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Clatter, clatter—
'Hoo.'
I heard the sound of zombies passing by beyond the wall.
Fortunately, the sound of their footsteps was quite loud due to the shallow water on the ground, so I could hear them in advance and take cover.
'Is it about 100m left?'
But I could feel that even that was becoming too much now.
There were too many zombies. Too, too many. The situation kept repeating itself, with zombies filling in after zombies passed, making it impossible to proceed.
Moreover, I couldn't relax because the place I was hiding, on the stairs of a nearby building, wasn't safe, which accelerated my fatigue.
'Should I just run like crazy from now on?'
I wondered if I should, but soon shook my head. If I were surrounded from the front and back and had nowhere to escape, I would be trapping myself.
I couldn't risk such a gamble with my life.
I decided to move safely as I had been, even if it was slow, and tried to focus on the sound when—
콰아아앙—
An enormous explosion was heard.
It was different from when I had vaguely heard the sound of a water pipe bursting while washing. Back then, the directly audible sound wasn't that loud, but now it was enough to make my ears ring.
Soon, the water flowing on the floor seemed to be pushed back, and the water level rose a little more. It seemed like the water pipe had burst once again.
This was good news for me.
The fact that even the trickling water could be completely cut off was something to think about later. What was important right now was that the zombies were all rushing towards the explosion. I could hear countless clattering sounds from all directions as so many zombies moved.
Realizing that I couldn't miss this opportunity, I quickly came down from the building I was hiding in and started running blindly.
"Shh?"
"Shuek!"
I ignored whether the zombies discovered me or not. I could feel the sound of footsteps following my footsteps increasing, but at least there were no zombies running at me from the front. This was because the zombies didn't pay attention to the sounds coming from behind due to the overlapping sounds.
That was why I started running in the first place.
The remaining distance wasn't far, so I could soon see the World Cup Mart sign.
'Where is it? Where should I go?'
This was the important part.
There was no turning back for me. I had to shake off the zombies here somehow.
Next to World Cup Mart, I saw a studio apartment building. It had an iron gate in front, but fortunately, the stair railing wasn't very high.
Without slowing down, I jumped over the railing. But because I jumped over too hastily, I slipped and fell onto the stairs due to inertia.
"Ugh!"
"Shh!"
"Shuek!"
As I endured the pain in my pelvis and tried to get up, the zombies that had chased me grabbed onto the railing and reached out their arms. And some tried to climb over the railing.
"Shit!"
In that desperate moment, the zombies that followed collided with the ones in front.
"Shek!"
Thanks to that, the zombies in front were trapped between the railing and the zombies, unable to move.
Even in the midst of that, the zombies trapped in the middle reached out their arms to grab me, but they barely brushed past me, only touching my clothes.
Taking advantage of the zombies entangled with each other, I quickly got up and climbed the stairs.
Perhaps because the first and second floors were separated, there was a front door at the top of the stairs. I could forcibly break down the door, but I didn't know if I could break it down before the zombies following behind caught up, so I went straight past it and climbed to the roof.
There was nothing on the roof. The only place to go from the roof was the building across the alley.
'Can I jump? No, I have to jump. It's the only way anyway.'
The alley was quite wide, so I wasn't sure if I could jump across it. But there was no other way.
I steeled myself and started running on the roof. And at the end, I stepped on the railing and leaped with all my might towards the roof of the building next door.
It felt like my body was floating in the air. It was the first time I had jumped this high and this far. It was as if I had become a long jumper.
I realized while jumping.
'Physical ability isn't just about strength or endurance, but also the ability to handle the body.'
I wondered why it was easier to catch zombies in the hunting grounds. Until now, I thought I was surprisingly athletic, but now I realized it was because of 「Special Iron Man (lv.2)」.
Thanks to that, I was able to barely jump across the distance that I thought would be difficult.
Just as I was about to cross the building, the zombies came up the stairs. And when they saw me across the alley, they blindly ran to the roof and threw themselves.
