Hiding a House in the Apocalypse - Chapter 389



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Hiding a House in the Apocalypse Episode 389

158. Beehive (1)

“how is it?”

An antenna in the shape of a hexagon is emitting radio waves, accompanied by a buzzing sound.

“well.”

This is the living quarters where regular Awakens gather.

Following Ham Chun-ok’s advice, a device was developed to mass-produce Necropolis-like radio waves.

As expected of a makeshift device, the principle was simple.

First, prepare a terminal that can use Necropolis, or equipment that can control the terminals in bulk, and send and receive a large number of messages through the terminals, transmitting and receiving Necropolis radio waves called the voices of the dead.

Because it requires a large amount of propagation, this process is performed through macros rather than by humans, and macro work inevitably causes discomfort to others, especially Necropolis users.

This is because, to put it bluntly, large-scale radio transmission and reception work using this macro is no different from spamming a bulletin board by using a macro to post hundreds of posts per second.

This Park Gyu-do has the ability to flood the bulletin board by posting more than 20 articles per second, but in front of a macro program, he is no different from bowing down in front of Confucius.

Of course, this is an act that can only be seen as a nuisance to ordinary domestic users who use Necropolis, but I, Park Gyu, known as Skeleton in the internet world, am also close friends with the creator of Necropolis.

Message from deadman_working: When you type a message, if you type the keyword #11221963, it will be blinded so that no one else can see it.

Prevents damage caused by using macro programs in advance.

As a Dead Man Walking, it’s not such a bad story, as he knows very little about his creation, despite having created a network called Necropolis that transcends human technological limitations.

Because the necropolis was not the result of deductive reasoning and fierce proof, but was merely an accidental discovery, like the compass or gunpowder.

Message from deadman_working: By the way, it’s amazing. The voice of the dead can have a protective effect on those affected by monsters.

SKELTON: We’ll have to verify the details. It’s not yet been proven to be completely effective.

Message from Deadman_working: This is just my opinion. It could be a song of support for our neighbors, friends, and family members who have already passed away, trying to protect us from the world of the dead.

Message from deadman_working: I’m looking forward to hearing some satisfying data.

Anyway, permission to do Dead Man Walking was granted.

In fact, he has nothing to lose.

Unlike John Nae-non, he neither built a physical server nor did he do any maintenance that required manpower.

Anyway, now we can freely transmit mass radio waves to the Necropolis without anyone interfering with us or causing any interference.

“Let’s increase the transmission rate a bit more.”

“Okay, fine. I’ll try increasing it by 1.2x.”

Woo Min-hee assigned a first-class engineer to my somewhat absurd plan.

I guess that’s the advantage of a large group.

Whatever you need, there’s someone ready to do it.

If I had tried to prepare by myself in that dark bunker, I probably wouldn’t have been able to do it.

Anyway, since it is a plan that started from an extremely simple idea, verification is also simple.

To be precise, I would say he is ignorant.

“How do you feel?”

The only way to verify this “Skeleton Wave” plan is to frequently ask Kim Hanna, who served as the subject, about her impressions.

Contrary to Woo Min-hee’s concerns, significant changes occurred when the transmission and reception volume was increased.

At first, Kim Han-na suffered from the pain with a cloudy face, saying she couldn’t feel any effects, but I could see with my own eyes that her face was gradually getting better.

“Well. Well, my headache hasn’t completely gone away. It feels like it’s giving me another headache. But it feels a lot better than before······.”

“okay?”

“Oh, and.”

Kim Hanna frowned and thought deeply about something.

“I feel like a strange word keeps coming to mind.”

“What a strange word.”

“S, Spelling Che? Skeleton? Anyway, it’s a difficult word to understand.”

“okay?”

We immediately called in an engineer to double-check the content of the messages we were currently uploading en masse via macros.

Dead103213(KOR) : #11221963 Skeleton is the best!

Dead99321(KOR) : #11221963 Skeleton is the best!

Dead83133(KOR) : #11221963 Skeleton is the best!

…

…

The user IDs are all different, but the same content is repeated.

“What is this?”

When I asked the engineers, they answered with a curt expression.

“Isn’t that the message the captain gave?”

“Is that so?”

I’ve been really busy lately.

It’s so difficult to pay attention to every little thing.

