Damn Necromancer

Chapter 409: Mothership (5)

Jing―.

Jiiiiiing―!

All of humanity simultaneously felt a bizarre vibration.

The smartphone in the pocket, the tablet on the desk, the PC in the office, and even the old radio in a remote area without electricity.

All digital devices around the world began to scream in unison.

At that moment, all noise on Earth stopped as if by magic.

The flashy electronic billboards in New York's Times Square crackled and went dark, and the figure of a skeleton maid with purple eye glints appeared. It was the bizarre yet elegant skeleton AI, Mary, wearing a cute red ribbon on her head.

This phenomenon did not discriminate by location.

The old screen of a boy fixing a radio while covered in dirt in a remote area of Africa was forcefully turned on, and the tablet PCs of the national leaders discussing countermeasures with pale faces deep inside an underground bunker were the same.

[Attention all Earthlings.]

A polite yet irresistibly authoritative voice flowed out through speakers all over the world.

[The only sanctuary perfectly isolated from all threats facing humanity. The lottery for moving into the Mythical-class mothership, Mary, belonging to the Death Lord Kim Minwoo, is beginning.]

What on earth was this about.

As the whole world stared blankly at the screens, Mary's voice drove the wedge.

[There is only one qualification to move in. Even the slightest bit of faith toward him must exist. The standard is F-rank. It's very simple. You can just repeat it in your mind once. Lightly. Believe. Then the opportunity will open.]

A paradise 150km up in the sky, untouched by the terrorism of the Shadow Cult, starvation, disease, and the threat of gates bursting from all directions.

The message of that overwhelming welfare covered all screens on Earth, heralding a new order for humanity.

"……How is this possible?"

South Korea's Blue House underground bunker. President Lee Kanghoon put down the tablet with a trembling hand.

Security? Firewalls?

Such words were already meaningless.

To an entity that dragged a 150km battleship from space, Earth's crude network was just like an open door.

The captain's seat at the very top of the mothership Mary.

Kim Minwoo was blowing out cigar smoke while enjoying the chaos inside the bunker in real-time.

"It's slowly…… time to completely subjugate Earth."

He slowly rose from his seat.

The blue Earth seen through the window was still beautiful, but it was becoming sick due to the gates bursting everywhere and the guerrilla terrorism of the Shadow Cult.

"Mary. Did you say about 90% of this ship is empty surplus space?"

"Yes, Master. There is surplus space equivalent to a typical continent on Earth. Since Megacorp's dimensional expansion technology is applied, the internal area is much vaster than it appears on the outside."

"Set all of that up as a residential area. Lay down the highest-grade infrastructure and make it the safest paradise on Earth."

A lottery event targeting Earthlings all over the world.

"The condition for moving in is just one. Have even the slightest bit of faith toward me. Even F-rank is fine."

It was just like a lottery.

But the qualification conditions were much lower than a lottery.

You have to pay money to buy a lottery ticket, but faith begins just by lightly repeating it in your mind, doesn't it.

With just that one condition, you can be promised perfect eternal life and safety on a Mythical-rank mothership that will never be destroyed.

This couldn't help but be a huge hit.

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Earth was instantly thrown into an uproar.

The sporadic guerrilla terrorism committed by the Shadow Cult hiding in the dimensional gaps was slowly gnawing at the foundation of Earth.

The first things to collapse were the economy and logistics.

As international shipping and aviation networks were paralyzed due to the threat of terrorism, global food prices literally skyrocketed to the ceiling. Supermarket shelves were often empty, and the price of a bag of rice or a pound of meat differed from yesterday to today.

Advanced countries like the US or South Korea were somehow maintaining their national systems by deploying Awakened as armed police, but it was like barely holding onto a taut rope that could snap at any moment.

Relatively weak links were already bursting.

In the Third World or slums with weak defense infrastructure, riots and looting became everyday occurrences.

In the streets where people were stabbed to steal a single can of food and the state's policing power had collapsed, despair and starvation spread like an epidemic.

The Earth was turning into a bleak apocalyptic living hell day by day.

In such a terrible situation, the symbol of overwhelming military power floating in the sky had thrown down a lifeline.

"Hey, did you hear? If you just get on that ship, they say you can eat and sleep for the rest of your life without worrying about monsters or terrorism!"

"I've been doing 108 bows since yesterday with Mr. Kim Minwoo's picture stuck on the wall. No, honestly, it's a world where you don't know if you'll be eaten by monsters or stabbed by rioters if you go outside, but they say you'll be perfectly safe for the rest of your life if you go there!"

In a situation where gates were bursting everywhere and the economy was shattered, perfect food, clothing, and shelter and absolute defense power were a stronger value than any reserve currency.

Even the skeptics and intellectuals who had been jealous of Kim Minwoo, calling him a lucky nouveau riche Necromancer, or wary of him, calling him an uncontrollable dangerous force, crumbled.

When night fell, they too secretly put their two hands together, cried out the Death Lord's name, and prayed to win a move-in ticket.

Soon after, a real-time Q&A session hosted by Mary was activated on digital devices worldwide.

The number of connected users was already immeasurable.

All of humanity held its breath and focused on Mary's lips (jawbone).

Q: If I move into the mothership, can I return to Earth again? Am I trapped living on a spaceship for the rest of my life?

