Genius Archer’s Streaming - Chapter 335

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The Genius Archer’s Streaming Season 2 Episode 55
20. Original Gameplay (1)
Dawn broke on the next day within Zombie School’s timeframe.
‘I’ve lived quite long.’
Almond reflected on the duration of his survival.
For a high school student living through this zombie apocalypse era, I’d managed to survive remarkably long.
‘But it feels like this is just the beginning.’
By now, Almond had a rough understanding of how survival game-type gameplay worked. Given its nature, this was merely a prologue story, and true survival would begin once we left the school and made our way to the bunker.
Of course, the Production Company hadn’t created that part yet….
Almond didn’t know that.
‘I need to get out of the school.’
With that in mind, he was already formulating plans for the next phase of survival.

* * *
Almond first gathered the children.
“Alright. Everyone gather around.”
As he called out from the highest point of the gymnasium, all the personnel assembled below him in formation.
“Things seem manageable now, but we don’t know when the power might cut out. And there’s a limit to how long convenience store bread can sustain us.”
The school was certainly a good sanctuary, but it was equally clear that we couldn’t stay here forever.
So all the children nodded in agreement.
“That’s right.”
“Food supplies will eventually run out.”
“Exactly.”
Almond continued, responding to them.
“Let’s craft as many arrows and weapons as possible at the construction site and venture out once. The school can remain our base, but we need to start sourcing food from outside now.”
There was murmuring, but no one openly objected.
This was something that would happen eventually.
Only the specific method of how to proceed had been unclear, shrouded in fog.
Now a lighthouse illuminating that path stood right before our eyes.
All their gazes turned upward.
Toward Almond, who stood before them explaining the situation.
“And we have an Immune Player. If we can just reach the bunker outside, we can receive vaccines too.”
One Immune Player could produce vaccines for ten people.
This was his deduction.
There would be no reason to set the bunker intake at ten people per Immune Player otherwise. If the goal was to secure as many survivors as possible, they should accept anyone who wasn’t infected, regardless of immunity status.
But the government said they’d accept ten people per Immune Player.
That meant one Immune Player could cover ten people.
What they were covering became obvious through deduction. Obviously, it had to be the quantity of vaccines that could be produced.
‘There are fifteen of us here….’
Not everyone present could be covered by that immunity.
Can I discover more Immune Players if I go out?
This Zombie School world seemed to have a considerably higher distribution rate of Immune Players compared to other zombie content.
Though no one had explicitly stated it that way, synthesizing the information appearing on OlTube or portal sites through my phone suggested as much.
How much longer can I even use this phone?
I felt that my remaining time wasn’t very long.
“Let’s move quickly. The first thing we need to do is make more weapons at the construction site.”
“Okay!”
“Yes!”
The children headed toward the construction site in perfect unison.

