Surviving in the 121st Century - Chapter 2



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Episode 2

“Ah, shit···”

My head was spinning. My limbs were numb and I felt a strange coldness. It was like

It felt like the midwinter cold had penetrated my bones. I shivered involuntarily. This was the

What the hell is going on? The lab definitely collapsed, and the floor fell in and I was also hit by it…

“···Are you alive?”

There was no part of my body that was not sore, but I was still breathing. My arms and legs were moving well.

It was straight and there didn’t seem to be any serious breakage or movement. I was shivering.

Lee looked around the body, then sat down, straightened up, and raised his head.

I saw a blue sky with fluffy clouds drifting leisurely.

An inexplicable coolness filled my eyes and heart. I felt as if I was born again.

He looked up at the sky for a moment and took a deep breath without realizing it. Now

It’s as if a newborn baby is trying to breathe in the blueness of the sky.

“ah.”

At that moment, my head started to spin. Then my vision started to blur, and I tilted to the side and fell down.

All of a sudden, his vision went black. He collapsed at the riverside and passed out.

After a while, a reddish sunset began to appear in the blue sky. Spread out in front of him.

The forest was already dark. Night comes early in the forest.

At that moment, someone was walking up the river from downstream.

There was not one. There were three of them, and their appearance was strange. They were about a meter tall.

Not much. The fluffy hair covered the entire body. It covered important parts.

Lin Chen and bracelets on their arms, necklaces decorated with feathers, and their keys in their hands.

A slightly larger stick – with a small blade at the end – seemed to be for armament.

Judging from the fact that they were there, they were intelligent beings.

They had nets on their backs. Inside, there were still live fish swimming around.

I was in the middle of a fight.

They were often coming up the river in a single line, but at one moment they suddenly stopped walking.

I stopped because I saw a big guy lying in front of me.

Immediately after, they froze in fear and clung to each other. But that was

The person who has already passed out does not wake up. It is only after a long time that the hairy dwarf wakes up.

They realized it too.

The bravest of the three approached cautiously. He used his stick.

He stabbed the man in the back who had fainted, then turned his head and called his colleagues.

The guys who approached the room cautiously whispered among themselves for a while.

Soon, he took a rope out of the bag and began to drag the unconscious man away, tying him up.

The three of them and the man who had fainted disappeared into the dark forest. All that was left was the river.

All that remained were faint traces in the mud.

* * *

The loud gunshots were so loud that my ears felt like they were going to burst. Fortunately, thanks to the artillery fire that erupted right next to me,

My ears became quiet. My eardrums probably burst. And my whole body ached as if it was going to burst.

Under the black sky, the flames of flares and shells turned the ground red.

Then a face appeared from the black sky.

[Sergeant Kang. What are you going to do after you are discharged? If you have nothing to do, why don’t you do business with me?

I have an item that I need to kill, and I need someone to help me.

Don’t do that. After all, there must be someone I can trust···]

It’s a familiar face. A face that I wanted to see, but didn’t want to see. The reason is obvious.

Because he was a dead man. Then someone pushed his face away and appeared.

Lee said.

[What kind of business is this? When this war is over, Kangbaem and I will film YouTube. We will.

[River snake?]

Don’t do it, kid. And it’s been a while since you forced me to do it, but you’re still a snake. But

This guy is also dead.

[Sergeant Kang. It seems like this war is almost over. In that sense, I

Didn’t you say you wanted to go on a blind date with your younger sister? I’ve been teaching you for a while.

[I’ve gotten a lot of compliments, so I’ll arrange this blind date for you!]

A 190-year-old guy sneaked in. You crazy bastard, your sister’s face is cut off from your face.

I know it’s long, but blind dates are fucking bullshit.

Then, countless faces came up to me and called my name. Faces I knew.

It was.

[Sergeant Kang! Don’t do that···]

[River snake, river snake! Listen to me···]

[Sergeant Kang. Kang Snake?]

[···Sergeant Kang! Corporal Kang! Kang snake~ Kang snake! Kang snake-!]

