Hiding a House in the Apocalypse - Chapter 318



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Episode 318 128. Top (4)

Message from mmmmmmmmm™: Capsules? If it’s capsules, there are a lot. There are capsules everywhere.

Message from mmmmmmmmm™: But why are you looking for a capsule? Did you come here after seeing my popular posts, Skeleton?

A message from mmmmmmmmm™: If you’re around, I can help you out. You know, this area is Captain M9’s territory, right?

It’s luxurious.

It’s definitely a good thing that Emgu is being kind to me.

It is a fact known to all Vivarians, not only in Korea but also around the world, that there is no guide as good as Emgu around here.

But not everyone who uses the Internet is a good person like me.

No site is immune to the corruption of malicious users.

Emgu mentioned the name of a user who hasn’t been noticed much these days.

Message from mmmmmmmmm™: Do you know the reporter?

SKELTON: I know.

A message from mmmmmmmmm™: This happened after my post became popular.

Message from mmmmmmmmm™: I have a screenshot so I’ll show you the original.

Emgu sent me a picture.

There, the vicious internet face of reporter Woo Min-hee was clearly revealed.

Message from gijayangban: Mgu lol, take down the post^^

*

I met Emgu again.

“Oh. Skeleton. I see you a lot these days? Do you want to move into our apartment too?”

Having eaten relatively well and moving up and down the sloping apartment every day, Emgu’s body is definitely different from the one he had three years ago when he first moved into The Hope and made a fuss.

What should I say, the body itself has evolved to climb slopes.

As if staring at me, Emgu starts to act coquettishly, flexing his arm muscles in a way that I can’t do.

“My body? Doesn’t it look like a leopard?”

I had a strong feeling of gibbonism from him, but I kept that feeling a secret.

Anyway, the driving force that allowed our MGU to wisely overcome the harsh situation of the Destruction Period was always a positive mindset.

You could even call it a mental victory.

Rather than letting stress build up in your body and turn into illness, the right attitude to have in living in an age of destruction is to forget or vent your stress, even if it means being criticized by others.

After watching a few crumbs fall noisily from the slanted apartment, I asked Emgu.

“Who’s the new resident in your neighborhood?”

“Oh. That won’t come out.”

“why?”

“They say you don’t get along well with Kim Byeong-cheol or something.”

“I see.”

Did you do something to spite Kim Byeong-cheol while acting like a bat?

Not seeing the Ji family is good for my mental health.

“This way.”

I think it was called convergent evolution.

In certain circumstances, it is said that all species evolve in similar ways.

The same goes for survival skills.

Just as our hunters create “parkour routes” to traverse the rough terrain, Emgu has also created his own parkour route in these ruined ruins.

“Look carefully.”

The equipment used by Emgu is a harness and a rope with a detachable hook.

When he had to jump over a dangerous area between buildings, Emgu would secure the grappling rope to his harness and then do a lunge run to jump to the other side with all his might.

Even if the jump fails, the rope tied to the harness protects him from falling, and the load on the rope is evenly distributed by the harness, preventing injuries to the back or muscles.

“Okay, this way.”

After easily jumping a distance of at least 6 meters, Emgu gestured towards me.

“Can you come?”

I followed him lightly and jumped, but it was quite precarious.

As I was catching my breath and removing the rope attached to my body, Emgu was standing on the rooftop opposite me, looking down at the view below.

“There and there. It’s a land eaten by monsters. That side is a zombie den. There seem to be people living across the river, but they’re not real people, are they? Maybe fanatics?”

Although I have underestimated Emgu a bit in the past, he is someone who deserves to have survived until now.

He was mostly aware of what was going on and around him.

“The capsules should be over there. I saw a huge pile of them before.”

Emgu opened his eyes half-asleep and scratched his rough, bearded chin with his fingernails.

Looks like he’s thinking about something.

Soon he turned his head towards me.

“Hey Skelton.”

“What is it?”

“I know it’s a little embarrassing to ask now, but is that okay?”

“what?”

“I’m talking to you, Mr. Reporter.”

“What did that guy say?”

Emgu stood with his back against the railing and cleared his throat.

“I heard that there is a powerful Awaken in your pack.”

“Awake?”

“Oh. He said that if you touch the item, he’ll send you the Awaken. I don’t know if it’s true or not, but you know that, Mr. Reporter, right? He’s not an ordinary user.”

Emgugi smiled bitterly.

“······Yeah, they’re all pretty tough. They all act like they have no screws on the internet, but when you open the lid and look, they’re all really good.”

