Hiding a House in the Apocalypse - Chapter 156
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Episode 156
SKELTON: (Celebration) Former bulletin board manager Skellton makes a surprise return!
The blocking has finally been lifted.
It was the result of patience over 72 hours rather than a reflection paper.
During the long, harsh years of isolation, there was not a single moment when I did not think about this moment of liberation.
I thought there would be some kind of reaction.
You won’t get the warm welcome of enthusiastic cheers or Christian forgiveness, but you’ll get to eat the trash.
Whatever the reason, it’s true that he became famous.
An artist named Andy Warhol is said to have said that once you become famous, the public will applaud you even if you pat them on the back.
I thought something similar would happen to me.
however,
“······hmm.”
No shoulder response.
5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes pass and not a single comment is posted.
Could it be that it’s buried?
The time now is 7 am.
It’s been a while since the block was lifted, but it’s still a little early.
I took a one-hour break and tried posting again.
SKELTON: Skeleton Release) Hey guys! I’m back! Tofu Rum Rat~
Now, there is probably no one in the narrow internet world of South Korea who does not know Skeleton.
It’s called Viva! Apocalypse! It’s the first and last captain’s armband on the Korean bulletin board, so there will probably be one or two comments, whether they’re good or bad.
Why, don’t celebrities just want to get attention and hang around in front of others?
But again there is no response.
5 minutes, 10 minutes, 15 minutes······.
Okay, then let’s try shock therapy.
SKELTON: (Notice) If you don’t leave a comment, you will be identified and blocked for 24 hours!
“······.”
No comments are posted.
The lack of comments is as normal as breathing for this skeleton, but this chill feels different from the indifference I’ve experienced so far.
No, isn’t it a problem that the bathtub car isn’t running?
Surely VivaCat didn’t set up a feature that hides my posts from others?
I don’t know why, but I’m sure that black-haired foreigner who hates me strangely didn’t take personal animosity towards me and use it to personally punish this skeleton by making it invisible.
mmmmmmmmm: “That boring kid” is so shameless. He really is so shameless. Look at him doing that and then calmly posting on the message board. Have you really lost the human heart·····?
······I don’t think so.
Anyone who’s been on the message boards for even a little bit knows that the “boring kid” m9 is talking about is Skeleton.
It’s a bit humiliating for a veteran user like me to directly mention another user, but what can I do?
Even after the surprise event of the emotional return, I pretended to be friendly with m9 because I was still in a state of muteness.
SKELTON: Handshake of Reconciliation) m9, I got blocked so I understand how you feel haha
A keyboard key has never felt this heavy.
Pressing each keycap feels as heavy as lifting a 90kg bench.
But that guy, even though Skeldon reached out first, there was no response.
mmmmmmmmm : The weather’s gotten a little warmer, so let’s do some sunlight disinfection today~ Did you know that? When you do sunlight disinfection, if you do it at an angle so that the sun’s rays are incident at an angle, the disinfection effect increases?
Complete disregard.
Even though Skeleton reached out first, he just kept talking nonsense.
“······.”
Let’s just say that’s how he is.
Actually, the timing is not so good right now.
This is because the day I returned coincided with the time when the bulletin board atmosphere was at its worst.
As the weather gets warmer, the damage caused by the cold wave is becoming more evident.
Naturally, many people froze to death.
Because supplies are more scarce than last year, temperatures are lower, and the cold lasts longer.
The damage situation varies greatly from one evacuation camp to another.
When Yang Sang-gil, who was acting president, died, each evacuation camp in Incheon was essentially left to fend for itself. It is said that the organization and leadership of each evacuation camp in the extreme cold brought about diverse results to the point where they determined the entire fate of the camp.
Some evacuation camps recorded only a few frostbite injuries, while others suffered severe damage that killed entire camps.
The shelter with the least damage was Shelter No. 13, where people boldly abandoned the tents and shelters provided by the government and moved to a nearby subway station when the bitter cold arrived.
