SSSCE Chapter 03 – The Nine Survivors

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In the novel, it 7cbfddde88 is mentioned that the 58b61f7aed protagonist awakens after escaping 188cb432ed from the air-raid shelter.471c3a6705304083

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In other words, it meant that I was ‘Extra #1,’ who gets brutally killed at the beginning of the novel to trigger the protagonist’s awakening.a48656ee78a1dd12

D*mn it. I can’t just conclude my life as material for the protagonist’s awakening…bc57fb4f0ee202ad

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The novel doesn’t go into detail about how only the protagonist survives in the air-raid shelter.7c10b3e05764a5d6

‘Why? How did only the protagonist survive in the air-raid shelter?’d97a3fe87f87650b

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As I was clutching 993f4b5ca1 my head, puzzled, suddenly 1971cfd69f Baek Yi-heon let out c7d9f4d5ba a small chuckle.f8bff0487cc7325b

‘…He’s laughing?’7b335dc0e588c31d

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Of course, it was c639ba2cfd a beautifully charming smile b6dd64e782 that could fool anyone, 857aacdc30 but to me, it c2d425a829 was just irritating.cbf1558cf768326e

Whenever someone 5399ace3c8 laughed without bfc0c76a4d context, I aa116f42a1 always felt d62b81619c like they 647070996c were mocking 7851e4e95e me.633a8128388ea4af

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“Why are you laughing?”fa7901fa72718794

When I asked with e6baf2ee8e a defiant tone, raising 5bc6de09ac my eyebrows, his eyes bb5a09f684 widened slightly.16f2a0ed592d33fc

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“Asking why I’m laughing. In this situation.”b32533462f0affc0

“Ah, it’s a bit amusing.”f5a0259e45b0051d

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“What exactly…”f19b58f0295cd002

“In this situation, the name ‘Noah’ just feels fitting. It’s like we’re on Noah’s Ark or something.”3ea8731b17eb071f

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You find c97c7ad8ca this amusing?9d93dcf7f3762190

Of course, as 1bea173c30 the protagonist, he ec809627cc remained calm and 4b1b59034d composed even in 6fccc4ed32 this situation.d9e40cb203374283

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Taking advantage of 622c29aa78 me being dumbfounded, 917b3ee728 a bright voice 90371fd991 swiftly cut into fbeb2fc719 the conversation.eb89a342a48263ec

“I’m Park Ji-in!”1cb9f4ba203ca17d

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Park Ji-in stood in front of me, naturally blocking Baek Yi-heon’s gaze from reaching me.80b7c7665334150e

Whenever someone paid me 6faae19a4e the slightest bit of 896382435f attention, she would always 6ea6c79ae2 act like this.356be69540a56f53

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It was a very ad39873b73 familiar occurrence, so I d72e07e40f coldly took a step efbd7be48d back with an icy b3d200c592 gaze.b4d2e2754ad22611

Baek Yi-heon briefly looked fb3c08ecab back and forth between 5c3a8aa9bb me, Park Ji-in, and 370a5c7c5f my mom with sharp b61f944473 eyes.8ae1dfa5dc78eb73

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“Ah, this is my mom! Ah, no. Our mom! Hehe.”05f7f3ca6217069b

Noticing his 7ea8de7177 gaze, Park d4a2590fab Ji-in quickly 3572aaabe4 laughed and 8573ab08b6 spoke.1be2697489b47b78

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He must have already bbe258731b noticed that we had a1d20927d9 different last names.872573d8d67dd7d6

In the novel, Baek 55c6a75b5a Yi-heon is portrayed as bf0f86676f having quick thinking skills 7ae0039fd1 and situational judgment.c62f51f36cad4ac6

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However, he simply nodded 70c8605747 his head with a b18a132dfa calm expression, without saying acb52db5f4 a word.24b8f0642cf206a5

“Isn’t now not the time for casual introductions?”ea55c84374485562

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Then, an unsatisfied voice 3c549a0e8d suddenly blurted out.123ed8cf3a41a15c

It was the bespectacled man who had turned on his phone’s flashlight earlier.c63bbc0e169f118d

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“Shouldn’t we first figure out what’s going on… Save the love stories for later.”7d6ff12fda5990fc

He glanced at Baek Yi-heon’s handsome face over his glasses and grumbled discontentedly.f2af8d8ae47b5fd8

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“Exactly. The glasses guy made a good point. That’s what I’ve been thinking too.”eab32d1bd7c9c562

