Hiding a House in the Apocalypse - Chapter 340



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Hiding a House in the Apocalypse Episode 342

138. Handsome

Dead3821: Seoul? If you go there, they only give you nutrition bars that taste like cockroaches. You know what they say? Those garbage nutrition bars?

Deadman45329: I heard that Daegu was completely destroyed, but Pohang seems okay. There are warlords there.

Dead3214: What about Sejong? It seems like there’s a real city there that’s functioning properly.

Dead Man 318: It’s easy to get into Sejong and easy to get out. But it’s not easy to stay there.

Deadman8861: I want to go to Southeast Asia. Is there a boat anywhere?

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As rumors of severe cold weather spread and temperatures drop noticeably in real time, people begin to prepare for winter.

But it seems that not all people’s thoughts can be the same.

For me, the animal that symbolizes winter is the ant.

In The Ant and the Grasshopper, it was thought that the ideal way for ants to survive the winter was to sweat during the fall and stock up on food and supplies in their barns.

But the more I live, the more I feel in my bones that people’s thoughts are not all the same.

There were many people on the Internet who had completely different opinions from me.

The most representative type is migratory birds.

Deadman14010: This time, I’m going to go to Busan. I wonder if something will come out if I go to Busan?

Just as migratory birds fly to warmer places to escape winter, this group seeks out warmer places within the Korean Peninsula to spend the winter.

In fact, the winter temperature difference between Busan and Seoul, the representative cities in the South, is over 10 degrees.

Even during the terrible cold wave that happened recently, there were frequent reports that the Yeongnam region along the coast was doing okay.

Minus 10 degrees is different from minus 20 degrees, and minus 20 degrees is different from minus 30 degrees.

It’s a temperature where you’d freeze to death if you stayed still, but having experienced two cold waves, I’ve learned that there’s a strict distinction between sub-zero temperatures.

Personally, I think it can withstand temperatures down to -20 degrees Celsius.

It starts to get dangerous when the temperature drops to -30 degrees Celsius, and you have to keep your wits about you when it drops to -40 degrees Celsius.

So a difference of 10 degrees can be a big deal.

Although the exact figure is unknown, some say that the average temperature in Busan during the last cold wave was around -20 degrees Celsius.

But Busan is now a place where people cannot live.

It is a land that became an eroded area when the military gave up on the cracks, and there has been no news about it since then.

Rumor has it that beyond the Mungyeong Pass, only a few strongholds controlled by warlords resisted, and that areas beyond human control were inevitably eroded.

So, the plan to head south won’t be fun.

But there is a hidden meaning in the migration they speak of.

It is all acts of survival, including plunder.

In this day and age where most people are opportunistic looters, it’s not that uncommon to kill someone and steal their stuff, but one of our message board friends got robbed by migratory birds.

KIM_DONG_HUNG: This kid. Is he your friend?

I will correct it.

This person named Kim Dong-heung is active on our bulletin board, but he is not a friend on the bulletin board.

He is a malicious user who frequently deletes and blocks my posts as a secret manager.

Finally he met his master.

The migratory bird caught him and posted a photo on his account.

The photo showed Kim Dong-heung unconscious and covered in blood, probably from severe torture and beatings, with his hands tied behind his back to a chair.

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It was when I had just returned from that hellish Jeju Island that the malicious user Kim Dong-heung appeared on our bulletin board.

The debut of the bulletin board villain that all users hate was unusual from the beginning.

KIM_DONG_HUNG : Hello~

In his first post, he uploaded a picture of his face that was neither young nor attractive, and was even offensive.

From that point on, he started posting so many articles that it almost seemed like spam, always with his face attached.

KIM_DONG_HUNG : A pretty boy taking a walk~

KIM_DONG_HUNG : Handsome man’s dinner!!!~~

KIM_DONG_HUNG : The pretty boy’s house is revealed~~

KIM_DONG_HUNG: On a rainy day, even pretty boys get depressed~ Just like~

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For some reason, he always referred to himself with the anachronistic term ‘pretty boy’ and attached selfies he took on the spot.

The locations, backgrounds, and objects were diverse.

At first, I didn’t think much of it, but as I watched a middle-aged man uploading more than twenty verification messages a day and posting selfies of himself all day, questions naturally began to arise in my head.

Why on earth would someone over 50 do something like that?

I’ve seen a lot of crazy people.

Even the Defender itself isn’t normal right now, is it?

Some of them raise corpses like other villains, while others craft with human skin.

