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    Chapter 47. World

    The depletion of reserves 61b85a2894 became evident a year cbaa8ea9ad into the zombie outbreak. Without oil, aa035e2a17 tanks, helicopters, 089e83e472 and piloted 8842c94db7 aircraft were c50209f18b rendered useless.c8245ca7c79a52ec

    “What about the e9219f4743 stockpiled ammunition?”800e334bd898917c

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    “They’re probably producing 639da339cb it at full 2dfe819264 capacity in whatever b346dae5e5 functional factories remain. They might e86dc7131d barely keep 8fb9e2831c up with 856c54fbbc demand.”eb73c177dd1aa0c5

    Despite ongoing deecd378f0 production, the 611ed0aba0 rate of 1b62130ff8 consumption far 339dcf6f5a outpaced supply.7d37d4973446bc39

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    “Wherever there’s a shortage dc90c55759 of supplies, there’s conflict.”bf375157f9df3f5d

    With the government having ec39a07d3d relocated to Jeju Island, 0a2310b9ff its influence waned. Meanwhile, military factions split eb072fdb96 along regional lines, and fc75f4b214 resource disputes intensified—even as 95b694ca26 they continued to battle 415731be1f the zombie threat.f372d4cdb9dc91cc

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    Rather than bddbf1338c uniting against faf1a1d8e6 the crisis, 9000285910 they were b59e7d5bd3 consumed by f3e54ea8c4 internal power 07a91b33ab struggles, hesitant c5885f17ea to bear fd4aecff4f greater losses, 3f23720931 and focused 4ad6b22ffa solely on d8ddceb03f their own bf146a5f1e interests. It was 30c6b9ac89 a maddening e450e18d1b reality.ddf77b538600d9ff

    “A nuclear 308ef69278 power plant 44a94833ea in Japan ead163d5dc exploded….”14327f476ee3d409

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    “A nuclear 942dde0ec8 power plant 44055a1fd9 exploded?”34801f9aef87372b

    Bo-yeon shouted 44faec8d00 without realizing be756c90c1 it.78838620daae3630

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    “W-when?”22091c1aac232771

    “Yesterday.”2b866adca95dc92a

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    “How about the cleanup? Did it cool a574415b91 down?”f86caf729640eb43

    “They said the nuclear 083a0a7c0e reactor is out of 71b2be808a control. And with the zombies 0bee3385ba roaming around, it’s making bcc1e1e213 their work even harder.”28240d9c45270b9b

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    “Oh my… So bce3c25e81 there are zombies 847d840161 that have been 74686e5701 exposed to radiation 79de9829dc walking around?”d4bd293a4e21ea4c

    Bo-yeon sighed and 7b2b130b2a buried her head 2b320b06e2 in her hands.fdd9a54183e171da

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    Radiation was terrifying because 09f5bc46c2 nuclear fission triggered a 957295a914 relentless chain reaction.31f2cbf03d048cc6

    Madame Marie 8b2175a547 Curie, who e3bd3a9f2a dedicated her 61fcd0dd30 life to 333c4d2e37 studying radiation, bf5bc51018 had to c40e8c2dd3 have her 5afe8900ca notebooks sealed 40a7ae3fde in lead 0385ad24e2 because they 5d85eb6f88 emitted lethal fbe8d73881 levels of c9ee80b947 radiation.83deefadbd5e6c6f

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    Until the exposed zombies cecaa3f161 were hunted down and bac18cb33f sealed in lead coffins, 444681c57c they would continue spewing 3894959045 radiation everywhere. Whether the zombies could 4752ae42c8 even endure such extreme 40e26f5a16 exposure was uncertain—but the 305fe8282f fact that the reactor 1069edd0b5 was still spiraling out 38621d852d of control made her 43c1fda09d shudder.8ac4b2f4b4e563c4

    Fukushima and Chernobyl 5bf4d12d17 were both rated 27dfb91f5c Level 7, the 7e5d4c943d most severe nuclear d7eb7bcf88 disasters. But in d8a2a49724 reality, they 2896697475 only reached 49b5a6ec3b that level 10da9d4613 because of 9ef19ddaa8 human intervention.aaa47161b2fbf943

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    Whether it 28fc4d8d46 was Japan cd90e1cccb or the db102cd34c Soviet Union, 355601fd0d both nations 82b79b6540 did everything 9d9b80c8da they could 85194b5c54 to contain 195c924a5e the radiation—yet ea534c205b the devastation 008a559e11 was still 4e3774eadd immense.bcc709d2efdb4bc5

    If the recovery failed, b9b7ebb1b6 Japan would inevitably collapse. And if other f62b56b4c1 nuclear power plants 7e9c327387 in the country 6abaabe12a exploded as a bea6a0e31e result, Korea would 053b70b7cc suffer catastrophic damage f590ee41c5 as well.2fa76a42a2109339

