Chapter 207: Looking for an Excavator

Normally, Jin Hunseok would not need to personally handle ordinary supply trades.

That was why the young man remained cautious.

By shouting loudly, everyone else inside would also be alerted.

If anything went wrong, they could immediately rush out together.

The situation was simply too unusual.

Usually, anyone who came alone would be extremely cautious.

Some were even so nervous that they imagined the worst, worrying that they might be lured over, killed, or robbed of their supplies. Yet the boy standing before him was not even carrying a weapon.

Coming here alone without bringing any weapon at all made the entire situation feel suspicious.

It was not even a matter of trusting them.

Even if someone was confident, who still went outside without carrying a weapon these days?

The young man’s shout caused everyone inside the room to pause for a brief moment.

The sounds of cooking and tending the fire all stopped for an instant.

However, they quickly resumed their work as though nothing had happened.

"I’m coming! I’m coming!"

Jin Hunseok signaled to the others not to approach yet and told them to wait for his signal.

As he gripping the pistol hidden inside his pocket, he quickly walked over.

When dealing with other people, firearms still carried far greater deterrence than cold weapons.

Because they had been trading supplies these past few days, it was not as though no one had become jealous.

Other groups had already come looking for trouble more than once.

Everyone here had the courage to fight and kill zombies.

None of them were cowards.

Among them, some people had naturally begun to develop ambitions they had never possessed before.

Some had even stopped caring about the laws and morals that had governed the old world.

Under those circumstances, being cautious could never be considered a mistake.

However, the moment Jin Hunseok arrived and saw who it was, he froze.

A moment later, recognition flashed across his face, followed immediately by delight.

"It’s you! The lock picking tools you gave me last time helped us tremendously. Did you come because you need some supplies? Don’t worry. Whatever you’re looking for, I’ll definitely help you find it!"

The young man could not help but freeze for a moment.

Lock picking tools?

He looked at Joo Joowon and suddenly realized.

Could this boy be the high level player that Jin Hunseok had mentioned before?

Since Joo Joowon had already changed his previous helmet, switched to different clothes, and was no longer carrying the crossbow in his hands, the young man had failed to recognize him immediately, even though Jin Hunseok had previously described his height and voice.

After all, he had only heard a verbal description.

Although there was a video uploaded in the marketplace, it had not been professionally filmed, so the image quality was poor.

For someone unfamiliar with him, it was naturally not easy to identify him.

Joo Joowon raised an eyebrow slightly.

He had not expected the other party to recognize him before he even spoke.

He could not even see his face, yet he still recognized him so easily.

What sharp eyesight.

However, Joo Joowon did not dwell on it and simply asked, "Are you familiar with Sabi City?"

Jin Hunseok thought about it for a moment.

Instead of making exaggerated claims, he answered cautiously.

"Fairly familiar. As long as it isn’t some high end or obscure location, I know most places more or less."

He had worked in real estate sales.

Although he had already been promoted and no longer had to travel around constantly, Sabi City had not changed very much over the past two or three years.

There had not been many new developments, so it was impossible for him not to know the city reasonably well.

Joo Joowon nodded.

"I want to know where I can find an excavator or a loader nearby. Do you have any idea?"

Jin Hunseok frowned as he thought about it.

He had not expected Joo Joowon to ask something like that.

His mind immediately went blank.

Who would normally pay attention to something like that?

"Um... I think I might know."

For some reason, the young man instinctively raised his hand as though he were answering a teacher’s question.

When Jin Hunseok heard that, his eyes immediately lit up.

"Where is it? Hurry up and tell us, kid! I’ll give you an extra pack of pickled vegetables with dinner later!"

Being stared at by two pairs of eyes at once, the young man instinctively became a little nervous.

While scratching the back of his head, he said, "Construction started on Jonggak Street a while ago. I saw an excavator there back then, but I don’t know if it’s still there now."

The incident had left quite a deep impression on him.

After all, no one could resist watching an excavator.

He had happened to have nothing to do that day and had stood by the roadside watching it for a long time.

Joo Joowon frowned. "When exactly was ’a while ago’?"

"Let me think... About half a month ago," the young man answered after recalling it carefully.

The moment Joo Joowon heard that, he immediately felt there was little hope.

Half a month was simply too long.

If the construction site had been progressing efficiently, the excavator had probably already been moved somewhere else.

Unless it was an extremely large construction project that was still ongoing.

If he could not find a suitable vehicle, then he would have no choice but to abandon most of his supplies and carry only the truly important ones with him.

Still, hearing that made Jin Hunseok feel that the situation was rather uncertain. He turned to Joo Joowon and said, "I’ll ask around a bit more."

Since the nearby zombies had already been cleared out, Jin Hunseok was not worried that raising his voice would attract any undead.

He immediately shouted to call over everyone in the group.

Before the apocalypse, every member of the group had worked different jobs, so the places they were familiar with naturally varied as well.