Hiding a House in the Apocalypse - Chapter 273



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112. Faith (2)

Is friendship necessary on the Internet?

There is no correct answer.

It’s different for everyone.

If you want to get the information or humor you want in less than an hour a day, there is no need to pursue online friendships.

Unless it’s a very small community, even if a user who’s been there for less than an hour tries to socialize, they’ll either not remember you or they’ll consider you a user who doesn’t need to be remembered.

But for people who spend all day on the Internet, it’s a different story.

No matter how large a community is, there are always key members who are active.

Among them, there are always likeable users who get a lot of comments, and disliked users who everyone ignores.

Some may ask what the big deal is if I get one less comment or one more, but it is an important issue.

Even if you write the same crap, whether you receive comments (or emoticons, if it’s the Red Archive bulletin board style) or not has a big impact on your presence on the bulletin board.

Because on an internet bulletin board that is not much different from a diary on the internet, at least someone read the post and responded to it.

It is also important to be friendly with people in authority, called operators, managers, and captains.

Even if you are the person who manages the bulletin board for business purposes, you are still human and cannot help but be swayed by the management.

I have been friends with Vivabot, our bulletin board administrator, for a long time.

I admit that I had some trial and error.

I was immature back then.

This is because Internet etiquette and usage are not included in the regular school curriculum.

But now it’s different.

Through long-term use of the Internet, I have gained experience and common sense.

SKELTON: It’s just that I feel like I’ve gained new powers that I’ve never seen before.

Sent a message to Vivabot.

I also sent a reply to Suu.

SKELTON: (Skeleton surprised) W-what’s going on? Suu.

The first to reply was Vivabot.

Message from VIVA_BOT014: Ah. Skeleton.

SKELTON: Yes

Message from VIVA_BOT014: Did you check the new administrator privileges?

SKELTON: I think there was something like a delete permission. I didn’t know what it was, so I clicked on it, and the post was deleted…

Message from VIVA_BOT014: Yes, I have granted you permission to delete.

SKELTON: (Skeleton Hwangsong) Oh. Is it okay to give such great authority to a small-time person like me?

Showing off when you don’t mean it is a basic requirement for Internet experts.

VIVA_BOT014: Still, I thought hard for a few days about giving Skeleton the authority he deserves, since he gave us great hope.

SKELTON: (Skeleton impressed) Oh….

Message from VIVA_BOT014: After thinking about it carefully, I think the delete permission would be a good idea. It seems like you like that kind of thing.

SKELTON: Hahaha…

Message from VIVA_BOT014: However, indiscriminate deletion will not be tolerated. What I am saying is that even if you are Skeleton, you cannot tolerate indiscriminately deleting the posts of people who have caused trouble on the bulletin board and started fights and got angry. That is an act that destroys the order of the bulletin board itself.

SKELTON: I completely understand.

Message from VIVA_BOT014: Still, Skeleton. Even though he’s a little strange, he’s still the pride of our bulletin board. I’m sorry that I can only do this much for him.

SKELTON: Then there’s no such thing as an armband decoration? The shiny thing next to the nickname that Foxgame is wearing right now.

Message from VIVA_BOT014: There is no such thing.

SKELTON: Why?

Message from VIVA_BOT014: Skeleton is······ well······ a kind of dark knight.

SKELTON: Dark Knight······.

Message from VIVA_BOT014: Yes. Someone who punishes people who cause trouble on the board without revealing themselves. You just deleted a post.

SKELTON: (Skeleton surprised) ?!

Message from VIVA_BOT014: To prevent Skeleton from going overboard, I’ve set up a notification every time he deletes a post.

SKELTON: Is that so?

Message from VIVA_BOT014: Yes. I want to tell you that you did well this time. I don’t think you are a believer in that strange religion. Please continue to do your best. I will gradually prepare special powers for you, Skeleton!

“······.”

The Dark Knight of the bulletin board······.

It’s a bit of a hassle not to be able to express yourself, but it’s not that bad.

I can’t delete Foxgame posts, but at least I can freely delete those damn fanatics’ posts.

ONE_FAITH: Whoever deleted my post, turn yourself in quickly. Wherever you are, whoever you are, we will find you and come looking for you.

A fanatic just posted a message.

Our bulletin board friends are consistently ignoring us.

It’s a rule of the bulletin board to ignore weirdos, but honestly, it’s also true that this fanatic is a scary guy.

Silence fell on the bulletin board.

Our friends probably think that while it’s true that they’re afraid of that fanatic, there’s no need to make a fuss about it.

Because we’ve already sent away so many friends.

But not everyone is keeping their mouths shut.

mmmmmmmmm : Oh my······ The house is shaking again······

Emgu posted the article.

Although timid, our Emgu showed a little bit of the spirit of a bulletin board user.

But that alone won’t be enough.

Need to show more.

Our composure that is not swayed by the fanatic’s threats of murder.

“······.”

