ALL NOVEL chapter 5
Prepare shelter (2)
What is the pickaxe used for?
It is a device used to mine something.
‘What if I strengthen it?’
Maybe it’s highly likely to be the equipment I think. It seems that the construction of the shelter will become easier.
growl!
Let’s start by eating and thinking. After passing the hardware store, I moved to a soup restaurant.
After a while, the steaming hot maesaengi gulgukbap came out.
“Auntie, turn up the TV a bit.”
said the man sitting next to him.
[Breaking news.]
-At 7 o’clock this morning, something really unbelievable happened. First of all, let’s see the video.
A man was caught on video.
Panties worn over a police uniform.
Suddenly, one of the deceased people came to mind.
Nickname: ‘Superman has panties.’
He used to wear an extra pair of red panties on top of whatever he was wearing when playing games.
Superpanty looked around, drew a V with her finger at the CCTV, and disappeared with the light.
-What is the identity of the man wearing panties over his police uniform?
Embarrassed, the host continued talking without keeping his mouth shut.
-I will connect reporter Kim Dae-hyun, who is out at the scene, to find out where the hell this man disappeared.
The screen switched and the reporter was caught inside a large supermarket.
-Reporter Kim Dae-hyun, what the hell happened?
-That’s it… Most of the food materials in the mart are gone.
– What do you mean?
The camera moved to illuminate the grocery store’s food stand.
– No, where did all the food ingredients that should be on display go? Is this a newly opened store?
-no. I arrived after being informed and met the manager, but he said they were all full.
The reporter continued with a puzzled expression.
– Then where the hell did you go?
-That I don’t know. However, there are shocking letters written on the floor here.
On the floor of the mart, words were written with a red chalkboard pen.
PK activated.
Indeed, sharing information in this way is a super-shorts-like idea. But, of course, the PK was activated even before the apocalypse began…
‘sh*t.’
PK is an abbreviation for Player Kill, which means killing each other.
I will bring the characteristics of MA as it is, so if you kill someone in an area where PK is active, you will drop some of your coins or items.
Of course there were penalties. Depending on the number of kills, they are banned from entering the public fortress and are treated as villains by the fortress guards and attacked.
However, as always, there were people who were dissatisfied with society, and some of them would not hesitate to kill people for coins and items.
Obviously, Panty shared information with good intentions, but it was obvious that it would be abused.
‘There is no time.’
I hurriedly ate soup.
“What kind of era is it these days, to joke around like that…. Tsk tsk tsk.”
“I mean.”
Judging from the conversation between the man next to him and the owner, they seemed to think it was a simple incident.
“Just in case, stock up on food at home.”
Since the neighborhood is small, I’ve seen them once or twice, so I told them one more time, but they didn’t seem to believe me.
There was nothing more to say.
To believe or not to believe is their judgment.
After leaving the store, I stopped at a hardware store, bought all four pickaxes, brought them home, and drove to the mart.
Fortunately, it’s a 24-hour shop near my house, and it’s quite large.
I parked my car on the side of the parking lot and entered the mart.
Early hours the mart was quiet.
First of all, I decided to take food with a long shelf life. Starting with canned food, I put a lot of food ingredients into a cart and headed to the checkout. Most of the food had a long shelf life.
‘Should I have it delivered?’
no.
The first delivery starts at 10:00.
You never know how things will change. It’s cumbersome, but it’s better to bring it yourself.
I counted and put the things in the car. Then, with the cart again, I bought daily necessities.
Repeat that 4 times. It was enough to last for two or three months if I ate sparingly on my own.
“Why are you buying so many foods at once?”
The mart clerk asked with curious eyes.
“I heard on the news this morning that the world will end tomorrow.”
“Customers are really… Do you believe that?”
The employee shook his head in disbelief and said.
“Because there is nothing to lose.”
***
The time is already past noon.
‘Time flies so fast.’
Check quest information.
The remaining section is 7km ahead. At this level, it would be enough to look around Doksanseong Fortress to build a fortress without having to exercise separately.
All you need is a pickaxe.
I packed my bag with water and a pickaxe and headed for the mountains.
After leaving the house and walking for about an hour, I arrived at Bojeoksa Temple in front of Doksanseong Fortress.
My whole body was drenched in sweat, probably because I was walking at a trot.
‘Let’s rest.’
To cool off the sweat. To replenish your stamina.
perched on the castle.
toxic acidity.
This is the official name of the castle area.
It is located at an altitude of 200 m above sea level and has an open view of about 1 km in circumference.
The construction period is unclear, but it is estimated that it was built during the Three Kingdoms period, and it is known that General Kwon Yul defeated Japanese raiders here during the reign of King Seonjo.
