Episode 138 [End of the Earth. The Beginning of the Sea (1) ]
An airliner was flying over the Atlantic Ocean. It was a large passenger plane departing from New York bound for London.
The world was noisy with monsters and war, but those were earthly problems.
Unlike on the ground, the aviation industry was holding up well.
Even though gas prices were rising and the economy was tight, people still preferred airplanes because they were safe.
This airliner was flying over the Atlantic Ocean with a full load of passengers on board.
The captain also handed over control to the first officer and was enjoying his time leisurely. Of course, since it was on autopilot, the first officer was only checking the instruments.
The plane was flying above the clouds for a while.
Hehehe.
Suddenly the plane started shaking. The instrument panel also shook as the aircraft shook.
The captain frowned.
It was strange. There was no turbulence on the flight path.
The first officer immediately contacted the control tower.
“control tower! This is Virgin Atlantic Flight 28. It is currently passing through a cumulonimbus cloud. “Has there been any new weather updates around here?”
The captain checked out the window again. The sea of clouds stretched out endlessly.
-No special weather phenomena have been reported around Virgin Atlantic Flight 28. Cumulonimbus clouds are ordinary rain clouds, and the airflow in the sky is stable.
At the control tower’s answer, the two pilots looked at each other.
Doo doo doo doo.
The aircraft’s tremors were getting worse.
The captain put on the headset and took the control.
“control tower. The situation is not good. “I will switch to manual control.”
He was the co-pilot I worked with for a long time.
He knew right away what the captain was thinking. The first officer grabbed the microphone and started broadcasting.
“We will encounter some turbulence for a moment and change altitude. It may shake a little…”
The captain pulled the control stick while listening to the broadcast. He planned to raise the plane’s altitude to escape the turbulence.
As soon as the control stick was moved, autopilot was disengaged and the plane began to rise.
But that was the moment the plane lifted its nose.
Kuang!
A violent impact hit the plane. The roof of the plane collapsed and the plane swayed.
Something hit!
The dashboard went crazy and oxygen masks fell from the ceiling of the cabin.
“Everyone stay calm and wear your mask!”
As the flight attendants shouted, the passengers quickly started putting on oxygen masks.
The captain desperately lowered the control stick. Fortunately, the plane moved well.
The nose of the plane went down again.
Wow!
At that moment, the captain and first officer, as well as all the passengers on the plane, heard an eerie scream.
It was a sound coming from right above my head.
Everyone looked up.
-omg! Traffic appeared right above you! There’s an airplane!
The captain and first officer were unable to respond to the control tower’s words.
This was because a huge monster could be seen flying, filling the window.
It was a huge monster about half the size of an airliner. Its wings were like those of a bat, and its body shape looked like a giant dinosaur.
“Dragon?”
As the first officer said, the monster looked like a dragon from a fantasy movie.
‘No, is it a pterosaur?’
But it didn’t matter what it resembled. The monster seemed very angry.
“control tower! A flying monster has appeared! Diameter 30m. Flight speed over 230 knots! “Damn, that’s ridiculous!”
-…That….
The control tower could only groan at the first officer’s screaming report.
Wow!
While the first officer was reporting to the control tower, the monster was screaming and turning in the sky.
It was a ridiculous move.
It made no sense that there was a creature that could fly at this speed at this height, but the monster turned its body and looked back as it flew over 200 knots.
If things continued like this, it would be like the plane jumping in front of the monster.
I couldn’t leave it like that.
“profit!”
The captain desperately pushed the control stick. The plane lurched forward.
A monster blocks his way and he runs away like crazy.
The captain felt like he was in a nightmare.
The plane crashed like crazy. It felt like I had lost my wings and was falling.
However, there was nothing I could do to avoid the monster that showed such maneuvers.
“I won’t catch up!”
-The distance from the aircraft is increasing!
It was fortunate. Although the upper part of the plane was damaged by the crash, the latest passenger plane, which boasted of being made of carbon composite material, was still holding up well, as the manufacturer said.
‘Just butter it to the inside of the cloud like this!’
It was an unbelievable monster that could fly at over 200 knots, but since it was a living creature, it was clear that it had visual flight.
I didn’t know if I could avoid it if I hid in the clouds.
Passengers were holding their seats, crying and praying, and the captain and co-pilot were desperately trying to get the plane to fly.
And the monster flying on top of the plane gathered mana as it watched the plane moving away.
I don’t know what to do.
Mana spurted out from the mana stone next to the heart and was converted into electricity.
Sparks flew out of the monster’s body, and the monster looked at the plane falling toward the clouds.
Flashing.
Light burst out. Lightning came out from the monster’s body.
The lightning that came out of the monster’s body ran towards the clouds at incredible speed.
The lightning struck the plane between the monster and the clouds.
Rumbling.
The sound of thunder spread.
The passenger plane was an airplane that had been treated with electrical discharge to survive even if struck by lightning.
At first, it seemed like this lightning would hold up well.
But the lightning created by the monster was different.
Kwasik.
The wings crumpled and
boom!
The engine exploded.
Quad deud deuk.
And the cavernous ceiling cracked.
The next moment, the plane burst into flames and sank into the clouds.
As the plane disappeared into the clouds, the monster folded its wings and jumped into the clouds following the disappeared plane.
The monster had no intention of letting go of its prey.
The day Virgin Atlantic Flight 28 disappeared over the Atlantic Ocean.
