Hiding a House in the Apocalypse - Chapter 229



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98. Mausoleum (2)

I’m not particularly interested in Jeju Island.

I can easily tell from what I’ve heard that it’s not a good environment for people to live in.

But in today’s uncertain world, the more cards the better.

It is true that the words “a place for me” really caught my attention.

Above all, I have a lot of time.

For someone like me, having something to focus on could be something that gives me the will to live in this world.

Therefore, it was only natural that this Park Gyu would make plans to explore the tomb where Jonnaenon was buried.

*

The tomb of Jonnae-non is located in the southeastern part of Seoul, which Kim Byeong-cheol has not yet been able to restore.

I had heard enough about the dangers there through M9, and I had also seen it with my own eyes.

During the previous monster eruption, the Legion Faction succeeded in destroying most of the medium-sized monsters, but killing the monsters also meant spreading the otherworldly substances they possessed – including mutation particles.

It’s no coincidence that a lot of erosion appears in areas where many monsters have been wiped out.

Areas of Seoul that were not under human control would likely have experienced more erosion than before.

The story is consistent with the idea of ​​more hostile monsters and mutations.

It cannot be ruled out that there are legionnaires and fanatics everywhere.

Rumor has it that the Legionaries persecuted and massacred many of their followers in every territory they controlled.

The problem is that because the number of believers is so large and they have created many dens in unknown places, they are not being completely destroyed by Kim Byeong-cheol’s suppression, but rather are hiding in the shadows and turning into even more troublesome rebels.

This means that Korea, like China, may have to deal with both monsters and fanatics.

In the middle of this terrible gray area lies the mausoleum of John Nae-non.

This alone would be enough to make Immun the most difficult, but to make matters worse, the tomb of Jonnae-non is itself a place of death covered in radiation.

As for the current state of the mausoleum, let us hear from Valentine, the successor of Jonnaenon.

Message from Ballantine: I haven’t been there since the last monster invasion. I can’t even think about going. Actually, I tried to access the server side after the Legion faction came, but I turned back halfway. It was a creepy place before, but now, what should I say, it feels like a place where people shouldn’t go. The soldiers and hunters I went with were all experienced people, but they were all scared halfway through.

Message from Ballantine: Separately from this, the current state of the server room is extremely bad. The nuclear power plant was already overloaded before Mr. Jonnaenon passed away, and I don’t know much about it since I’m not an expert, but I think it’s safe to say that it’s almost in a meltdown state by now. Even wearing a protective suit, you wouldn’t be able to last more than a minute. You might even die before you even get close.

In short, it is a virtually impossible task.

However, Valentine told Palenet that there was a large amount of data uploaded by an unidentified user.

A message from Ballantine: This was before Skeleton came to visit. A large amount of data was suddenly uploaded from Seoul. The files were encrypted, but the encryption level was not very high. It seemed like a level of security that could be achieved with a little effort. The problem was the amount of data, and I was worried about traffic and server capacity, so I suggested blocking the user. But Jonnae-non shook his head and said to leave it alone. How desperate must you be to leave a record like this? Rather, he asked if such data exodus itself was the mission that our Palenet should be carrying out.

The data exists.

An unidentified Chinese scientist uploaded data desired by both Korea and China to PaleNet.

However, even if the data exists, there is no way to get to the tomb of Jonnaenon and extract the data using only the technology and power I currently have.

Just because you’re wearing a hazmat suit doesn’t mean you’ll find a way to move the entire server or extract all of its contents.

It would be different if I moved it to a single disk, but it is realistically impossible for me to do anything with the massive amount of data that is spread across the entire server.

Therefore, another method is needed.

When I was a team leader, I preferred to go back when a target was physically impossible to attack.

I have learned from experience that it is more helpful for preserving combat power and resolving the incident itself to find a shortcut, even if it ends in failure, than to blindly believe in a very slim probability and perform repetitive and exhausting missions.

Of course, the most important thing here is how to get back.

How do you get around it?

I was more interested in the Chinese scientist who uploaded a large amount of data to the Zonnenon server than in the Zonnenon tomb itself.

No one has mentioned the whereabouts of the Chinese man, but he is most likely dead.

Because the Chinese never spare a fellow countryman who has betrayed them.

But the Chinese man holds the biggest key to this incident.

