Hiding a House in the Apocalypse - Chapter 393



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Hiding a House in the Apocalypse Episode 393

159. Longing for home (3)

The Chinese people’s purpose has been revealed.

They want to send 5,000 soldiers and their families back to China.

It’s a strange thing.

If you go to that hometown, there will be nothing waiting for you but a gray-white death.

Even in the Chinese records I just looked through, I couldn’t find any information on how to survive in an eroded zone.

Even though Woo Min-hee thought about living inside the crack, why couldn’t she put it into action?

“Oh, and this is a very embarrassing story.”

Jang Su-young suddenly changed the subject.

“There is a monster that needs to be defeated.”

At that moment, I felt the wariness I had harbored toward the Chinese for a long time come back to me, but what difference would it make if I came to my senses inside the tiger’s jaws?

“Only a professor can solve it.”

From the beginning, they were promoting people as professors and professors, but it seems they had an ulterior motive.

If it were me in the past, I would have rejected it outright without even asking about the whole story.

It’s different now.

“Is this an official request from this command?”

“No. It’s a personal favor.”

“A personal request?”

“yes.”

Look into people’s eyes,

“Then, Mr. Suyeong.”

“yes.”

“You will help me, right?”

I was able to smile a little more slyly.

*

In fact, I won’t deny that one of the reasons I accepted the Chinese person’s request was because of my morbid curiosity that I couldn’t hide.

I’ve always wanted to try it at least once.

I’m talking about a famous Chinese hunter weapon.

The Chinese called their hunter’s weapon a hunting tool.

I have one of them in my hands right now.

“Is this the Chukonu?”

In short, it is a sight-guided, three-shot explosive bolt launcher.

It consists of a futuristic wrist-mounted launcher and a set of scopes that detect eye movement.

“Yes. That’s Chukonu. It’s one of the last three sets left.”

After hearing the detailed specs, it definitely feels like a lot of money was spent.

Each of the tiny rockets, weighing about 1 kg, was semi-guided and had its own onboard computer that instantly calculated its orbit just before launch, and after launch, it flew toward the set orbit.

It’s not that they made it semi-inductively because they lacked technical skills, but rather that they made this kind of cumbersome structure to counter the monster’s unknown special abilities.

“The latter half of the hunting grounds are all like this. In a sense, is it the most honest form of forgetting after firing?”

We also tested a goggle-style scope.

Although the Chinese is unintelligible and a bit jarring, the usage is intuitive.

It recognizes targets based on eye movement, similar to the helmet used by fighter pilots.

As we looked at Jang Su-yeong and Cheon Yeong-jae alternately, a square-shaped target indicator appeared on both of their faces at the same time.

“oh.”

Honestly, I’m a little surprised.

“How is it?”

As expected of a Chinese person, Jang Soo-young asked with a tone of hidden pride, but in fact, my thoughts were a bit negative.

This technology.

Isn’t that from those fancy facial recognition cameras that the Chinese are so proud of for surveillance of their citizens?

Well, I guess it’s a good thing.

It’s a nice sight.

Among them, there was a windfall that I had not expected.

“What is this?”

There is something similar to the Cheongryongunwoldo.

It also has a rocket attached to the end.

Was there an eccentric person like Jang Gi-yeong in China?

As I was thinking about that, Jang Su-yeong explained with a bitter smile.

“Oh, that’s an unused weapon.”

also.

“What kind of weapon is it?”

“Yes. I made it to try using a cold weapon against large species······. It didn’t work out well.”

“Why the Blue Dragon?”

“I don’t know if you know, but there was a time when the Azure Dragon Sword was a fashion item among our Chinese hunters. Wouldn’t a polearm-type weapon like that be more suitable for attaching a propellant than the large swords we usually use?”

After saying that, Jang Su-yeong quietly pushed the problematic weapon to the corner.

She showed a subtle sense of pride when entering the Hunter’s weapon arsenal, but she seemed embarrassed about this weapon.

Well, no one in their right mind would think of making and using such a crazy weapon.

“Excuse me.”

“yes.”

“When this is over, can I take this weapon?”

“Huh? Why all of a sudden?”

“Can’t I?”

Jang Su-yeong smiled brightly.

“Please take it.”

“thank you.”

“Please choose one more thing you like.”

“What about Chukonodo?”

“No, except that.”

“Ah.”

“?”

Immediately after confirming that the surprise aegyo wasn’t working, he left the armory as if nothing had happened.

I think it’s a quick decision.

*

Some groups are hard to see until you enter them.