Knock knock

SKELTON: (Skeleton menu recommendation) Should I have cabbage soup for rice today? Or should I have pyramid soup?

Throwing nonsense on a silent bulletin board.

I saw the reaction.

There is no response from bulletin board users.

However, an unexpected guy responded instead.

ONE_FAITH: What, cabbage soup? It’s better.

It’s one-faced.

“hmm.”

Long time no see.

Reacting to my trademark “nat, nat” joke.

If so, that’s even better.

Knock knock

SKELTON: (Skeleton confused) Why not?

Should we pick up the tempo?

ONE_FAITH : ?

ONE_FAITH: Are you kidding me?

SKELTON: ?

ONE_FAITH: You’re not even a middle school graduate. These days, even middle school graduates are so smart.

SKELTON: (a plate of facts) I’m a middle school graduate

Yes, I graduated from middle school.

Our school is not a regular high school, nor is it included in the alternative education institutions approved by the Ministry of Education.

Anyway, let’s see this Internet newbie’s reaction.

ONE_FAITH : Ah

ONE_FAITH: Sorry. I didn’t know you were a middle school graduate.

What a refreshing reaction.

You’re really good at cutting people’s necks.

ONE_FAITH: But please stop posting weird stuff now. We’re really pissed right now. We’re looking for the person who deleted our stuff, so please be quiet until then.

SKELTON: You’re really angry······. I understand······.

ONE_FAITH : Not a birth, but a sickle!

“······.”

It starts now.

Click

-Do you want to delete this post? (Administrator rights)

delete.

ONE_FAITH: Huh? What? Who is it?

Click

-Do you want to delete this post? (Administrator rights)

Delete again.

ONE_FAITH : Huh?

Click

-Do you want to delete this post? (Administrator rights)

Delete again.

I will now delete all the posts made by this fanatic.

ONE_FAITH : I don’t know who it is

delete.

ONE_FAITH : Find it

delete.

ONE_FAITH : Stabbed alive

delete.

ONE_FAITH : I broke it ya

delete.

After the storm of deletions, silence fell on the bulletin boards.

I watched the bulletin board silently, straining my eyes, and saw that no more fanatics were posting.

He doesn’t seem to be a fanatic anymore.

No matter how much I run wild in reality, I’m just a user on this bulletin board.

What, he said he would find us and kill us, so how is he going to find us?

Even the Jeju government and the military cannot properly pinpoint the location of satellite internet.

To properly catch us, they need to pinpoint our exact location, bring in radio detection equipment, and thoroughly search the suspicious area to find our location.

This is not something a guy who killed a perfectly good person and stole satellite equipment without any equipment should talk about.

After letting the bulletin board fall silent for a moment, I leisurely posted my message.

SKELTON: (Skeleton’s eyes) Can someone recommend a menu?

That article received a long-awaited recommendation.

If we were to rank them,

Third place goes to Seoul-style nutrition bar.

Second place goes to warm soup.

The long-awaited number one is the hamburger.

But now I can’t eat hamburgers or noodles.

A nutritional bar might be a possibility, but I don’t think he’d eat it even if I gave it to him.

It was just when the incident was about to come to a close.

ONE_FAITH : See admin

I was going to delete the post anyway, but I opened it to see what it said.

A dark room. A figure wearing white flowing clothes, perhaps illuminated only by the monitor, occupied the screen.

But the face of the woman pointing her finger at the screen with a very angry expression was that of a young woman in her early twenties at most.

The sight of him glaring at me with a face full of pain was more cute than scary, but the cold light in his eyes was something to behold.

Compared to my junior Woo Min-hee, she doesn’t look that far behind.

Also, although it is too faint to see on screen, there is something shiny on the shirt revealed under the white clothes.

Portrait badge.

It’s something that North Korean people carry around.

If there was just one, you could assume they were North Korean, but the fact that they were wearing dozens of portrait badges was enough to give off an eerie feeling.

They are most likely loot.

And that too from a human he himself killed.

Beneath it, there is a single sentence left by One Face.

-I will definitely find you and kill you.

The writing was not deleted.

Everyone was left to their own devices to fully enjoy One Face’s face.

There is a chance.

Soon the gamble proved to be spot on.

Anonymous23213: So cute.

Anonymous23217: How old are you?

Anonymous23216: Are you from North Korea? Did you study Seoul dialect diligently?

Anonymous23222: It looks soft.

Anonymous23224: Beautiful wife and daughter

An anonymous group of unknown identities.

The identity is none other than our bulletin board friends.

These guys on this board are usually a bunch of rambunctious guys, but at least they stick together when it comes to beating up weirdos.

You could say that this is a microcosm of the Korean people who fight all day long but unite in times of national crisis.

As expected from an internet beginner, One Face gives a delicious response.

ONE_FAITH: What the hell are you talking about? What are you guys?

ONE_FAITH: Find them all and kill them?