Abandoning a refugee camp that had limited access to electricity, water, and heating facilities was a decision that required considerable determination.
The leaders of the refugee camp created a second wintering ground on the subway tracks, risking suffocation and poisoning by lighting a fire inside, and selecting a few strong, sturdy men to gather resources and distribute them.
We made it possible for all activities to be done inside the subway by receiving the receipt.
The most impressive winter activity at Shelter 13 was hurdling.
Just as hundreds of penguins in Antarctica huddle together in a circle when winter comes, using their warmth to block the wind and cold air to survive the winter, the shelter is said to have endured the bitter cold of minus 40 degrees Celsius by slowly moving in a circle like penguins.
The most damaged shelter was Shelter No. 29, which, unlike Shelter No. 13, decided to survive the winter by relying on electricity and heating facilities attached to the existing camp.
One of the reasons for this may have been the geographical confidence that it was the closest location to the district heating company building that provided hot water.
On a day when extreme cold of minus 40 degrees hit the camp, the camp’s heating was cut off.
If the heating goes out, it is possible to survive the winter by relying on electricity, but Shelter No. 29 was not so lucky.
A series of unfortunate events led to a power outage, and to make matters worse, the radio, our only means of contacting the outside world, went dead.
It was the middle of the night and a heavy snowstorm had broken out, as if even the sky had abandoned it.
A few young and powerful men were sent to the government building, but they were proven wrong for unclear reasons, and in the end, in the extreme cold of minus 40 degrees, Shelter 29 had to survive only with human body heat.
On that day, when an unusually strong wind blew from the sea, the people in the shelter became no different from the snow and ice that surrounded them.
There may be extreme differences between these camps, but even within the same camp, people’s fates vary greatly.
While families who were lucky enough to be assigned well-heated rooms were lucky enough to survive the bitter cold without a single person missing,
Families without proper heating suffered a tragic end, with each member freezing to death, either individually or simultaneously.
Violence and murder were also everyday events.
A man who was a former martial artist and used to be quite strong in the camp tried to survive the winter by monopolizing electricity and hot water, but three ordinary men attacked him with clubs and beat him to death.
The story of a family being driven to the coldest place and freezing to death is as common as asking what you had for dinner last night.
As the weather got warmer, the truth came to light, and the bodies of those who had frozen to death were piled up and burned, or, incredibly, secretly recycled.
I have little to say about this tragedy.
It’s not just me.
This is the future our doomsdayers foresaw.
It is only natural that many people would die when an unfortunate event like a cold wave or a large number of monster attacks occurs.
In fact, far fewer people have died than we expected so far.
Because human life force is much more tenacious, resilient, and squishy than we expected.
Every time a large number of people die, we can say something like it’s a pity, but that’s all.
Their deaths may be a tragedy, but they are not ours.
Because they and we, the doomsday activists, were originally people with different thoughts, and were destined to have different fates just as our thoughts differed.
After briefly looking at the results of the cold wave, I quickly got bored and looked for something new and different to relieve my boredom.
More than anything, I wanted comments.
No, it’s not someone else, but this Skeleton, a named user who even made a bulletin board post, has returned after a long banishment, so isn’t it a problem that he hasn’t posted a single comment?
I felt the urge to ask Defender to run away, but I held back, thinking I shouldn’t go that far.
In that slightly depressing reality of returning, I was scrolling down in silence.
Tiring~
“omg!”
A comment was posted.
Let’s check the contents.
Gingerbread Cookie: Skelven, gather! Add them to the Animal Island bulletin board~
Gingerbread cookies?
It’s my first time seeing him.
Judging from your Korean nickname, you seem to be a PaleNet fan.
By the way, what is this unheard-of, unseen place called Animal Island Bulletin Board?
This is a bulletin board that I have never seen before, even when I occasionally visit Palenet.
It’s certain that it’s not at least ranked.
Considering my routine of going from 1st to 20th place on the PaleNet board twice a day.