I asked the unicorn a quick question about the Chinese man.

Message from unicorn18: A typical Chinese industrial spy who was a professor in the US and then moved to China. But when he actually went to China, he didn’t seem to like the country where his ancestors were born. He fled to Korea before the war and went into hiding, and uploaded his research data to Korea. Nothing else is known about him.

The unicorn is probably not responsible for this incident.

It seems likely that he only told me about this matter after receiving it from his superiors or colleagues.

As for detailed information, I have no choice but to rely on my connections.

Message from Ballantine: Are you the guy who uploaded it? A personal record?

If someone of John Nae-non’s stature knew that a large number of files had been uploaded to his server, wouldn’t he have tried to contact him personally?

The John Nae-non I know is a person as curious as I am.

Maybe he had been looking through those massive data files without Valentine knowing.

Even if he didn’t understand the meaning of the data, he would have easily realized that the data was something unusual and would have asked the Chinese who had invaded his kingdom a simple question.

SKELTON: (Skeleton Strictly and Seriously) This is something we’re talking about among ourselves, but it’s a very important matter! Not only the Legion faction, but even the Chinese are keeping an eye on it.

I reminded Valentine of the importance of this incident.

Actually, the only person I can trust in the “detour” right now is this guy.

The point is that depending on how much he struggles, a solution may or may not be found.

“What? You want to go towards Jamsil?”

I also did not neglect securing auxiliary combat personnel to assist me in my travels.

“It was a shitty place since the days when the Legion and the National Assembly were fighting. Well, there are probably no people there now. But it’s a mess. There’s a strange amount of radiation being detected there.”

I persuaded Cheon Yeong-jae, who said he didn’t want to go, and got him to promise to accompany me if I went to the tomb of Jonnae-non.

There’s nothing I can do.

It’s a kind of tax that I pay for living in my realm.

Of course I know that you are using Cheon Yeong-jae without any clothes on.

He agreed to accept the new character as he wished.

Chijijijik-

The 18th class friends, including Cheon Yeong-jae, are stronger in wireless waves than the Internet and are good at handling them.

Recently, Cheon Yeong-jae seems to have found a connection that used to live on Hunter Street.

“Do you remember senior Ha Tae-hoon?”

“Are you talking about the person who refuses to be called senior?”

“Yes. That gentleman is still in Incheon.”

“In Incheon?”

“It seems that he has returned to Hunter Street, where there is no one, and is living a self-sufficient life. I told him to come here if it is okay with him.”

“What’s that gentleman’s specialty?”

It may be a bit odd to ask Old School Hunters, who always have to perform death-defying stunts, about their special skills, but in reality, each of our Old School Hunters has their own unique strengths.

Even my bittersweet junior, Kim Da-ram, is quite good at sniping and acrobatics, and Cheon Yeong-jae also has the characteristic of being strong in close combat.

In the end, the story is that even old school hunters are all unique individuals.

“Senior Ha Tae-hoon is good at handling drones.”

“Drone?”

There is a face that comes to mind when I think of drones.

Da-jeong is probably having surgery right now.

“Are you saying that you are good at piloting?”

“Well, as for the controls, they say he just handles them well and handles them well. Even things that are in bad condition become like new in his hands. He said he learned it in FM style from the Chinese guys when he was in China.”

“Hmm.”

Drone maintenance.

It’s a pretty good ability.

The importance of drones in individual-to-group and group-to-group combat cannot be overemphasized.

As Cheon Yeong-jae said, it is no exaggeration to say that if you create a community with a capable old-school hunter background, you will be a highly preferred resource.

“So. Is that guy coming here?”

“Well, I’m still trolling him, but he seems to still be attached to Incheon and is resisting the idea of ​​going.”

“Are you from Incheon?”

“No. I had a girlfriend in Incheon. We promised to marry.”

Cheon Yeong-jae smiled bitterly and put the cigarette he had made himself into his mouth and lit it.

“Is he dead?”

“Yeah. I got caught by some thugs the day I came out after fighting with that guy. Well, it turned out badly.”

“Those thugs?”

“I killed them all. I went with my now deceased friend Jeong Ho-wook and killed them all quietly. But even if you kill them, the dead won’t come back, right?”

“So that’s why you stayed in Incheon.”

