Chapter 347

Episode 347:

While Kang Min-ah went to convey the news of this incident to the survivors in the garden.

“Mr. Jaeheon Lee...?”

“I am here.”

“ah.”

Kim Yeon-woo was out of his mind.

“Dead, dead... I’m glad there’s no one.”

The proof was that even though I was constantly holding Lee Jae-heon’s hand, I was looking for him.

Of course, she had the courage to voluntarily continue to explore the surrounding area, but even taking that into account, this was too sudden and embarrassing. I’ve searched the same place several times so far, but I’ve never encountered a situation like now.

“Ha...”

Besides, aren’t humans beings who live with their feet on the ground? The fact that the sturdy floor collapsed in an instant was an event that would have surprised even the strongest of minds, Kim Yeon-woo.

“No, it’s surprising that you didn’t die even after falling from that height.”

“It’s definitely high.”

“At this level, I think it will easily beat the many sinkholes that have appeared in the news. “Sinkholes of this size are not common even overseas.”

Kim Yeon-woo, who had been rambling as if he had not yet come to his senses, looked up with an embarrassed expression.

“I can’t believe they fell from this height...”

It’s impossible to determine exactly because the entrance to the hole that caught them was filled up right after they fell, but thanks to the intermittent light sources floating in the air, it is possible to roughly estimate their height. there was.

“Even if I can’t do it, it would be possible to build a 15-story apartment building.”

“Oh, I guess you had the same thoughts as me.”

Jaeheon Lee reacted to Yeonwoo Kim’s words.

“As it happens, this apartment complex has a total of 15 floors.”

“...ah?”

“The number of floors increases as you move toward the rear wing, but the 17th floor will be the highest floor. “As you probably know, Yeonwoo Kim, most buildings were 15 stories.”

“...I remembered.”

Nodding his head, Yeonwoo Kim looked at the sinkhole.

“And when I think about it that way, it makes me feel a little uncomfortable. “After all, it’s a sinkhole as deep as the height of an apartment building.”

“Even now the hole is blocked.”

“Since the entrance is only thinly blocked, couldn’t the survivors outside dig it out?”

“If we look at it from afar, it is thin, but we don’t know if it will be thin when we look at it up close. If you see something that gets blocked on its own, you would know that there is an automatic recovery system... Even if you sell hard, it may get blocked again.”

“Well, even if we open the entrance again, climbing up itself would be a problem.”

The walls of the sinkhole were rough, like a layered rock cliff. A physically well-trained Lee Jae-heon or Kim Yeon-woo would have been able to climb the wall without difficulty, but even so, there were limits. Kim Yeon-woo and Lee Jae-heon are not strong enough to climb up the 15th floor of an apartment building or higher.

“Besides, it’s too simple to think like that...”

Kim Yeon-woo glanced at Lee Jae-heon.

“Jaeheon Lee’s injuries are still the same, right?”

“There is nothing we can do about it as it is an injury that cannot be recovered unless you return to reality.”

“Even if we were both in the best condition, it would have been impossible to climb back up to where we fell anyway, so it’s okay. “It doesn’t seem like there is any other way.”

Kim Yeon-woo said while looking at the door next to the huge empty space where they fell.

“It feels uncomfortable to anyone who sees it, because it looks like a trap.”

Compared to the sinkhole created by nature itself, the smooth and clean white wooden door gave off a strangely unpleasant feeling. Isn’t he looking so neat, as if he’s showing off?

‘It looks like a lantern-eared anglerfish is luring its prey.’

The lanternfish that lives in the deep sea uses the luminous body attached to the end of the tentacles on its head to catch and eat fish that rush at it when it sees the light. It made me angry that they didn’t even seem to have any intention of hiding that the flashing lights were a trap, but it was also true that things couldn’t proceed if they remained in the vacant lot like this.

If the walls of the sinkhole were all dirt, you would have dug a new hole or built stairs to climb up, even if it meant tearing your hands. To that extent, the pure white door gave Kim Yeon-woo an inexplicable feeling of rejection.

“You have to go there, right?”

“Didn’t you just say that that too could be a path?”

“I’m sorry for not having any sense of purpose. Strangely enough, the more you look at it, the worse it feels, so stop...” “

...Is that that much?”

“yes?”

Lee Jae-heon blinked slowly in response to Kim Yeon-woo’s question.

“It doesn’t feel that strange.”

“...Then, um.”

Lee Jae-heon said with a smile.

“I often do this on my own, so are you going to complain now?”

“Wait a minute... alone? often? “You said you did it?”

“...Anyway, it’s okay.”

“....”

“It’s okay.”

Kim Yeon-woo, who wiped his expression of bewilderment, quickly sighed and nodded.

