Darwin Kim leads Psyche Flint to the temporary refuge for the survivors, the underground mall.
"No wonder he found me there" Psyche Flint thought and frowned as she looked around and saw many exhausted and dispirited survivors inside. They are slouching on the wall, hugging their family, sleeping for a short time than a human usually does, and wary of each other's greediness.The area's population was reduced to one-fourth of the area's total population from before the apocalypse."What is your survival plan?" Psyche Flint asked Darwin Flint but saw his hesitated eyes. Darwin Kim couldn't look straight at her while contemplating on what to say as an excuse.Psyche Flint sighed as she felt Darwin Kim's reaction and guessed their plan. Everything that happened inside this refuge, is just a temporary comfort for the shocking people who couldn't accept that the world change."In this way, you didn't help them to survive at all but you help them to become dependent. What will happen if you shelter each person you saw? Are you certain that you can keep them safe and filled their minds with hope? This is not helping at all but slowly breaking them" Psyche Flint said seriously and her eyes gazed around. It looks like her eyes are looking for something.Darwin Kim stayed silent and didn't know what to say to her as he felt powerless, too. He was about to say a word but noticed Psyche Flint's eyes gazing around as if looking for someone or something."What's wrong?" Darwin Kim asked when Psyche Flint moved and walked towards the back of the crowd. Psyche Flint didn't answer him either but her eyes landed on the unconscious woman. Her face looks uncomfortable while a young boy keeps on wiping her sweats with clean clothes.Darwin Kim also looked at the unconscious woman. She looks like on her 30s and obviously, the young boy is her son. Her hands clutched on her son's shirt as her face filled with worries and sadness.Psyche Flint sighed and immediately knew the reason of the unconscious woman's condition.Even though, she acted like an idiot outside this refuge camp, it is because the zombies are ignoring her like she doesn't exist at all.She felt uncomfortable inside her heart because the situation is likely the common treatment between a rich and poor. The rich stays in a luxurious house and being treated like a god everywhere he/she goes while the poor struggles on the slum just to survive. However, this is the worst case scenario because it directly involves life.She's energetic and can loosen her vigilance because she's invisible for the zombies while these people here inside the refugee's camp are scared of those man-eater monsters outside and cannot fight without hiding.Darwin Kim also saw the condition of the unconscious woman but he couldn't help at all. He's helpless and powerless. He's just slightly stronger than average human. It is enough to defend himself from limited number of zombies but he cannot defend all of the people inside this refugee's camp.Suddenly, the unconscious woman's finger twitched once. No one saw it, even Psyche Flint. Her skin slowly change into grayish brown, the common color for rotten corpse while the young boy is still wiping sweats on the unconscious woman's forehead."Mom?" The young boy was stunned when the unconscious woman turned her head and looked at him. Her upper body was lifted up slowly until her limbs supported it. She moved sluggishly like a snail. She smiled and reached out her hand on the young boy's cheeks while her eyes teared.However, her hands stop moving when her eyes immediately turned white. The young boy sniffed. He already have an idea why her mother is acting like a stiff puppet with a string. Her mother turned into a zombie. His heart ached and wanted to hug her but a hand pulled him from behind to stop him."Its dangerous" Psyche Flint whispered. Fortunately, no one discovered the situation yet and the refugees are quiet because of those patrolmen roaming around the camp to check.Psyche Flint covered the young boy's eyes with her left hand and her right hand gripped on a sword nearby. She struck on the woman's neck and a head fell down.Psyche Flint whispered again. "I'm sorry. She's no longer your mother" while her voice is trembling and her eyes are shaking. It is the first time she killed a human but she has no other choice, just to do so for everyone here.The young boy heard her and tried to smile as he noticed her trembling voice. He held the hand that covered his eyes and said, "I don't want to see her suffering from being a zombie".
