Hiding a House in the Apocalypse - Chapter 137
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Episode 137
70. Delivery (1)
It is true that Melon Mask is a great businessman, but if you ask him if he is a good person, opinions will be divided. You can tell just by looking at the people around him.
He was married twice, but both times he got divorced without children, all of his early business partners left him, and even the colleagues who had written history with him during his prime left Melon.
There are many reasons behind this, such as conflicts over profit distribution, differences in the values pursued, and the discovery of better business opportunities, but what the media mainly highlighted was Melon Mask’s personality flaws.
As we all know, Melon is the type who can’t stand it unless she’s the main character.
In any situation, you have to be the center and get the most attention.
There must have been a lot of noise during the process.
Right now, Park Gyu is clearly feeling the bad points of the Melon Mask that Melon’s colleagues have experienced.
A banner ad appeared at the top of the bulletin board.
The ad contained the following text:
The moment I saw it, I doubted my eyes.
Melon was the first person in the world to confirm the friendliness of mutations.
Unless I’m God, I can’t know everything that’s happened in this world, but Melon Mask is only in third place at best.
The first is the cat mom who took care of Jackfield and two others, the second is Skelton, who was a friend of the legendary mutation dog Gold, and Melon Mask comes next.
It was I who even told Melon about the possibility of mutations and humans being able to unite.
And yet this shameless man is spreading fake news all over the world as if he was the first to befriend a mutation!
To make matters worse, there are guys who are trying to look good in Melon Mask and are sticking to me like a hawk and trying to flatter me.
Madisonbridge: Awesome, Melon, mutations were our friends!
Anonymous 8: You have proven the friendship between humanity and mutations. The legendary drama you have shown will remain in human history forever.
dongtanmom: Yum. Nae (hey, the sound of rowing)!
mmmmmmmmm: Melon mask, I admit it’s manly.
Dmitri_ayantov: Melon, can you give us some parcels? The kids are starving!
unicorn 18: Give me chocolate! Chewing gum!
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It’s not something I did with the hope of achieving something.
I am just one of the thousands of vivarians who hoped that Melon Mask would survive.
But I would be lying if I said there wasn’t a little bit of resonance behind my help.
While helping Melon, I also wanted to make Skeleton’s name known and enjoy a rich bulletin board life as a significant user with great contributions, even if he wasn’t a named user.
But who would have thought that this small dream would be trampled in such an ungrateful way?
As I was writing a long article condemning Melon’s fraud with the power of anger, a chat window suddenly appeared at the bottom of the screen.
VIVA_BOTO14: Hello, Skeleton?
It’s Vivabot.
Looking at the numbers, it looks like it’s the girl I chatted with before.
It just so happened.
I immediately vented my discontent to the fiery Typhoon.
Knock knock
SKELTON: I was the first person in the world to discover and prove that there is a path of harmony between mutations and humans, so why is Melon lying about that fact? I didn’t do this to become famous, but I’m the first in the world?
VIVA_BOTO14: Calm down, Mr. Skeleton.
SKELTON: Is this a serious issue?
VIVA_BOTO14: Melon is still in a state of health and mental instability. When I saw Skeleton through a video call before, he seemed healthy in every way except his mind.
SKELTON: The mind is the healthiest.
VIVA_BOT014: Melon, you are alone in the cold universe right now. Given your personality, you need to have some comfort in the fact that you have accomplished something to survive in that universe. As you know, the human ego is so inflated. Skeleton, please understand a little.
SKELTON: Are you satisfied with something you didn’t achieve?
VIVA_BOT014: Later, when the world becomes a better place, we plan to highlight Skeleton’s achievements once again. Anyway, this time, I will send you a small gift by courier, so wouldn’t you be satisfied with that?
SKELTON: Delivery?
It’s not like my heart softened at the word ‘delivery’.
In any case, realistically, even if I protested, nothing would change, and I thought that if Melon and the sloth gave people hope, that would be enough. In this ruined world, the only important thing is who was the first.
Still, in this day and age, the idea of delivery service is quite refreshing.
In a world where most of the social infrastructure, let alone logistics, has collapsed, what kind of delivery service is this?
I’ve heard from Rebecca here and there that things aren’t going well in America.
As the country splits into states and erosion spreads everywhere, military-sized gangs move between states, burning down towns and streets.
Fortunately, Melon’s company is said to be located in a place safe from such violence and even has a warehouse with a considerable stockpile of supplies.
First of all, they appear to have an unmanned drone capable of performing intercontinental deliveries, called the Signus.
