Hiding the House in the Apocalypse

11. Lottery ticket

One year and eight months since the war began.

It is a lazy spring day when the air is slowly getting warmer.

A gunshot is heard in the distance.

Is it a start again?

How many replacement bullets do you have? who is that mother and daughter?

It looks like they fired thousands of rounds, but seeing that they shoot fictitious me, did they set up a bullet factory?

Recently, he seems to have taught his daughter how to shoot.

Sometimes you hear two gunshots in a row.

It’s like early education in the era of destruction.

It’s true that a crazy sniper is a good shooter.

Ordinary people are driven back by snipers, such as the tip of their toes or the rearview mirror of a vehicle, but when they see direct threats such as zombies and looters, they put bullets between their foreheads without fail.

Enough heavy weapons as well as bullets.

The Humvee I’ve seen before includes not only a Craymore, but also a Javelin-like guided weapon.

What bothers me lately is not the gunshots of a mother and daughter.

that sounds good

What gets on my nerves is the roar of transport planes crossing the sky right now.

Transport has increased dramatically in recent years.

To some extent, it is comparable to the pre-war period.

I know that all Chinese resistance has disappeared, but what is the problem?

Recently, lottery tickets are suddenly in vogue in Seoul.

It’s definitely trendy.

Anonymous 848: I’ve heard rumors too, but they say it’s pretty good?

Kyle_Dos : I had a chance to visit Seoul for a while, but everyone just talked about lottery tickets.

Anonymous 458: Let’s hear it, the first place product is a real life reversal!

Looking at the interest of our community members who are determined to build a wall with the world.

I thought he was a bit of a heavy man.

I thought he was serious, or he was someone who didn’t get swept away by the waves.

SKELTON: (Skelton question) Where do you buy lottery tickets?

But what about the question?

If you don’t know, you should ask.

Unfortunately, unpopular users like me do not respond well.

What’s the matter?

Could it be that (Skelton question) this isn’t a problem with headings?

It’s purely because of my feelings, but when I’m doing normal activities, I feel like the replies were better than now…

Fortunately, someone posted a reply before my impatience ran out.

Defender: It’s not about living. You can get it by participating in national labor.

“…”

It was the human hunter who answered.

Thank you, but I, this friend, are still a bit like that.

Please don’t comment on my post.

However, there was a reason for this answer.

Defender: lottery authentication

This friend really bought a lottery ticket.

＜Lottery of Hope＞

His lottery certification was the prelude to the ‘lottery series’ he was trying to write.

Defender : From now on, I will start serializing lottery stories. See the ones you want to see and ignore the ones you don’t want to see.

It’s amazing.

The fact that this psychopath, who only posted murder certificates, is writing about the hottest issue recently.

This friend’s behavioral power is well known for the Demian 04 incident, but the reason why he suddenly does such a good thing is probably related to the Christmas tree incident the other day.

It’s not like I am Jesus, but a headhunter posted a complaint mixed with decorations full of evil words.

Defender : No, did I do that wrong?

Seeing the tree full of curse words, he looked quite shocked.

After seeing that, I was convinced that this guy was a real psychopath.

Anyway, whatever the cause, the headhunter’s lottery series satisfied the information thirst of users who are far from Seoul, including me.

The hope lottery was surprisingly similar to the lottery.

However, while the total number of lotto tickets is 46, the hope lottery ticket has 44 tickets, so the probability of winning is much higher than that of the lottery.

This hope lottery ticket cannot be bought with money and is paid along with wages to those who participate in the labor business required by the state and complete the required amount of work.

Defender: The fifth prize was toilet paper.

As luck would have it, the headhunter authenticated the tissue paper he received from winning the lottery.

Unlike the embossed and soft toilet paper I stockpiled, it was made of coarse paper, and had a rough texture and low-grade color that would cause trouble on sensitive skin.

It seems that such cheap toilet paper has a value that can be exchanged for a few meals for Seoul citizens who are running out of daily necessities.

The higher the rank, the better the product, but it seems to include not only sugar, rice, and stored oil, but also luxuries such as cigarettes, alcohol, and medicines.

The long-awaited first prize was a very Korean trophy.

That’s right, an apartment.

There are apartments in ruins all over the place right now.

Defender : I heard it’s an apartment like this?

Headhunter posted one more photo.

His post received few comments despite being informative, except for the photo he posted at the end.