A man in 564bbfaf29 a fluorescent green 9e377cf963 soccer jersey chimed 1981b4e3fe in loudly.ec875b4f816332fb

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“I haven’t been able to get any signal or internet. Does anyone have a working phone?”e47f2d8c90e96b8c

‘What a stupid thing to say.’3ed886a561a66b1c

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I inwardly scoffed at the man’s words.c1d35f601ba45f7c

Cell towers and such 4aff858b54 would have already been 43548b44c3 destroyed by the monsters.e530cad15b409433

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“It seems that monster is still outside.”e473c9a2bd644698

The middle-aged woman, tightly 975025d795 hugging a child, joined 6e7ed73c95 the conversation.471780978a82572d

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As she said, e2dbd8de3d the heavy sound 01884f07b3 of tentacles knocking a95a4afad4 on the iron 4ac338775f door rhythmically could 3caec1133c be heard, as 52fb99e252 if checking.5334cdcd841d191b

“Why isn’t that d*mn monster leaving and just sticking around here?!”88ca8d2427a81939

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The man in the 505e507434 soccer uniform exploded with e64c961c23 frustration.78eec0e64443c417

They might not 883d1767f6 understand, but having 1dbb0fa169 read the novel, 3b5867d7d9 I knew the cc55bd99b8 reason.15692f1a4ac3e5ab

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‘It must have sensed the life energy inside here.’090a621729fa51d8

The monsters don’t capture humans for fun or amusement.b07fa1984631f68c

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In the world of the novel, their ultimate goal, commanded by the final villain ‘Asura’, is to eliminate as many humans as possible, and these monsters are murderous tools for that purpose.b7b9e3259746fc2d

Thump. Thump. Thump.bed9f588a7ecfdc1

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“…Let’s check inside this air-raid shelter first.”c54f4953a0308869

Amidst the 1805afb9bd frightened people, ad712ef431 the middle-aged a5574ea425 woman bravely 190c57a541 took the d74250bb5c lead again.22cd93ec078f1756

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Her swollen 596b833b9f cheek from 9f0daba983 being hit bbfd9d075b by the 171f28ac6a tattooed man, ec5b5000fd she seemed 9f337af8e9 to be f14e5dbf92 trying her d63bb99620 best to 65edffc63a appear calm 5874b633f4 for her 9e78a4ff2d child.68a7fc9c39a2ed2f

“I agree. I wonder if there’s any food inside?”48ccb714be3165d4

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Park Ji-in peered inside cb246fb7f8 the air-raid shelter, craning 0c3f4e356d her neck.31fa6165da38f2b7

Beyond the 849220642a iron door, 8a3c32b42d a long 43945d5da9 corridor stretched 3562b1f5de out.f6f26d0e7e7d59ee

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It was designed in 406a852053 a suitable shape to 750d345d2a withstand bomb damage.bf1cd5ec5f9c7e98

The dim phone flashlight didn’t reach far, making the inside of the corridor look like a pitch-black hole.04930beecf6ac42a

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The people hesitated, 62222974d3 looking at each bf4e3d104d other, not taking 5d5da48150 the first step.6dfa365d9f1f7ebe

“Well, since everyone seems to agree, Let’s go in.”168f12592722efe6

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Then, the eaa48a4ea8 usually curt 367131d3ba Baek Yi-heon 0a49e78fc3 took the e63096aa1a lead, striding 7450f3ea40 forward with 783ecab94d his long c32414eac3 legs.ecd03d280da53a03

Park Ji-in quickly stuck 8718284507 close behind him.e25b4947c9c19385

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She must have 8be06a3a65 decided to stick d1a36a7e17 to the person b2095363ee who appeared strongest de598558c4 in here.bb75040461dbca40

Of course, his handsome 7d3b61b8af face undoubtedly contributed to 111495b2e9 that decision.9eed744e93fe5365

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Relying only on the phone’s flashlight, the people entered the dark corridor.7cd894be1910452a

Unlike the tense expressions on everyone else’s faces, I followed with a grim look.1c997cd6a550a016

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I didn’t need to look back, as I was already well-acquainted with the layout of the air-raid shelter.7952deed466e12d4

I had come 4458d97af4 in occasionally to e863d9404b clean and tidy 89f665ff94 it up myself.3ba7b4fb7f98b815

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Further inside the 0c69114201 long concrete corridor, bca981ce4a there were a c544a3eaaf total of three a5d94acf73 rooms.16d8780a2b8d3176