A deep sense of doubt has taken over Emgu’s face.

Well, it’s understandable that you’d feel skeptical.

Guys who have been friends for a long time within the same community are difficult to handle when they take off the mask of the Internet.

The only users currently involved in this incident are Kim Byeong-cheol, Woo Min-hee, Defender, and me.

Woo Min-hee was famous in the Incheon area, but Kim Byeong-cheol was a man who once almost took over the entire Republic of Korea.

It wouldn’t be unreasonable for Emgu to have a wise time.

“······Are only the strong ones left, or were only the strong ones on the bulletin board from the beginning?”

Emgu glanced at me.

“You’re the only one who can do it, right? Isn’t that right? Skeleton?”

“I have two strands.”

“?”

“No, it’s a bluff.”

“The reporter said so.”

Despite the gag, Emgu changed the subject without changing his expression.

“If you touch even one item in the warehouse, I’ll release you.”

“okay?”

I don’t know the exact details, but one thing is certain.

My junior, Woo Min-hee, knows information about the secret assets in the basement of The Hope.

Even if we don’t know everything, we at least know that there’s something underground at The Hope.

So that’s why he’s being grumpy.

To be honest, even though he is my junior, I still don’t know what Woo Min-hee is thinking about in life.

But my plans can’t be interrupted just because Woo Min-hee is there.

“Is that it?”

“huh.”

The location of the capsule was confirmed.

However, the terrain here is not good.

Vehicle access is not easy.

“Where else?”

I asked Emgu to show me the next capsule location.

After a similar, difficult journey, we reached the second colony.

“How about it? Skeleton?”

It used to be a university.

Although it is steep, it is connected to the road and there are relatively few obstacles that could impede driving.

If you have a powerful four-wheel drive vehicle, you should be able to get through easily.

The problem is zombies.

Woof woof—

Woof woof—

All around, the creepy humming of zombies echoes like background music.

Even in broad daylight, the monster realm, cast a gloomy gray-white shadow, synesthetically expressing the arrival of the apocalypse along with the zombie chorus.

Beyond the university grounds, which have turned gray, a capsule is visible.

“Thank you, Mgu. It’s a bit new, but.”

“What are you trying to do?”

Emgu looks at the capsule with worried eyes.

He looked at the same place and spoke calmly.

“These days, don’t you think there aren’t many people on our bulletin board?”

“That’s true. There is an influx, but honestly, aren’t they a bit creepy? Aren’t their averages at Defender level?”

“So, I’m trying to welcome some fresh, vibrant, and flawless content into the bulletin board.”

“Huh? Is that possible?”

He smiled brightly and nodded.

“maybe.”

I hope there will be many people on our bulletin board next year too.

I want to see the origin of the community in the era of destruction, where many people tell their stories and interact with each other, like right before a war, rather than an atmosphere where everyone gradually sinks together like now.

Even if I become the last human being, if I have many happy and energetic times during that process, won’t I feel less lonely when I die alone?

John Naenon must have created PaleNet with similar thoughts to me.

At first out of revenge, then for the noble purpose of connection for all.

I don’t know if I can do it like you said.

But at least I think I’ve stood the test of time.

*

It was a wise choice to form a relationship with Kim Byeong-cheol.

“What? You’re going to destroy it with a monster? Well. What should I say? That’s the kind of thinking a Celestial Hunter would have.”

Kim Byeong-cheol did not understand my idea, but he readily lent me one of his military jeeps simply by explaining the purpose, necessity, and reason.

That includes precious combat troops.

I’m not the type of person to refuse giving.

If our opponents were only monsters, we would have refused to send any combat troops that might be in our way, but we have to pass through an area where zombies and human-sized killer monsters roam.

We were given two combat vehicles converted from priest SUVs, two squads with squad weapons, and a military jeep for us to take to our destination.

We had already confirmed the destination with Emgu, and had recorded all the road conditions and obstacles on the map from the top of that tall building, so there were no obstacles along the route.

We arrived at the danger zone without difficulty.

Woof woof–

Woof woof–

From now on, it’s a full-blown zombie zone.

Not only zombies, but also caterpillar types were seen in large numbers.

In addition, there are small areas of erosion caused by small species here and there.

“Please take care of me.”

He told the soldiers.

and.

“Please take care of me.”

To my colleagues too.

Hong Da-jeong’s drone has already arrived overhead and is monitoring the area in real time.

