– Volume 15, Chapter 20
370. The world on the verge of destruction on the 77th floor (2)
[There is no clear answer to this quest. The reward changes depending on what you do.]
“How did you clear it?”
[The world I went to was a world where the monsters remained even though the old gods were expelled. Survivors were dying, chased by monsters. I gathered them, built a city, and cleaned up the monsters. It took about half a year…]
Lee Tae-yeon also talked about the 77th floor.
She said people mistrusted each other.
It wasn’t just a level of distrust, he said, literally to the point where he didn’t see them as the same person.
It was said that it was a world of chaos where people tried to kill each other as if they would die if they did not kill the other person.
It’s probably because the old gods have polluted people’s minds. I remember whining that I had consumed a lot of items to clear.
[There are many cases where it is usually resolved by force. The purpose of the quest is always stability. Even if the number of remaining people is small and mentally exhausted, I just have to make them able to live somehow.] I
didn’t care about their lives and only satisfied the clear conditions of the quest.
[What are you going to do?]
“I have no intention of doing that.”
The world Taishan visited was almost the same as the earth that was dying.
A rehearsal on how to revive the destroyed Earth .
Taesan wasn’t just concerned about clearing the quest, he was thinking of trying various methods.
“You’d better leave.”
The child said to the Taishan that wandered around the city.
“This is a dying city. You look young and strong, so you should be able to go to another city somehow. And I’ll take it there too.”
“I have no intention of going.”
Taesan calmly replied. The child
shook his head as if he couldn’t understand.
“You won’t get good treatment.”
The city of the abandoned was slowly dying without a visitor.
In such a situation, a young outsider like Taishan was enough to attract people’s attention.
Before long, everyone in the city knew about Mount Tai.
People in the city looked at Taesan with a bad eye. This
is an abandoned city that
cannot produce anything and is consumed day by day.
A young, strong man in such a place is not treated well. Rather, it was a target of caution because it could pressure others with force and the amount of food it had to eat was large.
But they didn’t drive out Taishan.
All the people here are judged useless and abandoned. That’s why the people of the city were sticking together. Although he was wary of Taesan, he did not rule it out.
But that didn’t mean he was friendly with Taesan. People kept their distance from Taishan.
Only the old man and the boy talked to Taesan.
Taishan was standing in a clearing on the outskirts of the city, staring at the ground.
The land was polluted.
Simple cultivation could not be used on such a land. In his previous life, there were items that neutralized the contamination of the earth, so it was possible to a limited extent, but there were no such items now.
“What are you doing?”
The old man came closer to Taesan, patting his waist. Seeing Taesan holding a seed in one hand and staring at the ground, he shook his head as he figured out what he was trying to do.
“Is it a seed? You have something valuable. But unfortunately, it is impossible.”
It wasn’t that they hadn’t tried. There was also a time when the remaining seeds were planted on the land after defeating the monsters.
But nothing has sprouted. The miasma of the polluted earth
could not survive.
So they blew all the seeds.
“Don’t be stubborn and leave. young man. This is our grave. Yes. There is no reason to bury you.”
The old man said sadly.
Taesan didn’t answer.
I just thought.
and gave the answer.
Kiyiing!
A golden light shone on Taesan’s hand. The old man’s pupils widened as he watched
.
“…that?”
The old man who experienced the war with the Gods remembered.
Terrible monsters infest the sky.
And the mighty golden light that trampled on them.
What I saw now in Taishan’s hand was like that golden light.
“It’s tough to cover an entire city, though.”
This small vacant lot could be covered with divinity.
Divinity expanded and covered the clearing. The small vacant lot became the realm of Taishan.
All powers that Taesan did not allow were excluded. The contaminated land was purified and began to regain life.
“Uh uh uh…
Taesan just sowed the seeds.
I brought several seeds when I was doing a quest on Earth.
The old man’s pupils, which had grown to the point where they couldn’t get any bigger, widened once again.
Seeds germinated rapidly.
It sprouts and bears leaves.
Yellow eggs begin to form and a greenish shell covers them.
In less than a few minutes, dozens of corns filled half of the vacant lot.
Green plants proudly grew in the gray city.
Taesan nodded.
“It works.”
Expands a small area of divinity and activates simple cultivation in its place.
Cultivation was successful. If this happens, the city’s food problem will be solved.
By increasing the size of the area as much as cleaning up the pollution itself, they could have made their dwelling safe.
“Bring some people.”
Taesan said to the old man whose mouth was wide open. The old man fainted and could not move.
Fortunately, the old man did not have to move. The people who saw the golden light came creeping up. They were astonished when they saw the corn.
“What!”
“It’s corn! Corn!”
People rolled their eyes and ran. Taishan did not stop them.
Rumors followed one after another, and before long, everyone in the city came rushing in.
They militantly plucked the corn. The only place where corn grew was a small vacant lot. It wasn’t enough to feed everyone in the city, but it didn’t matter. Another corn grew in place of the corn that was plucked off.
“Oh oh oh!”
Hearing the news belatedly, the boy who came running
exclaimed and picked the corn. He hurriedly peeled off the skin and popped it roughly into his mouth.
“Ah…
it was as hard as eating corn kernels right away without cooking them. It was hard to chew, and it was stuffy, so my throat was clogged.
