Damn Necromancer

Chapter 413: New Order (3)

"Now, we have finally arrived. The real main dish of today's broadcast!"

The place where Park Jihoon stopped while leading the hologram camera drone was a massive dome-shaped entertainment area. Above the entrance, a golden hologram sign reading [Megacorp Full Dive Capsule Center — THE NIRVANA] was flashing.

Under the flashy neon signs, numerous residents were swarming and merely gulping down their saliva.

Park Jihoon pointed at the fare table written at the entrance.

[Usage Fee: 200P per hour]

"200 points per hour. The price is brutal, right? It's a massive price that F-rank hyung-nims would have to gather for two days, just breathing and chewing on rations, to barely ride it for one hour. Honestly, if it wasn't for Mary noona's support, I wouldn't have even been able to step over the threshold."

—200 points per hour! Oh, my god. Is this the spicy taste of capitalism.

—At 200 points, Faith Points will leak profusely just by breathing inside the capsule, wow.

—Does someone who uses such a luxurious facility actually exist?

"Hey, no way there isn't. You know how spacious the mothership is. Besides, it's not like you're fixed at F-rank for life, right? If your belief deepens, more Faith Points will be supplied and your rank will go up. Someday, it might even be bursting with people. Oh, it just so happens there's a user inside."

At the end of Park Jihoon's gaze, a man who had just finished using the capsule and came out to the spacious lobby lounge to gulp down a cold mana drink was seen.

Park Jihoon trotted over while showing his unique brazenness.

"Hello! I am the mothership's official streamer, Park Jihoon. We are currently broadcasting, would a short interview be possible?"

"Ah, Deputy Park Jihoon. Of course. I've been watching your broadcasts and enjoying them very much."

The man readily nodded his head. He had a good-natured smile and an attitude overflowing with composure.

"Thank you! But anyway, to use this expensive capsule room from broad daylight on a weekday, you must have a ton of points? If it's not too rude, may I ask how long it's been since you moved into the mothership, and what your faith rank is?"

"Well, I am an A-rank."

"……Yes? A-rank?!"

Park Jihoon's eyes grew so large they looked like they would pop out with a boing. The chat window watching the broadcast also paused for a moment and then exploded wildly.

—A-rank?! Stop lying lololol How many A-ranks can there even be among the 1st round winners!

—Eh?! A-rank? Isn't he basically a walking large corporation?

—Oh, my god. If he's A-rank, just the maintenance points coming out every month would be massive!

It was only natural for Park Jihoon to be astounded.

The 1st round move-in for the mothership was a random lottery that anyone could participate in as long as they were F-rank or higher.

In a situation where the absolute majority of residents were F to E-rank, having squeezed in out of fear after the gate incidents, an A-rank winner was truly as rare as finding a needle in a desert.

Above all, the power held by the rank of A-rank in faith here on the mothership was overwhelming.

Because just with the basic dividend points pouring in every day and various VIP benefits, they were no different from a cosmic wealthy class that even the chairmen of prominent large corporations on Earth wouldn't dare hand their business cards to.

"Wow, this is a real honor! To think I'd get to meet an A-rank hyung-nim in person among the 1st round winners! No, just how sincerely did you believe in the Lord……. Did you perhaps believe in the Death Lord from even before the mothership appeared?"

"Haha, yes. It's been well over half a year. I am an official priest belonging to the Death Cult operating on Earth."

"Ahhh……!"

Only then did Park Jihoon slap his forehead as if he perfectly understood.

The Death Cult. A blind fanatic group serving the Death Lord Kim Minwoo as their only god.

It was known that bone-carving faith verification and dedication were needed to join as an official priest there.

He was an elite stagnant water who had served Kim Minwoo as a god from long before the incidents broke out.

"No wonder! You were an elite ranker belonging to the Cult!"

"Haha, what elite. I just sincerely worshipped the Death Lord in any situation. Jihoon will also be able to rise to A-rank soon. Ah, and from B-rank in faith, the usage fees for these facilities are significantly discounted, you see. So I am enjoying it without any burden."

"Wow, I'm truly jealous of that. Indeed. I also heard from Mary noona that it's hard to rise to B-rank with just ordinary belief."

"That's right. Sincere prayer is needed. That isn't something that works just because someone tells you to, nor does it work just because someone teaches you. It is a structure where you can only realize it on your own."

Park Jihoon nodded his head. Soon after, he asked.

"You just tried the full dive capsule, right, could I ask for a short review?"

At Park Jihoon's question, the priest smiled meaningfully.

"Would it be right to express it as…… a completely different world. Seeing is believing. Explaining it a hundred times is meaningless. Just try it yourself. I guarantee you, you won't want to return to reality."

At the priest's confident review, Park Jihoon's heart began to beat wildly.

"Keu! Hyung-nims, did you hear that? I can't hold it in anymore. Paying 200 points! I'm going right in!"

Park Jihoon confidently approached the capsule zone and swiped his points.

