Hiding a House in the Apocalypse - Chapter 64



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40. Luck (1)

Two years and eight months have passed since the war began.

We have now entered a dull era in which anything can happen without any surprise.

Having witnessed various tragedies and strange events over the past three years, our bulletin board users no longer blink at anything out of the ordinary.

It was to the point where everyone was shocked when they saw the old Defender’s murder certificate, and it felt like a comedy.

But the resurrection of one man had enough ripple effects to bring the entire bulletin board back to its former, sharp-edged days.

MMMMMMMMM: Hello?

m9 is back.

MMMMMMMMM : You bastards? ^^

That too, from mmmmmmmmm to MMMMMMMMM.

Is this a hint that an upgrade has been made?

Anyway, no one would dispute that m9, the only resident of The Hope, is a great person in many ways.

In particular, his fearsome survival skills have been proven in several impressive photos, making him a true fit for this era.

I remember clearly the scene where he lived in a slanted house with a rope tied around his waist.

Our bulletin board users, who had been indifferent to the news of martial law being declared in Incheon and protesters killing soldiers and soldiers killing civilians, literally jumped up when their old friend showed up.

Anonymous458: No, what the hell is this guy?

Anonymous848: How did you survive? Didn’t you beat up everyone in Seoul?

roka3218: Is this really m9?

ㅇㅇ: What? What are their names? Can someone explain?

Defender: Hey. Are you immortal?

ㅇㅇ: Who is this guy?

iamjesus : om mani padme hum

keystone: This kid is a real respectable kid.

SKELTON: (Skeleton shocked) ?!

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In conclusion, m9, or rather the newly born M9, is the sole resident and owner of “The Hope,” the last apartment complex in Korea that we know of.

A deeper sense of inferiority than anyone else’s, patience in waiting for the right time despite having that inferiority complex, and shallowness in revealing one’s true colors without hesitation when the opportunity comes.

The return of the M9, which could be called the embodiment of the capitalism of the common people, contained an era itself despite its vulgarity.

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It is a well-known fact that the National Assembly government has the worst handshake.

The price of forcing an election at an inopportune time was high.

The citizens who had been silently enduring eventually stood up, and Incheon became a battlefield.

But the confusion didn’t last long.

This is because both the citizens and the government are well aware that the current situation in South Korea is not good.

Representatives of citizens and government negotiated.

The negotiations concluded with the appearance of accepting all of the demands made by the citizens’ representatives, including the indefinite postponement of the election, the relinquishment of the positions of incumbent National Assembly members, securing support from the Jeju government, guaranteeing safety, and securing food and other means of survival.

The protests dispersed and citizens again chose patience.

But the dissatisfaction was not completely resolved.

Some citizens demanded to know what kind of government we are negotiating with.

A post on Palenet clearly exposed the problem at hand.

ㅇㅇ: Who on earth is the government representative? Why do they keep changing? Why do organizations we don’t know about keep appearing? Who on earth is hiding behind them? Are they the dregs of the National Assembly? The military? Or the traitors who ran off to Jeju Island?

Certainly, it was difficult to know who was in charge of this government.

Since the president fled, taking with him the entire executive branch, many positions have been left vacant, and the National Assembly has been operating in a strange manner, taking over the government’s work.

It was clearly a deformity, but there was no time to pay attention to it.

There’s a civil war, monsters, and all sorts of things going on.

The issue didn’t last long.

The larger topic drowned out the voices of protest.

That topic is a carrot that the Seoul-Incheon government has been placating the people with for a long time.

The fleet heading to Jeju Island is said to be departing soon.

The schedule had been set even before the election, but this new announcement brought the schedule forward by a whole month and, in addition, included the news that all of the government, military, and National Assembly’s holdings would be released to the citizens as an apology.

There are over 2,000 newly released seats.

The event doesn’t end there.

gijayangban: A view of the national housing complex under construction for the Jeju evacuation fleet.jpg

In the photos posted on Palenet, thousands of container-style houses were lined up endlessly in rows and columns on a vast residential area with the majestic Hallasan Mountain in the background.

The container house was crude, but it seemed at least a thousand times sturdier than The Hope.

