Apocalypse in Water - Chapter 117



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Episode 117

As reported by Chief Park, a variety of vessels, including warships, coast guard vessels, non-powered barges, small tankers, container ships, and fishing boats, formed a convoy and surrounded the defensive shield dome.

Goldtooth seemed to have taken every moveable ship he could muster or plunder.

There was also a ship with a long drill, either a drilling rig or a construction vessel.

I guess he was probably trying to break through the defense shield with that drill.

Huh, did you really think you could break through the defense to that extent? No way.

There was a ship that needed to be found more urgently than those stragglers.

After looking around with my telescope, I finally found the fire boat.

Barges and small vessels were docked next to it, performing repairs.

The barge was equipped with a crane to move materials.

Why is the fire boat away from the flyer?

That’s why it was hard to find.

Ah! You left it out just in case you got hit by a stone thrown from the apartment.

Haha. This is good.

There is no need to go through the trouble of capturing fireboats by artillery fire.

If we bombard them, whether successful or not, our position will be revealed.

Moreover, the Goldtooth Pirates thought it was safe because it was located far from the apartment, so there was no patrol boat attached to the fire boat.

I think I can handle it by myself.

Then let’s get ready quickly and go.

As I descended from the lookout tower on the mast, Jinman asked me to give orders for firing.

“I’ve confirmed the coordinates and finished preparing to fire. I’ve also prepared separate shells as you said.”

The blood curse was a shell that sacrificed people and inflicted blood when Elder Kim attacked the defensive shield.

“No. It’s a change of strategy.”

“Change of operation?”

“Oh. I’m going to sneak in by myself and overturn the fire boat.”

Bomi, who heard my plan, said as if she felt wronged.

“Oh, what is it? Are you trying to have fun alone again? Take me with you.”

“Bomi, didn’t you throw up so much that your stomach turned? Just rest here.”

“It’s okay. You can catch pirates even on an empty stomach.”

Bomi jumped around as if trying to let people know that she was okay.

“Okay. Okay. Then I’m going to dive without being detected by the pirates. Can you hold your breath?”

“Okay, sir. Take care on your way back. I told you to have fun on your own.”

I threw a carrot to appease the upset Bomi.

“Bomi. But I really need your help.”

“What is it? I can definitely do it.”

Bomi bit into the carrot without even checking what it was.

He gave instructions to Bomi on the operation and then asked Jeongwoo.

“Jungwoo, where is the fuel for that fire boat?”

“There is probably a storage tank installed on the starboard floor.”

“okay!”

I gave Jungwoo a thumbs up and looked back at Nurse Jang.

“Please contact Director Park and Hoyoung to have them throw stones at the Goldtooth Pirates in 30 minutes from now.”

“A dialysis?”

“Yes. Just open the defensive shield briefly like last time, and then just fire a threat shot.”

“Yes, I understand.”

“And if Jinman’s fireship capsizes, the Goldtooth Pirates squadron will rush over. Then… … .”

Jinman asked after hearing my operational instructions.

“Then. So, we’re going to the bubble current according to the original plan.”

“yes.”

I nodded, packed my gear, and jumped into the sea.

When I was in the apartment, I had already explored the area, so moving around wasn’t a big problem.

The ships around the fire boat did not take precautions, but moved by diving a little deeper in case they were noticed.

Although it was quite a distance to the fire ship, the underwater light attack method of the West Sea Dongjeong Jinkyung could now be used freely.

I jumped like a grasshopper between the rooftops of the flooded buildings in downtown Seoul.

I looked up at the bottom of the ships, including the fire boat, from deep within the water without coming up to the surface.

The bottom of the barge was covered in rust.

And the fire boat was tilted and dented on its starboard side, possibly from the impact of the stone throw.

It seemed like water was leaking in there.

On the starboard side of the wrecked fireboat, people were swarming like flies.

People dived without even wearing diving suits, with only a rubber hose in their mouths, and hammered away.

It seemed like they were trying to straighten out the dented iron plate and temporarily seal the cracked area with something like plastic.

Even though it was a temporary measure, I thought that would help the fire boat stay balanced.

But strangely enough, the starboard side of the fireboat began to lift upward and regain its balance.

Oh! What happened?

I went up to the surface and looked at the fire boat.

A few divers found me, but they didn’t react much, probably because they thought I was a worker like them.

