As the sun began to set, my twenty underlings and I headed back to Shelter Hae-Yeong with our hands full of items. We returned with trash bags filled with soil and others filled with metal pieces. The Lee brothers checked the metal pieces while the elder felt the soil that was inside the bags. He smiled rather sadly and said that it probably wasn’t enough, but that he would give it a try.

Han Seon-Hui brought a wet towel and wiped the soil from my hands. I thanked her, then sat on a wooden bench within the complex. After a moment, Choi Da-Hye came up to me.

“So-Yeon’s father, we made a barricade. Could you take a look at it?”

I nodded and headed toward the side entrance where a barricade had been erected. The barricade was made out of wood, tied together with rope. They had used the dirt from the playground as extra support, to prevent the barricade from being pushed back.

It was enough to keep out the zombies who could only smell or hear, but it wasn’t enough to keep the ones with eyesight away. I lifted my right hand and held it to my forehead as I looked at Choi Da-Hye. She tilted her head in confusion.

“The barricade has to be this tall?”

“Grr.”

“Hmm, then we have to make it again from scratch. The center of gravity won’t be right if we just add on to the existing structure.”

I wanted to give her a round of applause for considering the center of gravity. I noticed the stainless...