In terms of feasibility, not the building materials.

The government’s attempts to appease the citizens continued.

They announced the new policy through newspapers, posters, street broadcasts, and even posting directly on PaleNet.

South Korean Government: Future South Korean PA (Post-Apocalypse) Plans.

According to the PA plan, the citizens concentrated in Incheon will first be sequentially relocated to Jeju Island, and then the collapsed national economic foundation will be rebuilt through job selection based on past occupations and careers and reasonable compensation for labor.

To make up for this, he proposed the development of cutting-edge farming methods for the barren land of Jeju, the resumption of trade between surviving countries that were currently cut off, and the establishment of a network with local governments, and declared the recovery of unrecovered areas including Seoul as the ultimate goal.

People were indifferent.

How many times has it been repeated that it is an empty promise?

But this time something was different.

Should I call it an atmosphere or a momentum?

You could call it a flow.

The person who most symbolically represents the current change is none other than the president.

The president, who had long ago fled to Jeju Island, showed his shameless face for the first time in a long while on the electronic billboard installed by the government.

“Citizens! The long war is finally over! An armistice has been signed between China and Free China in Taipei, Taiwan. The agreement includes a ceasefire agreement covering all the warring parties, so our country, one of the warring parties, is now completely free from the threat of war. Trade between the countries will soon be resumed…”

The sudden appearance of the president, who had disappeared since the start of the war, was very impressive, but it also raised many questions.

ㅇㅇ: Isn’t that deepfake? It’s a bit awkward.

ㅇㅇ: The voice also sounds synthetic. Didn’t that kid lose?

ㅇㅇ: Isn’t that a substitute?

It is said that there was once a hot topic on Palenet about the president’s death.

There are several hypotheses: one theory is that the president opposed the National Assembly sending all the hunters to Jeju Island, and the National Assembly hunters, resenting this, assassinated the president; another theory is that the president fled to Jeju Island from the beginning and was ordered around by a powerful member of the National Assembly before being hit by an ashtray and dying; another theory is that the president died when the plane he was on his way to Jeju Island crashed into the ground.

Either way, PaleNet users and citizens of Seoul at the time were largely in agreement that the president was dead.

Why, when a president you like to interview doesn’t show up for a few years, everyone starts to think about death.

Anyway, whatever his identity, our president has been resurrected like M9 and has unleashed a bundle of gifts on a desperate citizenry.

“It may be an apology to the people of the metropolitan area who have silently endured and persevered, but our social leaders have decided to voluntarily return the official residences and residences of high-ranking officials by drawing lots for some of the refugee fleet members.”

The Jeju government has decided to provide the official residences and residences currently occupied by high-ranking officials to the public through a lottery.

Each is a luxurious and ornate mansion, complete with luxury even by pre-war standards.

But this appearance was so similar to the previous lottery perpetrated by the government, especially the Hope incident, that it was like a twin.

In that it drew a strong response from the citizens, in that it focused everyone’s attention on the raffle, and above all, in that our M9 once again won the lucky draw.

MMMMMMMMM: Presidential residence lottery ticket.JPG

This was the real reason why our M9 broke its long silence and returned to us.

As expected, the bulletin board was in chaos again.

roka_hun : Wow….

Dolsingnam: I’m a little jealous of this

gijayangban: Are you talking about the first-class official residence, not the actual president’s residence? It’s 238㎡.

ㅇㅇ: This fucking Viva kid, he’s the guy who used to live in a slanted apartment?

iamjesus : What the fuck?

keystone: Hey, can you take me with you? I cook well. You’re a chef?

Defender: Am I the only one who remembers the Eomchang incident?

unicorn18: Bro. Take me too. I’m a pretty boy.

Dies_irae69 : It’s a gift of patience.

SKELTON: Hmm······. Is that all?

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The presidential residence in a slanted apartment building.

Well, to be precise, as the reporter pointed out, it’s not the actual president’s residence, but the largest and most spacious type of official residence given to the highest-ranking civil servant, that M9’s new director’s residence is.

“······.”

At first, I had no thoughts.

It’s true.

Until I returned from sowing seeds and doing farm work behind the bunker for a while.

