Genius Engineer in the Labyrinth - Chapter 36
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Apocalypse in Water Episode 36
Episode 36
What does that radiation mark mean?
Does that mean the radiation is more powerful?
I double-checked to make sure I was wearing my protective suit properly, just in case.
At that moment, Bomi and Hoyoung ran into the room.
“Sir! There’s another crack in the shield.”
Hmm. Well then, I guess there’s nothing I can do.
I’m worried about the aftermath, but I guess I’ll have to write it.
But, aside from using the ultimate weapon of mankind, the children will be exposed to radiation.
I shouted, covering the open box with my body in the protective suit.
“Get out quickly! It’s dangerous.”
“Hey! Sir, you wear yellow and watch sexy stuff. Is that a fetish?”
Despite my warning, Bomi came over and laughed heartily.
Hey kids, haven’t you ever seen something like a protective suit in a movie or something?
Did you misunderstand that it was a costume or something rather than a protective suit?
“Fetish? What is it, sis?”
“The kids don’t need to know.”
“Hey. How can that be? In a world submerged in water, not everyone is equal. Even children do the work of adults.”
Hoyoung’s face became puffy.
I was so annoyed by the sight of those peaceful guys that I shouted.
“Get out! Didn’t you hear what I said?”
“Okay, we’re going out. Have a good time. Hehe.”
Bomi smiled and turned around to walk away.
At that moment, Hoyoung glanced inside the box.
“Oh! I see a radiation removal mark, so I wonder if it’s something dirty, sis.”
Radiation removal mark?
I called out to Hoyoung, who was about to leave.
“Hoyoung! Is that a radiation removal mark?”
“That one.”
Hoyoung pointed to the radioactive contamination mark attached to the box.
“If it’s radioactivity removal, does that mean the radioactivity has been removed?”
“Yes.”
“I’ve never seen or heard of such a thing.”
“This is a mark that the US military has recently used. They have developed a new zero-radiation weapon.”
Bomi asked as if she didn’t understand.
“A zero-radiation weapon? Do guns and shells emit radiation?”
“Not ordinary weapons. Nuclear weapons.”
Hoyoung gave Bomi an expression that seemed to suggest that he was either seeking revenge for what happened just now or that he didn’t even know that.
If Hoyoung is right, then this nuclear warhead is non-radioactive.
I looked down at the bamboo shoot-shaped bullet.
So, there are no restrictions on using this.
So now we have the ultimate, side-effect-free weapon for mankind?
I was over the moon, but I had to make sure there was no real radiation first.
The children didn’t even know they were being exposed to radiation.
“No, if there is no radiation in nuclear weapons, then it is the same as non-alcoholic beer.”
“It’s decaffeinated coffee.”
Bomi and Hoyoung joked around without any concern about radiation.
“Sugar-free cola.”
“Hey, that’s not true because it has sweetener in it.”
“No. It’s sugar-free, so it’ll work.”
“Hoyoung!”
I interrupted them and asked Hoyoung.
“That thing is definitely zero radiation, no, it definitely has a radiation removal mark.”
“Yes. It was in the materials Seitera sent me.”
“Who is Seitera?”
“Oh, mistake, I shouldn’t have said that.”
Hoyoung frowned and covered his mouth.
Then Bomi said something next to me.
“The world is underwater anyway, so what can’t be said? I can even say that my father cheated on me.”
“That’s right.”
Only then did Hoyoung speak with a relieved expression.
The Seite that Hoyoung mentioned was not a person’s name, but a game ID.
Hoyoung played a world-famous strategy game, and it is said that Seitera was one of the people he played with.
“He was an American citizen. He was a bit pretentious, but he wasn’t a bad person. He was probably in his early 20s. He was still the oldest member of our team. But one day, he got into an argument with his game team about the Ukrainian War. Seitera got excited and started talking about military secrets he had never heard of before to support his claims.”
Because it was so specific and something that only those involved could know, Hoyoung and his colleagues were reluctant to believe it.
Then Seitera poured out documents with the marks of the US Department of Defense, Top Secret, Pentagon, etc.
“Even after that, he occasionally uploaded confidential documents. At first, he took a picture of the monitor where the document was displayed and sent it, but later, perhaps because he was annoyed, he sent the original file as is. The document I saw at that time had that mark on it.”
“however.”
Bomi raised her hand and asked a question.
“Seitera said he was American. How did you communicate with him? Is Hoyoung good at English?”
“That’s simple. I just used the old X translator.”
“aha.”
Bomi nodded as if she completely agreed with Hoyoung’s answer.
But I was still suspicious, so I told Hoyoung.
“Can I see that document?”
“I don’t have it now. A man in a suit came and took it all away. And he told me never to tell anyone about it. He said if I did, something bad would happen.”
A man in a suit? Could it be the National Intelligence Service? Or the CIA?
If it was one of the two, the story seemed to fit together somewhat.
Perhaps a young, spunky agent working for a U.S. intelligence agency or department got upset during a game and spilled the beans.
At first it didn’t seem like a big deal, but somehow or another the leak was discovered.
