Sleepman of a Ruined World 400

Chapter 400 – 400. Go Seong-Yeon

An ordinary woman whose parents are both bankers.

From a young age, she had outstanding looks. So much so that her parents were worried.

She graduated from a coeducational middle school and an all-girls high school, and she was so pretty that male students came to the school gate to see her.

Ko Seong-yeon, who went to college, met her husband, Choi Jeong-gyu, at her university.

At that time, Choi Jeong-gyu was attending school without revealing that he was the successor to Daeho Group.

In that sense, the two had a pure love marriage.

Managing Director Choi, when he was a college student, he was quite romantic for a second-generation chaebol.

When Go Seong-yeon found out about Choi Jeong-gyu’s family, she gave up on dating.

However, it was Choi Jeong-gyu’s mother who caught such a loud voice.

The wife of a wealthy family gave me an envelope of money and said, ‘Get away from my son.’

I guess it was a drama after all.

Chairman Choi Chi-ho’s wife and Managing Director Choi’s mother, the wife of a chaebol family, liked Ko Seong-yeon, who had a good personality and was raised in a healthy family.

I don’t know why. Don’t we usually meet each other? Well, not all chaebols are like that.

There are people like this and there are people like that.

Go Seong-yeon, who received full support from her future mother-in-law, eventually marries Sang-moo Choi.

The media and scolders wrote excitedly about Daeho Group, a leading conglomerate, hiring an ordinary daughter-in-law, but the two were actually happy.

Not long after getting married, she gave birth to a son and was living a smooth married life.

A happy and leisurely life. However, when his mother-in-law, who loved him, died in an accident, the atmosphere at home became increasingly worse.

So is that so? Go Seong-yeon went to America with her son.

Although she left under the pretext of her child’s education. The atmosphere in her home without her mother-in-law was too heavy for her.

And then something happened. Chairman Choi’s birthday.

Although she did not want to use her child as an excuse, Chairman Choi and Managing Director Choi semi-forced her to return.

And then the disaster occurred. A message also appeared before her eyes.

The message that told everyone that the world was destroyed.

Go Seong-yeon felt like she was going out of her mind. The son I left behind in the United States. He blamed himself hundreds of times a day.

Why did you come alone? Why did you come to Korea? He should have held on and not come.

He should have been there for his son.

Still, I was secretly looking forward to it. He is the grandson of Daeho Group. There were quite a few people taking care of it, and there was also separate security.

I thought nothing would happen, that it was just a brief affair.

When I heard that I could not travel by plane or ship, it felt like the world was falling apart once again, but I am still the best conglomerate in Korea.

Not only was he her son, but he was also Chairman Choi’s grandson and Managing Director Choi’s son.

As a group, a team was formed to bring my son from the United States, and they returned after half a year.

Go Seong-yeon, who had hoped that she would finally be able to see her son, was unable to say anything when she saw that her son was not among them when they returned.

He said he never found his son. Employee, bodyguard, son. Everyone said there was none.

They searched around and tried to find him somehow, but in the end they were unable to find him, and he returned because the situation inside the U.S. Was getting worse.

Just like that, Ko Seong-yeon’s world came to a complete end.

From that day on, Ko Seong-yeon just started running.

He ran and constantly moved his body until he collapsed from exhaustion. If he was blank for even a moment, he thought of his son.

I didn’t care whether my father-in-law had a young woman or my husband was out sleeping with another woman.

He didn’t know why he had to survive, but he stopped thinking.

He just ran. He just moved around and didn’t think deeply.

She just survived. Because she is not sure that her son is dead.

If it was certain that she was dead, she would have ended her life right away and gone to see her son.

But he couldn’t die unless he was sure.

One day, after many twists and turns, his son returns, and he will not be able to make sense without him.

That’s why she survived with determination. She managed herself and worked tirelessly to live as long as possible.

She wants to go to America herself someday. Because I want to find out for her with my own eyes. Because there’s nothing else to do.

I looked into her memories and came to her senses… I was shedding tears.

