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One day.

Unable to overcome the boredom of repetitive daily life, I slowly looked around the app store to see if there was a game worth playing.

Meanwhile, an interesting game caught my eye.

The game itself had a simple title, Apocalypse, as if to briefly and clearly indicate what genre the game was.

Since apocalypse means the destruction of the world, the end of the world, extinction, or apocalypse, it is also included in the game introduction.

「Despite the sudden zombie outbreak, persevere through the ruined world and survive!」

It was briefly explained.

How can the title of the game be pure [Apocalypse] Without anything attached to the front or back?

Also, my curiosity was stimulated by the fact that there were no play videos or play photos other than the game introduction.

What kind of guts did they have to release an app like this?

It may be that they are determined to fail.

I thought I was being fooled and downloaded the game.

A moment later, a new app was added to the smartphone screen. When a new apocalypse game with images all in black appeared, I immediately launched the app without any hesitation.

It didn't even tell me which company it was made by, so the company logo didn't even appear, and there was no background music or even sound effects, so I felt something was different.

As if there were no additional data sources to receive, the [PLAY!] Button immediately greeted me.

I smiled and thoughtlessly pressed the [PLAY!] Button because it looked like something I would have seen in an old game.

"Huh…?"

I had no choice but to make a dumb voice.

That's right, this game seems to be operated from a third-person perspective, with the player looking down at the character from a position where they can see the character's back, head, and possibly even the crown of the head, but that wasn' t the problem.

I didn't think it was a game called Apocalypse, because behind the clean background, a convenience store part-timer caught my eye.

The sight of the part-time worker resting his arms on the counter and staring endlessly at his smartphone was all too familiar.

As if I was filming myself in real time from above.

A cool sensation came over me in an instant.

Cold sweat broke out and fear took over my whole body.

I quickly turned my head.

In the back, other than the cigarette display stand and CCTV, there was nothing that looked like a camera.

Above all, if they were filming me, there should have been a change in my appearance in the game.

However, the character assumed to be me in the game is still sitting in front of the counter and looking at the smartphone.

I… Isn't it?

My butt was a little sore from sitting for too long, and sleep was slowly creeping in, so every act of letting out a long yawn seemed to remind me once again that it was me.

Moreover, when I occasionally saw a face, I couldn't accept it as an illusion.

In that case, we cannot rule out the fact that the video was filmed yesterday or before.

Why on earth are they doing this?

Doubts flooded me like a tsunami, but I carefully looked behind me, thinking about the composition of the video, to find a camera that might still be filming me.

Nevertheless, since I couldn't find anything suspicious, including the camera, I even took out all the cigarettes I had put on display, but the results were not much different.

Even though I've been looking for it this long, I still can't see it, so it looks like it was recently removed.

In that case, I can understand the lack of a camera to some extent, but another question that arises is whether there is any reason to take pictures of me.

What is the benefit of taking pictures of me sitting at the counter and working?

Is the boss doing his job properly? I don't know if it's for checking if it's not being done.

No, even that doesn't make sense.

Even though there is CCTV, there is no reason to hide the camera and take pictures.

My mind was confused.

Was he trying to take pictures of other part-time workers other than me?

However, I remember that female part-time workers, who are the main target of hidden cameras, are not found in our convenience stores.

There were many speculations, but there was no clear conclusion, so I went into the app store I used to download the game and looked for a game called Apocalypse again.

The game that had existed just a while ago has suddenly disappeared.

As if I had been waiting for it to be downloaded and as soon as it was downloaded, it disappeared without even a mouse or a bird noticing.

I missed the guests so much that I usually hoped no one would come today.

As one minute, two minutes, and then four more minutes passed by, I watched myself in the game, still sitting at the counter, watching YouTube videos and yawning, with my stiff body oblivious to my feelings.

The doorbell sound I had been waiting for so long greeted me.

"Hmm… ?"

A man with wrinkles and a protruding stomach due to the effects of time looked at me as soon as he entered the convenience store and tilted his head.

I narrowed my eyes at the sight of cigarettes that should have been on display, rolling around and making a mess.

ㅡWelcome.

Suddenly, a familiar voice comes from the smartphone speaker.

When I looked at the screen, I in the game also saw a customer enter the convenience store, stopping the video I was watching and saying hello to the customer.

The customer who just came in looks exactly like the man standing in front of me.

Without hesitation, the customer came to the counter and opened his mouth, holding out his card.

ㅡNumber 0.1

In the game, I skillfully took out the ESSE number of 0.1 and completed the calculation.

"Cigarettes… Do you sell them?"

After coming back to reality and hesitating for a moment, the man who came to the counter saw the cigarettes in disarray and asked if they were still for sale.

Just in case… With a feeling of just-in-case.

"So… Is it 0.1?"

"Huh… ? Ah, yes. That's right."

The man was impressed by the words she said and nodded her head.

"…"

It's a hidden camera… I couldn't think.

So just because the same person came at the same time, I could already guess that it wasn't a simple game.

But I didn't know that it would predict the future.

Isn't it the future? It may be correct to say that it is not just a game, but is showing me in a different world.

