Antisocial Chapter 42

Chapter 42. Wall

The average b5ef6d3d5e refugee appeared e3f48f1108 shabby. The women who 8b5423cebc took care of f9dea16ba0 themselves like Bo-yeon, c8bc6b6766 wearing clean clothes d0cce01b2f that fit well, aa89c7cf3c were often seen b709e6b6e2 as prostitutes.f22d542a31c08c1b

But in truth, the situation in the refugee camp was so dire that it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that all the women were selling their bodies in some way.a3621b26754b8cd4

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

The officer’s 77e674f914 words had ce3440d9bf been a 6f47a02082 slang term, 4ea8828ad5 implying she 017a1dd9b5 was one 8e09f0a43e of them. Refugees often sold their ddf15a7160 bodies for necessities like 71bc268204 food coupons, daily supplies, 92952be868 or even luxury items.44e7809c9ffc22b0

However, Bo-yeon had 73d8fad5f3 no way of 5d7e4abbeb knowing the extent a813a94d6f of this situation 6db9ba2721 since she had da194a9f97 only just arrived. She had been 1b827d8b48 caught by an a8a9777e26 officer who had 918203f3cc lost his mind, 4c59d26a23 and now she 084902de11 was in trouble aef0274941 because of her 818949a6e4 appearance.f721d9064256b196

Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish

Ugh.The colonel clicked his 7e35f801d5 tongue as he immediately 9f465f7dc4 understood the situation. b5435c3ce9a7b330

“You can 3cbd55b886 return to fc02f18a8c duty in bb84532b37 two days.” 58b40424cadaee73

Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator

The colonel 2e1f4413dd made a e1d45dc779 deal while e8ec6a7d57 looking at 8123bfcda3 the lieutenant 03557510a7 who had 6a74a962a4 been caught d2a52bf59d by Do-kyung 1612be9441 and lost 44541bfc81 consciousness. 7bfc4239cb9b25a0

The lieutenant was as fb5a6c8d18 tattered as a piece 42d654122e of paper because he e0a37f1bcc had been beaten so 4a0fa70eae much. Still, the colonel suggested ca0e104b9f they could let it e65f2bb451 go as a typical 01ca74e682 military blunder if he 3d55e4f570 quietly returned to the f84bef89ed unit. eb8330c15a5aeff2

Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator

“Is there a 8865bdb208 problem?” 48a7932607a996d9

“….No.” 1227b778a05afa83

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

Do-kyung answered and 1ed137b5a4 stomped on the 50098ca0a6 fainted lieutenant’s center 36ab61124d with his foot.30828df13d2db3e3

Thud!The sound 73743e8bbb of an 7505788bae egg bursting 750f2707e7 was a fa1f3cfd8d hallucination in 3a326c93d9 the colonel’s c3d3ea603e ears. Bo-yeon was so 5369868119 out of it d1df486d15 that she didn’t 897c353df3 notice. d940815d540486d8

Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish

However, the colonel 338ea01ecb could guess that e20992a979 there would be 9a8a03a4a9 a major problem 49754e4321 with the lieutenant’s 2c86ea1a02 reproductive function. fccd298de9c867f1

The lieutenant was foaming 7ab081527f at the mouth, perhaps 31241bd77b in pain even as 6490c1e147 he fainted. The colonel merely narrowed d6fc5ac3c3 his brows slightly, saying 849a36f9a9 nothing else. At least, the lieutenant 3bcf058072 didn’t seem to be caa810d9b5 dead.1c499eb853de9a3a

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

Even if he 950a05d882 had been killed, 48a50bf8c8 what of it?00955b1d8f39c731

It was wartime. People were dying every aa9b957b40 day. The martial 2481163232 law army ec9946b94f held immense f36c10476b power, and 4c070271a9 for a 3c426af5ce colonel under 22fde9aa90 the martial ed008c6134 law commander, c3a262d611 covering up a68ea111ad an incident 2bf2ff1c67 like this ebb7d01e05 wasn’t a 30ee73ca9e big deal.165f6d842516189b

