This Universe Needs Old People - Chapter 56



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Apocalypse Needs Old People Episode 056

56. Pseudo

A girl with long, ebony-black hair wearing a white dress that resembles mourning clothes.

Love Zone Player, ‘Shin’ looked north and was lost in thought.

‘Dopamine addict… hasn’t shown up at all since.’

After it became known that yet another dopamine addict existed, public chat rooms froze over.

I suggested a meeting because I was worried that I would lose connection with other players if I left it alone, but it fell through due to strong opposition from the beer zone player, Sappable.

God was also quite shocked by the fact that there were two dopamine addicts.

I have no idea what kind of guy is thinking while pretending to be a dopamine addict, and I have no idea why the real dopamine addict is staying silent.

Moreover, Shin was extremely anxious, having an ominous feeling that the two players had already met each other.

‘I don’t know about the other guys, but I’m too anxious to leave a dopamine addict alone.’

Even God didn’t want to get into trouble with the dopamine addict who was conquering all the areas.

The problem is that dopamine addicts don’t seem to want to cooperate with other players.

The fact that a second dopamine addict has appeared and not said a word of explanation to other players is proof of this.

That’s why I sent one of the Love Zone players to the Coke Zone, even though I knew he’d be caught by the dopamine addict.

Because it seemed like it would be impossible to get anything done without knowing what the dopamine addict was doing.

It has already been confirmed a long time ago that there really is no barrier in this world.

Originally, there was a barrier blocking off each area, so even if there was a gap in resources between areas, you could safely develop your character until the second apocalypse, but that was no longer the case.

In other words, if a dopamine addict were to storm in with an army, there would be no player who could handle it, except for the Unicorn Zone.

“What are you thinking about?”

The god turned around at the voice that broke his thoughts.

There lay a young boy with dark brown hair and green eyes, his wrists tied behind his back, and what looked like a talisman made of yellow paper half-attached to his forehead.

The boy, who had secured his field of vision by blowing on the amulet that was only half attached, as if he was struggling to tear it off, added:

“No matter how much you think about it, there’s bound to be a dopamine addict on top of your head. How long do you think you can keep fooling players by saying things like Manshin and all?”

When God frowned slightly instead of answering, the home protector looked at him with a displeased look and asked.

“But are you a real woman? Or a netkama?”

“That’s not a question worth asking.”

God ignored the home protector’s words and approached him, asking.

“How much do you know about dopamine addicts?”

“How much do you know? Why?”

“I can see that you are still stretching even though you are being held by me, so I think you are completely confident that your dopamine addict will come to your rescue.”

“I know more dopamine addicts than you do.”

Just as the corner of God’s mouth was about to sneer at his confident answer, the home protector spoke with a slightly more serious expression.

“So I don’t think they’ll come to rescue you.”

“… Don’t you think they’ll come to save you?”

“The reason I’m reaching out is because I don’t think you’ll harm me anyway.”

“Why do you think so?”

“Anyway, when I die, the ownership of the meteorite item will go to you, and then naturally my system will shut down and I’ll be kicked out of the chatroom, right? Then other people will know that someone stole my meteorite item, and then Sapposable will go crazy and sink the submarine. That’s why you’re holding me like this instead of killing me right away.”

“You’re not that stupid.”

“You’re the stupid one.”

“You don’t seem to have anything to say while you’re being held captive by me? And you even took away my pistol.”

He took the meteorite pistol that God had taken from his bosom and playfully aimed the muzzle at the home protector.

After stealing the meteor pistol, Shin learned a new fact.

The first is that if a player with the same system open takes away a meteorite item, neither the player with ownership nor the player without ownership will be able to put it in their inventory.

Second, the chat system of the player who was taken away will belong to the one who took it.

In other words, if you don’t kill the player, the system will remain intact as the ownership of the item will remain, but instead, chat can only be sent to the player who stole it.

That’s why I kept Home Protector alive until now.

Originally, they were going to kill the Home Protector, take ownership, and pretend not to know, but since Sappasible prohibited contact between players until the second apocalypse, and the Home Protector’s chat was blocked, they were unable to inform the outside world of their imprisonment, so they left him alive.

Because of the previous second dopamine addict incident, the chat between players became quiet, and the dopamine addict had long since disappeared from the chat window, so it didn’t seem that strange that the home protector was quiet.

“I was only thinking about surviving by clinging to dopamine addicts, so I got caught so easily.”

The god looked at the home protector for a moment, fiddling with the trigger, then quickly put the gun away and put it back in his bosom.

It would have been convenient to keep it in the inventory, but since the ownership still belongs to the home protector, I had no choice but to carry it around myself.

In fact, if the home protector had kept the pistol in his inventory, it wouldn’t have been possible to steal it so easily… … .

‘You stupidly kept it in your inventory, but you wore it around for show, so it wouldn’t be taken away.’

At first, I wore meteorite earrings, but now I just kept them in my inventory.

As God was adjusting his clothes, looking at the home protector with pity, the home protector laughed and said.

“You don’t think a dopamine addict would come here to save me either.”