“It was a long time ago, so you might forget, but that guy has a weak mentality. Well, if you persuade him strongly, he’ll give in.”

Cheon Yeong-jae stood up from his seat, blowing out cigarette smoke.

“If we go to Jamsil, it would be helpful to you, Ha-seonbae. Wouldn’t it be better to have several reconnaissance drones than for the two of us to go to an area where there might be fanatics, naked?”

“······Well, that wouldn’t be so bad either.”

My name is Ha Tae-hoon.

He will definitely be a helpful person.

After finishing the conversation with Cheon Yeong-jae and returning to the bunker, a message from Valentine had arrived.

Message from Ballantine: Found it!

*

This is a story from when our ancestors were still alive.

Having lost his once strong muscles and health due to radiation and having been given a terminal diagnosis, he still devoted himself to managing the ideal kingdom he had created – Palenet – with his clear eyes and lively heart.

For him, who created a forum for millions of citizens of the metropolitan area who had been left with nowhere to go and no voice, each day was a miraculous time filled with endless surprises and self-affirmation.

One day, a strange incident happened to Jonnaenon, who was still hiding this fact on his home page, Viva! Apocalypse! Korean bulletin board, but was planning to come out in a flashy way one day to show how great he was.

The trigger was a systematic warning that a large amount of data was being uploaded to the failnet.

John_nenon: (John Nenon) July 22nd. A large amount of traffic is occurring in a place outside of Seoul, presumably Eunpyeong-gu. Eunpyeong-gu is currently an “evacuated” area where no one lives. It is said that someone has restored the communication network there and is uploading a large amount of data to the dummy bulletin board of the Palenet by using the entire local communication network alone.

According to Valentine, John Nunen kept a diary until he died.

For some reason, he kept the trademark-like phrases even in his diary, and I was very impressed and shocked by the consistency of his writing.

Slurp-

As I drank the corn silk tea I had picked myself, I felt my heart beating faster than ever and approached the records left behind by my role model.

John_nenon: (John Nenon) July 23rd. Uploads are still ongoing. On the bulletin board, a malicious user named “Singsingi” keeps trying to manipulate the popularity of posts related to history and upload them to the bulletin board. Why are Aspergers so obsessed with history? Even though they look like they have low IQ, do people with low IQ have a desire for approval? Is it natural for someone like Skeleton to have a desire for approval?

“?”

John Nae-non mentioned my nickname.

I had to spend quite some time analyzing why John Nae-non mentioned my nickname.

After careful and in-depth consideration, we concluded that there was no particular malice in the remarks made by Jonnae-non, and moved on.

But my role model is still a bluffer.

John_nenon: July 24th. I ate canned peaches. I can barely taste them, but the sticky sweetness of canned peaches reminds me of the old days!

John_nenon: (John Nenon) July 25th. Posted photos of his prime physical beauty on his second account and received a good response.

John_nenon: (John Nenon) July 26th. I won’t forgive those otakus.

After several threads, I finally found the lost episode with John Nanon and the Chinese guy in question.

It was haphazardly placed in an unnamed folder that looked like a memoir, not a collection of diaries.

I carefully looked through the records left by Jon Nae-non at that time.

John_nenon: (John Nenon) I managed to contact an anonymous user who calls himself Wang Seo Bang. He is a person who uploads a large amount of data to our PaleNet server by using an entire local network. Surprisingly, his identity is a mainland Chinese.

John_nenon: (John Nenon) What he said to me was something that was hard for me to understand. The whole world could change. Isn’t that too heavy a weight for a mere internet site operator? However, after reading some of the material that Wang Seobang uploaded, I didn’t get the feeling that he was lying.

John_nenon: (John Nenon) I backed up Wang Seo-bang’s data on a separate disk. So that I can easily deliver it to someone who is looking for it someday. I didn’t look at the contents. No, I had a feeling that I shouldn’t look at it.

John_nenon: (John Nenon) The data is in a lead box under the first drawer of my dresser. If by any chance someone is looking for the data and I am no longer alive, I hope they can refer to this record and pass it on to the person who needs it.

“······.”

The data exists.

And the method of collecting that data at once was also left undiscussed.

The case has returned to its origin.

The mausoleum of John Nae-non.

I have to go there.

If only they could overcome the lead-locked, radioactive realm, obtaining the forbidden records would not seem impossible.