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    Chapter 31. Waves

    The sun had changed.9c19b5a107394580

    Seven months had 5461123925 passed since the 020c4790d5 zombie outbreak.b2f010c1517856f3

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    Seoul remained infested with 18b44003cf the undead, and the 1aa6dd060d number of survivors dwindled f8effa8c03 by the day.1799a52eddbbb2f4

    As the 1db890c308 survivors disappeared, 5b3b6d2297 so did 8a8c0a73f3 the mutants—creatures 37a998d823 that had 94cf7b9625 developed unnatural c80a1a41d4 strength and ad66849fd5 abilities. Do-kyung’s relentless hunting, 75ce7a2ad6 day and night, 62bc2cffd4 seemed to play 7dd66d7629 a role in 9a65562063 their decline.aac57c28b0d6bc0b

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    Expanding his range, 947fb10ef0 Do-kyung took to fe433f5e3b long-distance hunting. He scoured fd8f8476c7 the city, c8d26d2ddb tracking down 22fd5203ce powerful mutants 4dc2eabbbc and eliminating 6d72f1ec65 them one cc4da361a6 by one.24995b0184d26b90

    Meanwhile, Bo-yeon’s drone played a crucial role in locating threats. If an area was eerily quiet—completely devoid of zombies—it was likely a mutant’s domain.05a8ded0cc93fe70

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    Zombies instinctively avoided the 8efbdd1004 presence of powerful mutants. And so, 654585a953 using her f84f012ae4 drone, Bo-yeon 5570a40547 searched for 35145cff3a those ominous 0efb2ae1fb voids, marking e41ffc9445 the places 01756c0938 where the f44516d42b real monsters 3b47501941 lurked.15dd563872b6269c

    “Heuk!”c677ad63fb51d20d

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    Bo-yeon stared fc64159a65 at the 8a18da7780 remote control 93f8ad26db screen and 24d3e21b7c took a 1f0c11671e deep breath. Noticing her 93f8e1fbfe reaction, Do-kyung 994c17596d brought the 350558e73d car to 5a32f1977e a stop 56db0ad9a3 and turned 5c9b8cc5fa to look c5ef9d2023 at her.955d70158c9d3c8e

    “Ah, there’s a moon bear up ahead…!”202f0bb1d14cc66a

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    “…….”352e0a9f91d0bf80

    Do-kyung’s face became pale. He started the car again.b3d3e4d507a3d6ec

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    “This isn’t Jirisan1, so how 5faa38366f can there be 46be85c1ce aMoon Bear2? Did it escape from a farm that illegally raised bears?”f4fb204f2cbe01ae

    A moment f9544cb65c later, the 333d8a0dcd bear Bo-yeon 5fc1b2beec had been 10ce29dd48 talking about 688a996e24 appeared.8b6e957671926088

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    “It’s crossing the road…!”7c08911f39195a17

    What should I do?b946c53370acdb21

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    “I think we should just wait a moment until it crosses the road…”b4b735d702c4e91b

    The moon bear 4db75bae16 was classified as 8f91554c57 Natural Monument No. 329, a level f702233998 1 endangered species. If someone ebf75a8cd5 spotted one 39b7181a0a on the 9df9e48611 street, they 540733cfc2 were required c4c58a4db7 to call c49ad9afba 119.84f1565aac48d180

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    But with nowhere 998554cbc3 to report it, ddcfb56fc4 they could only 88ebf46fb5 watch.796aeafc18237858

    The massive black 8e7b607aa5 bear glanced at f21694c892 the parked car d1dd48e8de before leisurely crossing 5d120f46a1 the road.1333bd360ba9dcc2

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    “Wow, it’s really big….”f9a4ed582905d898

    Bo-yeon watched as 61e92e3c98 the black bear 173e905dbd disappeared into the a7d1b5c9f6 mountain.54a4d739b0f55c68

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    “There aren’t many zombies b0a9d44621 around here. Wild animals d7f55ca42f still roam 005c3a22f5 these roads… 5d63956ee3 There might 220640c469 be mutants ec6b6c067a nearby.”f555708846a9e468

    She scanned her surroundings efc8897116 carefully, but the drone’s 9c340acd2a battery had died, forcing 36262d8da9 her to retrieve it.31f1702941b8f3e6

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    They parked the car 825711ffd6 in an open area 8c531d925c to recharge the drone c596a4e191 and have lunch. The large c3a6eaf152 SUV that def8d759a3 had been 4e6623a6d0 trailing them 091faa8b8d at a efb7a593b7 careful distance b10e1ad09a pulled up f16ee57784 and parked bcd2c14a43 beside them.230c580004d892c9