But I felt a different, twisted madness from that person, Kim Dong-heung.

Why do you try so hard to reveal yourself?

I’ve heard that when a person is in a difficult situation, different adjectives are used depending on their age.

According to him, when a young or young friend is in a difficult situation that he cannot easily solve, people say that they feel sorry for him.

On the other hand, when an older person is in the same situation, people say that he is miserable.

Kim Dong-heung certainly looked miserable.

The residence is not even a bunker, but an abandoned building with no heating or defense, and if you look at the “pretty boy’s dinner,” it is all just leftover food that someone had eaten and thrown away.

One thing is certain, he appears to live in a shelter or some such naturally formed group.

The reason I use the expression “a group that was formed naturally” is because I calculated that if the members of the group were given a choice, they would never accept that person as their fellow.

More than anything, I hated seeing people who, either by luck or by murder, obtained satellite internet equipment and never made any attempt to blend in or fit in with the message boards, endlessly posting objectively ugly pictures of themselves.

It seems like the end has come for him too.

KIM_DONG_HUNG: First, the satellite equipment has been confiscated. How do I change my nickname?

I guess I won’t have to see that human face anymore.

I’m not the type of person to be happy about other people’s misfortune, but I think it’s better for that friend to disappear like this.

Instead, a new killer will appear wearing another mask, but it is unlikely that he will cause as much trouble as that guy.

But is there anyone who takes over a hundred pictures of their own face and posts them every day?

By the way, it looks like Kim Dong-heung’s new account owner used the internet a bit when he was young.

Kang_Young_Hun: Do you know what this kid does to make a living?

Viva! Apocalypse! It hasn’t even been a day since I caught him, but he’s already learned how to change his nickname and is even writing some pretty aggro posts on the bulletin board.

“······.”

I have a lot to say, but I’ll hold back.

A named person like me doesn’t talk to a newbie carelessly.

It’s not like the Queen and the Prime Minister deal directly with the commoners, right?

Crossing one bridge at a time, moving forward step by step.

By the way, maybe because there are a lot of newbies, there are some people who leave comments on these aggressive posts.

Deadman7732: Begging?

Deadman94214: Aren’t you a doomsday person?

Dead Man 41: Judging by his appearance, he probably couldn’t have done anything like hunting.

Dead Man 63232: Well, I guess I lived off of other people’s backs.

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These are the Necropolis influxes with the title of “Dead”.

Due to Valentine’s sacrifice, Necropolis users can now view limited images, thanks to higher bandwidth.

Of course, as is typical of Necropolis, photos are generally displayed in low quality and degraded form, and watching videos requires a tremendous amount of patience, just like in the old days when people used modems.

For reference, Dead Man Walking recommends an image size of 640X480px.

Anyway, I won’t be hanging out with these newbies and commenting, but let me give my opinion: I think Dong-Heung Kim probably got his food through scavenging?

The background of the pretty boy series that he was pathologically uploading was always changing.

Sometimes the backdrop was an open plain, sometimes a dizzying mountain range, sometimes a ruined city or refugee camp.

For a human being who runs around so busily, wouldn’t a scavenger be more convincing than something else?

Kang_Young_Hun : Ding~

But all our expectations were wrong.

Kim Dong-heung was neither a scavenger, nor a beggar, nor a farmer, and certainly not a doomsday man.

Deadman4827: Then what? You’re saying that you were a looter with that weak body?

Deadman7614: Are you good at shooting?

Deadman63232: Then what did you do for a living? Don’t hesitate and tell me quickly.

Dead Man 7732: Did you live only on dew? lol

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The answer was unexpected.

Kang_Young_Hun : Executioner.

No one could have expected this.

In this world where there are no prisons or judges, and private sanctions and East Sea retaliation run rampant, how can there be an executioner?

To be honest, it’s a concept that doesn’t even make sense, let alone make sense.

As if reading our questions, the considerable influx of second-hand users soon answered our questions.

Kang_Young_Hun: This kid was a euthanasia dealer.

“······.”

I’ve heard it vaguely.

As the war began and individual lives fell into ruin with no sign of improvement, numerous suicides occurred here and there.

Not everyone who decides to die gets the death they want.

Even if you wish for death, this world demands even the moment when you take a step toward death.

The talent to take one’s own life with one’s own hands.

No matter how strong your desire to die is, is it really that easy to jump from a 30-story building?

How about jumping towards the tracks when you see an oncoming subway?

Jumping off the Han River Bridge after seeing the dark water rippling beneath it is something that even I, as of now, cannot easily do.

