Hiding a House in the Apocalypse - Chapter 319



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Episode 319 128. Top (5)

Despite the changes in environment, situation, and status, Kim Da-ram’s appearance was not much different from when we last met.

Of course, the same goes for my relationship with you.

In a way, we have the most successful senior-junior relationship.

But we didn’t say a word while the cheap fruit tea with artificial flavoring was delivered between us.

It might have seemed like a strange thing from a third party’s perspective.

Even though both parties wanted to talk, not one, once the time came, not a single word was exchanged.

I don’t think our relationship has deteriorated.

From the beginning, there was a distance between us that would never be bridged.

Although the gap has widened and deepened over time, the fundamental relationship between school seniors and juniors has never been broken.

We just needed some time to sort things out.

Not only me, but Kim Da-ram is also the type of person who doesn’t allow mistakes.

“Did you go to Woo Min-hee’s side?”

As expected, I, as a senior, was the first to organize my thoughts and speak.

“huh.”

Kim Da-ram answered, sipping his tea.

“What about your husband and child?”

“Take care.”

“That’s fortunate.”

“Thank you for your consideration.”

A conversation that is nothing more than a dry, superficial conversation.

That’s probably not what we want from each other.

“What are you doing here?”

The second person to open the door was also my junior, Kim Da-ram.

She tries to read my mind, casting a sharp gaze at me that was previously aimed at monsters.

“You know what kind of place this is, right, senior?”

“I know.”

“I sent a warning and came to check the situation. As expected, the remnants of the Legion faction didn’t even manage to scratch the door, but if they tamper with anything inside, Woo Min-hee will come here.”

“Woo Min-hee seemed to know about this?”

“Yeah. I knew it.”

Kim Da-ram took out his cell phone from his bosom and opened a drawing on it and showed it to me.

It probably looks like a drawing of an underground warehouse.

As I rolled my eyes to check the drawing, Kim Da-ram immediately put his phone back in his pocket, sighed deeply, and glared at me.

“······.”

A very wary look.

I guess it’s because they’re from that side.

I tried to read Kim Da-ram’s mind with a bitter smile.

I can’t see anything at all.

Kim Da-ram, who has no time to spare, is not an easy opponent.

She is the same Kim Da-ram, but just by being pushed to the floor, she can demonstrate 120% of her abilities.

The story is that she is qualitatively different from the Bitik lady I dealt with before.

Let’s change the method.

To be honest, Kim Da-ram is a difficult person, but if we compare him only in terms of skills, there is no one better than him.

There are a few hunters in our area, but only Cheon Yeong-jae and Bang Jae-hyeok can keep up with my assistance, and the rest, frankly, have skills that would have sent them out of the team if I were them in the past.

Although there was a lot of animosity between us, I reached out to her.

“How is it there? Is it comfortable?”

“no.”

Kim Da-ram answered immediately.

“I recently formed a group. We are all hunters from the school.”

“Don’t go there.”

“?”

I tilted my head slightly, which was uncharacteristic of me.

Where else in the world would you reject a scout from our territory, which is safe and has everything?

In the past, he tried to come to our bunker but he refused on his own, but Kim Da-ram’s situation then and now is very different.

I glared at her as if asking for a reason.

Kim Da-ram held up three fingers.

“One is the senior bunker. It’s copper.”

“My bunker just opened. I installed several toilets. Oh, and there are also foreigners who speak English as their native language. It’s a foreign language kindergarten.”

“The second is a hunter from the school. There shouldn’t be a hunter.”

“why?”

“Everyone hates me.”

I guess that’s why he’s always been a guy who’s really good at self-objectification.

He used to go around gossiping about girls who were prettier than him.

If I had suffered from princess syndrome like Woo Min-hee, I wouldn’t have wasted my heart.

Thinking like that, I stared at Kim Da-ram’s one remaining finger.

“The last one.”

Kim Da-ram chuckled.

“Senior, you don’t like me, do you?”

“How did you know?”

“I have a conscience. I know what I did. But what can I do? That’s the way I lived.”

Kim Da-ram sighed and showed a comfortable posture for the first time.

This is the truth, nothing to add or subtract.

“Given his senior’s personality, I don’t think he would just let Dong-tak set up shop.”

“How did you know?”

“The fact that people are stranger than before is one of the reasons I can never go there.”

“Other people tell me that I’ve become a better person.”

“More than anything, Woo Min-hee. She has the power.”

Kim Da-ram stared wearily at the entrance to the underground parking lot with its mouth wide open below.

“I knew how strong Woo Min-hee was, but when I saw it in person, I was speechless. He’s just a god. A god.”

Kim Da-ram’s eyes, looking into the distance, are engraved with clear fear.

I know very well that she doesn’t have much to fear.

“······I made up my mind after seeing him handle five medium-sized dogs on his own. Even though it’s annoying and unpleasant right now, I think that for now, having him under me is the best way for me and my family to live a long life.”

“Doesn’t he make you do dangerous things?”