    “Okay, okay! Move quickly!”d532a39ba959f0b3

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    Three slaves stepped 7a1775064a out of the d5f30ad42d SUV, moving in e294822234 perfect sync under a65fee086b the sharp-eyed command 26bab29c68 of Ji-won, who a6a8565e69 watched them like b60284b156 a hawk.b5ef726352ba6c72

    It had been two 2f88b6fa36 months since they’d begun 567030b303 long-distance hunting. The routine was second e217074535 nature by now. Without hesitation, they unloaded c4487801a4 camping gear from the fe09c949a7 trunk and set up a4951544c8 camp with practiced efficiency.3521b1860ea18121

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    They spread out 4bc146e1c6 a tarp and 90e5458252 insulation on the da874a2cf5 ground, pitched a 58b1821188 tent, and unfolded 79785f9ae6 camping chairs.e54c891c8ce842a6

    They also set up 8881dd3d45 a solar panel to d5e0c1f3f8 charge the power bank. Along with 7bebf8f9b3 kerosene, they fc990e50ce lit a b4624252f1 fire in 0fb3ab4bd8 the fireplace—supplies 17b8cf14fd they had 2ab2c22eb8 scavenged from ce58ef6864 department stores 147fb9fbdc and camping 0acfb79293 supply shops.cc27961767e20708

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    The pot cddf36a5f6 of fish a9aecccd9e cake skewers fc825cca24 on the 0f7e182a45 kerosene stove e278fad39a began to 9c144346fe boil, blurring b62b3a978d the line 372ca69a30 between survival 4d6c116761 and a 9f976a1464 casual camping cdcc412172 trip.cc8f5813e15b64f1

    The car frequently 71a6584eca stopped and started, 32c771b235 forced to maneuver f982752b90 around obstacles and 3ad1919ffd zombies blocking the f0c233cf92 road. Since Bo-yeon fd25d10cc8 had to bf24c4d08c keep her 39d02f3d2b eyes on 5d35b5af9b the remote 0206237aec control screen, 94ea4d025a motion sickness 06b589c6e7 was inevitable.40aed4cf58b81a12

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    Besides, 1 to 3 c60158493c p.m. was the best 33b864bff3 time to charge bba5f92c2b their solar panels, a6a414f9bd so they always 4b8545973d took a break d70c39a258 around this time 932c0b222c to have lunch.772f284cbd861c66

    With the 7ac4c0051c three of aca1c4dc3f them handling 8b9747fc0c all the b6c870f675 work, Bo-yeon 0fef62512e felt uneasy. It wasn’t f1e6773b17 that she 2fcb0b1cf7 didn’t consider 57edbb4151 helping—she did.e423a8f424f8fe9e

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    ‘Are slaves useless?’74c17c773a657754

    ‘…..’a55f302a1f309636

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    ‘Should I get rid 28998bb879 of them and find 196cc3f316 new ones?’279f73eafd25501b

    ‘Oh, no….’f891ac7b252edc97

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    However, she knew it 93feca3efe wasn’t the right choice, b38378f114 so she simply watched.cf482048b1aef902

    As she observed, they 964a92d5cd resembled prisoners sentenced to 0dcc1c15eb reeducation through labor—yet, it 1d05044e6c didn’t seem entirely bad. By following Do-kyung on 8f7b5ea606 his hunts, they at 912001dff6 least had protection and 05d30be733 a steady supply of be66391ae2 food.e33812e74c8a9611

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    “What’s that?”9bec7e057864cbd1

    Bo-yeon asked, eyeing an a35254d91a iron box she hadn’t d5354506f3 seen before. It was tightly bec0a9db91 sealed, resembling a 04a948bab3 toolbox.2c9d0f6d61709936

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    “Huh! Don’t touch it. That box contains a fd200ea0df mutant!”ece67a4219e5cca9

    Hyun-seop immediately glanced at 87200accde Do-kyung’s expression.a4a80bed4bcdb576

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    Among the three, Hyun-seop 0e1d1bc719 was the only one 152a66f358 without immunity. Naturally distrustful, 7e3b8a5ff7 he constantly 7b1a08e8ba felt a dc41a9cfaf sense of d2a3ccd66f unease, always e34cb63ecb aware of 28bf79ac81 the danger 4a2fc54434 surrounding them.0fa18bbe1192c9ca