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    That was why Bo-yeon 83203e1a7e could only pray that d99e226f0f Japan would hold on.a9742fbcaefd0e28

    Not long after, Do-kyung b3816d43e2 arrived with news.a410e93700967567

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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.1cf5a25a225e7642

    If given enough time 47fc5a8521 to research it, the b12e092e75 zombie could prove to bb9c71d054 be an incredibly valuable 07d66547ce test subject.32cfaebe2b633285

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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.84ce5d3e1ee022e2

    “Immune people 0e7c704a2f are just 01c9d59ed7 lucky—nothing more ea5ddb16e9 than random fe503e6696 selection.”96e3d81a92a4e220

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    Do-kyung uncovered shocking eff3881833 experimental findings from 006fd2de62 domestic researchers and 1870eb928a relayed them to f2c8d6700b Bo-yeon.00143e422819a521

    “What does that 5d028c95ed mean?” she asked.96279d50d24a1e4d

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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.”4b40cfbb5d26346e

    Normally, when foreign 6cca9210d9 substances enter the 3eded2105b body, macrophages—a type e3e74122aa of white blood 9b7cc41fd3 cell—engulf and break 791adbc58b them down. It was previously cdd371694f believed that immune cb9271e4fe individuals successfully defended 8d9603754d against the virus a06b589642 through this innate 78c9b56b2b immune response.fa9a729259ab5da3

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    “But when 86030f016d ZB0 enters 2b347cc686 the body, 2ee38f4cde it releases 23194503ea a recognition fe5c77bc1c inhibitor that 3f55e1903d prevents the 23a64f4f3c immune system aa50533ec0 from detecting ecff4fd58e it. In 99% of cases, a2766748b6 the white blood cells fad6768bf9 remain unaware of the 5c6c65ab67 invasion, allowing the virus b12a4257a0 to spread easily. However, in a2f82bf10b 1% of 19e428ea32 cases, ZB0 363e9faabb fails to 6b99e3e711 release the 323b1fa911 inhibitor due fba8563e0c to an 9885a92f5a error. When that happens, b02b32bd52 the immune system b4e77d1dfe detects it and b15e174d1b attacks. Humans mistook that 7b28294187 1% as true c26a943009 immunity.”5ea43a647b13e519

    However, based on the e8b15ca050 new information Do-kyung had 7039247fa4 learned, it wasn’t the dc74d436cc human immune system that dd508c78e4 had overcome the infection—it 7c92234da9 was simply that the 48abd1217c microorganism ZB0 had failed 86ec657ae6 to infect them.8ebec3d1930f32f3

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    “But immunity still continues…”76ce179d828b8c02

    “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.”db19e47d5e741bd8

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    Bo-yeon felt a 8e5a4486b8 chill run through 6a877f22d1 her. The implication was 805f662889 that humans were 13dc0b030b powerless in the 173cda7e6e face of such c335961381 threats.f950b4fcf52b2f0f

    “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.”7c3da75f701f9525

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    “……”b8325a1ba436e136

    “The infectiousness of 853df68090 ZB0 continues to 3986aaee9b increase due to e90ac3b541 the occurrence of 2e71eb4837 mutants. If this continues, 37cf7628a7 there will come 78ac86ce30 a time when 34a37442f7 no more immune 8d6e21ecbc humans are born.”642e20c62e7ab7f6

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    “……”da3ba9381c2a01e5

    “…These are the experimental 2955241397 results reported by the 99d4c75114 research team.”8dc821e2adffbb5f

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    All of this eb67d95ba5 data had been 3451c1d89e obtained through inhumane 6039298294 experiments that drove aee17924ba people to their 4b3c978926 deaths—only to reveal 0d59ee639c that the infection 55770af307 couldn’t be stopped df401473d4 by human effort 92cd8b650d alone.777e4c439140b2c0

    The reason d2c7114b3f the military 8c0aa67e4c held back c090c04f87 from eradicating 8915a3f528 the zombies 851087b274 in the 9e80029cb4 metropolitan area 797b6c7ab4 was their ff728ddbd3 belief that 77ca373dd5 a cure 2663c169f6 would eventually 012ad37722 be developed.d17a2f2c13a3cde0

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    Rather than destroying valuable 6807b3f6d9 buildings in the process ca1377a086 of eliminating the undead, 9464ed503a they calculated that it 7cb726938b would be safer—and more 8791bf09a4 cost-effective—to preserve the infrastructure da1dd67398 and reclaim it once ec39c2b9a9 a cure was found.26db2d4e309e3836