"That's fascinating. It's my first time coming here. How did you know? "

"Ha, haha. I just… Hit him."

"Really… ? Still, it's interesting. Do you see anything like a mole?"

"No… It was just a coincidence that I got this right."

"Hehe… "

The man, who kept thinking that there was something about me, put a cigarette in his pocket and left the convenience store.

ㅡHaaam.

Unlike me, who was deep in thought while clutching my confused head, I couldn't take my eyes off the image of myself in the game, peacefully yawning long.

It was time to get off work, and I arrived at a narrow studio room measuring 6 pyeong, still unable to take my eyes off the smartphone screen.

Like me, in the game I came home from work and was changing my clothes.

Right here where I am standing right now.

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Time continued to pass without fail.

At the time, I was so confused that I didn't even notice that DAY-7 in the upper left corner had turned into DAT-1.

The meaning of this is that it tells you when a zombie outbreak will occur without having to think too much.

Until now, when the date changed after midnight, the number changed accordingly, so it was clear that the number 1 at midnight would become 0 again.

And there was less than an hour left until midnight.

Everything that has happened in the game so far has been reflected in reality.

So, this means that a zombie outbreak could occur in reality on the last day of the day.

As a result, I hurriedly emptied my bank account and bought long-lasting foods such as canned goods, as well as ice boxes to store them for a long time, and thoroughly prepared for a zombie outbreak.

As a bonus, I was ready to use it as a weapon. I held the long sword tightly in my hand and waited with my eyes closed as the short needle passed from 11 to 12.

So it was midnight.

ㅡaaaaah!

A loud screaming sound was heard through the smartphone speaker.

In the game, I looked out the window, confused by the sudden scream.

Outside the window, I could clearly see a strange sight of people attacking people for some reason.

"The reality is… !"

Pushing away the fear, I also looked out the window.

In the game, the women and men had their entire bodies bitten off by zombies and turned into cold corpses, but in reality, they were staggering and going their own way.

"Haa… "

I breathed a sigh of relief that what I had feared did not come true.

Still, I can't let go of the tension.

For some reason, I left the house and came down to the first floor. In the game, I was speechless at the miserable scenery outside.

My body stiffened at the sight that my mind could not accept.

Meanwhile, a zombie found me in the game.

ㅡKaaaaak!

I rushed in.

ㅡUuuhhh!

I quickly turned around and hurriedly ran up the stairs.

The zombie followed closely behind and shook her hand.

Before I knew it, I stood in front of the door, quickly entered the password, and went inside.

Just when I was about to close the door before the zombies came after me.

ㅡKwasik

A rotten arm came in through a narrow crack in the door.

The flesh of the rotten arm fell off due to the impact of the door closing, exposing the bones.

If it were a human, it might have felt an incredible amount of pain that couldn't be expressed in words, but zombies don't seem to feel pain at all. She was waving her skeletal arms in an attempt to feast on the living humans in the house.

-Don't do it! Don't do it you bastard!

I couldn't bear to touch it, so I held on to the doorknob and tried my best to close it, but the bones were much harder than I thought.

Finally, I opened her shoe cabinet and took out one of her small hammers.

-Look around! Search!

First, I hit my arm.

The flesh stuck to the arm splattered in all directions, leaving bright red bloodstains.

But the arm still hasn't fallen.

Inevitably, the hammer was aimed at the grotesque zombie's face seen through the narrow gap in the door.

-Wow! Puck! Pow! Kwasik!

The zombie's face gradually collapsed.

Her eyes were so distorted that they fell out completely.

Only after her already hideous features she had become even more hideous had she been ruined to the point where it was impossible to determine that she was a person at all.

ㅡKuhuh…

The zombie lost her strength and let out a short scream before collapsing.

ㅡKwaang!

Only then did the door close.

ㅡHuh… Huh…

He exhaled harshly and seemed to harbor a vain hope that this reality might actually be a dream in a sight that was difficult to accept as reality.

Because it was that unrealistic.

Tiring!

[Level up! +1]

[Caught the first zombie! +1]

[Jaewon Han

Level: 2

Strength: 10▲ Stamina: 10▲ Agility: 10▲ Magic Power: 10▲

(Skill)

Points held +3]

A status window similar to that seen in an RPG game filled the smartphone screen.

One point was gained by leveling up, one point was gained by completing the achievement of catching the first zombie, and the last point was like a point obtained by catching a zombie.

Three points obtained this way.

It seemed like I could choose to raise one of each ability, including strength.

[Jaewon Han

Level: 2

Strength: 11▲ Stamina: 10▲ Agility: 10▲ Magic Power: 10▲

(Skill)

Points held +2]

Perhaps because it was at the front, I invested in the muscle that caught my eye first.

One point was reduced and the strength from 10 changed to 11.

"If you get bitten anyway, it's over… "

Even if I increased my stamina, it was clear that if I was bitten by a zombie, I would end up as the same zombie, so I tried using the remaining points on agility.

Like that.

[Jaewon Han

Level: 2

Strength: 11 Stamina: 10 Agility: 12 Magic: 10

(Skill)

Points held: 0]

Strength increased by 1 and agility increased by 2.