Hoarding in Hell Novel

Chapter 98 Difficulty: Easy (1)

“What?”

“Dungeon 344 was completely neutralized and destroyed. The manager is also in an extinct state.”

“Unbelievable. Immortality can be resurrected even if it remains at the cell level. If the resurrection is a bit difficult, I don’t know. Even if it’s destroyed, you can just duplicate the backup data, right?”

“It can’t be either.”

“what do you mean?”

The old man murmured like a moan.

“Even the backup data is completely destroyed. So, the immortal state doesn’t seem to work. If I call it like this, only dummy data comes out. .”

A long silence passed between the two. It was clear what this meant. Instead of being afraid, the woman trembled and laughed as if she was delighted.

“If it’s true, it’s an error that occurred after 30 years. It’s much faster than other places? It took about 70 years when it was against the elves, didn’t it?”

“First of all, I’ll check to see if any of the stars may have intervened. It’s more likely that one of the stars with an urgent personality messed up rather than causing an error.

“you?”

The old man lowered his eyes and murmured.

“I will meet the family of the stars.”

***

Difficulty rises.

The world was taken aback by the unprecedented situation.

The general public did not hear the message, but it could not be ignored because all the talented people had consistently testified.

Immediately, the stock market fluctuated and the price of crystal moss soared. Hunters who were on an expedition to a 4-star or higher dungeon immediately received an order to return, and the search began from the lower-level dungeon.

Hyunmoo found this situation amusing.

“I thought the government’s response would be slow, but I didn’t know that the whole world would react in a unified way in just three days. I thought that only a few hunters would die.”

“That’s because crystal moss has become an indispensable resource in the future industry.”

As Yumin said, items from the dungeon and crystal moss were now the core of the future industry.

The new material that has been combined with crystal moss has no part that does not fit from small cellphones to large ships. That is why the price of crystal moss soared immediately.

While Hyunmoo rolls around on the bed, staring at his phone like a lazy cat, Yu-min is typing hard with his dark-circled eyes.

“What are you writing so hard for?”

“…suddenly the difficulty increased, so I had to completely rewrite my doctoral thesis I was writing. It’s better than the kids doing research related to dungeons… but I think it needs to be fixed quite a bit.”

“What does it have to do with the dungeon difficulty being raised?”

Yu-min looked at Hyunmoo with gloomy eyes.

“I wrote the thesis “Is Communism a Sustainable Model of State Governance?

“…that.”

Hyunmoo was young when the Soviet Union fell, so it was difficult for him to empathize. However, he could tell that it was a metaphor for the collapsed tower.

“Still, I’m fine with just checking how the changes in the dungeon ecology caused by the difficulty increase specifically affect the able-bodied. I’ll just have to sleep for two weeks.”

It can never be said that it was Hyunmoo’s fault that the difficulty level increased, but it is true that it had some influence on the timing. Hyunmoo felt a bit sorry for some reason.”Can I help? With money?”

“I might be able to buy a doctorate with money…. But if I come all the way here and do that, I feel a bit resentful.

Reports of the aftermath due to the increase in difficulty quickly rose to the top. Hyunmoo also went to the dungeon, but personally didn’t feel a big change.

But the Almighty Hunters seemed different. They said the change was noticeable.

“They say the difficulty has definitely gone up.”

“The monsters are getting stronger, and the quality of the equipment is getting better. Is there anything else besides that?”

“I’ve heard that they usually form groups. In the old days, unless they had a swarming trait like ratman, they just ran from here and there sporadically. They just didn’t eat each other.”

In the truncation dungeon, it has been reported with certainty that the Ratman Shaman, which could only be found during the Flood, was leading the group.

He heard that when he was in danger, he blew his whistle and called for support, making it much more difficult to attack.

“But they said there are advantages too. The quality of the items that come out has increased. They said that the discovery of rare items has become more frequent. It feels like it has gone up by 3% from a drop of 1%, but I heard that the quality of crystal moss has also improved.”

“Supply has gone down and the quality has gone up, so only hunters and equipment companies should be excited.”

