Hiding a House in the Apocalypse - Chapter 84



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46. ​​Messiah (2)

It was a long time ago that I can’t even remember now.

I remember it was Thursday.

A gray-white world.

It was a world beyond the horizon, teeming with countless giant monsters.

I clearly remember hearing the radio transmission while I was stuck in that corner with my arms and legs broken and unable to move.

“What are the professor’s vital signs?”

“Not confirmed. The noise is too loud because it’s inside the crack.”

“Should we continue the search?”

“Let’s look into it again.”

“No. I disagree. The professor is dead. If he were alive, he would be communicating.”

“Professors don’t die.”

“Even if he’s alive, I don’t think it’s worth risking our lives to save him. Now, fool. You’re the captain. Order to withdraw.”

“Minerva. No, Hyein······. How could you say something like that? Have you forgotten that Park Gyu saved you?”

“That’s what he said. We don’t need incompetent people in our war. He’s become that kind of person now. Why? You want to deny it? Think about our worth. We’re now worth thousands of those people combined.”

“Full. What should we do? An electromagnetic storm is coming soon. It’s a big one.”

“······I am withdrawing.”

I was abandoned.

Reason is worthless.

Who would have believed that just a year ago?

A man who was once considered a candidate for the world’s greatest hunter is now considered worthless.

Of course, dying there had the perfect moral to conclude the story of the man named Park Gyu.

You could say it’s a bitter ending.

But I came back alive.

He crawled to the expedition team’s patrol route, setting his own broken bones and administering a lethal dose of painkillers, and for nearly a month he waited for the next expedition team, eating emergency rations and enduring hunger.

When I was discovered by the next expedition, my weight had decreased from 81 kg to 45 kg.

But my will did not diminish one bit.

Because at that time, I still had the pride and confidence of being an elite who was called a professor.

I volunteered for the artificial awakening eye test because I couldn’t accept that I was worthless.

It is an extreme ordeal that drives young children to their deaths, now called the psychopathic test.

I tried three times and failed every time.

Once, I was declared brain dead and spent a month in bed without knowing the time.

Looking at my withered, emaciated arms, I closed my eyes and admitted it.

This Park Gyu is an ordinary person.

A human who is unfit to deal with the infinity that lies beyond that crack.

“······.”

I absentmindedly stared at the sheet of paper stuck in a corner of my room.

The sheet attached next to Suu’s is black.

It’s the color of the incompetent.

And at the same time, it reveals my foolishness.

It shows that I, who have already been proven to be worthless, still thirst for that power.

Message from iamjesus: Memme

While I was lying in bed, brain dead, I heard that my juniors, including Woo Min-hee, had awakened to Awaken.

I don’t know the exact circumstances, but the plausible rumor piqued my curiosity.

They said.

Awaken attracts Awaken.

Just as a model teacher can inspire those around them, a powerful Awaken can teach those close to them the path to enlightenment.

Woo Min-hee was another savior, Na Hye-in’s assistant.

Woo Min-hee asked me the other day.

Why didn’t you ask?

I could have asked.

I could have begged for a glimmer of enlightenment from the most powerful man of my time, the so-called Savior.

But back then I was a completely different person than I am now.

Even though he had the opportunity, he didn’t take it and chose to retire.

More than five years have passed like that.

Now I’m a little different too.

I am now in my thirties and am slowly learning how to get along with other people.

SKELTON: Mmmmm! Mmmmm!

Message from iamjesus: Hmmmm?

SKELTON: Mmmmm!

I tried to have a belated friendship with IAMJESUS.

Even now, our bond of friendship remains strong.

Of course, this is just our friendship, not in front of others.

*

“Senior. How have you been?”

I got a call from Woo Min-hee.

It is said that among the Awaken, there are some who have the ability to read people’s minds.

Rather than reading the mind itself, it seems to be savoring the person’s brain waves to figure out what the person’s intentions are and what direction the person is thinking.

Although I don’t have that ability, I know very well why Woo Min-hee contacted me.

“Is the internet working?”

“Internet?”

“Yeah. I gave it to you before. The Starfield system and the laptop. Didn’t you get it?”

This guy is looking for me urgently because he was blocked by IamJesus.

It seems like it’s quite urgent.

I see that you still come to me even though you know about my poor social status.

Well, if you think about the value of I am Jesus, your body will be in a state of shock.