Although the exact specifications are unknown, it is said that it has long wings like an albatross and is equipped with numerous solar panels, and can jump into the stratosphere and ride the jet stream to deliver packages carrying dreams and hopes to various parts of the world.
The only problem is the shipping method.
It’s a total waste.
They literally drop a steel capsule that looks like an aerial bomb with a parachute attached to it.
VITA_BOT014: I will send you a link, so please select the items within 5kg and send me a message by 09:00.
Viva Brush sent me a link.
When I typed in that link, what appeared in front of me was, surprisingly, an old-fashioned shopping mall site.
The shopping site had a layout and screen that was almost a copy of Amazon, which dominated the internet shopping world in the past. The variety of products was diverse.
It dealt in items including clothing, firearms, ammunition, dried food, nutritional supplements, medicine, fuel, chemicals, and even psychoactive narcotic substances.
However, unlike the shopping sites of the old days, there was virtually no choice among similar items, and most items were out of stock.
It seems that Melon Mask’s company was no exception to the poverty that was rampant during the Destruction.
By the way, looking at this site, I can feel the size of Melon’s ambition.
This was especially noticeable in the part where Melon tried to process the payment with a virtual coin issued directly by Melon. Perhaps what Melon was really aiming for in Apocalypse was not a two-shot with Bumpy, but rather the king of the Apocalypse world.
In that he gave away the cutting-edge Obelisk equipment for almost nothing, and through that Obelisk he built a global network, providing the only market and logistics, and controlling all the currencies used in that market.
It may be a bit of a leap, but that’s my opinion.
Well, it probably doesn’t mean much.
Melon’s plan seems to have effectively come to an end as he is trapped in the space bunker.
After a long time, I opened the door and came out of the bunker.
As soon as I opened the heavy iron door, a world covered in snow and a biting wind greeted me.
I looked back at the frozen ground, exhaling steam.
Current time 1:23 PM
The thermometer reads minus 18 degrees.
We talk about hope online, but this is the reality unfolding before us.
There’s no need to think deeply about it.
Thinking about it doesn’t give me the power to change the weather.
I had just returned to the bunker, thinking about what to order from the shopping mall.
Chijijik-
The K-walkie-talkie rang.
Public frequency
Who in this cold weather?
I received the transmission with some doubt.
“Fuck! Fuck!”
The boyish, evil voice that was memorable echoed through the still air-raid shelter as if it had been waiting for it.
“Fuck! Someone save us! We’re all going to freeze to death!”
I remembered. They are Jang Sang-sa’s children.
In the age of destruction, even kindness is a luxury.
If you want to do a favor, you have to risk your life to do it.
So, you have to be qualified.
Even if you do a favor and get hit in the back of the head, you won’t budge.
There are more than a few people who have died or met an ending worse than death after giving a favor with a loose mind, thinking they would appear vaguely kind. It doesn’t matter if the other person is young, old, or in poor health.
In the age of destruction, we are all the same.
There may be differences in combat ability and experience, but if you have a weapon, anyone can kill me.
I don’t really have a crush on Jang Sang-sa’s children.
It’s true that I have some sympathy, but I have no intention of taking responsibility whatsoever.
But honestly speaking, Park Gyu’s granary is quite rich these days.
Woo Min-hee supplied me with a large amount of food and fuel.
It is to the extent that we don’t even need to use the wood boiler that we prepared since summer.
Well, that alone didn’t change my mind about ignoring those around me who asked for help.
Melon’s broadcast inspired me.
You could call it a positive influence.
Our good intentions helped, cheered, and watched as it led to the good ending we wanted.
Wouldn’t it be okay to help out once in a while?
“I don’t think that’s a very good idea.”
When I revealed my plan to help Jang Sang-sa’s children, Defender’s younger brother naturally expressed his opposition.
“Think about it. Skeleton? Huh? Let’s say you helped them once. But would they be satisfied with that one time? They’d probably scream for help again.”
Defender’s younger brother’s words are correct.
There is no room for refutation.
“I’m just trying to help you get through the winter.”
“In that case, take Nana with you and feed her.”
“No, why you?”
“I told you, there’s a weird guy in our house!”
Looks like he’s still in Defender.
That friend named Jong-cheol.
“Ugh, I get goosebumps when I think about how many times he must have looked into my body with those sinister eyes!”
Defender eventually intervened in response to his younger brother’s complaints.
“It’s heartbreaking for Jomcheol, but he’s not a bad guy to the core. And he’s a doctor, right?”
“The doctor didn’t even graduate from medical school.”
“I don’t know about anything else, but he’s better at taking out bullets than doctors.”