Hyunmoo grinned.

The shock of the increase in difficulty swept the world in an instant, but on the other hand, there were fields that enjoyed a boom.

It was the hunter item industry that had been stagnant for 30 years as the hunters’ abilities reached their limit.

Among them, D&W Industries and Grimore Labs stood out the most. Coincidentally, these were the companies where Hyunmoo bought his stock in bulk.

“I told you I was Sadhu.”

“I bought it. It’s a little uncomfortable because it seems to be doing business with people’s lives.”

“Is there any business in the world that doesn’t risk people’s lives? People die without a house, and die without clothes. They die without food. Insurance, logistics, and pharmaceuticals.

“Again, say bad again.”

Anyway, thanks to this, capital poured into this semi-military industry.

The fear that arose in the early days of the dungeon was calmed by the booming crystal moss, and then began to seep into the public again as the difficulty increased.

Thanks to this, the hunter industry also continued an unstable boom. A secret whisper was already circulating.

‘Did you say that the difficulty is easy?’

This means that the difficulty will continue to rise in the future. If you think about it in common sense, it would have been at least difficult. Hyunmoo, too, was already aware of that fear.

‘The difficulty level will go to hell.’

What if Hyunmoo declared, ‘There is a difficulty hell, let’s prepare together!’ If you’re lucky, you might be able to win a collaboration.

But in Hyunmoo’s opinion, Difficulty Hell wasn’t the kind of thing that all of humanity could co-operate and prepare for.

‘The thought of saving them all eventually made them all die.’

The attempt has already been made by Uncle Baekgol.

Hyunmoo had no intention of repeating the same method.

“The problem is that the quality of the crystal moss has gone up. It all confuses my research… I thought you said that a lot of rare items were also missing? Come to think of it, Lee Ji-tae also said that he found a legendary weapon. Did I say, “Aren’t you curious about who actually came up with the name?”

Lee Ji-tae’s legendary weapon. Hyunmoo knew the news as well.

In fact, it was the orthodox that Lee Ji-tae bought what someone found rather than found it.

It is known that the Pacheon Sword has a special ability to handle lightning. Hyunmoo recalled Helburg’s disjointed passion he had fed his ride.

‘Originally, I should have advertised that Lee Ji-tae ate this and got a legendary weapon, but instead of fire, I got lightning.’

It changed slightly, but it didn’t seem to deviate from the big picture. I don’t know how much more impact this will have, but for Hyunmoo, it wasn’t a particularly positive sign.

The weapon of the Gucheon Dragon King was not mentioned in the white bone records.

Of course, it is impossible to record them all, but if there is a future substitute that has been changed in this way, it may not be possible to change the ending of the difficulty hell in the end.

‘There is still time, though.’

Not sure how long that will be either. Even though the tutorial has been around for 30 years, there is no way that other difficulty levels are that long. The wave started when Hyunmoo detonated a truncated dungeon flood, and the difficulty increased by blocking the 13th flood.

In this way, the difficulty increase procedure could start at any moment.

‘I need to prepare as much as possible.’

Even if it’s bothersome, I need a lot of people to be my hands and feet. And even if the dungeon itself is over, people who will not betray themselves and become power.

The list had already been sorted out to some extent.

***

A hotel in Jung-gu, Seoul.

In the suite on the top floor, where only the finest VIPs can visit, the obsidian team leader, Yoo Seong-yeon, was waiting for someone for a long time.

30 minutes had passed since the appointment, but Yoo Seong-yeon had no choice but to wait for someone to arrive soon like a gentle puppy.

Fortunately, it wasn’t long before the elevator that only led to this room started moving.

Yoo Seong-yeon adjusted her outfit and waited for someone to arrive soon. As soon as the door opened, Yoo Seong-yeon calmly bowed her head and greeted her.

“Are you here, Chief Secretary Park Gyu?”

Park Gyu, the hidden power of the Blue House, frowned as soon as he heard the greeting.

“Don’t say your name in vain. You don’t know where your ears are.”