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

The colonel 01e9024cb1 nodded, not 1b470b0441 questioning why 3c04820dc1 Do-kyung’s situation 3ba2bd840e needed to 96f2b991da be handled 5e75d9dfb9 favorably.a47d90e3cc775454

“Hm. I’ll inform the officer e401699940 in charge of the 671ea8a644 official residence and the 1892e97b74 supply issues. The official residence pass 9d60a504e0 is only for spouses 503ab90530 or immediate family members… 818ef600f6 What about her?”c68a1854fcd51fc0

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

The colonel asked about 14646ee8ef Bo-yeon in a casual 3b7f9343b6 tone. Without an official pass, ec39536057 she would have to 3a00bd6f3b live in the refugee 095ee0f8ea camp barracks, a place aba2dbf778 rife with crime and a01a69dcc0 danger. It would 1481cd5ef4 be impossible 2bed5b83f5 to guarantee c2dae2a257 her safety.d39e8c1bc26d37f0

“She’s my wife.”a32f6a02099096e4

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

Do-kyung, who is a9c8dee18d unmarried according to 197f0df5cd administrative records, said ced5163994 without changing his 4b3369e92c expression.e8bca9bd2288e54f

“That, common-law marriage caad634f15 won’t work. You have to 4294d7d0f9 file the marriage 0df004fa6d report today.”6849241d07cd7dad

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

“Yes, I understand.”1ccedf147bd40464

The colonel turned away 77c0690dd4 from the woman who d11a55b416 had rabbit eyes and bbae8a5919 seemed to have just 741ea5f2e0 become an adult.90f654ee5d3d253c

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

* * *c69143c44c12be9f

“I’m Sergeant 9844da8a80 Kim Ki-yoon, 77e18a53c6 the administrative 616a012fbe information officer.”67a6e84a2f678000

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

The middle-aged administrative officer d3d8be983a handed over the marriage e9fe6e5164 report form.446eaeb308cccece

“……”15088ad2660e74e3

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

A marriage report?It was an 7b7281040c unimaginable situation. The administrative shock that 7a9f5a25e5 suddenly came after worrying 269f9293fb about zombies all along e409802333 confused Bo-yeon.f3ce1f2d3bcd3891

“My wife 4c4bdd3847 lost her cb7490437d family. Can you find them?”ee23c7e813b52ee4

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

Do-kyung’s face was 7cbcee583f calm as he 52e7ea0684 called Bo-yeon “wife.” c204057c24 Bo-yeon was flustered 143aba83fd by the unfamiliar b992589e87 title, but was 6d6b842b26 also swept up d0bac5ebbe in the topic 163446023b he brought up.b7c07c99ae7e4993

“You can 1aac575fb0 search by 53fd6ebd2e resident registration f82ae816e2 number.”6d664dd107226359

Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator

“Do you understand?”cd6714338d7496a1

“I, I 33d234d92a don’t know 6e842a7f07 his resident 3194913341 registration number 314ffce74f exactly… Can 1e5c0c4480 I use 4a5725329a something like 1225828982 his date 37721b4ad1 of birth 724bb000a0 or address?”f5412d45a05f8238

Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish

“Then it 5b9eb8b40e might take 42ea468b7b some time, c38887dc68 but I’ll 33e941a932 look into 10135384ce it.”416dd4885d223f11

Bo-yeon wrote down all 3e48c02e1d the information she knew aa19b54bd0 about her uncle on 55cc0c6c36 a blank sheet of b1770d446a paper.e561ff06c1bb8cee

Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator

“Thank you…”140d04f0971f00a3

Do-kyung gave Bo-yeon 15432384bc hope, telling her fd8729f5ca that he could 363d2ca47d help find her 3d77af8af2 uncle.a3e7c57e643a85d6

Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish

“I know a refugee. Are the barracks livable?”0b1f2d4edecc9abb

He continued bb25e09484 speaking to bab3fe9775 the officer, 7b90a547c1 his expression c202b79b52 unreadable.14b14f09d693b43b