Secret societies that once seemed insurmountable, like the KKK that once wielded immense power in North America, were actually armed with concepts so childish that they would be out of place even in children’s cartoons; or that the Soviet Union, armed with transcendental technological prowess behind the Iron Curtain, was actually a patient on the verge of death after losing the competition between systems.

The remnants of the Chinese army were also a problematic organization.

As Ma Hwa-pyeong revealed, this organization is not a fully formed unit, but an involuntary gathering of defeated soldiers.

There are as many factions as there are units.

The Marines are divided among themselves, the Army is divided among itself, and even within the Marines, there are factions at the unit level. The Navy rescued from the sea are further divided among themselves by naval vessel or command.

Even if we just look at the Hunters, Jang Su-yeong, who brought me here, is said to be from the Shanghai faction of the Chinese Hunters, while Bai Tou, who wields the Azure Dragon Sword, is said to be from the Beijing faction.

If the factions are different, they do not cooperate.

There is no communication.

Even though they are Chinese, it seems like there are cases where they cannot understand each other’s language.

Although Ma Hwa-pyeong is the leader of this group, he has no coercive power.

As this nerve-wracking internal conflict continued, both the main and the small factions eventually decided that it would be better to return to their home country and began preparing ships.

The monster that Jang Su-yeong personally commissioned was a place where many small and medium-sized ship repair companies were gathered along the coast.

Small covered docks for repairing ships are visible here and there, but, as expected, there is no sign of people.

“No, I heard that there are hunters in units, so does it make sense that they are asking us for help because they can’t catch even one small species?”

Jang Su-yeong bowed her head.

“sorry.”

She added, bowing her head.

“There are many hunters, but I am the only one trying to catch that thing.”

Jang Su-yeong bowed her head.

“······I have friends here.”

She pointed to a corner of the road.

There were small stone monuments.

There was a similar symbol written in Chinese.

It looks like it probably only has Chinese radicals written down.

The gentlemen who played pajamas might be able to read it.

“Friend?”

Jang Su-yeong nodded.

“They are my hometown friends.”

She gazed at the West Sea with eyes that were both softly shining and sad at the same time.

“Everyone wanted to get out of here.”

She’s not the only one who wants to get out of this horrendous occupation.

Everyone wanted to get out of this dark, gloomy land filled with hostile people.

As it happened, I spotted a neat sailing yacht in the dock over there.

It was a sail-equipped yacht that could travel the sea without a large amount of fuel, as long as one knew how to sail.

They planned to go deep inland via the Yangtze River, past the Shansha Dam that the South Korean army had destroyed.

The plan was perfect.

The yacht was in very good condition and, as was typical of the Tang army, security was poor, so it was stocked with ample food.

With just a few simple tasks, I could now return to my home country.

But they failed to notice that there was a capsule in the corner of the election booth.

“It just so happened that they were dancers. If they were any other type, everyone would have been able to escape safely······.”

It’s a shame.

The fact that such a large group can’t even handle one type of dancer up close.

Perhaps the reason they only look at their already destroyed hometown is because they have concluded that there is no hope to be found here.

First, we did a simple reconnaissance.

There were fewer servants and it was less fortified.

Could it be that the salt in the ocean slowed down the monster’s activity, or was the erosion slowed down for some other reason?

I started working right away.

There are few monsters with such a stark temperature difference as the dancer type.

When unprepared, it is a helpless creature, but when properly prepared, there is no easier prey than this.

All it takes is the courage to jump into the reflective field range of a monster that is faster and stronger than a human.

“I think we can do it among ourselves.”

There were plans to utilize Jang Su-yeong, but it didn’t seem necessary.

To be honest, it’s just a nuisance.

Because Chinese hunters have adopted different doctrines from us and operate by their own rules.

For example, when dealing with servants, we like to draw them out to reduce their numbers, but the Chinese don’t do that.

If there are a lot of servants, you can force more hunters to deal with them.

According to their doctrine, servants are the monster’s boundary devices, so if you can subdue the servants before the monster can react, you can easily hunt the monster.

Well, that sounds about right.

Given that it has not been refuted for a long time.

Of course, there are those who say that a hunter’s life is like a fly’s life, but the Chinese people refute this as follows.

“While we delay for one second, a thousand of our compatriots die.”

That’s true too.

The number of monsters spread in China is incomparable to that of Korea.

But this is Korea.

We are also different from them.

Bang! Tata tang!

Carefully peel away the outer skin of the monster known as the Servant.

Whether the monster attacks at 100% condition or not is a secondary issue.

Because we accept that they will come at full force.

Bang! Bang!

While we were doing the preliminary work of eliminating the servants, Cheon Yeong-jae said something.

