Closed Beta I Played Alone

262 episodes. their own ark.

New York, USA.

Holdledge Headquarters.

“So, is there no way to prevent that land of despair?”

"...Yes. Even Hong Jooyoung, who froze parts of the Atlantic Ocean, failed. Of course, I expected it in the meantime, but Hong Jooyoung himself was not affected at all by the land of despair.”

The decrease in combat power also decreases, but once you step into despair, traces occur, and it is already known that you cannot escape out of the land of despair for at least 5 hours due to those traces.

However, the sight of Hong Jooyoung stepping into the land of despair with a memory marble filmed through a spy and escaping casually was the envy of everyone.

Because that's what everyone wants.

Anyway, to the question that flowed out from within the five top executives, Austin, the head of the intelligence department, answered with a gloomy expression, and the question immediately leaked out from within the five top executives again.

“Then what are the preparations?”

“ Unless it's Hong Jooyoung, there's only one. Those who brought the Lands of Despair from Kuhana said so.”

“What is it?”

“Be a bird or a fish. But leaking is impossible. In other words, it has no choice but to become a fish. That’s why we now have all the aircraft carriers under our influence, as well as battleships and cruisers, as well as commercial ships such as container ships, all pulled off the coast of New York.”

"Hmm..."

“Hmmmm…”

At Austin's words, an undesirable groan came from within the five top executives.

After all, you know that it is a workaround.

It is inevitably impossible to live your whole life at sea using a boat.

In other words, a grim future with obvious consequences.

And then a voice came out again from within the five top executives.

“ What about Hong Jooyoung and Myungjin?”

“…they don’t show any particular movement.”

“I know that Myeongjin Shelter is located in Gangwon-do, and the sea is not far away, but they are not collecting boats?”

"Yes. Of course, there are rumors that the ship is being questioned. But obviously not active.”

“Then what is the solution? Can you stay on the ground?”

“That… I don’t know.”

Austin, the head of the intelligence service, responds with his head slightly bowed.

But there was no one who rebuked Austin like that.

Hong Jooyoung and Myung-jin were located at a very high place to ask for an answer right now.

Perhaps the hourglass of the extinction of mankind began to move, and Hong Jooyoung was the only one who could overturn the hourglass again.

First of all, Holdledge continued the meeting despite knowing that there was no answer.

And he put forward several agendas, and this one was the first to be picked.

That is, taking Hong Jooyoung and everyone in Myungjin on the boat prepared by Holdledge.

Just having Hong Jooyoung on the same boat means you can be assured of some degree of safety.

***

At that time, Beijing, China.

“Money is money, but the Antaragos Information Guild, which thoroughly managed information according to their interests, continues to release information about the land of despair without any reward?”

"Yes. Rather, considering what has been identified so far, it is to the extent that it should be viewed as a level of deliberately distributing information rather than simply providing information.”

"Hmm..."

President Xi salivated at Su-ha's words.

Because the Antaragos Information Guild, which boasts of one-tower information power in the Earth and nowhere else, can only unlock information that would normally be kept secret at no cost.

That there is no real benefit to be gained by hiding it anymore.

That means that maybe this event could bring the end of mankind.

So, President Xi's silence continued for a long time.

Then he quietly opened his mouth.

“How is the Antaragos Information Guild and Myungjin doing now?”

“The Antaragos Information Guild has nothing outside its body, so its movements are not being tracked. Of course, you will still be prepared. Maybe it's already been done, I don't know. It's because the Antaragos Intelligence Guild didn't fish up to that point. Conversely, Myung-jin shows no movement.There is not.”

“Myungjin?”

"Yes."

First of all, in response to that answer, Si Joo-seok bowed his head back for a moment as if thinking about something for a moment, and then opened his mouth again.

“Then where else?”

“Isn’t that just one? ship. It is also about finding a large ship and somehow going out to sea where the land of despair does not reach.”

“…Is that so?”

"Yes."

Of course, Xi has yet to issue any special orders.

However, without President Xi's order, the Chinese government under President Xi took action right away.

By gathering dozens or hundreds of ships, including aircraft carriers, to the shores of Tianjin, just in front of Beijing.

