Just Walking Makes You a Millionaire - Chapter 217



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◈ 217. Generation change (2)

Although it was a little later than planned, Jincheol is finally on the verge of completing his 1000th full marathon.

The colleagues running with Jincheol were wearing clothes with letters written on their backs to commemorate Jincheol’s 1000th full course marathon.

With most international competitions being postponed indefinitely, winning a title has become harder, but Jincheol, who holds the record for the best South Korean runner, completing the full course 1,000 times is a great achievement in itself.

Jincheol had participated in over 2,000 competitions, including the 10km marathon and half marathon.

Even if you compete in one race every week, competing in 2,000 marathons is a long, long time, taking over 38 years.

Of course, I couldn’t compete every week, so it had to take a lot more than that.

Even so, I participated in competitions twice a week, on Saturdays and Sundays, and often participated in competitions held on weekdays.

In the end, I participated in over 2000 marathons.

I had been competing in marathons for nearly 20 years and was finally about to finish.

“Brother. Cheer up!”

“Hoo! Hoo!”

My condition wasn’t that good.

Even elite athletes aren’t always able to finish the race.

Sometimes, there were many cases where the race could not be completed due to poor condition or sudden injury.

Jincheol wanted to finish the full course no matter what since this was his 1,000th time completing it, but his legs were heavy and his breathing was getting harder and harder than usual.

Eventually, he had to slow down to adjust his pace, but Jincheol was really feeling like he was going to die.

At the current pace, 2 hours was too much, and 3 hours could easily be pushed to the second half.

Of course, I might not be able to finish it.

When he reached the 38km mark, known as the “magic section,” Jincheol’s legs stopped.

“Haa! Haa!”

“older brother!”

“It’s okay. Haa! Haa!”

I knew I couldn’t stop halfway.

My legs, which had never stopped running in the middle of a marathon except for a short while after I started, finally stopped.

Jincheol had already retired as an elite athlete.

Although he was proud that he was not dead yet, Jincheol could not help but feel that it was impossible for him to continue on in the face of time.

That doesn’t mean I have any intention of giving up.

Jincheol started walking step by step, determined to finish the race even on foot.

Jincheol’s colleagues who had been running the marathon with him for a long time also moved as if they were walking or running with him towards the finish line.

“Was 1km really this long?”

It was a distance that could be overcome in three minutes when running, but it took a while when walking.

From 38km to 40km, it was not reached at all.

“40km has passed?”

“Not yet, brother.”

“Not yet?”

“Yes. Not yet. About 700 meters left.”

“Is there that much left? Then I guess I’ll have to run.”

“Don’t push yourself too hard, brother. You risk getting hurt.”

The injury was so serious that I thought it would get better quickly if I went home and rested, but I was worried that I might fail to finish the race right before my eyes because of the injury.

Of course, if not this time, there will be another time, but Jincheol was nervous because he didn’t know when this marathon would be stopped.

After passing the 40km mark, which seemed like a walk or a run, I headed towards the last remaining 2.195km.

Jincheol also surprisingly took over 7 minutes to run 1 km.

I couldn’t help but laugh, but I couldn’t do anything about it since my body wouldn’t move properly.

With a few hundred meters left, in the worst possible situation with cramps in his legs, Jincheol dragged his feet and crossed the finish line.

Jincheol collapsed as soon as he crossed the finish line, and was helped off the course by his worried colleagues.

Reporters also approached to interview them, but the group’s security guards stopped them.

“Brother. This is the finisher’s medal.”

“Thank you. Can you bring me some water?”

“Yes, here it is.”

“Okay. Thank you.”

After emptying the bottle of cool water, Jincheol checked his smartphone.

+312,150,000 (Completion Bonus)

+3,500,000 (Sub 4 Success Bonus)

+1,754,250,000,000 (bonus for completing 1000 full courses)

+10,000 points bonus per step unlocked

About 2 trillion points have come in, and now 10,000 points are added per step.

You can now earn so many points that you can earn about 50,000 won for every step you take.

If you walk about 10,000 steps a day, you will earn approximately 200 billion points a year.

Naturally, the more you walk, the more points you get, so you can accumulate points worth close to 1 trillion won in a year just by walking.

‘It’s money that can be used up in a day if you ask me to, but it’s not too bad. I’ve also gained a fair amount of experience.’

In the end, it ended up being sub 4 instead of sub 3.

That much was expected, and since the number of steps in this marathon was around 60,000, this alone could have earned several billion points.

In addition, a thousand roulette tickets and a hundred premium roulette tickets were also included.

I was able to confirm that something had been unlocked, although I haven’t checked it yet with other items.

There were specific unlock conditions when purchasing certain grade items or obtaining blueprints.

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In some cases, the unlocking conditions were known, but in others, they were unknown, so Jincheol considered completing a thousand full-course marathons as one of the conditions for using a certain service.