＜Futuristic residence in post-war era: The Hope＞

In the photo, there was a bird’s-eye view of an apartment complex with a design similar to the citadel of a conglomerate house that everyone was shocked to see.

There were apartments that were densely lined around the concrete wall surrounding the whole area, farmland and workshops in the center, sports facilities with soccer and basketball courts, and an auditorium and auxiliary facilities for various events in the center.

Compared to chaebol houses, chaebol mansions have been replaced with a number of apartments, and small golf courses have been changed to soccer fields.

Of course, the scale is thousands of times larger than that of a conglomerate house for family members.

Anonymous848: This is it. this.

Kyle_Dos : Are you kidding me? is it real?

Anonymous 458: Isn’t this a super popular conglomerate house?

The evaluation of community users was favorable.

To some extent, there were even users who denied our old beliefs.

DocKim: I want to live in a place like that.

qwer1234 : If there was something like that before the war, I would have gone in there without paying money and going to the trouble of digging.

mmm: I’m sick of living in an air raid shelter. Koreans have to live in apartments.

Life in an air-raid shelter is definitely damn good.

It’s cold in winter and hot in summer.

It’s damp, stinky, bugs infested, cramped and windowless.

The reason I try to go outside and get some fresh air whenever I have a chance is because, no matter how well decorated it is, the inside of the shelter is stuffy.

How frustrating would it be for a person living in an ordinary, standard-sized air-raid shelter when my beautiful air-raid shelter, more like an underground empire than an air-raid shelter, has repeatedly expanded with hard work?

The reason why Anonymous 337, whom I liked, committed suicide is complex, but it is my opinion that the stress of living in a cramped and uncomfortable air-raid shelter must have played a significant role.

On the other hand, my thoughts on the topical apartment “The Hope” are,

SKELTON: (Skelton consideration) Is there a possibility of this being realized before deciding whether the hope is good or bad?

it’s a question mark

As always, no one reacted to my opinion, but someone gave me a like.

Either way, each small ball thrown by the headhunters resonated with their own small repercussions in the hearts of our perishers.

But this friend, was he a guy who could do the job properly?

More creepy.

*

About a week after the Human Hunter’s Hope Lottery series ended, a post was posted on the community and quickly became a popular post.

“no?!”

Seeing that article go up as a popular article in real time, I fell into a considerable sense of self-doubt.

The conglomerate story with Chairman Je Poong-ho, which I wrote a while ago, barely made it to the popular post until the last episode, episode 3, but to be frank, there was some technical manipulation here.

I couldn’t bear to watch the long text that I put so much effort into being buried, so I, Park Gyu, clicked infinitely on my own to inflate the number of views!

I think it got about 100 views.

Viva! As if Melon Mask, the creator of Apocalypse!, didn’t even foresee this situation, it’s a catch technique that’s possible because it didn’t even seal the function of raising the number of views on its own.

But this new popular article had none of that.

Everyone who saw it wrote a comment and liked it with a high frequency.

Truly a popular article free pass.

I clicked on the article with a bit of jealousy and futility.

mmm: I won the lottery of hope hahahahaha

“ah.”

Indeed, that’s what it is.

I savored the contents while brooding over the feeling of defeat.

– After reading the Defender article, I came out of the air defense shelter and applied for national labor. I entered Jungnang-gu, but when the military and policemen at the entrance asked me to pay the entrance fee like bandits, I was pissed off, but I was so curious about the lottery, so I got a lottery ticket by running around and getting a seat in the national labor mingling in the plaza full of non-destructive beggars in front of the district office. .

Luckily, it was a lottery that day, so I checked it at the ward office plaza, and the result was as follows!

＜Congratulations! 1st prize in the lottery of hope!＞

mmm.

The owner of this insincere and confused nickname won the first prize in the hope lottery issued by Seoul City, Korea.

In other words, they were given the right to live in the futuristic housing advertised by the government.

It is like saying that instead of living a miserable life alone in an air-raid shelter, you can start a new life in a pleasant new apartment with a panoramic view, and a quasi-conglomerate house that is envied by everyone.

The winners were full of anticipation.

There was no need to look into his heart or examine his intentions.

mmm: Hey, where do you find a woman to marry now? The winner of “The Hope” will be lined up with pretty girls, right?

I was very excited.

It’s like a specimen of a guy who lived without a horn all his life and got caught.

