Just Walking Makes You a Millionaire - Chapter 223



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◈ 223. Towards the End (1)

It was different from what I had thought, so I thought about running away, but the report was sent to the group’s leadership, and I received direct guidance from Rathore, the director of the Taebaek Archives, so I couldn’t run away right away.

I had to kill some time looking through the woodblock prints recorded like that.

However, since it was a woodcut that was recorded in preparation for the destruction of mankind, it was full of quite important content.

It was said that the contents were also verified by domestic and international experts.

The building itself was said to be strong enough to survive a direct hit from a nuclear bomb, as it contained so many titanium alloy plates that were heavier than books.

“Oh! Did something like this happen?”

– It is a treasure of mankind. I wonder if it is not for nothing that Koreans are called the nation of records. –

Jumong also expressed his admiration for the woodblock prints, which he called the last legacy of mankind.

The legacy of humanity that will remain until the Earth itself disappears seems enough to arouse admiration even in artificial intelligence AI.

Hyunjin, who was looking through the records that were becoming increasingly immersive, couldn’t help but feel something strange at some point.

“I can’t read these letters.”

It was engraved quite deeply with a laser engraver.

Since it wasn’t a stone tombstone, it was so hard and clear that it would be useless to try to scrape it off with anything.

However, certain words were blurred.

I couldn’t tell if it was done on purpose or if there was something else going on.

“Name. It sounds like a name.”

Hyunjin was looking through other prints and discovered that these blurry letters were appearing in large numbers.

Given the context, it was clearly a specific person’s name.

Hyunjin’s curiosity deepened as she looked at things that she didn’t know were achievements of a specific name.

“At this point, there’s no way I wouldn’t know.”

He seemed like a person whose achievements were so great that he could be considered a historical figure, but I couldn’t remember anyone like him at all.

I asked Jumong to search for such a person, but Jumong only said that he could not find it.

Until just a few years ago, artificial intelligence research had advanced tremendously.

And a global artificial intelligence war has broken out.

The damage was also significant, so the fear of AI was quite great, but AI had one problem.

That was a huge energy drain.

As performance improves, the amount of power required increases exponentially.

The problem is that as industries in countries around the world collapse, AIs cannot support the amount of power they need.

Moreover, the cost of maintaining a data center that stores data for training artificial intelligence was much higher than expected.

In addition, as the supply of data produced by humans decreased, the capabilities of artificial intelligence began to become absurdly stupid at some point.

Even so, the capabilities of artificial intelligence were absolutely necessary for humanity.

Jumong’s abilities were also far superior to what one might have thought, so if he was a person recorded in the Taebaek Records, he should have known about them by searching them or by keeping his own data.

However, Hyun-jin went to Rathore with the woodblock print, even though Jumong did not know about it.

I thought that Lator, the head of the archives, would know something.

“Director.”

“Oh! Team Leader Kim. Is there anything you’re curious about?”

“Are there any novels or anything like them among the records in the archives?”

“Is it a novel?”

“Yes. Were the fictional records of the work also recorded?”

“Well! In the case of classics, it is recorded. The achievements of mankind are no different from literature.”

The woodblock prints contained not only text but also pictures and musical scores.

They were also recording constellations in the sky, maps of the ground, and city appearances.

Therefore, until the day Lator died, the records of the archives would continue to be produced and stored continuously.

Hyun-jin nodded at the mention that the novel was also in the archives, but then remembered that there was one question that remained.

“Then, are there cases where the letters are intentionally blurred?”

“The letters are blurry?”

“Yes. If you look at this record.”

Lator, who accepted the record plate that Hyunjin had handed him, confirmed that some letters among the clear letters were blurred and not clearly visible.

“That… that can’t be….”

There could be no error.

I was checking the letters one by one by hand.

Of course, since it was done by people, it couldn’t be perfect.

There may have been a problem with the laser engraving machine, or there may have been a mistake in the engraving on the record plate, but this was all filtered out during the inspection process and the work had to be done again.

Lator searched the registration number of the engraving on his computer.

If human civilization were to collapse, data recorded on computers would not last 100 years.

Of course, modern paper also had a harder time keeping records for longer than expected.

Although some special papers can last for hundreds of years, after thousands or tens of thousands of years, most types of paper would have lost their usefulness as record-keeping materials.

At least the stone tablets that were written on stone would last a little longer.

Although the recording on metal might have been longer, the recording on the metal plate did not last as long as expected.

It is very vulnerable to moisture, so in the case of iron, even if the iron plate itself is maintained, it becomes difficult to read the engraved letters.

It wasn’t made of titanium alloy for nothing because it doesn’t rust.

The best metal was gold, but that was something that even Jincheol could not afford.

Of course, titanium was also unmanageable, but not only the South Korean government but also some countries were supporting this project.

After checking the data engraved on the record plate, Lator discovered that the records he viewed on his computer were also garbled.

It was something that could never happen.

Lathor was deep in thought.

He muttered as something came to mind while searching through his memories.

“It’s a lost memory.”

