Chapter 178
Chapter 178
Episode 178 [ On the Road (1) ]
Before the Independent State of Manchuria and EV signed an agreement.
Kyung-hoon met Shane and Bailey again upstream of the Colorado River.
The two arrived safely at the source of the river, but the boat, robot, and dog were all in disarray.
“I’m glad you’re safe.”
whine.
At Kyung-hoon’s words, the dog stuck out its tongue and lay down on the ground.
In a world full of monsters, going up the river by boat was a tedious and dangerous task.
Sometimes we sailed leisurely all day long.
But other than that, the fighting continued.
Unfamiliar monsters threw stones from the canyon, and strange fish monsters jumped out of the water.
Boats capsized and battles broke out on the water.
When the ship reached the dry canyon, it was almost impossible to move any further.
“As expected, since we were on our way upstream, we couldn’t see any high-level monsters. “There was no great risk.”
Shane said, moving his rattling joints.
Kiing.
But the dog didn’t seem to agree with that.
“Were there any traces of anyone?”
Shane shook his head in response to Kyunghoon’s question.
“It was all swept away. “There were villages that built defensive walls like in LA City, but there was almost nothing left.”
“Could it be a wave?”
“well. If you put up a defensive wall, it means you’ve blocked it for quite some time. “I don’t know why it failed.”
In response to Kyung-hoon’s question, the robot shook its head. Too much time has passed. There wasn’t much way to find out now.
The group went straight up the canyon.
Gyeong-hoon took only the engine containing the mana stone and threw the tattered ship away. Unfortunately, I could no longer use the radio that had fallen into the water.
It was like throwing trash in the Grand Canyon, a national park, but there was no one left to say anything.
It was a pretty rough canyon, but none of my colleagues had a hard time climbing up.
Kyung-hoon’s new shiny jeep was sitting on the flat canyon.
A newly brought walkie-talkie was installed in the back seat of the car, and a soft dog cushion was placed next to it.
Bailey was the first to jump into the car and settle down on the cushion.
-The car was repaired by maintenance workers all night... I don’t know how long it will last.
Eve whispered in Kyung-hoon’s ear. Now, even Eve didn’t think the car would be fine.
This is the desolate western border of the Grand Canyon. There were no humans, animals or monsters in sight.
Kyung-hoon laid out a map on the bonnet of the car and explained the route.
“Once you pass through the Navajo Nation and into Colorado, the eastern part is mostly flat. “If we don’t encounter any monsters, it won’t be long before we can reach the East.”
It was a long way through the American continent, but it was much easier to travel because the wide plains continued and the density of monsters was low.
Moreover, Bailey was playing the role of Monster Radar better than expected.
If it was a wide plain, it would be possible to avoid most monsters.
“If there are no problems, it will arrive in about two weeks.”
When there were no monsters and the road was intact, it would have been possible to cross the road in four days, but now that the road was damaged, it would take two weeks.
Moreover, the time was set on the assumption that the monster would not catch it.
But Kyung-hoon nodded at Shane’s words.
It was clear that the sea route to get here and the journey ahead were too difficult.
Even though it was driven by a quiet mana stone electric car, there was no way it was safer than walking.
Moreover, a trip without Kyung-hoon and Eve was bound to be more dangerous.
But no one here said anything like that.
There was someone waiting. Even if it got dangerous, I had to run quickly.
While Shane and Kyunghoon were checking the map,
wow wow.
Bailey barked from the car. At the same time, Eve spoke.
[It’s time.]
Kyung-hoon checked the time. It was communication time.
Bailey the dog also seemed to let me know that it was time to communicate.
“that’s interesting. “How do you set the time so accurately?”
Kyunghoon looked at the puppy with a curious expression.
But Shane and Eve didn’t find it very surprising. This was because the AI could not have had the time wrong.
Kyung-hoon walked to the car, feeling somewhat alone.
No, it was not a miracle.
“It was a trap. I was the bait.”
A bait to catch and eat the people running to meet her.
The bait informed the situation here, so the hunter was trying to take the bait.
She cursed at herself for having been fooled all this time.
“Fool! Fool! Monster! Same bitch!”
The reasoning she had just come up with was not something the young girl would have thought of all at once, but she could only blame herself.
That was when.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
A loud noise was heard overhead. It was
the first sound she had heard since she was left alone in the bunker. Monsters were knocking on the bunker door.
I didn’t know when this bunker was discovered. Is it a year ago, five years ago, or from the beginning? It was
a door that had never been opened and was not meant to be opened, but I didn’t know how long I could block it .
There was nothing.
She looked at the walkie-talkie.
[Chijijik...]
The walkie-talkie was only making noise.
It was a walkie-talkie that I turned on out of habit, and it was an item that gave me hope.
That’s why I couldn’t hand it over to the monsters. Now it was time to say goodbye.
Her She lifted an iron pipe lying nearby
and hit the radio.
Bang! Bang!
The machine shattered and the tape inside shattered.
Her father’s voice was breaking. It was
a voice she was tired of hearing every day, but she I couldn’t help but cry when I saw the tape being released.
The girl was crying and swinging the metal pipe. When
the radio broke, she ran out of the room.
There was not enough time. We had to get our things before the guys came in.
Food, clothes, and hunting gear. Field.
She came back soon and had a small bag on her back.
It was a subspace bag.
She looked at the broken radio with sad eyes.
If the bag had been as big as an adult’s bag, the radio would have gone in...
But it was not the time to be sad.
She put the last photo frame on her desk into her bag.
She never forgot what her parents said:
‘Run. Don’t stop. You have to live. If you survive, you’ll meet other survivors!’
A lot of memories and things remained in the bunker, but now it was time to leave.
Bang!
I heard the sound of the iron door breaking.
It was several floors away, but seeing it coming all the way here made it seem like an extremely strong monster had arrived.
Whoosh!
The siren sounded
and boom . !
The sound of explosives exploding was heard. It seemed like a booby trap had exploded.
But it was too much to stop the monsters. The
monsters’ footsteps could be heard.
She carried her bag and went out into the hallway.
It was a small bunker. But for a long time, she It was the house she lived in.
She did not go up.
The only entrance was the door that had just been broken down, but she did not go through that door in the first place. She
put her hand on the wall.
Her entrance was behind this wall.
Behind this wall, a dozen meters away, in the ground. The sewer was flowing.
The inside of the sewer was quiet.
She activated the trait.
Woooow.
The wall trembled and the translucent girl pushed herself into the wall.
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