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Debut or Die - 279It's been five minutes since we went from doing a psychological test to escaping the zombies.- Watch your heads.- Huuh.And now we're crawling through the ventilation duct.Judging by the presence of pre-installed cameras in the middle, this route seems to be the right one."It's a good route."The production crew, left on purpose, covered up the vents, giving the effect that it was a difficult path to find.But in reality, it was natural to find the production team in the middle of an unexpected situation as it made the story flow in a good direction."The atmosphere is also good."Although it's a cliché, it helps to concentrate because the ventilation duct is dark and the atmosphere is eerie.Kkeuuuuuuu-Keururuk! Kkiiik!You could hear those noises through the walls.- Hul.- Waah, those sounds.- It must definitely be a zombie!"There's no one who hasn't been immersed in this."After checking that the guys were nervous, I nodded to myself and continued crawling.And a little while later.After turning the corner, a forked path appeared. Ryu CheongWoo, who was in front, stopped.- Should we split up...?- Shh.And he stuck to the wall at a corner of a corridor, causing the others to fall behind.- Hup.The unusual signal made us all move closer to the wall.At that moment.- KKIEEEEEEK!- OHUP-Kim RaeBin hurriedly closed Keun SeJin's mouth.One of the vents on the other side was obstructed by a grate, through which we could see zombies standing on top of each other screaming.Their costumes were bloodied and they had brutal wound makeup on."They're putting on a great performance."The production team seems to have invested a good amount of money and hired more actors. It looks pretty real.... Wait.An ominous sound was heard.Tuduk- ...!From the ventilation duct that had zombies stuck in it... something fell out.Ting, ting, tidididididing...We moved before a bolt landed on our feet.- To the right! That side! That side!- UWAAAAAAA!Cha YooJin jumped into the passage in the other direction like lightning. Then he pulled the hands and heads of the other members for us to move forward fast."Are you leading us like sheep?"But the effect was clear. In an instant, we ran through the side passage on all fours and reached the duct on the other side.But at that very moment, the zombies that had been left behind were breaking free of the obstacles in order to move forward, causing vibrations and thumps to be felt echoing through the passageway.KWAGWAGWAGWAGWANG!!!!!- AAAAH!- I-I'll open it fast!Next to Kim RaeBin, who was screaming, Seon AhHyun reached out and pulled a plate that was covering the ventilation duct.The plate came out easily, but what was in front of it was dark. The duct was connected to an unlit space.I spoke up immediately.- I don't hear zombies in there.Ryu CheongWoo answered immediately.- Let's go inside. Be careful of the person in front of you!- Yes!One by one we went out through the ventilation shaft.Relying on the dim light from the ventilation window, and after confirming that those who went down first helped the others out, I went out almost at the same time as CheongWoo.And we closed the vent plate.KWANG!But it fell down. Keun SeJin exclaimed as calmly as possible.- This isn't going to work! See if there's anything that can help us close it!- Wait, wait!!! If we push it with that...Bae Sejin pointed to something dark that was near where he was standing. RaeBin ran over to it and shouted.- It's a cabinet!- Bring it in!And just in case, the number of people immediately split into three holding the duct plate and four moving the cabinet.But there was no time to waste.Kung... Those of us who had our hands holding the conduit plate felt the vibrations.- ...- They opened it.The zombies managed to remove the obstructing grate and burst into the corridor.I saw them start to appear in the corner.- They're there!- Now, here they come!The atmosphere had intensified to the point of breaking out in a cold sweat."They'll probably slow down to get here, right?"It's done in a research lab that we even did PPL to, so they have to give us even a little time to come up with some solution.However, at the end of the ventilation duct, the zombies coming in with their whole bodies twisted are kind of... no, shit, they're really fast..."Damn it."They were too close.Just in case, I held the side of the metal grate really tight.I appreciate that the actors are delivering a passionate interpretation of their roles during filming, but they need them to control themselves a bit.....- Move to the side!!I reflexively turned to the side. CheongWoo stepped back in the same direction and an iron piece of furniture supplanted our place.KWANG!It was the cabinet. The huge piece of furniture covered more than half of the vent grille and pressed it.And at that moment, the zombies crashed into the ventilation duct.- KYAAAAAAK!KUNG!The cabinet, which was moved only by four grown men, was quite full and the zombies couldn't push it.- AH!However, Cha YooJin, who was holding the other half of the duct grate that was not yet covered, was almost attacked* by one of the zombies.- ...!- KYAAAK!CheongWoo and I reflexively threw YooJin. The boy jumped up and took a step back.- Are you okay?- No problem. I avoided it!YooJin smiled with his usual face. He doesn't seem to have special makeup blood.