Thud—
And they all crashed into the wall of the building and fell to the ground.
Most of the fallen zombies couldn't get up because their legs or waists were broken. Some who fell headfirst died on the spot.
"...What is this? Is this automatic hunting?"
I opened the status window, but unfortunately, the zombies that fell to their deaths didn't give me points. It seemed like only the zombies I directly killed were recognized as points.
However, even if I just finished off the squirming zombies below, it seemed like I could hunt more safely, easily, and efficiently than at the hunting grounds in front of the officetel.
'Should I collect some points here before I go?'
Unlike the building next door, the roof I was on had no way to get up to the roof at all. To get up, you would have to climb a ladder, but there was no way a stupid zombie could use a ladder.
Thanks to that, I could leisurely use my phone without worrying about whatever the numerous zombies below were doing, such as breaking windows or knocking on doors.
【Me: It seems like the water pipe burst again a little while ago. How's the house?】
【Basement Imprisoned Girl: Are you near here????】
【Me: I'm almost there.】
【Basement Imprisoned Girl: The water is almost up to my chest ㅠㅠ Please save meㅠㅠㅠ】
'It's more relaxed than I thought?'
If the water had only risen to her chest even after quite some time had passed, it seemed unlikely that the house would be completely submerged and she would drown in the middle of the night.
I was secretly glad that I had been reluctant to leave the points on the floor. Maybe I could even earn enough points to extract the trait right here.
【Me: Go up to a high place and wait. I'll be there in a few hours.】
【Basement Imprisoned Girl: Thank you!!!!!】
I roughly finished the text and picked up the crowbar.
"Tsk. All you zombie bastards are dead."
The thought of being able to get a large amount of points made me smack my lips involuntarily.
'It's already four o'clock. Ah, I want to catch more.'
The current time is four o'clock. The sun won't rise for another hour, but I have no choice but to stop automatic hunting. Because there were no more zombies around. Well, one or two would keep walking from somewhere, but that was not enough to make automatic hunting worthwhile.
Besides, the zombie corpses piled up in the alley were also a problem. Because the alley was full of zombie corpses, the zombies that fell to the ground were able to get up unharmed because the zombie corpses acted as cushions.
The number was already decreasing, and now the success rate was even lower.
Approximately 5 hours since I started automatic hunting. In the meantime, I had picked up over 100 zombies.
In just 5 hours, I had killed as many zombies as I had caught in the hunting grounds for three days.
▷Current Packet: 5.83p
Thanks to that, I was able to collect enough points to level up 「Special Iron Man (lv.2)」. If I collect a little more points, I could even erase 「Cold-blooded (lv.3)」 at once.
'The efficiency is really crazy, isn't it? Should I make one?'
The method of automatic hunting was simple.
Go down, draw aggro, lure a bunch of zombies to come up to the roof, and then jump over to the roof of the building next door.
Then the zombies would crash into the wall and fall to the ground, becoming obedient point bundles waiting to be harvested. It didn't matter if a lucky one landed safely. If they fell a few more times, the result would be the same.
It wasn't difficult to create an automatic hunting ground as long as there was a suitable space.
The problem was that zombies weren't like infinitely respawning enemies in a game.
This time, the loud noise caused by the bursting water pipe caused even the zombies in the distance to constantly flock to us, so it was easy to gather more than 10 at a time, but in a normal situation, the zombies around us would have been wiped out long ago.
Of course, I could make a loud noise myself to gather zombies, but that would cause the problem of me becoming isolated if too many gathered. If I couldn't even go down, I might become like a fish caught in a trap.
It was also a problem that there was a high risk of an accident while herding zombies unless the situation was like this time, where the water on the floor made it easy to find the zombies' location.
Therefore, it was difficult to rashly try to create an automatic hunting ground.
'But I should think about it. It's too good to give up.'
Now that I knew how stupid zombies were, I decided to think about how to reduce the risk and create an automatic hunting ground when the opportunity arose, and decided to stop automatic hunting here.
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