## Chapter 77 – The Age of the Great Excavation
The typhoon had passed, and the boys were incredibly weakened, staggering around.
Having survived on half a banana each per day, it was hardly surprising.
The girls, however, were fine.
Far from being weakened, their skin was even better, glowing with health.
But no one spoke of what had happened that day.
They kept their mouths shut and pretended to be calm, silent.
As if nothing had happened during the typhoon.
Only Park Jimin, who knew the full story, laughed to himself.
‘Pfft. It’s hilarious how they’re acting all high and mighty after selling their asses and everything else just to get something to eat.’
Of course, Park Jimin wasn’t stupid enough to say that out loud, but he couldn’t help but laugh.
“You weirdo. If you just stand there laughing, all the stuff will be gone, you know?”
Kim Sujin said, picking up a coffee peanut from the ground.
Besides her, kids were running around like crazy all over the beach, picking up things.
“Jackpot! Jackpot! There’s candy!”
“Here’s a drink!”
Ownerless manufactured goods were peeking out from the white sand, waiting for someone to claim them.
The kids, who hadn’t enjoyed the benefits of civilization in this remote place, were busy running around the beach picking them up.
“Chaeyeon! That’s mine! I called dibs on it with my eyes!”
“Finders keepers!”
Two people were competing over a tube of sunscreen.
Park Jimin, seeing Kim Sujin and Yoon Chaeyeon bickering, stepped between them, picked up the sunscreen, and said,
“Hey, guys? Look at the beach. There are things everywhere. You couldn’t pick it all up even if you spent days wandering around, okay?”
As Park Jimin said, the beach was covered with stuff as far as the eye could see.
Realizing there was no need to fight over just one thing, they scattered again, picking up different items.
Park Jimin tore open the sunscreen, applied it to his body, and smiled.
‘Seriously, this is such an interesting place.’
The kids were creating a scene like picking grains in a wheat field, and Park Jimin was watching them and laughing, when…
“Hey, everyone, gather around for a second!”
Yoo Hana raised her hand and shouted.
“Jaejoon has something to say!”
***
“Thanks for your hard work, everyone. It must have been tough for five days, but thanks for holding out.”
At Kim Jaejoon’s words, the kids looked at each other and nodded slightly.
The first two days of the typhoon had been truly hellish.
They were hungry and cold.
It was the first time in their lives they had experienced such hardship.
It’s no joke, they had thought over and over again, thousands of times, that they might die.
In fact, two of the boys had died.
One of them had been brutally mutilated by a shark. They still got chills down their spines when they thought about that moment.
“So, what do you want to say? If you’re just going to say you’re glad we survived, I want to go back.”
At Park Jimin’s words, the other girls nodded as if in agreement, looking towards the beach.
And then, snakes began to slither from the beach into the forest.
They had been talking in the shade of the forest, but they had no choice but to move back to the edge of the forest to continue their conversation.
Kim Jaejoon said.
“As you all know, the typhoon swept away everything we’ve worked so hard to build together. But you also know that we need to work together again to survive.”
The kids nodded reluctantly.
They had lived their lives doing whatever they wanted. So, cooperation wasn’t really their thing.
Of course, when they grew up and ran companies, they would naturally learn to cooperate, but the kids who had just graduated from high school and had enjoyed everything until now still only knew themselves.
Working with others was tiring.
But it was clear that in this remote place with nothing, working together increased the chances of survival.
“So, are we going to catch fish again and dry them together?”
“There’s no need for that. There are necessities rolling around over there.”
“Then?”
“As you all felt while working last time, some people worked hard and were a great help, but others were not.”
The moment he said that, Park Jimin’s face stiffened. He sensed what Kim Jaejoon was about to say.
He had a bad feeling, and it hit the mark.
“We will banish those who are useless from the group.”
“What?”
“What do you mean, Kim Jaejoon?”
As expected.
Until now, he had been considerate of each family’s influence, so he had put up with people who couldn’t do their jobs well or had problems, but after more than a month with no sign of a rescue team, he meant that he would no longer tolerate it.
“Suddenly banishing people? What are you talking about out of the blue!”
It wasn’t sudden.
There had been signs before he made this decision today.
Han Dokyun had been going around looking for two people who weren’t doing their jobs well and using violence against them.