A message had arrived.

Message from MMMMMMMMM: Hmm… Is this it? Okay

“?”

A message from MMMMMMMMM: What, living in a damp bunker my whole life ^^ I’m going to the presidential residence in Jeju Island where the sun shines! Let’s go eat tangerines aaaaaaaaaaaaa—!!

“······.”

The bandage on his leg was removed and the wound was disinfected.

“ouch.”

It stings a little.

In the process of picking out the fragments with my own hands, I opened up the wound and my belly button became bigger than my stomach.

You could say it’s the limit of a quack.

After cleaning the wound again, bandaging it, emptying my mind, I sat down in front of the computer.

Tap

I put my hands on the keyboard.

SKELTON: (Skeleton Analysis) The Risk of Jeju Island Evacuation Fleet.txt

1. Jeju Island is narrow and has low land support.

2. The rumor that there is no food.

3. Even though China has fallen, there are still maritime forces active in the sea. Especially submarines.

4. Large fleets are good prey for submarines.

5. There is zero chance that the Jeju government will fulfill its promise right now.

6. There is a possibility that they will not accept it in the waters off Jeju Island.

7. The people who control Jeju Island are the National Assembly members. The National Assembly members are said to only give preferential treatment to those who are Awaken? They never accept ordinary people.

8. Even the inspirational spirit will never accept it!

Click

I finally wrote a long article and uploaded it.

But the response is lukewarm.

Even though I included a humorous joke about a fountain of inspiration, no one commented or liked my post.

The reflection article that I had invested a full 15 minutes into was pushed down by the flood of nonsense written by other users and PaleNet users.

Is this how it ends without a hitch?

No, one person commented.

I clicked on it with a fluttering heart.

MMMMMMMMM : lol

“under.”

That’s okay up to there.

No matter what it looks like, what I wrote is a kind of sniping article.

But the M9 guy went one step further.

MMMMMMMMM : (M Nine Video) M Nine’s Beatbox (1)

“?!”

That’s right.

This is my sniping.

M9 is holding a grudge and sniping me, Skeleton!

As expected, the communicator rang loudly.

“Hey. Are you looking at the skeleton?”

“Hahahahaha! This is so funny! Seriously!”

They are the Defender siblings.

“What on earth did you do to M9 that you are asking for your own death?”

In response to Defender’s question, I told him about a series of misunderstandings that had occurred between me and the M9.

So, this is the sad story of how I learned the truth about The Hope from an acquaintance and told it to M9 with good intentions, but M9 took my good intentions as evil and became hostile towards me.

Anyone could see that the M9 was at fault, but Defender’s thoughts were different from mine.

“From M9’s perspective, you might have been more annoying.”

“what?”

“Don’t you know the proverb that says a sister-in-law who tries to stop someone is more hateful than a mother-in-law who curses at her?”

“Sister-in-law? Bernoulli?”

“That’s why you’re getting cursed at.”

“?”

In the midst of being speechless with amazement, Da-jeong said.

“Hey. Skeleton. Check out the bulletin board. M9 is causing trouble again!”

M9 has posted a new article again.

MMMMMMMMM: (M Nine vote) Did I give birth to Beatbox? Or did Skeleton give birth to it?

I don’t know about anything else, but M9, you piece of human garbage.

Viva! Apocalypse! In that tilted house, it’s definitely a regular occurrence.

John Nae-non hacked Viva! Apocalypse! Network, weakening security, and gained access to the bulletin board tool, which allowed our bulletin board’s powerhouse, Foxgame, to add several new features, one of which is the voting feature.

It was mainly used for trivial things like deciding on meal menus for our bulletin board users or voting on the popularity of 2D female characters in Unicorn18, but M9 found out about it and used it as an arena for his own battle.

Anyway, now the M9 is experiencing its second heyday.

The poll results below clearly show the difference between me and the M9.

1. M Nine is doing well (22 votes, 88%)

2. Skeleton is good (3 votes, 12%)

“······No. This doesn’t seem right.”

“Skeleton!”

Suddenly, Da-jeong spoke in a serious voice.

“Should we take this opportunity?”

“opportunity?”

“I’m becoming a skeleton.”