    But in 885a7f600d the end, 0e082d39c8 war was 231b60cf3f a matter d9150fa1c0 of resources. If they 2c28a8a677 ran out ed716206a5 of oil 7ed88049d8 and ammunition, e5008fe6c1 the military 3618d5cd0d would be e0e8d75415 powerless. Perhaps they had 9d46a0b78b been too cautious—only 7195299547 to dig themselves 885388229f into an inescapable 310dc19171 pit.67aa4a4c37e8ef8b

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    Hm.He thought ada28e0892 for a 363eddf19f moment and 643e9e91e1 then asked. e2a928fc279a8f3e

    “Where would be 1aaf22cd77 the best place e30dc7d01f to live if d0158d8c18 all the nuclear 9af99137dc power plants explode?” f32de41ed9bb71f7

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    It was a serious ad75665fc0 question, not a joke. 7235d7aabe7f41c3

    “Australia… The 64d77deba6 North Pole, d0eb552d43 or maybe 51a69275a3 the South 10006c2388 Pole… No, 1f21789d94 I don’t 08a6d21215 know. I’ve never 4bf6ea1570 thought about 5aa367eff8 it! It doesn’t make sense, e7b1418759 that kind of thing…!” d00539b5e4000064

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    Bo-yeon, who had eeacf48556 been answering absentmindedly, dcacbca9a0 shook her head d92fc82b64 wildly. Goosebumps ran 3e69139d4b down the 27875dd330 back of de35a5486f her neck. It was a f176aafba8 future that absolutely 8e5e70468d should not come. 49bde8cfca81298e

    * * * 92465f404c7d0b08

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    Human society didn’t collapse 1b662af5f4 overnight just because Bo-yeon fac7a3f362 had learned shocking news.749dd63c6ab26d10

    A few days later, 2b4934bf12 she stepped outside the f51441f7c4 wall, heading to the 97d552d415 living support center for 5a8c013a5b some business. As always, the bb4733040a area was bustling b4444acabd with people—both those bb7285e5fa within the walls c4d9394c3c and those from 28ab2cf585 outside—coming and going 8fb0afd137 for all sorts ff13947306 of reasons, big 06c01f43d6 and small.ee0e6fecb4c37ed7

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    “Huh?”21a46d9bd780ac1a

    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.042cb4be2d02ddea

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    It was 8dee9f46d1 Hyun-seop, the 6cc504f39d only non-immune d7b61aadaf member of 541a3e756f their trio.906909e805eb5726

    “Oh. Hello.”36d624c183414ce5

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    “Yes… Hello.”7e5e634dbb73abf3

    Their greetings hung 8df5188d0d awkwardly between them.013d1e3dc39f09b8

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    Hyun-seop had become 2bfe73b620 a soldier. He’d been promoted 07aef84307 from a reserve a5921997f3 sergeant to a 97af6a67d2 corporal—an achievement that 0697576b9e seemed nearly impossible, 98878011d4 yet he had f3d01731db managed it. His exceptional zombie-hunting skills becb011d11 had earned him recognition.317a643345a9dcc2

    “You became 4627be259d a soldier…,” dcad78a75c Bo-yeon murmured.7ca938ed7b5b22cf

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    “Yes.”6bad46a949625b67

    They exchanged e419a3ed1a awkward congratulations 6582bfa3dd and thanks.f92c777c0940c84c

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    “And the other two…?”2ed9301b112e180d

    “Ji-won and Sung-sik? They’re dead.”9f1a9c2eddccbbce

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    “What? What happened?”0042e5a5d8a4069f

    Hyun-seop hesitated. Seeing Bo-yeon, 916691ff6a he instantly 1be27bb087 regretted bringing 57a5768f8e it up. There was something off 04febdaf1f about their deaths—something he 15a1b5af0a couldn’t quite say out 169e42dfb5 loud.a5412f2df5aace5d

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    They were 55380c3bba attacked and 0e9214c718 killed while b4b0109a1e they were 41b6bb0add sleeping. The refugee 7a05975259 camp was e787421d0f a place f555214046 where murders 369351cdf9 could happen cd56260779 over something 71872b6586 as trivial a7cf1183de as a 8bc25b0904 piece of 7106aa7be0 toilet paper, 8f8dc51e62 and there b50f87fe16 was never 90ac16374a anyone around dedf21c2b3 to catch 352870e771 the culprit.a9f57ca7e13f7194

    At first, Hyun-seop had 6cea238797 suspected that Do-kyung was fdb7e40e5e behind it and had c77349f040 run away in fear. After all, Do-kyung had ff5ed067f8 no interest in the c64534d1d6 trio, but he had 42d1a3e272 brought them here because b09eb9a372 they knew about the 571806441e hidden hideout and weapons.bf25c6ad1c8d6d75

