Genius Salsu of the World to Be Destroyed - Chapter 32
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Episode 32
Wild strategy general manager, Cheon Yeong-su.
KPA President Lee Gap-seok.
Sub-Chief Kim Myeong-cheol.
And other professors.
This was a list of people who currently had radios.
Youngsoo relayed the current situation to the relevant personnel through his radio.
“Broadcast again. Inform all personnel. As of 3:30 PM today, the conquest of the Wild Market has been completed.”
A ripple occurred.
Everyone who heard the radio exchanged expressions of shock and horror.
That’s understandable, because there was only one person who believed Young-soo’s words that he would succeed in conquering the wild.
Even the cadets who had been trained directly by Youngsoo were not confident of success.
Not to mention the faculty and staff.
But only one person, Gap-seok, truly believed Young-soo’s words.
And that faith has now been rewarded.
‘after…….’
Gap-seok, who heard Young-soo’s radio transmission, closed his eyes tightly for a moment and then opened them again.
A wild shopping district was right in front of us.
But it wasn’t the wildness it used to be.
Because the strangely ominous aura that had been hanging over the entire building had disappeared.
“… The conquest was really successful.”
An impregnable hell that no one has ever successfully conquered.
Yeongsu ended up conquering that place.
“excuse me…….”
An old man in the tent village asked Gapseok.
“What the hell is going on here? Wildness… … .”
“It has been restored.”
“then……!”
“You can now enter the store. There are still a few miscellaneous procedures left to complete, but… … .”
dump.
At Gapseok’s words, the old man’s legs gave out and he collapsed.
Because something I thought was absolutely impossible happened right before my eyes.
And this old man wasn’t the only one whose legs gave out.
“… Really? The wildness has been conquered?!”
Jong-yeop, who was spying on the wild market from afar, could not help but be astonished.
Moreover, Jongyeop is a player and a professor at the academy.
He felt better than anyone that the wild mana wavelength had suddenly stabilized.
That is why it was possible to be certain, even from this great distance, that the wildness had been conquered.
“… The wildness has been conquered. And by the KPA… … .”
Now it is certain.
The KPA was no longer the KPA of old.
It wasn’t at the level where I could become stronger by putting in some effort.
What kind of place is Wild Shopping Center?
Isn’t this an extremely evil labyrinth that even the best guilds in the country have done everything they can to not even get through the entrance?
But the fact that this place was breached… … .
“Is this what it means to be a monster?”
Jongyeop got up and dusted himself off.
I had to go straight to Hongryeon and report this fact.
We need to completely destroy those monsters before they can fully spread their wings.
* * *
Inside the Wild Shop, in the boss room.
And now it has become the (former) boss’ room.
All of the members of the raid team, except for Youngsoo, were sitting somewhere, blankly staring.
Because there are few acts that restore a damaged mental state as much as hitting someone.
The mental stress they felt while the attack was underway was beyond imagination.
It was natural, since I had passed through a section where a slight misstep would have resulted in death more than a dozen times.
So, Youngsu didn’t touch the cadets for a while.
Instead, he sent a personal radio message to someone during that rainy time.
“Hey, Gapseok.”
Gap-seok, who received Young-soo’s radio transmission, answered.
“This is Lee Gap-seok.”
“Are all my disciples well?”
“Yes, they’re fine. One person fainted, though.”
“Is that the guy named So Se-hwa?”
“yes.”
As he said that, Gap-seok looked down at the floor.
The one lying there was the spirit master, So Se-hwa.
It was because I had excessively manifested the spirit of the west wind, Westehorn, and had accumulated too much mental fatigue.
Fortunately, Gapseok healed me right away and it wasn’t a deep faint, so it wasn’t a big problem.
“Good. Bring them all up.”
“Come up?”
“To the very center of the top floor of the Wild Shopping Mall.”
“Well… I understand that the attack was successful, but are there any remaining traps along the way?”
“When the magic sword is drawn, all the traps in this shopping mall will stop. Just come up. Just make sure you don’t get caught in the vines.”