Even though it would be a disaster if that were revealed back in Korea, Kim Jaejoon had condoned Han Dokyun’s actions.
And now he had even drawn his own sword.
In other words, he had just been testing the waters.
“The people being banished are Lee Seohyun, Han Jiwon, and Yoon Chaeyeon.”
Lee Seohyun and Yoon Chaeyeon’s eyes widened in disbelief.
“I don’t need to tell you the reasons, do I?”
Han Jiwon was always sleeping and skipping work because he was lazy.
Yoon Chaeyeon was clumsy and always caused accidents, creating a -1 person’s worth of work to clean up.
“Wait, what about me?”
Lee Seohyun protested, feeling wronged.
“Lee Seohyun, you have a big appetite, and you were caught secretly stealing food a few times.”
“Th, that’s…”
“Especially the day before the typhoon hit, a large amount of drying fish disappeared.”
“Wait a minute! That wasn’t me! It really wasn’t me!”
She strongly denied it, but the kids’ gazes were cold.
“There must be some mistake!”
“There will be no reversing the decision. The three of you are banished. I don’t know if Han Jiwon is alive, but when he comes back, I’ll tell him the facts then. The other two should leave now.”
And so, the banishment of Lee Seohyun and Yoon Chaeyeon was confirmed.
And Park Jimin let out a silent snort.
‘Look at these guys?’
Of course, those three were bad at their jobs.
But strictly speaking, they were all neutral forces.
People who didn’t belong to Kim Jaejoon and Yoo Hana, but conversely, people whom Park Jimin himself had recently been embracing.
‘Hehe. Aren’t you being too obvious, Yoo Hana?’
In short, she had cut off and trampled on his growing power.
When his power grew bigger than hers, she borrowed her boyfriend’s strength and used it to prevent him from growing.
The fact that there was no agitation at all among Kim Jaejoon and Yoo Hana’s gang now that the important decision of banishment had been made was the decisive proof.
Only the five members of Park Jimin’s group were flustered by this sudden notice.
Park Jimin said with a bright smile.
“Kim Jaejoon. If we’re talking about not working, your sidekicks aren’t much better. Honestly, what does Yoo Hana do besides calling the kids when it’s time to eat?”
“……”
Kim Jaejoon was silent.
He wasn’t going to listen.
Park Jimin himself didn’t really think it would work.
“So, is that all you wanted to say?”
“No, I heard from Taehoon. Park Jimin, you’ve been steadily receiving food from Seohee all this time.”
Park Jimin looked at Kim Taehoon, and Kim Taehoon avoided his eyes. Park Jimin shrugged.
“Well, yeah. Seohee is the only one who can stand to look at my face, so she meets me.”
“From now on, let’s distribute that food fairly.”
“Hmm. Why should I? I can just eat it all myself.”
“If you do that, I’ll put the banishment of the kids on hold.”
So, that was the real purpose.
In other words, he was telling him to choose.
Either give up the food, or the power he had gathered would be split.
Whichever he chose, Park Jimin’s power would be weakened, and Kim Jaejoon and Yoo Hana could strengthen their position without losing anything.
It was a very profitable deal.
“Ji, Jimin. What should we do?”
As the silence grew longer, Lee Seohyun and Yoon Chaeyeon became anxious, while Yoo Hana smiled brightly next to Kim Jaejoon.
As if it was her victory.
She was looking down on him as if to say, “What can you do?”
But Park Jimin laughed inwardly.
‘Interesting. But Hana only knows one thing, and doesn’t know the other. Does she really think it’ll be over if she splits up our team? Does she think the people who are loyal to you won’t come over to me?’
It wasn’t that he didn’t have the confidence to seduce Yoo Hana’s lackeys, so he didn’t touch them.
He only touched the neutral kids as a test.
He needed confirmation. How desperate the kids were for food.
And finally, he was convinced. That he could make all the kids here kneel at his feet.
‘The typhoon passed and food was found all over the beach, but that’s a limited amount anyway.’
Eventually, they would have no choice but to turn to Kkojimo.
Kim Jaejoon must have been aware of that fact, judging by the fact that he was already pressuring him to share food even though they hadn’t reached that point yet.
So, Park Jimin smiled brightly. Raising his middle finger.
“Yeah, screw you.”
“!!”
