Chapter 871 – Wind of Change
Seong-il realizes that tremendous technological advancements have occurred while she was sleeping and puts out her tongue.
“The only thing that’s unfortunate is that although training is only possible for A-class hunters… In reality, you have to be an S-class hunter to be able to use superpower fusion in real combat.”
Even so, it is very difficult for A-level hunters to train. He even says that even attempting anything less than that can result in serious injury.
“… How many S-class hunters are there now who can use the fusion power?”
Seong-il asks with slight anticipation of Dr. Woo’s explanation since it is an essential power when fighting managers.
“Hmm… 32 out of 103 S-class hunters can use it.”
“…103 people?!”
A number beyond imagination. Seong-il was only thinking about 10 people at most, but when he heard this ridiculous number, he was dumbfounded.
‘While I was resting, the number of S-class hunters increased to nearly 100?’
Approximately 20 million people survived the war against aliens in unified Korea. The number that Korea had was approximately 20,000, of which there were at most 30 S-class hunters. However, Seong-il is greatly shocked when he tells him that he has trained about 100 S-class hunters in Eden in less than a year.
‘Of course… It is said that S-class hunters in reality ‘disappear’ after a certain period of time… But still…’
As Seong-il stands there stunned by the unimaginable number, Dr. Woo laughs out loud and points out the blind spots in his logic.
“Haha! Only 7 months! What do you mean?”
Dr. Woo reminds Seong-il that it has already been a year since Eden was created and a powerful training system based on the dungeon world was completed.
“Time passes five times faster in the dungeon world than in reality. Therefore, it is safe to say that the little over 7 months that you had to pay attention to in Eden was in fact up to 3 years. That is why it is not surprising that the number of S-class hunters has increased dramatically. “
Hunters who went through intense combat in dungeons levels 8 to 10 for three years. The hunters were able to quickly break through the wall because they had experienced countless terrifying battles there with extra lives.
“After completing such extreme, realistic training, I strengthened my body with the Taechung Shindan provided by the Alchemy Complex, and improved my weaknesses and bad habits with the powerful feedback system provided by the Gaia system. So, I had no choice but to become stronger quickly. .”
‘The small alchemy workshop has now grown to the level of an ‘industrial complex’…’
In addition, Dr. Woo explains that the dungeon world is a place with a level of difficulty that is truly brutal.
“Later, when you have time, check out the level of difficulty of the 10th level dungeon that the high-ranking hunters challenged. You will know that it is not easy.”
Dr. Woo asks if the God of Light has felt anything from his repeated defeats, and tells him that the Apostle’s activity decreases with each stage.
“Then what kind of guys appear…?”
“I heard that all kinds of otherworldly beings appear.”
It is said that the God of Light may have been inspired by the God of Darkness making a contract with an alien being called a Hunter and destroying his own power, but the God of Light is calling strong men from other dimensions as minions to fight the Hunters.
“Angels, half-humans, half-animals, unidentified beings from another world, etc. They say all kinds of strange creatures appear in the dungeon world. So from level 10 onwards, every time you try to conquer a dungeon, the environment changes drastically to the point where previous experience is meaningless. They say they do it.”
“Oh…”
Dr. Woo explains that the more you attempt the test at a higher level of difficulty, the more difficult the battle becomes. Thanks to this, the hunters had no choice but to engage in repeated battles with the forces of light equipped with all kinds of bizarre abilities, and thanks to this, they were able to possess an incredibly diverse range of practical experience in a short period of time.
“And the nanomachine records every single one of those unique practical experiences.”
Dr. Jun, who intervenes in the conversation between the two, explains that the actual data obtained in this way is transmitted to the Gaia system using nanomachines.
“Why?”
“Well… Firstly, it’s for Hunter’s mental health.”
Even though it is a virtual world line and nanomachines are said to protect the mind, there is a significant possibility that the hunter’s mind will be worn out during repeated battles of insane difficulty, so Dr. Jun provides feedback to keep their mental health healthy. It is explained that it is essential to proceed.
