Just Walking Makes You a Millionaire - Chapter 192



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◈ 192. Disaster Weakening (2)

Japan is often called the kingdom of earthquakes, but there are few places on Earth that are called hellish compared to Japan.

Among them, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake occurred in 1952, magnitude 7.0 earthquakes are common, and the land has hundreds of active volcanoes.

It seems like such a land exists on Earth, but surprisingly, it is not that far from the Korean Peninsula.

Of course, that doesn’t mean they were close.

Two volcanoes erupted on Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula, which is three times the size of the Korean Peninsula, followed by a magnitude 9.3 earthquake.

Fortunately, the area was not very populated, so there was no major casualty, but tsunami warnings were issued for seas around Japan, Canada, and the United States.

The damage caused by this tsunami was greater than that caused by the earthquake.

In addition, the massive volcanic ash from the volcanic eruption blocked shipping routes between East Asia and the Americas, causing transportation chaos.

Although the direct damage itself was not great, the tremendous power of two volcanoes erupting was astounding.

“One good thing is that the temperature seems to be dropping.”

“Temperature?”

“Uh. I don’t know if it’s good or bad, but they said there’s going to be a huge amount of volcanic ash that’s going to block out the sunlight. They said Canada and the western part of the United States are going to be affected by the volcanic ash.”

Historically, ice ages have occurred due to volcanic ash.

Of course, the volcanic eruption did release a huge amount of carbon, which contributed to warming the atmosphere, but the greater blocking of sunlight was one of the causes of the temperature drop.

Volcanic eruptions on the Kamchatka Peninsula have led to a slight drop in temperatures in the Northern Hemisphere.

Although the temperature drop was good, it was bad for agriculture because it hindered plant growth.

Although the likelihood of volcanic ash flowing toward the Korean Peninsula was low, Jin-cheol was not entirely happy about the observation that it could affect the United States, the world’s largest food producer.

Even though there was a cash-up, it was difficult for Jincheol to deal with the world’s disasters and calamities on his own.

“Isn’t this Mt. Baekdu erupting? The Japanese are also feeling uneasy right now.”

The ring of fire has raised concerns that not only Japan but also Mt. Baekdu may erupt.

Jincheol felt that there were several signs that Baekdu Mountain was about to erupt.

‘It’s definitely going to explode. And when it does, it won’t be resolved with just the points we have now.’

If a division were to occur, just as Balhae was destroyed in the past, the Republic of Korea, which had just been unified, could suffer such enormous damage that it would be unable to recover.

Jincheol sighed at the fact that it was difficult to reduce the damage from the Baekdu Mountain eruption with just points, but then he saw an expert expressing a different opinion on the news.

The argument was that the damage could be reduced by lowering the stress limit of the magma chamber beneath the earth through small eruptions rather than large eruptions on Mt. Baekdu.

Of course, inducing differentiation was not easy even with modern technology, and it was difficult to attempt because there was a risk that differentiation could trigger major differentiation.

But Jincheol became interested in that claim.

Another point to note is that the extent of damage from Baekdu Mountain’s eruption varies depending on the season.

Of course, if an eruption occurred, there would be massive damage to the area around Mt. Baekdu regardless of the season.

So Jincheol requested the government to tour the Baekdu Mountain area.

They were already looking into land in North Korea to increase food production, and in some places they were developing farmland.

It was a footstep group that operated not only farms but also large ranches.

The South Korean government also granted permission to Jincheol to run a ranch in the Gaema Plateau area.

The government also encouraged companies to invest in North Korea because it needed large-scale investment.

Of course, permission was not granted to the general public.

In particular, the area around Mt. Baekdu was closed to the general public.

Because it was not known when Mt. Baekdu would erupt and stabilization of the North Korean region was a priority, tourism to Mt. Baekdu or Mt. Geumgang was not permitted despite citizens’ requests.

Although tourism promotion would help the North Korean economy, there were concerns that the influx of tourists would create a sense of alienation among North Korean residents, which would have a negative impact on unification.

So, Jincheol, as a businessman, received permission from the government and headed to Mt. Baekdu.

Although he had a mountain of things to do, he was more concerned about the disaster in his own front yard, so he decided to check on it first.

The aim was to check the condition of the magma chamber beneath Baekdu Mountain’s heavenly lake through detection abilities that consumed points.

But there was a small problem.

“Sir, Ruby’s power is growing.”

“The power of ruby?”

“Yes. Ruby’s power is growing to the point where I can’t handle it anymore. If things continue like this.”

I heard from the mysterious that it would be difficult to stop Ruby’s power any longer.

She was a girl who was discovered and taken out of a prison in an unknown underground ruins.

He was a child who created unknown disasters in his surroundings just by existing.

Fortunately, if I was with Jincheol, I could stop Ruby’s curse by consuming Jincheol’s points.

And even when I was with the mystery, I found that Ruby’s curse was somewhat under control.

However, even with the power of mystery, it seemed difficult to completely stop the growing power of Ruby’s curse.

Eventually, various disasters occur due to Ruby’s growing power.

The damage isn’t that big yet, but it’s getting worse as time goes by.

And I was able to hear an unexpected story from the mystery.