“Well, it’s a good thing. I’ll make it clear this time. From now on, I’m in control of the food. By the way, you know my personality, right? I don’t do fair stuff like that. I’ll give it out as I please. If you have any complaints, go complain to Jung Seohee. Well, I can’t stop you from getting your ass kicked like someone else did a while ago.”
With that, Park Jimin turned to look at Han Dokyun.
Eek! Han Dokyun was furious, took off his glasses, and approached, but Park Jimin didn’t care.
The boys were all weak, but Park Jimin himself had the perfectly fine Kang Hyerin.
When Kang Hyerin stepped forward, Han Dokyun immediately tucked his tail and backed away.
Kim Jaejoon frowned and said.
“So, you’re going to abandon Lee Seohyun and Yoon Chaeyeon.”
“Huh? No?”
“What?”
“Ah. Did you say to choose one of the two? Then pretend you didn’t hear what I said about controlling the food. I’m going to leave with the kids you kicked out.”
“!!”
When Park Jimin declared that, Kang Hyerin and Kim Sujin also stood next to him, saying they would join him, and Lee Seohyun and Yoon Chaeyeon teared up with感动.
Park Jimin turned his body away.
“Ji, Jimin, wait a minute!”
Kim Taehoon was flustered and stopped Park Jimin.
“How are five girls going to survive?”
“Why? I think we’ll survive better than the kids left over there?”
Than Han Dokyun, who hardly worked because he was managing and supervising.
Or Yoo Hana, who just sat and smiled like a princess.
Or Lee Minhyuk, who was always making out and lazing around like a grasshopper, barely working.
Or Kim Jaejoon, who was standing with his hands behind his back like a nobleman.
He was confident that he could survive better than a group with those kinds of people in it.
“Of course, we could survive better if we all gathered together and worked together. But they broke the game first by making ridiculous threats.”
Kim Taehoon turned to look at Kim Jaejoon.
The fact that Park Jimin had told him that he had received food from Jung Seohee was all about getting along, but this was not the result he wanted.
At Kim Taehoon’s gaze, Kim Jaejoon called out to her.
“Park Jimin. The world you know isn’t everything. I hope you don’t get on the wrong side.”
Then Park Jimin stopped dead in his tracks, turned halfway around, looked back at him, and said.
“Pfft. Kim Jaejoon. How do you think I survived in my family’s chaotic situation? How do you think I was loved by our group’s chairman, surpassed my older sisters, and became the successor?”
“……”
“I know everything I need to know.”
That Kkojimo had some special ability, and that Kim Jaejoon, who was saying those words now, and Yoo Hana next to him, had something in their hands.
Park Jimin was fully aware of it.
But the long-standing sense that he had been with him for the past 20 years was telling him.
That that path was not the right one. That it was a rotten rope.
‘Even if you combine each and every one of you, you’re no match for Kkojimo alone. You’re the ones who got on the wrong side.’
So, he doesn’t bother to covet that specialness.
Because it wouldn’t change anything whether it was there or not.
No, rather, Kkojimo might keep him closer if that specialness didn’t exist.
‘Mediocre talent only makes the other person uneasy and eventually strangles their own neck.’
Park Jimin turned his body back around and moved his feet.
Kim Taehoon looked at Kim Jaejoon again with an anxious face, and finally Kim Jaejoon sighed.
“Okay. I won’t kick you out, so everyone just stay in the group.”
Lee Seohyun and Yoon Chaeyeon’s faces brightened.
Whether they did or not, Park Jimin didn’t look back and just raised his hand and waved it.
“Whatever. Let’s go, girls. Let’s work hard today and have a company dinner.”
“Okay!”
It was Park Jimin who had now declared an independent force in name and reality.
And the other girls, who saw the shaken appearance of the leadership, had many thoughts.
Especially Ryu Sia and Oh Seyoung’s eyes were sinking.
***
The kids gathered for a while and whispered, then started running around the beach like crazy, picking up things.
I looked at them with binoculars and urged my women.
“Okay, let’s move quickly.”
The kids, who knew that all sorts of useful things were hidden in the ground after the typhoon, all started excavating.
No one could be found doing other livelihood activities.
It was the dawn of the age of the great excavation.
But there was a limit to the amount of stuff, so it was a competition.
Whoever moved even a little faster grabbed more.
