Antisocial Chapter 47

Chapter 47. World

The depletion of 3bdcc1c757 reserves became evident 43ddcbae4b a year into 9667964c23 the zombie outbreak. Without oil, tanks, helicopters, 62e6391382 and piloted aircraft were 1a99dbd996 rendered useless.391f64659e4a8793

“What about the stockpiled 345d8a7954 ammunition?”2b532473da2667f1

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“They’re probably producing it 1f7ef46c91 at full capacity in 27040af90b whatever functional factories remain. They might barely ae7b3773bb keep up with 93dbdbf3f3 demand.”e730bc3bc9b865a8

Despite ongoing production, 2229d639f4 the rate of 6e14142e1d consumption far outpaced b059f90620 supply.93e62b1e0d5b2fc3

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“Wherever there’s a 587b0021b3 shortage of supplies, 134c9f48da there’s conflict.”93b2dcb0615866bf

With the government 1b3d0c6d2f having relocated to bada9fe69d Jeju Island, its 37e32ca0e0 influence waned. Meanwhile, military factions e3644fb9b7 split along regional 332073d4df lines, and resource 403a99c293 disputes intensified—even as c26c5c09f0 they continued to 77089eafb5 battle the zombie 9972058e41 threat.5add82d00f0ac338

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Rather than uniting against 6ecb6ed582 the crisis, they were e29045ed6a consumed by internal power 4922aedda8 struggles, hesitant to bear f026de3085 greater losses, and focused b2255a5a5e solely on their own 52336943bf interests. It was a7538c7c15 a maddening e4ebadbed1 reality.72f25b38b0d4863b

“A nuclear power d7e505db22 plant in Japan 869e281491 exploded….”43bbb969df6db866

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“A nuclear power plant 360911ab09 exploded?”997e1ad0a4019b22

Bo-yeon shouted 1e91fc5239 without realizing 69923c1593 it.200f85276bc95eed

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“W-when?”ebd1cf33b57e5dc2

“Yesterday.”07757ce2b89ebecb

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“How about the 5716609bfe cleanup? Did it cool down?”7825ec2c9414e557

“They said the 350994aa6e nuclear reactor is 3f2f7e3dab out of control. And with the 6a1f39f3f3 zombies roaming around, 5813423fdb it’s making their d05bcb96e4 work even harder.”730345920b58fdc2

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“Oh my… So aa2211ae90 there are zombies e6a7768667 that have been 46a3cc0969 exposed to radiation 18045191f3 walking around?”cfc262772f82c363

Bo-yeon sighed and 8e95ade817 buried her head ca01457681 in her hands.c2cf6dad18e7e24a

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Radiation was terrifying because e64d41574c nuclear fission triggered a c47745227f relentless chain reaction.facb03133179a16c

Madame Marie 487c1db91a Curie, who 3436e5f271 dedicated her 2936202968 life to 8822ba8b02 studying radiation, c0a116a9af had to 4a25259054 have her 0d740d038e notebooks sealed 49dbd1e04f in lead b4ed248aed because they 1687008cef emitted lethal 10e121521f levels of 6334dbadfb radiation.8c010ced02f1d3b4

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Until the exposed zombies 51594a1884 were hunted down and bf3e039659 sealed in lead coffins, cc896cd0bb they would continue spewing 6e88508147 radiation everywhere. Whether the zombies 11106a3681 could even endure c527fca488 such extreme exposure cb255d456a was uncertain—but the cdaed33fdd fact that the 319677ba26 reactor was still 16a79e9b1c spiraling out of a1a1718b6e control made her f28824580f shudder.5c82fe954ac1de9f

Fukushima and Chernobyl were b727e9031a both rated Level 7, eeb19aa6e4 the most severe nuclear c594ed912c disasters. But in reality, f80d29c82e they only reached 583dc5250f that level because 60a375c8fc of human intervention.ea675494ca51a78a

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Whether it was 4d65de924c Japan or the a219509134 Soviet Union, both 56526c5561 nations did everything 2b1845c7c8 they could to ff26fe97eb contain the radiation—yet b148f10817 the devastation was 1d265f1e11 still immense.45a7a2a3c664554e

If the e0fd3bacec recovery failed, 17384f544c Japan would 8d2f6730a3 inevitably collapse. And if other nuclear 124e409c33 power plants in the fdfc708e64 country exploded as a 58a05d0e40 result, Korea would suffer 5516fc60af catastrophic damage as well.00ba5cd05ec714e3