No, you crazy kids. You’re a snake and a slut, and if you don’t do it properly-

The next moment, their faces changed. They looked like they did the last time they met. The curtain became a mess.

The moment when he was covered in blood and spread out like a piece of meat under the table.

In the middle of it all, covered in blood, his eyes sparkling blue, glaring at me

I saw a crazy guy. I saw his smile.

When I saw that scene, my breathing stopped.

Then the scene changed again. Captain Kim Sang-cheol and the hand he was holding were visible. He

Wrote a bad word.

[Sergeant Kang! You idiot! Don’t let go! You can live! We’re almost done with this war.

I won! Now it’s time to start living properly!]

Don’t bother me, Mr. Kim Sang-cheol. Why ‘Mr.’? Well, I’m retired.

Ah. I’m not your subordinate anymore.

The next moment, Captain Kim Sang-cheol’s hand that was holding him turned into a pistol. And then a familiar

An old man was shivering in front of me. He was also cursing.

[I will make you a superman! With my help, you can become a god! Shin Se

You can become the ruler of the world!]

Fuck you.

He pulled the trigger at the mad doctor, and a gunshot rang out.

*

My eyes opened wide. My black pupils narrowed to receive light. Those eyes

What was reflected was a small, furry thing.

“What the fuck.”

“!@#!#$!!@!!”

Was he surprised to see his eyes open, or was he frightened by the swear words he muttered?

The little boy, who was wondering whether it was a good thing, took a step back. Then he slowly raised his upper body.

Key looked at the man and barked in a small puppy-like voice.

The man raised his upper body diagonally and quietly looked at the woman.

“···Are you a Maltese human?”

Except for the dark and slightly tangled fur, it is small and looks exactly like a strong dog.

It looked like Aji was standing on two feet. The guy listened to what he said and became a real dog.

He tilted his head like a fool and then quickly ran out. Thanks to that, the man

I was left alone in the room.

“···”

After Bok-sil left, the man slowly looked around the room he was in. The walls and the bar.

The room was made entirely of brown bamboo, even up to the ceiling. Even the furniture was mostly made of bamboo.

It looked like it was made of bamboo. The walls and floor were made of the same material.

Perhaps because of this, it was a space that gave a strange sense of stability and coolness.

The man’s eyes, which had been looking around the room for a moment, turned to his feet. His legs were about knee-deep.

He was lying out of bed, as their bed was too small for him.

It is a sight that seems unrealistic.

“···It’s not bad because I feel like I’ve grown taller.”

The man who had been mumbling to himself like that slowly got up from the bed. Suddenly

The ceiling was approaching. The ceiling was as low to him as the bed. The man bent his waist a little.

I had to bend over and tilt my chin to the side.

He then approached the door through which Bok-sil had escaped. He opened the door made of bamboo.

When I went out, I saw a balcony and stairs made of bamboo. I had to go outside to find out.

He was able to straighten his head and back. But instead of being happy about it, the man was on the balcony.

I stood near the railing, my mouth open in a daze.

There are huge trees, each of which looks like a small forest.

And the brown bamboo buildings that were built across the trunk and branches of the tree.

He saw one. The place where he was standing was also that bamboo building.

The three giant trees stood tall in a dense triangle shape.

The houses made of bamboo woven on top of the trees looked like a large beehive.

There are countless stairs and suspension bridges that connect the hives like a net.

It became more crowded. In short, the town looked like a cross between a beehive and a spider web.

It was.

“!@#!@#@@.”

The man, who was feeling a sense of wonder, absurdity, strangeness and dizziness at the same time, heard a voice from next to him.

I turned my head. There was Bok-sil, who I had seen in the room earlier, and a guy who looked similar to her.

Another five or six or so other dolls stood there, their eyes sparkling with curiosity.

One of them looked particularly different, and the man was impressed by his hunched back and long legs.

Looking at the crab’s sagging fur and strangely clear eyes, he thought, “This is Boksil.”