But this friend.

After winning the lottery, people changed so suddenly and strangely.

mmm: I’m moving in next year, but should I stay here for another year? To be honest, I think I’m going to have a mental illness.

mmm: Now that I think about it, it would have been enough if I had just hidden supplies in the corner of my house without having to dig an air-raid shelter. It seems that if you are in Seoul, rations come out.

mmm: People should live together with each other. Living alone, you’re only a prey for predators, aren’t you?

mmm: It’s because I won the lottery. Thinking about staying in this hell for a while makes me really dizzy~

Now he was in a better place, he took the lead in criticizing our colleagues and our ways.

I’ve known this friend for quite some time, but I’m not the type to write that much, and I’m not the type to write angular things like this.

I know you’re happy, but I’d say it’s a little awkward to watch.

So I said something.

SKELTON: (Skelton advice) m9. Is winning the lottery a government official? Let’s do it in moderation.

As if I wasn’t the only one who thought so, several users gave him advice, starting with Skeleton’s advice.

Our lottery winner (hereafter “m9”) did not stop, however.

mmm: If you’re envious, say you’re envious. let’s be honest Do you also want to give up living in an air raid shelter? Aren’t there some kids who run out of supplies? There must have been a child who almost froze to death last winter, and of course no woman, right? Bastard losers.

m9 continued to curse us with curse words.

It was the moment when a new bulletin board villain was born.

Naturally, the bulletin board friends did not sit idly by.

Anonymous848: Blocked

KYLE_DOS: I block this baby too

Anonymous 458: What are you doing, headhunter? Aren’t you going to catch that kid?

Block and ignore.

It is a sanction by our community users for those who disturb the order of the bulletin board.

The human hunter, who was once on the block list of many users, but has developed into a ‘named’ with some weight due to its unexpected positive function, also left a short and bold word about the m9.

Defender : Do you believe in this country?

m9 did not respond.

I don’t want to die.

He doesn’t just kill people who come into his house, he doesn’t mind killing people on expeditions, he cosplays as a normal person, crawls into Seoul, goes to national labor, and collects toilet paper.

But this m9 friend, at least I have good memories.

i know him

He was a member of the early fan club.

He was one of the few friends in their 20s.

He may not remember me, but I do remember him.

I listened to the K-walkie-talkie, thinking of him grilling meat at a wild meat restaurant.

Personal Identification Number: Would you like to contact DARAM?

One-to-one communication using a personal identification number.

It is a privilege of the era of destruction that only those who have been given a personal identification number can enjoy.

“To think that the senior side contacted me first. what’s the matter? I don’t have a job right now. Oh, and of course there are plenty of seats on the front line. Garage overflowing.”

Soft jazz music was heard over the walkie-talkie.

Perhaps the scenery and air are different from here.

“There is something I want to ask you.”

I inquired about the apartment in question.

The reason I dared to contact this troublesome junior was because I myself had doubts that the apartment would not be built properly.

Right now, chaebols have been downgraded to noble families, and there is no company that can take on the construction work.

Even if they were to find people to make them, how would they prepare the materials and the completely self-sufficient system they promise?

A large-scale complex where thousands of generations will live, not for dozens of people like chaebol.

Above all, it felt like the fact that the country paid for this kind of lottery itself was firmly twisted from the very beginning.

“Hope is…”

The figure of Da-ram Kim exhaling cigarette smoke appeared in front of my eyes as if drawn.

“It’s like a mirage.”

Perhaps she is looking at the ruins spread out the window.

A city that has already lost its present and is doomed to lose its future.

After a moment of silence, she told me one more thing with a shallow sigh.

“Let’s go to Jeju Island. We will all be withdrawn by next spring at the latest.”

Coincidentally, right after those words were over, the roar of a transport plane overhead reverberated through my air-raid shelter.

“…”

A question I had before was answered.

“This story. don’t do it to others It’s pretty secretive.”

Her request was of course accepted.

Only I knew and didn’t tell anyone.

I did what I could

SKELTON: There is a very high probability that the apartment will not be built. You don’t know what’s going to happen in the world, so take good care of the air defense shelter and material management.

Sent a message directly to m9.

That day, it is my own return for the sincerity of grilling and cutting the meat at Yamae Raw Meat by example.

A reply came soon.

mmm: block

Goodwill is not accepted as it is.