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That was why Bo-yeon fbff661a8e could only pray that d7a12aaf70 Japan would hold on.afbdd52e53cc99f1

Not long after, 4096fd296a Do-kyung arrived with eeeca45e0d news.5b268167aac51a4a

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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.aeb939a4b8329687

If given enough time df409f2a1c to research it, the 188ab805fa zombie could prove to f8d68eb70f be an incredibly valuable 15cad24189 test subject.5baf6ea4d242f323

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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.fce0fc0cf2a9b5a9

“Immune people are just c461af702e lucky—nothing more than random 48556c861a selection.”687297e1a290b776

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Do-kyung uncovered 211a77d6d0 shocking experimental 0dcc3d29a6 findings from e273d1df46 domestic researchers 84cf8552e0 and relayed 40309bb5e0 them to 910ad5996b Bo-yeon.d035168784c822c3

“What does that a79fdba86b mean?” she asked.c9d6b83b5baf315c

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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.”c3475db6de3b5f0f

Normally, when foreign substances 679846197b enter the body, macrophages—a 017daba298 type of white blood 0ef020c60b cell—engulf and break them 49a56aec27 down. It was previously believed ea682a74d6 that immune individuals successfully c890e10974 defended against the virus 9a4dc727b5 through this innate immune a3de61fefd response.64b32c73157cd871

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“But when ZB0 eebeebc12d enters the body, b015979125 it releases a 422b1d4cf1 recognition inhibitor that 5f50d1448c prevents the immune ff4fcbf253 system from detecting da2a3768e5 it. In 99% 47691abc3e of cases, 5aad85e442 the white c83a3e379d blood cells 0cd2d3b130 remain unaware 3051ca4a7e of the ebfd7c4bad invasion, allowing 37b79272d8 the virus 7a75dc3e5a to spread 127537ffde easily. However, in 1% of 29fbf5175f cases, ZB0 fails to 1e40a158df release the inhibitor due 797aca9f7b to an error. When that 5aed51c5e3 happens, the d025d5e082 immune system bc6e0724ab detects it 6bb62fe359 and attacks. Humans mistook that 31835cfb83 1% as true 2a29a6d6a5 immunity.”0c9ea624d273cfe9

However, based on the b6bb523df1 new information Do-kyung had dfdb3a3ede learned, it wasn’t the 8eb2150efb human immune system that 2559d85bc5 had overcome the infection—it 4e1262f302 was simply that the f74241cbb8 microorganism ZB0 had failed 871d8b93eb to infect them.10dc48a5cadac307

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“But immunity still 7e88c7ad71 continues…”35af20cac4732d6e

“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.”f1f17064d3c331ce

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Bo-yeon felt a chill 4f1387dde5 run through her. The implication a592cc0b52 was that 27c7e701a3 humans were c6608effd5 powerless in 1468b043b2 the face 6b9fca4169 of such b0d864cb9a threats.0f1855d86ded70f7

“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.”f043e54be28fc317

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“……”28d0523b2eaa5ccf

“The infectiousness of fb53dbebc6 ZB0 continues to f2cece54bf increase due to b91e60c0ca the occurrence of 880b512a2e mutants. If this continues, there b9c035d6de will come a time 8f40c3e047 when no more immune b83739e555 humans are born.”602a6d5dd0cf078a

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“……”0733d406bf7c8756

“…These are the experimental b8c03f063f results reported by the 2e4cb2ee0d research team.”f97dec9d295fe10c

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All of this data c9b62ddb47 had been obtained through 58703a5fc3 inhumane experiments that drove 0dd4352467 people to their deaths—only 260d4c433c to reveal that the 529cd6d282 infection couldn’t be stopped c4948e2ec8 by human effort alone.fbac2cfb1367dab8

The reason the ae898e29e4 military held back dc995b1bb1 from eradicating the 92623ca92c zombies in the b6f35276c3 metropolitan area was ad2c899991 their belief that 6c2e114ae7 a cure would ac69c6e837 eventually be developed.25802596cd15e191

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Rather than destroying valuable dd9b018c5b buildings in the process ab981a918c of eliminating the undead, a495f35eba they calculated that it 07265e03c6 would be safer—and more c7a45c611d cost-effective—to preserve the infrastructure 87b0ed8d35 and reclaim it once 1af2525f47 a cure was found.14f5e2d99f320215