The US intelligence agency must have come to Hoyoung to resolve the confidentiality leak issue.
If only we could see the documents, we would know exactly what this nuclear warhead was.
When I made a regretful expression, Hoyoung smiled and pointed to his head with his finger.
“The information about the radiation removal mark is all here. I translated it and read it because it has to do with the US military in Korea.”
Oh! That’s right.
My face turned bright red.
So Hoyoung also knew the story about the 121st Fighter Squadron.
“Was there anything in the documents about this warhead?”
I pointed inside the metal box.
Hoyoung approached the metal box and shouted.
“Oh! There’s a tiny boy.”
“Tiny boy?”
“I’ve seen this warhead in pictures in the archives. Its name is Tiny Boy.”
Hoyoung poured out his story as if possessed by a spirit being.
TINY BOY is the code name for a miniature nuclear bomb, meaning small child.
But these weren’t the typical nuclear weapons we think of, but nuclear weapons that eliminated the aftereffects of radiation and fallout.
It was a new weapon created based on the ‘Area 41’ counter-nuclear weapon project, which was planned during the Cold War in anticipation of an alien attack.
Come to think of it, the United States seems to have been quite serious about aliens in the past, from conspiracy theories that the White House has alien data to UFO congressional hearings.
I didn’t believe in aliens or God because I was a realist who didn’t believe anything unless I saw it.
Well, even though the world is flooded and monsters are appearing, nothing has changed. I am just adapting and fighting because I can see their true nature, but the worldview of the Ark Cultists is completely incomprehensible.
Area 41 was a weapon to deal with alien invasion, so they wanted a weapon that had greater destructive power than regular weapons, but would not harm humans.
In the 1980s, when development began, the dangers of radiation were already known. Area 41 therefore sought to develop a nuclear weapon that would reduce radiation and fallout exposure and focus on explosive power.
However, before development could be completed, the Cold War ended, and Area 41, like other nuclear weapons under development, was halted.
However, it is said that this forgotten project was hastily restarted not long ago.
The new project targets not existing aliens, but rather imaginary giant life forms.
“Is the giant creature that the US has identified as its new enemy a giant monster like the giant squid or the giant oarfish?”
“It wasn’t specifically stated, but the document provided examples of similar size, weight, attack and defense capabilities to monsters like dragons in fantasy novels.”
Hey! What is this?
Did the US military really know that the world would be underwater and that monsters would run rampant?
Or, just a coincidence?
The United States went so far as to build nuclear weapons to attack aliens whose existence has not been proven, as if they were gods.
If it were such a celestial kingdom, wouldn’t it be possible to consider unknown beings like monsters or elves from movies or fantasy novels as enemies?
Perhaps the development of the US military industry was thanks to this imagination.
Even if that is the case, questions remain.
Why did the US military in Korea have Tiny Boy?
Like Hoyoung said last time, is it for containing China?
But aren’t you assuming Tiny Boy monsters are your enemies?
Hoyoung continued to explain, as if he knew I would have these questions.
“Tiny Boy is officially listed in the documents as a countermeasure against China, but some of the sentences were erased.”
Then what about the deleted sentence?
Suddenly, I remembered the man in a suit I had met when the chief called me.
The person who asked me for the Ark Church information thought I was simply an agent of the National Intelligence Service.
National Intelligence Service agents from the Public Security Bureau frequently visited frontline detectives, buying them food and drinks and obtaining information from the scene, saying they were investigating their activities.
But maybe he was CIA.
But I simply ignored his request.
Then the chief ordered that the data be handed over.
I handed the materials over to him with a smiling face.
Of course, the data was just a shell with the core removed.
If you knew that the US was interested in the Ark Church and the Water Monsters, wouldn’t you have handed over the information properly at that time?
If that were the case, would they have dealt with the Ark Church? I’m not sure.
In my experience, there’s something fishy about people who make informal requests for information like this.
Anyway, I didn’t really like the information side of things.
Hoyoung said that Tiny Boy had the power of 100 tons of TNT.
And the explosion was said to be concentrated in the center, using dual control of neutrons and special uranium to neutralize the radioactivity.
“I tried using cheating GPs because there were so many difficult scientific terms, but I still couldn’t understand them. They said that there is definitely no fallout, and that the use of electronic products may be temporarily suspended due to the EMP electromagnetic pulse. And even if it is removed, because it is a nuclear explosion, the radiation will skyrocket at the moment of the explosion and naturally dissipate within an hour. They said that it is safe to be more than 1km away, and that there is a risk of initial exposure if you are close.”
Based on the specs Hoyoung had given, it seemed like there would be no problem firing a nuclear warhead.
However, I am a little worried that the power of the 100-ton explosion is so strong that it might affect the apartment even after destroying the giant squid.
Still, the shield was able to withstand the tentacles of the giant squid, so it should be able to block them well.
In that case, would the shield possibly block the initial radiation as well?
You may have to get close to the giant squid to fire a missile at it.
Well, that can be solved by wearing a protective suit.
A plan of operation emerged from my head.