For those who want to die but do not have the courage to do so, the most cruel and already broken people help them die.

That’s a euthanasia dealer.

They call it euthanasia, but the euthanasia they are talking about is different from the scientific and peaceful euthanasia practiced in Canada and other places.

So, what I’m saying is that we can’t provide a service that allows you to die comfortably as if you were sleeping.

Kim Dong-heung is a euthanasia dealer in the era of destruction.

He used a chair and a rope.

He tied the person he wanted to kill to a chair covered in blood, tied a rope around his neck, and strangled him with all his might.

Until the man or woman’s breath stops.

Kang_Young_Hun: I think he must have killed over 100 people. This bastard. He even kept a ledger. He even wrote down the names, genders, and characteristics of the people who asked him to kill them, and even the items he offered in return. He even got this satellite equipment from a bastard who came looking for him because he wanted to die.

The list that was subsequently made public included all types of people, from crippled soldiers, women who had lost their husbands and children, helpless old people, to healthy men.

There was no distinct characteristic that could be called big data.

It’s hard for everyone.

Life was difficult for everyone.

So what about Kim Dong-heung, who provided them with comfort?

Was he satisfied with his life?

“······.”

I don’t think so.

Because they can no longer bear it, because their hearts cannot bear it, they commit strange acts that are unimaginable to ordinary people.

Could it be that the act of calling oneself a pretty boy and uploading random selfies was an attempt to atone for one’s sins by getting others to criticize oneself?

Kang_Young_Hun: Wow. This kid. Look at all the cheap posts. How many of them got deleted? Even the cheap posts are all written by someone with a mental disorder. LOL

Kang_Young_Hun: What? A pretty boy? Haha

I’m not there, but I can imagine what it’s like.

That migratory bird and predator would laugh loudly and hit the man, who was tied to the chair, hard with his fist, foot, or blunt object.

This is a common form of violence.

Kang_Young_Hun: I looked back because I was wondering if it was long or short, and I found something really strange. Anyway, I’m glad I got it lol

Kang_Young_Hun: Viva friends! I think I’ve been getting a lot of hate because of this kid, so I’ll apologize instead. Haha. I’ll log in every now and then, so please take care of me!

Kang_Young_Hun: Ah, before you go, do you want to hear this kid’s last impressions?

After a while, Kang Young-hoon uploaded a short video.

Kang_Young_Hun : Last.

The moment I saw that title, I knew that Kim Dong-heung, who had been causing all sorts of harm on the bulletin board for a long time, had died.

Not all raiders kill people, but these young guys would kill their victims without hesitation.

So, the video literally contains the last words of malicious user Kim Dong-heung.

In a sense, I am the manager most associated with Kim Dong-heung.

He has deleted thousands of spam posts and has been blocked the most.

There are probably no other users who are as interested in him as I am.

Because of that connection, I thought about what Kim Dong-heung might have said at the end of his life.

The first possibility is begging.

This is the most common type of will.

The second possibility is more dramatic than the first.

Since ancient times, lofty philosophers have said that madmen have insight that penetrates the essence of the mind.

Kim Dong-heung, who has always committed terrorism on bulletin boards, may take off his madman mask at the moment of death and say a word that touches our souls in a serious voice that he has never spoken to us before.

But I also know that this is not very likely.

The third possibility is the most probable type along with the first one.

It’s silence.

What choice did Kim Dong-heung make in the face of death?

I pressed the play button with a slightly pounding heart.

The film begins with a scene of a man tied up in a dark room, displayed in low-quality resolution.

The screen zooms in on the man’s face.

Kim Dong-heung’s face is covered in blood and bruises.

A man wearing a mask and baseball cap, presumed to be Kang Young-hoon, grabbed his hair and tilted his face back.

When Kim Dong-heung opened his mouth with a groan, his horrible gums were revealed, with all his teeth pulled out along with blood.

“······.”

For a brief moment, I felt sympathy for him.

It was tilted.

Kim Dong-heung smiled faintly while looking at the camera.

“me.”

He said.

“He’s a handsome guy~.”

bang!

The video ended with a gunshot.

A few thoughts crossed my mind, but I didn’t keep them in my mind.

[ Do you want to delete this post? ]

[ Do you want to block Kang_Young_Hun? ]

There is no need to contain it.

Just then the alarm sounded.

I came out of the bunker and climbed the hill, looking north.

A large number of people are visible beyond the horizon.

It’s a migratory bird.