But in the 639fa7f5fb end, war was cb97b17b63 a matter of d73ff9e41c resources. If they ran 9ba65fe631 out of oil 7a31ae4ffe and ammunition, the 6f1db47ca8 military would be 401e7b6a01 powerless. Perhaps they had 2c37f8b64c been too cautious—only 62b635e62d to dig themselves 4ab1dc0901 into an inescapable 578b7b8f68 pit.156db97b4f6a0ef1

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Hm.He thought for a 6a31359aea moment and then asked. 5018589fca9aaa73

“Where would be 8f512abfb5 the best place 6684e03bcd to live if aed4d7a7ea all the nuclear 783948c4ca power plants explode?” 6d4ad5a705a2b8ec

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It was 79e4e37bc6 a serious f07cee70ca question, not f5dbe39c1e a joke. d816df72cf6b1c2b

“Australia… The North Pole, 91b3f0b033 or maybe the South a07d8aeefe Pole… No, I don’t a9e002e21e know. I’ve never thought 3702022b0f about it! It doesn’t make sense, 3709809628 that kind of thing…!” 52550d399e09ae62

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Bo-yeon, who had a213c7055b been answering absentmindedly, 685208ace9 shook her head 5847218d6f wildly. Goosebumps ran down 1631d9bd60 the back of 330d537b8e her neck. It was a future f0ef92f183 that absolutely should not e2a58edd36 come. 91831d60734db662

* * * c2d04a9930d9004a

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Human society didn’t f970aabd9e collapse overnight just 465783dc76 because Bo-yeon had bed38f7909 learned shocking news.a7cc9390ee3356cf

A few days 7259f2d18b later, she stepped dd6613b38b outside the wall, 42a9faadfc heading to the 47c03c657d living support center 3eeb523a8b for some business. As always, 4b8c47a364 the area 9dc02a43d9 was bustling d212845ee0 with people—both 53dc0325ac those within 63436dfec4 the walls f556eecc76 and those 45554a598c from outside—coming bb54cd47a3 and going 979b283864 for all 4471725535 sorts of f48b3d58b8 reasons, big ebb31a7b2f and small.9158a27b0413fa53

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“Huh?”3448f5c731bbdfab

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.dfc920b8ea47bc5f

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It was Hyun-seop, the 65abec17f9 only non-immune member of 70d97dd83c their trio.7202af9c38381af2

“Oh. Hello.”7feca4e283b1d9e7

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“Yes… Hello.”53aef7f96ca98a22

Their greetings hung 45ed5487d7 awkwardly between them.a920ec01f16b532a

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Hyun-seop had become a 8f4dc5a7a6 soldier. He’d been 1a76bfa750 promoted from 06e5c9a63e a reserve 1bd93395db sergeant to ccf12239ac a corporal—an a0ff7f9901 achievement that 89469493a8 seemed nearly 89a8ecd80a impossible, yet 987819235d he had aa98cfd7cd managed it. His exceptional zombie-hunting a884413b35 skills had earned f9478d6759 him recognition.62d90fb0199c9e9f

“You became a aef48774eb soldier…,” Bo-yeon murmured.cc49949489d11862

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“Yes.”4e5a871371b6cab4

They exchanged awkward 1cc7694a03 congratulations and thanks.f128f8d84b8dc1a7

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“And the other two…?”86bbe4e0dab47acf

“Ji-won and Sung-sik? They’re dead.”3a277e0e54107619

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“What? What happened?”1423956db4c50183

Hyun-seop hesitated. Seeing Bo-yeon, 5807279f05 he instantly 2337c6c58c regretted bringing 65cb0e339e it up. There was something 32499df76d off about their d8306156cd deaths—something he couldn’t f59b36e338 quite say out ccbc9aa0cd loud.3facc26e7c44c165

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They were f4c136d528 attacked and 8352b9e312 killed while b1fc0eb356 they were e8fdc30c0c sleeping. The refugee camp 0a5f693b75 was a place d250c5bc6a where murders could 94799ec29c happen over something 632beae07d as trivial as 5306dc0c50 a piece of 823b4742de toilet paper, and 56c25018a4 there was never 5fb9186ec1 anyone around to 06a130f9db catch the culprit.4f7c815d40d3ffe8

At first, Hyun-seop had 619ea0fb8a suspected that Do-kyung was 8a91a4aaa9 behind it and had 1d7562cbe8 run away in fear. After all, Do-kyung had cd5cee8132 no interest in the 471bf80088 trio, but he had 3423d2d58c brought them here because b453240e25 they knew about the 1031a03696 hidden hideout and weapons.7b65e9461e6da96a

