Chapter 2074 – [If It Doesn’t Explode Inside, It Will Explode Outside]

The impact of the Halo service was mainly effective among young people. Well, there are some fans who like the original, but the fact that there is something floating above the head like an angel gave it personality and some fashion elements.

Moreover, it was Eden who introduced it to the fashion industry in earnest. I was busy with work, so I showed off things about Halo while working as a model, so it had a publicity effect.

In addition, Eden began her revival tour again, traveling to other countries to further promote her work. She has not yet received land in the United States, so she is putting that aside until later, but she has resumed her work and resumed public relations and resuscitation procedures, at least in Ilwol Shinkuk and Japan.

Perhaps because she was in trouble in the United States, in Italy, where she was scheduled to visit, the Vatican to be precise, the Pope personally issued an official letter to collect related complaints and opinions.

-Resuscitation is a miracle that reconnects those who have been separated from their families for unfortunate reasons. Even the Lord Jesus Christ would consider it better to spend time with his beloved family than to reach heaven sooner.

It’s nice to have flexibility. Of all the miracles Jesus performed, the greatest one was the resurrection, so I’m glad it went over well because it’s a sensitive issue related to resuscitation.

Oh, is what Eden does a little different? Reviving something and reviving yourself are two different things. What matters is whether you can use it on yourself, so even Crazy Diamond, which has the ability to repair and reconstruct, is difficult because you can’t use it on yourself.

Anyway, while Eden went on tour overseas, I took care of domestic affairs. Due to the Halo issue, we had to pay attention because we were fixing things and creating jobs in a very positive way.

“There are people overseas who want to install Halo, but we will not allow it. This is because the original purpose of the Halo service is only met by Koreans who have gone overseas.”

“Then?”

“Instead, if a foreigner who came to Korea applies, we will provide separate services. However, we plan to receive more money than our citizens would.”

“Oh, it would be nice to have some extra income.”

The Halo service revenue earned from Koreans who had already applied for the Halo service and foreign tourists who visited Korea for work or tourism was quite significant. Thanks to this, I was able to often see people wearing halos on the street.

Some people use it for special experiences, while others use it for promotional purposes in companies. In particular, in the latter case, the Halo design is copyrighted separately.

“It is said that design businesses that draw separate halo designs are also emerging.”

“The fact that new markets are increasing is proof that jobs are also being created. That’s a good thing.”

“For reference, we negotiated separately regarding the original work and decided to register the copyright for all Halo characters and provide services for official cosplay and activities thereafter.”

“No, has there been an agreement with that side too?”

“Quality is an important issue.”

“You look like your mom in that part…”

The Halo service gradually became integrated into society. Halo, which is accepted as a unique individuality, has become so popular that people are making them and wearing them by outsourcing or commissioning designers or illustrators.

On the other hand, there were social problems such as being ostracized by classmates without Halo. We wondered what to do in this case and decided to just provide the service to underage children without charging a usage fee. Anyway, it’s a bit bad to take money from kids.

“Halo given to students… The whole world is Kibotos. Where is Chalet?”

“Sion was excited too.”

“Ah, our second daughter. Her mom would like to wear a halo too, so I would like her design to be this.”

“Does it look like a computer graphic representation of a black hole? It matches my mother.”

The mother and daughter look alike.

Anyway, along with the Halo issue, Eden’s revival tour was also progressing. As if a decision had finally been made in the United States, she brought up the story about the land that Eden would give to her.

If you don’t know at all, you may not know, but Eden is touring other countries first while receiving benefits from resuscitation procedures in the United States has already stopped. So, part of the land in Iowa, the best granary in the United States, was ceded to us.

So, they may be asking for resuscitation procedures to be resumed in the U.S. Before the end of the tour, but… Well, just try this damn thing again.

-I have to go to the US and see the land while doing resuscitation!!!!

“Have you thought of anything? I can’t leave such a large piece of land lying around.”

-That’s right. I haven’t come up with anything yet, but maybe Keter has something in mind?

“Hmm, let me ask you something.”

As Eden said, Keter had been thinking about crops to grow in the U.S. And brought something with him. But that crop was something familiar.

