Hiding a House in the Apocalypse - Chapter 183



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86. Story (1)

Spring has truly arrived.

The weather has become noticeably warmer and the wasteland is turning green.

“You must never tell Minhee that I am Eomchang. Do you know what I mean?”

Jeon Si-hoon went to Woo Min-hee.

I was unable to meet Woo Min-hee because I was transferred to a government vehicle that had already arrived to pick me up near Seoul.

Nothing will happen.

I made a strong request and there hasn’t been any news from Woo Min-hee since then.

They say no news is good news, but the fact that the situation in Paju is intense can be confirmed through the military broadcasts we hear every day.

Woo Min-hee is probably also doing her best to block the eruption from Paju.

One thing that is puzzling is why the government, which has practically given up on Incheon and its residents, is bothering to stop the monsters in Paju.

Could there be a deeper meaning that I don’t know about?

There is no special message from the King.

It seems like he is very active on the bulletin board, but he doesn’t seem to post unless it’s necessary for his style.

You could call him a arrogant bulletin board user.

He is the ruler of a city with a population of 30,000, and he has many women nearby, so he probably doesn’t need human interaction as desperately as we do.

Incheon has now entered the Warring States period.

It is said that factions are divided by shelter and fight each other, and although it is hard to believe, they even engage in wars of extermination at the shelter level.

There is no way to know the exact details.

There are no bulletin board users in Incheon, and PaleNet users can no longer speak to us.

Incheon’s situation has no choice but to rely on the so-called “Kardera” communication.

One thing is certain: there are a significant number of refugees pouring into the wasteland even at this very moment.

Fortunately, the refugees were headed towards the eastern legion’s territory, not mine.

People are leaving the government and turning to the warlords.

In Incheon, there are gun battles every other day, but the Legion faction broadcasts sophisticated broadcasts with soft classical music, so it is only natural to think that the Legion faction would be a better place to live.

Anyway, despite this chaos, at least the world around me is peaceful.

A popular topic on message boards recently is how to make a “judge killer.”

The Judge Killer is a priest crossbow that was made at the beginning of the war. It was given its name because before the war broke out, someone in a certain court held a grudge against a verdict and shot a judge with a crossbow. The reason this Judge Killer is becoming a topic of conversation is because we are starting to run out of bullets.

In particular, users in the local area are said to have been using Judge Killer for the past two years.

This is because there are many guns and bullets left in the local area.

Well, I guess it’s a good thing.

Something like a crossbow.

What I’m more interested in is fishing.

The freezer is empty.

We do have a small refrigerator running, but most of what’s in it is water and ready-to-eat produce; we’ve used up everything like frozen meat.

There are plenty of protein substitutes if you don’t have frozen meat, but they are usually canned or difficult-to-eat solid foods.

I have felt this while supplementing protein through solid foods, and it is clear that the human body needs fresh protein.

There are a few mutations roaming around my territory, but hunting them isn’t easy, and dismembering and transporting them is also a chore, so I looked for an easier and more convenient source of protein.

There was a suitable place.

It’s a stream that flows right behind the mountain.

When we were originally deciding on the site for the bunker, we didn’t plan on getting fish from the stream beyond the mountain behind, but since things have come to this, we have to eat fish.

I studied fishing activities by watching survival videos that I had stockpiled before the war.

According to the data, traps and nets are more efficient than fishing.

The most efficient fishing tool is the net, but nets are visible from a distance, require considerable labor, and are dangerous to fishermen while they are at work.

There is a better way to discharge the battery, but in this day and age when batteries are more valuable than gold, I don’t want to do that.

After much deliberation, I decided on a trap.

I made a simple trap using mosquito nets and wire, following a survival video.

Old soybean paste was used as bait.

This guy was poorly preserved and had become hard as a rock and was growing moldy. I thought I might be able to use it, so I put it in storage, and now it’s finally time to shine.

The advantage of trap fishing is its simplicity.

Just put the bait in and place it at the fish catching point.

We set up the traps at dawn and retrieved them in the evening.

“hmm.”

There are a few pyramids in there, but not enough to satisfy the taste buds.

Should I increase the number of traps?

Even survival DVDs recommend setting up multiple traps.

We spent the day setting up a table and chairs on the hill above the bunker and making new traps.

When I get back to the bunker, I sit down in front of my laptop as usual and log on to the Internet.

The first thing I do as soon as I log on to the Internet is search.

The keywords are “skeleton” and “huge”.

Neither.

Feeling half disappointed and half relieved, the next thing I do is check the popular posts.

But these days, there are no popular posts to look at.

The craze for making judge killers has led to everyone making crude crossbows, posting them, and liking them.

mmmmmmmmm : “Judge Finisher”

The M9, who is as fashion-conscious as I am, also makes a crossbow that feels as slanted as the house he lives in.

Coincidentally, it was Dongtan Mom who had similar feelings to me.

dongtanmam: Yum yum… Judge Killer… That kind of thing, yum yum… It would be useful in a time when all the bullets are gone, yum yum… But if the kid you meet has a gun, isn’t he trash…? Yum….

Dongtan Mom is also negative about the recent trend of judge killers.

That doesn’t mean I’ll like or comment on his posts.

Today is Live! Apocalypse! day.