Our plan is to secure the capsules within three minutes of arriving at the capsule colony and return to Hope.

During the drafting stage, I only spoke with Kim Byeong-cheol, so I didn’t have to hear the opinions of the frontline commanders, but as soon as I entered the danger zone, I could hear the soldiers’ concerns through the radio without any filtering.

“Are you sure this plan is okay?”

“Yes, it’s okay.”

“Really? No matter what, it’s a capsule. Won’t a monster come out right away?”

By the way, there is a man named Hwang So-ryeong who leads the unit.

He seems to be quite the whining type.

“You may retreat first after three minutes.”

“No. Even if you say that······.”

“Report that I told you to do so.”

Booooooooooooo–

The bull seemed upset and started the vehicle without permission.

The sea of ​​hope.

I followed immediately.

Even so, I don’t think you’ll start shooting indiscriminately just because you feel bad.

If we start shooting from the beginning, all the sleeping zombies will wake up and surround us.

Even though Hwang So-ryeong is a narrow-minded person, it seems he can’t lose his temper to that extent.

We headed smoothly to our destination, the university campus, while moderately hitting and pushing the zombies with our cars.

“Over there.”

Hwang So-ryeong stopped the car.

As expected.

“I will start timing from now on.”

“Let’s do that.”

I looked back at my colleagues.

Cheon Youngjae and Defender.

In particular, I believe in Cheon Yeong-jae.

We’ve already discussed the operation in advance.

We will provide support if the capsule is a “sufficiently ripe capsule”.

In that case, it may take well over 3 minutes, but there are ways.

My communicator has a direct channel to Kim Byeong-cheol.

Woof woof—

Woof woof–

I could hear the gloomy chorus of zombies from all directions, and I could see zombies sauntering toward me at the edge of my vision. I looked at the white masses that had grown eerily in front of the gray-white playground.

“······.”

Capsule identification is one of the most dangerous missions.

Especially for someone like me who checks each capsule one by one with a cold weapon.

Srrrrung-

He walked towards the capsule, holding only two axes.

The sound of soldiers muttering can be heard.

“What? That guy? An axe? Is an axe okay?”

“I don’t know. They say he’s an old hunter, so let’s just watch him for a while.”

“I don’t think even a person named Kim Da-ram would do something like that.”

Do you know Kim Da-ram?

I guess it’s a good thing.

That Kim Da-ram will be under Woo Min-hee.

Maybe he’s dead by now.

Because that’s the kind of world it is.

The more distracting thoughts I have, the more noise there is in my mind.

He is not a person who burns with blind hatred like he did when he was a professor in the past.

I have changed too.

but.

“Senior Park. I’m ready.”

The flame of hatred for monsters burning in a corner of my heart did not subside one bit.

He swings his axe at the disgusting gray-white substance that has settled before his eyes.

Enough to tear it apart in one go.

and.

Chaengkang!

I block my axe with my other axe.

That’s what they say.

“Carry it.”

A guy who is not yet ripe.

That is, he is the guy I am looking for.

“oh.”

“also.”

Cheon Yeong-jae and Defender rushed over and grabbed the capsule.

“Be careful. Don’t provoke her too much.”

It took exactly three minutes to check the capsule and load it onto the vehicle.

“······.”

From afar, I saw Hwangso Ryeong looking at me silently.

He got into the car without saying a word, quickly turned the car around, and took the lead.

Woof woof woof—

Woof woof—

We started to follow Hwang So-ryeong’s car back, hearing the sound of zombies swarming.

Tata tata tang!

Bang! Bang!

After that, there was a chase with zombies rushing in like an avalanche, but that wasn’t really an important story.

*

The capsule was safely prepared.

All problems will be solved if Da-jeong places the capsule on top of her favorite robot vacuum cleaner and releases it in front of the dragon raised by the government.

However, there is more than one problem with this situation.

As much as you should pay attention to the dragons lurking inside the warehouse, you should also pay attention to the movements of the people related to the warehouse.

Especially Woo Min-hee.

I already knew this from what Emgu had to say, but the potential concerns soon became a reality.

It was when the capsule operation was in its final stages of finishing touches.

A single vehicle arrived at the scene unhindered.

A now faded stamp of the past.

The car door opened as Kim Byeong-cheol’s soldiers stood in a line and watched.

Unlike Emgu, who resembles a gibbon, this woman has a sturdy and sleek body like a leopard.

We discovered each other almost simultaneously.

“senior?”

“······.”

This is Kim Da-ram.