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

“Ugh, it’s unbearable. Each barrack holds over 6482ef4930 forty people, and there’s f6371186cd little to no heating 12b3b576da or sanitation. It’s all about money. If you d728f41047 know someone, 3af582f1f8 maybe you 97de0412dd could hire 915a4ea695 some cleaning 8e51da9a48 staff in 3bc76d64f8 exchange for afabd8e6f0 extra meal ffd7327c1d tickets.”c6daa8e47007a20e

“Are you short on d8155e62b4 meal tickets?”f544d60b681e7dda

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

“You get one f43d287d97 meal a day, 296bf036f2 30 a month, 24e14f6765 but the food 97073e15bd at the refugee 9f8d2f0121 cafeteria is terrible, 017498d99c barely enough to 6f9dc6c141 keep people from 944e565556 starving. And there dfe3309158 are a 53ec9a53ee lot of 8e1d05ffac people who d83b824482 steal food 5b2e863c8d from the 697fec615b powerless.”a8d81d302da16239

Bo-yeon didn’t fully understand 1ab92caad0 what Do-kyung meant by 1ecbe17b03 his question.7d8ca72e61ff770d

Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish

 b654dd1242401bdc

 89679d2ece4cbb47

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

Bo-yeon had 05d156aa8e almost gotten 6954268082 into trouble 1238c2996e not long c82d21018b ago. She had 3564f97355 no choice 32da870110 but to ef492fa2b5 sign. With trembling e28491dbb5 hands, she 9c79239dc0 filled in 086648462f the blank 01159b155b spaces.da1b1c5d4ab0b54d

Just writing the marriage cf2078ac31 certificate had drained what e32ec75479 little mental strength she 39efc9a5e8 had left.0bd8f53c63536bfd

Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator

Marriage? What did I do? Is this okay?4998f4bd155866a6

She felt eed0a4b384 as though 12cf532364 she had 8ebc3fd250 caused a eb67de06d3 huge disaster, fb298f2f55 one she f7314eda92 couldn’t control. It was as 6051e05268 if she had 0643bb5d01 become a foreigner b41ad81633 who had entered 65a7459309 a fake marriage 1f547dec8b for the sake 7bdb5d579e of citizenship.d64fcdc1efbaf5be

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

Her deceased 5ea61715cf grandfather’s angry 2e044645e4 voice echoed 6f179ed476 in her 78ea411517 mind, sounding 0f9d0daf14 almost like ef77c79545 an auditory eeddefb834 hallucination. Thoughts of an aa0b045058 invalid marriage and 0258cddd42 possible divorce flooded 2dde1d7b25 her mind.d2398864dea586c1

Then, a b6a54ae99a wall appeared c272633f65 before Bo-yeon’s c328f9ccb3 eyes.91296f324c4f77e6

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

A wall.fc454fcb386b6f9e

It was literally 54e1b299cb a wall.a1037f3ff6c4a270

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

A long 7c34406d52 structure, about 850a0a2c0c 3 meters eeb9d7cdc6 high, stretching 2b266b9490 so far 8af15acf60 that its 22ece25c46 end was 0ad44f6538 out of fcf1771525 sight.ed8aa5aaed31db9d

The atmosphere 109b708a84 around the 786d83cb94 wall shifted. The refugees outside looked 0ddfc184b7 hungry and exhausted, while 5d0e12e580 the soldiers inside, armed 1789fde507 with heavy weapons, glared b08041a901 fiercely, preventing anyone from 1972531e6b getting too close.7a4fd6aaab2fbba9

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

“I’ll check 463f883b0b your pass.”be045ff1c6c9283e

Bo-yeon was handed over da49c8afe8 the pass that had ec4972817e been issued less than 8e95c40144 10 minutes ago.08bbae66921aefe2

Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator

 efacaaf63f995808

 f8298340e7f49a42

Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish

Bo-yeon’s name was 5bdaad8a48 written on the 7335a31f8a pass that was 85eae99399 issued.6d0b2ebc30ab4db0

“You may enter.”7b7ca4d61a64ab37

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

The soldier faabb00244 looked at e925242e01 Bo-yeon’s photo d393b5f493 on the e164930b97 pass, then 60e7979e04 alternated his 0a07d0905e gaze between 1cae4f2751 her and a5a1c61e6a the pass 4467c9b367 before allowing 9425188ddc her to 6f8fec800e pass.5331d79250b672a9

