Apocalypse: Apparently, I Can See Zombies

Chapter 76- An Impasse

Jin-woo's figure stumbled into the gymnasium. His left hand was limply dangling at his side while blood could be seen soaking the ripped sleeve of his left shoulder as it ran down his arm.

"Jin, are you okay?"

Seong instinctively wanted to reach out to help Jin-woo but he stopped himself. Even though Jin-woo could do small things like poke him or hold his hand, he couldn't do something like use him as a crutch.

Seong was still a projection from a different dimension, thus Jin-woo was the only one who could perceive holding his hand. Other people and even the Third Dimension itself didn't recognize him so Jin-woo couldn't defy a fundamental law engraved in the Third Dimension like gravity and use a nonexistent entity like him as a crutch.

Jin-woo quickly recovered his footing and responded to Seong with gritted teeth.

Don't worry, it's just a dislocation and a small cut."

During his encounter with the zombies outside, Jin-woo had fell to the ground in a bad position and dislocated his shoulder. He had also scrapped his shoulder due to sliding, but from the amount of blood running down his arm, it didn't seem like a small wound. His pink earphones were long gone, ripped out of his ears and phone by a zombie.

Screech!

Suddenly a piercing scream echoed out. However, it didn't come from the zombies chasing from behind, but one wandering in a corner of the gymnasium. Its screeching was shrill and ear-piercing as it bounced off the walls, but a loud bang suddenly rang out before it abruptly ended.

Jin-woo lowered the gun the barrel of which was still emitting faint smoke before heading to the backrooms where the bathroom and exit were.

Upon passing the center of the gymnasium, however, Seong suddenly came to an abrupt stop, his eyes fixated on a corpse amid the pile of bodies.

"Liam?"

Seong muttered; a feeling of sadness washing over him as tears formed at the corner of his eyes.

Bang!

Three shots rang out in succession killing the zombies with a headshot to each of them.

Screech!

Jin-woo hearing another zombie screeching turned to the metal door that was slightly ajar to see several of them shoving each other in the narrow corridor as they charged at him.

Jin-woo didn't hesitate to fire a shot at the one in front, but the gun suddenly released a click as the magazine was emptied.

The zombie that was shot fell to the ground momentarily hindering the others, and Jin-woo used that chance to close the door.

He didn't have time to lock it with a key due to his dislocated shoulder, so he used his body to block the door before fitting the gun back into its holster freeing up his only hand.

Then fishing out his phone, Jin-woo entered the messaging app after unlocking his phone and typed 'gym' with quick fingers. However, just as he was about to send the message to Ah-yong, the zombies slammed against the door with a muffled bang. As a result of this, the phone was knocked out of his hand before sliding two meters away on the ground.

Seong who was panicking by Jin-woo's side, had his expression instantly changed when he saw this meanwhile Jin-woo's face turned ashen as he cursed.

"Fuck."

Jin-woo thought of reaching out with his foot to pull the phone closer to him, but upon feeling the constant bang on the door behind him, he immediately discarded that idea. He could feel that the moment he moved, the zombies would forcefully break the doorlock and escape.

With his gun emptied and one of his arms dislocated, Jin-woo had no way of halting the zombies coming out while sending the message to Ah-yong at the same time.

Perhaps the only saving grace in this situation was that the path to the exit was narrow so the number of zombies that could attack the door was not a lot. Meaning that Jin-woo could keep the door from bursting open if he put all his strength into it.

However, he couldn't stay at this impasse forever.