The reason for setting up such a research institute in the failing Incheon and spending so much money to run it is to find high-level Awakened people like IAMJESUS.

But I want to keep it a secret from Woo Min-hee that I use the Internet.

It’s my privacy and it’s a matter of life and death.

If she ever finds out that I’m Eomchang, she’ll search the entire Korean peninsula to find me.

“I don’t use the Internet. I didn’t use it before either. I hate the Internet. I don’t like it.”

“What did you do with the equipment?”

Woo Min-hee asks urgently.

There is no such thing as respect as a senior.

It’s like the voice of a daycare teacher scolding a disobedient child.

I felt like I had turned back into a boy named Eomchang, and I answered with a sense of guilt for no reason.

“Baek Seung-hyun gave it to me.”

“What the heck?!”

Woomin shouts at the guy.

Not only that, but it even makes a scraping sound like metal with its prosthetic hand, trying to rip my eardrums apart.

“Ah. It’s noisy. What. What is it? Suddenly?”

“No, why would you give that to someone like that? Seriously!”

“That’s right. Why would I give it to you? Why can’t you take it back?”

“How can you take something away that was given to you? Oh. Really! Huh?”

Suddenly, a heavy silence was felt on the other side of the radio.

After a while.

“Dongtan Mom!!!!!!!!!!!”

The radio was cut off with a single scream.

It seems like they’ve finally realized Dongtan Mom’s true identity.

“······.”

I hope this will make Dongtan Mom disappear forever.

Anyway, as you can see from Woo Min-hee’s urgent attitude, I am Jesus has now been reborn from a forgotten relic of the past into a monster representing Viva! Apocalypse!

As PaleNet was being restored, PaleNet seeds flooded our bulletin board like a tidal wave.

They spread the scene of I.M.Jesus’ Alpha Awakening certification to their site, and I could see the picture of I.M.Jesus’s sparkling eyes proudly taking the top spot on the best section of the bulletin board for test takers where I was once active.

The article received a whopping 4,000 comments.

ㅇㅇ: What the fuck, this sheet is just a retard

Yeah : This is real

ㅇㅇ: Get rid of the sheet authentication. Now is the era of eye-catching authentication!

ㅇㅇ: Wow, what on earth did you eat to be able to do something like that?

ㅇㅇ: Isn’t this a savior-level awakening?

ㅇㅇ: I heard that the savior level just makes the surrounding area brighter?

ㅇㅇ: It’s not a strong class, but it’s probably somewhere below that.

Yeah: It’s a Jeju Island free pass.

ㅇㅇ: It wasn’t Jeju Island, but that kid’s writing was clinging to those guys who looked really powerful and were blushing

…

…

There’s nothing to see.

Now I am Jesus is the true Viva! Apocalypse! The best named name itself.

This is literally God descending upon our bulletin board.

But I am Jesus, and it hasn’t changed one bit.

He was, as always, rambling on about some random Bible verse that no one had ever seen before.

But changes in the world are subtle.

iamjesus : Remember now, therefore, your Creator in the days of your youth, before the evil days come, and the years draw near, when you will say, “I have no pleasure.”

When he says a word,

Yeah : I am men~

Yeah : I am men~

Yeah : I am men

Yeah : Jimen

Yeah : I am men~

dongtanmom : Yum~

…

…

A large number of followers respond to him.

The dark forces still targeting IAMJESUS ​​are not stopping their courtship.

CrunchRoll: I’ll tell you everything. I’m a gang leader in the southern region. I have 1,200 members and a lot of women. There’s also a lot of drugs, alcohol, and games. Do you like games? I have a series of your favorite words.

Dies_Irae69: Honestly, we don’t have much to give. But if you want a family, come to us. We’ll be your family.

armeegruppe_B: You know the Legion faction? Come on in. I’ll give you a star right away.

dongtanmom : Yum…

But I am Jesus, a friend with an indomitable spirit.

No matter how strong and superior a person may be, he will not waver at all when tempted.

The appearance even had some aspects that resembled the appearance of Jesus Christ in his youth, walking through the wilderness and resisting the devil’s temptations.

The Defender siblings who saw that contacted me.

“Wow, I thought that kid was just crazy. This is no joke. Can you stand that? Skeleton? Are you watching?”

Dajeong is excited.

Defender also seems to be crazy about IAMJESUS.

“Jiseobang. The more I look at him, the more I think he’s cool······.”

But the Defender soon showed his usual concern.