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“yes?”

“Oh! No. I will look into this separately, so you check what you need.”

Although Lator tried to pass it off as nothing serious, Hyunjin had clearly heard that it was a lost memory.

It was Hyunjin who was trying to investigate cash up.

As Hyunjin looked through the records of people with garbled names, he gradually became more certain.

‘He is the original owner of Cash Up.’

Hyunjin realized that there was a secret as to why Cash Up came to him.

It also occurred to me that solving that secret might be one of my destiny.

So, even in the Taebaek Archives, it was impossible to know about the secret that was clearly hidden.

However, traces of some existence could be discovered.

You can now travel to yellow-level destinations.

With the increasing levels and the various items and functions available, you gain the power to fundamentally destroy the footstep group.

Meanwhile, Hyun-jin is introduced to a new member of his team by CEO Lee Jae-woo.

Naturally, Hyunjin thought it was to monitor her.

The only problem was that the person doing the surveillance was a woman.

It was a difficult exploration mission even for a healthy man.

Since he had to travel all over the world, he had to have a lot of physical strength.

However, the woman Jae-woo introduced was very delicate and not very suitable for field work.

“Hello, Hyunjin. Nice to see you again.”

“Huh? I think this is our first meeting.”

Hyunjin was puzzled by the woman who said she had seen him before, but the woman only smiled incomprehensibly.

“Did you know that Mt. Baekdu erupted a while ago?”

“Yes. Fortunately, they said the damage wasn’t too severe.”

Mount Aso in Japan erupted.

Although it was not known whether this was due to the influence, Mt. Baekdu also erupted.

Fortunately, it was a small eruption and only smoke was emitted because it was an eruption from the side and not from the existing crater, Cheonji.

The extent of the damage was very low because it was a small eruption, not a large one, and researchers studying the eruption of Mt. Baekdu diagnosed that the energy of the magma of Mt. Baekdu was significantly offset, leading to dormant volcanoes.

The Korean Peninsula had to take comfort in the prospect of being quiet for at least several hundred years.

Although the enormous amount of fresh water from Baekdu Mountain’s Cheonji Lake had been continuously reduced while being used to combat drought, a huge amount of water, over 1.7 billion tons, still remained, and if a volcano had erupted under this water, it was impossible to know what kind of damage would occur.

It was a very fortunate thing for the Korean Peninsula, but Hyun-jin couldn’t figure out why the mysterious woman said such things.

“Anyway, I hope you do well in the future. By the way, my name is Ruby.”

“Yes. My name is Kim Hyun-jin.”

Ruby, who seemed fragile anyway, was thought to not be able to adapt well to field work.

But surprisingly, she held up quite well.

Rather, you could see that he looked stronger than the other members.

But soon, Hyunjin realized that her Cash Up points were being consumed when she was with Ruby.

As you engage in various activities, Cash Up points can accumulate, but they can also be consumed.

Since there are so many points accumulating and being consumed every moment, it is difficult to notice them if you don’t pay close attention.

Since Hyun-jin is not as meticulous as Jin-cheol, he was slow to notice.

Hyunjin, who realized that Ruby had a secret, tried to find out about it, but found out sooner than expected.

“I am a witch who brings curses.”

“Huh? Are you a witch?”

“Yes. My existence creates and invites disaster. That’s why I seek death.”

Although he was bewildered by Ruby’s words that she was seeking death on her own, he confirmed that accidents big and small occurred whenever he was away from her during a mission.

Of course, Ruby wasn’t hurt in that accident.

However, we could see her power to bring about disaster, as Ruby said, with people around her getting hurt.

“Hyunjin has a special power.”

“…….”

Hyunjin didn’t tell her, but she spoke as if she knew.

“Please kill me.”

“What kind of nonsense are you talking about?”

“If you can’t kill me, the world will be in danger. Maybe you can find a way to kill me.”

Hyun-jin was perplexed by her request to kill him, but he realized that what she said was true.

Of course, there was no way to kill her, perhaps because of Ruby’s curse that even death could not be avoided.

We also learned that the power of her curse was growing, and that the disaster was getting bigger.

Hyun-jin is perplexed by the fact that he may have to kill her as she said, but he also learns that he can stop her curse from manifesting with his points.

“You knew about me.”

“You said you’d see me again before.”

“What do you know?”

“Haha! Find out for yourself. About your fate.”

It seemed like she knew all the secrets I didn’t know, but she told me to find out for myself and told me not to tell her anything.

As his doubts about her true identity deepened, he began to feel aversion towards Ruby, but he also began to feel compassion for her, not only because she was able to control her curse, but also because of the harshness of her fate.

Ruby really loved the world and wanted people more than anyone else.

I thought it would be cruel to kill her like that.

“I will remove your curse.”

“It won’t be easy. He couldn’t do it either.”

“Who is he?”

“Find out for yourself. But don’t blame him too much.”

Ruby looked at Hyunjin with pity.

Although it was difficult to understand the pitiful look in his eyes, Hyunjin somehow guessed.

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