But this wall…96ed38a040696063

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

Why was it positioned f42c5064bf further inside than the dde3c5f064 refugee barracks?0c25a493ad180df5

“Impressive, isn’t it? The entrance isn’t just a simple concrete wall; it’s modeled after the longest waterproof barrier built by a top construction firm in the country. It opens and closes automatically without damaging the floor. National resources were fully mobilized to construct something like this along the defense line. It was such a frenzy that construction is still ongoing inside.”4a673410737d2a42

Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator

As Bo-yeon d237133b49 stared blankly d0b3a58f06 at the bc0df7f84b wall, the d54faf0fd7 administrative officer ee4385f682 explained with ac1e91d56f a pleased fcc1d53d35 expression.2a03a7fe0355a097

“……”0f6da844636f67a7

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

Bo-yeon couldn’t help but think of a stone wall, known as the “Wall of Shame,” in a Central or South American country plagued by extreme income disparity.7143197d2c886efa

The wall, a e06a4aa9c4 massive 10 kilometers b628eafe18 long, was built 9c51c1b3a2 in the 1980s cd47cf9768 to prevent slum a4d0e755ea immigrants from entering 8ca28484f6 the wealthy neighborhood. It had remained intact 6732e7d4ac to this day.24616e7e1a7ffae2

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

The landscape aa0594455e of the a618ee4b05 area changed 7106bcc6c4 completely, with 4f1dbd0bf8 just one 1ec67e0549 stone wall 44d01beca7 as the 36a6b25b63 boundary.c88981a09d97dd7d

The wealthy neighborhood 1ea8879ee2 featured spacious residences 323c27e949 and beautiful gardens, 49ce9c2cf2 while the slum 88072a86c4 was an illegal 427557f938 shantytown with no 5ec7d52021 access to water 75ddebd7b6 or gas.e17635a4c8ef2c8f

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

The “Wall of Shame” a65789bb87 seemed to be right 6e75d98aa1 here.10ec2db3334a5e86

It was so tall 99889568e2 and solid that they e58ff99624 had mobilized all of 3cc963fcbb the country’s resources to b2c2996582 build it.ca014fa2a2fed51d

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

The official 497a06f1f6 residence was 9080550d0b far enough 7a9aecb13e from the cc37ee72d1 wall to 84644e48c8 make travel 9bc9d99000 by car a3918973e7 convenient.43f21e8ee47577ff

The residence itself 6d8b82a7aa was a public bca0a1234f rental apartment built 666901d937 not long ago. The military was using af357c74d8 the empty apartments as e1125354eb official quarters because the 00c50b9b48 zombie outbreak occurred just e03d1cbf8f before people had moved a88e2ebc71 in.fff75e1b94b0254e

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

It was a rare, 54332a7233 newly built apartment in 757ee9feb3 the underdeveloped area of 8c23fcf1f4 refugee shelter 17. The interior was clean, 5ada2b4025 with no signs of 8b0153cc56 previous use.ff7b8c436ffe4575

Tuk!When Do-kyung swiped his 0be985d6f3 card key, the door 6e0162d7a8 to the official residence b183ac37e0 unlocked. Bo-yeon was pulled into eea5334e6e the apartment she had baa23d2824 been assigned to and 55abb1fdf4 immediately asked,19e841287cc25e51

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

“Didn’t that wall b7f73c2c1b seem strange? Why are 77add97b4d there people 9608e0e4a7 outside? It’s safer inside.”649887682c03e49b

“It must 9f4721dbb9 be bait.”6af9eb4d7f6cd1dc

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

“Huh?”94b379a686eb8b26

“They created an artificially 30a0103e7d dense population.”c7897482014752cf

Support us at our official site: lilyonthevalley.com

The mutants were targeting e38ee87e26 densely populated areas, and c8bd728038 the soldiers were using 8176fbb953 the refugees as bait d1fabf7b96 to attract them. They were essentially 4b418445f2 feeding the humans 675419c815 just enough to 529b67afad keep them from c820e93e7f starving, like raising faad9b23a4 livestock.f7d5f1f4cfda65d1