“Senior Park. Look over there. There’s a gallery there?”

It’s the Chinese army.

As soon as they heard the gunshots, they all rushed out, thinking that the floor was narrow.

Among them was Baitou, whom we are very familiar with.

I asked Jang Su-yeong.

“Is it okay if I continue?”

She nodded.

Bang! Bang!

After dealing with the servant who had been lured out, he signaled to Cheon Yeong-jae.

A signal that I will rush in alone.

I want to try out the Chinese people’s proud hunter weapon.

Inside the election, in a small area dyed in gray-white, the dancer type is positioned motionless.

Let’s stare at the guy,

thud!

He’s staring at me too.

The guy got up before the shockwave’s afterglow had even faded.

I immediately ran back at full speed.

You could just use the Chukonoo, but there’s a yacht right below it.

As soon as I ran out of the election, the bastard followed me closely, kicking the ground with his razor-sharp legs.

He took aim at Chukonu while listening to the cries of the Chinese watching from afar.

Beep beep beep–

The goggles accurately selected the monster’s torso as the impact point.

I just pressed the fire button.

Cheeeeeeek—

Immediately after pressing the button, three missiles were fired from the wrist almost simultaneously towards the monster.

“······.”

A problem occurred.

The missile traces a trajectory that sweeps through the air past the monster.

There’s nothing to see.

It’s bad.

Instead of risking his life on a fleeting hope that had already passed, he immediately took off his goggles and catapult and took out his axe.

Srrrrung-

Should I have fired there earlier?

Should I have pressed the button when there was still some distance between the yacht and the wreckage?

I stared straight ahead, feeling countless regrets covering my thoughts in a split second.

Shh …

The dancer-type’s sharp forelimbs were rushing toward me without delay.

“Senior Park!”

The shouts of the Chinese people and Cheon Yeong-jae’s urgent cries can be heard.

however.

“······.”

Was the dancer type always this slow?

In its prime, its attacks would come at me at a speed that I could barely keep up with even if I focused all my senses, but now it feels like it has become so dull that I can see it with my eyes and react to it.

I shook off the regret that had been eating away at my mind and gave myself over to the flames of hatred.

Shh …

After dodging the guy’s awl with minimal movement, I hit the joint area.

Bam!

One of the bastard’s arms is broken and he staggers.

The monster, who knows neither pain nor fear, thrusts another arm toward me, but the second attack only adds to the certainty of my doubts.

Shh …

It’s definitely slowed down.

The sensation conveyed by the axe also feels much softer than before.

A thought occurred to me.

Could it be a downgrade?

Because our old school hunters are no longer the main enemy?

Or is it an upgraded version that is better adapted to the environment called Earth itself than we are?

“······.”

I guess it’s okay.

Bam!

I survived today.

and.

Bam!

I can kill another monster with my own hands.

Bam!

This feeling makes me alive.

*

Despite some minor incidents, negotiations with the Chinese military were successful.

I got what I wanted and unexpected rewards.

Jang Su-young apologized repeatedly.

“I’m really sorry. I never thought it would break down there. It was in perfect condition.”

I had a bad thought for a moment, but I didn’t let it linger in my mind.

Good is good.

Besides, there are a lot of Chinese people around us these days.

A baptism of gazes that felt like arrows were piercing my whole body.

Of all the things they were saying, there was only one thing I could understand.

“······Professor.”

“Professor······.”

“······Professor···.”

Amid the commotion, a man appeared as if by fate.

A man holding the Azure Dragon Sword. This is Baitou.

Also known as the strongest in China.

He walked towards me with brisk strides, the Blue Dragon Sword slung over his shoulder, and glared at me with a hostile gaze.

“······.”

It’s not over yet.

The Chinese people are notorious for their obsession.

But I guess I was also caught up in prejudice.

Baitou, who had been glaring at me as if he was going to kill me, suddenly smiled and held out his hand.

“Professor!”

For a moment the thoughts stopped.

I couldn’t figure out what this man was thinking.

It was only when Cheon Yeong-jae tapped me on the shoulder that I realized that this friend had feelings for me.

We held hands.

The Chinese hunter laughed heartily and gave a thumbs up.

“That’s cool!”

At least I know this guy has a lot of guts.

It’s amazing how easily she can shake off the resentment she felt for being tied up with a real doll and left alone all day.

No, maybe it’s the affection between comrades who have risked their lives countless times against the same enemy.

It was because of that kind of emotion that I saved Bytou.

In a sense, we are countrymen who share the same hometown of hatred for monsters.

We left the declining group, escorted by the Chinese.

The next day, a large group of monsters were observed in the northern part of Seoul.