But it was fresh.
It was fresh corn that was not moldy, half rotten, and undamaged.
When the boy was a baby. It was something I had experienced in the past that I can’t even remember now.
“The
boy was ate with tears. Others were not significantly different either. Everyone put in the corn, wringing out tears.
It wasn’t long before their stomachs were full, and then reason returned.
“Why is corn growing in a place like this?”
“no. More than that, the golden light that enveloped the earth…
The old man and Taesan entered with their mouths open in a daze at their bewildered gaze.
“Inspiration. How did this happen?”
The old man looked at Mount Tai without answering.
People’s eyes were focused on Taesan. Taesan didn’t care and opened the inventory.
“Is this going to be okay this time?”
Taesan planted black seeds in the remaining space. The pupils of the observers dilated.
The vines started to grow.
The fruit grew rapidly in size. Before long, sturdy watermelons
filled the remaining half of the clearing.
People’s mouths were in the same condition as the old man’s.
A silence of astonishment fell over them.
After that, the atmosphere quickly reversed. Taesan
was no longer a young man to be wary of who came suddenly.
Taishan became the owner of an abandoned city.
In a city that was slowly dying without producing anything, the food problem was suddenly solved. It was strange that he did not follow.
[Simple cultivation. That is also a very strange skill. How did you think of acquiring such a skill?]
The ghost also said in wonder. The labyrinth was not a place to live, but a place to attack. As much as
basic food is sold in stores,
Ghosts have never grown anything.
It was a skill acquired only by players placed in a special environment to return to Earth.
Taesan asked the boy.
“Are there any livestock here?”
“Oh, this way.”
The boy stuttered and guided the mountain. In the meantime, I glanced at Taesan and couldn’t stand it.
“…Did you really come to save us?”
Looking at Mount Tai, which produced food, some people would cautiously say that he would be the savior of the world.
He said that he would be the savior who saved this devastated world and led them.
He would be a messenger of God, he said cautiously.
In particular, the elderly supported the argument by saying that they had seen something like the power of Mount Tai in the past.
Taesan replied.
“It’s similar.”
The boy’s face brightened.
“also!”
The boy was delighted as if he was right.
In the small barn he led, there were two skinny pigs.
He had no energy to move, so he lay down and exhaled.
“Oops. No one was paying attention.”
The boy hurriedly threw the corn.
The snoring pig
came over with staggering steps and began to devour the corn.
“I was keeping them alive while feeding them precious food just in case. However, I thought I would eat it because it was the limit. Now that you have corn, maybe meat…
The boy’s eyes lit up. Taesan also had an idea there.
Simple cultivation is applied only to plants.
It was not a skill to raise livestock.
I didn’t pay much attention to my previous life
. They were not in a position to forage for food, as they were struggling even for immediate survival.
However, if you live with the future in mind, meat is a must.
That’s a lot of numbers.
Taesan looked at the pig and took out various ingredients from his inventory.
Such as blue flowers and green leaves. It was a variety of materials.
Taesan was collecting materials for alchemy and partial world change whenever he had a chance.
Most of them were used in battle
, but those that could not be used in battle remained.
Among them, there were some that had the effect of promoting growth, but so far, there was nothing to use, so I just had them.
But now it was different. Taesan took out the ingredients.
” uh?”
the child is surprised The materials were working together to create a strange power.
Taesan focused his mind.
He was properly handling
the alchemy he had learned from the gremlins .
keying!
After the ingredients were harmonized, the power of alchemy enveloped the barn.
The pig, which was nibbling on the corn bit by bit, suddenly screamed.
“Pretty dear!”
“Ah!”
The boy hurriedly covered his ears. It was a sharp cry that pierced the eardrum.
“Huh huh?” The pig’s flesh
began to rise rapidly .
The pig’s eyes burned red.
The pig started crying and attacked the other pig. The child was even more perplexed.
“Uh huh?”
“Is it like this? I can handle it better.”
It was confirmed that alchemy can help breed and grow livestock.
The problem was where to get the livestock.
As much as the earth was destroyed, it was close to impossible to find proper
livestock.
“I wonder if I can take it as a labyrinth reward.”
[I don’t think anyone would have wanted something like that… but if you want, you’ll give it to me? Clear it later and ask if you can give it as a service.]
Confirmation that breeding of livestock is possible is over. Taesan summoned Minerva.
“wow. This is a dying land again.”
“Is it possible to purify the air here?”
Polluted air also affects life itself. Players in the labyrinth said that their bodies could be strengthened and endured, but those who were born anew did not.
Minerva is the spirit king of the wind. dominate nature itself. The possibilities were plentiful.
“Umm… It depends on the situation, but the power of the old gods is almost excluded. I wonder if this is possible.”
Minerva closed her eyes and concentrated her strength. The wind began to change the air flow slowly.
At that moment, people realized. That the polluted air has changed. For some reason, breathing became easier.
Polluted air was being purified.
“It works.”
“But I can’t go too far. The degree of pollution is so severe. At most, this city is the limit.”
“That’s enough for now.”
People later learned about one or two things that Taishan did.
They started following Taesan even more
.
The city, which had been perishing, was returning to normal thanks to the hands of only one person, Taesan.
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