Surviving in the 121st Century - Chapter 22



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Episode 22

“This is worth a look···”

Jincheol stood holding on to the railing of the ship and quietly looked at Shiol. The tall tower and the large

The buildings were glowing red in the sunset, and the vast expanse of sand was running through them.

On the Ria River, large sailing ships appear here and there like black lumps because of the sunset.

I was going back and forth.

Shiol. When I first heard the word ‘city’ from Atukai, Jincheol actually

At best, I thought it was a medieval city. It had to be that way because it was the city of Atukai.

The tribe lives in houses made of woven bamboo on large trees.

I couldn’t imagine that anything would be significantly different in another place.

But from the moment I got on board the Bikha merchant ship, my expectations changed a little.

I haven’t been there, but it’s a very powerful engine – you need permission from the captain to go into the engine room.

It was possible to go – there was this, stacking cargo with a crane, and rowing without any special oars.

Watching the sailing Baika merchant ships, I could guess that the civilization of this world is not simple.

Was this the difference between the West and the East after the industrial revolution? Or was it in New Guinea?

What is the difference between Neolithic aborigines and modern people? Jincheol is a tower that is tens of meters high

I burst into laughter at the sight of the buildings densely packed along the ridge in the distance.

Atukai, who defined the city of Run as just noisy, has become a new concept.

There is a limit to how ignorant a nobleman can be.

“···No, but Bok-sil has an underground smart farm.”

As the ship slowly moved forward, the figure of Shiol also became clearer. Among them, Jincheol’s eyes

What particularly caught my eye was the large building that stood out from afar.

Large and small palaces are centered around a large central building with a high, rounded ceiling.

The right side was lined up in symmetry. Gray walls and sparkling glass shining in the sunset light.

It was beautiful. But strangely, the farther away from the center you went, the more distant the palaces were.

It tended to become rough and messy.

It is as if the humble descendants were trying to leave their mark on the temple of old glory.

It seemed as if the sun had ruined her beauty.

But its crudeness did not obscure the grandeur of the palace, so the building lasted a long time.

It looked like a temple or the palace of a great emperor.

But for some reason, it looked like a factory to Jincheol. In Jincheol’s view, the building

Strangely enough, its aesthetic appearance had a strong industrial feel to it.

“The Temple of the Sun of Shiol. It is the heart of the city of Shiol, and it is the source of the city through the ‘Holy Oil.’

“It is also the place that leads the economy of the year.”

Jincheol turned his head at the voice he heard from behind him. He saw a bikie. Pa

He wasn’t Mr. Lum, nor was he a cook in a restaurant. He was Captain Romuto.

“···chrism?”

“It’s the oil that comes from the sun furnace of the Sun Temple. Their artifacts, as well as numerous

“It’s the lifeblood of the industry that makes the engines run. Would you like to come and see it?”

“where?”

“To the engine room.”

Captain Romuto said that and then turned around without waiting for an answer. Jincheol

Eun turned her head again and looked at Shiol, then followed the captain.

“Why are you suddenly showing me the engine room?”

“I heard from Parm that he really likes to learn things. My ship’s engine

“It won’t be something you see often. It’s a very old engine.”

When Jincheol asked while walking down the cabin corridor, Captain Romuto answered without looking back.

He answered. What is this fish head thinking now? Jincheol was suspicious.

The West did not stop following. What would the engine with the heartbeat sound look like?

That’s because I was curious.

I followed Captain Romuto down the stairs and soon I saw a large door.

It was a steel door that looked almost like a safe compared to the actual door.

I grabbed the door handle attached to it and turned it, and the door opened with a rattling sound.

“oh···”

Jincheol’s eyes saw a wide space and a structure filling its center.

An engine that makes a pulsating sound like a drum. A part of an engine with pistons and cranks, etc.

In Jincheol’s eyes, who was imagining the wet, it was not a simple lump of iron engine, but something really huge.

It looked like the heart of a living creature.

Of course, that doesn’t mean there was actual blood and flesh mixed in. It was just a rubber film.

The sight of thick hoses, wires, etc. tangled intricately with the steel structure is neat and tidy.

It looked more like the heart of a whale than a machine.

Above all, the powerful pulsation of the huge mass resonating lowly, thump-thump-thump.

It was overwhelming.

There was something particularly striking in the heart of the ship, a certain energy.

The round glass container fit perfectly like a battery.

Jincheol squinted his eyes and looked closely, and there was a yellow liquid inside the glass container.

It was full. The liquid was bubbling and boiling, and in the part connected to the engine,

A faint light was leaking out. What kind of engine is this?

“What you see over there is holy. That one bottle is worth a hundred gold coins.”

