Chapter 299 – [Descent of the Great Demon King]

Zion’s plan to move to Mars had some ups and downs, but it went smoothly.

A separate site is created to receive applications and through Horizon’s hacking, applicants’ past records are viewed. If you have ever made a statement biased towards the ideology of either party, you will be eliminated. Even if it was a remark like that, if it was valid or had room for it, it was passed and selected.

It was similar to the Japanese screening program that Utopia would do in Japan, but the difference was that at least only those who applied did so.

And most of all, it doesn’t mean you’ll die if you don’t pass. That’s a big difference.

“Oh, this should be right…”

A man was hanging out in front of Gwanghwamun Square.

A separate text message appears on the phone. It contained the contents of Zion’s Mars migration plan to pass the first round and come to a designated place to take the second exam.

It’s quite strange that I was accepted even though I didn’t submit a resume, but the message sent wasn’t fake. It is a fact that I found out through the exchange of information there because there was a separate cafe with other people who passed.

Even though it was a weekday, there were quite a lot of people in the square. At a glance, there were tens of thousands of people gathered.

Of course, many of them would be related to the protests of people criticizing the current government’s judicial situation due to utopia, but on the contrary, there was a high possibility that some of them would be successful in the first round of Zion’s Mars migration application.

“There……”

“Ah yes!”

“Are you sure you passed the 1st round of migration to Mars?”

“Yes, that’s right. Maybe that one too…”

“My name is Heeyoung Shin.”

“My name is Kang Moo-hyuk.”

The man and woman met at Gwanghwamun Square and exchanged greetings.

The other person was a pretty cute woman in her early 20s. Of course, a man would treat him kindly, so the man, Kang Moo-hyuk, greeted him kindly.

“The time says 2:00 PM, but nothing stands out.”

“It’s still 2:10, isn’t it? Let’s wait a little longer. The opponent is also an alien, so we might transport them with a beam or something, right?”

“You have a lot of imagination. Do you work in that field?”

“Uh… I wrote a little bit, but it’s not my job, it’s my hobby. My real job is a construction company employee.”

“A construction company? Where?”

“It’s a large company. It’s close to the university, so it was easy to get a job.”

“You seem to have studied hard.”

“Anyway, it’s a contract job, and half of it is a field job. Well, for a newcomer to society, the salary is good, so I’m going there, but I don’t think the answer will be seen if I go on like this.”

“I guess so. Just because they give a lot of money doesn’t mean everything.”

The two had a crush on each other from the beginning. Money is important in the world, but there are countless things that have more value than that.

And just because you have money doesn’t mean you’re happy. Of course, there are times when you are unhappy.

“There are quite a lot of people. Some people came because of the protests, but there are people like us who came because of interviews, right?”

“Maybe it is.”

Kang Moo-hyeok checked his cell phone messages again.

The venue is Gwanghwamun Square and the time is 2:00 PM. In addition, the interview may take time, so food, clothing and shelter are guaranteed during the stay, and a small souvenir is scheduled to be presented regardless of whether or not you pass the exam. It contained all the information I wanted to know, even though it was trivial.

However, it vaguely said that the place was Gwanghwamun Square, but it was not written where it was. I looked around, but there was nothing like that.

“First, gather together with the same interviewees around you…”

As we were talking, the time had already reached 2 o’clock. And at that very moment, the air splits in the middle of the plaza without a second shift.

“…..Uh?”

“Cha, it’s a dimension!”

Someone shouted. However, the dimensional alarm did not go off. And what came out of it was something other than an enemy species.

Along with a faint driving sound, what came out of the crack was not a creature, but a machine. Enemy species are common creatures, quite remote, but not completely out of the way, and what came out of them is a three or four meter tall bipedal robot.

The two red lenses on the top blink and line up in an orderly manner in front of the dimensional formation. People were surprised to see him caught, as if he were seen in the military, but they did not run away.

“Cha, isn’t it a dimensional quarry? That’s…”

“Isn’t there only one place where you can use something like a bipedal weapon?”

“……I guess so.”

There may have been some research in the US, but it is not at the level of actual use. Furthermore, the robots in front of me seemed to have technological prowess that was hundreds of years ahead of actual combat.

There is only one person on Earth who has such technology. After coming out as an alien and adding a little bit of exaggeration, there was only Shion, a spaceship similar in size to Seoul, no, a dimensional navigation ship.