Ah! It wasn’t repaired, it was just lifted.

The iron hook fitted to the starboard side caught my eye.

The hook had been lowered from the barge’s crane.

It was a forced balancing act, but as long as the ship was balanced, there would be no problem spraying urine using the fire hose.

I need to get this done quickly.

I approached the barge.

Most of the people on the barge were crowded on the port side facing the fire boat.

So I went to starboard and climbed onto the barge.

I thought there wouldn’t be anyone, but there was someone passing by.

A man wearing a yellow construction helmet and carrying a plastic bag on his waist spoke to me.

“The captain called us to come work on the back of the fire boat.”

He must have thought I was a fellow worker, seeing as I was wearing an X-band and a tool belt.

“Uh, okay. I’ll go and get the hammer that the captain told me to bring.”

He turned around and tried to leave, his face so bright yellow that it was hard to tell the difference from the color of his helmet.

But then, as if he noticed something, he turned around and called me again.

“hey.”

Did you notice that I was an intruder?

I secretly put my hand in my waist tool pouch and looked back at him.

There was a knife in the tool bag.

If I had been caught, I would have taken the risk and dealt with the yellow-faced man right here and now.

He pulled the tube connected to the plastic bag at his waist.

Then a tube came out of his pants.

“You seem like a newbie. If you blatantly throw away your urine bag like that, the captain will catch you right away. If you leave the urine stream out like this and just tuck it into your pants, the stupid pirates won’t notice.”

“Oh, I see.”

I bowed my head and expressed my gratitude.

“And when the bag is full of urine, drink it before we collect it. But don’t drink it all. We have to fill it with seawater, and we have to match the yellow color of the urine, so check the color and leave some urine.”

He gave me some advice on how to survive in this pirate group and then left.

The atrocities of the Goldtooth Pirates, who did not want to waste even a single drop of urine and inserted a urine catheter, were horrific, but the tenacity of humans who fought against them and found a way to survive was admirable.

These are the people who will survive even if the boat capsizes.

If I survive this battle, I don’t mind accepting them.

With that thought in mind, I quickly moved towards the crane.

Wheeing!

The crane’s engine turned and the chain was pulled.

“Stop! Stop! Let go. You pulled too hard.”

A voice shouted from the fire boat.

Wheeing!

The engine ran in reverse and the chain came loose.

The fireboat was being roughly balanced.

We need to interrupt the work quickly before it can be balanced.

However, many people were watching the crane work.

Not only is it difficult to capture this crane, but you’ll get caught climbing it.

At that moment, a loud ‘Phuang’ sound rang out.

Everyone’s gaze turned backwards.

I could see water splashing on the surface.

Then I saw a chunk of concrete with rebar attached flying from the sky.

A chunk of concrete, almost the size of a compact car, landed on the water, sending up a splash.

Concrete chunks were firing at the apartments where the defensive shield dome had disappeared.

The tower crane installed on the roof of the apartment building spun around.

Then, a chunk of concrete stuck at the end of the tower crane’s chain came flying out like a shot put that had left his hand.

Phishing!

The concrete chunks flew towards them, making a menacing wind noise, but they did not reach the fire boats, nor did they reach the Goldtooth Pirates’ ships.

‘Nice job, Chief Park, good job Hoyoung!’

The dialysis was administered exactly 30 minutes after I instructed.

Although the throw missed the mark, it was an amazing timing.

I praised them both in my mind and quickly climbed up the crane.

No one noticed my movements because everyone’s eyes were turned towards the apartment’s tower crane.

The crane operator’s cab door was unlocked.

When I opened the door, I saw the crane operator.

The knight turned his head at my sound and shouted in surprise.

“who is this?”

“The captain sent me to come and change shifts.”

I answered, recalling what the yellow helmet had said.

“I asked you to change shifts like that, but you’re only coming now. If it was before you got submerged in water, you’d be subject to a complaint from the Ministry of Labor for violating overtime regulations.”

My lie must have worked, because the crane operator grumbled and got up from his seat.

I took my hands out of the pockets of my tool belt.

If the trick didn’t work, he planned to use a knife, but the pilot lowered the crane without looking back.

As he left, he took some lubricant out of X-Peninsula’s pocket.

He sprayed some lubricant on the ladder leading up to the driver’s seat and then locked the cockpit door.