“It’s a little… small.”

Jincheol tilted his chin. He had no choice. It was a car bigger than a mid-sized car.

Compared to the gin, the glass bottle containing the holy oil is only a little bigger than the palm of your hand.

Because it was that level.

“How long will one bottle of that last?”

“With that amount, you can go back and forth from Shiol to Jiphain.”

How would I know if you said that, Mr. Fish? Anyway, I don’t know very well, but it’s very far.

It looked like it could go.

“···Then isn’t this at the level of an energy revolution?”

Although it is not exact, it takes tens of thousands of liters of oil to move a modern ship.

But this ship can sail for several days with just a palm-sized amount of liquid.

It was said that it was possible. What on earth is that liquid called Seongyu?

When Jincheol is confused in front of the technology that he can only think of as magic,

Captain Romuto, who had been looking at the engine like that, opened his mouth.

“Kang Jin-cheol. I have something to ask you.”

“Huh? What?”

“We will be docking in Sioux soon. Do you have a place to stay right now?”

“Of course there is.”

“I see. So then, there is an inn where I can stay…?”

Captain Romuto, who was trying to speak naturally, had a look of bewilderment in his eyes. Jincheol said,

He looked back and smiled.

“Then why would I go without any plans? I have my own thoughts.”

“···okay.”

“Why? Are you going to recommend a good place to stay?”

The captain’s eyes narrowed. He quietly looked at Jincheol’s smiling face, and then

He answered directly.

“I have been asked by Atukai to travel to Sioux, so I will stay there after arriving at Sioux.

I just thought it was natural to introduce the place.”

“is it so?”

“Isn’t this your first time, Sioux? Ask where you intend to stay.

“Would that be okay?”

Jincheol turned his gaze back to the ship’s engine and said.

“It’s not that I didn’t have a place I originally wanted to go, but this time I heard that Antera will help me.

yo. this.”

It was a lie. They said they would give a reward in Antera, but they didn’t say they would help you find a place to stay.

Jincheol simply did not want to move according to Captain Romuto’s intentions at the moment.

He said so. But Jincheol said that he could not ask that much from the Antera people.

I thought it was there.

If we look at the situation so far, Ishanka is the third daughter of the head of an upper-class family in Shiol.

By the way, Jincheol saved her life. And what’s more, she prepared it as an apology.

Even personal compensation is given. It is a situation where the cost of life is added to the damages, so it is better to stay in the city.

It wouldn’t be too much to ask for a place to drink water.

Above all, Jincheol felt a strange distance from Captain Romuto. It was a simple feeling.

However, Jincheol sometimes felt like he was living in a battlefield where his life was at stake.

It was a strong motivation that made me not want to be involved with Captain Romuto any more.

became.

“Anteraga… I see. That’s good. But be careful, Jincheol. Of the noble family.

Esai is arrogant and mercilessly attacks anyone who goes against them, even if they are their benefactor.

It will be released. You should always keep an appropriate distance from them.”

“Keep that in mind. So is this all for now?”

“···Would it be okay if I asked how you met the Atukai tribe?”

Jincheol shrugged his shoulders. It was because he remembered what Mr. Parum had said. Romuto Line

I thought Jang would somehow try to get something out of him.

“They saved me when I was stranded on the riverbank. After that, they fed me and gave me a place to sleep.”

“At what price?”

“I don’t know. Oh, I saved a few of their children from the hands of wandering Ologs later.

“I did.”

Captain Romuto’s eyelids blinked.

“···That’s all?”

“That’s all. Okay? That’s it.”

“hmm···”

Jincheol gave Captain Romuto a glance and turned on the ship’s engine one last time.

I looked at it. It was an amazing engine even when I looked at it again. If I had any experience in maintenance, I would have

Couldn’t we have looked into it further? Of course, it can’t be compared to something like a car engine.

I won. But I guess I could have seen it as much as I knew.

Jincheol, who was examining the engine like that, turned around without any hesitation and left the engine room.

*

Captain Romuto watched Jincheol’s back until he turned and left the engine room.

And after he left the engine room, he remained deep in thought for a long time.

Then he started to walk slowly.

His footsteps continued up the cabin stairs and reached the top-floor cockpit.

The cockpit was so windy that all the windows in the front were broken by gunfire from pirates in the past.

It was a very dangerous situation. There were bullet marks here and there, but the ship was still moving.

There were no major problems.

Captain Romuto glanced around the cockpit, then turned around and touched one of the walls.

Then, the hidden wall opened and the space that was the safe room and captain’s room was revealed.

Ran.

The captain, who entered, immediately sat down at the desk and operated some machine placed on it.