Why? Why are you crying? Why are you crying? Me?

I don’t know. A mother’s heart, a parent’s heart. It’s probably a feeling I’ll never feel again in my life.

“Haa…”

I sighed without realizing it. Deep sigh. A deep sigh coming from deep within the lungs.

I left Go Seong-yeon sleeping and went outside for a moment.

The artificial garden that Choi Shin-young was looking at.

I understand Choi Shin-young’s feelings.

When you’re feeling gloomy and gloomy, the light from that artificial garden strangely calms your mind.

Light and recording. The sense of stability they give.

I sit blankly and look at the artificial garden.

Fuck… Memory reading. Performance is good. It’s so fucking good. It’s a problem because I like it too much. Damn.

It’s not the same level of immersion as movies or TV.

I was just reading memories, but I felt like I was Go Seong-yeon.

Self-blame for leaving my child behind. Despair when I heard that I couldn’t find it.

I could feel those things clearly. I don’t even have any children.

It’s a bit unfair to feel that way.

A very effective skill. That in itself is both an advantage and a disadvantage.

Becoming an empath. I can’t believe that I, who killed a person like that, am at the same time sympathetic and immersed in these feelings.

Plus time. Time is also an issue. It takes too long.

No, how can I control this? Because I tested it and watched it for a long time.

Still, having seen Ko Seong-yeon’s life in its entirety, I have become quite accustomed to reading memories.

Now I can see just the part I want. From now on, I think I will be able to watch it briefly and only as much as I need.

The biggest problem is… It is a skill.

I didn’t think of this. To become skilled at reading memories, you have to read someone’s memories anyway.

And we become assimilated into that feeling. Shit. This is a little serious.

I avoided depressing memories and focused on bright memories.

However… That too is a problem. Go Seong-yeon also has bright memories.

Joyful and happy memories. Such beautiful memories.

Memories so dazzling that I feel envious of them.

But that also had side effects.

Being too empathetic towards Ko Seong-yeon.

This woman is looking prettier. No… What should I say? Ah. I don’t know.

Anyway… I can no longer kill this woman.

Of course she can be killed. It’s not an easy task to stab a sleeping woman with a machete.

It’s something I’ve done countless times so far, so it’s not difficult. But… It’s tough. It has become difficult.

So many feelings were shared about this woman.

Joy, sadness, pain, anger, happiness.

The greatest emotion is compassion. I felt truly sorry for this woman.

Ha.

The biggest problem is that I still have a lot of memory reading skills left.

My skill level has improved better than expected.

Reading memories. When I was a junior, I read about 1 minute of memories each time I used them.

If the memory exceeds 1 minute, the skill will continue to be used. If you watch with fascination, it is not surprising that your stamina will decline.

Fortunately, it’s not a big problem because you can hang up at any time.

Even if you quit in the middle, it doesn’t matter because your skill proficiency will accumulate, so it’s a good thing.

I guess I’ll have to be more careful when reading memories from now on.

What… It may be that this woman’s life is so miserable that she feels this way.

What happens when you look through the memories of a piece of garbage? If your empathy is this strong… After reading Memories, wouldn’t it make you want to kill him right away?

I don’t know. I need to test this too.

For now, let’s test it with just Ko Seong-yeon. Choi Shin-young… I can’t even bear to look at it. But I’m curious. What do you think of me?

Surprisingly, Ko Seong-yeon doesn’t have any ill feelings toward me.

That’s the most puzzling part. So, since she was already skilled, she read that part intensively.

She secretly blames her father-in-law for the loss of her son.

Even though she didn’t show it, deep down she was blaming the Choi family.

The reason she lost her child was because the world was destroyed.

But those who destroyed the world are too far away to blame. I don’t even know where it is.

That’s why she looked for a cause close to her, and she began to resent the Choi family who semi-forced her to come to Korea.

But that wasn’t easy either. She couldn’t show it openly.

That’s why she ran. Killing her own emotions, she just ran.