“Let’s change the message to something slightly different.”

“Skeleton is the best!” Are you talking about any other messages?

“Yes. Let’s try a change.”

“What kind of content would be good?”

“Let’s keep it positive and relatable.”

Whether it was the content of the message or the steady supply of radio transmissions, the Skeleton Wave showed visible results.

“The kids say they feel a lot better than before.”

In the middle of Woo Min-hee’s office, instead of a white gown, was a model that looked like a scaled-down version of the Skeleton Wave, wearing an ashen combat uniform – the one worn by the Hunters of Ganghwa Island.

“I think I feel a lot better too.”

Valentine’s sacrifice was not in vain.

The Necropolis holds potential.

Perhaps a greater possibility than we could have imagined.

The massive transmission may have affected other places as well.

individuality.

A distress signal has been sent from a devastated North Korean city.

*

The last contact with the lighthouse was six months ago.

However, it is said that even then, proper communication was not possible due to noise and poor connection.

Woo Min-hee, who was in the vicinity of Paju at the time, frequently sent helicopters and drones to check the situation at the lighthouse, but unfortunately, no survivors were found.

Hundreds of children who had been keeping the lighthouse alight disappeared entirely.

The incident was recorded as the largest away loss until the Jeju Rift collapsed.

However, the lighthouse is a semi-strategic government facility that the Jeju government also ambitiously promoted.

I checked it out myself and found that in addition to the Awakened children, there were well-armed troops, a sufficient number of equipment, and strong defenses made by North Korea.

The number of armed troops would have been more than one company, if not more.

In addition, Woo Min-hee’s forces were nearby and could provide support with helicopters and other means at any time.

This means that they had the capacity to provide support and defense even when attacked on a large scale by monsters, not just humans.

But the lighthouse disappeared without a trace.

“Jeju suspected Jeong Ho-gyeong of betrayal.”

Jeong Ho-gyeong is said to have been a member of an organization still shrouded in mystery called the Jeju Committee.

I don’t remember whether he was a member or a congressman.

Anyway, he was a high-ranking member of the Jeju government that was still causing us trouble, and he was in a dangerous situation due to internal factional strife. In order to overcome the situation, he formulated and put into action the plan for the Gaeseong Lighthouse.

For several months after it was illuminated, the lighthouse served its purpose.

According to the results revealed by Woo Min-hee, it contributed significantly to slowing down the erosion of the Seoul area.

When contact with the lighthouse suddenly disappeared, it was reasonable for the upper echelons, including Woo Min-hee, to suspect internal betrayal.

As mentioned earlier, the lighthouse has a structure that cannot be broken easily by external impacts.

“There is a possibility that soldiers might betray. But there is insurance against that.”

The main mission of the Awake Boys at the lighthouse is to cause waves as a group and gather the erupted monsters in that direction, but it is said that among them, there was also a friend who infiltrated Jeju Island on a secret mission.

“There are children who can no longer enter the Big Hole, but are capable of combat. Some of them have interpersonal experience. We mixed these children with other children so that they could immediately suppress a group of soldiers who rebelled in the event of an emergency.”

Therefore, the soldiers’ mutiny cannot be the reason.

However, it is questionable whether soldiers would rebel in an area like an island where all sides are eroded without having to prepare for such a rare case.

Many hypotheses have been put forward, including that the cook poisoned the food, or that a previously undiscovered new monster swept away the lighthouse without a chance to resist, but none of them have been proven.

Contact with the lighthouse suddenly disappeared, and despite 82 drone reconnaissance missions and 10 manual searches, no trace of survivors was found.

All they found were rotting corpses lying neatly in a classroom, their hands clasped together.

Although it was confirmed that the number of bodies was less than the number registered in the lighthouse roster, neither the Jeju government nor Woo Min-hee had lost all hope in the lighthouse, so they did not conduct any additional reconnaissance activities.

Because it had been three months since the last communication was made when the body was discovered.

Those who are destined to die have already died, and it is time for those who were alive to die as well.

But then suddenly an attempt at communication was made from the lighthouse.

Although the transmission was not connected, the signal officers unanimously testified that the transmission had come from the lighthouse.

“So I decided to send some people.”

Woo Min-hee has also changed.

I wonder if he felt grateful to me.