“It’s dangerous everywhere. And he still has power. There’s a rumor that he was kicked out of Jeju, but that’s a false rumor. He probably made it up. He’s still the real power. In my opinion, he’s stuck here because he doesn’t want to be on Jeju Island.”

Kim Da-ram sighed and slumped his shoulders.

“Senior. We are old-fashioned. Old-school. No matter how much you deny it, it’s true that they are better than us.”

“······.”

I got the context.

Kim Da-ram still hates and loathes Woo Min-hee.

Why, every time I mention Woo Min-hee, I show my disgust with every pore.

As he said, he had no choice but to endure the hardships and stay under it to protect his family.

There is no way to win over Kim Da-ram, but I pride myself on knowing more about Kim Da-ram than anyone else, maybe even better than her husband.

“······You were the one who gave birth to me.”

You called it icebreaking.

A technique to relieve tension in conversation.

“What are you talking about?”

“You gave birth to a child.”

“Senior. I’m not in the mood for jokes.”

“Who gave birth to Woo Min-hee or you? I can confidently say that you gave birth to her.”

“Senior. Do you take any medicine or anything?”

“Still, I don’t hate Minhee.”

Kim Da-ram’s eyes became sharp.

“Why, she’s a cute junior. Even though she’s over thirty.”

“Don’t you think about your age, senior? You’re in your thirties too. Aren’t you in your mid-thirties now? You’re closer to half-seventy than us, aren’t you?”

“I’m still a boy at heart. In fact, my internet age is 16.”

“What the hell are you talking about?”

“My honest intention is to make Woo Min-hee suffer.”

Kim Da-ram snorted.

“How? Are you going to rob this place?”

“huh.”

“Even if you are my senior, it won’t be easy, right?”

“There is a way.”

I trust Kim Da-ram.

No, I believe that Kim Da-ram hates Woo Min-hee.

I told Kim Da-ram about my plan.

Kim Da-ram, who rarely shows much emotional range, expressed surprise for the first time.

“senior.”

She looked up at me with a submissive face that reminded me of my old junior days.

“You’re not really going to use that method, are you?”

“I’m going to use it.”

“There is a surveillance device. It reacts immediately when people come and go.”

Kim Da-ram turned on his cell phone and showed me the drawing he had not wanted to show me earlier.

Although we do not know the exact circumstances, it is certain that within that vast warehouse, there is the eye of Argos, as stern as the dragon that blocks our way.

At its core, perhaps, is a simple, reliable motion detector that can give the user ample warning simply by increasing its frequency.

“Even if you destroy the defense system, if you step even one step inside the warehouse, Woo Min-hee will come. Even if you find and destroy the communication device, it’s the same. Even if the communication is cut off, Woo Min-hee will come.”

“okay?”

“Would you know if Woo Min-hee comes?”

“······.”

“It won’t end with one or two people dying. And the people here. They’re the legionnaires, right? And they’re Kim Byeong-cheol, who’s been hated by the National Assembly.”

Well, if Woo Min-hee comes, there will definitely be blood.

Even if I tell you to stop, will Woo Min-hee, who has lost his sense of humor, see something like me?

As I remained silent, Kim Da-ram sighed and continued speaking.

“Your plan is impressive, but even if you disable the defense system, you won’t be able to extract the items inside.”

In short, it means that even if you kill the dragon in the treasure vault, you will not be able to touch the treasure.

The moment you touch the treasure, a witch more terrifying than a dragon will come running.

But I knew one thing.

He showed Kim Da-ram and smiled faintly.

“Squirrel.”

“What? All of a sudden?”

“You, you really hate Woo Min-hee.”

“What are you talking about?”

Kim Da-ram vehemently denies it, but if she hadn’t hated Woo Min-hee, she wouldn’t have reported the warehouse’s security system to me in such detail.

So, it seems like our Mrs. Kim Da-ram also wants me to make Woo Min-hee suffer.

“It’s scheduled to start tomorrow.”

“tomorrow?”

“So, go back first.”

“I won’t stop you, but I already warned you. And Woo Min-hee. You should know that you’ve become even more unforgiving than before. Even if you’re my senior, I won’t let you off easy.”

“I know. Tell your husband and Dong Zhuo my regards.”

Kim Da-ram snorted, waved his hand slightly, and left.

“If you really feel like you’re going to die, try begging until your hands and feet are worn out. Do you know? Maybe Woo Min-hee’s heart will change?”

A moment later, the vehicle carrying Kim Da-ram disappeared beyond the city.

*

The only obstacle left for us now is Kim Byeong-cheol’s determination, but we are not too worried about this.

“Why should I listen to Awaken?”

Kim Byeong-cheol is, what can I say, a person who lives with ambition as his energy source.

Dream bigger than others and work hard to make that dream come true.

For him, small things are always a good thing.

“If you were going to fall for those threats, you wouldn’t have even started.”

After getting permission from Kim Byeong-cheol, I went to the scene immediately.

Everything was already prepared.

All you need is a robot vacuum cleaner and a capsule precariously placed on top of it.

