This Universe Needs Old People - Chapter 86



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Apocalypse Needs Old People Episode 086

62. Player Dialogue (2)

This was before I brought these guys together.

After deciding not to open the game developer’s message.

I immediately sent a chat to Tibalom.

Tibalom, who had been sending me crazy messages every now and then, seemed to have calmed down after I sent him the toiletries, and he wasn’t sending me any messages other than asking for supplies.

[Dopamine Addict: Hey]

[Dopamine Addict: Are You Alive?]

As soon as I sent the message, I got a reply.

[T-Balom: Why]

Even though I’ve been taking good care of this guy, he’s still so shameless.

But now I see that you reply regularly, so I think you know how grateful I am.

[Dopamine Addict: I have a question]

[T-Balom: You have something to ask me?]

[Dopamine Addict: Do you know anything about the Salvation Project?]

I asked outright because I knew you had no intention of interacting with any other players besides me.

The answer from Tibalom was somewhat disappointing.

[T-Balom: What is that?]

‘I don’t know.’

Is this guy unrelated?

But since Shinjo didn’t seem to know anything about the Salvation Project, I didn’t give up and kept asking.

[Dopamine Addict: What about the Middle-aged Dating Simulation?]

[T-Balom: … … .]

This time the reply didn’t come right away.

[T-Balom: It’s been so long since I’ve contacted you, so what are you talking about?]

I think it would be absurd if I suddenly started talking about middle-aged women after not hearing from them for a few weeks.

‘But I thought this guy would know something… … .’

Tibalom, of all people, is a knife.

This is the guy who was possessed in the last hidden area I conquered.

Judging from the fact that a strange player was possessed in the Unicorn Zone, which was my base, I thought that maybe Tibalom also knew something like Shin Eunjo and fell into the hidden zone…

‘But it seems like he wasn’t in his right mind when he first opened the system, so he’s different from Shin Eun-jo.’

Shin Jo is a player who chose the love zone with the intention of being possessed from the beginning.

So, they could have established a pseudo-religion without much panic.

But if Tibalom had known that he would be possessed like Shinjo, he would never have chosen a knife.

If you went into it without knowing anything, you are a really unlucky player.

[Dopamine Addict: If you don’t know, that’s fine]

[T-Balom: Are you just going to let it slide by saying you don’t know?]

[T-Balom: Salvation Project and middle-aged people… Anyway.]

[T-Balom: Shouldn’t you at least explain why you asked me what it was?]

I thought you’d just treat me like a worthless person and get my attention, but you’re more curious than I thought.

‘I guess it doesn’t matter if I tell you.’

It’s no secret that the Salvation Project was the first game company to create a safe zone.

Even if a game with a title like Middle-Aged Dating Simulation had something to do with Ping-yi, it wouldn’t sound serious.

[Dopamine Addict: I was wondering if you knew anything about the game company Salvation Project, not Square Soft, that originally created the Safe Zone series.]

[T-Balom: This is my first time hearing about Square Soft.]

What the heck? You don’t even remember the logo that’s as big as a door?

[T-Balom: I don’t enjoy games in the first place.]

[Dopamine Addict: Then you wouldn’t know even if you were a teenager.]

[T-Balom: Unpublished?]

[Dopamine Addict: The safe zone is based on a game called ‘Middle-aged Dating Simulation’.]

[T-Balom: I don’t know what you’re talking about.]

I felt a strange sense of kinship with T-Balom, who also didn’t know what a premature ejaculation was.

While I was at it, I asked one more thing.

[Dopamine Addict: You don’t know anything about Cthulhu Games, do you?]

[T-Balom: What is that?]

[Dopamine Addict: The Company That Made You Premature.]

[T-Balom: This is the first time I’ve heard of it.]

[T-Balom: But why did you ask me if I knew that?]

[Dopamine Addict: I’m looking into it because I wonder if it might have something to do with our group’s binge.]

[T-Balom: With our ice cream?]

[Dopamine Addict: If you learn anything, please tell me.]

[T-Balom: You tell me. It doesn’t seem like you have any intention of telling me everything even now.]

I guess he noticed that I said just enough.

I changed the subject a bit.

[Dopamine Addict: But you don’t even play games well, so how did you start playing Safe Zone? A game that doesn’t even have a Korean patch.]

[T-Balom: My junior recommended it.]

[Dopamine Addict: Junior? Haha. Were you a college student? Haha.]

[T-Balom: Are you a college student? Organization… No, a junior at work.]

I clearly remember sending a chat message saying it was an organization.

It doesn’t seem like they’re trying to do a concept…

This kid is also quite strange.

[T-Balom: Now that I think about it, my junior gave me this name.]

[T-Balom: Do you know what T-Balom means?]

[Dopamine Addict: … … .]

It’s surprising that a 21st century person who doesn’t even know the meme called T-Balom got possessed while playing Safe Zone, but the junior who recommended Safe Zone and told me to use T-Balom as my nickname is also amazing.

[Dopamine Addict: Don’t You Know MBTI?]

[T-Balom: I know that.]

Fortunately, he wasn’t completely illiterate.

[Dopamine Addict: T is the T of MBTI.]

[T-Balom: What about Balom?]

I had no choice but to tell Tibalom the cruel truth.

[Dopamine Addict: Pronounce T as C.]

It seemed like the chat had been disconnected, but after a while I received a reply from Tibalom.

[T-Balom: This]

[T-Balom: How do I change this name?]

[Dopamine Addict: If I could change it, I would have thought that the Unicorn Zone player was just using my name.]