Anyway, the people who fled from the mainland of Australia and the Antaragos Intelligence Guild actively provided information, so the whole world was very busy.

To build your own ark.

Or to steal someone else's ark.

And in the meantime, it was only natural for bloody friction to occur.

Of all the ships that exist on Earth, including the crude ones made of wood at the very least, less than 5% of the people are surely able to board.

Moreover, it was impossible to fill the ship with enough people to reach a level where the number of people could at least eat and sleep, rather than just boarding the ship.

So, as the name of the land of despair, despair began to spread all over the earth.

Because no one wants to die.

***

a week later.

Myungjin Shelter.

I climbed on the roof of Main Base No. 1 and looked at the distant sky.

And then I felt someone approaching behind me, but there was no reaction.

I also knew that it was Seok In-soo, the head of the department.

First of all, as the manager Seok In-soo approached me, I opened my mouth first.

"How is it?"

vague words.

However, I was able to hear the answer right away because I was not the manager Seok In-soo who didn't know the meaning of what I said.

“We are strictly blocking those who are trying to come to Myeongjin somehow.”

In this hellish world, there were certainly people who were sages.

There were those who acted like adults.

Certainly much more, whether for ease of domination or personal achievement.

And I had no intention of staring at it.

After all, by wearing the mask of being a sage like that, they certainly made this hellish world a less hellish one.

In other words, it was a supportive position.

That is why I am saving President Kim Ki-jung, who was aiming for my life right in front of me.

However, the problem is that a different substantive threat is in front of us.

Most of those who pretend to be sages can no longer wear the mask of sages.

Obviously, your own life is more important.

Those who were thrown away had no choice but to arise one after another, and most of those who were discarded had no choice but to be ordinary people.

Even more so because when the cruel but unstoppable land of despair covers this earth, they die instantly without being able to do anything.

And quite a few, if not all, of those people flocked to Myeongjin Shelter.

Even the average person who couldn't raise the realization rate would never have heard of my name, 'Hong Jooyoung'.

However, it was impossible to accept them as Myungjin Shelter.

Moreover, once they accepted pity or compassion, maybe all ordinary people on Earth would head to Myongjin Shelter.

No, I will definitely go.

After that, they, too, will cry out for acceptance.

Curse and accusations are the basics of why you accept them and not yourself.

Of course, I didn't mean to blame it.

Because if it were a human, it would have been natural.

I am not ignorant of myself to the point of swearing at the obvious.

That said, there had to be only one.

It is something that no one accepts in the first place.

But in the meantime, there were those who accepted it.

The Future Guild and the Tugal Guild.

However, it was impossible to accept it in its entirety.

Just as there are hundreds of thousands of people living in Myeongjin, so are the two of them.

therefore.

“What did the future guild and the Tugal guild do?”

“The Future Guild rejected our offer. Moreover, a boat was prepared to carry hundreds of thousands of them. But the Tugal Guild accepted our offer.”

Although he didn't say it out loud, the gist suggested that the future guild and the Tugal guild reduce the number to less than 10,000 and enter the Myungjin Shelter.

Then I will accept it.

However, the Future Guild rejected such an offer and the Tugal Guild accepted it.

Of course, it had to be natural.

Obviously, the future guild had enough ability to save ships, but the Mongolian Tugal Guild, which is located inland, was only a handful of people who had ever ridden a ship like that in the first place.

On the contrary, there are more people who have been on the plane.

And then, Director Seok In-soo opened his mouth as if he had not finished speaking yet.

“The future guild has asked me if I can settle down in the sea off Myeongjin.”

“……”

Of course, I didn't know what the question meant.

So he nodded slightly and opened his mouth.

“Say yes.”

"Yes. We will deal with that.”

First of all, we had a brief conversation after that and kept our eyes on the distant sky.

Considering the land of despair that landed in Okinawa, Japan this morning, there are only about three days left until Korea.

***

next day.

Myungjin Shelter small meeting room.

After a group of people visited, I also moved to the small meeting room.

And he opened his mouth to the first guest with a sad expression.

“I see you often. You seem to be very busy these days.”