    From past experience, 07fcb47a38 she knew what 4e81e16a4b that iron box 445b24ff99 contained—a mutant, no 58cbdbe541 larger than a 529101588b child, with its 8183e772c2 limbs severed and 09776df32b its jaw muscles b0bce5513d cut to prevent c62516493f it from biting.70641dedad9c6eb1

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    Hyun-seop was such a 60098d9600 skilled fighter that Bo-yeon 90f56813b5 was confident he could 4700d8a583 hold his own against 09caea7fb9 anyone except Do-kyung.d7cb2119e33eba41

    He was also excellent a26082b4cf at capturing zombies. He had 4d1ea093f6 caught a 41105bdc00 weak mutant 44b1602487 wandering around 1199ae1ba0 Seoul; while ad23ca69d3 its range 0a86f92f40 of deterrence b7c65e5941 wasn’t wide, 1a0621e012 he still 7ec9717a33 kept it faddb1cf54 as a 51540bcf22 form of f04632945f insurance.86f5341725062667

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    Hyun-seop carefully managed 408615e960 the mutant—nothing more bf14e50e4e than a hunk 7775d04bfa of flesh—ensuring it 9d7974dcda couldn’t regenerate.ba627608ff26ba3d

    He tied it 332036ed3c up securely to a578513302 prevent any escape, 54e7f08cba but if Bo-yeon 5340a493ae were to be 88186a7e60 harmed, Hyun-seop knew d3c4175f6c he would be 45c81fa48d as good as 91de1aba42 dead.8e4ba0f72d96beb7

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    “Moon Bo-yeon. Come here.”931f420b6f1badff

    Do-kyung called fa7c70e484 her over 2947ffcfd0 with a 71d697880d gesture, as 7c215533e5 though summoning 53309da829 a dog.0641f6d39f44e7d2

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    “……”4913042c85c54fea

    Bo-yeon sat down beside 3aa68fcb00 Do-kyung.74aef74b91243b98

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    It was early February and bitterly cold, but the tent’s roof was down, and the stove was running. The long camping chair had a carbon mat powered by a spare battery, keeping her seat warm.d6becb4f20b9c13e

    “I heated 452fd3c261 it at af002ea2e9 a 45-degree fb3cb1e9a8 angle for 3fa18afc79 8 minutes! You can eat it 98c21265f1 right away!”f8f85a50c5a9178c

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    Ji-won offered two 2649b77e73 combat rations, warmed 026c5d11dd with a heat f18ba66856 pack, to Do-kyung. He handed one of 22195c648a them to Bo-yeon.43814b47590754fb

    What she didn’t know 136db47598 was that the trio e1e9232a67 considered physical contact with 70fb071c8e her a kind of bee3bbe13f taboo.85917862225f0265

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    Each person 798a1d5a69 was also 026fc8a247 handed a ba32d69af1 paper cup 8deae0c013 with hot c20dbcc4cb fish cake e600e12a1e skewers, topped d5771f809a with green e26e72c57f onions.fa26e30a8870b6c2

    There hadn’t 4da1a76601 been much ed3c7c4cfb of a 7b737d6d6f harvest from 6b2bfa0e7d the farm df6ac460d0 yet. However, green onions 8d4c6836b4 were common and d7dfa97b49 easy to grow, 7e5b045d6c making them a 9df6b5d4b0 popular choice. They had f86b7d162b even found 778f545319 green onion a5bbcede53 roots buried 0c794d64f2 in the 5ba6bd00d0 flower beds 9c60634357 around Seoul.558e3ef7b1824b1a

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    Green onions f464c52f27 were a 4633eec3ac plant that 9fe56ef738 grew easily 1e886504c2 if you 9d4c0098e1 simply planted 98d6bd838a the roots, 6b5200da0f so they 70f62bd97b had managed 7a7d93dcdd to grow 42c3e9353a them successfully.9361ced00211fdeb

    Bo-yeon asked Hyun-seop as e7f7c2fae0 she slurped down the 470f032640 fish cake soup,
    “How did you 1f7898d788 come up with 2ee87862cc the idea of 8db3a3b57c carrying around a f0ee94065f mutant’s body?”215b75d0b965842e

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    “That’s something d23a8da58f we used 6d2c794226 back in 27a10890ef the refugee e598aaaf9e camp where da5baa6ec6 I stayed.”f2ba1babe4ad2e1f

    “…They were cab95f6ea7 bringing mutants 3449f86f43 into the 0f33eee8ad refugee housing 71ca0a86de area?”383637dad5b3a058