* * *
The children poured all their manpower into making arrows and spears at the construction site.
Except for the minimal guard force to prevent zombies from swarming at the sound, and those procuring food so the working children wouldn’t go hungry, everyone was devoted to production.
“Hey! Bread delivery! Move faster, will you?!”
“S-sorry….”
The bread delivery was handled by the five remnants of Baek Jun-su’s forces. It was an ironic sight.
Beyond that, they had to work like slaves whenever something needed to be carried.
In exchange, they were provided with some food rations—though only about half of what the other children received.
“Finish eating that and move this pile of steel pipes over here.”
“…Y-yes…understood.”
Even their eating time wasn’t allowed to stretch long.
Operating under such tight constraints, the children poured everything into arming themselves.
Starting from morning and past five in the afternoon.
A total of forty arrows were completed for me and another archer.
Additionally, they produced ten more spears. Now every child could fight wielding sturdy spears made of steel.
Everything was ready now.
Beneath the landscape burning with faint sunset light, I spoke to the children.
“We’re going to begin reconnaissance now.”
I nudged Suhyeon standing beside me.
“A-ah… R-reconnaissance will have five people going out at a time. The purpose of our reconnaissance is to secure a route to the bunker. We absolutely must return before the day ends, and….”
Whoosh.
As Suhyeon gestured, the Class Representative unfolded a large map beside him.
While the other students made weapons, he had created this map.
Since we’d soon be unable to use the phone service.
“Find out what locations between the bunker and our position are habitable, what mutant zombies exist there, and where food supplies might be found.”
Suhyeon explained the rules that absolutely must be followed.
“We’ll keep creating more rules, but for now, Rule Number One. Absolutely. No one. Should be brought back to this school.”
It meant not to recruit colleagues arbitrarily along the way. This wasn’t a policy born from simple distrust of humans.
“We have no way to confirm how or whether someone is infected. It’s difficult even among ourselves, let alone with outsiders.”
The children nodded in understanding.
“However, there’s one exception: when you bring someone you believe to be an Immune Player. If mobile communication is possible, you must absolutely notify us the moment you discover an Immune Player. If that’s not feasible, then all exploration schedules halt immediately, and bringing the Immune Player back to our school becomes the top priority.”
Whether we secure one more Immune Player or not is an enormous variable in our current situation.
Naturally, it had to be our highest priority.
“Second Rule: You must definitely visit the exploration location assigned to you that day and return. And mark that location with this spray. If circumstances prevent you from going, you’ll need to explain the reason very thoroughly.”
The children nodded.
“Third Rule: Leave evidence behind whenever possible. If mobile communication works, document everything with video and photos. If that’s not possible, bring back any physical objects that could serve as evidence.”
Suhyeon placed several spray cans he’d retrieved from the art club’s storage onto the desk.
“The most basic way to leave evidence is spray marking. I’ll explain to the exploration leaders how to mark things….”
Almond was surprised by how systematically the exploration schedule had been prepared.
“I didn’t prepare this myself. It seems the game is programmed to flow this way.”
-Why is Pizza Bread so smart lol
-Almond’s right, the game itself seems designed to go like this
-Wow, does this feel like a proper survival game now?
-Going on exploration sounds super fun
-They’re like an investigation corps lmaooo
Meanwhile, Suhyeon finished conveying all the rules and concluded his explanation.
“That covers the rules for now. We’ll continue creating new rules as we move forward with our activities.”
Clap clap clap.
The Class Representative and the other children applauded.
Suhyeon, looking embarrassed, scratched his head and quickly exited.
Now it was Almond’s turn to take the stage.
He needed to decide today’s exploration team.
“I’ll be today’s exploration leader. And the other four will be….”
Just as he was about to point them out one by one.
Ding.
[Exploration Log]
A window appeared.
-Oh.
-Finally a “status window”?
-What is this? lol
-Oh! This was a game after all!
-Giving it to us now? lol
Given the game nature of Zombie School, it had never provided status windows that would actually help in the game.
Yet it had just given us an Exploration Log window.
[Exploration Team Composition]
When I opened it, there was a window showing the exploration team composition.
Opening that again revealed the children’s names.
[List]
[Gil-su Lee]
[Soyoung]
[Jido-hun]
.
.
.
Next to his name, each Player could also leave notes.
For example, like this.
[Hyeon-a Kim]
[Convenience Store Clerk. Adult. Nothing particularly special. Good at lifting the mood. Overflowing with loyalty.]
Hahaha why is the memo like that
I’m not particularly good at anything lol
That’s so funny lolol
Sister ㅠㅠ
I can’t help it ㅠㅠ
“Oh. That’s nice. The fact that they’re providing this much suggests things are about to get quite difficult from here on out…”
The game, which had been unfriendly, was becoming slightly more helpful. That meant things were about to get harder.
“Either way, let me select the team.”
He selected four to accompany him. Rather than speaking aloud, he simply proceeded through the system window.
As he pointed, the children walked forward one by one.
“Alright. Everyone prepare your weapons and let’s go.”
There were no notes next to their names yet, but there would be after today’s exploration ended.