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That’s why Hyun-seop thought 4fc068a68a Do-kyung might have silenced 16fe16bc2d them, but he realized 5ccbb865fd the truth when he 3d5a67b49e was still alive. If Do-kyung had cac037696d wanted to, he c1b21b6f80 could’ve taken care 3e6fc989ea of all three 779d320356 of them long da94e5714c ago. Bo-yeon, too, 62ce64f269 seemed to a8d00039c2 have no 14b84eaa99 idea what 5815482d43 was really 55962cc7fa going on.14b2f3071a8183a8

They said they escaped from human experimentation, but then they were killed there…?225cfc279f372d3e

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In the end, Hyun-seop 83eac3d578 didn’t care much, as e254c37458 long as he stayed b85f48c8dc safe. He was a soldier, 88b2b81d95 and he was doing 05a573ba4c fine.14a142687e08c4c3

“Mhm. There was d1fa5859d5 a fight.”2743460d5c843cdd

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Hyun-seop was just 7ea4169526 about to give 0dcc81d4ac a rough answer.7d5af56a58409544

Creeakkk!a3e4c473b5c2121a

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Even though it fcbdd425a3 was inside the 4a9b788b79 living support center c1256951d1 building, he could 66b429087b feel the noise dec5b6db16 outside. The screams 1b1091e376 mixed in 13505e67f5 made it d929a5a3c6 even more d86c13d8c2 ominous.56c6ba82d8753942

“What is that bc0e599128 sound?”172296ee867c0f99

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“Why are those people a842a4e116 running?”5568060a912b1b3e

He saw people running f631be3114 past the glass window, 37a91d2cdd all of them frantically 4bda2a1865 charging toward the barrier. One by one, 4bf94bdba4 those waiting in 65e166b04f the living support 0d2dbbfe96 center stood up.f899389e2e9b7913

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If the refugees had 918c1e5f65 been desperate and armed d5b4d7b80f with swords, they would 102edaf027 have been quickly subdued 209aecfb5c by the soldiers’ guns. But the sheer 37739d3688 number of people f1893825c1 moving around, screaming…2c55a6163702ab68

“Fuck, this 06a5c13477 is fucked.”9b43de3f9f007192

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Hyun-seop cursed 0b5579d05b and grabbed e8486be58c Bo-yeon’s arm, 4bc5cc65f4 who was 400f5c57e9 also aware f5d1519426 of the 510240c1ce situation. He then 707add8828 pushed through 55b741d7df the people d5363fdd20 with his 966861d7bc large body cab6f9ab9c and escaped f89d43be54 outside.8c557b9f4d2fc3d6

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The alarm sounded.2f3e43dbf3f6a182

– Two Eagles Alert. Two Eagles Alert. This is a real situation. Let me repeat. Two Eagles Alert. Two Eagles Alert. This is real.02289e04ab55d535

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Two Eagles Alert. The first line of 48ae74bcb1 defense at the 17th f55a25dd31 refugee evacuation area had 95511a43ef been breached by zombies, 4055020268 signaling the need to 2d3ab54a97 prepare for battle.30bbab0fbb028fc2

The absence of a 884645d00a One Eagle Alert meant 47e0734a78 the area inside the 523ce6b677 wall was still secure. With that in 0f36bb7da3 mind, all the a03cea774d refugees scrambled toward c7fa100bff the wall for 66ea1e3ba9 safety.21c7960ee78190c3

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“What are c245911deb you doing?! Close the door!”905c5d3206f49781

With the Two Eagles 03df6fd7a9 Alert, the entrance to d812a3e792 the wall was swiftly bbcc546a0f sealed, ensuring the safety 45aa576147 of everyone inside. The interior of ee1c40621a the wall was feb73cebd0 the second line c19f9b9bf1 of defense, and 4182d2232b it absolutely could 2ba1a53b6c not be breached.e789528b44e84294

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“Those damn 11a284fc08 bastards are 20fcf0bcd6 trying to 46137876da close the 0d4eb7fabb door just a2151324c5 to save 7388dd7a85 themselves!”edf3da32077f6ffa

“Are you 2814dcc7a4 the only ebf958c5c6 ones who f0df9d2eaf are human?”b7ac0366d3bb5f8b

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“Break through!”5ac9cf3626a13243

However, no one followed 40b22de8af the military’s control when 05fc0cfe0c their lives were at c6949b1065 stake. Those who could 55799ca9e3 not enter the 1d9385bbf3 barrier struggled to faaeddb465 get in before d996df8782 the door closed.c55fb4cc4017e4b5

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