Chapter 315 – Post-Apocalypse
Three years have passed since the vaccine was distributed.
The world is slowly moving beyond the apocalypse and entering the post-apocalypse era.
Of course, we must take into account that our country is in the best situation in the world.
China, where the entire country is covered with radioactivity or infectious agents, and leader, which is an even more terrible royal tax hell.
The United States’ national leadership was wiped out, the territory was divided into three: the West Coast, the Midwestern Desert, and the East Coast, and the Union was broken.
Russia is a point-organized country hidden behind subways, bunkers, and air defense forts built during the former Soviet Union.
Across the water, Japan also has a military power that cannot be ignored, but since its main force was concentrated on the Naval Self-Defense Force, it was of little help in suppressing the situation.
The only countries that can be called powerful countries are at this level, so it is embarrassing to even mention the rest.
This world was changing people’s lifestyles, etiquette, moral standards, language, and the use of words.
There are so many that I can’t list them all, but if I were to name one that’s hot recently, I’d say rattlesnake.
“Our friend Jwidori has a lot of fat.”
A large screen installed in Police Square.
In it, an impressive middle-aged man dressed as a chef is holding a cleaned edible rat upside down.
It is an improved species with a very short tail and large flesh, so when you cut off the head and take it off, it is roughly similar to a chicken.
If you insist that it is a very small chicken, 2 to 3 out of 10 people will be fooled by its visual appearance.
You can see that Artemis paid a lot of attention not only to nutrition and breeding, but also to appearance in order to produce food.
[In the past, this white fat would have been roughly skimmed off and made into meat. If the fat remains as is, it becomes rancid, shortens the shelf life, and does not produce a light taste.]
He tapped the rat’s white fat with a sashimi knife.
It is not concentrated in a specific area like pork belly, but is widely distributed overall.
Thanks to this, you can enjoy both the savory flavor and the chewy texture, so it tastes perfect.
[But these days, if you do something like that, you get beaten up, right? Even every bit of fat has to be cherished. After all, it’s a preserved food, so wouldn’t it end up in someone’s stomach within a month of making it?]
In the video, the man skillfully threaded rat meat onto a tree branch and began drying it.
Now that most of the distribution network has been destroyed and even refrigeration and freezing have become inadequate due to power supply issues, the demand for preserved food is enormous.
Filefish cannot be caught with regular fishing hooks, so you must use a special hook that only catches filefish.
In a word, it means that it is a luxury item in today’s world. Even in Police Prime, the original filefish using filefish cannot be found.
[I have just started researching rat pouches, so better methods may come out. If you have any know-how, please report it. As this is a difficult world, let’s help each other.]
Now, rat meat made with fish has become a relic of the past, and jerky made with dried rat meat has taken its place.
The dried rat fish that was joked about has become a reality. These changes were also occurring in occupations.
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What jobs are successful in today’s shattered Korea?
First, the liberal arts department is completely destroyed.
Some people may think, ‘Even if the world falls apart, a doctor is still a doctor.’
They are certainly valuable and popular, but they are not treated very well.
Most medical equipment and medicines, including dentistry and dermatology, are essential, but not many places have them.
Needless to say, not only the power used for equipment but also consumables for maintenance. In the first place, many of those medical supplies were imported from foreign countries.
Crucially, it is impossible to make enough money to maintain these precious materials. The majority of Koreans today are poor and do not have health insurance.
On the other hand, there are too many fixed expenses.
Bang!
The door to a hospital in Polis opened roughly, and a man jumped out.
He was dressed in a typical searcher’s outfit and his face was covered in blood.
“How dare you misbehave in the National Assembly? “It’s a baby with a chunk of liver sticking out of its stomach.”
The guard said, wiping the blood off his club.
He is wearing combat armor made by modifying police riot gear.
There was a pistol strapped to his waist, and the fact that he had his hand on the handle meant that if he made a foolish move, he would be shot down right away.
“S-sorry. It was my first time drinking in two years and I felt so good that I stopped making mistakes…”
“There is no need, don’t see me again. “If you step on the threshold one more time, I will break your leg.”
Among doctors from all over the country, a lucky few were able to receive positions and practice in Polis.