But if you showed interest in me during this difficult time, it would be only natural to reciprocate. Since I wasn’t on the list, I searched the bulletin board myself and entered the Animal Island bulletin board.
“hmm?”
It’s quite active.
I thought it would be a deserted ruin, like a so-called “ghost bulletin board”, as it was not ranked, but surprisingly, there are many active users.
Let’s take a look at the bulletin board.
Temple Tteokbokki believer: “Don’t click!”
Platypus: What is the name of this furniture?
Mincho Rice Bowl: It’s so cold today~ Is it really getting warmer?
Loaker: What should I do if the game console won’t turn on?
RollQham: I finally cleared all the snow and cleaned up the house~
Ismail: ······.
Godegi Warrior: Today’s Modong Island self-made drawing jpg
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At first glance, you can see that there are many nicknames active.
All posts were made today, and the posts were made over multiple time periods, not just once.
Only about 10 active users
Considering the bulletin board rankings, it feels small but bustling.
Looking at the introduction of the bulletin board, it seems to be a bulletin board themed around the once popular portable game, Gather! Animal Island!, and it seems like users who play similar games gather here, but judging from the atmosphere of the bulletin board, it seems like there are more stories about daily life and personal matters than about games.
The game distillation board had a lot of people fighting among themselves, which was strange, but this board seems like everyone is friendly and there are no signs of that happening?
Since the game that created the bulletin board is a warm and gentle game, the bulletin board here also has a warm feeling without the common vulgar language or swearing.
“······.”
How should I put it, it has a completely different vibe from the rough bulletin boards that Skeleton has been on so far.
Coming here after hearing stories of people freezing to death in Incheon just a moment ago, it feels like I’ve entered a fairy tale world.
The user who brought me here just then posted a message.
Gingerbread Cookie: Loaker – Did you charge your console?! It’s not dead again, is it?!
Are you having a conversation on the bulletin board?
PaleNet doesn’t have a messaging feature like we do.
This is because it is a bulletin board that does not have the concept of accounts and assumes that everyone operates anonymously.
Loaker: Oh, it’s dead again~ Oh my, is it because it’s cold outside? It’s dead a lot ᅲᅲ
Ginger Cookie: You should have put it on the hot water mat when you weren’t playing. The repairman is gone now, so play sparingly.
Loaker: Yeah huh huh
Conversations take place in real time on the bulletin board.
There are certainly few people, but it seems there is plenty of activity.
Although the size of this bulletin board is not worthy of Skeleton’s name, it is worth leaving a post.
Knock knock
SKELTON: (Skeleton Balgre) Hello everyone~?
When you go to Rome, follow Rome, I sent a warm greeting in this bulletin board style.
What will the results be?
There was no response for at least a minute, but soon Gingerbread recognized me.
Gingerbread Cookie: Huh?! Skeleton?! You’re really here!
Ginger Cookie: Hey guys! Named user Skeleton has come to our message board! Say hello, everyone!
Up to this point, it was as expected.
however,
Friday Gamer: Hello Skeleton? Nice to meet you!
Qham Skeleton? What the heck is he? Anyway, it’s nice to see you!
Ismail: ······.
THE MAN: Ooh! Skeleton! Are you a playful guy?
Temple Tteokbokki believer: “Skeleton, come on!”
Mincho Rice Bowl: Newbie? Hi!
Godegi Warrior: There are people coming to this remote bulletin board too······. Welcome, Skeleton.
Loaker: Named user skeleton? Wow~ That’s amazing!
···
···
What is this? Am I dreaming?
Unlike the Park Jeong-han bulletin board that didn’t leave a single comment to me after I returned after receiving the extreme punishment of a 72-hour ban, all users on this Gather! Animal Island! bulletin board are slowly but surely showing interest in this skelon.
Gingerbread Cookie: Hello Skeleton – Welcome to our board, Modong Island?
SKELTON: No, I don’t do that, but there isn’t one.
Gingerbread Cookie: You don’t have to play games. This is a place where everyone is welcome!
Mincho Rice Bowl: Skeleton! Welcome!