I waited for a while, but the robots that came out of the dimensional circle did not even think about moving in an aligned state. Whether or not they show an intention to attack, it’s definitely not an enemy species.

All that remains is courage. Kang Moo-hyeok may not understand, but he is a robot, so I tried talking to him.

“There……”

[………]

The robot Kang Moo-hyeok spoke to was silent for a moment, and then the red lens attached to the top blinked. And the response comes right back.

The robot responds in a dignified male voice.

[The 1st passer Kang Moo-hyuk. Welcome]

“Five……!!”

Even with modern technology, facial recognition is possible, but it was just amazing that a robot that existed separately had such a function.

Something that can only be seen in science fiction movies or cartoons is right in front of you. I started to get excited because I saw the piece of imagination in person.

[The currently open dimensional rift is connected to the dimensional navigation ship Horizon. Please go inside for the interview screening]

“Wow! Awesome!!!”

It is pure admiration without any other selfishness. If I wasn’t interested in this kind of thing, I wouldn’t even apply for work that required me to leave Earth, such as moving to Mars in the first place.

Others reacted as if they heard the sounds the robot made. They approached with a buzz and took pictures, or even touched the courageous people.

“Does a robot like this have the 3 laws of robots?”

[This aircraft belongs to Horizon, so it does not follow the 3 human robot laws. It only follows and executes one proposition.]

“Rule 1, not 3? What is that?”

[‘Follow the orders of Zion and the worst’. That is all]

The 3 Laws of Robotics seem simple and sure they won’t conflict, but there are no absolutes or perfect things in the world. That’s why Shion entered a proposition that was more certain than the 3 laws of robots.

Absolute obedience. A robot is only a tool, nothing more, nothing less. Instead of reducing autonomy as much as possible, we prepared for situations where errors and contradictions would occur.

Even if you hack, you can’t touch the proposition unless you recreate it from scratch. Even if you bring a spiritual computer, that is impossible.

The red lens of the robot was directed at Shin Hee-young. And she blinked once and then recognized her.

[Welcome, Heeyoung Shin. If you’re here for a job interview, go inside. Upon entering, we will guide you separately.]

She is the same passer she is. The two of them were surprised by the appearance of the robot, but slowly began to enter the dimension circle.

“Wow……!!!”

“This is……”

I could see it from the outside, but when I went inside, it was like another world.

Above all, the first thing that catches your eye is the panoramic view of Seoul. The sense of looking down from a place so high that Namsan Tower could be seen below was so large and fantastic that it disturbed the sense of reality.

If you get on an airplane to travel abroad, you may see a similar view, but that’s only what you see through a small window at best. As it is now, one side of the wall seems to be made of glass, and the appearance that looks like an aquarium looks like a photograph.

“Oh, there’s something to eat on the table here, right?”

“Isn’t that so? It doesn’t seem like there’s anything special to say.”

A person with a lot of doubts would choose not to eat while doubting, ‘Isn’t this also part of the interview?’, But the two didn’t care about that.

If it was someone with that kind of personality in the first place, Shion would have eliminated him in the first screening.

The hall was large and could accommodate a large number of people. It has the size of a decent sports stadium, and you can see the whole view of Seoul from the side, so the perspective seems strange.

And gradually, as time passed, people started to come in. Dozens, hundreds, thousands. Gradually, over time, the number of people increases.

The space is wide, but there were still so many people, there was no big trouble. It’s because the majority of people have a heart that knows how to be considerate and understand the other person, big or small.

In no time at all, the dimensional formation closed and disappeared. Because everyone has come.

[Welcome, everyone]

As people were whispering and wondering what to do, a huge holographic image of Zion appeared in front of them.

The realistic hologram, which is no different from the person himself except for the size, naturally attracted people’s attention. It would have been like that even if it wasn’t Zion.

[First of all, congratulations to those who passed the first exam. At least, before I judged you, you were chosen because you were thought to be a decent person. Since there is no quota for this interview, regardless of the competition, only individuals will be judged to determine pass or fail.]

Competition is good, but if you focus only on it, the affection between people disappears and it becomes a society that is corny.

Shion didn’t like that. Competition is good, but it’s good competition, I just like rivals, but competition to see each other as enemies and crush each other only hurts each other and only causes quarrels.

The area currently being terraformed on Mars has expanded to the size of a city large enough to lightly accommodate tens of thousands of people, but there are far more applicants for relocation. So, through the first test, most of the people who did not meet the standards were knocked out.

