Hiding a House in the Apocalypse - Chapter 348



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Hiding a House in the Apocalypse Episode 352

144. Decision

Woo Min-hee’s proposal was attractive.

It was a position responsible for managing and commanding hunters, rather than being an ordinary hunter like in the past.

As she said, it was a place worthy of the name of a professor.

But I am a long-retired person and a staunch pessimist.

To be honest, I don’t believe that rebuilding Seoul will go well.

We may be able to achieve some prosperity for a short time, but there are still so many hurdles to overcome.

A huge mouth to feed, close proximity to the Paju Crack, warlords from the Legion faction, fanatics, and the coming cold.

This is a difficult enough task, but it will also bring in a large number of people who have been abandoned in Jeju.

People in different environments are bound to fight.

Idealists who have a beautiful flower garden in their heads talk about nice-sounding words like dialogue and understanding, but what I have seen and witnessed countless times is that in order for two groups to merge into one, one side must bow its head.

I don’t think the people left behind will look kindly on someone from Jeju.

Even the people who were in Jeju will not look upon the people left behind with favor.

Well, this could also be a fallacy.

Just as people who were trying to come to Jeju Island were sent to China in the past, this time too, people who were trying to come to Seoul could be sent back to China.

It is difficult to cross the line once, but once crossed, it becomes nothing more than a meaningless pattern.

More than anything, what solidified my decision was regret.

I’ve made every effort to survive so far.

I’ve endured all sorts of sarcasm, contempt, and humiliation while building a bunker, and now I think I’m ready to become the last human being.

Going to Seoul now would be a denial of the lifestyle I have worked so hard to build.

Not being able to use the Internet as freely as I do now may not have played a big role, but it may have contributed to my determination to some extent.

For this reason, after careful consideration, my answer is:

“Thank you for the offer, but I must decline.”

It’s a rejection.

“okay?”

As if he had anticipated my answer, Woo Min-hee immediately presented an alternative.

“Then, could you please do some maintenance for just a little while?”

“Me? Isn’t Kim Da-ram there?”

“Kim Da-ram? Haa······.”

“why?”

“He’s unpopular. No, it’s not that he’s unpopular; he has too many antis. There are people who would rather listen to AI than Kim Da-ram. And as you know, he’s not very tactful. He’s not that smart either······. Sigh~. He used to be kind, but now he just has a grumpy look on his face······ Ah, let’s stop talking.”

As expected, Woo Min-hee. How sarcastic.

I don’t have a hobby that lends itself to gossip, but I didn’t make a big deal out of it because her comments were factual.

“Anyway, how about you come over for a bit and help us organize things? I think you, as a senior, would be able to do it without taking too much time. Those proud Chinese kids ended up changing the entire organization just like you said, right?”

“How much for a little while?”

“As much as you think, senior?”

“At least three months.”

It might take longer than that.

Since my retirement, many new things have appeared, so I have to learn from the beginning.

As he showed a stubborn refusal, the smile in Woo Min-hee’s voice also gradually disappeared.

“Even if you stay there, you won’t see anything good.”

I carefully asked why.

“The remnants of the Legion.”

Woo Min-hee answered with a snicker.

“It seems that a warlord has joined hands with a fanatic and taken control of Sokcho. The remnants of the displaced faction are moving west.”

“okay?”

“They are hungry wild dogs. They bite everything they see as they pass by. There have already been several cases reported. Oh. There will also be a post by Diesirae on the bulletin board. The trend these days is Jeju Island news, so I couldn’t go to the popular posts, but it’s a hot post, so read it carefully and give your opinion.”

She added.

“As I said before, I still believe that you can do great things on the battlefield. And that belief is stronger now than it was then. That’s why I need you.”

After ending the call, I sat down on the central toilet for a while and lost myself in thought.

The reason I went up to the central toilet was because it was in the center of the bunker and there was one more step higher.

I guess it’s a good place to think.

Certainly, Woo Min-hee has had high opinions of me from before.

I used to say that there were things only I could do.

In fact, as the monsters released new types of responses to Awaken, the words began to take on more specificity.

This is a story about an environment where I, who had fallen to the level of an old-school hunter, can be active again.

“······.”

I feel my heart slowly tilting.

Even though I have decided that it cannot be done, my hidden desires constantly try to cross the line of my heart.

It can’t be helped.

From that day on, the day I lost my family to monsters, the only purpose in my life was to kill monsters.

Although I now have other pleasures and goals, I cannot deny that the flame of hatred that has never been extinguished still burns in my heart.

