Surviving in the 121st Century - Chapter 4



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Episode 4

Bright lights shine inside the spacious underground space, illuminating the hydroponic growing equipment below.

The rice cultivation equipment was stacked in multiple layers, and several camponi were located between them.

They were moving. The green rice stalks swayed under their tiny hands.

“The gap in atmosphere is so big that I don’t even know how to react···”

As I was staring blankly at the Camponi plant factory, Toby picked up Jincheol’s trousers.

Pulled.

“Jincheol! !@#! Fruits, uh, bananas, are grown on the second floor.”

“···Okay. Let’s go there too.”

When Jincheol nodded, Tobi started running ahead with a look of excitement.

Jincheol followed him slowly and looked around the plant factory.

“That’s clearly a light… but where does it get its power? Not even a power plant, but oil?”

“I haven’t even seen a rotating generator.”

The air was different, too. It was more humid and hot underground than upstairs. Even the temperature and humidity were adjusted.

It seemed like he was doing it. Jincheol was working when he saw an old camper waving his hand in this direction.

I bowed slightly to him and greeted him, thinking, “What kind of smart plant factory is this?”

I thought it was a t-pam or something…

As I walked along, greeting the campers I encountered, I soon came across a staircase leading down.

He came. As Toby fiddled with something, the door blocking the stairs opened, and underneath it

A plant factory similar to the one on the first floor appeared.

It was a little different from the rice factory on the first floor. Perhaps because of the size of the trees, the plants here were layered.

It wasn’t piled up. Unlike the first floor, which had hydroponic facilities, the trees were piled up in dirt.

Another difference was that it was taking root.

And Jincheol felt a little dizzy when he saw the fruits hanging on the tree.

I felt it. It was definitely a banana tree, but the fruit it produced was not only bananas but also apples.

It was because grapes were also there. The appearance of the mixed trees seemed strange to Jincheol.

It was.

“Paper… isn’t it a little different…? An apple tree is a tree, but bananas or grapes….”

Grafting won’t work either. Bananas are on the thick waist of the tree, and berries are on the drooping branches.

A tree, and on the highest branch are apples.

In front of Jincheol, there were trees with three kinds of fruits mixed together that he had never seen before.

Above it was a bright light like the upper floor, supplying nutrients to each tree.

A rubber hose was connected.

Jincheol is a bunch of unripe, bluish bananas, red ripe apples, and deliciously opened pods.

I stared blankly at the road and then came to my senses.

“Toby.”

“huh?”

Toby, who was looking at the mongrel farm with a proud face, leaning on his waist,

He turned the line. Jincheol looked at her face seriously and asked.

“Farm, what floor?”

“How many floors? Oh, there are five floors. They grow different things on each floor.”

“Then what about this?”

“How? What?”

Jincheol’s index finger pointed to the light that illuminated the hybrid tree. He followed the hand and the light.

Toby, who had been blinking while looking, quickly realized what was being said and smiled.

“Mother Tree, please enlighten me.”

“···Mother Tree?”

“Yeah. The big tree up there.”

“Is that the mother tree? The big tree that serves as the pillar for the bamboo houses?”

When Jincheol spoke in his own language, Tobi tilted his head. But soon he realized what he was saying.

He nodded as if he had guessed what I wanted to do.

“Even if it rains too much, even if the weather is hot enough to crack the ground, even if the swollen rivers overflow,

Even if it flows, we don’t care. There is no need to go deep into the forest full of dangerous beasts.

No. !@#!@$#, That’s why we have the mother tree and our farm. !@#$!@, Here.

“Because it is our home and our foundation.”

Toby said that with his arms wide open, as if he was proud of it, and

He had a proud expression on his face, as if he didn’t need anything more. Jincheol stared blankly at that face.

He looked at the oyster and spoke briefly.

“···You often go to the river to catch fish.”

Tobi snickered at Jincheol’s teasing. And thanks to that, he saved Jincheol’s life.

Instead of being angry, he said it playfully.

“You can’t live on rice alone.”

Jincheol smiled blandly and turned his gaze back to the farm.

His question was what was the power source for the light. But Toby said it was above.

He was saying that it was thanks to the mother tree. Jincheol thought for a moment that it was the mother tree.

Are you saying that it has some kind of magical power that turns on the light, or is it that

The tree has a surprising secret, it is said to generate electricity for five underground levels.

I couldn’t tell if it was something or not.

“No, are they the same thing?”

The size of the tree itself was unusual. Sufficiently developed science could use magic and

It can’t be divided. But after he opened his eyes in this unexpected place, he saw Bon Campo.

Your appearance was that of a simple and kind-hearted person, but your intelligence was so amazing that it was impossible to understand.

was not a magical alien.

Jincheol, who had been lost in thought, soon shook his head and smiled in vain.

“I don’t know, shit. What does it matter?”

Who cares, the camps have a giant genetically modified plant factory underground,

Whether their trees are mysterious power plants that generate electricity, or whether they are actually amazing

Whether it was Bok-sil with raw intelligence or not.

Anyway, his current life was a bonus to him. He killed one mad scientist and it collapsed.