“I hate that person for no reason. I wish he would leave quickly.”
“Take it easy. Jongcheol is always on guard because of you.”
“Why is it that you are so heartless to other people, but you can’t do anything to your classmates? Did you do something to get caught in China?”
“Skeleton! Sorry. I’ll end the communication now.”
The Defender hurriedly turned off the radio.
This is the first time I’ve seen these siblings bickering.
The two of them were friends who had similar vibes, thoughts, and even presences to the point that they seemed like one, but it seems that the intervention of a third party named Heo Jong-cheol caused a more serious conflict between the two than it seemed.
Still, I heard some opinions.
What Da-jeong said is certainly right.
Once you help someone, you have to keep helping them.
Maybe you’ll still need help after winter is over.
Even adults become cunning, so why wouldn’t children become cunning?
You will cling to me endlessly.
Isn’t there a better way?
A child’s mind is something that a child knows well, so he asked Suu for advice.
After all, children know their own minds best.
“Santa Claus”
Suu said.
“Can’t we do it Santa Claus style?”
So, I’m talking about non-face-to-face delivery.
Even sub-zero temperatures are no big obstacle to careful winter precautions.
If you put on a winter coat, winter boots, and a hot pack around your heart and get on a motorcycle, you will feel confident that you can go anywhere.
Above all, it is safe to say that there is no risk of an attack in this cold weather.
If it were a battlefield where two armies were facing each other, then it would be understandable, but for a marauder to ambush an unlucky refugee in this cold weather is not much different from discharging a battery while dipping your feet in a stream.
“Fuck! Fuck! Someone please help me. Please! There are kids here! It’s so cold they’re freezing to death!”
Even on the way to Jang Sang-sa’s hideout, the walkie-talkie transmitted the voice of a girl desperately calling for help.
In that desperate voice, there was none of the innocence that had been found in the past.
An abandoned residential area is visible in the distance.
Like everywhere else, it was covered in white snow and was immersed in an eerie silence.
Smoke is rising from a house.
The shape of a wood boiler.
I didn’t bring any fuel when I came here anyway.
I don’t know about anything else, but I confirmed before that there are an abundance of trees.
The time is the night before sunrise.
We unpacked our luggage and headed towards the smoke-filled country house.
Even if you call it luggage, it’s not that big of a deal.
Just a little bit of surplus food and frozen milk.
That’s the best I can do, without causing any harm to myself.
Click-
I was about to turn around after taking a picture of my goodwill with my cell phone camera.
I felt a presence.
He is a person.
He spoke quietly through the door, his hand on the gun feeling slightly annoyed and annoyed.
“Who are you?”
At my question, the door opened and a small boy appeared, looking frightened, with what appeared to be his younger sister.
The boy was about ten years old and the younger one was about eight years old.
It was a miracle that he had survived this time, but I was a little proud of the boy who wrapped his body around his little sister as if he was protecting her. The boy looked at me cautiously and asked.
“What are you doing?”
I silently pointed to my presents piled up by the door.
The child soon discovered that it was food and a bright expression appeared on his face.
I thought his nature wasn’t bad, so I put my finger to my mouth and whispered to the child.
“Keep my coming a secret. Do you know what I mean?”
The child nodded, holding his bewildered younger sister.
That was going to be our last meeting.
Now that my actions have been discovered, I will never come back here again.
But I guess I’ll have to hold off a bit longer.
There is a strange light in the boy’s eyes.
It’s away.
End
ⓒ Road Warrior #dp8g
(****Jaha) -Recommendation83-
Defender, this little bastard is starting to resemble his dad, who he used to hate so much
(n11***) -cncjs53-
Among them, he’s joking that he’s the first one, excluding the cat ladyㅋㅋㅋ
(Unliving**) -Recommendation 49-
There may be a reward psychology that people return for doing a favor.
Of course, it’s true that Skeleton can’t use the internet, but it’s not ugly.
Skeleton saved Musk and prevented the nuclear attack on the Korean Peninsula and Jeju Island, so he is a true hero.
(**Domei) -Recommendation 41-
People who complain about omnibus novels being omnibuses are the Awakens, lol.
(One Two**) -Recommendation 37-
Bring back the emotion from the previous phone call!! Where did the chain of hope go and only patients with severe attention deficit disorder remain? ㅋㅋㅋ
(Cheese*) -Recommendation 15-
The boiler is running fine… why did you radio that you were freezing to death… is this a trap?
(Super heat**) -Recommendation 15-
A free-spirited person becomes a Dooly.
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