If you go to Seoul, you’ll probably be able to kill a lot of monsters.

And I will die with Seoul.

To organize my thoughts, I sat down in front of my laptop and typed Dsiirae’s nickname into the search bar.

Dies_irae69 : Recent updates

Indeed, as Woo Min-hee said, he recently posted an article.

Although it didn’t make it to the popular posts, it had a considerable amount of photos and a lot of thought put into the writing.

It seems like a regrettable buried text.

I sat up straight and read Diesirae’s writing with my eyes.

Diesirae revealed his camp.

In the open field that had been used as a ranch, there were marks from shells here and there, and the mangled corpses of dead livestock and things like destroyed vehicles were strewn about, covered in dust.

Dies_irae69: As you can see, it’s the work of the remnants of the Legion.

It is widely known that the Legion Faction was disbanded.

Among them, there are still warlords who occupy and rule a city at the level of a quasi-state, but there are also many groups that are closer to bandits than warlords.

What we’re realistically dealing with are small groups of soldiers like that.

Diesirae’s writing introduces the worst type we can encounter.

Dies_irae69: One day, a drone suddenly flew in and looked over here. The next day, that drone dropped a letter with a rock attached to it.

Dies_irae69: The letter contained a request: enough food for thirty adults for a week, fifty gallons of synthetic oil, and enough medicine to distribute.

Dies_irae69: That’s a pretty annoying request. It’s not that I can’t give it to you, but there’s no reason to give it to you. But these guys. They added a line of threats under the request.

Dies_irae69: If there is no reply by tomorrow, I will fire one shell at a time at a time starting the day after tomorrow.

Dies_irae69 : The day after tomorrow, they really started shelling us. One shell a day.

Dies_irae69: Correcting errors with high-altitude drones.

Dies_irae69: Judging by the impact and shell crater size when the shell hits, it looks like a 105mm field gun, but as I said before, it only fires one round a day and then hides, so it’s hard to find.

Dies_irae69: Judging from the fact that they are active in the winter when it is relatively easy to find their location, they must have been preparing for a long time.

Even though I’m not a party to the case, just hearing the explanation gives me goosebumps.

Threatening with artillery fire?

It might be good for a wandering group, but for a settled group like us who have established themselves in a certain area, it is safe to say that they are the worst enemy.

We all know that at the beginning of the war, the magnificent fortresses of the conglomerates were blown to pieces by a hail of shells.

Since this is an important issue, I gathered my colleagues together and had them read this article.

“There’s no answer to that, right?”

“I don’t know about anything else, but I know for sure that the guys operating the artillery are monstrous.”

“I know the capabilities of the South Korean artillery. Anyway, if you operate like that, it will be difficult to detect even with artillery radar.”

My colleagues’ opinions are not much different from mine.

Once you get caught by a guy like that, there are two ways to deal with it.

Either find them and kill them, or continue to pay tribute to them.

Neither is easy.

They also know that the other side will try hard to find them and kill them.

However, Diesirae solved the crisis in his own way.

Dies_irae69: It’s a shame, but I decided to abandon my beloved settlement.

wheel.

This is the most notable characteristic of the Diesirae group.

All of Diesirae’s dwellings and cargo are carried on wheels.

Having been constantly threatened by deserters from the Legion since the beginning of the war, he concluded that the most economical solution was to move and reorganize the entire group into a nomadic, mobile force.

This time, the story ends with Diesirae leading his mechanized group to another place.

“That’s cool.”

Ha Tae-hoon said with an admiring expression.

“That guy named Diesirae? He’s really smart. He seems to have a military background. He’s no ordinary guy.”

“I thought only Park Penguin was capable, but there were such masters hiding in the wild.”

Cheon Yeong-jae’s opinion is not much different.

To someone who doesn’t know better, it might seem that way.

I held back my words because I thought that if I were to say anything bad about Diesirae here, I would just be seen as a petty person.

Anyway, there is only one thing that is important now.

“What should we do if those guys show up?”

Bang Jae-hyuk asked.

No one was willing to answer that question, but I know.

Someone who can solve this problem.

No, maybe the person who is causing this problem.

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“I never imagined that my senior would go to Seoul.”

“Woo Min-hee called you? Well, I guess someone as high as a professor would call you.”

“Three months. Isn’t that too long?”

conclusion.

I decided to go to Seoul.

This is the conclusion I reached after weighing my desire to become the last human and my desire to kill monsters for a long time.

Right now, we have no means of dealing with the artillery threat that Diesirae encountered in our area.

At the very least, you should be prepared to lose the winter house you worked so hard to build from late summer through fall.