[Mary: Of course you can return! Recently, as the great Death Lord rose to the ranks of a Higher God, the Legion Commander Merhen-nim can also directly open dimensional movement gates! Through that authority, we can let you move to Earth whenever you want. However, this gate can only be opened when the distance between the mothership and the destination is relatively close. When the mothership goes on a business trip to a galaxy too far away, opening it is impossible, and a massive amount of Faith Points is consumed to use the gate. Even those lacking points, do not worry! The mothership is scheduled to regularly stop by Earth and run a shuttle service to drop off and pick up residents even during space business trips. Ah, of course, our company takes absolutely no responsibility for any type of safety accident, such as monster attacks, that occur after you go down to Earth!]

Q: How are food, clothing, and shelter resolved? Do I have to pay for meals or rent separately?

[Mary: Meal costs? Rent? Such things are absolutely not necessary! The state-of-the-art auto smart farm and automatic food production plant from Megacorp installed inside the mothership operate constantly, providing perfect food, clothing, and shelter to all residents free of charge! For reference, this free food support is a massive benefit that even the residents of the 4 great megacorps in the galaxy do not dare to enjoy! In that neighborhood, food is truly so scarce that everyone barely survives by sucking on tube-type synthetic sludge. However, thanks to the warm mercy of the great Death Lord, all passengers of our mothership are provided with real food every day where both nutrients and taste are perfectly guaranteed! Enjoy comfortably! However, if you desire top-grade cuisine requiring the special efforts of a chef or artisan handmade luxury items, you must purchase them separately by consuming the Faith Points you have gathered!]

Q: If Awakened Kim Minwoo leaves Earth, does the mothership go with him?

[Mary: The location where the Master is, is the location of the mothership. If the Master goes on a business trip to another place, the mothership also leaps through dimensions together. You could say you are getting the opportunity for free space travel as a bonus. Of course, for those who are afraid of fierce space battles that might occur outside, hibernation service is also perfectly provided. Because the Megacorp technological prowess loaded onto Mary is great!]

Q: What is the minimum period for the hibernation service? What happens if damage occurs during hibernation?

When this question came up, countless people around the world swallowed dry saliva.

No matter how it's a 150-kilometer lump of iron, if it's dragged into the middle of a battlefield swarming with space-level monsters, an unforeseen situation might occur, might it not.

However, Mary's following answer shattered people's petty worries into pieces.

[Mary: Hibernation can be applied for from a minimum of one month to up to hundreds of years. Please rest assured. This mothership, Mary, is the strongest fortress in the universe based on the skeleton of the dimensional predator beast that almost destroyed the galaxy, concentrating the technological prowess of the 4 great megacorps and the authority of the Death Lord. If an enemy capable of piercing this ship's absolute shield and causing fatal damage to the residential area appears…… there is a 99.9% probability that the entire dimensional system in this area, including your home Earth, has already been annihilated at the atomic level anyway! In other words, if a situation arises where this mothership is destroyed and a crisis befalls you, it means you'd all die together anyway even if you hid in a petty Earth air raid shelter! So please fold away your needless worries and request a comfortable sleep in the hibernation capsule! Whether the result is good or bad, until it is decided!]

Q: Wait! Then do I not age while hibernating? Do I not get older?

[Mary: A very excellent question! To give you the conclusion first, you do not age even a single second! We perfectly freeze your biological time by very slightly mixing the great Death Lord's authority over death into Megacorp's ultra-precise cryopreservation technology! In other words, the moment you enter the hibernation capsule, your physical body enters a temporary undead (suspended animation) state! Even if you sleep soundly for hundreds of years and wake up, you can maintain the firm skin and sturdy joints you had when you went in 100% exactly as they were! The overwhelming welfare benefit of the Death Lord who conquered even aging, isn't it truly amazing?]

Q: You're not perhaps planning to take us and do something like biological experiments, are you? The conditions are too good, so it's rather scary!

Countless intellectuals and skeptics around the world strongly agreed with this question and nodded their heads.

There is nothing free in the world.

They were afraid that if they boarded that massive alien battleship, they might be trapped in an experimental subject culture tube and live their entire lives having nutrients sucked out.

However, Mary's answer smashed even their shallow doubts in a single breath.

[Mary: Oh my, biological experiments! Why on earth would we do such an inefficient thing? Under the command of our Death Lord, there are very many undead dependents on standby who have absolutely no complaints even if they are dissected, cut, and assembled as we please! To be frank, the fragile bodies of Earthlings, which have low durability and get sick and die easily, have the worst cost-effectiveness as experimental specs, so we wouldn't use them even if you gave them to us! The only price we want from you is pure faith! If you are truly anxious, before boarding the mothership, we will draw up a 1-on-1 soul-binding contract stating an absolute ban on physical mutilation of residents and experiments without consent! It is a contract with the Death Lord's divine status at stake as collateral, so you can be 100% assured!]

A bone-striking factual violence stating that Earthlings have garbage cost-effectiveness so they wouldn't use them as experimental subjects even if given.

Madness was dripping from it, but the people watching the screens all over the world dropped their jaws with blank expressions for an instant at Mary's answer, which seemed rather trustworthy because of that.

"……Uh?"

"The conditions are…… much better than I thought?"

"Mothership life, might be okay?"

"Wouldn't it be super lucky if I hibernate and wake up when something like virtual reality games appears?"

Mary's factual violence drove a wedge into humanity's minds. The fact that boarding this mothership was the most certain life insurance to survive in the era that will unfold in the future.

Starting from that moment, the believers on Earth began to increase explosively.

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