As it is a gathering place of high-quality manpower and high-quality materials, it is necessary to hire guards in today’s barbaric world.
The situation was like this, so the hospital operation was not profitable.
Thanks to this, there is even a joke that physical therapists are treated better than doctors.
Now, let me introduce one occupation that is more successful than doctors these days.
Those are automobile technicians, or more precisely, people who can make illegal modifications.
Have you ever heard of the number of elements?
It is a catalyst that is injected into vehicles that use diesel fuel to minimize exhaust emissions.
There is no problem in driving without it, but according to the environmental conservation agreement, all diesel vehicles are designed to operate only when urea water is injected.
Of course, it is absurd to even obtain urea water in today’s world, which relies solely on oil.
Therefore, engineers who could modify it to run without urea water were treated as more than doctors.
Before the war, this would have been severely punished, but now no one cares about it.
Except for just one place.
[Confirmation of emission of pollutants above the allowable concentration. Illegally modified vehicles are strictly prohibited from entering the shelter.]
Rose’s sonorous voice rang out from the shelter’s main gate, which was opened at regular intervals.
“Ha, fuck.”
“What did I say, brother! “I told you not to bring this car!”
“He said it was definitely a car with a proper SCR. “There wasn’t any smoke when you came here, right?”
“There must have been something defective, so they handed it over so cheaply!”
She was a tattooed man with his head stuck in the driver’s seat with a frustrated face, and a woman screaming furiously next to him.
[Put the vehicle back immediately. You will be billed for the amount of exhaust gas your vehicle sprays around the main gate. If you run away without paying, you will be permanently banned from the police and your personal information will also be sent to other affiliated camps.]
Rose was speaking with some consideration, but her subjects didn’t seem to particularly appreciate it.
“No, how long have you been there and get fined for it? Anyway, the kids who are there are doing more!”
“Are you in a position to criticize me now? Take it out quickly!”
“Okay, so don’t scream in my ear.”
Purr!
But they say bad news overlaps? When I tried to move the stopped car, the engine stopped.
With a puzzled look on his face, the man kept trying to start the car, but he failed! It just made a sound and kept failing.
Every time, a huge amount of smoke was emitted, and the woman, leaning out her window to look behind her, screamed in response.
In her eyes, it must have looked like a scene where money was being stolen in real time.
[Please stop. We will tow your vehicle. Please stop controlling and stay still.]
Rose couldn’t help but intervene.
“Are you going to charge me for that too?”
It’s quite possible for her to do everything she does with FM.
“Rose is not that cruel. “What a sweet girl she is.”
Seyoung, who is training next to her, seems to think differently.
Two men and a woman being dragged by a heavy equipment vehicle. Cars parked in a row honked their horns and jeered.
[Please be quiet. Currently, this area is classified as a special management area. Behavior that causes disturbance is not tolerated.]
In an instant, the horn stopped, and a dead silence came over me.
“Are you listening well?”
Most of the people sitting in the driver’s seat are people related to logistics, and they all have either a scary or charismatic face.
They all turned into gentle sheep and were holding the steering wheel. It was a bit funny to see the giggling men in agreement at one word from Rose.
“He’s a kind kid, but he’s also strict. That’s also attractive, though.”
Seyoung said, stroking both cheeks.
“It was very well-used.”
“Please call it friendship.”
“Is it because of me that the special management area was declared?”
I can feel the surveillance cameras deviating from their natural course and glancing at me.
It is clearly under the control of Rose, not Artemis.
“Maybe? Even though he is usually kind, he tends to become particularly strict when it comes to managers.”
Memories of handling shelter guard colts with Rose came back to me.
I was treating the colts with kindness, but when one of them showed aggression towards me, I immediately scolded him by slapping him harshly.
Keying.
When I suddenly turned my head, the camera lens, which was moving unnaturally, made eye contact with me. And then it hardened.
“There is definitely a class difference from Artemis in this respect. Well, that’s cute in its own way.”
I passed through the main gate and headed to the Shelter Guard Headquarters.
It’s been a while since I missed Rose’s workplace, seeing her wearing a suit and working bravely.