Psyche Flint's heart softened and hugged the young boy from behind. The young boy could not hold her tears anymore and cried loudly which attracted everyone's attention. They were shocked to see a rotten corpse beside the young boy and immediately know the reason of his heartache."What happened?!" Andrea Su asked loudly as her brows furrowed. She was about to report to her superior that there's a strange woman entered the camp easily despite the zombie barrage outside the refugee's camp.The camp is surrounded by many zombies outside as they are looking for their prey. The human scents brought them here. However, the thick and sturdy wall that served as a gate couldn't let them enter at will.They could only groan like hungry wolves. Which is why, Andrea Su is curious of Psyche Flint's identity. Only her superior's family can enter and exit the camp without anyone's permission with a group of bodyguards.
Lincoln Joe tilted his head as he looked at Lincoln Joe with confusion.“Cough.. Cough.. I’m Psyche” Psyche Flint introduced herself without including her family name.She intentionally exclude her family name, not because of her family’s reputation nor wealth but because she wanted to survive silently. Even if the zombies are ignoring her presence or she’s not edible for zombies’ stomachs, she still wanted to survive the apocalypse silently without letting other people know her uniqueness.She shook her head when she imagined being a lab rats for the apocalypse sci
“Yes, It’s me. Your Grandpa Su” the old man smiled. Psyche Flint still couldn’t believe it. This grandpa Su still alive after five years and his countenance is still the same five years ago!“Grandpa Su, why are you here? My Flint Family is on the other side” Psyche Flint was confused. Grandpa Su was her grandpa Flint’s friend.They were childhood friends and many become their victims of bullying, not physically but financially. It was the reason why many people feared the Grandpa Flint. He could bully other people alone, which was fine. They could still have breathing but Grandpa Su was with him together – which scared away many enemies of Flint and Su F
On the second day of Apocalypse, the Supermarket Mall is still surrounded by many zombies. They are not the only survivors. There are some survivors from other areas like who hide inside the Gas Station storage room. Fortunately, the station has a gate which prevented the zombies on entering the area. Because of this, they can come and go anytime without the surprise attack of zombies. However, foods and drinks are the main point of survival. They have to look for food in order to accumulate enough strength to fight against them.On the other side of the city, there is an area where many survivors gathered. They have many foods and drinks but not enough for everyone to survive for four months. The only way to survive is to look for another warehouse – full of
Psyche Flint sighed and sat down on the sofa with lotus mediation seating posture which relaxed her from outside world. It is one of the Flint Family’s traditions to use breathing technique to set free the mind from worries or stress.However, Psyche Flint didn’t notice the sudden changes around her. The trees swayed, not because of the wind but because of the natural Qi. The thin thread of natural Qi entered her meridian below the belly.For Psyche Flint, the natural Qi is so warm until she almost felt hot like steam spring. However, she doesn’t feel uncomfortable but made her mind relax more. Her pores opened and sweats came out with black dirt.
“Am I invisible in this zombie apocalyptic world right now?” she asked herself while reading the instructions and legend that appeared on the 3D navigation map.She thought that she needs to visit these dots to find out the meaning behind it but the 3D navigation map’s upper corner on the screen which has the word ‘Host Manual’ blinked once and the literal instructions, as well as, legends of the dots appeared.Firstly, she was curious of dot’s meaning so she immediately read the legends.The dots differ in color. For example, th
Psyche Flint squinted because of the light, illuminating the room. She raised her right hand and let her right hand’s shadow blocked the light. She blinked twice heavily while she felt sleepy despite after sleeping many hours. She put down her hand and yawned twice. Her eyes moistened when she remembered yesterday that she fainted.She exhaled deeply and got out of the bed but stop when she remembered that she still haven’t check the last color on the legend of 3D navigation map. She was about to check it but turned her head when a knocked on the door from outside the door sounded. A man’s voice delivered Grandpa Su’s message to eat her brunch (breakfast+lunch).
“Yes, we let her join us but if that is… she just wanted join as a normal member of our group. However, you told us to let her be part of our leadership circle. You should have known how we select a person as a leader regardless of gender or age, right?” Old Master Hernan didn’t express his viewpoint as a leader.For the first day of Apocalypse Era, it was their luck of being near the Supermarket Mall. There was a banquet inside the luxurious hotel. There were many big shots attended the banquet including the Family Heads from aristocratic families. The Flint Family also has the same standing of those aristocrat familie