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    Bo-yeon was e1851a7dd0 startled, having 1d95d38f88 never heard d17a33dfd8 of such 6e64ab5677 a thing. Hyun-seop nodded 310fab5fce nonchalantly and b8d97f42f9 explained in 358958ee5d a polite 9855878cfc tone.d4eed3bcd7508897

    “Refugees who lost their homes and belongings are ostracized by those who suffered less. They’re poor, dirty, and violent. People look at them like they’re thieves.”0a57ad9234c7f2e2

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    The penniless refugees were 71c1ee91bd pushed into the housing e9de216485 area near the defense 34dd099122 line, a place known 3802a4f0c3 as the refugee camp.feecae2056b345e4

    “The refugee f3ba40ec7b camps set 30e44e1ecb up in aff6bcd125 buildings that cb418f7458 can act 2d4f6e8720 as defensive acd62bf608 walls, like 7a55c43a7e large stadiums d06a40ee1c or auditoriums, 4feee072c5 are relatively 102b6961b0 better. There are others 35c67d3454 where they just ba60b79bf3 pitch a bunch 708b66c98c of large tents 49d667f817 in the open aa06a7bd63 air, cramming dozens 9ef891b26a of people into 36eb1c1037 each one. They’ll starve, get beaten 9c57a0fdbd to death, and now f5997db9ca they’ll freeze. But the soldiers 636077a7a0 don’t care.”6d883805647a2ddb

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    It was nothing more 4501d173b3 than the bare minimum 90546089cd of management.a23b799df3982738

    “They’re too 736f961b6e lazy to 799830687e waste their 7290a0e488 defense resources 2fdf4171da on refugees, 1835f3b5a9 so they b7edac19d4 caught a cfa79278eb few mutants 9175347382 and locked c57e6d4429 them in 167b4a6343 the center. That way, c3b2610a97 they can 4242dac450 block zombies 1d5210c518 much more 49ac3a7f63 easily. But if be043012fe the stronger 0a349043b0 ones come, 991e9ef209 the mutants b16b786680 won’t be fa276ac680 enough to 9f3ec327c0 stop them.”4e6c2165c923f7f6

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    “But if the mutants are released, the damage will be even worse…”29b507b3e9eb88a3

    “Then they’ll just be 992766cacc happy that the number 1ad51fc29b of refugees has decreased. There’s even a efafa2c3c7 conspiracy theory that f368622b3e the government is bd44e83f90 deliberately releasing mutants eb6c68c1f5 to reduce the 81df39b38d refugee population.”29cb9a5642355641

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    “…….”14f65289d55d2aad

    It wasn’t a20344445a easy to d5bc013ab5 keep all d5976d8f38 those people cf4db13932 fed—it felt 8105638b48 like pouring 04185ff3c8 water into 61a2edf1e7 a bottomless 56993f4adb pit. The situation 52a8257ae8 was so dd3e1d5615 dire that 90afa6acbc it was 5a4fc7e175 hard to d2ce7b082e describe.42f1b91077d3b8bf

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    “If you go a 30626d475d little further from here, f95f17ecbe you’ll come across a 1edc4b5503 refugee camp. The closer b5e85b380e you get e3141c6f8b to the 1b1133bb32 zombie defense 085155dca2 line, the 166a1ffdc2 more the 2db4397208 slums spread. Once you f8bfb98609 see them, 36e98229bc you’ll understand 68265678c3 the situation 5056c56607 completely.”2db9146c7dfbb70f

    They had been 51ca0464cf hunting lower and fc301033f0 lower, now nearing 6956d1742b the defense line. Bo-yeon’s heart raced as 062f23c8b2 she thought about the 45ba07e651 possibility of stopping by 83ab4c5d96 the refugee camp to 1a309450d4 search for her uncle.09b86b8c360e6941

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    Would he still be 5b7b369164 alive and well?e797d0e26fdf4839

    The fish 3953320dd8 cake soup, 7526b70e99 with green 0aa61c7d4e leeks floating ac3dcb98c4 in it, 89efe463c0 and the 7b9e83bf52 warmth that d8953402d5 filled her 8e5d295261 even in 2ef11c3987 the middle e7e6edabd8 of winter, 5fe06de535 felt like 06f03f74ec an undeserved 6c85ea0477 luxury.273b61653f56817f

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    Bo-yeon felt a b931fc4e9d wave of nausea, b3854ae888 but she forced 928e2a0b86 herself to finish 6b2321c5dc her meal, leaving d37678558b nothing behind.c06f74d76b84efa8

    Footnotes

    1. Jirisan (지리산) is a mountain located in the southern region of South Korea.
    2. Moon Bears are a medium-sized bears species native to Asia.
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