- Huuh, that's a relief. I thought we'd have to tie YooJinie~- Haha!Some people laughed at Sejin's joke. They seem to have relaxed a bit from being too immersed in a bloody situation.And of course, as soon as we regained our senses, we felt extremely indignant.We understood that it was worse than that time when they told us they would take us on a trip but we ended up working selling hotteok.- Waah, but seriously.... I didn't expect this to happen! Production team! Are you serious?!- I really didn't expect this...- ... Somehow, when we came in, we signed a consent form. I thought it was to comply with auditing.- Shh!Meanwhile, YooJin put a finger to his mouth seriously.- There are more zombies outside! Let's check first!He's excited.The glint in his eyes showed that he must have thought it was funny.- Yes. YooJin is right. Let's see where we are first. Since it's dark, let's do it in pairs... I'll go alone.- Okay, leader-nim~!Realizing that we were being filmed, everyone hurriedly resumed the search."It would have been fun to talk more since it's going to be edited anyway."I shrugged and started looking around, relying on the dim light coming from the vent through the zombies.- Hyung, my eyes don't see in the dark, so my vision is very limited, but I can move to where you want me to go, so if you point me....- Okay. Don't worry, I'll tell you if there's a problem.- Yes!"Seeing that there aren't any zombie actors coming to make a fuss at us, then it's possible that we're in a locked room..."I quickly approached the nearest wall with RaeBin behind me.And when I finally touched the wall....- ...!I felt a unique texture.... It was wood.I stopped my hands."A dark, enclosed, unknown wooden space...."- ...I felt a little disappointed.- Hyung? Is there any suspicious liquid on that wall...?I waved my hand again.- No, it's clean. I slowed down to be careful.- I see! That's a wise decision. We don't know where the zombies will show up!Yes. That was an overreaction, though."They're filming us."It's an entertaining enough moment in the middle of a setting where there's a zombie virus.They're all actually people in costume, though, so it doesn't matter if we're locked in....- Wait, this...- What?My hand, mechanically feeling around the wall, found something colder than wood.- On the wall... there's something like a metal box, but it's a bit bigger.- ...!It's a suspicious box.- What did you find, MoonDae?- Oh, wait a minute.- I'm going to check the other side!RaeBin's exclamation was heard, who walked by and checked the other side of the metal box.- There's something like a lock on the other side! Should I open it?- Huh? Wait! Guys, wait a minute!Soon after, Keun SeJin and Seon AhHyun approached with flashlights that I don't know where they had found.- Is this going to be okay?- It's fine!And the moment we unlocked the metal box with the help of the flashlight.Jiiiing!The box opened by itself.And a blue laser shot out of the box.- What?- Danger!Bae Sejin and Cha YooJin, who were looking for something similar to a window, shouted.- DOWN!I grabbed the boy next to me and lowered his head.But right after...DalkakThe vision cleared.- ...??When I looked up, I felt a piercing light in my eyes. The light came on in the room.It can't be.- It's all right.- Y-yes?I patted the boy next to me to get up.And I looked at the metal box in front of me.It was a huge wooden cabinet. Beyond it, I could see a neatly painted wall."It was a piece of furniture."What I touched was not the wall, but a wooden cabinet.... This is not a log cabin, it's just an office space.- Ha.I couldn't help but laugh.And next to me, they burst out laughing in a different way.- So, that must have turned on the light?- Did we look funny?- T-The composition is amazing.- ... How does it work?Bae Sejin touched the box. Keun SeJin laughed out loud and rubbed his hands together.- Oh, the light comes on with a laser... UAAAK!- What's going on?Let's turn our gaze to the direction Keun SeJin was looking in.... In the corner, something that appears to be a human corpse was lying down.Oh, shit!- HUL!- UWAAAAAAH!- Guys, it's a mannequin.... I'll correct that. It was a mannequin that looked like a corpse.- What's this?The mannequin was dressed in a uniform that looked like a security guard, with a strange object in his hand that looked like a combination of a gun and taser (electric stun gun).And the gun was pointed at his head."Since the mannequin looks like a dead man, will this be a gun substitute...?"I immediately bent down and carefully pulled it out. And I looked at it."Hmm."The gun has a glass block in it. That's...- I think it's a laser gun.- What?I remembered the metal box that the blue-colored laser light came out of earlier.- The shape of the end of the gun is similar to what I saw on the box before, so the pattern must be similar....- Oh, MoonDae is so smart~- Wait. Ex-excuse me...- ...AhHyun-ah is so brave~Meanwhile, AhHyun turned the mannequin over and found the box and the instructions for use in her arms.What was in the box was the same gun that I was holding in my hands, and .... there were four purple cylinders that appear to contain live ammunition.