This Universe Needs Old People - Chapter 101



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Apocalypse Needs Old People Episode 101

68. 17 years old (1)

There hasn’t been much change in the cola district over the past six years.

Shin Eun-jo stayed for a few more days and then returned to his own area.

On the way back, he told me that I could communicate with the Home Protector if I had the Meteor Pistol, but I didn’t bother to contact the Home Protector.

The problem is that the moment I contact you, the home protector will also know that I have a meteor pistol in my hand.

I have no intention of going to rescue the guy, nor of giving the pistol back.

‘And it’s easy to rob an empty house.’

While the home protector is held captive in the love zone, I’m going to raid the tobacco zone.

The home protector said he had never seen any other players in the smoking area, but since he was a bit of a smart guy, it was hard to believe him outright.

And since the condition for logging out is that the system is open to all players, we have to be thorough so that no one is left out.

Anyway, after Shin Jo returned, the cycle of managing the military academy kids and going on punitive expeditions every year repeats.

Meursault and Max were promoted to captain as scheduled, and Plato was promoted to major general last year.

I was finally given a rank.

Perhaps because he felt that he could not avoid insubordination if he gave ranks so sloppily, he broke up the two-captain system that had been maintained until then and gave me the rank of captain as well.

Even so, since Meursault and Max still treat me with respect, I guess I should consider them as generals above generals.

All of this progressed quickly thanks to Anton’s active support behind the scenes.

Oh, Banggu Seok Yeo-bo and Tae-jeong have also become officers with the rank of second lieutenant since this spring.

In fact, Banggu Seok-yeobo had already been promoted two ranks for his contribution during the first punitive expedition.

It is widely rumored that this guy has been abusing his power like crazy at the military academy with his rank.

‘The next thing that changed is… … .’

The existence of a ‘player’.

I created a new organization with some of the students I had admitted six years ago.

That’s what a ‘player’ is.

When deciding on the name of the organization, the commander said that it was to honor Luna Moon and Daphne, who were players, and it was accepted without a hitch.

[You really don’t care about the means and methods.]

Luna had been taught by me, but she must have been quite shocked by having Shinjo watch her through CCTV, so now she doesn’t want to be away from me.

anyway.

The term ‘player’ now has a different meaning in our area.

A ‘player’ is not a being that has come from another world and possessed another being.

Because it became a term referring to an elite group that Haytham Goodman trained separately.

That means, even if guys from other areas come over and say things like they’re players, it’ll be difficult for them to properly understand what they’re saying.

‘Well, disappointingly, no player has come to my area since Shinjo.’

Perhaps because of the presence of the Unicorn Zone players, the other zone players seemed to be proceeding with their strategy with extreme caution.

The public chat room was practically closed, and was quiet except for the occasional chat where Sappable would send out a fitful question about whether or not they were conspiring among themselves on land.

Until about three years ago, Tibalom also received regular calls requesting supplies, but recently, as he has become capable of supplying himself within the Knife area, calls have become less frequent.

Since the player highlight videos are no longer arriving, I have no choice but to go out of the area myself to check on the situation in other areas.

That is why this expedition was important.

This year is the graduation year for the students I raised – outsourced to Banggu Seok Yeobo.

It was natural for player cadets, who were considered an elite group, to be deployed in the punitive expedition that had now become a small, elite force.

If they actually successfully complete the punitive expedition, the commander will feel relieved and let me out of the area.

In fact, I’ve asked permission several times to go outside the district to broaden my horizons, but I’ve been blocked by the commander every time…

‘It seems like it would be a lot easier to move around if we usurp it.’

It was not yet time to launch a usurpation operation.

After this expedition is over, I will have to leave for a long time and go to other areas.

“Okay, so… … .”

Inside the expedition barracks.

All the other cadets were sent out to search, leaving only Banggu Seok-yeo and Tae-jeong behind.

As soon as the students left, Banggu Seok-yeo lay down on the makeshift sofa, and Tae-jeong sat across from Banggu Seok-yeo in a hunched position.

“Now that I’m seventeen, I guess I should start making plans again.”

Although he was seventeen years old, he already looked like an adult.

In Korean age, I think he’s around nineteen.

Banggu Seok-yeo-bo had grown so much that her legs were sticking out of the sofa, but Tae-jeong… had grown so much that it was truly amazing.

While Banggu Seok-yeo, who had no idea how much effort had been put into her appearance, was receiving admiring gazes from many women, Tae-jeong was receiving respectful gazes from many men.

I’m just amazed that this is a body that he developed himself without any title or player adjustments.

On the other hand, Banggu Seok-yeo-bo has relatively weak muscles and a pale face, but he is a handsome young man with a decent figure, so I think he will definitely be useful someday, and I have recently been recommending that he take proper care of himself.

Of course, I also grew a lot.

Compared to Tae-jung and Bang-gu-seok-yeo-bo, who are already over 180cm tall, she is still on the small side… but she is only seventeen years old, so she will probably grow taller in the future.

The girl in the corner of the room kept lowering her height in front of me and secretly watched my every move, but I actually found that more annoying.

I’m quite satisfied, as I’m more mobile now than when I was a 10-year-old.

Other than that, nothing much has changed for me.

Not long ago, Meursault left a regretful comment saying that although he still had the angelic face of his childhood, his eyesight had improved compared to then.

Anyway, there isn’t a single NPC left in this area who would be fooled by my smiling face.

Oh, my smile still got through to the commander, who only said that I resemble Luna Moon more and more every year.

[You are still a child to me.]

Luna, who was perched on my shoulder, whispered to me that, but Luna herself hadn’t grown at all in six years and still looked like a kitten.