“If there are any signs of mental breakdown, we need to react quickly. Also, there is a reason why we need to constantly judge and analyze the hunter’s personality.”
If an S-class psychic goes crazy and causes trouble in Eden, or even starts a criminal organization, it could cause serious problems in Eden, so it appears that their personality is being thoroughly investigated.
“The second is for combat feedback, as I said before… And the most important thing is for building a combat system.”
“… Battle system?”
When Seong-il was puzzled by the story about the combat system that suddenly appeared, Dr. Jun showed Seong-il a hologram instead of answering.
“Ho…?”
The scene of a young hunter’s intense psionic battle seen through a hologram. He was facing a virtual enemy created in a virtual world as elaborate as reality.
“It is too precious to feed back and throw away the data obtained from the dungeon world. So, we are providing countless data to the Gaia system so that students can experience virtual reality battles like this.”
“Wow…”
Eden’s training system is truly insane. Genius professors teach the highest level of theory, and based on that, actual practice is filled with dungeons.
The superintelligence analyzes the experience gained there and points out the hunter’s shortcomings, and fixes problems that the individual cannot overcome by suggesting elixirs and customized training methods.
‘… It’s definitely a system that will have a lot of S-class hunters popping up in three years.’
The residents of Eden are not sure because it has become a part of their daily lives, but in fact, thanks to the blessings of Withgrasil and the Earth Mother, Eden was so dense that even the progress of martial arts training had to be fast.
“Anyway… Given that situation, the number of S-class hunters who would attempt superpower fusion training was quite large, and thanks to countless attempts, there were as many as 30 hunters who could use double fusion, albeit clumsily.”
When Dr. Low explains that he has 30 secret weapons that can deal damage to the manager, Seong-il is convinced that the time has come to attempt a second counterattack.
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After expressing his gratitude to the professor who explained to him the rapid changes that had occurred in Eden, Seong-il calls his follower for the first time in a long time and asks about the political situation in Eden.
“Currently, Eden can be said to be comprised of four major factions.”
“… Faction?”
“Yes.”
In response to Seong-il’s question, Arulil begins to explain the political situation in Eden to Seong-il from a macro perspective.
“The first, of course, are our Earthmother priests and Seongil’s limbs.”
Since faith was the power of Eden, Eden desperately needed priests to spread the faith of the Earth Mother and manage the believers. Therefore, it is said that Aruril would spend every day looking for someone with good character and someone who could awaken divine power.
“Is there any backlash regarding forced belief?”
“It existed at first… But these days it is almost disappearing.”
Because they learned that the land of Eden itself was created based on faith by an otherworldly god who felt sorry for humans, surprisingly, the residents did not have any objection to active religious missionary work. There is even a situation where there are a lot of people who express favorable feelings.
Even if you converted, there was no need to show your religious beliefs to those around you. The Earth Mother Church simply emphasized moral and law-abiding spirit that could be sympathized with at a rational level, so the number of converts was increasing day by day.
“For your information, those who express fanaticism or force their faith on others are directly scolded by priests.”
If anyone dared to spread or impose their faith on anyone other than the priest, the priest would visit the believer and severely punish him. Surprisingly, even though Eden was a country based on religion, it had a very strong secular aspect. Despite the fact that the goddess ‘descended’ and gave blessings, it was demonstrated.
‘I think I would have converted obediently if the government had simply told me to ‘just believe’ without forcing me to do things like tithe or visit the temple. Even more so if in return the community I live in can survive.’
Seongil lightly nods his head as if he understood Aruril’s report and replaces his answer. This part was what he had predicted. Despite the fact that he is doing well, Seong-il asks Aruril a question to prevent any accidents.
“Priests don’t usually exert a strong political influence on the National Assembly, right?”
“Of course. As the master said, we are operating with thorough secularism based on the separation of government and government to prevent excessive Eden from becoming a fanatic group.”