- Ah, it looks like the dummy has a piece of paper with something written on it.Keun SeJin quickly read the pamphlet and explained a summary.The zombie virus was leaked by mistake when it was brought to the lab, and the only thing that works to fight zombies is this weapon that was brought along with the virus.And since that person was infected with the virus and couldn't escape, he used the laser gun on himself... The contents of the booklet boiled down to that.- Hul, do you think we can hunt zombies with this?- Oh.Keun SeJin pointed to a purple cylinder with his hand.- That's a rechargeable battery... It can be used three times on a single charge!- Hmm. Really?CheongWoo took the laser gun and aimed at the zombie in a suit whose limbs were sticking out of the vent grille.To be exact, he aimed at an arm of the zombie lying next to the cabinet.And he quickly fired.Jiiiing!- KIYAAK!When he shot the laser, the zombie's arm stiffened as if it was paralyzed and no longer moved.- OOOOH!- Hmm, okay.CheongWoo shrugged his shoulders and waved his gun.And said calmly.- Excuse me, but can you move the cabinet? I'm going to shoot him in the head.- ... Okay.It seems that from now on, the objective of the game will change from "escape the zombies" to "shoot the zombies".* * *The prediction was only half right.Jiiing- BANG!I saw a zombie running at full speed in the corridor and falling down after being hit by a laser gun.It was thanks to CheongWoo's work. For reference, I saw that same scene about seven more times.- Waah.- Hyung is awesome!- Haha.And this is the eighth time the boys have looked up to him. I bet the color of my hair that this cut will be edited and appear as well.But when CheongWoo looked at the cylinder, he shrugged his shoulders.- There are only two shoots left... Well, I hope we can escape soon.- Ugh, right.That should be put away.Surprisingly, it was enough for him to shoot a zombie once to cause its death. However, starting with only 10 shots remaining made us realize that ammunition should not be wasted."He shouldn't have shot the guy in the vent."But there was nothing I could do about it, it was done. I pressed my forehead."To begin with, the institute brought up the guns as a conflict between group members."But we had mobilized and attacked in secret thanks to our cooperation.Rather, it took us longer to shoot and kill them, so it won't be a big problem with the remaining two shots."We did well."It was a good method.From the bathroom where the zombies are confined in each compartment to the private counseling room, from the creepy BGM game room to the hallway.... It was a pretty well done course, but there was one problem.- Hyuu!- Waah, doing this for two hours is hard, isn't it?Time was running out for us.According to the map I got from the desk earlier, the back door was at the end of this hallway, and it looked like that was the end."I'm sure it must have some trick."But when I checked Bae Sejin's watch, the remaining time was less than 10 minutes."We have to be filmed escaping to survive."It would be a good ending if we managed to escape at the last moment.- Let's go.- Let's move forward while looking ahead. If you see any zombies, tap me on the shoulder.- Yes!We walked down the dark hallway, under the flickering lights, cautiously heading for the back door, but... nothing happened.- Oooh.- I guess we're done.- I like it! We succeeded!"This is boring."I clicked my tongue, but didn't stop YooJin from opening the back door.However... the door didn't open.Pppii–ikInstead, a red light appeared on the screen from which the chime could be heard.[Please enter the pass card.]- ...- Hul.The last trick was revealed.- Pass?The members looked toward the back door with puzzled expressions for a moment, but a quick discussion took place immediately.- Would the staff have it?- No, they never received or sent anything like that.- Waah.- Should I check the desk again?When a very vague trick comes out with less than 10 minutes to go, the guys began to think in anxious haste.They deserve to be nervous. I shut up and bowed my head."... There must be some clue."This is the last step to escape, so there must be some crucial clue that we have overlooked on our way here.The process must be orderly, that way we'll feel great after we've escaped."Obviously I need to have some idea..."- He often comes up with unexpected ideas, he seems to be an essential idea bank for the group.- ...!Wait.I restored my mind back to its normal state."... I see."And I started running backwards down the hallway we had been advancing down so far.- Mo-MoonDae-ya?- Wait!No time to explain"9 minutes."It's too little time.For now I ran and calculated in my head.If you think of it as a straight line, the path is shorter than you think."There are no zombies on the way to that room, so if we go like this..."We can escape!I ran faster down the hallway.Until...UdudukThere was a strange noise coming from the hallway as I ran.A sound of something collapsing.PiiikAnd dark smoke starts coming out of the cracks and corners of the wall.The lights flickering in the hallway that used to show smoke went out one after another. The opposite side is now in total gloom."No light..."I ran and reached the end of the hallway.Smoke was pouring in."It smells like burning..."Standing alone in an enclosed, dark, smoke-filled space.- ...I stopped walking.And a bead of cold sweat ran down my neck.
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