It felt like it was only a few days ago that I was buried under the lab. When I opened my eyes, out of nowhere

It was here, and thanks to this, Jincheol still doesn’t know if this is heaven or hell, or if it’s real.

I couldn’t confirm whether it was another world or not.

So either the Boksils are using magic, or it’s some science he can’t understand.

It didn’t matter whether he had the skills or not. That was how Jincheol felt.

“···Jincheol? Are you angry?”

“what?”

A small sense of anxiety appeared on Tobi’s face as he looked up at Jincheol. Jincheol was

I could quickly guess that it was because of the sound of him mumbling to himself.

“No. I’m not angry.”

“But what the fuck?”

“I told you that’s a bad word.”

“Jincheol keeps going.”

“···What are you talking about? My sins are truly deep.”

When listing the sins of life in front of the judgment seat of the underworld, it is clear that ‘Fucking innocent Bok-sil’

There will be a charge called ‘teaching’. Jincheol looks at the hybrid tree and becomes detached.

Made a face.

“Our farm looks amazing.”

At that moment, a familiar voice was heard from behind Jincheol and Tobi. When I turned around, I saw the voice’s source.

A strange smile appeared on the artificial face. It was the village elder, Atukai.

Jincheol bowed slightly in greeting. It was a greeting to the oldest adult in the village.

Although Go was a bit of a cold greeting, Atukai seemed to not care and just laughed.

That was it.

“It’s so different from the scenery above, it’s really amazing.”

“Oh? You’re already so good at speaking our language? You’re really smart, aren’t you?”

“No, not to that extent···”

Jincheol laughed awkwardly at Atukai’s compliment. In fact, Jincheol himself was a little embarrassed.

It was a sad fact.

Jincheol had never heard that he was good at studying even when he was a student. He was even better at foreign languages.

It was even more so. He was a poor student who could barely get one thing out of ten lessons.

But after waking up here and spending the past few days, I felt strangely

The point was that my memory was clear and improved. Thanks to that, Toby and other campos talked about

I could remember words well and I could communicate somewhat after only a few days.

It could have been around that much.

Of course, it was mostly thanks to Toby who stuck by his side and helped him a lot.

Even though Lee’s memory improved, it would have been like this if there had been no one to keep talking to him.

The level would not have been possible.

Jincheol said exactly what he thought.

“Thanks to Toby. He’s a good teacher.”

“Really? You’re so humble. I can see why the townspeople like you.”

Jincheol, who had no intention of being humble, could only laugh awkwardly again. Still

Atukai, who was looking at Jincheol with a strange look, brushed away his beard.

Lee opened his mouth again.

“Okay, then where would you like to go see the Mother Tree?”

“Huh? Are you looking around?”

When Jincheol asked with a puzzled expression, Atukai nodded slowly.

“You are curious about the !@#!@# of this farm. How does the mother tree shine its light?

“Oh, you’re running a farm. !@#!!@#. Or not?”

Although there were some words he didn’t understand, Jincheol seemed to know what Atukai was saying.

In short, he was going to tell me the secrets of this farm.

“···Can you tell me that? I’m an outsider.”

“It doesn’t matter. Even if other races know about it, they won’t be able to use it anyway.”

There must be some kind of mysterious magic unique to Camponi… Jincheol thought so.

He nodded. If it’s a simple power facility, anyone with intelligence can do it regardless of race.

Because it had to be usable. If only I could really use Camponi, it would definitely be magic.

“Follow me.”

Atukai said only that and started walking ahead. Jincheol and Tobi looked at each other for a moment.

I looked at it and then followed it.

The scenery that had passed returned. The farm on the first floor, the door at the base of the tree, and the bamboo house.

The stairs leading up to the tree. Follow the stairs that go around the large tree.

After walking for a while, Atukai’s steps suddenly stopped.

“This is my !@##.”

A house no different from any other bamboo house. It seemed as if he was saying that this was his home.

Atukai, who had only introduced himself like that, opened the door and went inside. Jincheol was still there.

I was about to follow him when I stopped. It was because Toby took a step back.

“why?”

“···You must not enter the elder’s room without permission.”

“Aren’t you telling me to come in?”

“Jincheol, just go in. I’ll stay here.”

The guy’s tail was drooping down. Jincheol was looking at the guy who was hesitating.

He nodded.

“Go to your room. I’ll be back soon.”

“I wonder?”

The slightly stiff guy’s expression brightened. Jincheol ruffled the guy’s hair and said,

He walked into Toukai’s room. Tobi watched Jincheol go inside.

At that moment, the door of the bamboo house slammed shut on its own, startling me and causing me to fall backwards.

Then he started running up the stairs. On all fours.

“···Why is that kid so scared?”

Jincheol, who came into the house, muttered to himself at the sound he heard outside the door.

“We are like that originally. Can’t you see why? We don’t fly like Esai.

“Well, I’m not as strong as Olog.”

“···Well, I didn’t mean to ignore you.”

When Atukai answered his monologue, Jincheol lowered his head with a slightly trembling expression.

But Atukai laughed as if he didn’t care.