“Let’s go.”
After disconnecting the radio, Gap-seok spoke to the cadets.
“Park Bu-hyung, Jang Do-su, Kim Myeong-cheol. Let’s go.”
“Where?”
“Come see our captain.”
Gap-seok carried the unconscious Se-hwa on his shoulder and started walking toward the store.
* * *
The very center of the top floor of the Wild Shopping Mall, (former) boss room.
There were twelve players gathered there.
Professor Cheon Yeong-su, President Lee Gap-seok, and ten students.
Those who entered the castle for the first time were looking around the inside of the castle as if it was a new experience.
Of course, the impression wasn’t very positive.
Well, let’s leave aside the monster corpses strewn all over the place.
First of all, the problem was that the store itself was a very old building, so it basically felt old.
And crucially, the vines.
No matter how much I looked at those vein-like vines that filled the walls and ceiling, I couldn’t get used to them.
Even if I were homeless, I wouldn’t want to live in a place like this.
“Do you like it?”
The cadets’ eyes widened at Youngsoo’s unexpected question.
“What is it?”
“Do you like it here?”
“uh…….”
Instead of answering, the cadets just shook their heads.
What is it about this space that feels like being inside the stomach of a giant plant that you might ask…?
“You guys have to live here from now on.”
“What did you say?”
“I’m telling you to stick together.”
“What the hell are you talking about, Professor?”
The cadets were left speechless.
But Youngsoo was strangely calm.
“If you don’t like it, then don’t say anything.”
“yes?”
“There are only 30 days left until the collapse of civilization. And I’ve probably talked about what that means several times in my lectures.”
“that…….”
“It’s going to stop. Everything. All the advanced civilizations that we humans have achieved will collapse. And this place… … .”
Yeongsu said, tapping the floor with the soles of his feet as if to show off.
“…It’s the only place where you can avoid the storm.”
“… … .”
“If the collapse of civilization is imminent, what will happen? The disgustingness of these vines? That won’t be a problem at all.”
“… But I can’t continue living like this, Professor.”
“Who are you, Myeongcheol?”
Myungcheol nodded from a corner.
“As expected, our brain, Kim Myeong-cheol, has a sharp mind. I can’t live in a place like this.”
“phew.”
“It needs to be renovated. It needs to be made into a livable space.”
“Modification?!”
“Do you see these vines?”
Youngsoo pointed to the vines covering the ceiling and walls.
“These vines are the reason I chose this building as my next home.”
“Why these vines… … ?”
“These vines can be wires, gas pipes, water pipes, and rebar.”
Question marks crossed people’s faces.
Except for Gap-seok, who had been explained to Yeong-su a long time ago.
The father asked.
“Wires and gas pipes, what on earth do they mean?”
“These vines are all connected. So if we plant a Pares Jewel at the starting point, the mana contained in the jewel will flow throughout the building. We can draw that energy from all over the building. That’s why these vines are wires and gas pipes.”
“… … !”
“And these vines are basically plants. So they draw water up from underground and store it inside the vines. That’s why… … .”
“It could be a water pipe too.”
“Yes. Of course, you have to make a separate water tank.”
“So what does it mean that these vines are made of rebar?”
“First of all, since mana flows through the vines, the mana barrier basically works. In addition, the vines have dug into the inside of the walls and ceilings, and they have the effect of binding the walls together like steel bars. That’s why it’s like that.”
“A place where we are completely self-sufficient in water, energy, and even defense capabilities… … .”
In a word-
“It’s a fortress.”
“It’s a fortress. It’s the best fortress you can get at the moment. And this is a commercial and residential complex? There’s no problem living there.”
When Youngsoo finished his explanation, all the cadets agreed with what he said.
Why should I continue to live here, why is this the best choice?
But there was still a problem left.
“But how do we renovate this large commercial building?”
Wild Shopping Center is the oldest shopping center in Korea and boasts the largest scale at the time of its construction.