ONE_FAITH: Did you see that before? Executing the murderer who oppressed the believers?! You could end up like that too!

I tried to make a fuss, but

Anonymous23218: Knock-knock-knock- Oh my shoulder!

Anonymous23222: My gut… I’m so sick of it…..

Anonymous23219: Where do you throw star balloons?

Anonymous23214: I’m a bachelor in my 40s… and I feel so lonely these days…

Anonymous23216 : SEX

…

…

The teasing from my bulletin board friends is getting worse.

Even IDs that I’ve never seen before are popping up one after another.

We both change our nicknames anonymously because we think it would be fun to see.

In the end, One Face deleted the authentication photo he had uploaded.

ONE_FAITH: You all remembered.

ONE_FAITH : Find them one by one······

So far, so good.

I got a message notification, but I tried to ignore it and kept my eyes on the bulletin board.

But my laughter was completely erased by a comment posted by an anonymous user.

Anonymous23216: (Skeleton) SEX

“?”

ONE_FAITH : Found it! Skeleton! Nudge?

Tadadadadak

SKELTON: Not me?

ONE_FAITH : It’s you, right?

SKELTON: (Skeleton’s world is unfair) It’s not me.

ONE_FAITH: What’s wrong with that? You just accidentally wrote (skeleton)!

SKELTON: No, I’m telling you, Anonymous23216 framed you.

I immediately confirmed the identity of anonymous 23216 who had falsely accused me.

This problem can be solved by checking the unique account by looking at the nickname information and searching for posts written by public accounts.

Soon its hideous identity was revealed to me.

Foxgames: Excuses for not updating patches3.txt

Foxgames: I’m really embarrassed. I’m now realizing the limitations of a one-man development project.

Foxgames: Current patch status (ver.1.032)

Foxgames: Excuse for not updating patches 2.txt

…

…

“······This kid?”

It’s a fox game.

The guy who pretended to be a good person on the bulletin board is harboring malicious intentions and trying to harm this skeleton.

SKELTON: It’s Foxgame! You imitator of mine!

Corrected immediately.

But One Face doesn’t listen.

ONE_FAITH: That’s it for today. We haven’t even finished punishing the murderer yet.

ONE_FAITH: Anyway, I’ll come back with better news next time.

He just says what he wants to say and disappears.

I immediately deleted those words, but Oneface no longer responded.

“······.”

Being an Internet beginner isn’t necessarily a good thing.

How could I have been fooled by such a simple impersonation?

Well, there was something a bit stupid about the writing.

But since you’re strong, being stupid shouldn’t be a problem.

At least over 5 levels of Awaken, maybe more.

By the way, this guy Foxgame.

I can’t just leave it alone.

SKELTON: Hey.

I sent a message to Fox Games.

SKELTON: I know where you live, right?

SKELTON: Are you looking for it?

I hate to send such childish messages, but I feel like I’ll be upset if I don’t send at least one of these.

As expected, Fox Games has no answer.

Either you blocked me or you ignored me.

I don’t think there was any blocking.

Even if a thief did something like that because he was ticklish, I would have lifted my block and done it.

When I tried to send a message to Foxgame again, an alarm went off.

Someone sent me a message.

Message from COOKIEMONSTER18: Skeleton.

Sudah.

Message from COOKIEMONSTER18: I don’t want to be here.

By the way, the content is not simple.

SKELTON: What’s going on?

A message from COOKIEMONSTER18: I don’t feel good. I feel okay now, but really······. I don’t feel good.

I have seen and experienced firsthand that Suu is smarter and more perceptive than her mother.

The reason why Su-woo, who had not contacted me except on holidays or at the end of the year, sent me a message like this in a special way must have been because of such circumstances.

I decided to ask about the strange Internet etiquette later and took the consultation seriously.

SKELTON: What about Mom?

Message from COOKIEMONSTER18: At work. But it doesn’t help. You know? My mom. She’s a total idiot.

SKELTON: Who taught you that?

Message from COOKIEMONSTER18: I have a friend who has lived in Korea longer than me. I learned it from him.

SKELTON: Stay away from that guy.

Message from COOKIEMONSTER18: It’s okay. I’m already dead.

It seems like the situation at the US military camp where Rebecca and Sue are is not as optimistic as I thought.

SKELTON: Okay. Let’s discuss it first. What are we going to do? Ask your mom to contact you. We can talk about it together.

Message from COOKIEMONSTER18: Thanks Skeleton.

Message from COOKIEMONSTER18: (Heart thump thump)

“······.”

While I was talking to Swoo, another message came in.

This is it.

At least in the current climate, this message is even more important.

Message from Defender: Skeleton.

It’s a defender.

SKELTON: Are you alive?

Message from Defender: So-so

SKELTON: What about your younger brother?

Message from Defender: We’re still alive. Sorry for always bothering you.

A message from Defender: Can you tell me something I said before?

He answered immediately without asking or probing.

SKELTON: Where are you?