The Anti-Intellectualism Demon King’s World Invasion - Chapter 112



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Episode 112

“If it’s your plan, it’s bound to be huge. I’m looking forward to it.”

Not only Jin-man, who was rubbing his hands, but also Jung-woo and Nurse Jang looked at me with sparkling eyes like children in front of Santa Claus holding presents.

“I have a plan, but I think I’ll need to experiment to put it into action.”

I shrugged and explained the plan.

As we already know, there isn’t much to salvage from the Royal Flower.

There was no fuel left, and very little food was edible.

Other than that, things like equipment and furniture could be obtained from apartments or trash islands.

But as if she had some innate talent, the Royal Flower had special services that apartments and trash islands could not provide.

That’s right… … .

I looked around the room and said:

“Day and night.”

“Main? Alcohol. As expected of you, hyung. Since it’s a luxury cruise ship, there must be a lot of high-quality alcohol. Whiskey, wine, brandy, beer, I like soju. Did you find a wine cellar or other liquor storehouse on the ship?”

I shook my head.

Then Jungwoo expressed a different opinion.

“Captain! Are you talking about God? I saw a chapel on the Royal Flower. There was also a prayer room for Muslims on the Royal Sun, which also carries Middle Eastern people.”

This time I shook my head again.

Then Nurse Jang looked at me and said.

“Detective Kim. Are you a resident?”

I nodded and answered.

“Ding dong daeng! That’s right. The Royal Flower is packed with guest rooms all the way up to the sixth floor, so isn’t it comparable to an apartment? Plus, it’s possible to move around the sea, and it has a group cafeteria, a gym, and a performance hall, so doesn’t that seem better than a residential-commercial complex?”

“Oh! That’s right. He’s a perfect host.”

“A floating apartment complex on the sea. Wow! The selling price must be crazy.”

Everyone nodded and agreed with what I said.

Although there is still room for apartments, the trash island resembles Seoul real estate with limited supply.

As the name suggests, it is a garbage island, so there is not much space that can be used as a home.

Even if there were, it was extremely poor for living in, with slanted floors, holey ceilings, and collapsed walls.

In such a situation, drifters and refugees were coming in without warning.

As a result, sinking areas were also created due to the increased population density.

“The Royal Flower House will not be for sale. We will be giving homes to those who have been accepted into our community.”

“You’re taking people in? Then you have to support them. Even if you can take care of housing on that cruise, what about food, clothing, drinking water, and sewage treatment? And don’t you know what kind of problems will arise when you gather people in one place?”

Jinman, who would normally be shocked by what I said, expressed a negative opinion, perhaps because of his trauma with the Bangju Church.

I nodded slightly as if I understood Jinman’s concerns.

“It goes without saying that when people gather, not only food, clothing, and shelter but also various other troublesome problems arise. But you know that if people just poop, the grassland on the sea increases.”

“Captain! Are you talking about the buoyancy seaweed?”

To Jungwoo’s question, I shouted ‘Bingo’.

“That’s right. If the grasslands expand, the number of livestock will increase. We will be able to eat fresh meat and eggs. And when people eat them, they poop, and the nutrients go back to the grasslands. Isn’t this a productive virtuous cycle? In addition, the labor of people and their expertise will make apartments and garbage islands as pleasant as the old world. You all saw how apartments have changed. They must be better now.”

The apartment complex has an elevator, and each building is connected by a bridge.

And with walls covered with plants and a rooftop filled with solar panels, it has become an eco-friendly botanical garden on the sea that was previously unimaginable.

In addition, each resident fully demonstrated his or her own expertise.

He carried out his assigned tasks with professionalism and did not place any constraints on his life as long as he did not break the established rules.

The rules of the apartment are basically borrowed from the laws and customs of past societies.

However, new rules were created to reflect the situation in the world under water, where wasting purified water is punishable by serious penalties comparable to a felony.

“Brother! I’m sorry. I didn’t think of that. As expected from you, Brother.”

“A virtuous cycle of poop. Kekeke. Awesome! Sir!”

“Good idea, Captain!”

Jin-man apologized, and Bomi and Jeong-woo were amazed.

On the other hand, Nurse Jang asked with a serious face.

“Then. Are you thinking of growing the northern area of ​​the apartments or trash island?”

“yes.”

I nodded with confidence.