I could tell that he was the oldest among them. He was the one who had spoken earlier.

“!@#@#?”

“···I’m sorry, but I have no idea what you’re talking about. Is there anyone who can speak Korean?”

Old Bok-sil spoke again, and the man shook his head with an ambiguous smile.

He is now looking at the scenery unfolding before his eyes, namely, the Boksils walking on two feet.

And thanks to the bamboo village in the primeval forest that I saw for the first time in my life, I felt more absurd than fearful.

I got it. I wondered if I was dreaming before I died.

Old Bok-sil nodded to herself, wondering what she meant by that smile.

He made a light gesture toward the other Boksil who was there. Then, the Boksil who was holding the

He politely handed the small wooden box to the old woman.

Old Bok-sil opened the wooden box and took something out, and the man looked at it quietly.

It was something that looked like a motion sickness patch that you stick behind your ear.

“!@#!##.”

The man felt embarrassed by the actions of the old woman.

I put that thing, which is the size of a fingernail, in the hair on the back of my neck as if it were a motion sickness patch.

Isn’t it? And then she handed the remaining one to the man.

“···You want me to stick to that too?”

Bok-sil kept urging him. The man had no choice but to accept it and cook it.

I looked around. There was something like a circuit on the circular sticker the size of a fingernail that looked like a motion sickness patch.

What was visible was slightly sparkling.

The man, who had been thinking for a moment, quickly put a patch on his ear like an old man.

“Is this okay?”

Old Bok-sil nodded with a smile, then continued to wave at the man.

“What? You want me to keep talking? What more can I say? Even if I want to talk, I have to communicate-”

[Check user language. Real-time interpretation is provided.]

“What the fuck?”

The man was startled by the voice whispering in his ear and shrank his neck. But he turned his head

He looked around but there was no one to whisper something in his ear.

The man instinctively put his hand behind his ear. There was no other reason.

“Hmm, hmm. Do you understand me now?”

The man’s gaze turned to the front. There, old Bok-sil was smiling and rubbing her chin.

He was stroking his beard.

“···Are you talking like a human?”

“Then why don’t people talk to each other? Is this your first time using an artifact?”

“Artifact?”

Old Bok-sil answered, tapping the back of her ear.

“this.”

“···This is my first time.”

“Hehehe. Then handle it carefully. We only have two ‘Voice of Etemen’ left,

“It’s something you can’t get anywhere else.”

“Oh, yes. Well… Be careful….”

The man instinctively raised his voice. He looked like a Pomeranian standing on two legs.

But since he seemed to be the oldest among them, the old Bok-sil was satisfied.

He nodded as if he understood.

“My name is Atukai. What is your name?”

“···Jincheol. Kang Jincheol.”

“Jincheolgangjincheol? That’s a name with a peculiar pronunciation.”

“No, Kang Jin-cheol. My last name is Kang and my first name is Jin-cheol.”

“Oh! You have a surname? Then you must be an Esai.”

Atukai was delighted to hear that Jincheol had a surname. But Jincheol shook his head again.

It was just a nod.

“What about the Esai people?”

“Aren’t you Esai?”

“···I’m just a person.”

“We’re all just people. What kind of race are you? Anyway, it’s a shame. Eh

“If I had been a Saijok, I would have received a lot of compensation.”

Jincheol suddenly came to his senses at the mention of compensation.

“Ah, that, what is it? First of all, thank you. It seems like you saved me···”

Atukai laughed.

“You say you’re not Esai, but you still insist on manners… What a fun friend.”

“Well, I don’t have anything right now… When I go home later, I’ll just

I’ll give you Marado. In that sense, uh, so… where is this place?”

Surely this isn’t another world. Kang Jin-cheol quickly put an end to the absurd delusions that were rising inside him.

Even though I was crying, I couldn’t stop the embarrassment from creeping up my face.

At the same time, he realized that he was now, to put it bluntly, riding a horse.

In front of the bamboo village in the primeval forest and the clothed Boksils walking on two feet

Well, I was just talking nonsense about going home and sending the compensation money, so I got discharged even though I was cold.