“It’s okay. It’s true. But we’re doing well. Some campo

They either lost their mother tree and farm and farmed the land themselves, or

When you say you are going to the city to find a job, of course you meet other races in the process.

“Of course I get pushed around.”

“City? Is there a city?”

Atukai nodded.

“Yes. I went there once before I became an elder. There were really ten thousand different races.

“It was a noisy place where people gathered.”

Jincheol’s eyes lit up. The city. A place where many people come and go and all kinds of noises erupt.

A place. But at the same time, a place where a lot of information is gathered. Maybe about this world.

I didn’t know if I could know more. And furthermore, how to return to the original world.

“···I can tell what you’re thinking just by looking at your eyes. Are you trying to find your own kind?”

Atukai said that with a strange smile. Jincheol nodded.

“Yes, well… I can’t be indebted to you forever.”

“We don’t care. If you’re really feeling down, you can just help us with the farm work.”

Jincheol smiled faintly.

“Of course I should help you with that. If you ask me to do anything before I leave, I will do it.

“It is.”

“Hahaha! Well, is there anything that requires the help of someone as big as you? Even now, my hands are

How many days do you have left to play and eat? If the time comes, you can sell it to the top

“If there were no things to do, the underground farm would be idle for more than half the year.”

“Is the top coming too?”

“Yes. There are some bikie merchants who came along the river. Thanks to them, we also have this and that.

“I’m looking for basic necessities.”

Maybe I could follow them to the city. Jincheol thought to himself.

All. Atukai just quietly watched Jincheol like that.

At that moment, Jincheol suddenly realized something strange. He was speaking Camponi now.

I didn’t. When I realized that and looked at Atukai, he knew why he was looking at me.

He showed the back of his neck as if he was going to die.

I saw a familiar motion sickness patch, or rather an artifact. What is it, Etemen or Etiman?

It was something called the Sun Voice.

“But there’s nothing here···”

“Because I am close to my mother’s altar now. ‘The Voice of Etemen’ is my mother’s altar.

“You can connect to the stage. Your mother hears your voice and interprets it.”

“Mother’s altar?”

“Isn’t that what you came to see? Come here and take a look.”

Atukai turned around and walked inside. It was a little darker than the other bamboo houses.

As you go deeper into the interior, the surface of the wooden pillars is revealed.

I left the room.

And there was the altar of the Mother Tree.

It was a wooden altar with a triangular roof and pillars covered with tiles. Its height was the same as Jincheol’s height.

It was a little bigger than that, so it would have been a pretty big altar among the camps.

Around the altar, feathers, incense, and wooden decorations painted with dye were seen. Amazing.

There was also a large bowl that appeared to be made of gold, and it had a gorgeous pattern carved into it.

This gave us an idea that the West also valued gold.

But what embarrassed Jincheol more than anything else and made him look dumbfounded was that

The screen shining in the middle of the stage, so it can only be called a display.

It was because of the glass.

Between the glass and the tree, there were things that looked like trunks hanging down.

It’s like a wire made of tree roots connecting the mother tree and the glass panel.

It seemed to be connected. In addition, a faint light was shining from the stem.

The mystery was indescribable.

At that moment, when Atukai put his hand on the altar, the glass sparkled and became translucent.

As soon as it was done, letters and symbols began to appear.

“This is the altar of the mother tree. The temperature and humidity of the underground farm and other cultivation environments are

This altar is also used for regulating. And···”

[Welcome. Welcome to the cultivation area AS-12, 386.

Farms 1 to 5 are currently active. Farms 6, 7, and 8 are

[Closed due to facility abnormalities.]

“If you do this, you can hear the voice of the mother tree too.”

In the sight of Atukai, who had a somewhat smug expression, I saw Tobi’s face like that of the one I saw earlier.

It seemed to be visible.

And by that time, Jincheol, who had stopped thinking complicatedly, was scratching his head.

“First of all, it’s definitely not medieval fantasy… Is it some kind of computer?”

Jincheol muttered while scratching his head. Atukai, who seemed to be excited about something,

He was showing off something by placing his hand on the translucent glass.

“This is the crop production of our farm, and this is the amount you can get when you grow a certain crop.

is the production forecast. The mother tree is wise and can predict the future with simple information.

“You can predict it.”

On the translucent screen, various pictures and tables made up of graphs and numbers appear.

Was born.

“The numbers are also Arabic numerals···”

“Oh, you’re also curious as to why I said it didn’t matter if you knew? Come here and touch the altar.

Look.”

“Oh, yes···”

Jincheol, who was listening to Atukai’s explanation absentmindedly, raised his hand on the translucent screen.

Then, the translucent screen glowed red and the voice of the ‘Mother Tree’ was heard.

It was done.

[The operation of this cultivation farm management system is currently under the full authority of the management bioroid.

The user has administrative authority from the management bioroid according to the ‘Last Decree’.

You can recover it. Do you want to recover the administrative rights?]

“Huh? What?”

[Delegate Admin Authority. From now on, you will be the new admin of this farm.

Welcome, Admin.]

“···what?”

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