“sorry.”

Apart from respecting Park Gyu, Yoo Seong-yeon couldn’t help but be embarrassed by him.

Park Gyu was the most symbolic being that the Taesung group controlled even the core power of the country.

He played a key role in the birth of the current president, and was often referred to as a hidden power because he was involved in many major policies.

From Yoo Seong-yeon’s point of view, he had no choice but to treat him like the boss of the Taeseong group.

“What did you order?”

Yoo Seong-yeon hesitated for a moment, but in the end had no choice but to take it out. It was a small USB.

“This video was taken before Taean Dungeon was destroyed.”

All of Taeseong’s team leaders wear body cams. For both documentation and educational purposes.

All videos of the expedition with Hyunmoo in Taean Dungeon were also included.

All the activities of the Almighty Hunters, Hyunmoo heading to the forest after the flood exploded, and right after coming out of the dungeon.

Park Gyu put the USB into the tablet and started playing it quickly. Yoo Seong-yeon was nervous when she saw that.

Originally, Yoo Seong-yeon did not want to bring this video. He was thinking of what kind of trouble it would be to Hyunmoo.

I was also concerned about the warning Hyunmoo had said before taking down Flood: ‘Don’t tell anyone’.

Hyunmoo had been warned not to talk about what happened in Taean Dungeon. He said everyone would, because everyone owed his life to Hyunmoo.Thanks to this, the reason why Taean Dungeon disappeared and the incident remained unknown.

‘One way or another, a benefactor is a benefactor.’

If it wasn’t for Hyunmoo, he would have died in the truncation dungeon and Taean dungeon. He is a lifesaver who saved his life twice. But Park Kyu already knew everything.

Besides Yoo Seong-yeon, there was one other person who took the video.

And that person stole the information and handed it over to Park Gyu.

Park Gyu called Yoo Seong-yeon for double confirmation. He already knows, and there is no reason to deny it. Yoo Seong-yeon had no choice but to pray that Hyunmoo wouldn’t be a nuisance.

“Is this all?”

“Yes? Yes. That’s all.”

Park Gyu stared at his laptop.

“There’s no big difference. It’s probably right.”

Yoo Seong-yeon was relieved. He was able to relieve his guilt a little.

However, Park Gyu was trembling at the contents of the video. He couldn’t believe it when he first received the leaked video, apparently from someone inside Taeseong.

How could such a thing exist in the world? Park Gyu muttered without knowing it.

“I can’t believe it.”

“Hey, did Hunter Kang Hyunmoo cause any trouble?”

“Huh? Kang Hyunmoo? Why is that friend?”

“Yes?”

Are you not surprised by Kang Hyunmoo’s skills? So what are you looking at and saying something like that?

Park Gyu also felt that Yoo Seong-yeon was misunderstanding something. He frowned lightly.

Hunters also think that their field of vision is narrow.

“Okay. It’s been helpful, so let’s go.”

“Yes.”

Yoo Seong-yeon nodded and hurriedly left. No matter how close he was to his superiors, he could not look good on those in power who were attached to capital.

After Yoo Seong-yeon left, Park Gyu watched the video over and over again for a long time.

Kang Hyunmoo, Hunters seem to think of him as a junshin, but he is an individual no matter how strong he is.

He is no match for the state.

The fighting power of Lee Ji-tae, the strongest in Korea, was also predicted internally as a battalion-level combat power. This analysis was not limited to Lee Ji-tae.

In other countries, the analysis of top-ranked people and their ability to identify them were treated as top secrets.

In retrospect, capable people are strategic weapons with an ego. Vigilance and surveillance are natural.

However, none of the capable people was able to stand up to the state.

‘But this is… … .’

Park Gyu stared at the exoskeletons worn by the Almighty Hunters.

Same standard, same drive system. This is undoubtedly a mass-produced industrial product.

It was a disaster for the country that constantly guards against and checks the abilities of the Hunters.

‘It’s something that can elevate even the abilities of sloppy hunters like Almighty Ryeon.’