It’s a shame, but Live! Apocalypse! has also been running out of material recently.

Although we set a period of once a week, the number of Viva! Apocalypse! users is not that large to begin with.

It’s not often that a spectacular live performance like the first Dongtan Mom Show comes out.

The current Live! Apocalypse!, which is getting worse and worse, even features questionable content like “mukbang” that South Korea has spread to the world.

I guess eating something delicious would be like that, but doing a mukbang show with cheese infested with maggots and moldy bread?

That was so disgusting that even I, a diehard Live! Apocalypse! listener, couldn’t watch it till the end.

Melon Mask also knew that their show was reaching its limits, so Jeonju took a break from Live! Apocalypse!

Instead, he raised our expectations by promising us some amazing new content.

Today is the day that new content is released.

I sat in front of my laptop with half-expectations and watched the live performance while eating the fried pyramid fish I caught myself and dipping it in salt.

Soon our creator Melon Mask appeared on the screen.

“Hello! Vivarians of the world!”

As always, Bumpy the killer sloth stands out with his overwhelming presence next to Melon.

Well well

While chewing on romaine lettuce with a hideous, hooked hand.

Next to that bumpy, Melon Mask made a regretful expression.

“Unfortunately, Live! Apocalypse! is also closed today.”

Two weeks in a row of disappointing results.

The chat window began to stir.

coral8103: Why do you rest so often?

X’Ds_Grrrrr: That’s right. Even though they say there’s no content these days.

Anonymous13: Still, “Eating Show” was the worst.

LVRM: Don’t expect others to make fun things for you, you should make fun things yourself. We all expected this to happen, right?

Anonymous100: While I’m at it, Melon! Let’s play Bumpy and Jason!

sulfar88 : Woooooooooooo~

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I’m a little disappointed too.

But I still think it’s better than watching mukbangs.

The eyes of the melon mask that occupies the center of the screen move around.

Looks like you’re watching the chat.

Soon the melon mask smiled brightly.

“You all know what AI art is, right?”

AI art?

“You all know about tools that let AI draw pictures just by entering keywords, right?”

Come to think of it, I’ve seen before where if you put in a few tags before the war, the AI ​​will draw a complete picture based on the data it has learned.

For example, if you input three tags, “Tag: Legend,” “Tag: Hunter,” and “Tag: Cool Guy,” into an AI image program, the AI ​​will automatically draw a skeleton.

Such tools can be easily found on various sites.

But why are you trying to throw away such an outdated tool now?

I don’t think there will be any particular inspiration.

As a 3rd year old user, I can say with certainty that AI image generation programs will only lead to a decline in the quality of posts.

Because a boring, uninformed user like Rokaji who has no say in anything could use AI pictures as an excuse to take up an unpleasant space in a corner of the bulletin board.

But our Creator is always one step ahead of what we think.

“We’re going to create a video using an AI program. We’re restoring and testing an AI animation creation tool that was being developed at our headquarters in California. So, we’re going to create an AI movie.”

Melon Mask and Bumpy are arm in arm.

“Don’t you all have at least one fun and thrilling experience like mine? But it’s not fun if you just talk about it, right? Text? How can you read each letter? Cartoons are no different. That’s why we’re going to make it. A movie that everyone can see of your amazing stories! At first, due to technical limitations, we’ll implement it as an animation, but as we accumulate data, we can aim for a real Hollywood-worthy masterpiece?!”

Melon Mask applauded.

Then the screen changed and a space bunker made in a 3D animation style appeared, with each person depicted in a cartoon style.

One of the men kills a person, seals off the area, puts on a spacesuit, goes into space and destroys the external antenna.

Meanwhile, Melon Mask, who was at the station, is seen typing with an innocent face, seemingly unaware of anything, and looking troubled.

The moment he raised his head, a cartoon-style Bumpy face appeared, and the cool title “Movie! Apocalypse!” appeared along with a magnificent sound effect.

“This is what it means to make something like this!”

A real-life melon mask appeared, sporting a signature unlucky smile.

“······.”

That’s right.

The video just now was definitely a short but well-made 3D animation.

Could it be that all of this was created by AI and not by humans?

As expected, this shocking video has once again set global chat rooms abuzz.

Anonymous13: You made this with AI?

LVRM: The movements are a bit unnatural, but when you look at it from a distance, it feels like it was made by Disney or Pixar?

demoliton’86: How did you do the sound effects and music? Could that have been done with AI?

yamazakism: Amazing. Technological advancement. How far would humanity have advanced if war had not broken out?

I_HATE_NY : I want to see Dongtan Mom’s story! He is an amazing survivor and an incredible storyteller!

Ohio9: So you’re saying that one movie comes out every week?

mmmmmmmmm : Hoo.

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Melon Mask winked at us as he watched the chat window flowing faster than a torrent.

“Then send me some good story material! Our Viva! team will use the latest AI to turn your story into a video! Ah! The more action, the better! That’s hotter! No melodramas or melo-pa-stories!”

The Melon Mask has disappeared and instructions for the story contest have been released.

I read it carefully.

The movie that Apocalypse! is going to produce this time is said to be one that is interesting, new, has a sense of crisis or action, and is a story that can satisfy everyone.

The moment I saw the content, I nodded without realizing it.

“hmm······.”

Could this be an event aimed at me?