Apocalypse Shelter Administrator - Chapter 392



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EP.392 East China Company Project (1)

There are two reasons for operating an unmanned patrol ship.

The first is to prepare for the one in a billion chance that Chinese remnants will come across the sea and do something foolish.

However, just before the completion of the construction, an all-out war broke out between North Korea and the enemy.

The Chinese brigade, which had gathered all its souls, fought well, but was ultimately annihilated.

The ‘China threat’ scenario is now a near-zero possibility, with the mainland a monster- and radioactive hellhole.

Still, the boat had to sail.

“We need resources. More resources.”

Because if things continue this way, the shelter’s available mineral resources will reach their limits.

Knock knock knock.

The sound of my fingers tapping on the desk echoed through the central control room.

The more I read the resource reports awaiting administrator approval, the more my eyebrows furrow.

Our stores of organic resources, such as food and medicine, are bursting at the seams.

However, the outlook for mineral and rare earth reserves and imports/exports is bleak. The more I read, the faster I pounded my desk.

The thing that consumes the most resources is the military.

But this has also been greatly reduced, as there are no units in our army that are 100% made of metal anymore.

Biological tissue has been used in everything from the Stalker series to drones, helicopters, combat vehicles, unmanned turrets and autonomous weapons.

A harmonious fusion of inorganic and organic matter!

Outsiders can tell immediately whether a vehicle or drone belongs to the shelter just by looking at it.

It also serves as an authority to show off our overwhelming technological superiority.

It is also good for production and maintenance. Unlike metals or polymer compounds, which have limited mining quantities, biological tissues can be obtained indefinitely through culture.

But beyond rebuilding our lost army, we must also grow it bigger and conduct multifaceted research for scientific advancement.

We needed unlimited resources.

Knock knock knock knock!

But the information on the Korean Peninsula’s resource reserves that I have in my hands is giving me the middle finger.

“Anyway, I’m telling you, this is a real piece of shit.”

“Use polite language.”

A light slap hit the back of my head as I was wrapping my hair.

No matter how tightly we hold on to the Korean peninsula, the land itself is a wasteland to begin with.

In the end, we had no choice but to look overseas.

Gulp.

I swallowed as I looked at the next page of the report.

Across the West Sea facing our shelter.

There is a vast land where governments, peoples, and borders have all neatly evaporated.

It’s a place that used to be China.

“After 5,000 years of invasion, fine dust, illegal immigration, drug smuggling, diplomatic interference, and other nuisances, it’s finally helping.”

“You have a really emotional face. Is that all?”

Artemis looked trembling at the sight of me clasping my hands together as if in prayer and trembling.

“Artemis, you’ll never understand. It’s a feeling that can only be understood after living as a Korean for decades.”

“Are you ignoring me? I know much more about the resources and strategic advantages to be gained there than you do.”

“This is not a matter of profit, but of history and emotion.”

I shook my head and pointed at Artemis with an exaggerated gesture.

“You don’t know because you’re young~.”

“…the tone is annoying.”

Kwak!

Her fingers traced my cheek, but it didn’t erase my smile.

Even as the couple’s trivial conversation continued, the patrol ship powerfully cut through the waves and continued forward.

It is impossible for us to travel by land through Manchuria, but it is easy to travel by sea and have a look around.

Therefore, training the fleet was essential.

Because we have to eliminate risk factors at the landing site where the infection is lurking, scout the site, and escort the cargo ship.

Our military has occupied the currently destroyed shipyard and is building cargo ships.

If you want to transport hundreds of tons of resources, you have no choice but to use a ship.

“After being beaten for so long, are you finally going to knock? Well, the only people who will greet you are monsters.”

It’s been said often since the Infection War, but the world is truly unpredictable.

* * *

An event occurred while I was calming down the upset Artemis by sitting her on my lap.

“Something was picked up by the sonar of the patrol ship.”

Artemis launched an underwater drone along with the horse.

Something unusually shaped for an underwater terrain is detected.

“If you insist on telling me, then it can’t be a sunken ship… It’s a sea monster, right? A crustacean type? Or a vertebrate type?”

“Judging by its shape, it’s not a bone.”

“Then it must be a shell.”

“The drone has arrived. I’ll print out the screen.”

The bright spring sea surface reflecting the sunlight has disappeared.

Blue, dark shadows sway across the walls of the central control room.

In an instant, a fantastic sight was created where the entire place seemed to be submerged in the sea.

All kinds of fish swim in schools.

If we exaggerate a bit, we could say that it is half water and half fish. The resilience of fish stocks after overfishing is amazing.

Beneath it, on the dark seabed, a giant shell lies like a dinosaur fossil.

The color had faded a lot, becoming closer to a pinkish hue, and its thickness made me think that the armor worn by a Titan in mythology would be like this.

“I’ve seen that before.”

My gaze was drawn to a single point. A fist larger than a demolition sledgehammer.

What the patrol ship caught was the remains of a sea monster that resembled a crab.

“Is that the guy who interfered with the escape from the maritime prison?”