The sleek, streamlined capsule hatch opened smoothly and welcomed him.

Amidst the envy-filled gazes pouring from the waiting residents, he slid inside.

A soft gel-type cushion wrapped his body, and a system notification rang out.

[User brainwave synchronization is starting.]

[Real-time live broadcast transmission detected. Would you like to activate the viewer screen sharing mode?]

"Of course! Hyung-nims, I'll share my brainwaves exactly as my vision! Hold on tight!"

[Launching Game: Zombie Apocalypse: Dead Street.]

[Connecting to Megacorp Quantum Network. Ping 0ms. Sensory Synchronization 100%.]

Wiiiing—!

That moment. Park Jihoon's vision flashed white, then changed perfectly into a different world.

[Current Location: Ruined Manhattan, New York]

[Main Quest: Secure a safe base and find food before sunset.]

"……Wow, killer."

Simultaneously as the senses of reality were perfectly blocked, the five senses of a new world poured down over his brain like a waterfall. The cool, damp smell of dirt piercing his nose, the bitter mountain wind brushing his cheeks.

Everything was a chillingly perfect reality. It was on a completely different level from the computer games on Earth where one just peered into a monitor.

"Hyung-nims! Do you see this? I just grabbed the dirt on the ground, and it feels so real that I can even feel the dirt getting under my fingernails! It's just crazy!"

Keuaaaaak—!

At that time, three zombies with their intestines spilling out suddenly popped out from behind a trash can in the back alley.

"Uh, uh? Wait a minute! A weapon, I don't have a weapon…… Uaaaaak!!"

[YOU DIED]

Having his nape bitten off in less than 1 minute since starting, Park Jihoon's vision was dyed red.

—lolololol Cut right after starting lol The eternal deputy class goes nowhere lolol

—Oh, my god. Does it really hurt when you get bitten? Can you feel pain?

—Ah, my stomach hurts lolol First time seeing a streamer get 1-second cut by 3 zombies

—Is this the limit of an unawakened……. How unfortunate.

On the restart waiting screen, Park Jihoon smiled awkwardly and answered the viewers' questions.

"Ah, I was scared it would hurt when I just got bitten, but pain synchronization is set to a default of 10%. Just about the level of a stinging prick from a needle? They say if it's set to 100%, the brain might think it really died and go into shock, so the system blocked it. Haa, how embarrassing. This is triggering my stubbornness. I'm going back in!"

This time was different.

As soon as he revived, Park Jihoon picked up a steel pipe rolling on the ground and began excitedly smashing the zombies' heads.

Peok! Peoeok!

"Uwahahaha! Die, you rotten meats! The hit feeling is truly crazy!"

The heavy vibration transmitted to his grip when the steel pipe caved in the skulls.

Even the temperature of the lukewarm blood splattering on his face.

The unawakened deputy who was too busy running away while peeing his pants just seeing a monster's shadow on Earth was sweeping the streets as a survival expert in the virtual reality.

And from that moment on.

Park Jihoon completely forgot the fact that he was broadcasting and perfectly immersed himself in the game.

He picked up a shotgun at an abandoned police station, moved through the streets holding his breath, and looted empty houses. When he rolled into the sewer to avoid a horde of zombies, his heart genuinely pounded as if it would burst.

"Haa, haa…… Good. Barricades are all set."

Establishing a base on a high floor of a safe apartment and chewing on moldy canned food he procured, Park Jihoon wiped his sweat.

"Haha! Day 1 survival finally complete! Ah, the canned food tastes like dog poop, really! Still, it's a jackpot in that I can feel the taste! The sense of accomplishment is also no joke! Uh…… wait. The time?"

In real time, 3 hours had already quickly passed.

Only then did the chat window he had floated in the empty air catch his eye, and Park Jihoon gasped, drawing in a breath.

—Hey lololol Communicate a bit!

—The streamer hasn't said a word for 3 hours, but the number of viewers has actually increased. Is this for real?

—If he was so immersed he even forgot to comment, then that's really Megacorp's technological prowess……. It gives me goosebumps.

—Ping 0 with a perfect physics engine. It's an out-of-place artifact that would be impossible with Earth's technological prowess even after 100 years!

—I'm standing guard at an A-rank gate outside risking my life right now……. Over there, they're safely playing while smashing zombie heads. Reality hit coming hard…….

—Mary noona, please conduct the 2nd lottery quickly ㅠㅠ I am bowing to the Lord's photo every morning!!

—If I could just ride that capsule, I'd even sell my soul! Let me board the ark!

The viewers' eyes completely rolled back.

To think that beyond the level of eating and sleeping, even an out-of-standard ultra-over-technology entertainment facility like this was provided.

A place where basic living is guaranteed by default, and as long as one's faith is deep, they can see the end of pleasure that no chaebol on Earth could enjoy.

This realistic capsule experience, where Park Jihoon fell deeply in love and even forgot to comment, was enough to instill blind craving and madness beyond envy in the people of Earth.

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