Stagnant Water of Apocalypse

nted enough to be made into kimchi.
It’s a bit strange to make kimchi after clearing the goblin’s nest.
But for a Korean like me, kimchi was just as important as clearing a goblin’s nest.

“If only a wild boar was caught, I’d be able to cook a Suyuk, right?” Dingo rested his front paw on my arm as I said that.
I think he’s asking for something… I went into the hwajo coop and came out with an egg.
When I broke it in a bowl, it looked so delicious, its yolk was dark yellow.
Dingo then ate all of it quickly.

“Is it delicious?”

Woof-!!

As expected…

I’m looking forward to the day where I would be able to eat both the egg and the birds.

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In August, extreme heat comes.
The air reminded me of a sauna.
Even if I stood still, sweat kept dripping down to my body.
Had the media still existed, they would have reported the current weather as the worst heatwave ever.

“They are holding up very well.” Zombies were different from humans.
Since they were dominated by spores, they could withstand the heat relatively well.
Until July, there was still movement from survivors to hunt zombies.
But now, it has completely stopped.
In this hot weather, if someone was brave enough to hunt zombies, they’re going to die because of the heat, not zombies.

“It’s cold in the forest and it’s hot in Earth…” If I had to choose, I prefer to stay in the forest.
Even if it’s cold, it could be solved easily by putting on more layers of clothes and making a fire in the brazier.
But cooling off heat was difficult.
Even if I brought ice from the forest to cool off the room in my house, it would only last for a short time.
Even Dingo had no intention of coming out of the forest at all.
After all, for a guy with long hair, Siberia would be better than a sauna room.

“Just stay there like that.” I said as I thought about Dingo.
I emptied my backpack and headed to the Rice Centre in Gangseo-gu.
After 30 minutes of running and hiding from the zombies, my body was wet with sweat.

“Short break…” After entering the portal, cooling off, and coming out again, I feel a little better.
By the way, when I went out to the suburbs, the number of zombies around the area was low.
Should I just move and live here?

“Though, it is difficult to farm here.” Even when all the buildings had collapsed and there were a lot of zombies, living in the city was comfortable.
There’s a lot of places to hide and a lot of things to loot.
But one day, I will have to get out of this city.
There’s a limit to food availability in one city.

“I can buy food at the Store, but…” It’s too expensive so it’s not worth it.
You have to kill 10 zombies to buy a loaf of biscuits the size of your palm.
Even before that, it would only be purchasable after you kill a specific monster.

“Was it a goblin?” Moreover, it’s more convenient to loot the food that the goblins often carry in their pockets rather than to buy them from the store.
But I wondered if people would actually try it.
It’s only expressed as a piece of meat in the game, but the actual meat carried by the goblins would be in very bad shape.

“Still, if you roast it, it should be quite edible.” If not, you’ll have to search around for more food.
After thinking for a little while, I arrived at the half-collapsed Rice Centre.
It was located in such a secluded place, so no zombies could be seen around.
It seems that the zombie apocalypse broke out when all the employees were at their respective homes.

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“Let’s see…” There’s nothing to see in the processing facility itself.
What I want is the rice, not the crumbled equipment.
When I went to the warehouse, it was a jackpot.
Hundreds of bags of rice were placed on a row of plastic pallets.

“Nice! This is what I should be looting.” I quickly make rounds around the warehouse.
It was overflowing with all kinds of food, not just rice.
It seemed like I wouldn’t starve to death if I managed to acquire all of this.

“I can also sell it later.” The problem was, the space in the shelter was limited.
With so many things already stockpiled, there’s not much space left.
But, I still pushed all the pallets to the portal and lined it up in the warehouse.

“Let’s be satisfied with this today.” Seeing all of the materials piled up in the warehouse made me feel reassured.
With this much grain and rice, even if there were about a thousand hwajo and any kind of birds, they wouldn’t be starving.
When I returned home, Yoohyeon’s paper airplane was waiting for me.

―Hyung, Sooyeon noona came here.
She said for the time being, she will be staying at the Rio officetel.