I didn’t harbor any vain hopes of not being caught by them.

Winter is a particularly conspicuous time for heating, making it easier to spot enemies than other seasons, and the enemy has high-performance reconnaissance drones equipped with night-vision thermal imaging equipment.

Right now, at this very moment, they’re probably out there toying with drones, looking for victims to threaten.

The reason Woo Min-hee specifically asked me to read Diesirae’s writing is because she knows that there aren’t many ways we can deal with the blackmailer’s tricks.

Of course, Woo Min-hee has a means to deal with it.

“If our senior comes, it won’t be difficult. We have artillery radar and combat helicopters.”

She added with a smile.

“Senior’s bunker. I’ll protect it.”

This is the condition she set.

Above all, I know Woo Min-hee’s personality well.

She needs me now.

It seems like something that is absolutely necessary, not something that can be had or not.

If you look at the same suggestion being made not once but several times.

In this situation, if we reject Woo Min-hee’s offer, Woo Min-hee might fire at us due to her personality.

Who can tell whose shell is flying at least 10km away?

All you have to do is say that he is a warlord who threatened Diesirae.

So, what this whole series of events could be a blackmail by Woo Min-hee.

“I’m sorry for making such a sudden decision, but I’m not going permanently, I’m just going on a temporary assignment. I’ll come back when I’m done. And if there’s anyone who wants to go to Seoul, I can give them a feel for the situation.”

Since the issue was what it was, there was no one who opposed it.

Rather, people like Ha Tae-hoon who harbored a secret dissatisfaction with our field also showed anticipation for the information I would bring.

“This place is nice too. But people should play in the big water. Have a nice trip, Park Gyu. Contact me from time to time. Viva! Apocalypse! Your nickname was Doctor Emiris, wasn’t it?”

“No, it’s Roxanne.”

“Girl? Why girl?”

“Roxanne is walking.”

“What?”

When Ha Tae-hoon was about to ignore his question and move on to the next topic, Su-woo said something.

“Skeleton nickname is Skeleton, right?”

Rebecca looks at me with eyes that say she can’t understand either.

“Isn’t that a skeleton?”

Ignoring that question, he called Rebecca and her daughter aside.

“I’m sorry. I have to leave suddenly.”

I’m going to Seoul, but I’m also worried about Rebecca and her daughter.

Fortunately, Rebecca came to her senses and wasn’t too upset by my absence.

“It’s okay. Have a nice day. Skeleton.”

“Are you okay?”

Rebecca smiled and patted me on the shoulder.

“You’re not even a child.”

She smiled brightly, wrapping her arms around Suu’s shoulders.

“Come back, Skeleton. I’ll be waiting.”

That sight will probably remain in my memory for a long time.

I nodded, feeling my heart fill up.

Time passed and the day arrived.

Woo Min-hee even sent a helicopter.

We carried our necessary loads under the wind that mercilessly pushed away the shallow snow.

“No, why are you taking two satellite devices?”

Cheon Yeong-jae, who was helping carry the luggage, said something, but it was a question that didn’t necessarily need an answer.

I left my territory, waving my hand in front of everyone.

The helicopter took me to Dong Seoul where the tilted The Hope was.

Around The Hope, which had been nothing more than a desolate ruin, a fairly nice settlement had been formed, and.

“senior.”

There’s also my junior, Woo Min-hee.

Squeak–

She guided me to where I should be, moving her hooked hands of her own accord as if in a good mood.

“This is where you will be working from now on.”

[Seoul Hunter HQ]

“······.”

Dozens of hunters are lined up, waiting for me.

“These are the people that the seniors will command.”

Behind it were piles of various equipment and weapons that would secure our military power.

“······There’s still something like this?”

I feel it.

The flames of hatred rage fiercely.

“Of course. This warehouse was built from the beginning to prepare for the reconstruction of Seoul.”

The flames were maximized in the next space.

People with a soft light in their eyes were waiting for us.

Awaken.

Even the Over Level 5 Awakens, called regular Awakens, were waiting for our inspection in a line.

“These guys will also be under the command of their seniors.”

Woo Min-hee smiled at me with eyes that had a brighter light than anyone else’s.

“······Times have changed. Again.”

She turned to me with a smiling face as I stood frozen.

“Welcome to New Seoul, Senior.”

Even after she left, I had to stay there for a long time, lost in thought.

“······.”

I think I need to make up my mind every day to definitely go back.

If I stay in a place filled with such nostalgia for the past, I might forget the dark bunker that was like my friend.

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