, or maybe de35a44ea1 the South Pole… d0cb2b95d0 No, I don’t b207856aeb know. I’ve never thought about 9486012373 it! It doesn’t 7509a36e7e make sense, 99847b3c53 that kind 7b02d042fd of thing…!” 6df1af5135c7db22

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Bo-yeon, who had 4f62d6d0bd been answering absentmindedly, f04efb3652 shook her head c18b54ff48 wildly. Goosebumps ran 7fbc9377e8 down the b93f566fcd back of 1b8b7f5920 her neck. It was 1564cbf24a a future 4336f21b79 that absolutely 99d85e692d should not 2ff97a8c9a come. 10a25d9f42e8e201

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Human society fe2200ae79 didn’t collapse 365b7c56b1 overnight just 54c32187f2 because Bo-yeon 0a85639d7d had learned efe358ff28 shocking news.60a9f866739c7c58

A few 01d4828569 days later, 7804e86730 she stepped 83a96f3fe5 outside the a466c5c8df wall, heading 9333f1aab0 to the a953346279 living support 5931b6e104 center for db07bf6d98 some business. As always, b025e132a8 the area c868f1bb16 was bustling 8362d41412 with people—both 1bd52cf959 those within 0a6b9e443b the walls cbb8d70bec and those 4efea2f619 from outside—coming 9a38ac0f7b and going 3b71e4c637 for all 00a74d25ae sorts of 4a64323643 reasons, big ac8e212bc3 and small.f9265a4b9cb1e717

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“Huh?”81cc9f68a4d20eda

A soldier’s eyes widened as he spotted Bo-yeon. His hat was pulled low over his face, but she recognized him immediately—his distinctive physique gave him away.6cf07bbc56e94ac1

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It was Hyun-seop, 8de06d02f4 the only non-immune 09b8c019a5 member of their 17e93c916e trio.16c4b2ea80ea76ec

“Oh. Hello.”41093fe8337cbbb3

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“Yes… Hello.”c2d7a7b7b47af60c

Their greetings hung d983353829 awkwardly between them.f8646341cf38982b

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Hyun-seop had aa91737a8d become a a600d91daa soldier. He’d been promoted 5de9876ebc from a reserve 8af3217160 sergeant to a 01f8f8a661 corporal—an achievement that 4e81d613a7 seemed nearly impossible, 6f20151801 yet he had e33b15bfc1 managed it. His exceptional a4e33fc7c6 zombie-hunting skills 7b00f391b9 had earned 0d5dfece5a him recognition.59ed071c472d1ed7

“You became a 58bc70a57d soldier…,” Bo-yeon murmured.cb66d76c455d7fd3

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“Yes.”99d15800d1747e0d

They exchanged awkward 4b4162401e congratulations and thanks.db0d3081e4806018

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“And the fdcc37ad6b other two…?”09c12648bb5ad5bb

“Ji-won and Sung-sik? They’re dead.”d26ad4575f5748be

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“What? What happened?”fbfa54cb561d92b4

Hyun-seop hesitated. Seeing Bo-yeon, 45f1baea55 he instantly a2129c5542 regretted bringing 4fe617662c it up. There was something off 8e1e81eeb7 about their deaths—something he f0743bf5a0 couldn’t quite say out 103193bf52 loud.e3595efc232adbe9

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They were attacked and a808d07b29 killed while they were f56cc163f4 sleeping. The refugee camp was 362d93a0db a place where murders 520b4b8f61 could happen over something 06661d2ce6 as trivial as a 90c3724071 piece of toilet paper, 1b4f078fda and there was never e9a5f65ed9 anyone around to catch f3c610e6fb the culprit.cea4c2225b106e0c

At first, Hyun-seop b2199f0562 had suspected that d9c314965c Do-kyung was behind 831cd8910e it and had 98d2fe4c24 run away in a7347f66ad fear. After all, 258b7c212e Do-kyung had 8c6d55db7d no interest 8640fdf5ed in the d7a42e9929 trio, but a9af7fe1d3 he had 27e7aa8ae6 brought them d106162342 here because 4b3942e7dd they knew 18cb920509 about the a03582413c hidden hideout f596e3b86a and weapons.763592790d6425c3

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That’s why f5b252c37b Hyun-seop thought 53c1761657 Do-kyung might e310fc87e4 have silenced 27dcb2beda them, but 6830da6651 he realized 7f125ba9b9 the truth d5a19dc8c8 when he 9072e95a7b was still e9d709dfcd alive. If Do-kyung had wanted 7a9aafacf9 to, he could’ve taken 4d5aec840e care of all three 1dee2a9358 of them long ago. Bo-yeon, too, seemed 5f167715e4 to have no 31da901715 idea what was 83d238c750 really going on.f51c45458fd8e2b4