Three planes flying in the sky went missing. And the next day it was six and the next day it was ten.
Airlines around the world suspended flights and fighter jets scrambled to cover the sky.
And the battle began.
It was different from an airliner that was attacked unilaterally.
The fighter planes succeeded in capturing the monsters with a barrage of missiles.
But reality was different from the game.
The fighter’s flight time was short and it did not have many missiles.
More than just monsters dying, fighter planes crashed and pilots dwindled.
Fortunately, the newly appeared monsters did not come close to the ground, but humanity was being chased out of the sky.
***
When the world was turned upside down by the aviation crisis, Kyung-hoon had crossed over into another world.
There was still a lot of work left to do, but I couldn’t just focus on EV work.
There was something I had to take from this world.
-sorry.
Eve apologized to Kyung-hoon.
“I can’t help it. Eve, there’s no way you can do everything. “This alone is amazing.”
Kyung-hoon comforted Eve, but Eve didn’t seem to think so.
-I thought it would be possible to replicate with just one portal device… but I don’t understand at all. The skill level is too high than expected. No matter how advanced military technology is, the technology gap is too large.
Eve spoke passionately, but Kyung-hoon found it difficult to understand her words.
Anyway, there was Eve who was superior to humans. There was no way it would be better than Eve, whether robots or space-moving equipment appeared.
Kyung-hoon expressed his thoughts and Eve took a moment to choose her words.
-…Hmm. I’d appreciate it if you thought so, but…
she seemed embarrassed.
In any case, it seemed difficult to replicate the space movement technology using only the portal equipment brought from Daegu.
In the end, it seemed like there had to be a portal on the other side as well.
Since the government ministers of this world moved to Busan through the portal, it was clear that the portal on the other side was also in Busan.
I didn’t like being away from Daegu, but I had no choice but to do what I had to do.
That’s why I ran all the way to a place where I could see the sea.
Cities in ruins and ships stranded at sea. And the petrochemical complex where the smoke stopped.
Kyunghoon sighed.
I ran all the way to the sea, but nothing changed. There was no one alive.
Besides, this port city wasn’t even the city he wanted to go to.
This city was Ulsan.
-Monsters are approaching.
Kyunghoon looked back.
Monsters began to appear between the ruined buildings.
Kuok. Kuok.
It seemed like the monsters hadn’t found Kyung-hoon hiding on the roof of the oil tank yet.
But Kyung-hoon gritted his teeth when he saw the monsters.
Thanks to the persistent pursuit of those monsters, Kyung-hoon was pushed out all the way to Ulsan.
Crocodile monsters and toads with swords.
The guys from Cheonggyecheon have already followed us here.
I just wanted to get rid of it all, but I couldn’t.
There was already a strange bird that had flown from Daejeon to Daegu to follow Gyeonghoon.
It was clear that the one in Cheonggyecheon was a monster that couldn’t fly, but there was no guarantee that it wouldn’t follow.
Thinking about what happened back then was terrifying.
There was still time needed to advance to the next level. There was no reason to get caught and have that monster follow me.
-But I don’t see much of a place to run to. Would you like to go back to the other dimension?
Kyung-hoon shook his head at Eve’s words. It was not yet time for the last resort.
There was still a way to go.
Kyunghoon looked at the sea.
Small, seemingly healthy ships were seen near the stranded giant ship.
“I will also have a motorboat engine. “If you take the sea route, you’ll arrive soon.”
Kyunghoon patted his backpack.
***
Same time. busan.
Phew!
The robot pulled its fist out of the monster’s body. As the fist came out, the mana stone came out together.
Kuehhh.
The monster groaned and collapsed.
The robot opened the steel bottle and dropped a mana stone. Inside the steel bottle were piles of small mana stones.
The robot closed the bottle.
And then I looked back.
Dead monsters were scattered across the street. They were all monsters he had killed.
At first, many monsters attacked him, but now there were no monsters attacking him except for the ignorant ones who seemed to have recognized him.
‘It’s probably because they’re not human.’
There was no way there wasn’t a monarch-level monster in this big city, but there was no one moving.
That may also be because he is not human.
Anyway, thanks to that, I was able to reach my goal comfortably.
He looked up at the mountain.
A tower towered above the small hill.
I don’t know the exact name, but it seemed like the tallest tower in Busan.
He went up the garden. A small forest and garden within the city. He remembered the lost laboratory.
But the research center was gone, and the old tower still retained its shape.
After a while, he arrived in front of the tower and found that the stairs and elevator leading up were broken.
He stood on the tower and looked up. Height 120 meters. I was able to climb up high enough.
He straightened the blade of his hand and stabbed it into the wall.
There was no need to drill. A sharp steel hand penetrated the cement.
He planted his next hand a little higher.
He climbed up, putting one hand into the wall.
It was very boring and difficult work. But he didn’t care.
Rather, as I climbed higher, I was simply amazed by the increasingly distant scenery.
Since he didn’t know where they would meet, he planned to wait at the observatory.
From the first time we met, he was a very noisy person.
It was clear that if you were at the observatory where you could see all of Busan, you would be able to recognize it right away.
After climbing more than halfway up the tower, he looked out to the sea in the distance.
A huge monster was passing over the sea. It was a monster that looked very strong.
It was a sight that people would have been afraid of, but he found the unfamiliar sight very beautiful.
