dkrc Chapter 2049 Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: Surviving the Apocalypse by Relying on Steam Locomotives
Chapter 2049 Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: Surviving the Apocalypse by Relying on Steam Locomotives
Chapter 2049 Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress: Surviving the Apocalypse by Relying on Steam Locomotives and Fortresses
"Yah hello, Yukino."
"Nice to meet you, I'm Umaru Doma, you can just call me Umaru."
Umaru flashed a very friendly smile and waved to Yukino Yukinoshita.
Her attitude was natural and intimate, as if she were meeting a long-time friend. She directly used the affectionate nickname "Yukino" without any sense of distance.
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Yukino Yukinoshita's eyes flickered slightly when she heard Umaru's natural and affectionate voice.
Although she didn't like strangers calling her that, Umaru's attitude was so natural and cheerful that she couldn't feel too much aversion.
Moreover, she saw a bit of Yui in Umaru from childhood; the two were equally energetic.
She nodded slightly, and then said:
"Doma Umaru, is that right? Nice to meet you, I am Yukino Yukinoshita."
"Uh-huh."
Umaru nodded vigorously, her smile unwavering, completely unconcerned about Yukino's somewhat stiff demeanor; on the contrary, she found Yukino quite adorable.
She turned to look at Hachiman Hikigaya and blinked:
"Hachiman, where's Yui-nee? Didn't she come?"
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"There's no need to ask this twice."
Hachiman Hikigaya complained, but still told Umaru.
"Yui went to her mother's."
"Oh, I see."
Umaru clapped her hands as if suddenly realizing something, but for some reason, Hachiman Hikigaya felt that she was provoking him when he saw her do that.
However, at this moment, Umaru looked at her surroundings.
She looked around at the frozen torrents and the collapsed ruins of buildings, and asked with some curiosity:
Was there a battle taking place here just now?
"How strong are you?"
There wasn't much nervousness in her tone; rather, there was some anticipation.
Based on her understanding of Hachiman Hikigaya, Yukino Yukinoshita, and Kazuma Sato, none of them would provoke her first; if a battle were to break out, it would definitely be because the other party provoked her first, or she was forced to defend herself.
In this way, if a large-scale conflict does break out later, she will not have any psychological burden if she stands on "her own side" and can give full play to her abilities.
When Kazuma Sato heard Umaru's question, he recalled the farce caused by Aqua and the things he had encountered at the beginning, and his face darkened even more.
However, he still spoke up:
"This world is most likely a post-apocalyptic wasteland. A bunch of zombie-like creatures just appeared."
"Moreover, these zombies are quite different from the zombies in some works I know."
"They are very resilient, and ordinary attacks are unlikely to render them incapacitated immediately. Only destroying their heart will kill them."
"Moreover, their skin is exceptionally tough, comparable to steel, making it difficult for ordinary swords and knives to inflict effective damage."
"That's all?"
Umaru tilted her head. If that's all there is to it, then it's far too weak.
So what if it has strong vitality, comparable to steel? Everyone here has the ability to penetrate steel.
Even Kazuma Sato himself could probably take care of all those zombies by himself.
That's all.
Kazuma Sato shrugged.
Unless there is a new type of zombie that is far stronger than the zombies that just appeared, it poses no threat to Umaru, let alone to him, who is powerful enough to destroy a star.
He was just covering Huihui to prevent her from using the explosion magic, otherwise he could have taken care of them all by himself.
"Being weak isn't a problem, it's just uncertain whether we can recycle it into points."
"If we can recycle them, their strength doesn't matter, as long as there are enough of them; and in a post-apocalyptic world, zombies are unlikely to be in short supply."
Kaito Kuroba spoke up.
Although he didn't know how the world became a post-apocalyptic world, he didn't care about that.
However, if the "zombies" themselves can be recycled into points, then this time travel will be very lucky, as it will yield a lot of points.
In particular, there's no need to feel guilty about clearing out zombies; after all, they can no longer be considered human.
"It should be okay, right?"
"As long as there is value, it can be recycled. Even the corpses in Saeko's world can be recycled."
"We can verify that later."
