The Devil’s Dead Child - Chapter 287
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#Episode 287, Finding a Safe Zone
While the leadership decided on the amount and frequency of rations and discussed future plans, I never said that we did not need food.
Explain to them how they can survive without starving,
Because there was no way to make you believe me.
Also, I thought thinking about rationing would be more helpful for mental and physical stability.
The moment you think the problem is solved, you’re bound to find something else to worry about, and the real threat isn’t food.
Park Dae-geun said, pointing to a pile of approximately 15 combat rations.
“therefore… “That’s it for today.”
It was only a few spoonfuls for a group of over 60 people to share, but since everyone had already heard the reason, there was no movement.
I was amazed when I heard Park Dae-geun’s distribution plan.
I thought he would reduce the amount of distribution too much and extend the period of survival, but he strangely chose to distribute larger amounts as the days passed.
The logic is that it is okay to eat less while you are still healthy, but as time goes by, you need to eat more carefully.
Of course, there is a condition that you must escape within a limited time.
However, the fact that no matter how much I endured and endured, the limit would eventually approach, made me more determined.
I had a hunch that his plan came from his actual experience of being in a shipwreck.
“It’s not the time to be very hungry yet… , let’s handle these here. The reason I counted today’s cost, which is the first day of admission, is because it is also the beginning of an ordeal that we must go through. Because once you move, you never know when you’ll be able to rest next. “Time will still be different anyway.”
At the end of his speech, Park Dae-geun threw in some combat rations and handed them out.
It seemed like they distributed 2-3 packets to each group according to the number of people and told them to figure it out, but the atmosphere got a little strange there.
This is because Park Dae-geun only distributed 3 sacks to Kwon Ha-seon’s group, which had 20 members due to accepting foreigners.
However, Ha-seon Kwon seemed to have shouted something out loud, but all he did was snort.
As a result, the eyes of the group focused on me.
My location was also ambiguous.
Koo Chang-soo is technically a guest member of Taekwang, but since I joined suddenly, I didn’t belong anywhere.
“… … .”
Of course, I could survive without eating it, and there was nothing to regret.
This moment of looking at each other felt somewhat miserable.
‘Hey, which group should I receive my rations from?’ – When you’re just wasting time because your pride is hurt,
Perfect!
Gu Chang-su, who was next to him, suddenly snapped his fingers and pointed at someone.
“iced coffee. Since Mr. George is joining for official duties, it would be right for the current team leader to take care of him.”
The person Gu Chang-soo pointed to was a hero named Hyun Gyu-jin from the association, and he was a man whose name I had also heard of.
During my time jump, dozens of heroes were created.
Of course, I don’t know them all, but Hyun Gyu-jin was memorable because he was the only hero of the association who succeeded Chae Seung-yeon.
At Gu Chang-soo’s words, Hyun Gyu-jin made eye contact with me with a shocked expression on his face and then nodded.
“… “I will.”
Now that I think about it, if there had been a talkative Manager Kim who brought me here, it would have been a problem that Goo Chang-soo didn’t even need to mention.
It’s just that he wasn’t here right now because he was a non-superhuman.
‘anyway… Changsu’s child. ‘It’s not useless.’
I felt like I should do something nice for ending an uncomfortable time without realizing it.
Hyun Gyu-jin picked up the combat rations and motioned to me.
“Come here and eat together.”
Aside from the first glance that he couldn’t remember, he was a person who didn’t show any signs of carrying a burden.
“No, I’m fine…” .”
I had no intention of eating the tasteless combat rations, so I was about to refuse, but Gu Chang-soo cut me off.
“Enjoy your meal.”
Then he pushed me and walked towards Taekwang.
“… … .”
I moved as I was pushed,
I approached the association group, thinking that it might be an out-of-the-box act to just pretend to be stubborn and refuse.
“Please eat.”
Hyun Gyu-jin was the first to fill out a paper cup and hand it to me.
The menu is really… It had a visual like porridge.
(To be exact, it is tomato paste with meat, potatoes, corn, etc.)
“Thank you… .”
Preservation magic had no effect on the development of retort foods.
First, the unit price did not match,
Second, there was no demand for luxury.
This is because it is a food that consumers, who are the target, eat anyway.
I was also a sensitive person who could sense the scent of retort, even though I grew up poorly and lived a past life where I became a military officer.
Thanks to this, I was able to figure out for a long time how much would disappear if I took two big gulps.
Rattling.
In the meantime, I naturally looked around.
Ha-seon Kwon’s group was eating a spoonful from the bag and passing it to the side.
Both his stubbornness and his heart were so encouraging that I slowly smiled.
But not long after, something funny happened.
No, it’s okay for me to laugh,
It must be a very disturbing scene for some people.
One by one, those who were accepted by Kwon Ha-seon turned red in their eyes and began to sob.
“Wow! Because of us… “I will never forget this grace for the rest of my life.”
“I’m sorry for the inconvenience.”
“thank you. Kwon Hero!”
Aren’t people basically animals that look at themselves in the mirror of others?
Park Dae-geun, who had made up his mind to ignore them, was naturally uncomfortable.
Although he said he was prioritizing his responsibilities, Park Dae-geun’s face turned red, as if he was embarrassed of himself.
As a bystander, I thought it was a funny scene and laughed again.
Then, for a moment, I felt an eerie feeling.
‘!’
… … what?
It’s not because I made eye contact with Cha Yu-ra for the thirty-forty-fifth time.
Somehow ominous… .