People in the area who had only ever seen monster cats seemed to think that cats were originally this size.

“Are you finally going to leave the area?”

The voice of Banggu Seok Yeo-bo as she spoke was a little excited.

“I wonder what Shin Jo is doing.”

The two of them didn’t seem to get along that well, which is surprising.

I guess I’ve grown attached to that short bird.

Tae-jeong also looked at Bang-gu-seok-yeo-bo for a moment, as if he was surprised, and asked me.

“Where are you going from here?”

“I’m thinking of prioritizing the candy area… What do you think?”

When I asked that, the woman in the corner of the room who was lying on the sofa sat up and said.

“What do you think? If you want to go first, then go.”

“I don’t mind going anywhere first if you want, hyung.”

“Even if Taejeong is like that… Assa, you too?”

Then, Banggu Seok Yeo-bo glared at me for a moment with an angry expression.

“I also have a purpose for logging out, so I’ll cooperate as much as possible. And you’re a newbie, like the Candy District dentist or something? I want to see newbies too.”

Just like Banggu Seok Yeo-bo, Tae-jung also looked curious about the newbie.

“But I didn’t know that even people who had never been in a safe zone could be possessed.”

“That’s right. That kid’s not addicted to dopamine for nothing. If what he said is true, then that newbie must be pretty damned annoying. I’m fucking curious.”

Actually, I tried to show these two a dentist highlight video.

He said that because it was my system, the two people couldn’t see anything when the video was played.

I tried sending the video file through chat, but a system message popped up saying that sharing was not possible, so I gave up. Instead, I summarized the video and sent it to them, and they both seemed very interested.

So, there was no disagreement about going to the dentist first.

“The question is how to get to the candy district.”

The closest areas to the cola zone right now are the cocaine zone and the unicorn zone.

Next are the Love Zone and the Cigarette Zone, the Knife Zone is a little further away, and the Chicken and Candy Zones are as far apart as the two ends of the Korean Peninsula.

All of them are within a day’s drive, but this world is full of alien monsters and covered in snow, so even traveling by car has its limits.

So it must have taken several days for the Omokun or Shindo to reach our area.

It could take weeks to get to the candy district.

The fastest means of transportation is to ride a hoverboard stolen from a Topamin addict and fly past monsters and snowfields… … .

Even for me, flying two guys on a hoverboard is beyond the realm of dopamine.

‘I should have taken two or three more.’

After thinking about it that far, I looked at the other two and asked.

“Should we stop by the Unicorn area on the way and rob a plane?”

“……yes?”

“What confidence do you have that allows you to rip off someone else’s plane?”

“I’m kidding.”

“No, that was definitely not a joke. Do you think I’ve been seeing you for years?”

hmm.

Just as I’ve come to know these guys so well, they’ve come to know me so well too.

As Banggu Seok Yeo-bo said, what she said just now was true.

The Unicorn Zone was close by, and it was obvious that the Toppamin addict would appear on his hoverboard like a ghost and check on me as soon as I got near.

Even now that I’m seventeen, there’s no guarantee that he’ll still be kind to me, but at least if he’s a “dopamine addict” like me, I’ll leave him alone at least until the second apocalypse.

It’ll be more fun that way.

‘But then again, if you think about it… if you try to solve anything easily, you’ll lose interest.’

Even if you can hand over the hoverboard, if you go and ask for the flying machine as if you had already left it there, you will definitely be rejected.

I neatly scrapped my plan to go to the unicorn area and rip off the airship.

“Even if it takes some time, I guess I have no choice but to go.”

“Or should we start from the closest one?”

Well, that’s not a bad idea.

It might be better to start from the closest ones and work your way down.

but.

“We’ll have to start from the areas with the lowest difficulty. We don’t know yet how far the three of us can clear.”

And it’ll be more fun if you start from easy places and then go to difficult places.

But the lady in the corner of the room didn’t seem to agree.

“Does it matter if you’re here?”

Well, I appreciate you trusting me.

“You have to go to the candy area first, even if it’s just to get newbies.”

“why?”

“If players start sharing that we’re raiding the area, newbies might start to be wary of us.”

“That’s right. Let’s start from the candy area, and then work our way up from there in order of proximity.”

“That would be better.”

“So, candy, chicken, knife, cigarette, love, cocaine, unicorn… is that the order?”

Taejung asked, “I think Banggu Seok-yeo’s intelligence has grown over the past six years.”

“You said you were going to bring Tibalom from the knife too?”

“Yeah. Oh, but he might try to kill me, so I better be careful.”

“What? Did you get caught pretending to be Tibalom in the beginning?”

“No, it’s just that he had a hard time in the knife area.”

“When I saw you at the convenience store, you seemed like a pretty polite person… … .”

Besides the dentist, I decided to bring Tibalom because he is an acquaintance of my mother.

I don’t know how old she is, but she’s my mother’s senior… maybe she knows more about this game than my father.

And I don’t want the meteorite knife he has to be taken away by a unicorn zone player, so even though I’m not going to steal it from him right away, I want to keep it in my sights for now.

“Then, the two players you’ll bring are the dentist and Tibalom?”

“okay.”

“What are you going to do with the players in other areas?”

“If you cooperate with the logout, I will inform you of additional openings… … .”

“What if you don’t cooperate?”

“We will eliminate all unopened players in that area.”

Then, suddenly, a tremendous loud noise struck my ears.

The barracks were even flapping loudly because of the wind that something had stirred up.

“What now!”

Me, Banggu Seok Yeobo, and Taejeong hurriedly came out of the barracks.

Soon we encountered a flying machine casting a huge shadow over our camp.