Tibalom was silent for a moment, wondering if he had gone to try to change his name even though I told him it couldn’t be changed.

It was about five minutes later that Tibalom returned.

[T-Balom: Ha… Jo Man-wol, that bastard… … .]

“… … .”

In context.

I thought the name Jo Man-wol was the junior who recommended the game and gave me a nickname.

I asked Tibalom to confirm.

[Dopamine Addict: Jo Man-wol… Is this your junior?]

[Dopamine Addict: Recommended this game.]

[T-Balom: Yes.]

[T-Balom: I wonder if that bastard Jo Man-wol is also possessed here.]

Tibalom’s thinking was wrong.

The person named Jo Man-wol is probably not possessed right now.

She was already in this game over ten years ago, and has been buried in the grave for a long time.

‘Jo Man-wol.’

That’s my mother’s name.

It never occurred to me that they might be people with the same name.

It was my mother who made Tibalom play this game.

‘perhaps…….’

You even sent me a message.

That’s what made us crazy.

It might be my mother.

‘I guess I’ll have to log out and check.’

Even if it means opening up all other players’ systems.

* * *

That’s why I decided to open Banggu Seok Yeo-bo and Tae-jeong’s system today without hesitation.

But that doesn’t mean I’m willing to help all the other players for free.

The condition for logging out is ‘opening the system to all players.’

I don’t think the number of ‘all players’ would include players who are already dead.

Then, those who cooperate with me will open their systems and make them mine.

My plan is to eliminate from this world all those who do not cooperate with me.

If I open up additional players who are affiliated with me, they will also be able to collect points and open other players’ systems more quickly.

That’s why I suggested to Shin Eun-jo that he submit to me, and Shin Eun-jo took out a pistol from his bosom and aimed it at me.

It was a familiar pistol.

It’s probably a meteorite item stolen from a home protector.

But is it because I got shot instead of you last time?

“crazy!”

As soon as Shin Jo aimed his pistol at me, Bang Gu Seok Yeo Bo blocked my way.

‘This is pretty impressive.’

Although Banggu Seok-yeo’s actions were admirable, Shin Eun-jo probably didn’t take out the pistol with the intention of shooting me in the first place.

“Good job. But get out of the way.”

“What? Hey-!”

As I pushed Banggu Seok Yeo-bo aside, Shin Eun-jo, who had been staring at me with her gun aimed at me, quickly turned the handle of her gun towards me and held it out.

“I just want to receive this much information. Is that okay?”

Instead of being tied to me and hearing the whole story, it seems like he’s handing me the Home Protector’s meteorite item and only wants to hear the story for that amount.

“Isn’t it that you don’t want to be hostile to me?”

“That’s right. But I also have family members in my area. It’s hard for me to choose you right now.”

I guess when they said they’d return to their own territory someday, it wasn’t just empty words.

‘I guess he has a sense of responsibility since he personally chose and brought them here.’

It’s a shame that I can’t immediately make Shinjo my slave and conduct additional open-door experiments, but I’ve succeeded in obtaining the meteorite item, so I’m satisfied with this.

I accepted the pistol that Shin Jo was holding out.

As soon as I received the pistol, I tried to put it in my inventory, but nothing happened.

‘It doesn’t appear in the inventory.’

Perhaps it is because the actual owner is a home protector.

The reason Shin Jo readily gave me the Home Protector’s pistol is probably because it doesn’t belong to him.

If Shin Eun-jo returns to his territory and kills the home protector, the ownership will revert to Shin Eun-jo… … .

‘It seems that he’s still alive because of the ban that Sapposable put in place, so the probability of him going back and killing Home Protector to take ownership is low.’

Well, ownership isn’t really necessary.

Anyway, I plan to get the ownership of the meteorite item after dealing with the Unicorn Zone players.

Fortunately, Luna can use her own power just by keeping the meteorite item by her side without having to own it, so for now, I decided to give her only the amount of information equivalent to the price of the pistol as Shin Eun-jo suggested.

I asked Shin Eun-jo as I packed the pistol into my bosom.

“But was the home protector just sitting there?”

“I thought you believed I was coming to your rescue.”

Judging from the fact that he didn’t seem shaken by the mention of Home Protector, it seems that Shin Jo assumed that I knew that he had Home Protector in his grasp.

So, he must have proudly taken out his pistol and showed it to me.

By the way, you think I’m going to go rescue you?

He’s such a positive guy.

Well, now that I have the Meteor Pistol in my hands, I have to meet the Home Protector.

After the entrance exam is over, I should go to the Love Zone and pick up the Home Protector.

“Then it’s time to pay the price.”

I pulled the corner lady I had pushed away a little while ago back in front of me and spoke.

“This guy here will explain about the Unicorn Zone players.”

“What? Weren’t you the one explaining it?”

“What? Why do I have to explain this?”

Ignoring Banggu Seok-yeo’s objection, I smiled at Shin Eun-jo.

“You didn’t expect me to listen to you properly when you handed me a meteorite item that wasn’t even yours, did you?”

“… … .”

From the look on his face, I guess he wanted me to ignore the ownership issue.

“Instead, I will allow you to take the entrance exam.”

“If it is a condition that allows me to take the entrance exam… … .”

“From now on, you can ask Banggu Seok Yeo-bo many questions.”

“That… I refuse.”

It hasn’t even been 30 minutes since we met and you’ve already figured out that Banggu Seok-yeo-bo is no help at all.

It seems like the players have sorted things out… … .

Now it’s time to take the first entrance exam to the military academy.