Chapter 145
Chapter 145
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 145
Chapter Title: Lulu Falls Asleep as a Human
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While riding in the car with Gig-nim and touring the area.
Voices drifted over from the factory.
One of them was familiar to my ears.
Overjoyed at Ra-hee unnie's voice.
I quickly asked to park nearby and leaped out of the car.
There, I met up with unnie, who was farming inside the factory.
"Oh, it's Lulu-nim! Hello, nice to meet you."
"Hello!"
Beside Luke unnie was another streamer.
A male streamer named Wanggae-nim.
He often does collab streams and games with our President.
Naturally, he was on friendly terms with Gig-nim too.
Gig-nim, who had followed me out of the car, greeted Wanggae-nim warmly.
"Eh? Wanggae, you here too?"
"I was passing by earlier and saw Luke-nim being chased by zombies, so I saved her. Decided to farm together since we met."
"Whoa, really...?! Thank you so much. For saving our unnie..."
Psh, what are you all talking about.
I was happy to see Gig-nim too.
I just reacted that way because he saved Ra-hee unnie. Pure gratitude.
"Lulu, haven't run into the other members yet?"
"Nope, not yet... Hope everyone's okay..."
"They'll be fine. Now we can search together."
"Hehe, yeah. Seeing you healthy really puts my mind at ease."
Of course!
You gotta immerse yourself in a game or you're missing out!
Besides, with our members dropped into this harsh world.
How could I not worry!
"Unnie, you done farming?"
"Yeah, turns out there's not much here. Got some gear, but barely any food. I'm starving."
"Ah, I've got tons! Here, take these."
Our unnie can't go hungry!
I hurriedly dumped all sorts of food from my bag onto the ground.
Pretty much emptied my inventory.
Didn't feel like a waste at all.
"Unnie, open the cans with the opener first before eating."
"Thanks. You're the best, our maknae. But where'd you get all this food?"
"Hehe, just got lucky."
Aish, trying to spin it like that again!
Anyone'd think I intentionally killed Nyanta-nim for it!
I just happened to be nearby and got lucky, that's all.
Of course, Nyanta-nim did call for rescue!
But I was too weak to save him, that's all.
I definitely didn't wait for him to die.
Nope, no way.
"For now, hop in the car and let's move, everyone? We can search for other survivors and find a hideout."
"Yeah, sounds good."
Soon, under Gig-nim's orders, we headed out of the factory to the car.
We'd parked hastily by the road and hopped the fence.
So it was a bit of a trek back.
"Whoa! Careful, everyone! Run! Run!"
"Gah! Run...!"
Zombies that couldn't hold back lunged at us.
Among them were the so-called jumper zombies.
Where the heck did they all come from?
Thud-! Thud-!
No reason to use the gun like before.
Had to take them out one by one on foot.
Problem was, whether the server had a ton of zombies spawned.
They swarmed faster than we could kill.
One by one wouldn't cut it; no end in sight.
"Did we talk too loud in the factory? They're pouring in."
"This okay? I'm obese; might mess up the fence and get done in."
"Yeah. But going around's even riskier..."
I heard Gig-nim and Wanggae-nim discussing while fighting zombies.
Gig-nim especially had reason to worry with the obese trait.
Obesity makes climbing fences or walls tough.
Even if you make it, higher chance of falling and getting hurt.
We'd hopped in fine earlier with no zombies around.
No real danger felt.
But swarming zombies now? No way around it.
Detour too far.
In the end, I made the call.
Couldn't let Ra-hee unnie die first.
Leaving obese Gig-nim for last was as good as abandoning him.
One of me or Wanggae-nim pulls aggro till the end.
That'd be me.
"First, have Luke unnie hop the fence. Then escort Gig-nim till he's over."
Thankfully, fewer zombies on the other side.
Send Ra-hee unnie to safety first to clear around.
Then get Gig-nim over safe, and we follow.
"You sure? Once me and Gig-nim are out, the horde..."
"Yeah! Still manageable."
Ra-hee unnie asked worriedly.
But I answered confidently while mowing down approaching zombies.
Unnie hesitated a moment, then turned and hopped the fence.
"Gig-nim! Hurry!"
"Yes, coming!"
Gig-nim heard Ra-hee unnie's shout and struggled up the fence.
But the obese trait made him slip and thud to the ground a few times.
No time to focus on that.
Wanggae-nim and I focused solely on the zombies swarming us.
Still no end in sight.
"Okay, I'm over!"
"Lulu! We're all over!"
Good, everyone's across.
Just me and Wanggae-nim now.
"Wanggae-nim! You first!"
"Me? You should go first, Lulu-nim...!"
"No! It's fine, hurry!"
"Ah, okay...! Cover me!"
At my shout, Wanggae-nim turned and hopped the fence.
That moment, I checked my current injury status on the left screen.
As expected.
"Lulu! Hurry over!"
"Lulu-nim! Quick, zombies gathering here too!"
Voices from beyond the fence.
Chat urging me on.
But I couldn't hop this fence.
Because while covering the one behind Wanggae-nim.
I missed the one at my back and got bitten.
In Project Zomboid world, bite = zombification confirmed.
Vaccine could cure, but finding one now? Impossible.
I'm just dead weight.
"Luke unnie, Gig-nim, Wanggae-nim... Cover the rear, please."
"Lulu...?!"
"Guess this is it for me. It was fun..."
Yeah, I wanted to live too.
So much I wanted to talk about with unnie after so long...
Sorry, everyone.
Take care of the rest.
"Luke unnie..."
"Yeah, Lulu...!"
I called for unnie for a final goodbye.
Pretending to cry, she sniffled in response.
The fence between us felt endlessly far.
Yeah, it would.
I'm a dying body.
Unnie has to live.
"Unnie, if I come back to life... will you find me again?"
I made my final request to unnie.
Without a moment's hesitation, she agreed.
"Don't worry, I'll definitely come find you! Unnie promises to come back for our Lulu...! Wait for me!"
"Hehe, thank you..."
While bidding unnie farewell, I glanced around.
Good, the zombie horde was thinning out.
My faint presence meant low aggro too.
I could probably hop the fence and survive a bit longer.
But I didn't want to die as a zombie.
"I... will die as a human, not a zombie!"
I gripped the bleach I'd brought just in case.
In Project Zomboid, when zombification is certain.
No vaccine, no future.
Bleach is the cleanest way to die with human dignity.
"What a rotten... good life it waaaas!"
Parodying that one manga's iconic line, I shouted loud.
Without hesitation, I gulped down the bleach in one go.
Seconds later, my character turned into a cold corpse, and the death message popped up.
Thus, the life of Pzom Server Lulu Unit 1.
Had just reached its period.