Chapter 2145 – 2145. Eternal Eden
Sungak Elementary School was developing at an astonishing pace.
As they began to expand Sungak Elementary School’s territory in earnest, people also flocked to it. They even accepted people who would have been turned away for lack of space. However, they didn’t accept just anyone. They screened out those who seemed problematic through background checks and interviews.
The enslavement of the looters was softened with euphemisms like labor service. There were various problems with openly advocating a slave system. However, everyone at Sungak Elementary School knew that they were no different from slaves.
The important thing was that a certain level of order had been established.
Even without Nana or Na Chaeyoung intervening directly, problems were resolved on their own. Thanks to this, free time increased. I focused on training and sex, while Na Chaeyoung focused on research, in ordinary days.
What broke the monotony of these ordinary days was an email submitted to the official Sungak Elementary School website.
“An email? What, did someone else request to be taken in? Are they a celebrity this time?”
I said to Na Chaeyoung, who had called me. Various emails came through the official website email. Most of them were requests to be rescued or taken in. These requests were mostly ignored.
They wanted to come to Sungak Elementary School? Then they should come themselves, not order us around. My Sungak Elementary School wasn’t 911. Even if they were a celebrity, I wouldn’t accept them unless they were a pretty woman.
“It’s an email from a resident of Saetbyeol Apartment.”
“That’s a cheesy name, like it was built 30 years ago. Aren’t most apartment names these days more French-sounding?”
“Apartments these days… I don’t know about that, but it’s true that Saetbyeol Apartment is old. It was built in 1988.”
Na Chaeyoung displayed a picture of the apartment on one of the monitors. A corridor-style apartment in a yellow building. The picture alone conveyed its age. There were quite a few apartments. It was a complex. The complex was shaped like a ‘ㄷ’ with only the entrance open.
“If we just block the entrance, it would be a decent place to live.”
“That’s only if there are no zombies inside the apartment.”
That was true. The D virus didn’t discriminate between apartments or terrain, only people. If you were unlucky, you became a zombie, and if you were lucky, you survived. The only saving grace was that, apart from that day, no one was getting infected with the D virus through the air.
“So, why this apartment? Do they want to be rescued?”
“It’s true that they sent a rescue request. There are about 1,000 people left in the apartment. One of them sent us a rescue request.”
I felt a sense of doubt.
Most of those who requested rescue or wanted to move into Sungak Elementary School were individuals or families of 3-4 people. Survivors in the hundreds rarely requested rescue. Even if they did, they would report to the police or 911.
“If apartments are grouped together, don’t they usually take care of themselves? Food support is a problem the government should solve.”
“They’re requesting rescue because of your reputation. There are monsters inside and outside the apartment, so they can’t move.”
Reputation.
I was currently being hailed as a hero of South Korea. It happened after a video of me killing a variant went viral. The Korean government also made me a hero.
Slightly intrigued, I read the email myself.
-This is Lee Yebin, the president of the Saetbyeol Apartment Residents’ Association.
The email, starting with a self-introduction, went on and on about how difficult things were at Saetbyeol Apartment.
‘In short, they want me to come and kill some monsters.’
There wasn’t a single line about what they would give me in return for killing the monsters. They meant to use me for free. There was also a threatening statement that if I ignored the email, they would say on the internet that we didn’t rescue them.
‘How audacious.’
However, there was no need to go there directly for revenge.
The situation at Saetbyeol Apartment was serious. Two variants were roaming outside the apartment, controlling the entrance. The variants were quite powerful, and even the military unit that was dispatched couldn’t catch them.
‘They probably couldn’t use missiles because of the apartment. The military unit withdrew, saying they had other urgent matters and to wait.’
Saetbyeol Apartment was pushed to the back of the line. The apartment entrance was blocked, and the variants didn’t try to go inside the apartment.
‘The problem is that a variant has appeared inside the apartment. Every morning, one apartment resident disappears. They even found corpses left behind by the monster…’
A safe place was no longer safe.
Even when they asked the government for help, they responded lukewarmly.
It was inevitable. The government was currently preoccupied with other provincial cities. If they had to weigh an apartment complex against a provincial city, the provincial city would naturally be more important.
“There’s no information about the variant inside the apartment. How it looks, how it moves, how it kills people.”
I clicked my tongue at the lack of information. If they wanted to be rescued, they should have written in more detail.
“It’s probably… a parasitic variant.”
“A parasitic variant?”
“It’s a world where animals and insects mutate into monsters. Parasites are no exception. A parasitic variant that infests a person and eventually takes over their brain, acting like a human. These are dangerous. They eventually gain the same intelligence as humans. They need to be eradicated when they can be.”
Na Chaeyoung said seriously. She seemed to want me to go to Saetbyeol Apartment and eradicate the parasites.