“What about Hyunjin?”

“Your Majesty has also come in.”

“Yeah. He’s a little late.”

He was Jincheol’s son who, although still young, had a sub-3 record.

I was worried that he came in later than Jincheol, and I thought he was slacking off because his condition wasn’t that good.

Although his record wasn’t that good and his condition wasn’t that great, Jincheol still succeeded in completing his 1000th full marathon.

After completing a thousand full marathon courses, Jincheol had to worry.

First of all, I have confirmed that I can no longer win against time.

Of course, even so, just by walking and running, you could easily earn 1 trillion won a year.

Of course, if you include other activities and zombie hunting, you could earn more than 5 trillion in a year, so there was no shortage of points for most activities.

“No, it’s not enough. It’s too little.”

Level experience points have increased quite significantly.

As a result, I only needed to gain about half as much experience to reach level 20.

It seemed like I could reach level 20 in about 2 years, and once I reached level 20, I would be able to earn more than 8 trillion a year.

If you push yourself a bit, you could probably collect 10 trillion points, so you might be able to prevent one or two fairly fatal natural disasters.

Of course, this point was not included in Jincheol’s official assets.

Since the stock market was virtually in a state of collapse, Jincheol’s exact wealth could not be estimated, but it was believed that Jincheol’s wealth was worth over 10 trillion won.

Of course, most of it was stock value, but some real estate assets and cash assets were also worth trillions of won.

Since he didn’t have the luxury of spending all that money, points were more useful to Jincheol than cash.

Now, most equipment can be purchased at the point shop.

“Not yet. Not yet. I have to finish it.”

Jincheol had certain unlocking conditions, but he decided to forget about them.

But humans were not machines.

No, even machines tend to break down as they age.

Jincheol had walked and run so much that he could have easily circled the Earth several times.

No matter how much the body recovered and healed through rest in the mansion, there was bound to be a limit.

Stick!

Even though Jincheol had been resting quite a bit at home, he felt a throbbing pain in his leg.

He could have just let it go as a temporary thing, but Jincheol instinctively felt that if he just let it go, it could cause problems later.

I felt that my poor performance in the marathon was also related to this problem.

So Jincheol underwent a detailed examination.

Jincheol’s inspection was carried out quickly as he was a very important figure not only in Korea but also worldwide.

Even the director of the general hospital would come by frequently to check on Jincheol’s condition, and the head of the department in charge would check on him to the point of marking him completely.

In this way, Jincheol was able to learn about his physical condition.

“The chairman’s physical condition is not so good, especially his muscles rather than his joints.”

“You say your muscles are not in good shape?”

“Yes. The amount of muscle mass is as much as that of young men. In fact, it is better than that of most young men, but the fatigue is so severe that the muscle fibers are seriously aging.”

He said that the muscle fibers that make up the muscles are tattered and worn out because the accumulated fatigue has not been properly dealt with.

“Can rehabilitation lead to recovery?”

“I think you should stop running marathons. If you put any more strain on your muscle fibers, you risk tearing them.”

The doctor, who guessed what the marathon meant to Jincheol, spoke very carefully.

“Since you have a lot of muscle mass, it prevents damage to muscle fibers due to aging, but we cannot guarantee when it will be damaged. You may end up not being able to walk.”

Jincheol’s expression hardened at the words that he might not be able to walk.

There was still work to be done.

Unless it was a marathon, it wouldn’t be easy to walk even 10,000 steps a day.

If you walk without thinking as much as you think, it is difficult to walk even 10,000 steps a day.

The points that cannot be acquired are greatly reduced.

“Never overdo it. It’s okay to walk lightly, but running or jogging a little quickly is also dangerous. By the way, you don’t drink or smoke, right?”

“I drink a little.”

“Don’t do it too often, Mr. Chairman.”

In the past, the word chairman made people sound too old, so people were called representative or chairman.

But as time passed, Jincheol had reached an age where it was natural for him to be called Chairman.

I decided to go for rehabilitation.

However, even stretching had to be done with caution because there was a risk of damage to muscle fibers.

Jincheol decided to try rehabilitation treatment using the healing and recovery powers of his own mansion.

Jincheol, who had been resting at home for three days despite his sore throat, thought that it would be cured to some extent and tried to run in front of his house.

Stick!

But soon I had to grimace as I felt my leg muscles start to ache.

The price for all the hard work is finally coming.

I thought I could run for another 20 years.

I thought that earning points wouldn’t be that difficult since my level had increased, although not as much as when I was younger.

But after staying at home for a few days, the number of points coming in, which had been in the tens of billions per day, suddenly decreased.

I was able to collect some points by drawing pictures at home, but it wasn’t very efficient because I couldn’t produce any masterpieces.

“Whew! Is it time for a generational change?”

Jincheol smiled bitterly.

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