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The sight of him splitting a ship in two with just a few punches was so impressive that it is still vivid in my memory.

“I don’t know. There are more than one or two of these. In the South Sea and East Sea alone, we found five remains of the same individual.”

“Isn’t this the first time it’s been discovered in the West Sea?”

“The scope of activity is so wide.”

The lower part, which consisted of tentacles that provided propulsion, was cleanly removed.

Since it was a chunk of flesh, it would have been eaten before it could rot. Sea creatures are fascinated by and attracted to such a large corpse.

A multitude of fish, cephalopods, and crustaceans made their homes in the shell of the sea monster.

“At this point, I guess you could call it an underwater village.”

“It is said that sunken ships have been a good shelter for marine life since ancient times. Wouldn’t that be even better since they contain nutrients and don’t have the metallic smell that fish hate?”

Because it was so huge, it felt more like a kind of underwater dome village than a skeleton.

“We will arrive at the eastern coast of China in an hour.”

Artemis told me.

“Chinese people in heaven, I will use the resources you have left for good purposes.”

I put my hands together as if praying.

“Your expression is so villainous.”

“You don’t want to see it?”

“No. It’s good that you seem ambitious. Laugh more wickedly.”

“like this?”

“Ahahahaha!”

Artemis laughs and hangs on my neck as I imitate the expression of the villain I saw in the movie.

Pfft! Pfft!

I kissed her arm and finished reading the report in my hand.

The next page of the Korean Peninsula Resources Map shows a map of China’s resources.

Looking at this, I can’t help but let out an evil smile.

“Wow, there really is no such thing as a honey pot.”

Unlike the Korean peninsula, which is a pile of shit, the map of eastern China is filled with various resources.

The current destination of the patrol ship is Shandong Province.

Geographically close, it has a large oil field and China’s largest gold mine. It is even rich in rare earth elements.

This is the place we have no choice but to aim for first as we look overseas.

“If we can just solve the problem of infectious agents and radiation, it will bring us great benefits.”

Artemis nodded with a soft smile.

Because the resource issue was a topic she had also been struggling with.

“What about interference from other forces?”

“It’s not that we don’t have competition, but we have opponents we can outpace in the race.”

As Artemis snaps her fingers, a picture pops up on the screen. It’s a very famous piece that everyone has seen at least once.

“I know that. I saw it in a textbook. I don’t know the title, though.”

“The Pie of Kings and Emperors.”

“That was the name.”

This is a famous painting that satirizes the great powers dividing up China among themselves in 1898.

The German Emperor with a knife in his hand, with the word CHINA written on it, flanked by the Queen of England and the Emperor of Russia, Marianne of France looking on, and a Japanese samurai.

Finally, Li Hongzhang of the Qing Dynasty is furious with his posture.

Exactly!

Artemis snapped her fingers once more and the image changed.

Li Hongzhang, who was shouting “Hurray!”, changed into a walker who was shouting “Hurray~”.

The German Emperor with the sword in the middle has been replaced by me.

You’re dignifiedly carving a pie with a fork and knife instead of a knife, with your face needlessly beautified.

but…

“I told you I don’t have that kind of gangster hair style.”

He had a regent perm that seemed like it would go well with rock and roll. On top of that, he was wearing a scientist’s coat.

“It’s noisy.”

“Is this your taste? Even before the war, when I was manipulating the overtime footage, I looked like this. I think I’m secretly encouraging this.”

“…”

No matter how much you pursue intelligence, is there something about women that makes them attracted to gangsters?

The Queen of England and the Emperor of Russia on either side were transformed into stalker robots holding guns and keeping watch over the surroundings.

The samurai touching his chin remains the same.

Because the Japanese warlords in the Tsushima, Kyushu, and Hiroshima regions will also be targeting it.

Marianne of France was changed to oriental.

It seems to symbolize rival warlords in Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia, and Vietnam.

“Our current target is Shandong Province, but there are many other delicious places to eat.”

At Artemis’ words, several cities along the eastern coast of China glow red.

They were either resource deposits or strategic points from which to plunder supplies and technology.

However, southeastern China is closer to Japan and Southeast Asian warlords than to us.

“It doesn’t matter. Right now, just eating Shandong Province is enough. Even if you’re greedy, you can’t control it.”

“That’s right. China is the place where the vaccine has the least impact. Therefore, the risk of infectious agents is also the greatest in the world. Since we can’t plant a flag without fighting, competitors won’t be able to easily set foot in there.”

The screen changed back to the sea. The patrol ship was now deep in the Chinese coast.

“Have you thought of a name for this resource acquisition project?”

Artemis asked.

“Naming is always difficult, but this time it was easy. There are similar precedents in history.”

“Huh?”

Artemis, curious, urges me to answer.

“East China Company Project.”

As soon as I finished speaking, the port of Shandong Province appeared faintly in the distance.

[Ready for departure.]

Inside the patrol ship, landing troops and reconnaissance drones ready for battle were displayed as pop-ups.

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