It is impossible to accommodate dozens or millions of people, but it can accommodate thousands of people currently gathered. That’s why Shion plans to decide whether to pass the exam without having a quota.

[If you put it well, you can all pass, but if you put it badly, all of you may fail. Of course, as long as you passed the 1nd round, the latter case is extremely unlikely to happen, so you don’t have to worry so much. But don’t just think that you will pass.]

Pride is not good. Anything in excess is not good.

[First of all, we will lend you the equipment you need to stay at Horizon during your interview]

Whoops!

A gap opened in the ceiling of the hall, and something like a drone flew freely and came down to the interviewers. I couldn’t see it in detail when I was far away, but when I looked closer, it was not a drone, but a smaller one, like a wristwatch.

One per person. The watch, which was automatically fitted to the wrist, eventually recognized the user and connected to the main server to obtain several guest privileges.

[You can think of it as a device similar to a smart watch. Hologram projection equipment, permission to access Horizon’s internal server, artificial intelligence for guidance, anti-gravity equipment for fast movement, and more. It is equipped with various functions, so please wear it as much as possible.]

“Five!!!”

[It’s okay to take it off in the room where you will be guided later, but if you go around without wearing it and get lost and enter a restricted area, I can’t be held responsible]

What they received was for guests only. You don’t have access to Zion or worst of all private facilities or facilities, but you can use many of Horizon’s facilities.

Best of all, it allows location tracking anywhere on the ship. Shion trusts humans, but does not trust them. I don’t know where it will cause trouble, but I can’t completely accept it.

[There are a lot of people but not many interviewers, so the interview lasts for several days. As the full-scale interview starts tomorrow, we will notify you of the detailed time, and we will take care of the food, clothing, and shelter during the interview period as we announced via text message. Of course, if you have something else to do outside in the middle, please contact the equipment you just brought and we will send it out]

Unless it’s a very urgent business, there’s no such thing as that. This is because the people gathered here in the first place knew that it would take that much time, so they prepared in advance.

“Mr. Moo-hyeok? If you’re a construction company, isn’t it difficult to take notice of requesting vacation?”

“Ah, since the move-in has already been completed. I don’t know if it’s before move-in, but after move-in, I can just look at the defects, so I can afford it.”

There are thousands of people, but there are three interviewers. Shion, Worst, and Raise. Other than those three, there is no one worthy of an interview.

Even so, the worst thing is that he came as Zion’s husband, not as the Great Demon King, so even if it was possible, he couldn’t ask the other Great Demon Kings to be interviewers.

Isn’t there a cousin Utopia? Are you crazy to have such a psychopathic alien be your interviewer?

[There are many facilities inside Horizon. I’m not going to give extra points for self-development here because I see people, not abilities. Enjoy what you enjoy and learn what you want to learn. That is all]

After saying that, Shion’s hologram disappeared. The interviewees chatted and thought about each other, and then they touched the smart watch equipment that was filled on their wrists.

Zion gave them freedom. Of course, it was only a limited freedom, but at least it was not suppressed.

“What would you like to do?”

“Well……”

Among the people gathered here, there are not too many people who are really capable enough to be called elite. Rather less.

Kang Moo-hyeok worked in the construction industry, so it was a skill that was useful in the Mars colony. Even so, everyone else’s occupation and age were different. It seems that he was not lying when he said that he looked at people rather than abilities.

“Let’s start by eating rice.”

I’ve eaten some of the prepared finger food, but I’m still hungry. And I wanted to try the rice that comes out of this place at least once.

For Kang Moo-hyeok, his curiosity took precedence over the tension and fear of the upcoming interview. When will I get a chance to come back to the alien spacecraft? I will try to see as much as possible.

“Oh, the nearest restaurant from here is right around the corner. You can walk, would you like to go?”

“Isn’t this your first time handling it? You learn quickly.”

“I can touch the hologram. It’s as easy as looking at the map. Shall I teach you?”

“Teach me later”

The two decided to head to the restaurant first.

It’s not that far from the restaurant anyway, and as I looked around the facilities inside, I didn’t even notice the time passing and arrived at the restaurant before I knew it.

But there was a passenger who came first.

“Ah, you want to eat first and think about it? You made a good choice.”

The worst was making fried rice in the restaurant kitchen, turning the wok.

From the start to the final boss…?