A place steeped in the history of great men.
In the monster apocalypse, where magic and modern civilization coexisted, safety zones were established in these places, subway stations, and some government offices.
In other words, a wall for survival is built and a fortress is built.
It protects you from zombies and allows you to sleep safely at night. A place where you can barter with people.
Of course, there were not only advantages.
Fortresses built in safe zones are created after the first wave, and just as people gather in safe zones, zombies and villains also head to places with a lot of people.
I touched the pickaxe in my bag.
If the pickaxe is strengthened like I thought, I plan to build a shelter in the acidic ground.
If so, you can easily solve the most important wall in the shelter and farm in the ground.
‘Let’s move slowly.’
I got up and moved in the direction of Toksanseong.
It’s not such a famous historical site, so it’s hard to see people except for local residents on weekdays.
In addition, no matter how many times I went around Doksanseong Fortress due to the corona, I didn’t see anyone except for a few monks.
“Oh, it’s all thanks to Corona.”
There were still no people around, so I sat down in a suitable place and took out my pickaxe.
＜Rating Enhancement＞
[50 coins have been consumed.]
[I succeeded in strengthening the pickaxe.]
[The pickaxe has become an item.]
It cost 10 coins to make chopsticks into an item. It is 5 times more expensive than chopsticks. It seems that the reinforcement cost is different depending on the item.
*pick
[Rating]: Normal
[Classification]: Item – Tool
[Description]: Mineral and digging use.
– Adequate power is required.
[Gathering resource]: Dirt.
[Function]: Mineral and digging use.
– Mining power 1.
– Mining requires moderate power.
“Exactly the same.”
To check the mining power first, I warmed up my body lightly and took a pickaxe to the floor.
hooked!
[99]
When I hit the ground with my pickaxe, I began to see the physical strength of the soil on one side of my field of vision, just like in a game.
‘also’
hooked! hooked! hooked!
I swung my pickaxe toward the floor, unaware of the passage of time.
[50]
Because I was excited and swung without control, my shoulder started to ache when the soil had 50 HP left.
‘Why did he swing so ignorantly?’
Isn’t it just a matter of paying 100 times anyway?
I relaxed my shoulders and lightly stamped the soil.
[50]
The number did not decrease.
“sh*t.”
Appropriate strength seems to mean that you must use a certain level of strength to pickaxe.
I swung my pickaxe again. Weaker than before, stronger than before.
[49]
…
hooked! hooked! hooked!
[2], [1], [0]
After hitting it 100 times, about 20 cm of soil disappeared in a square shape.
As expected, it’s really just like the game.
‘Swing it 100 times and it’s 20cm.’
When did you dig the ground?
This is not enough.
Strengthened the pickaxe once again.
Pod!
With the sound, the pickaxe began to glow with a faint green color.
[It will be replaced with an enhancement ticket due to lack of cost.]
[I succeeded in strengthening the pickaxe.]
check the information.
Mining power increased from 1 to 2.
I wiped my sweat and once again slammed the pickaxe down on the floor.
hooked! hooked! hooked!
[94]
Pickaxe three times.
Earth’s HP has reached 94.
…
…
hooked!
50 pickaxe strikes are over. It is slightly larger than where the soil was first dug.
‘If this is enough… It’s about 30cm tall.’
However, 30 cm is not enough. I tried to use the rare grade enhancement ticket on the summoned beast, but the pickaxe was more urgent.
He reached for the pickaxe. From the rarity level, the item gets a prefix and a new function.
If you check the item, 90% of the prefix is ‘Wide Range’ and 10% chance is ‘Dimension’. That’s why it’s so hard to get a pickaxe from the dimension.
To be honest, if the dimension comes out, it’s super popular, but it doesn’t matter if it comes out in a wide range. Because the range will increase like crazy.
Pod!
[It will be replaced with an enhancement ticket due to lack of cost.]
[I succeeded in strengthening the pickaxe.]
[A prefix has been created.]
*Dimensional pickaxe.
[Rating]: Rare.
[Classification]: Tools.
[Description]: Mineral and digging use.
– Adequate power is required.
[Gathering resource]: Dirt.
-Lv 3: Unlock stone and iron
-Lv 5: Unlock special resources.
[function]:
-Mining +3
[Feature 2]:
-Unlocked at Lv 3.
“nice!”
When he took out the Enchantment Stone and put it on the pickaxe, a blue light burst out.
[Enhancement succeeded.]
[Enhancement succeeded.]
[Enhancement succeeded.]
[New features have been unlocked.]