Webnovel Author In The Apocalypse World-Chapter 264: Cryo Wolf’s Chaos

Kim Haru looked at the Cryo Wolf’s innocent and pure black eyes, momentarily at a loss for words.

"Next time, don’t dig through the ice so casually," Kim Haru finally said, gently patting their furry heads.

After all, the Cryo Wolf had only started digging the zombie because it had startled him.

If the zombie hadn’t been frozen in such a place, he wouldn’t have been startled, and the Cryo Wolf wouldn’t have dug it out.

If the ice hadn’t been so hard, it wouldn’t have provoked the Cryo Wolf’s competitive spirit, and they might have stopped when he called them.

In the end, it was all the weather’s fault.

It was all the apocalypse’s fault.

The Cryo Wolf were so adorable—how could they be at fault?

Shin Woncheon walked up to Kim Haru and asked, "Mr. Kim, are you alright?"

"I’m fine," Kim Haru replied, shaking his head. "Let’s not waste any more time. Let’s move on."

"Understood."

The group resumed their journey.

The chaos caused by the Cryo Wolf had dissipated the heavy tension that had hung over the team.

While their actions remained orderly and efficient, the grim atmosphere had noticeably lightened.

In the end, all one could do was try their best.

Perhaps because of this change, it wasn’t long before someone discovered a clue.

"I found a marker from the resource searching team!"

"Where?" Shin Woncheon immediately moved to inspect it.

It was indeed a marker from the resource searching team, placed in the corner of a store’s door switch—hidden enough that one wouldn’t notice it without intentionally looking.

"They deliberately left it here," Shin Woncheon quickly deduced, noting the marker’s location. "Search the area. There must be more clues nearby."

"Understood!"

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The team scattered to search.

Kim Haru and Shin Woncheon stayed behind, standing in front of the door where the marker had been found.

"Why would they leave a marker here?" Shin Woncheon pondered aloud, a question Kim Haru was also considering.

It was an ordinary clothing store, indistinguishable from countless others lining the street.

Apart from being stripped bare, the store’s layout and décor still hinted at its purpose.

Kim Haru could easily imagine how bustling this commercial street must have been before the apocalypse.

Some stores even still had full-body mannequins and torsos inside, untouched by scavengers.

It made sense—clothes were useful for wearing, but what purpose would mannequins serve?

The clothing in the shop where the marker was placed had also been taken, but the arrangement of the store still suggested it once sold women’s apparel—particularly the more daring, provocative kind.

"Boss, They’re all looks stupid’!" Yoon Soeon, who had been spying using his Aerial Vision skill, suddenly grew indignant.

But aside from Yoon Soeon, the others’ expressions darkened noticeably.

When Yoon Soeon didn’t get the expected reaction after a while, he finally noticed the somber expressions of his companions.

"What’s wrong with you guys?" Yoon Soeon asked, puzzled.

The others glanced at him briefly and collectively sighed.

Hopeless.

This brain of his, was absolutely hopeless.

The female leader turned to Yoon Soeon and said, "Go check the igloo and see if yesterday’s captives are behaving. They actually dared to leave marker while we weren’t paying attention. Go teach them a lesson."

Yoon Soeon immediately got excited. "Got it!"

He dashed off as soon as the words left her mouth.

The rest could only exchange helpless smiles.

The smiles, however, quickly vanished from their faces.

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"We’ve run into some tough ones," the female leader remarked gravely.

Everyone shared the same thought, their expressions equally solemn.

The bespectacled man pointed to the clusters of snowball-like creatures visible through the Aerial Vision skill and spoke in a raspy voice, "These are Cryo Wolf. I don’t need to explain their capabilities; you all know them well. Never expected to encounter so many Cryo Wolfs here. And…"

Moreover, based on the Aerial Vision skill, these Cryo Wolfs actually seemed to be following the commands of that team.

Since when did the Pyeongseong Safe Zone possess the power to control such dangerous creatures?

And not just one or two — there were eleven of them here!

If these Cryo Wolfs were to find their base camp, it wouldn’t hold out for long.

"Then there’s this man," the female leader said, her slender fingers pointing to Kim Haru, who was surrounded by Cryo Wolfs in the center. "This man… we completely overlooked him earlier. The Cryo Wolf stays close to him, and judging by the attitude of the others, they seem to hold him in high regard."

Initially, the leader thought this man might be the leader of the group.

But after observing for a while, she realized the one standing beside him, the Metal-type ability user, was the true leader.

Then what’s the deal with this man?

Was this group really here to rescue someone?

"How about I go and test them out first?" A male voice suddenly emerged from the corner.

The leader turned her gaze in the direction of the voice.

The man was slim, with black hair that nearly fell over his eyes.

Resting on his lap was a faintly discernible cat.

If one looked closely, they would notice that the cat didn’t just have one tail but three.

Besides the cat, there was also a dog lying at the man’s feet.

Its fur was a glossy golden-yellow, and instead of a tail, there was a patch of white fur on its rear that formed a perfect heart shape.

Oh, and the dog had four stubby legs and a pair of large, wind-catching ears.

If Kim Haru saw it, he would immediately recognize what kind of dog it was.

This man was a Beast Tamer.

"Alright, go ahead," the female leader allowed.

...

Not long after, all members of the rescue team returned to the women’s clothing store.

"Captain Shin, I found traces indicating someone had been here recently," a team member reported while pointing to a nearby corner. "Although, half a trail of footprints has been frozen in ice—they’re still visible."