After she finished speaking, as if to help her confirm her guess, or as if attracted by their commotion, even more chaotic footsteps and roars came from afar.
"They're here."
Umaru's tone suddenly became calm, and everyone turned to look at her.
In the dim light, countless figures emerged from every corner, surrounding their location.
The number was far greater than before, roughly estimated to be at least a hundred.
Most of them retain a human form, but their postures are distorted, their skin is an unnatural grayish-black, their eyes are empty, and foul-smelling saliva flows from their mouths.
Faced with the surging tide of corpses, Yukino Yukinoshita frowned slightly, her body growing even colder, and fine frost began to condense on the ground; Hachiman Hikigaya watched calmly, without making a move.
Kazuma Sato gripped his short sword tightly, then gestured to Huihui and the others not to make a move, and to leave it to him.
Their actions were far more terrifying than those of the "zombies."
But the first to make a move was a white figure.
"There's quite a lot of it; it'll be perfect for verifying its value."
Kaito Kuroba's voice remained calm and composed, even carrying a hint of a smile.
He raised his right hand, which was wearing a white glove, and then snapped his fingers.
"Snapped."
A crisp sound rang out.
"Chucky!"
A sound like cloth being sliced by a sharp blade filled the air; then, a scene that made Sato Kazuma and the others' pupils shrink slightly occurred.
The dozen or so zombies at the forefront had their bodies cut as if by a sharp blade, severed into two, three, or even more pieces from different locations such as the neck, chest, and waist.
Thick, viscous, dark red blood gushed from the cut, blooming into countless blood flowers in the air.
The whole process even has a kind of beauty, a beauty of space.
"Space cutting is indeed convenient."
Hachiman Hikigaya muttered to himself.
Spatial ability, and a first-order spatial ability at that. Even though not much time has passed since he acquired it, it has still given Kaito Kuroba immense strength.
It's important to understand that the main reason Gojo Satoru died at Sukuna's hands was because of that space slash that cut through the world, but for Kuroba Kaito, who possesses spatial abilities, the space slash was just his basic attack.
Kaito Kuroba retrieved the corpses, and a few seconds later, he frowned, his face showing undisguised disgust.
"One point per item? That's far too few!"
Even if the number of zombies in the post-apocalyptic wasteland is definitely not small, one point is still far too little.
Despite this, his hands did not stop moving at all. With each wave of his hand, dozens of zombies fell down, and he harvested them as easily as mowing grass.
These zombies also turned into cold points.
"Hey, you bastard, stealing my monster!"
"How much is there in total?"
Kazuma Sato watched as Kaito Kuroba cleared out the zombies as easily as cutting melons and vegetables, and said speechlessly.
It's not that he cares too much about those points, but at least leave him some.
"What do you mean by stealing monsters? I'm just verifying the recycling value of these 'monsters' and clearing the road while I'm at it."
Without turning his head, Kaito Kuroba's voice was filled with laughter, but his hands moved even faster, and several more zombies were neatly cut in half.
"Besides, Kazuma Sato, didn't you just say these zombies weren't much of a threat to you? What's wrong with letting me practice my skills?"
"Practice my foot! You're clearly just racking up points!"
Kazuma Sato retorted.
However, despite the complaints, Kazuma Sato ultimately didn't actually rush up to "steal the monster" from Kaito Kuroba.
Ultimately, even if he were to kill all of these hundreds of zombies by himself, it would only amount to a few hundred points. In his original world, he could probably earn back those points by defeating a few slightly stronger monsters, so it's nothing.
On the contrary, Kaito Kuroba and Umaru live in an "everyday world" where there is no magic, no monsters, and no means to earn points.
For them, these zombies are indeed a rare source of points.
I just don't know why Umaru didn't do anything.
Perhaps because he was strong enough, he planned to reap the rewards on a large scale when he explored on his own later.
Anyway, there are zombies everywhere, so there are plenty of opportunities.
However, Kazuma Sato was wrong about one thing: the reason why Umaru didn't make a move was because she was asking Su Yunqing about information related to this world in the chat group.