“By the way, our Jiseobang. Isn’t it dangerous?”

Although it is rare these days, Defender is a named human who finds someone and kills them.

So, naturally, it had to be related to finding interests and killing.

“Even at this very moment, they must be searching for powerful people, including the Legion faction, in real time.”

Yes, that’s right.

The mob trying to take away IAMJESUS ​​isn’t just making a fuss on the internet.

They will probably search through all the posts IAMJESUS ​​has made so far to pinpoint his location and secure the precious Alpha Awakened.

We asked Defender, an expert in this field.

“What do you think? Do you think you can find IAMJESUS? With just the authentication photo.”

“I’ve seen a few, but nothing catches my eye except for the Onahole. Rather than being a very reserved person, it seems like he’s the type that doesn’t go outside at all.”

“I see. By the way, is that kid Justice Min still hanging around?”

“No, he hasn’t been around much lately. He doesn’t even post on the bulletin board, so there’s no way to know what he’s thinking, but I think he might be looking for IamJesus too.”

“So you’re saying there are more fans than we know?”

“Isn’t that so? You know the value of an Alpha Awakened. Weren’t there Kang Min and Na Hye-in in your class?”

“Ah. There was.”

“How was it?”

Defender’s question made me think of the “change” I had seen that day.

At least it didn’t look like IAMJESUS.

They neither shined nor cast a halo from their eyes.

But it felt as if the whole world, and all of our hearts within it, were bathed in a strange, unknown light.

And more than anything, it seemed like they had something like a small candle in their hands.

It felt as if it had the weight of human life itself.

Well, I guess that means my peers are on a higher level than IAMJESUS.

“······I think it was one step ahead of I am Jesus.”

“I see.”

“By the way, I am Jesus. Do you think other guys will find you?”

“Wouldn’t that be difficult?”

The defender raised questions.

“Fox Games said so. Even if our bulletin board is hacked, the satellite communication-based network itself, which is its foundation, cannot be accessed without Melon Mask-level authority.”

“okay?”

“I originally thought that the bulletin board was something like an accessory attached to satellite networking.”

According to Defender, it seems nearly impossible to pinpoint a location using satellite communication hacking.

Well, the Melon Mask that created our world is no ordinary guy.

The problem is probably IAMJESUS’s behavior.

Even now, he may be being tempted by various users he doesn’t know.

If you’re a powerful force, you probably have several Viva! Apocalypse! accounts.

Woo Min-hee might also be farting on the side of her account.

Looking at the certified photo of I.M.Jesus, it is difficult to see because of the brilliance in his eyes and the overwhelming sight of the onaholes spread out on the mattress, but I.M.Jesus’ body looks dangerously thin.

The meal he revealed about a year and a half ago was also a dried preserved food called brick rice.

It is not difficult to guess that his health was not good, having spent his days writing in a dark room since the war began, eating poor meals and writing like unreadable letters or echoes that would not return.

How long will he be able to resist the temptation that is currently reaching out to him?

I think it would be difficult for me.

I can’t even imagine what a person who just wanders around after a few days of hard work would do if he starved for over a year.

No matter what choice he makes, he will not be blamed.

Whether he joins the Legion faction that was trying to destroy Jeju Island, or the Manryu Gwijong religion that betrayed humanity itself.

Then one day it happened.

Message from iamjesus: Mem.. ㅠ

I got a call from IAMJESUS.

If you just look at the content of the message, it’s just another variation of my impulsive madness.

But some changes are significant.

I used the initial consonant “ㅠ”.

The meaning of ㅠ is tears.

It is certain because I see that it is written all the way to the end.

I am Jesus.

The madman on our bulletin board is having a hard time!

“?!”

I replied immediately.

SKELTON: (Skeleton worried) Maeeeeem?!

A model answer that mixes momentary madness with the most skeletal features.

To the average user, it would only result in a lot of swearing, but I am Jesus is different.

He saw and thought things that others could not see, and finally, after having an awakening different from others, he read my reply and unlocked his heart that he had never opened to anyone.

Message from iamjesus: I’m sick and hungry······ㅠㅠ

I am Jesus is asking for my help.

Leaving behind all those powerful forces and splendid temptations.

SKELTON: Where are you?

What I have to do is clear.

Of course, this wasn’t done solely out of good intentions.

I need him too.

“······.”

My mind is still on the battlefield.

If he can give me the strength to return to the battlefield, I will gladly become his apostle.