Temple Tteokbokki believer: “Skeleton!”
Ismail: ·····.
Loaker: Named User Skeleton!
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It’s still like that now.
This small bulletin board had several users showing an excessive amount of interest in my every action.
I told Da-jeong about this small but mysterious discovery.
“What? You go to a small bulletin board and people welcome you warmly?”
As an Internet expert, she is the authority to solve my puzzles.
As expected, she explained my situation simply and without thinking too much, using only the knowledge she had in her head.
“There’s no such place. They say that people with similar interests stick together, right? On bulletin boards in the outskirts where people gather with similar interests or topics, there’s an atmosphere where people treat each other kindly and get along well because people are so rare.”
“okay?”
There are places like that too.
Even in this cold and ruthless world of the Internet.
“Where is that? Animal Island? Okay, I’ll go check it out. Oh, is this the place?”
There was a hint of mockery at the end of Da-jeong’s words.
“It’s just a local social networking bulletin board.”
“It’s that kind of atmosphere.”
“You said Animal Island, right? I know that game. It’s too peaceful for me, so I didn’t play it, but anyway, if it’s a place that suits skeletons, healing there isn’t a bad idea.
“Friendship is good when done in moderation. In fact, before the war, there were people who had been on the same bulletin board for over 10 years and were growing old together.”
“Is that true?”
“Quite a lot.”
I feel a little bit antsy when I think that it won’t be long before I hear the proud voice of Internet expert Da-Jeong, but I guess I’ll do well if I try to wear the armband.
Since we were going to split up soon anyway, it wasn’t a good idea for the communication to be too long, so I was about to end it.
Dajeong suddenly asked a question.
“But there are no deaths there?”
End
ⓒ Road Warrior #dp8g
(Hyung-ah**) -Recommendation 100-
Game console -> slave
Play -> Torture or Rape
discharge -> verb
Repairman -> Night doctor
(Hyung-ah**) -Recommendation 79-
Are you saying that Mr. Repairman and Gamimgi are all just friendly things and that you lure people to death while pretending to be friendly?
(round**) -Recommendation 71-
Human scum who invite innocent people to commit pleasure murder while pretending to play a game: Fake madness
Skeleton: Committing unspeakable acts of indecency and then expecting to return to the forum and be warmly welcomed: true madness.
(mord****) -Recommendation65-
Usually, on those bulletin boards, people get too close to each other and become too friendly, which makes them very closed off.
So, I rarely invite outsiders, but there is a hint in the text that it is a failnet.
Looks like they decided to eat one of those doomsayers who looks easy.
Honestly, don’t you think the professor knows that he is more dangerous than Woo Min-hee, who already knows everything and is watching over him?
Skeleton feels too close to his internet acquaintances… He thinks they are his friends and helps them out, so I don’t think this episode will end peacefully.
(Corrugated**) -Recommendation 42-
It looks like everyone is dead and Gingerbread is the only one left to put on a show.
(Bingtang***) -Recommendation 42-
Are you thinking that you can catch fish with this level of tolerance?
It seems like people who try to persuade others on the street also prefer people who look a little strange lol
(OneTwo***) -Recommendation31-
The people of the small and precious Animal Crossing message board are so innocent that they have been polluted and corrupted by the evil internet ghost Skeleton…
(mord**) -Recommendation 20-
The suspicious animal friends invited the hunter.
(songs**) -Recommendation 18-
I got goosebumps reading the comments….
(Tweet tweet****) -Recommendation 12-
On the one hand, this episode reminds me of Midsommar.
I think that animal gallery is made up of members of the Sejong organization that King is a part of.
Is this the episode where King, who has been laying the groundwork on the previous phone call, and our Park Gyu finally start to get along?
(Before**) -Recommendation9-
If there’s no hidden conspiracy here or there, and they’re just really good friends who play games on the console, then that would be a twist in its own way, lol.
(xig**) -Recommend9-
Maybe you’re commenting like several people in Honji…?
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