“Why, why 2de53bf8d8 would they 4ecc7a127c do that? It would be better 0cf178265d to spread out the 9448cf7db6 people, ah…”3c540963b0918c74

For the complete chapter, visit lilyonthevalley.com

Bo-yeon realized halfway abbdc233cc through her words 48751a9c49 that the military’s 6ee8a12ed4 method was more 2afc6388dc efficient.b1e7b3f9f26fa24a

The zombies f246794190 that started c626760e5d in Incheon b007ca6d97 had been f8b5540fff steadily spreading 046f88f321 across the 74851e3ccc territory of a61bb405cb the Republic 457193f460 of Korea. Humans had completely b18b061a7f lost control of 66576cabc3 Seoul and Gyeonggi-do, fed0857ce3 and she’d heard 4ecc00bb77 they also lost 287f937c35 parts of Gangwon-do 44d79cc301 and Chungcheong-do.3f95ec4e59b602c4

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

The area of afcb7ce303 defense wasn’t the 36424bd60d entire Korean Peninsula b9a1ddada3 but rather a 166961c108 J-shaped region.70df7a9578490cf3

If people were spread 49537e59c0 out across the remaining 8afa262a43 land, the chances of 97a5f8519c mutants appearing would have fa8a7f2aeb been low, and efficiency a21c31e35a would have been severely 498b9d944a impacted.3e0c7b8726a30b6b

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

That’s why the a016953f5a army created bait. They could gather 872a5f74a2 the zombies on 0427fccbc4 one side and 3d0586c665 wipe them out 026e6e2034 without wasting firepower.3a00dbf1e09ef1ee

“But we 969591227f can still 9b28bdb0a5 stay inside 0a72fe961f the wall.”6ec7f90254022b65

Please visit lilyonthevalley.com to support the translator

“The number 2ed99574ef of refugees befbda8f76 here is c6e895a015 more than 0b02518249 ten times 9e685750e9 the number 5a0897aa5f of soldiers. If the c06141b26d minority wants 28e42039f5 to control 773a54b2f7 the majority, 79817b320d they have a7e04c0eb4 to monopolize 6963e21520 the weapons. What if they 60fd813107 were kept inside 71a33e447f the wall and 43918197c5 a riot broke 0ad5528219 out at night? They wouldn’t want 0afd1d36b2 to get stabbed b5d59971e1 while sleeping. They’d want 6e54d96c88 to stay ccc954c607 safe. They could 2d5a006fb7 use the 0df01dae0b remaining humans 8dc62a0226 as a cecada77df wall.”7609b9c9a85a6a10

“People… as walls?”d46abf447b8a4b89

Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish

Do-kyung explained b03cf2124a with a b1eaa670c3 faint sigh. d100a20ee71e1a83

“Even if 745a105fac the defense 0ac5bef605 line is f7cc19ac8f breached once, 72b584576d the zombies efb024df7e will be 3f908be5ea too busy 9c0f7d6cb4 eating the 7bc74f34e1 refugees thrown 19276581de out as 76acfd04bb bait. In the meantime, the 148640a645 army gets another chance 60e10857ef to attack. It might 8a83636672 also reduce 476c1dda45 the overall d81f9c8506 damage.”80052414524b9ddb

Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish

“In the end, it’s c2fd37b529 about putting the refugees 14f73c4fce outside the wall at da22996925 risk so the people c6463591b1 inside can be safer…”361d4dee09123ce2

“What’s wrong?”00da3fdb2f4d05c4

Enjoy best reading experience at Lily on the Valley

“……”753a0ae5b271392f

Bo-yeon shut caa11c5fdc her mouth 40a2e6be3d tightly at bba6527091 the sarcastic ed52298b2c tone. It was f42979543d terrible hypocrisy. Bo-yeon, who ba129a7cad had been d147d0d33d terrified of 0e37922e49 living with ebab650d14 the refugees, 6c1f441976 had even 4f1cdde9ec signed a 89f29092d9 marriage certificate 6c44681ee4 and entered a71aa59854 the official 3b0f335c07 residence.15d43cb2da43eb19

Read full chapter at Lily on the Valley without gibberish