Watching the Ark Church operate on Trash Island, I thought that it would be difficult to survive in a world submerged in water with an apartment the size of one.

Not only the Ark Church, but also various groups such as the Gold Tooth Pirates were expanding their influence throughout the ocean and trying to dominate the people.

It was the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period of the world submerged in water.

Our community also needs to grow in power and size so that we can at least resist the Ark Church without being devoured.

“Does Nurse Jang have any other opinions?”

Even though Nurse Jang opposed it, I had no intention of giving up on the plan.

My thoughts were firm.

“No. I agree with you completely. I’ve been wanting to tell you that we need to increase our number of people and arm ourselves to fight against the Ark Church. However, there were more pressing matters, so I didn’t bring it up. Now that you’ve decided to do this, I’ll do my best to help you to the best of my ability.”

Nurse Jang continued speaking with a determined expression.

“This is my opinion, but when you admit people, I think it would be good to have some sort of screening to weed out people who might be potential problems. I have some experience in criminal psychology and trauma counseling, and that might help.”

“Oh! That’s a good idea.”

I gave a thumbs up to Nurse Jang, whose face was brimming with enthusiasm.

Working as a detective, I did not believe in either the theory of human nature being good or evil.

However, I thought that there were people who were inherently evil, which could be an evolutionary mutation or a brain disease.

They should be isolated from society or eliminated because they can never be guided.

If we could prevent such people in advance, apartment communities would become safer.

“And Detective Kim said you were going to conduct an experiment, sending the Royal Flower to an apartment or a garbage island?”

“Oh! How did you know? Nurse Jang. You look good today.”

I gave him the thumbs up again.

Jungwoo frowned as if he didn’t understand and asked.

“You’re going to send the Royal Flower to the apartments or the garbage island? How are you going to do that? You’ve confirmed that it’s out of fuel. You’re not going to give the Hallasan’s fuel to the Royal Flower, are you? That wouldn’t be enough to keep that huge cruise ship moving for even a day. And what about us? We can’t move it by sail alone.”

“I guess Detective Kim is conducting the experiment because he has everything planned out.”

Nurse Jang defended me.

Then Bomi suddenly intervened.

“Wait. No. You’re not going to take that giant cruise ship back to the apartment right now, are you? We need to get to the Ark Tower as fast as we can and rescue Jiyeon. Jiyeon is probably being tortured, including threatening her life.”

Based on the information we have so far, there is zero chance that Jiyeon was threatened with death or torture.

But Bomi was adamant.

“Let’s leave right now. We’ve already lost too much time to that ghost ship.”

“Okay, Bomi. I also want to save Jiyeon quickly. But as you can see from my observations, there’s no wind, and the engine can’t run as fast as it wants due to fuel issues.”

“We have to go even if we have to row.”

“I guess we’ll have to do that. But there’s a better way to get there faster.”

“Is this a good method?”

Bomi asked curiously.

“Oh. If the experiment goes as planned, we can cut the time it takes to get to the Ark Tower by more than half.”

“So, are you saying you’ll deliver the cruise ship to the apartment in the shortened time?”

“That’s not it.”

“Sir, you said you were going to send that ghost ship to the apartment.”

Bomi tilted her head as if she didn’t understand.

“Yeah, but did I ever say when I would deliver it?”

“No. There isn’t.”

“So, I plan on going back and taking care of Jiyeon after I rescue her. However, I think I should try an experiment to increase the speed of the Hallasan ship now, at least to get to the tower faster.”

Suddenly, Jeong-woo intervened.

“So, are you leaving the Royal Flower here?”

“yes.”

When I nodded, Jeong-woo objected.

“If you were thinking of taking the Royal Flower, you shouldn’t have left it here. When you inspected the ship, you saw that the anchor was broken. It’s impossible to anchor in its current condition. So if you leave it here, the Royal Flower will definitely be swept away by the waves and drift away, and when you come back, you won’t be able to find it.”

“That’s why I’m trying to do an experiment. As I said, if the experiment is successful, both getting to the Ark Tower and leaving the Royal Flower will be resolved.”

Everyone was racking their brains over my answer, wondering what kind of experiment would meet both conditions, but no one could find an answer.

“What kind of experiment are you going to do?”

“I’m going to experiment to see if this combination works.”

I held up a trident and a trumpet.