Even so… I don’t understand.

No matter how much you resent them, you don’t have any ill feelings toward me for killing them?

I don’t know.

Well, where are the normal people in this crazy world? The only ones who survived were the ones whose heads were twisted one by one.

Anyway, I can definitely see the effect of memory reading.

A skill that can be very useful depending on how you use it. Good. The efficacy of the skill has been proven, so use it well.

With this, I think it will be easier to get some information out about these bastards.

It’s not just Jjanggae. It will be useful in many ways.

Anna and Minhee’s revenge will become much easier.

That was the best part of memory reading. You can search for any memory you want using keywords.

This is truly creepy.

It is possible to search a person’s memory like searching a video. That’s the scariest thing.

So memory deletion means you can erase these memories, right? Like deleting a video?

I need to learn it quickly. You can write anything well. Of course… There are many questions, though.

If I erase my memories with memory erase and use an area skill nullification or phase out, will the deleted memories come back?

I am not totally sure… I don’t think I’ll be back. The same goes for memory manipulation.

The reason I came to think that way is because of physical recovery.

Severed leg. The guy who uses the gate has had his legs regenerated after receiving body restoration.

Even after being hit by an area skill invalidation, the regenerated leg did not disappear.

In the end, although the leg regenerated by the skill is a by-product of the skill, it is not affected by the nullification once it is completed.

I think the same goes for memory.

If it was something like memory forgetting rather than memory removal, the memories would be able to return when the skill effect disappears due to nullification or phase out.

But it’s removal. Unless the removed memories are backed up somewhere, there is a high chance that they will just be deleted.

If memory removal was followed by a memory recovery skill, it might have been different.

Anyway, you will find out when you test it. For now, let’s just focus on reading memories.

Even if you went from low to intermediate, not much changed other than the increase in time.

All you have to do is practice diligently.

I like everything, but there is one thing that is disappointing.

Memory reading can only be used when you are in physical contact. I’m a little dissatisfied with this.

Of course, it’s nice to touch Ko Seong-yeon’s naked body. There’s no way I wouldn’t like it.

But you’re saying that I have to touch the damn guy’s body later, right? Wow. Really… I hate it, I hate it.

Is it just Jjanggae? They say I need to touch this guy and that guy. I should at least look for some latex gloves.

Is it really true that my skills won’t work if I wear gloves? I hope you go out.

After improving my skills, I returned to the bunker.

And I immediately shared my memory reading skills with the four women in Seung Mi Se-an.

There will be a lot of work to be done while we travel together, so I should let you know in advance. That way it won’t look like charm.

“Isn’t it a scam?”

Se-Ah’s questioning expression.

“Are you saying the effect is a scam? Or are you saying you don’t trust the skill’s performance?”

“Both.”

“Hmm. Would you like to test it?”

“Does anything work?”

“Maybe?”

“Can I see what I caught when I was catching stones?”

“Ugh… Wasn’t that too long ago? More than anything, do you still remember me? Even if I say it’s a stethoscope, you need to know whether you’re right or wrong.”

“I see. Then… What color is my underwear?”

“Correct answer! White! And blue polka dots!”

“Huh!? What! Have you already used the skill!?”

“No. I can understand that without using the skill.”

“Wow! This pervert!”

After a moment of commotion, Mina asks me seriously.

“Brother. Then, I have a question for you. Can you use that skill to read things that I can’t remember properly?”

“Huh? Well? Does that mean you can’t remember things properly? Faint memories? Something like that?”

“Yes.”

“Perhaps… You can only see as much as you remember? This is not a skill that creates something from nothing. It is a skill that steals what exists.”

“Hmm…”

“Why? Is there something you want to remember but can’t remember?”

“No. It’s nothing like that…”

“If there is anything, please tell me. I can give it a try.”

“Okay. I’ll tell you when I think of it.”

Fortunately, the reactions are not that negative. I thought you might be a little wary of reading other people’s memories.

Well, they probably do that because they believe that I didn’t read their memories carelessly.