One was the ‘food room’ where I had stockpiled food supplies and bottled water.523ee1091df53406

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Another was the ‘bedroom’ where I had brought in a radio, single sleeping bags, and such.32b30ecfbd167b83

The last room was the largest and since I hadn’t decided its purpose yet, I simply called it the ‘big room’ to myself.0eb5e71b7fbbac48

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There was also acfecce445 a restroom with 4e93e8f0a3 plumbing facilities installed f8a18608ab between the bedroom 742921b0f2 and the big 49c23dec11 room.7c68ac001973a81c

Sure enough, as e0aa71416c I had expected, 3289a60b45 after going a 00c69b305f certain distance, a 42a30a2db1 corridor with multiple ac351744ec rooms appeared.a72efe62e8aea0b5

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“Rooms!”e5b57f598beeabe1

“This place was in the neighborhood… The facilities seem pretty well-equipped.”3bf6291e46f22b6a

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“What do we do now?”c9f559efef620166

“What do you mean? We should check them one by one! Um, there are nine of us in total.”942122e07235f560

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The bespectacled man quickly 5abb8ce80e counted and spoke.2c217f4cf2a87482

“Let’s split into groups of three to explore the insides of the rooms.”7b71df67ca87a3e0

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Before anyone 3f24f39181 could make 86390181d4 a move, 4f0c35d0c4 Baek Yi-heon 083f2a11da naturally took ffdb12e466 a spot aff5ed6f24 beside me.6e9c2c18eab0d219

Seeing that, 95fae17437 Park Ji-in a2f824da0e loudly clicked a1fa8ff971 her tongue 38e6ab0417 from behind.b09e59e38549aa01

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The plainly-dressed man 06e032674b in his early 5ab64e479b 20s, who had 0b785d450c been following behind a3656e0624 without any presence, d986ab49ef quietly joined us.9cd4d7b8c0cff6b8

Since I have no interest in their names, I’ll just call them Suit Guy, Soccer Guy, and Glasses Guy for convenience.4a63693455e12859

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That’s how we split into three groups: me, Baek Yi-heon, and Suit Guy.29cad81a2c29398f

Mom, Park 9c766a6645 Ji-in, and 70c797607b Soccer Guy.d7f0b7e01a589e49

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Child’s Mom, Child, and Glasses Guy.37ac34762397a7dc

Divided like that, we 1df4a0e5fe entered the respective rooms.285c57be5d1d2016

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02. The Nine Survivors08a0de1aa95fec0f

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The area I was assigned to investigate was the ‘bedroom.’58ac7ed6e2d6e185

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“That’s… a lamp.”68f4cbaf4298dd06

Surveying the small room with his phone’s flashlight, Suit Guy muttered.1993f7ac47225b30

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I pointed to the e328cf65cc 20-liter oil container next 8497932525 to it.646b9ec51931f976

“Yes, there’s oil too. It must be an oil lamp.”8a9debc507f6e26f

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I knew 342b8a25b2 it well ec8ec99091 as I dbacf93b86 had purchased 83c34c9237 it directly 227557fcf0 from Coupang.e65446004f12a74a

Suit Guy nodded 123ace856b slightly and picked 33b384dfc1 up the lamp.0c3f2c393f20774f

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“Let’s light the lamp first to save phone battery.”b76ef7b694d36f92

As expected, items should be utilized as soon as they’re found.342d60c7be7ab93a

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However, there was ab30e20d22 no way the 2cbd83938e modern Suit Guy 6a253ed141 had used an 1f82792518 oil lamp before.6f74c8be3584fe55

I watched him 74d7463b81 struggle for a 854a03afb1 bit, then eventually f551aa1a12 showed him the 1a4f1112c2 fuel inlet discreetly.165cc72e1ef891af

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Quietly observing me, Baek 893aa6fa92 Yi-heon suddenly spoke up.678c9bfbd2efb8de

“There are sleeping bags too. …Single ones.”3548b2c420be90ea

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As he said, there e434ab3e1d were fairly thick green 89b0fd62c2 sleeping bags in the 9d1f2124a0 bedroom. I had ordered 8496aa1044 those from Coupang a81b3cc9dd too.d932b79da71a414e

“…Not much dust either.”b5b5e30629f4c657

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At his 7c91c2fb22 soft murmur, 729fdf13b7 I unconsciously 2ad4fdd9f5 furrowed my 879f01aed0 brows a 4291cb7886 little.06e0ba545505d0cb