The cause must have been among the things I noticed just a moment ago.
When I looked back at the men wiping their eyes,
‘ah… !’
One thing flashed through my head.
The reason those people were dying here was,
It was because it was a relatively safe place.
The characteristics of the tower, which are difficult to summarize in a word, came together to come to a single conclusion.
Fuck… .
This place will soon become a hot place.
Assuming that the level of difficulty can be handled, the environment at the entrance to the 10 lower floors was not very different.
However, the safe zone on the 11th floor or higher can only be reached when that floor is completely cleared, and it is completely reset after a short period of time.
That is, if anyone realized that the return order was not working.
They will definitely flock to the lower floors.
Experts on the 20th, 30th, and 40th floors will also begin looking for safer places to survive.
Of course, players will be no exception.
Now, the structure of us preying on metallurgy from below has passed, and we have to worry about the situation where they are pouring down and uniting.
I opened my mouth with the thought that I should at least prepare for this.
“… “I have something to tell you.”
Since most of the small meal of just a few drinks had already been finished, all the members of the investigation team who were resting and quenching their appetites were paying attention to me.
“… … .”
Park Dae-geun was also sitting on a rock and resting, and he just stared at him as if he had no intention of stopping him from talking at all.
Anyway, since he was the one to judge, I also spoke openly while looking at Park Dae-geun.
“The situation now… I had no choice but to find a way to return alive first, but another situation faced me… “It seems like they are forcing the investigation team to carry out its original mission.”
“What do you mean by that out of the blue?”
“It’s not just us who experience the problem of locking up. And if everyone is trapped here, there will soon be a movement to ‘reverse climb’ to find a safe zone.”
Park Dae-geun smiled as if he understood.
“I’m saying it won’t be any different for 0414s. If it’s closer to the lower floors, that might be the case. … But do you know that coming down from the tower is easy? “If it were me, I would rather defend one floor even if I couldn’t rest for long, rather than trying to break through the dozens of floors I passed a long time ago.”
I also agree with what Daegeun Park said.
But that was a case where the only way down was to clear.
“What if we view the current blackout as just a blockage of movement to the outside world? “The order book is not just a return order book.”
Park Dae-geun, who blinked for a moment, gradually enlarged his pupils.
“Floor order form… .”
“There may be some floors missing, but doesn’t everyone have an order form for lower floors?”
Park Dae-geun quickly turned his head and looked at Kwon Ha-seon’s group, or more precisely, the group of foreigners.
The man who was the first to kneel down to join the group quickly figured out what Daegeun Park wanted to ask.
“Well, we didn’t even check the floor order form.”
Enough answer.
As long as the group does not tear up the order form on the same floor together, there is no need to take the risk of being left alone.
For the same reason, investigation team members cannot test whether the floor order book works or not.
Park Dae-geun narrowed his eyes and stood up.
A subtle magical power emanated from him as if he was examining his surroundings.
It’s a situation that requires vigilance –
I felt like he understood the gist of what I was saying, but he mumbled something vaguely, perhaps because he was hoping it would be unfounded.
“The effect of the spell disappeared… , It’s probably because there’s something interfering with it. But is it correct to say that this won’t work and that will work?”
“It might not work after all. “But we can’t confirm it, so we’re saying to be careful.”
Even though I answered that, I was confident.
It is Marduk’s doing.
If you just interpret it against me, that would be the answer.
Anyway, I conveyed the necessary level of intent and Park Dae-geun also agreed to some extent, so I thought it was sufficient.
Park Dae-geun looked around the audience and opened his mouth.
“Everyone has probably heard this, so I won’t talk about it for too long. I thought that to solve the problem, I needed to climb to the upper level, but if it was like coming down from above, I could get information from here and make a move. Anyway, 0414 may suddenly appear, so don’t completely relax.”
As soon as Park Dae-geun finished speaking, he frowned and glared at Kwon Ha-seon.
Ha-seon Kwon opened his eyes with a look of ‘Suddenly?’, and I somehow seemed to understand Dae-geun Park’s actions.
Perhaps he was aware at the same time that he was inadvertently using the word 0414 and that the investigation team was involving foreigners.
In any case, the members of the investigation team, which now numbered over 60, held on tighter to their loved ones that they had never separated from before, and even reduced the volume of small talk.
A few minutes passed with the appropriate amount of tension maintained.
Tsutsut─!
A doll was drawn in front of the portal leading upstairs.
Since the investigation team all had above-average spirit, even the people who had their backs to the portal turned around for a moment.
“!”
“… … !”
We were surprised by the sudden appearance of an unidentified person, but the people on the other side must have been horrified to receive the attention of 60 pairs of large troops.
The guy jumped through the portal again without even saying a word.
Sreung! Rattling!
Crunch!
Although no one gave an order, the entire investigation team stood up and drew their weapons.
The other person who turned around in the blink of an eye may simply not have had time to recognize Kwon Ha-seon and others.
The tension that it might be one of 330414 settled down.
Of course, I looked back at Gu Chang-soo.
This was something that others, who had no idea of the mechanism by which he could see through players, could not expect it.
『Did you see it?』
‘… huh?’
But the guy’s condition was strange.
Gu Chang-soo, who I thought was already sending a signal by making eye contact, was trembling with a white face.
『Hey, why are you… 』
As I was reading his thoughts step by step, I couldn’t help but be at a loss for words.
『… Chew.』
Only then did Gu Chang-soo look at me and shake his head desperately.
-I, I, I’m not! This is not my idea!