Of course, it never occurred to me that a believer and dopamine addict would do something so inefficient.

As God stared blankly without answering, the home protector added.

“He may not come to save me, but he’ll come to fuck you. That’s the kind of guy he is.”

God did not refute that statement.

Regardless of the home protector, God knew that one day a dopamine addict would come looking for him.

That guy will definitely try to conquer every area in this world.

“Then… I guess I can only hope that it’s sweet candy.”

I hope the dopamine addict isn’t as far ahead as he thinks.

I hope the dopamine addict isn’t as crazy as he fears.

With that wish, the god began to look towards the north again without stopping.

* * *

“That’s right. I too am a messenger of God who has received revelation.”

“Oh!!”

As I joked without changing my expression, the goblin looked at me with an admiring face.

I raised one leg up on the chair and sat down in a more haughty posture than before, then continued speaking.

“Yes. Omok-nun, the Love Zone player. Now tell me why you came to see this messenger of the gods.”

“You even know my name!!”

The squinty-eyed man looked slightly excited and delighted, but soon looked at me with a slightly questioning expression.

“You know who I am, but don’t you know why I am here?”

Should I have pretended to know that much?

I’m not a shaman or anything.

‘Come to think of it, this guy was called Manshin… … .’

Could it be that the Love Zone player, ‘Shin’, is a real shaman?

If that’s the case, it makes sense to use the term ‘manshin’ instead of ‘cult leader’.

A shaman who plays a game of old-timers like the safe zone, no matter how you think about it, smells like a scam, but that’s not what’s important right now.

“Now me… … .”

Just as I was about to ask if he had any doubts.

The Luna Moon ring she was wearing suddenly began to shine brightly.

“omg!”

The goblin gasped in surprise and fell back.

‘What is this!’

I too was very embarrassed inside.

I don’t know why the guy who had been so quiet all along was suddenly acting like this, but I tried to maintain my composure and held up the shining ring toward Gonoga.

“… Are you doubting me?”

The moon rock began to sparkle with an auspicious light that anyone could see, so Omok-nun looked slightly fearful and shook his head from side to side.

“Oh, no. There must be a reason why you asked me why I came here.”

As soon as the googly-eyed man finished answering, the light streaming from the ring dimmed.

‘The NPC of this ring… is he helping me just now?’

I knew the ring had a will, but this was the first time it had helped me directly in this way.

‘It had a glowing function in addition to the warming and cooling functions.’

If you think about it, it glowed and floated up when we first met, so it might be capable of levitation as well as glowing.

I don’t know where on earth I would use it though.

At some point, the squinty-eyed boy was lying down in front of me without me even asking him to.

“First of all, the one who sent me here was Manshin.”

“I know that. Why did you send it?”

“Tell me about the dopamine addict… … .”

“me?”

It’s surprising that they even sent a player to find out something like that.

Anyone who has seen my strategy guide can easily guess that I am currently working on a strategy guide for a bastard.

And yet you asked me to find out about you?

I guess he was anxious because I didn’t show up in the chat room for a while.

“I…….”

The sunken eye that had been watching me asked cautiously.

“I heard that Dopamine Addict received the privilege of conquering all areas from God… … .”

“however?”

“Is it true that you refused to cooperate with us?”

At those words, I raised the corners of my lips and smiled quietly.

‘I have a good feeling.’

The new guy seems to be convinced that I have the perk of clearing all areas, even though we’ve never had a one-on-one chat.

Besides, I already told the people in my area that I have no intention of cooperating.

At least that guy Shin seemed to have already figured out what I was thinking.

So that’s why you sent a player to check on me.

Now that there is no barrier, if I were to lead the army and invade, it would be tantamount to destroying the ecosystem.

Of course, I don’t plan on doing such a hacky play since there are also newbies.

What I want is to swallow up other regions that have finished training after the second apocalypse, not to beat up players from other regions who are still desperate to survive.

‘God… I guess I can look forward to this guy a little.’

Useful players need to be harvested.

Originally, I would have been enough on my own, but the situation changed with the appearance of the Unicorn Zone player.

While he’s here, it’s not a good idea to kill other players and steal their meteorite items.

Because the unicorn zone player guy just waits for me to collect all those items and then kills me.

I need to get other players to cooperate with me while holding meteorite items.

‘Then… let’s try it like this.’

I said with a smile on my face that I couldn’t understand.

“I received the special privilege of conquering all areas.”

“You got it! But… why don’t you come with us?”

“I never said I wouldn’t cooperate. On the contrary, I would like to ask, why don’t you cooperate with me?”

“Huh? What do you mean… … .”

“Only I can stop the second apocalypse.”

“… … ?”

The goblin looked up at me with a face as if wondering what I meant by my unexpected remark.

I continued with a calm face.

“Items containing the revelations of God, if you collect them all, you will have the power to stop the second apocalypse. That is the special privilege I received as a conqueror of all regions.”

“The power to prevent the second apocalypse?”

“So go and tell ‘Manshin’.”

I said, smiling with one corner of my mouth raised.

“Will you follow God’s will?”