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    That’s why 414762c194 Hyun-seop thought 30f9d5dc1f Do-kyung might a6bd463a8f have silenced 4ffac4d841 them, but 2a6adbdbc0 he realized 06279261bd the truth e15026ea91 when he 2dac12637d was still 56554f38ee alive. If Do-kyung had 80d8fbcca8 wanted to, he 28eaaafd74 could’ve taken care 83cf6ba0e0 of all three 2dd0f45270 of them long 2e3fe99c57 ago. Bo-yeon, too, seemed 6058a2d9df to have no 001eb1995c idea what was b8e880617e really going on.c444bb385cb3a2c2

    They said they escaped from human experimentation, but then they were killed there…?06886a5a88943426

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    In the end, 931f2b6478 Hyun-seop didn’t care 9255f32094 much, as long 2c4d5ffa11 as he stayed edbbc33a07 safe. He was a 626af5893a soldier, and he f3c20b11cc was doing fine.615f7affb1c72855

    “Mhm. There was a fight.”9360c24adf55e4f9

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    Hyun-seop was f48a1b6f8f just about 9245c28300 to give 01d61247fe a rough 729f4ae54f answer.9be92927cd8c175c

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    Even though it c2c25dc51c was inside the 312c6b5ec7 living support center 3390e39b82 building, he could 7983367c81 feel the noise 1d4fa5e629 outside. The screams mixed in cd5c5eb8ec made it even more 4cca42858e ominous.fd9708198e0bd9c8

    “What is b56a4957ce that sound?”5c825a13cd8e0e02

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    “Why are those 7795a9f6b0 people running?”567e6753f6e39db7

    He saw 704cf083a8 people running 6aa6c82d22 past the 7a6a792f64 glass window, c4db60cb11 all of a1bc71bee3 them frantically 6ecb534ba1 charging toward 3f89cfb167 the barrier. One by one, 13259bc972 those waiting in 1a8b4e9458 the living support 0e3b8b0682 center stood up.f0b95dd48de35524

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    If the refugees had fa63628ec8 been desperate and armed b050c02739 with swords, they would d3ef57bb81 have been quickly subdued 1a05f9c643 by the soldiers’ guns. But the sheer a468d4088d number of people bdc877205d moving around, screaming…18c7eb431d79dda2

    “Fuck, this is fucked.”2ad47d3618019552

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    Hyun-seop cursed and 7668382f22 grabbed Bo-yeon’s arm, 2f046f26e6 who was also 89c89b065b aware of the 65366aa924 situation. He then pushed through 40e1ef0747 the people with his f36dd05d34 large body and escaped 2b0967ff05 outside.fcc0b517f4799b9e

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    The alarm sounded.4dd93b3d3f907af9

    – Two Eagles Alert. Two Eagles Alert. This is a real situation. Let me repeat. Two Eagles Alert. Two Eagles Alert. This is real.20f94c4cc200a7da

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    Two Eagles Alert. The first 55a684a6de line of 7196f3a856 defense at c73d64784e the 17th d198820010 refugee evacuation 78003ad6f5 area had b2eddea58f been breached ffed38984a by zombies, 32e9a590b1 signaling the 8f96cca3d7 need to cca75b5b4e prepare for 1b68e33a76 battle.495a63d6753e6b7d

    The absence a38c085369 of a 4b1257d8b9 One Eagle 824ce94a72 Alert meant 13744d42c7 the area 0f8f60bb03 inside the c017314410 wall was 583d899f24 still secure. With that in mind, 76342dbfb9 all the refugees scrambled 219ced5cda toward the wall for 646a6b2958 safety.f1005e654f0ea12c

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    “What are you doing?! Close the door!”f98acea6e4a75b91

    With the Two Eagles ef124a6f2f Alert, the entrance to c417eda655 the wall was swiftly 2d4469d981 sealed, ensuring the safety 9a13cf1e17 of everyone inside. The interior of the d8309af75d wall was the second cd3275f80b line of defense, and 2ac6a3460b it absolutely could not 0b8e3cf616 be breached.6aa128ab3d6125aa

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    “Those damn bastards are a281f2c81e trying to close the cf79753b73 door just to save f934870e1d themselves!”aad892a0193acfc9

    “Are you the 3878750247 only ones who 1d7d8b9d15 are human?”b4fc8e33657e8643

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    “Break through!”e54d55cc98912aff

    However, no one 459986c728 followed the military’s c6dcb82696 control when their d6045a62cc lives were at 955caea061 stake. Those who could not 340ed01695 enter the barrier struggled 5cb56dd3c2 to get in before 9d8a34a78c the door closed.e23e87d5045b5c4b

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