It was obvious that renovating this vast area would require a significant amount of manpower, equipment, and time.
But there are only 30 days left until the collapse of civilization.
How can we remodel this building for residential purposes?
“I have a way.”
At Gapseok’s words, everyone’s eyes were focused on him.
“What method?”
“You know there are people living in tent villages outside the shopping mall?”
“The people who originally did business in this shopping mall?”
“Yes. To be exact, they are technicians, not just simple merchants.”
“technician……?”
“There used to be a saying that if you had money, you could build tanks and missiles in the wild merchant world.”
“… … !”
A look of interest crossed Youngsoo’s face.
“In a word, it is a gathering place for all kinds of technicians, that’s why it’s wild. The people in the tent village are craftsmen who have retained their old skills.”
“…Let’s get their help?”
“Even after the shopping district became a labyrinth, these are the people who did not leave the area around the shopping district in order to return to the shopping district. If you offer them the opportunity to move into the shopping district, you can get their cooperation.”
“It’s a perfectly reasonable strategy. Let’s do it.”
No, but wait a minute.
“… If they are technicians who have been working here since long ago, aren’t they quite old?”
“Age doesn’t matter. You just have to see it for yourself.”
Yeongsu nodded in understanding.
And said.
“Well anyway, having overcome one hurdle, we now face a bigger one.”
“There are mountains beyond mountains, what a piece of shit,” the cadets cursed with their eyes.
“But if you keep pushing like this, burnout will come.”
“… … ?”
“Follow me.”
“Where are you going?”
“I have to go get my reward.”
compensation?
Everyone followed Youngsoo with question marks in their eyes.
Youngsoo went downstairs.
And then down again, and down again.
So the place they arrived was the lowest floor of the shopping mall.
And everyone’s mouths dropped open when they got there.
There is… … .
“… Item?”
There was a huge pile of items.
This includes armor, blades, accessories, and magical weapons.
They weren’t even cheap items.
Most of them were 3-star items, and there were even 4-star items mixed in here and there.
The father asked.
“What is all this?”
“These are the equipment used by those who died during the conquest of the wild.”
“Yes… …? Why are they all gathered here?”
“This building is where the equipment of the dead is gathered and stored underground.”
Hongryeon, Cheonghwa, Mujin, Taiping.
All of these large guilds had conquered the Wild at least once.
Since they were players dispatched from a large guild, the quality of the items they possessed was bound to be good.
“Then, Professor, all of these items… … .”
“I will distribute it.”
“… … !”
This moment was important.
Items worth tens of billions and hundreds of billions of won piled up before my eyes.
Even the most indifferent person would be taken aback by such a sight.
They might stab each other in the back to get what looks better.
Not because they are evil, but because that is just human nature.
So, Youngsoo took it upon himself to become a distributor.
If a strong person like you steps forward and distributes the money, everyone will agree without a word.
“I’ll choose first. Let’s see… … .”
Yeongsu picked up a set of two daggers.
Twin Sword Tweenas, a 3-star item.
“This is enough for me.”
“Just that?!”
“huh.”
Those with the most power take the least.
That was the best course of action to reduce conflicts that might arise during the distribution process.
“Oh, then Woo Jun-young, come out first.”
The distribution of temples has begun.
* * *
At that time, the Hongryeon Guild.
The guild executives were in deep thought for a moment after hearing Jongyeop’s face-to-face report.
“I’m angry.”
Those were the words of the first branch manager.
“They can’t eat the wildness alone. Then what about the sacrifices we made when we first attempted the conquest?”
The second branch manager asked.
“Then what are you going to do? They are the ones who conquered that place and took it over.”
“We have to demand our share.”
“…hmm?”
“We made the sacrifice first. Of course, we should receive what we deserve. And above all… shouldn’t we get back the legacies left behind by our players who went in ahead and died?”
“… Certainly, ownership of those items is still on our side.”
In short, he was saying that he would just watch the situation be resolved and then take the bait.