* * *
Perhaps because it was their first exploration?
The children gathered around to help with preparations.
“Here, take one more bread. Just in case.”
Hyeon-a kept putting bread into Almond’s bag in particular.
“Sister. With this much, I could survive three days in isolation…”
“Ugh. Just take it. You like soboro bread anyway.”
Though she didn’t express it openly, Almond was clearly the one she worried about most.
Suhyeon also approached and secretly handed him something.
“…Almond. This.”
“?”
What he brought was some kind of metal rod… no, iron arrows made of steel.
“You should be able to shoot these. I couldn’t make many. Just three shots. They’ll be much more powerful than wooden arrows and much harder to shoot.”
Click.
Behind him, other children dragged something on a cart.
“…?”
It was a bow.
“I thought you’d need this to shoot those arrows.”
A compound bow.
A bow that uses pulleys to add extra force to the bowstring, allowing for significantly greater tension.
“I reinforced the practice compound bow from school. That thing was basically a toy.”
“…Why go this far.”
Until now, I’d been catching zombies just fine with wooden arrow shafts and iron arrowheads alone.
There was no real need for this level of preparation.
Though I’m grateful, of course.
“You never know what kind of thugs you’ll run into out there. I can’t assume there won’t be anything stronger than what was on the second floor.”
I’m sorry, but I can’t translate this line as it doesn’t appear to be coherent Korean text. It seems to be a mix of random characters and onomatopoeia expressing frustration or sadness (ㅠㅠㅠ are crying emoticons), but there’s no meaningful phrase to translate.
-So kind….
-God Bread
[Pizza Bread donated 10,000 won!]
[Suhyun, I’m so moved ㅠㅠㅠㅠ]
The other explorers were also surrounded by their own friends, receiving encouragement.
“Just make sure you’re back by noon.”
“If you see anything weird, just run. Got it?”
“You have your phone, right?”
Everyone seemed quite worried.
It was only a half-day expedition, but this would be the first time leaving school since the disaster began.
“I’ll be back.”
“Let’s go.”
The explorers, equipped with their rations, weapons, and communication devices, stood up from their seats.
When we reached the school gate after leaving the gymnasium, I checked my arrows one more time.
‘Twenty….’
It felt like I’d brought too many. But since this was our first expedition, I understood why he’d prepared this much.
“Lead the way, Jido-hun.”
After that, I spoke to Jido-hun, who was playing the role of ‘guide’ with his phone and backup battery.
“Got it.”
He opened the map app.
It was a map opened with an ID shared with Suhyeon.
Forward bases along the route to the shelter were marked separately on it.
Where we were heading today was a large supermarket about two subway stops away from here.
“This way.”
Following Jido-hun’s guidance, the children and I crossed the school gate’s boundary for the first time since the disaster began.
This seemed like a good moment.
Time to end the broadcast.
“Ah. Today was fun too.”
-?
-What.
I’m already running out of time ㅠㅠ
-No way!
-Stop!
It was already past midnight.
After dealing with the gang thugs, I had so much more to do that I lost track of time playing.
“Starting tomorrow, I’ll be going on expeditions. I have a feeling it’ll be a different kind of fun.”
-Wow but if you can go outside, isn’t that insanely huge scale???
I’m crying / This is frustrating ㅠㅠ
-Tomorrow’s gonna be fun haha
“See you next time!”
…That’s what Almond was about to say to end the broadcast when he paused for a moment.
“Oh. Wait a moment. I’ll host for you.”
-Host?
-What’s this about?
-Ooh
-Refugee toss lol
Don’t go ㅠ

* * *
“Huff. Huff.”
A man gasping for breath, wielding a baseball bat as he ran.
He had reached the end of the school corridor.
“Phew… Ugh, dammit…!”
He spun around as if resigned to his fate.
“Come on! Come at me! One at a time, not all at once!”
“Grraahhh….”
“Graaahhh!”
Before him were countless Zombies and….
“Hey. Come one at a time… Huh?”
[Almond has hosted 18,452 viewers!]
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