Just put it in that gap.

“Okay, then I’ll ask you something.”

“Okay~.”

Hong Da-jeong operated the robot vacuum cleaner.

Weeeeeeeeeing–

The robot vacuum cleaner moves forward.

After instructing Cheon Yeong-jae and Defender to prepare follow-up work, I checked the weapons I would use.

Clink-

I received a hunter weapon from Kim Byeong-cheol.

It’s a disposable large shotgun called a Hotshot.

It’s called a shotgun, but it’s more like a large, portable claymore.

Like other hunter weapons, it has enough firepower to defeat small species in one hit, but the problem is that it is ridiculously heavy, has a ridiculous center of gravity, and has a ridiculous aftershock.

A common trait of weapons that kill more people than monsters.

So, out of all those reserves, he must have given me this.

Let’s be thankful that they didn’t give us the Blader, which is a waste weapon.

Weeeeeeeeeing—

Now the drone has entered the gap.

Wait for the 3.5 seconds of promise.

One, two, three, and a half.

“It’s just beginning.”

As soon as Hong Da-jeong finished speaking, a gunshot rang out from beyond the gap.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Did they judge him to be a non-threatening enemy?

The AI ​​responded with just three bursts of fire.

But AI probably doesn’t know yet.

That a being has appeared in our world that seeks to destroy humans and everything humans have created.

thud!

Another promised sound echoes across the gap.

thud!

Shock wave.

The monster’s heartbeat.

Human machines in this regard.

Tata tata tang! Tata tang! Bang!

It unleashes a devastating barrage of bullets that sweeps away Ji Chang-soo’s men and destroys Kim Byeong-cheol’s tank.

But such attacks.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Ping! Kwaik! Kwaaaaang!!

It is shattered by the shield of a monster called the Reflector Field.

Tata tata tang! Boom!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Gunshots and shockwaves.

We may not be able to see the end of the machine-versus-monster showdown, but we can at least hear the end of their fight.

After a while, a familiar silence came from across the gap.

Hong Da-jeong was ordered to deploy a reconnaissance drone.

The results were surprising.

It was a victory for the machines.

The monster returned most of the machine’s attacks by deploying a reflection field, but the defense system was so densely packed and placed in such large quantities that it eventually defeated the monster with an attack that exceeded the limits of the reflection field.

But it is a Pyrrhic victory.

The defense system was almost completely destroyed.

Both the monster and the machine are exhausted.

“What happened?!”

Kim Byeong-cheol, who had been watching from behind, ran out in a hurry and came towards us.

“You destroyed the defense system with a monster?! Huh?! You really destroyed it! Haha! This is it! I’ve never received help from a monster in my life!”

He spoke calmly, looking at the jubilant general.

“General, there is one more thing to do.”

“One task?”

I smiled brightly and answered his question.

“I’m trying to hack the surveillance system.”

“Surveillance system?!”

“Yes. If it were possible to hack the surveillance system, there would be no need to invite a difficult enemy like Woo Min-hee here.”

To be honest, that’s a lie.

There is no way to disable the surveillance system.

I just need three days.

After dealing with the dragon in the warehouse, which was almost out of breath, using a drone or something, I look at the slightly open door located beyond the fallen dragon.

This is the main warehouse.

Over there is the broadcast equipment we want.

My plan is to leave the vehicle in the warehouse without having to remove it, supply power, and bring the voice of Necropolis right here.

“It is possible. Yes, it is possible.”

Valentine also gave a positive opinion.

The problem, of course, is the surveillance system.

“But the broadcasting equipment needs to be operated for three days. Is that possible?”

I told him the plan I had in mind while looking at Valentine’s pensive face.

“Only Valentine will go inside. And he will operate the necropolis there for three days.”

According to information provided by Kim Da-ram, the government has installed a large number of motion detectors inside the warehouse.

The movement of all objects inside the warehouse is recorded by motion detectors installed without any gaps.

Neither coming in nor going out.

My solution to this is simple.

“It may sound ridiculous, but just go in and don’t come out.”

“yes?”

“You will live inside the Necropolis until it is captured. With minimal movement and movement. The data that the government is interested in is mainly entry and exit data, so they will be relatively insensitive to changes inside.”

Valentine nodded and muttered.

“Hmm. That could be the case.”

He raised his head again.

“But if I go in, won’t that record remain?”

“I guess so?”

“Then wouldn’t that guy, the chief of staff, come here? If that guy comes, wouldn’t it be a total mess?”

That’s a good point.

Even if I were a government official, I wouldn’t just let it go if I confirmed that someone was entering the warehouse.

Especially Woo Min-hee, she would definitely stop by here.

But I know Woo Min-hee well.

It’s not something to brag about, but he was also a hunter representing Korea.

“There are many spleens.”

“Demand for the spleen?”

Valentine asked awkwardly with a smile, wondering if my expression was too confident.

“Can I ask what that is?”

He smiled brightly and answered Valentine’s unexpected question.

“This is so awesome.”