“Huh? That’s…”

[I wondered what there was to grow on that large land without destroying Korea’s agricultural and livestock economy, and the answer turned out to be closer than I thought. I found this while visiting the seed storage at Horizon.]

“It’s a cedar cactus.”

In the past, when Pirate King Ruri was called Mad Max Ruri, he traveled to what was a desert apocalypse world. There, he meets Baek Hee, the crown princess of the fallen Empire… Oh, they both have children now, but anyway.

Among the crops I brought there, there was one I really liked, and that was the cedar cactus. Because supplies were scarce, it was difficult to produce luxury items such as alcohol, but consuming alcohol was not that difficult, and that was thanks to the baekhyang cactus.

If you cut a part of it and put it in water, the alcohol content comes out, and it is a crop that becomes alcoholic. And as the name Baekhyang suggests, it has a pretty good scent, so I remember drinking it with Sion.

[Looking at it, this is a crop that my eldest sister worked on.]

“Ah… That civilization, the Empire, was destroyed by the judgment of the Great Demon King of Nature. Then it seems like it was worth touching, but why?”

[Because this is a pretty interesting crop. Think about it, this cactus is ultimately a crop that synthesizes alcohol with just water and sunlight, right?]

“Yes.”

[This cactus captures carbon dioxide and converts it into alcohol, more specifically ethanol, through photosynthesis. It is a natural biofuel production crop.]

“Huh?”

[Just grow it, and you’ll have a lot of pollution-free biofuel!!! It even captures carbon dioxide, making it possible to become carbon-neutral. Rather, it emits oxygen as much as it is a plant!!!!!]

“I thought it was just a substitute for alcohol, but it turned out to be a fucking product?!”

[Oh, of course I did some breeding improvement. But looking at things like this, the older sister has a different vibe than usual.]

The Baekhyang cactus that Keter had bred showed superior abilities in many ways compared to before. First, not only the purity of the ethanol synthesized, but also its ability to capture carbon dioxide and emit oxygen has improved.

Originally, when you grow crops, you need a lot of carbon emissions, such as fertilizers or oil from agricultural machinery to grow them, but this was a crop that became more profitable the more you grew it. Even if you have to use agricultural machinery to grow it, there is no pollution if you use the ethanol obtained from it as biofuel.

[And if you put it in water, it still becomes alcohol!!!!]

“I can’t hold back alcohol!!!! Let’s see how it tastes!!!!”

[Ah, but it is an improved version, so if you add enough water, the alcohol content will be too high. Ordinary humans might get sick if they eat the flesh of this raw.]

“I have to be careful about that.”

Instead of a bottle, take a slightly larger pot, pour water into it, and cut some cactus into it. As the ingredients and flavors began to melt, a much richer and richer scent began to emerge, different from the cedar cactus I knew.

What perfume is it? I think it would be okay to use it that way, right?

The taste was the same. As the scent is strong, the alcohol content is quite high even though it is diluted with water. However, it was so unique and delicious that it seemed like it would have its own demand.

[Later, shall we compare which ratio is the most delicious while tasting the diluted alcohol by strength?]

“That would be fine, but I think it would be okay to make it separately with low, medium, and high alcohol content.”

[Oh, that will work.]

“And I think I should change the name. It has become a super cactus that is difficult to compare to the baekhyang cactus. It should be around a thousand, not a hundred.”

[Cheonhyang Cactus!!!! If you go all the way to the bay, it’s Manjome Thunder!!!!!!!]

“No, there’s a duelist there?!”

Afterward, it was also tested as biofuel. I tried to find a car that runs on oil by mixing gasoline with ethanol extracted from Baekhyang, or now Cheonhyang cactus.

Oh, the reason why you have to buy a car with an internal combustion engine is because electricity became free in Korea, so the proportion of electric cars has increased. It was rare to see a car that consumed gas even when out on the road.

Buuuuung!!!!

Vehicles running on ethanol from the Cheonhyang cactus as fuel ran normally well. However, one interesting thing is that even though it was burned, the scent of the Cheonhyang cactus remained, and the exhaust smoke emitted by the vehicle gave off a subtle, pleasant scent.

