Apocalypse: Apparently, I Can See Zombies

Meeting the gaze of those gray fish-like eyes, the boy was so startled that he instinctively flinched back. The boy beneath him let out a surprise curse as he did his best to break his fall.

With a hard thud, the boy who was at the window managed to fall to the ground unharmed, but he turned and saw that people had already run to the door to open it. Horrified, he quickly yelled.

"No, wait! He's a zombie! Don't open the door!"

Liam, who was about to open the door, stopped. However, his hand hesitated on the latch for some time before Ye-jun suddenly said from behind him.

"Are you going to open the door and put everyone in here at risk?"

Liam turned to look at him and then swept his gaze over the other students who were watching him nervously.

Taking his hand off the latch, Liam said indifferently.

"I'm not stupid enough to do something like that."

After saying that, he walked back to the center of the gymnasium, bumping his shoulder against Ye-jun as he went by him.

Ye-jun fixed his glasses that shifted slightly, not minding Liam's actions.

As everyone's emotions began settling down, they looked away from the door and began dispersing.

However, the boy who was at the window suddenly called out.

"Wait, I have something to say, and I think everyone should hear!"

Everyone paused and looked over at the youth curiously.

After getting everyone's attention, the youth suddenly wore a hesitant expression on his face, but soon he gritted his teeth and prefaced his following words.

"Look, I know this might sound ridiculous, or you think I might be sensing things wrong but, I think… I think Micah heard his name and turned around."

Upon hearing this, everyone was taken aback.

Ye-jun frowned and asked.

"What do you mean he heard his name and turned around? Be more specific."

"How specific do you want me to be? When I called out to Micah, he turned around. But even though those black lines were on his face, and his eyes had turned gray like those zombies that chased us, I don't know, I just got the feeling that he turned around specifically because he heard his name being called."

Everyone fell into silence after hearing this, a few somewhat believed the youth's words, but others frowned and decided to leave.

"Look, I know I sound crazy, but I know what I felt. He's definitely a zombie, but he's different from the others. After I called his name, he didn't go crazy and rush towards me like a wild animal like the other zombies, he just looked at me silently as if he was waiting for me to say something. That's why I was so unnerved by his stare that I accidentally fell."

"We can't simply trust what you 'think' you sensed. The main thing is that you saw that he had turned, he's no longer a human but one of those monsters. If you think otherwise, then climb out the window and go check. If there's no news of Jin-woo in the next hour, we'll decide whether to leave and seek help or stay here until help arrives. But until then, the door stays closed."

The youth was sitting on the ground cross-legged. Under Ye-jun's calm gaze, he lowered his head and said no more.

However, as everyone thought that this matter had passed, a male student suddenly said from the crowd.

"What if he's zombified but retains some parts of his consciousness? That would explain his human-like reaction."

Everyone perked up upon hearing this, but Ye-jun shook his head and said.

"I think you've watched too many movies."

"Admittedly, I've binge-watched almost every zombie movie there is with my elder sister, but is it really out of the realm of possibility that what I'm saying might be true? After all, there's a saying that reality inspires fiction, but at the same time, reality is more unbelievable than fiction. There's even a theory that might explain how someone can still be conscious while being a zombie.

I don't remember the specifics, but it involves a cat inside a box with poison."

This youth looked around to see if anyone knew what he was talking about, but everyone just looked around in confusion.

Ye-jun frowned and was about to say something, but a voice spoke up at this time.

"Do you mean Schrödinger's Cat?"

"Yeah, that's it!"

The youth declared as he turned to the voice, but he was shocked to see that the speaker was Seo-joon.

Taking out the lollipop from his mouth, Seo-joon looked at the youth and casually continued.

"It's not entirely a theory, but more like a thought experiment to explain the absurdity of Quantum Mechanics. Plus, you're slightly using it wrong. It's a thought experiment that simplifies how two atoms can supposedly be superimposed onto each other, which can result in this now single atom being in two states at once.

Sure, in the experiment the states used on the cat are whether it's dead or alive while inside the box, or both simultaneously, but those aren't the only two states that the experiment encompasses.

For example, rather than that guy out there being dead and alive, or more specifically his brain being conscious and unconscious at the same time, the experiment even poses the thought that someone's brain can perceive the present and the future simultaneously."

As everyone was listening to Seo-joon's explanation, no one immediately took notice of Liam who suddenly collapsed onto the ground and began convulsing.

…

"My brain can process the present and the future simultaneously?"

Jin-woo was currently sitting on the ground leaning against the bookshelves as he flipped through Seong's journal.

"Yeah, that's the theory I came up with to explain your ability."

Jin-woo remained silent as he tried to take this all in. Seong seeing this added.

"At first, I wanted to become a Neurologist and study the brain as well as how schizophrenia affects it to help you. I even contacted a lot of well-known Doctors who specialized in this field and interviewed them. However, it was after that did I found something odd."

Jin-woo came out of his thoughts and looked at Seong beside him. Seong met his gaze and continued with a smile.

"I realize that your case of schizophrenia was somewhat rare. Not rare in the sense that it's different from others but rare in the sense that it develops in an uncommon way than the norm."