“...I’m sorry there’s nothing else I can do for you.”

Jaeheon Lee shrugged his shoulders without saying a word.

That’s why Kim Yeon-woo thought he was such a pitiful person.

* * *

Hong Gyeong-jun, who heard the story from Kang Min-ah, came to a conclusion.

“We will form a team.”

“Team?”

“Since two people have been left behind, a search team will be needed first. The search team will not only go to the sinkhole, but will also have a separate team that will go directly to the sinkhole. “There will need to be a separate team to check if there are other triggers within the apartment complex.”

Hong Gyeong-jun comforted the confused survivors and helped them understand and accept the situation.

“Currently, police officers Jae-heon Lee and Yeon-woo Kim fell into a sinkhole, and Vivian Student and Do-yoon Han have confirmed that they are alive. “It is said that the entrance to the hole where the stragglers fell has closed again... If we are not going to dig up the ground and find it, someone will have to go to another sinkhole in the center of the complex and check.”

“Do you think we can find you two if we go to that sinkhole?”

Hong Gyeong-jun nodded to Kim Ki-jeong’s question.

“I think it is most likely. The fact that he survived without dying immediately even though he fell into a pit that deep means that the other world or the complex itself took some action, meaning that it had no intention of killing him right now. And right now, the only terrain that can go that deep is the sinkhole in the center. If you are planning to use Jae-Heon Lee and Police Officer Yeon-Woo Kim as bait, they will not stop us from moving to the sinkhole in the complex. So, we have no choice but to send an exploration team there and go down there and look for the stragglers who fell into the sinkhole near the security office.”

Hong Gyeong-jun continued speaking while twitching his fingers.

“After a few inspections, we saw that there was a spiral staircase attached to the side of the sinkhole. It may take some time to find it as the location changes frequently, but it shouldn’t be difficult to go down the central sinkhole via the stairs. However, since this is an area that has not been properly searched yet, it would be a good idea to leave a mark so you don’t get lost. “It would be nice if the sinkhole where police officers Kim Yeon-woo and Lee Jae-heon fell are connected to the sinkhole in the center of the complex.”

If Kim Yeon-woo had been next to him, he would have noticed that Hong Gyeong-jun was quite anxious and calmed him down so that he would not proceed emotionally. However, it could be said that it was Hong Gyeong-jun’s misfortune because the only quick-witted people next to him were people who were busy taking care of their own lives.

Hong Gyeong-jun, who finished speaking like a quick hit, continued hesitantly.

“And the feeling...”

“Now that I think about it, I heard from Kim Yeon-woo that Hong Gyeong-jun’s intuition is trustworthy. “Is this really something I can trust?”

“...I would appreciate it if you didn’t believe it but just looked at it as a possibility.”

Hong Gyeong-jun, barely able to come to his senses, nodded.

“I think I need to leave the garden first.”

“Even though monsters don’t come in here?”

“The thing that preyed on Trooper Kim Yeon-woo and Lee Jae-heon is the apartment complex connected to this garden. The way the scarecrows behave also seems to have changed slightly. “We’d better get out before something happens.”

“Ah...”

At those words, the survivors looked at the scarecrows dripping blood. Usually, it didn’t come out of its territory except at certain times, either in the morning or afternoon, but now for some reason, it was floating in the air along the ditch.

Ha Seong-yoon nodded.

“I know what you mean. I have nothing to say about this either. Then, it would be best to take the kindergarten students, high school students, and Azalea to a safe place...” “

Yes, if it is okay, I would like to take them to the police station within the shopping mall.”

“It’s the safest place we’ve checked so far.”

The monsters in the shopping mall didn’t even approach the police station, and if Hong Gyeong-jun or Kim Yeon-woo were there, they could have gone inside. And the police mannequins inside the police station were evaluated as not being a threat to the survivors even without Hong Gyeong-jun and Kim Yeon-woo.

“The only problem is that food supply is difficult... but that’s something we can take with us from here.”

“you’re right. “First of all, I think it would be a good idea for some survivors, including me, to take a standby group like students and Jin Dal-rae to the police station and start searching for the rest.”

“All right.”

“....”

“...Mr. Hong Gyeong-jun?”

Hong Gyeong-jun, who was silent for a moment, then looked at Do-yoon Han and asked.

“Have you seen the keyring monster?”

In the past few days, the key ring monster that had been on the mountain behind had come to the garden where the survivors were staying and sat down. It had been sitting on the border of the garden for a while, watching the survivors, but for some reason it was no longer visible.

Han Do-yoon also seemed to have noticed this and his face turned pale.

“...uh?”

This is because I realized something was wrong.

(Continued in the next part)