Himouto! Umaru-chan: "Image.jpg"
Himouto! Umaru-chan: "@OrdinaryGroupOwner, GroupOwner, do you know which world this is?"
Himouto! Umaru-chan: "This zombie looks a little different from the ones I've seen before. I'm curious.jpg"
Umaru casually took a close-up photo of a zombie being dismembered by Kaito Kuroba not far away and posted it in the group chat.
The image clearly shows the dark gray, metallic-looking skin, as well as the neatly cut cross-section of the internally altered tissue.
The ordinary group owner: "???"
An ordinary group admin: "This thing... is it a zombie?"
An ordinary group admin commented: "But it does look a bit different; the skin color and texture are strange."
An ordinary group admin: "Is the world you transmigrated to a zombie apocalypse or wasteland setting?"
An ordinary group admin said: "But how could I possibly know which world it is just by looking at a picture of a zombie? You overestimate me."
Looking at the picture, Su Yunqing did think the zombie's design was quite unique, but based on just one close-up, she couldn't immediately recall which work it was from.
After all, there are so many zombie-themed works, and many of them look bizarre.
However, at that moment, Ying Zinian recognized the species of this "zombie".
The Nine Sons of Qin: "I think I recognize which world this form comes from."
The Nine Sons of Qin: "Although they are similar in nature, all being undead creatures transformed from humans and possessing bloodlust and infectivity, they are not zombies, but 'Kabane'."
The Nine Sons of Qin: "If I'm not mistaken, you've probably traveled to the world of 'Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress'."
An ordinary group admin: "Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress?! Yeah! How come I didn't think of that!"
An ordinary group owner: "A zombie with skin like steel, and this is what it looks like."
An ordinary group owner: "That's right, it's Kabane."
Su Yunqing remembered what Ying Zinian had said.
An ordinary group owner said: "The background of that world, simply put, is that the whole world was being propelled by the waves of the Industrial Revolution, and during the critical period of the transition from the early modern period to the modern era, an immortal monster suddenly appeared."
An ordinary group owner said: "They are covered by a steel-like membrane, and they will not truly die as long as their hearts are not destroyed; and those who have been bitten by them will be resurrected and become the same monsters, and begin to attack other humans."
An ordinary group owner: "These monsters are Kabane."
An ordinary group owner: "They multiplied explosively and eventually covered the whole world; the surviving humans built fortresses called 'Stations' in various places to fight against the Kabane threat, and stayed in them, trying their best to prolong their lives."
An ordinary group owner said: "The only communication channel between the various stations is the armored steam locomotive known as 'Juncheng'."
An ordinary group owner: "The relay stations barely manage to survive by transporting their respective produced goods through Juncheng."
This is the setting of the world of "Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress".
An ordinary group owner said: "But in the end, they are not much different from zombies in essence, except that they have thicker skin and are stronger."
An ordinary group owner said: "Even if there are other groups that use skills or integrate the group ecosystem, they are just a little stronger."
An ordinary group owner said: "If that world hadn't been in the steam age, they wouldn't pose any threat in modern times."
An ordinary group owner: "But for you guys, it's a pretty good 'hunting ground'."
An ordinary group owner: "There are many of them, they are weak, and they don't have any psychological burden."
The term "technique-based" refers to Kabane who have learned to use weapons or martial arts in battle. They are more agile and more difficult to deal with than ordinary Kabane.
The "Merged Ecosystem" is centered around a single Kabane, which gathers a group of Kabane into a giant entity that continuously absorbs humans and other Kabane to grow.
Some of the Kabane are dead, while others remain capable of movement after separating from their original form; they will partially disintegrate and recombine after being subjected to impact attacks.
To kill it, you must destroy the core of the Kabane, but because it is surrounded by several Kabane, you must break their protection in order to destroy the core, which is quite tricky.
However, this only applies to humans in the original world; it poses no threat whatsoever to Kazuma Sato and his group.
"So that's how it is."
When Xiaomai saw the group owner's message, she nodded and then relayed it to the others present.
"A post-apocalyptic world destroyed by steel zombies called 'Kabane,' where humanity survives by relying on steam locomotives and fortified settlements."
That's roughly it.