Apocalypse: Apparently, I Can See Zombies

There were three aspects that dictated Seong's existence in this dimension. The first two were Jin-woo's field of perception and how far Seong was away from that perception. The last one was related to Seong himself, and it was his own perception. Even if Jin-woo closed his eyes, as long as Seong could see him he could go anywhere he wanted.

Well, 'see' wasn't the right word to describe this aspect or describe it fully, since Seong was flickering in and out at the periphery of the chasing zombies, searching for a security guard, while Jin-woo was running from the zombies.

They weren't looking at each other, but Seong could still move about freely.

Rather than being able to just see each other for Seong to move freely, it was the concept of them being able to know where the other person's position in space was with absolute confidence.

It was quite a complicated concept even for Seong to understand, and he suspected it had something to do with Jin-woo's ability to perceive other dimensions. But to try and put it in layman's terms, say you had two eggs underneath a bowl. These eggs would be able to know where the other's position in space was.

But if you were to lift the bowl and move one of the eggs out before closing it, both eggs would know where the other was in space if they remained completely still, however, the moment one of them slightly moved then the two would be clueless.

When Jin-woo had locked the door to the security room, Seong had immediately appeared next to him, this was because they were put in a situation where they couldn't see/perceive the other person's position in space.

In this situation where Seong was searching for the security guard while Jin-woo was running towards the auditorium, even though they weren't looking at each other, they were in a position where they could perceive the other's position in space by simply turning around.

This was why Seong made sure not to get swallowed up in the horde and simply flickered in and out at the periphery. The moment he got swallowed up; he would be the egg outside the bowl and be forced to appear next to Jin-woo.

After leaving the field it didn't take long for Jin-woo to reach the auditorium.

Bang!

He tried to open the double doors, but they were locked. The auditorium was normally used for emergency meetings, celebrations, or organized performances by clubs. It wasn't accessible to students on normal days.

However, Jin-woo didn't panic. He reached into one of the utility belt's pockets and took out a set of keys. His hands worked fast, and he quickly found the correct one. After unlocking the doors, Jin-woo pushed them wide open and rushed inside.

The moment he rushed inside, Seong was forced to appear next to him, but his eyes were shining.

"I found him! He's in the horde coming for us."

Jin-woo heard him say after briefly taking out the earphones from his ears. Nodding he then jogged across the spacious clearing of the auditorium to stop at the back exit where there was a single metal door. He used the key to quickly open it, but he didn't leave through it.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

Jin-woo glanced around and after spotting a table nearby he pulled it over and positioned it across the door before climbing onto it.

Just as Jin-woo climbed on top of the table, loud screeching could be heard coming from the entrance.

The zombies were here.

Jin-woo quickly took out his phone and sent a single-word text message to Ah-yong.

'Auditorium.'

The zombies suddenly rushed into the auditorium and seeing Jin-woo on top of the table they charged towards him. However, the speakers in the auditorium abruptly released static sounds that bounced off the walls and echoed incessantly.

If Jin-woo hadn't quickly put on his earphones to block out most of it, he would have been clutching his ears in pain. As for Seong, he winced slightly but other than that he seemed fine.

However, the zombies on the other hand seemed as if they had been electrocuted as they stopped charging at Jin-woo, and then with a jerk of their bodies, they dashed toward the speakers with even more madness than they had while moving towards Jin-woo.

As more zombies pushed and poured into the auditorium, rather than charging toward Jin-woo, they followed the crowd ahead of them toward the speakers.

Jin-woo seeing this had his eyes narrowed.

Seong quickly tapped Jin-woo on his shoulder and pointed at the entrance.

Jin-woo looked over and saw a zombie dressed in security guard clothes, shoving its way to the large double doors that now seemed too narrow to accommodate so many zombies.

Jin-woo slowly unclipped the handgun at his waist and pulled it out. He then aimed it at the zombie in the security guard's clothes and fired. Thanks to his elevated position the bullet from the gun managed to whizz over the head of the zombies at the front of the doorway and accurately pierced the head of the zombie in the security guard's clothes.

However, the sound of the bullet being fired momentarily overshadowed the static sound coming from the speakers. All the zombies in the auditorium suddenly glanced over at Jin-woo in unison, before they ignored the static sound and rushed towards him.

Jin-woo calmly put away the handgun and then jumped off the table. With a kick, he sent the table crashing to the ground in front of the charging zombies, tripping a few of them. This gave him enough time to close the metal door and lock it with the key.

Putting away the keys, Jin-woo took out one of the earphones in his ears and turned to Seong who was next to him to say with a smile.

"The first stage of the plan worked."

"Hm, but now comes the risky part. We still don't know if our thoughts about the zombies' nature are correct or not. And even if they are, it's not guaranteed it is to the extent for this plan to work."

Hearing Seong's words, Jin-woo moved toward the corner of the auditorium and peeked around it to observe the line of zombies still rushing through the double metal doors. Just by estimations alone, one could tell that there were several hundred of them gathered there, and this did not even include the ones already inside the auditorium.

With a solemn expression, Jin-woo placed the earphones back into his ears as he said.

"We just have to pray we were right."

After saying that, Jin-woo grabbed the gun from his waist and turned the corner.