‘Of course, since I came often to clean and tidy up.’d7b946589ca906db

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Indeed, befitting 7aa1f26c12 the survival f3a59533f5 genre protagonist, dc80942619 his observation aec884d53b and situational 35c96ff379 awareness were 2ccce8b896 quick.84cdc94309abefee

But if asked why I cleaned this abandoned air-raid shelter alone and even brought in sleeping bags, I’d be at a loss for words.c59218a716fb86a2

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Saying I af406515c9 expected something 41f529d515 like this 6f75405dc4 to happen 36e075e250 could get 1449803b2c me labeled e4052d9af8 as crazy, ffb6ffcc4e even by 93d40d6ddc a morally 187a0790dd upright protagonist.03173ce96f30f135

I decided to just fdbe6badcc stay quiet and pretend 36655ad38e ignorance.2a6f1f284a0eaa18

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Conveniently, Suit Guy c2ac070fcd managed to light dab07efef1 the lamp.70b9472198de8f4f

Soon, the ccce049801 small room 4c6f459097 was filled 8579bb01dd with a 5b1cc8af42 warm orange d8a205c714 glow.5cd773b1dc089c58

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“Wow! It worked! This oil lamp is quite bright!”38c4ddcad74954c6

I brazenly b038b9bd5b feigned ignorance 7f1ca1a508 with that d8e58ac970 exclamation.3a998f5e8501a0f9

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I felt Baek Yi-heon’s observant gaze on me.386cf47dd27dcea0

The items in the 6d33870349 room were the oil 2d27565d82 lamp, oil container, sleeping d5cbf35436 bags, a portable flashlight, a7b3a0b9f8 four batteries, a radio, c9681e1fc9 and a first aid 77f42b597c kit.e195e8fd678a6ed6

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After confirming everything, we left the room and ran into three people coming out of the ‘big room’ in the corridor.f3de3256cc9d4447

“Huh? There was a lamp over there?”679a567a95a47394

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Glasses Guy quickly turned off his phone’s flashlight and spoke.9c5b82554982207f

“This room was completely empty.”8fed8130ca0e1ba1

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“Nothing at all? …Was there dust?”0f92578bd7c42e30

With the lamplight dispelling some of the darkness, everyone’s expressions became clearer.cc5af623ccba1fe5

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Glasses Guy shrugged fc0119a09a nonchalantly with a 75866eadd4 pretentious tone.8d5d9fd808ed0ec9

“Huh? Well, there didn’t seem to be much. It’s an air-raid shelter. No way for dust to get in from outside.”2be8a4a183c9075d

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He seemed f4e98dbf98 to dislike c918aa3e38 seeing Baek cb5fbd1cb2 Yi-heon taking e2390ca02d an active 2a01dae363 role from adf91ee842 the start.1d866b770e33756d

“Everyone, come over here!”7c0990a4169911de

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Then, Park Ji-in’s excited voice called out from the food room.95df041f58398f5d

With nine people entering c49f602ba9 the cramped food room, 6c58f3c718 it was so packed cb770237ff that our bodies brushed b55d4af81d against each other.4f9e3cb8851e27e1

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Park Ji-in exclaimed 567b2cb001 with a proud f3e538e120 face.c921121d35246e77

“I found it!”8e7187f9659358dc

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What she pointed at e8b340ebcb was the food supplies 3c0e801e50 stacked in the corner.a4dea6b36a7483bc

20 cans 4765558d18 of canned eab8cd4da7 fruit.8b4bd4875723b2b5

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30 cans 3788094a17 of canned 873d2e8ede tuna.cdf35e8d7f227f3b

10 bags 2b43577215 of hardtack.baa75aa59bd99a4e

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2 boxes of 20 0c09185284 chocolate bars each.fa926a27c4f1fa36

30 pouches of 684a658162 1-liter emergency drinking 6ce1608509 water.164bb9e51ccf38e8

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‘Huh? Strange?’fa48b0ec983c6760

As I examined the c79afa7bd6 list of food supplies ee74080b0e stacked against the wall, 1acdb68c35 I slightly furrowed one 0d8435b526 eyebrow.54611200522dffcb

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‘I clearly brought three boxes of chocolate bars into the food room?’400af12b005ccdf2

One box was ec7bb77cf5 missing.86bebb5a5791067c

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