I could say that I was riding on it.

Atukai looked at Jincheol’s expression with interest and said.

“Where is this? This is our village.”

“Ah, that··· So, is it Chinese or Korean···”

“I’m sorry, but I don’t know a city with that name. This is our Camponi village.”

Tiredness appeared on Jincheol’s face.

“···Are you Camponi people?”

“okay.”

“···The Camponi are a group of people.”

“yes.”

“···Oh, right. This is going to work.”

At Jincheol’s words, Atukai laughed out loud, wondering what was so funny. Looking at that laughter,

When Jincheol and the other Boksils couldn’t hide their bewilderment, he spoke again.

“Anyway, it’s really nice to meet you, Jincheol of the Kang family. Feel free to stay as long as you want.”

“I don’t have anything right now.”

Jincheol said that while looking down at himself, his lower body barely covered by rags.

But Atukai didn’t erase his smiling face.

“Well then, what do you think? Our village doesn’t treat guests so rudely.

“Put your worries aside and just relax.”

“Oh, yes. Thank you···”

At Jincheol’s thanks, Atukai laughed loudly again. Then, suddenly,

I made a light gesture to Bok-sil, and Bok-sil, who received the gesture, quickly turned to Jin-cheol.

He came closer and reached out his hand toward his face, as if a child were trying to touch an adult’s face.

It looked like he was reaching out.

Jincheol, who saw the hand, naturally bowed his head, and Boksil touched the hair under his ear.

He quickly took off the motion sickness patch that was attached to it, that is, the artifact.

Atukai said as he looked at the sight.

“!@#!@$#$. !@#!@##1$.”

“Huh? What? If you take that away, what am I supposed to do···”

Regardless of what Jincheol said, Atukai waved at him as if to say goodbye.

He turned around and started down the stairs. The other Boksils also glanced at Jincheol.

I looked back and disappeared behind him.

“···I really don’t know what the situation is. I entered another world right before I was about to die.

Did you do that too? Huh?”

There was a hand pulling at Jincheol’s tattered pants. When he looked down, he saw Boksil.

I was looking up at him, and when our eyes met, he smiled.

It was.

Looking closely, it was Bok-sil who was looking at Jin-cheol when he first opened his eyes.

“why?”

When I asked briefly, the guy made a gesture as if he was eating something.

“Food? Are you giving me food too?”

When Jincheol followed him and pretended to eat something, the guy nodded as if he was excited.

She nodded and started running ahead. Jincheol was a little flustered.

Seok-i went down the stairs that Atukai and Bok-sil went down earlier, not this bamboo house.

It was because I ran across the swing bridge connecting the bamboo houses over there.

No matter how you look at it, it’s clear that the suspension bridge didn’t have a safety permit.

The sight of Bok-sil running up there was precarious. The height here was high.

If he had been hit and his leg had been cut off, he would have fallen to his death.

But Jincheol soon ended up laughing. At the buttocks of Boksil who was running ahead

It was because I saw a tail waving like a pinwheel.

“Is this… Is this another world, hell… No, is this heaven? Am I really dead? Seriously

I don’t know···”

Jincheol shook his head slightly and walked towards the suspension bridge that Boksil had taken the lead on.

At that moment, a gust of wind brushed past him and flew up. The soaring wind was Campo

Numerous swaying bridges, ropes, stairs and bamboo roofs in the Ni village, and finally a huge

It flew up into the blue sky, brushing past the branches and leaves of the tree. The lush greenery and clear sky

The sky, pure white clouds greeted the wind.

Jincheol, who was staring blankly up at the sky, followed the wind that briefly brushed his cheek, soon saw a

I lowered my head at the sound of Bok-sil’s loud voice.

Hell or heaven. Either way, I was breathing and alive right now, so I had to eat.

I had to continue living like that. I don’t know the English, but I had to do it anyway. In front

Bok-sil was there, and life was urging him from behind.

Jincheol took another step forward.