“If we don’t eradicate them? Is Korea going to become a parasite empire? Parasites are just parasites.”
“There’s a good chance of that. At this stage, it’s less than 5%, but… if we leave them alone, that possibility will increase. You know that the D virus accelerates evolution. Parasites must be eradicated.”
“I don’t even want to deal with parasites because they’re disgusting. It’s also a hassle.”
“Parasites don’t discriminate between men and women. The woman you want could also be infected with parasites.”
A beautiful woman infected with parasites.
I imagined it for a moment and frowned. That wasn’t the kind of beauty I wanted.
“And this Lee Yebin, the representative of the residents’ association, seems to have been a fitting model for a shopping mall.”
Na Chaeyoung showed me an SNS window. Lee Yebin. As a fitting model, she was quite beautiful.
‘I thought she was an old lady because she was the head of the residents’ association… She’s in her late 20s. Looking at the pictures, it seems like they’re photoshopped, but… it might be worth seeing her.’
Her chest was a C cup, and her hips were plump. Most of the pictures were from overseas trips or omakase restaurants, which was a bit off-putting…
‘She’s not an outstanding beauty that I’d want to live with. She’s not as good as Na Chaeyoung or Choi Hyejin.’
My standards had become too high.
Even if their personality was terrible, they had to have beauty that could shake the country to receive my favor.
“Since you say so, I’ll go. There are 1,000 people in that apartment, so if there are any I like, I can bring them to Sungak Elementary School. But how do we find the parasites?”
Na Chaeyoung turned her head slightly and avoided my eyes. Nevertheless, when I kept staring at her, she opened her mouth in a voice barely louder than a mosquito.
“…It takes time to make a parasite detector or identifier. A month… no, at least two weeks.”
“Really…”
It looked like I was going to have to play a real-life imposter game.
• • •
We decided to go to Saetbyeol Apartment.
This time, I decided to take Choi Hyejin with me instead of going alone. It was because Choi Hyejin herself said she was really good at the mafia game. She was a crazy bitch.
Saetbyeol Apartment was in the same city, Seoul, so it wasn’t too far away. If we took the hoverboard, we could arrive in a few minutes.
“Saetbyeol Apartment? They said there are about 1,000 people there. Does that mean our forces will increase by 1,000? Let’s see, we have 2,200 now… that’s 3,200! Are we going to take over Seoul at this rate?”
Choi Hyejin giggled and was happy.
“Who said we’re taking them all? Even if we do, it’ll be a few dozen at most. If we accept anyone at this time, it’ll be a mess.”
“What mess? We can just kill all the troublemakers.”
“Killing is also work. Work.”
Bringing them in was even more work.
Today was October 20th. A chilly wind was blowing. Winter wasn’t far away.
‘The more people there are, the more food we consume… and we have to worry about heating in the winter.’
There would be people who would come to Sungak Elementary School even in the winter. We had to leave some room to accommodate them.
This was something that Na Chaeyoung and I had already discussed.
‘We can’t just grow in size recklessly. It will attract the attention of the Korean government. We need to grow to a moderate size and then infiltrate various parts of Korea.’
I happened to have a perfect card in my hand for infiltration.
Religion.
I would spread a religion that regarded me as a living god throughout Korea. It was even given the name Seongjin Church.
It started within Sungak Elementary School, centered around Son Taehyung, and the response was quite good. It was partly because I had lured them with food, but it seemed that directly using my healing powers had a significant impact.
‘I restored the sight of a blind man and healed a severed arm, so of course they would worship me.’
The world was in such a state that religion was spreading rapidly. The world was becoming such a mess that even atheists were starting to believe in God.
“Hey, what are you doing? Let’s go.”
Holy One.
That was what the followers of Seongjin Church called me. It reminded me of the Chungcheong dialect, so I didn’t like it, but the followers of Seongjin Church, who had no one from Chungcheong, said they liked it. It would be better to call me Lord, but the followers were reluctant because it would be confused with other religions.
I had left the work to Son Taehyung, so I just let it go. As a result, I had succeeded in instilling faith in the followers.
“Don’t call me that.”
I got on the hoverboard. Choi Hyejin was excited and flew into the sky before me. We flew through the sky towards Saetbyeol Apartment.
Saetbyeol Apartment was located in an underdeveloped area on the outskirts of Seoul. A place that still had the feel of 20-30 years ago. An area that was undergoing redevelopment until a few months ago.
“That’s the building. Wow. It looks like a chicken coop.”
The old corridor-style apartment had units packed closely together. From a distance, it looked like a chicken coop, as Choi Hyejin said.
I checked the area around Saetbyeol Apartment. A large mass, about 3m tall, was stomping around the apartment.
‘Is that a large variant? I don’t see any other variants.’
We landed on the roof of the apartment in the center.
