This Is Not a Game - This Is Not a Game chapter 173

lowest A-

“Thank you for your consideration!”

Kang Chang-seok, who bowed his head and waved to Aris as he left, buried himself in the sofa and emptied the third bottle.

Due to the high stamina stat and the effects of various skills, it became a body that could not be drunk, but it could not endure without drinking.

“I never thought I’d even say sorry to that guy.”

The god of wealth, the ruler of finance, and the master of the shadow government.

How did he, who was called by many nicknames and even called the ruler of the 21st century, end up in this situation?

Values such as countless cash and goods, countless numbers written on accounts, and connections with the powerful fell to the ground after the monsters invaded.

Power took its place.

It has become a world where the power accumulated by a person who has been a user for less than a year is more valuable than the money or power accumulated through doing all sorts of things for decades.

Even though that user was not an ordinary user, he couldn’t help but feel unfair even considering that.

“… … If I had known it would be like this, I would have built up my strength.”

I muttered with regret, but it was too late.

He did not have the talent to complete quests quickly and perfectly like Samgang or Hanyuseong, and even if he wanted to become stronger, he could no longer carry out quests.

Because his goggles were being used to connect links between countless powerful people and millions of people in dimensions other than Earth.

Kang Chang-seok patted both cheeks before emptying the fourth bottle.

There was no time to waste drinking soberly.

In the meantime, the countdown to destruction is decreasing, and the value of gold power is steadily declining.

You must do as much as you can before the world order and financial system collapse and the value of your greatest weapon, money, disappears.

“How did you solve the undead situation, but Europe is now ruined. England is an island country, so the damage is small and there is Isaac, so we should go as it is, and other countries should gradually reduce their support. Africa was devastated after the elves planted a world tree, and South America was half ruined because of bugs, so now what’s left are Asia, North America, and India?”

Kang Chang-seok unknowingly tore his hair.

No matter how many times I’ve seen it, I can only sigh.

Less than a year after the monster appeared, more than half of the Earth was destroyed.

Based on the experience of visiting several worlds that were swept away by the dimensional war and Bruce’s warning, he prepared in his own way, but he never dreamed that the situation would deteriorate so quickly.

‘I’ve even built an academy, but I don’t know if I’ll be able to hold on for another year. As expected, the small number of people with special abilities is too lethal.’

Although it used the function of the goggles to mass-produce millions of capable people, it was impossible to protect the Earth from such infinite dimensional predators.

There are two ways left.

Create a transcendental being powerful enough to interfere with the world’s rules to perfectly protect the Earth, or… … .

“Again, another misconception.”

Kang Chang-seok banged his head and turned over the screen of the tablet.

Energy, food, machinery, labor, capital, time, space, etc.

All resources are limited and it is your job to allocate them in such a way that they can be used most efficiently.

Kang Chang-seok, who was looking at the tablet, muttered bitterly.

“The only country worth investing in is China or Japan.”

South Korea prevented the invasion of monsters with minimal damage and retained the most power, but by global standards, Korea’s power and geopolitical position cannot be said to be very good.

On the other hand, China can use its hundreds of millions of population, large land and cheap wages to provide electricity to resist monsters and serve as a factory in the world, while Japan has low power and production capacity, but uses the geopolitical advantage of being an island nation. In the event of an emergency, it can be used as the last base for mankind.

“I don’t like either, but if I had to choose one, China would be better. The problem is that Changwei’s bastard is very suspicious.”

One of the Three Rivers.

A user who is classified on the same level as Bruce and Kasim, and has that much strength, but does not have the sense of responsibility to go with it.

‘They didn’t come even during this undead incident. A few days after the incident was over, I sent a message saying that I couldn’t come because I was doing a quest… … .’

Due to the nature of users who come and go to solve problems in another world, there are times when they are not on Earth.

However, Changwei avoided the fight with this excuse more than once or twice.

Kang Chang-seok muttered in a low voice, thinking of many countries that could replace China, such as the United States and India.

“Considering the food and transportation issues, China is the only answer.”

Kang Chang-seok, who had been thinking about it for a long time, touched China with an expression of disapproval.

Of course, this does not mean that only China supports it.

Modern society is like a precision mechanism or domino.

Due to the collapse of Europe due to this crisis, the damage to the economy, industry and society around the world has been hit at an astronomical level.

In order to reduce the damage even a little, astronomical investments are needed around the world and in all fields.

“Earning is difficult, but spending is only a moment.”

Kang Chang-seok clicked his tongue after confirming that the number of digits representing the total amount of his property had decreased.

Infinite wealth, which seemed like it would never diminish even if used forever, was rapidly going toward the bottom.

“… … Could it be that I will go bankrupt first before the earth is ruined?”

Kang Chang-seok, trembling with fear, shook his head.

Anyway, that won’t happen.

* * *

“Did Kang Chang-seok ask for this?”

“Yes!”

Yoosung shifted his gaze from Aris, who answered energetically, to the thick papers.