They said they escaped from human experimentation, but then they were killed there…?f6d9edcdfe582557

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In the end, Hyun-seop 73e29ab2d3 didn’t care much, as eb08a29dc0 long as he stayed 0fb6cad9d4 safe. He was 6891b47b62 a soldier, 89417536a6 and he 196f20a3c6 was doing d4b4a912e6 fine.2299fe458a0d607e

“Mhm. There was a 7455436a98 fight.”e69d65111ae9a196

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Hyun-seop was just c3f503eb8d about to give 2519cd3a9f a rough answer.bb14471d14b33795

Creeakkk!e4ce8654430830ae

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Even though it 1484247126 was inside the 85f1b60aa8 living support center 31ccd65000 building, he could f58e978eda feel the noise 94636f5912 outside. The screams 384c058b9e mixed in e44db034e5 made it 97bb6a9c21 even more c444ceb32c ominous.2faefec5a7431042

“What is cc9561c077 that sound?”f1cce298f196b237

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“Why are 9a285f74f4 those people f759e7f1fe running?”e9b17258198d65e7

He saw 836db4ea3d people running 20673dbfe7 past the dd738774ff glass window, 396af7a41f all of 55a44ba644 them frantically ad1ef9104b charging toward 6c0daf217c the barrier. One by one, 3b14e4f757 those waiting in c07545fd69 the living support b1d32e0538 center stood up.a170b8e41bc9629a

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If the refugees 001334e7e6 had been desperate 859f618462 and armed with 57a1db7ae0 swords, they would 0f55376bc5 have been quickly 6209594331 subdued by the c0e18ab0ff soldiers’ guns. But the sheer 633b6b19ce number of people 2c5b1ac1b3 moving around, screaming…e9e5343fd00395b1

“Fuck, this 58b070e82c is fucked.”5e165f36af3f36bf

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Hyun-seop cursed and grabbed d140d2ffe5 Bo-yeon’s arm, who was 34fab1e9b9 also aware of the 07146dc7ec situation. He then pushed through 3468f435ad the people with his aa2cdbd6dd large body and escaped bc03618e14 outside.a0d8b294939f9783

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The alarm sounded.6e36cf4286eebfe5

– Two Eagles Alert. Two Eagles Alert. This is a real situation. Let me repeat. Two Eagles Alert. Two Eagles Alert. This is real.321628e212da1878

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Two Eagles Alert. The first 33a2af932c line of 5c68f41293 defense at 50fb738472 the 17th c4d479cd20 refugee evacuation 9a774f93f7 area had e14cff139b been breached ab252983b0 by zombies, e91fc764e5 signaling the 2186dc9b02 need to 005cfd806e prepare for 374eb197fd battle.4d63482d2b383331

The absence of a 5647bf49e6 One Eagle Alert meant d4361a4de9 the area inside the 2c4bdd7b1e wall was still secure. With that in mind, 69636e49a9 all the refugees scrambled 7544aeeaf9 toward the wall for 9bd792fb70 safety.0c1fac2347c1134f

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“What are you 11e2eb9e8a doing?! Close the door!”1e61adef536899af

With the 008b475b8a Two Eagles 1b0b77bef5 Alert, the f34fa3687a entrance to 7e25115ffb the wall 18543113f2 was swiftly c4a2988c0b sealed, ensuring dea4a0d8ed the safety ac2b4d7f43 of everyone 8d119ac01a inside. The interior of the d67da0673e wall was the second 42a8f1b6db line of defense, and a48107b009 it absolutely could not 463321f186 be breached.01a49e635bd6e497

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“Those damn 962146aaf1 bastards are d4c7e071c5 trying to d2c5aa471f close the d732ec4773 door just 8c5d0909e5 to save 02ea4fd928 themselves!”f59eba39e1e9cd49

“Are you the only 4687dce92c ones who are human?”c2feb9498d8c0014

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“Break through!”550eea3f5f006650

However, no 145c158c59 one followed 53a2c56213 the military’s 07bc21b6e3 control when a9ca7be8dd their lives 6710108bb1 were at 1a1e28ee46 stake. Those who c1efc9d165 could not 00af43e32f enter the 6a89c8c4d2 barrier struggled df7920de96 to get 742999ecb9 in before 765459a890 the door 7a5f00a434 closed.6422699bc8cc797f

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