If it’s Rio officetel, it’s located in the crossroads.
It was close to the gym-no, now it should be called academy since they aren’t using the gym anymore,but the academy.

“There is no reason for her to stay in that villa anymore.” I shrugged.
By the way, it’s really hot.
I took off my suit and applied an ice pack on my body.
I feel sorry that I’m the only one enjoying this luxury when other people can only imagine it.

“Will people buy ice if I sell it?” a thought came to my mind.
Even if they don’t want to, when they see a lukewarm coke, they will immediately think of ice.
So, why don’t I try selling it at a minimum price? If it doesn’t sell, I can just take it down.
I went into the shelter in the forest and chopped the ice with a jigsaw.
Then I put it in a plastic bag and tied it with a cable tie, and it became a makeshift ice pack.

“Auction registration…”

「Do you want to register an ice bag?」

The auction notification went up.
I quickly agreed to it.
After a while, some comments were posted in the ice bag post.
It’s all criticism.
I really don’t get why they cursed me.
If you don’t want to buy it, then don’t.

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A small commotion broke out in the Auction House with several people in it.
The cause was because someone had put up an ice bag in the auction.

-OMG.
It’s ice

-Wow, did the seller really sell this at an auction?

-But where does the seller get this? There would be no cold place in Korea right now.

Initially, Survival Life was a game which was only playable in Korea.
So even if there were people who survived in other countries, they would not be on the level to enter the Auction House.
The chance is also high that they wouldn’t even awaken at all.
However, people didn’t even think about that as they were busy accusing the seller because they have to pay 5 points for the ice bag.

-I will never buy it.

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-Right! Do you know how hard it is to catch zombies these days? 5 points is ridiculous.

-But if you buy this, you can drink a cold coke…

-Oh, don’t say that.

-Isn’t the person who registered this cheating?

-Let’s go ahead and report this.

However, there was a person who just watched quietly as the others poured out their complaints.
Her name was Choi Da-jeong.
As she was enduring her heat among her zombie subordinates, she immediately pressed the purchase without hesitation.
Five points disappeared from her balance and an ice bag appeared on her desk.

“It’s real?” Da-jeong tilted her head.
The bag in front of her was filled with a very cold ice to the point she could feel the cold aura from a distance.
Unknowingly, she placed the ice pack on her neck.

“Ah… that’s cool…” It was the first cool feeling she felt after the zombie apocalypse.
She quickly ordered one of her zombies to bring the lukewarm coke and a can of lukewarm water.
“Put it there.”

While waiting for them to turn cold, Da-jeong checked the comments with a smile.

-Wow, you’re crazy to buy it.

-They buy ice for 5 points?

-Who are you really?

“Five packs may be big for you, but it’s only a spare change for me.” Da-jeong took off her shoes and dipped her feet in the tub.

“Ohhh…” A moan escaped her lips.
Her feet seemed to melt.
After enjoying it, a thought came to her mind.
Who put the ice on the Auction House? She had never met people after the apocalypse began, so she imagined that people would have the ability to make ice.

“Won’t it be useless in winter?” she thought.
Or probably, it will change to another skill when winter arrives.
Da-jeong continued to rub the ice onto her toes.
As her unique ability enables her to control zombies, points will keep coming in even when she’s standing still.
If she can feel the fresh freezing sensation of ice in this kind of weather, even if it’s only temporary, she would gladly invest 5 points.

“It’s slowly getting cooler.” Da-jeong opened the cap of the coke and drank it with excitement like in a commercial.
Foam ran down her neck and chest, but she didn’t care.
Once she finished, she burped out loud.

“Ah…” Now that she had put her feet in the cold water, she wanted to dunk her whole body into the cold water.
Her body trembled as she imagined pouring the ice into a large basin.
She couldn’t stand it and quickly posted a comment on the ice bag post auction that had ended.

– Do you have any more ice?

However, no answer came.
At first she was angry as she felt like she was being ignored.
But as time passed, she began to plead inwardly.
I’ll buy it for any price, so please sell it!

That day, Da-jeong waited all day for the ice to appear at the Auction House.