Neurolink System in the Modern World

"A blackout?" one of them remarked.

"Don't worry, this place has a backup generator. The power will be back soon," Guk Kwan reassured everyone.

However, the wait stretched beyond a few minutes. It had already been 10 minutes, and there was no sign of the power returning.

"What the hell, bro?" Dong cursed out loud.

"Where on earth are the hotel staff?" one of the girls inquired. They tried to use their phones to create some light in the bar area, but the staff who had been present just moments ago were now nowhere to be found.

"Why are the staff missing?" she questioned.

Her inquiry prompted everyone to check other parts of the dining room, and it was true. The waiters, the cooks, the clerks – none of them were present. It was as if they had vanished into thin air.

"Hey, Kwan? Where's your cousin? He owns this place, right?" Dong asked, his expression growing more annoyed. The drugs in his system were affecting his senses, making him feel more agitated than usual.

"I'll try to look for him," Guk Kwan replied. He used the flashlight on his phone to illuminate his way. He would have used it to call someone, but there was no signal on this remote island they had come to.

"We will come with you," Cheong Ae spoke up, behind her was Mizy.

"Alright," Guk Kwan nodded, and the three of them separated from the group.

Only eight people remained in the dining room. Most of their friends had gone to sleep after enjoying the beach.

"So, what should we do now, Babe? " Dong's girlfriend asked.

"Nothing let's just continue drinking," he replied and picked up the glass filled with beer. However, the moment it reached his tongue, he immediately spat it out.

"This thing tastes like piss!" he cursed out while wiping his lips with his other hand.

But before he could vent his frustration, his girlfriend let out a scream, "Babe!!! Look... Look!"

It immediately captured everyone's attention.

"What is it bitch?" He looked at her with an annoyed expression, and saw her pointing the flashlight at the table.

All the people in the room turned their gaze to it at the same time, and what they saw made them sick. The once luxurious food they had been eating since the beginning had turned rotten, and there were even maggots crawling on it.

"URGH!" One of the females vomited after seeing all the maggots and worms.

"What the fuck is happening here!" Dong stood up and began to panic. He even scratched his eyes in an attempt to assure himself that he wasn't hallucinating due to the effects of the drugs he had taken.

They all became restless, and all of a sudden, one of them collapsed to the ground. He began convulsing, and frothy bubbles started to form in his mouth.

This made the others feel sick as well. They believed they had been poisoned by the rotten food.

"We need to get out of here!" Dong grabbed his girlfriend, and they made a run for it. Being in a confined space like this seemed far too dangerous. They didn't know what was happening, but they had no intention of sticking around to find out.

"Wait for us! We'll come with you!" The others called out after recovering from the initial shock. Staying there was a dumb choice.

THUD!

One of them tripped over something and shone his phone's flashlight on the thing that had tripped him. What he saw almost killed him from a heart attack.

It was the corpse of a man, completely drained of blood, with maggots already infesting its body. They could still recognize him, making the situation all the more terrifying.

"Fuck! it's Jaji!" The memory of their buddy came rushing back to them.

CLICK .. CLICK… CLICK…

"Hey, dude, get out of here! It's moving! It's moving!" Dong shouted after seeing the corpse jerking. The jerking became more erratic, and then, with a sudden snap, its lifeless body slowly stood up in an awkward, eerie manner.

"Fuck!" The guy who had been on the ground frantically tried to stand up as well, fearing that he might be attacked by what appeared to be a zombie.

CLICK … CLICK...CLICK...

A clicking sound echoed in the air as Jaji's jaw kept locking in and out. His eyes were devoid of any pupils, just pure white. The sight of him, illuminated only by their flashlight, made the whole scene even more terrifying.

"Is this some kind of prank?" Dong yelled out. He found it hard to believe that Jaji was a real zombie; he thought it might be an elaborate makeup job, like something from a Hollywood movie. There was no way a zombie could actually exist in this place.

But Jaji didn't react; he just continued to click his jaw.

"Hey, Jaji, cut it out or I'll kick your ass!" Dong screamed, flexing his muscles. He was the strongest in the group, and the others huddled behind him for protection.

"He... he... he." Suddenly, Jaji started chuckling and raised his arms as if to hug Dong. His zombie-like face even formed a twisted smile.

"I knew it, this was just a prank. I bet those things back then were optical illusions. Rich people do have a different way of doing courage tests!" Dong chuckled, convinced that this was all an elaborate prank.

"Man, that makeup must have been expensive. So, where are the others?" He asked as he walked closer to Jaji, trying to show everyone that it was all just makeup and optical illusions.

"D…De…" Jaji's corpse answer.

"De? So, you don't even want to break character, huh? How much did Mr. Zyn pay you to play that part?" He patted Jaji's shoulder.

"Dead!" Jaji exclaimed, and then he attacked, tearing into Dong's hands with his teeth.

Dong screamed in agony as he felt his hands being ripped apart.

"Fuck you!" He reacted by kicking Jaji and breaking free, but he lost three fingers in the exchange.

Now he finally realized that this was not a prank at all. "I got bitten! Fuck!"