In the past, he would not have told me any of this and would have quietly sent his person away.

If things don’t work out, you’ll call me.

With her usual menace.

“I’m telling you in advance because I think you should know.”

I definitely feel more trusted than before.

“I’ll go and see.”

“Senior?”

Although it is encouraging to be recognized by Woo Min-hee, it has nothing to do with the reason I want to go to the lighthouse.

We are facing an all-out attack by monsters.

Even now, I am acquiring the latest information in real time, but every time I learn new information, I feel the depth of my own gap.

So I want to try everything that’s available.

It’s interesting that there was a survival response at the lighthouse, but I thought that looking into how the lighthouse group was destroyed and disappeared could also be a good experience in preparation for the coming battle.

The lighthouse has a strong structure, well-trained troops, and an Awaken group that can create waves.

If there was some artificial, intelligent design behind the annihilation of the lighthouse, it could be replicated in a similar manner in the coming battle.

“Okay. Please. I want to see it in person.”

Woo Min-hee nodded at my request without much hesitation.

“I’ll send someone for you. Be careful on your way.”

Since it was a decision made in a hurry and it was an urgent matter, we ended up going on the operation with only Woo Min-hee’s people.

In fact, there is a perception that North Korea is a distant place due to long-standing prejudice, but North Korea is actually a very close place.

In particular, Gaeseong is a place where your nose will touch Seoul if you fall down.

You can tell just by looking at the fact that Kaesong was included within the 38th parallel before the Korean Peninsula was divided by war.

One hour by helicopter.

The actual flight time is less than 30 minutes, so it is a close distance.

“I came and went several times, but it was no use.”

Across the seat, a weary-looking soldier stands with his gun in his hand, looking down at the gloomy, gray landscape below.

His name is Yoo Seong-ju.

He is the leader of the search team that has been under Woo Min-hee since the Incheon days.

“They were all dead long ago. Hasn’t it been over a year? No, ten months? A year or ten months? Isn’t that the same thing? The rescue signal was probably a malfunction of the machine.”

From the beginning, he repeatedly expressed his thoughts that this mission was pointless.

I didn’t really care.

This operation will be carried out based on my experience and judgment, regardless of his thoughts.

Next to me, a skinny man with a gentle light in his eyes is making the sign of the cross while holding a cross.

His name is Park Jong-bok, and he has a special status as a soldier while being a sensei away.

Although he is not on the same team as Yoo Seong-ju, he is someone that Woo Min-hee specially assigned for this mission.

He was extremely reserved.

I tried talking to him a few times, but he only gave short answers and mostly just repeated actions like reading the Bible or reciting prayers.

There are five fighters, but they only gave their full names.

In addition to the combatants, one military doctor is included among the members.

Because of the nature of the mission, if a survivor is found, they must be dealt with quickly, so it seems natural that they were included as a member.

I don’t know if it was because we weren’t close, or because I was a hunter and not a special forces soldier, but I couldn’t hear the voices of other soldiers on the way to Gaeseong, and all I could hear was Yoo Seong-ju’s grumbling.

It was a good idea to make some connections for the operation, but it wasn’t wise to force relationships either, so I slowly looked through the blueprint of the “hive” on my phone.

The more I think about its internal structure, the more I feel that, as Woo Min-hee said, Gaeseong Lighthouse is not a group so sloppy that it can be swept away all at once.

If a sudden, simultaneous raid had been carried out on all the people inside the lighthouse, it would have been different. Even if one side had been completely annihilated by surprise, the structure was such that there would still be plenty of other survivors who could survive and send out rescue signals.

Besides, as you can see, the distance to Gaeseong is not that far. It is a place where signals can be received immediately by using the intercoms or K-walkie-talkies that are widely available in the world.

It is not unreasonable for the Jeju government to suspect Jeong Ho-gyeong of betrayal.

“It’s a machine malfunction. It’s definitely a machine malfunction.”

Yoo Seong-ju continues to vent his discontent.

It looks like he really doesn’t want to go.

It’s unfortunate for Yoo Seong-ju, but there’s one more reason why he doesn’t want to go.

“What is that?”

There is a first-time guest at the helicopter pad.

It’s a medium-sized helicopter made in the United States.

If my guess is correct, that helicopter belongs to the Jeju government.

There are two helicopters like that.