Of course, there is a unique smoke smell due to the mixture of gasoline, but it is better that the smoke is significantly less and not unpleasant compared to using pure oil. It is an unexpected additional effect.

[Oh, this is pretty good.]

“The product came out better than I expected. It felt like a waste to give it to America.”

[However, this kind of thing needs to be grown in large quantities to be effective, but it is difficult to grow it in a small place like Korea.]

“Oh, is that also true?”

If it is only used as alcohol, it can be grown in small quantities in Korea, but if it is used as biofuel, large-scale cultivation is essential. Considering that, it is better to cultivate on land received from the United States.

Keter and I are planning to visit the United States in person to talk about this. As Eden was about to go on a revival trip to the U.S., He saw her face and came back with her after finishing work.

First, let’s talk to Eden. Then, Eden, who had been resting on weekends during her revival tour, returned home to sample Cheonhyang cactus liquor.

“Alcohol!!!! I can’t resist without drinking!!!!!”

“You look like a delinquent who has been drinking since he was a minor. Here is the prototype.”

“Oh!!!!!”

Eden tried Cheonhyang cactus liquor. Among the products made to match the alcohol content, it was the one with the lowest alcohol content that was easiest to drink, so Eden gulped it down because it had the same alcohol content as fruit soju-like liqueur soju.

Aside from being a cheerful drinker, he was also a chef and was evaluated coldly. Even so, the reviews were good as I liked the original, the white fragrant cactus itself.

“This is okay. I like it because it has a strong scent. It feels like it covers up the unpleasant smell of alcohol with a unique scent. Thanks to that, you can just drink it regardless of the alcohol content and treat it like a ladykiller.”

“It’s not that much. The higher the alcohol content, the stronger the scent and the more perfume you feel. Unless you’re used to high alcohol content, you’ll probably only drink low alcohol content.”

“Hmm, that’s a good drink to think about. Keter, you made something good.”

[First, since it is my eldest sister’s work, I didn’t completely create it. If you want to be thankful, say it to your eldest sister.]

“You say he is the Great Demon King of nature? I heard he participated in the dimensional war. Is he still alive?”

[It is not for nothing that people as high as the Great Demon King treat a person as missing if the body cannot be confirmed. Originally, transcendental people and transcendental species have tough names. The owner didn’t give a definite answer, so he must be alive somewhere.]

“So what do we do now?”

[Well, I guess I’m recovering from the blow. Since no news is good news, it is better to have no news that my eldest sister is dead.]

“Oh, really?”

[And when we Lu-Beana die, we return to the Nature Garden and are reincarnated. The memory part is up to you, but continuing is not impossible.]

“Wow, that’s good.”

“No, that’s how Rubeana recycle.”

[Instead, it is meaningless against the Absolute, so the older sisters and younger brothers who died during the First Dimension War…]

“Oh, don’t sound gloomy.”

When I think about that, it reminds me of when I first met Tiv. Even though I was a transcendental person, I was not much different from Lu-Beana before I was loaded, so I survived even after facing Tiv.

The absolute being is the one who can harass even Lu-Beana to the point where he cannot be reincarnated, and when I think about that, I think that [Absolute Survival], Which is the singularity of my possibility, is beyond my imagination. Even the creations of the Absolute can’t do anything against the same Absolute, so what is my specialty…

First, this problem will be resolved someday. Time is the universal solution. Of course, I can’t accept that good times pass by quickly, but I don’t particularly dislike it.

[Anyway, first go and get permission to grow this in the US!!!!!]

“I will give you permission.”

[It’s not a food crop, so there won’t be a big problem, but what will you do if I give you guidance?]

“They will definitely give me permission.”

[Oh… I guess I get it.]

Haha, Keter doesn’t grow good crops that he himself created? Then why should I die? Eden is not the only land mine that the United States should not step on.

If you don’t do it, I’ll be damned if I sign an agreement with the independent Chinese countries to grow cacti, it’s going to be a disaster for the United States.

So, behave yourself well?