"Hahaha. is that so?"

Brandon, the new guild leader of the Antaragos Information Guild.

"okay. What's going on? I've heard a lot of good things these days."

“Isn't it clear now that we are all on the same side on Earth? Then we have to work together.”

“Let’s stop talking nonsense. At a time when hundreds of thousands and millions of people die every day.”

The fact that half of Japan had already been dyed into the land of despair meant that Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam, the Philippines, and even the southern part of China had turned into a land of despair.

That means hundreds of millions of people have already died.

Of course, for the general public.

No matter how much time they had, it was unreasonable for ordinary people to move through a group of monsters without those who had abandoned them and raised the realization rate of reality.

No matter how large the number, a herd of rabbits is like a rabbit.

And now, from the African continent and South America to the North American continent, the situation is in the range of the land of despair.

In other words, the day will not be far from the day when tens of millions, not hundreds of thousands, will die every day.maybe even hundreds of millions of people.

Anyway, in the midst of that, I didn't want to make a joke, so I urged Brandon to get to the point sooner rather than later, and Brandon smiled and opened his mouth.

“As of yesterday, I killed 370,000 people under the Antaragos Intelligence Guild.”

“...Those who do not have to kill will die anyway. I don't think it's because I got blood on my hands that I didn't need to get on my own."

Of course, there were so many people who died in the fortress, so 370,000 people could be seen as a small number.

But it was obviously a huge number.

However, he accepted Brandon's words bluntly.

At least outwardly.

And in my words.

“Of course it may be pointless, but I had to do it. That way, it won’t hurt the reputation.”

“Nura in Myungjin…”

"Yes. who Outside of the current shelter in Myongjin, there are still a lot of people who are still clamoring for life, swearing, accusing them, and even throwing curses at them, so I can’t include more numbers in that.”

“……”

First of all, he looked straight into his eyes without saying anything to Brandon's words.

Even Brandon didn't avoid my eyes.

Then he looked directly at me and spoke again.

“I came with exactly 5,000 people. This is 50% of 10,000 people proposed by Hong Jooyoung to the Future Guild and Tugal Guild. The Future Guild rejected Hong Jooyoung's offer, so wouldn't there be enough room for 5,000 people? Moreover, the elite among the elite. I will not bother Hong Jooyoung and Myungjin. Antaragos

As a member of the Bo Guild, there is no one who will follow you all the way here and ask for your own life.”

"great. If it's that kind of decision, you have to accept it."

Of course, it was clearly not a decision.

Decision is never a word to use when that happens.

However, I decided that it wouldn't be too bad if I could think like that and act like that in a situation before a fight where I risk everything.

Anyway, after that, very carefully and secretly, 5,000 Antaragos Intelligence Guild and 10,000 Tugal Guild members were accepted into Myongjin Shelter.

In the meantime, I also confirmed the future guild, which leads hundreds of thousands of people and heads past the Myeongjin shelter and moves to a ship located off the coast of Goseong-gun.

***

two days later.

pong. pong. pong. pong. pong.

smal smal.

From the top of the main base of Myeongjin Shelter No. 1, I used a fly to look south, and I could see the red and black earth of despair moving from afar.

The land of despair that has already swallowed more than a billion units.

It exuded an immense sense of oppression.

However, after watching him, he slowly opened his mouth as he approached him quite close.

"please."

And as soon as the words are finished.

Souk. Souk. Souk. Souk.

Starting with the white roots, countless roots rose from the ground as they were.

Making a circle around the Myungjin Shelter.

Of course, it was impossible to cover the entire Myeongjin shelter.

However, it has already been tested and it was possible to cover a certain area, including the main bases 1, 2, and 3 of the Myeongjin Shelter.

And soon, the land of despair that reached the front of the root that enveloped Myongjin Shelter.

However, the land of despair could not get over its root and began to squirm around its outskirts.

In other words, this was the ark I built.

Of course, the flood hasn't even started yet.

Because the real enemy has not yet been revealed.

“Come quickly. Because I am curious about this ending.”

First, after checking the ark made of roots, we moved to the inside of Myungjin Shelter.

'Cause now all that's left is to wait

end

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