It was. Along with a strange noise, the letters of the bike were printed on a black screen the size of a palm.

This came to mind. If Jincheol had seen the machine, he would have thought it was a 16-bit computer from the 80s.

You might have thought that I had put it down.

Captain Romuto’s gloved fingers began to press the machine’s keys.

[···The person who interfered with the capture of the target will likely remain in Shiol. However,

The personal details of the person are still unknown, and the Bykan are quite wary.

You have a high attitude, so it will be difficult to obtain information in the future.

It appears that resources are being invested to persuade him or obtain information.

It seems like an unnecessary waste, and rather shakes the relationship between Anthera and Sionos.

Through the work···]

The rattling sound stopped for a moment. He operated the machine and then the captain

He stepped out of the room and approached the cockpit window, where the wind was blowing in. His eyes were filled with the merchant ship.

A large iron sail rose from the middle of the deck. In the middle of the iron sail was a

The large harpoon was still stuck there.

It is a wing sail that gets power through actual wind and connects to somewhere.

It was a kind of communication antenna that was built for that purpose. Now the information contained in that antenna is transmitted

It will fly somewhere dozens of days away and be reported to someone.

Captain Romuto, who had been staring at the antenna for a moment, turned around quickly. There was a port where the ship could dock.

It was getting closer.

*

The ship became busy. To be exact, the Antera warriors became busy. The workers were usually

It was the same, but when I stopped Udim who was passing by and asked him the reason, he responded in a sullen tone.

He answered.

“We don’t unload cargo at night. It’s dangerous. Our work will start early tomorrow morning.”

“aha.”

Udim, who was answering in passing, tilted his head and looked at Jincheol.

“Aren’t you going to get off? You’re a guest in the room too.”

“Well, actually, I have nowhere to go. I’m thinking of hanging out with the rascals for now…”

At Jincheol’s words, the corner of Udim’s mouth twisted strangely. Jincheol saw that and asked back.

“why?”

“Are you calling the Antera Esai people nerds now?”

“What the hell. Right? You big-eared punks.”

Jincheol realized that the twist in his lips was a smile. His face was always gloomy.

A smile appeared on Udim’s face, which had been blank. So Jincheol just smiled blandly.

It was.

“Hey, Udim.”

“What is it?”

“Put your fist out there.”

Udim tilted his head again and clenched his right fist and held it out. Jincheol was there.

He lightly bumped his fist into mine.

“···What did you do?”

“If I were hungry, would you cut off the flesh from your thighs? Would you treat my life as if it were yours?

Okay, then we’re friends now. That was just a greeting between friends.”

“Is that so?”

“Okay, Inma. Then I’ll go.”

“Okay. Go.”

After exchanging greetings with Udim, Jincheol returned to his room and began to unpack his luggage.

Before boarding the ship, I took a moment to organize the miscellaneous items that the campers had given me.

After packing his things into his backpack, his hand went to a long object standing on one side of the room.

“···Is this something I can use?”

It was a rifle with a long barrel, a simple bolt, and a heavy wooden body.

It was the most intact looking weapon among the pirates’ weapons that I had captured.

It is.

“But there are only five rounds left, huh.”

The pirates didn’t have much ammunition left. And what’s more, they only got one heavy rifle.

It was good, but the moment I picked it up, I got an inexplicable chill down the back of my neck.

An eerie feeling took over his mood. In the end, Jincheol put down the rifle without realizing it.

“···”

You shot well last time, so what the hell are you talking about now? Jincheol is trembling slightly.

I looked at his hand and let out a hollow laugh. It was really annoying that he was shaking his hand alone when no one was around.

I thought he was a bit of a jerk. It wasn’t like the rifle was possessed by some kind of ghost, so in the end,

Tremors and chills were his problem.

The hand that had been shaking for a long time suddenly clenched into a fist. Jincheol himself also clenched his fist.

A force whose source I could only guess writhed violently inside my fist. How could it be

I don’t know if this power is flowing in this hand, but in any case, it is enough to survive right now.

I didn’t have this kind of ability.

Jincheol, who had been clenching his fists, quickly reached out and put the rifle on his shoulder. Then he went to bed.

He also took the pistol that was on the table. It was the pistol that the pirate wizard was going to shoot before he died.

This was a four-legged revolver-shaped pipe assembly. Anyway, it was small.

It looked more useful than a rifle.

“Shall we go?”

Finally, the sword twirled in his hand and was put into his belt.

Jincheol, who had finished his work, left the room. He headed straight for the infirmary.

Author’s Note

These days, the daily temperature difference is big. Thanks to that, I caught a cold and had a hard time all weekend.

I did it…

Dear readers, stay healthy and have a nice day. Thank you.