The excavation speed gradually increased as if they had confirmed our presence over there. I also whipped my women even more.
“Woojin. Can I just pick up anything?”
“Yes. Just bring everything.”
The kids were mainly farming for food.
If they found something they really needed in the middle, they picked it up, but they were thoroughly excavating for food.
But I didn’t need to do that.
Whether I needed it or not, I just picked it all up and sold it to the store.
If I needed it later, I could just buy it back from the store then.
That’s why the cash was soaring quickly.
[Daily sales have exceeded 5 million won.]
[A gift will be given.]
A gift?
『Note: Given when daily sales exceed 5 million won. You can send a note to a player in your field of view once. One-time use. 』
I even received a gift in the middle of how much I had sold.
‘It was already inconvenient to contact my party if I was far away from them, but I can use this somehow.’
That’s right, but 5 million won in income a day. It was an unbelievable amount.
I wondered if I could ever earn that much even if I lived on Earth for the rest of my life.
‘Now the farming speed is starting to differ.’
At first it was similar, but a gap opened up between the kids and our group.
It couldn’t be helped.
The kids were individualistic, so they carried around the things they had farmed one by one, and as a result, their luggage gradually increased, and now when they picked up a new item, they were busy worrying about whether to pick it up or not.
Even the things they had worried about so much weren’t that good.
Most of them were just substitutes for the products they wanted.
I wanted to use A company’s product, but I picked up B product and had no choice but to use it.
But I wasn’t.
“Okay, okay. Apply sunscreen so your skin doesn’t burn.”
“Can’t you give me Seolwasu product, Master?”
“Woojin, I want Lya Plaire.”
The women came up and told me what products they wanted.
Like this, I could sell things and use the money I earned to buy whatever products I wanted at any time.
I handed Kim Yeonju the Seolwasu product and looked at Science.
“Jung Minah. Let’s use something that suits our station.”
“What, can’t you even do that for me? I worked really hard in the hot sun!”
“You haven’t even worked for an hour, and we don’t sell high-end products like Lya Plaire.”
I didn’t see any brand products that went over a certain amount, whether they hadn’t been unlocked yet.
“Tsk. Then I can’t help it.”
The women were applying sunscreen to each other naked.
I was just receiving the sunscreen that Kim Yeonju and the homeroom teacher were applying to my body and opened the store window.
Since the story of unlocking came up, I was going to strengthen it one step further.
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[Store Window]
Raw Materials 1 (Completed): You can purchase food raw materials such as meat and fruit.
Raw Materials 2 (Completed): You can purchase metal and other raw materials.
Finished Products 1 (Completed): You can purchase daily necessities.
Finished Products 2 (2,000 points): You can purchase food.
+
The remaining points were 2,007 points.
I used all the points I had saved without hesitation.
[2,000 points have been used.]
[‘Finished Products 2’ has been unlocked.]
It was the moment when all manufactured goods such as snacks, frozen foods, and drinks were unlocked.
I bought canned ion drinks and threw them to the women.
“Huh? Th, this is.”
The women’s eyes widened, and soon after confirming the coolness and sweetness of the ion drinks, their faces were filled with happy smiles.
If you only looked at their expressions, you would think they had all taken drugs.
Even Han Jiwon was smiling with his mouth wide open.
Click.
I also tore off my share and drank it.
캬! This artificial sweetness of sugar, completely different from fruit. It’s been a while since I’ve eaten it, so my mouth is very happy.
I understand why the women are so뿅 and 헤렐레.
“Shall we make pasta tonight?”
“Re, really?”
“Woojin, really?”
Nod.
What does it cost.
+
[Cream Pasta Sauce]
11% discount!
11,000 won -〉 9,790 won
[Pasta Noodles]
5% discount!
5,800 won -〉 5,510 won
+
꺅! The women cheered, whether they were getting tired of grilled meat and fruit.
I pushed them out to the beach with overflowing energy.
“So, work hard.”
“Yes!”
The women walked around the beach without hesitation, picked up things, and came back.
I let my women loose and wandered around the island like I was herding sheep.
I mainly sat and rested in the shade, and only went directly when big things came out and sold them to the store.
Even so, the cash that had been at the bottom to prepare for the typhoon was increasing without knowing the end.
[Cash: 5,983,127 won]
‘Easy, easy. It’s so easy to make money.’