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“I’m not sure, but it seems like if a major disaster occurs due to Ruby, the power of Ruby’s curse weakens a little. Of course, it seems to grow again over time.”

“The power of the curse is weakened?”

“Yes. It’s as if the stored power is being consumed. Of course, it would have to be a pretty big disaster for that to happen.”

If you don’t look at it properly, damage such as a sudden fire or broken windows can occur.

Vehicles and machines also malfunctioned.

Most of these could have been prevented or stopped before the damage became too severe, if only caution was taken.

However, when the power of the curse is at its maximum or without the help of Jincheol and Shinbi, the damage caused is so great that it is difficult to stop.

Of course, Ruby was not harmed by the disaster, but the people and facilities around her were.

Even in the face of great disaster, Ruby remains unharmed.

‘Causing disaster and draining the power of the curse. Eventually the power of the curse will be restored. Perhaps.’

Jincheol thought that maybe he could use the special power of Ruby’s curse.

‘Minor differentiation.’

My mind was filled with plans to weaken the power of Baekdu Mountain’s magma chamber by causing small eruptions to prevent a major eruption.

However, it did not seem like the power of Ruby’s curse would be strong enough to divide Baekdu Mountain into smaller pieces.

‘But if we can succeed, we can minimize the damage.’

Furthermore, Jincheol decided to take Ruby to Baekdu Mountain with him, just in case, since he might be able to temporarily weaken Ruby’s power.

It seemed like it could be of great help if done well.

It was quite difficult to take Ruby with me because it was a restricted area that ordinary people could not enter, but I took her all the way to the bottom of Mt. Baekdu.

Ddddddd!

Jincheol concluded that it might be possible to extract the volcanic eruption energy of Baekdu Mountain through ruby.

Although the power of the ruby ​​was not yet strong enough to cause a small eruption, a small earthquake occurred as it approached Baekdu Mountain.

The earthquake did not cause much damage, but part of the ground cracked open and hot spring water gushed out onto the ground.

Of course, Jincheol could have weakened that damage by using points.

The point could have been to prevent the disaster itself.

The disaster created by the power of Ruby’s curse could be easily removed with the points I currently had.

However, I thought it might be more efficient to weaken the damage by using half the points rather than completely blocking the disaster.

“The amount of points consumed has definitely decreased while being with Ruby.”

Whenever I was with Ruby, Jincheol’s points kept being consumed to weaken the power of the curse.

At first, the amount of points was not large, but as time passed, the amount of points consumed increased.

Up until now, tens of thousands of points had been continuously drained, but after the hot spring water erupted, the points consumed were reduced to a few hundred points.

It wasn’t a huge burden yet, but as Ruby’s power grew stronger, it was bound to become a burden.

Even though it was temporary, it was able to weaken the power of Ruby’s curse, so Jincheol thought he should bring Ruby along sometimes.

Of course, we had to be extremely careful because it could have easily caused a major eruption of Mt. Baekdu.

Jincheol, who caused a small earthquake and a hot spring eruption that was not even a small eruption, decided to invest in operating a large-scale ranch in the Gaema Plateau area.

If there was a ranch on the Gaema Plateau, it would be easy to obtain government permission to access the Baekdu Mountain area.

Although it was not easy to run a ranch in the winter due to the harsh cold, it was possible to raise livestock such as sheep that are resistant to the cold.

In this way, the power of Ruby’s curse was weakened, and the burden of mystery was reduced.

“I think this week is about the limit of my strength, sir.”

The power of Ruby’s curse was weakened to prevent disaster, but even the power of mystery had its limits.

Although the power of the curse could be consumed, the power of the curse itself continued to grow.

‘Are you a witch?’

Jincheol remembered the Witch’s Grimoire that could be purchased with a Platinum Exchange Ticket.

I have a feeling that the witch’s grimoire that required a whopping 100 copies might be Ruby’s.

‘Can the Witch’s Grimoire lift Ruby’s curse? If I go later, I won’t be able to control Ruby’s power even with the points I have…’

Jincheol shook his head, saying it was absurd that Ruby, who was still just a small and cute girl, could become the source of a disaster that could completely destroy the world, but it was gradually becoming that way.

I felt like I had to come back and lock him deep inside the unknown underground ruins again.

However, Jincheol couldn’t get the thought out of his head that it was meant to be like this from the beginning.

I felt that there was no use in regretting it and that in the end it was something I had to take responsibility for.

Furthermore, since Ruby’s curse could be used to help depending on how it was used, it was decided not to isolate Ruby back to where she originally was.

In that way, Jincheol would bring Ruby to the vicinity of Baekdu Mountain once a week at the earliest, or once a month at the latest, to weaken the power of the curse and drain the power of Baekdu Mountain’s magma chamber.

To verify this, we climbed to the summit of Baekdu Mountain and used our detection capabilities to check whether the total amount of energy accumulated on Baekdu Mountain was decreasing.

As a result, we found that there was a small but significant decrease in the total amount of energy.

Of course, the amount was still too small to be of much significance.

But what is clear is that we have found a means to reduce the amount of energy needed to trigger a major eruption.

Even if a major eruption were to occur, if its power were weakened, it would be helpful in reducing damage to points.

And the weakening of that disaster could be used not only on Mt. Baekdu but also in other places.

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