The contents of the document were quite complex.

Kang Chang-seok has been active as a user, and has received numerous information and know-how about quests, additional purchase inquiries for ability awakening potions, proxy purchases of goods or resources that are difficult to obtain even with money, free investment and various item support for Han Yu-seong.

To sum it up in a word, it could be said to be full support.

“What’s wrong with this kid?”

An unbelievable document sent by Kang Chang-seok, who advocated a thorough transactional relationship in which you have to pay something to get something.

That question was solved the moment I read the last chapter.

[Human Preservation Plan]

Yuseong did not reveal details about Dragonia to other users.

I just introduced it to the level of an aerial fortress that I accidentally got.

However, Kang Chang-seok has been aware of Dragonia to some extent and has been asking sharp questions.

‘If you only saw the floating and defense functions, you would have thought of it as an aerial fortress and moved on. But what you get is different. Thousands of lizardmen lived in the city, and it even had a terraforming function that changed the environment of the earth to that of another world. In my opinion, the city is not a mere air fortress, but rather an ark capable of dimension travel, or an invasion weapon… … .’

A reasoning that is close to perfect except for the secret history that only he knows.

Although he tried hard, Kang Chang-seok seemed to be convinced of Dragonia’s identity.

Otherwise, I wouldn’t have been able to send these documents.

“What is written on it?”

“There is no content. It’s all nonsense.”

“I don’t think your expression is unusual for something like that.”

“I was holding back my laughter.”

Yoosung threw the papers into the subspace.

Contrary to the grandiose name of the Human Preservation Plan, the contents were not much.

In preparation for the worst, it is to build an ark so that humanity and civilization on Earth can continue even in other worlds.

‘I will provide unlimited money and resources and add Sophia’s skills and the abilities of other users to make a frozen sleeping capsule, so ask me to borrow Dragonia?’

It was a pretty plausible proposal, but it had a fatal loophole.

One is that dimension shifting is never easy.

Dimensional movement using dragonia took a long time to the extent that dragons sacrificed themselves as energy sources and dragons with much stronger bodies than humans could not endure and rotted in capsules.

Is it possible for humans to endure that much time?

Even if heavenly luck arrives quickly and arrives at a dimension where humans can settle, another problem arises.

‘There are two dimensions that can be reached. Dimensions that have or have not been engulfed in dimensional warfare. The problem is that the former is a world that is already on the verge of destruction, while the latter is swept away by a dimensional war at the time we arrive and its destruction is certain.’

They say there is no paradise where you fled.

It’s exactly what it says.

If you run away once, you will slowly wither and die as you run away forever.

Running away is not the answer.

‘In the end, no matter what happens, it must end on Earth. One of the users must become a transcendentalist.’

It is not certain whether destruction can be prevented by the appearance of a transcendent, but at least that is the only way for now.

And the user with the highest potential to become a transcendentalist is himself.

“Eh, even if that bastard Kang Chang-seok didn’t show up suddenly, I would just sell it to Bruce and then go to an exorcism and eat rice cakes.”

“good? rice cake? What is that?”

“You don’t have to know. Anyway, can you really fight?”

“Sure! Can I check it out for you?”

I didn’t have to check.

I checked the battle video sent by Sophia just a few hours ago, and I also finished appraising the android body that Aris was using as her body.

Even though it is a prototype, not a finished product, it is an android with an A+ rating, equivalent to Tyrant’s arms.

But even though I knew Aris was strong in my head, I couldn’t accept it in my heart.

“Uh, how are you? Does that make you look a little stronger?”

Aris is struggling to make biceps.

It is said that the appearance has grown to increase performance and mount various armaments, but even so, a middle school student has become a high school student.

Adding to that, the innocent attitude made it impossible to imagine Aris fighting.

‘… … Come to think of it, I have no choice whether to believe it or not.’

The quests to be challenged in the future have a level of difficulty that is different from the quests that have been cleared so far.

Even if Aris has lower-than-expected fighting power, she has no choice but to take her for now as she is in a situation where she is in a pitiable situation.

“Before starting the quest, I’ll explain first. Should we start with who the user is?”

“Ah, I heard all about that from Sophia!”

“Sophia told me about players and quests?”

“Yes. He told me that he was bored because he had no one to talk to!”

“Could you tell me what you said?”

After hearing Aris’ explanation for a long time, Yuseong let out a small moan.

I don’t know if she said it thoughtlessly or if she thought it wasn’t hidden information, but the information Sophia told Aris had considerable value.

It seemed that it would be possible to quantify the skill and artifact usage rate, which had been guessed by intuition through experience accumulated so far, by adding the information sent by Kang Chang-seok and Sofia’s information.

“They said that quests get more difficult as the grade goes up! Since this is my first time, should I start with a lower level and get used to it?”

Yuseong secretly looked away from Aris, who was looking at him with innocent eyes, and muttered in a faint voice.

“The lowest A-.”

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