Chapter 481 – [A Guide for Transcendentalists Traveling Post-Apocalypse]

When I heard the story of Shion and Ruri, I heard that the Yeouiju, or rather, the Yeouijou, had two functions.

One as a power source and the other as a terminal to prove one’s identity.

If you listen up to this point, it is no different from a cell phone with an energy supply function. Proof of identity can be thought of as mobile phone verification.

But what if the owner of the phone is the president (emperor)?

“The Queen’s Jewel doesn’t exist as a simple symbol!!! Authority as a terminal is more important than its meaning as a power source!!! With the Queen’s Jewel, it’s possible to gain authority over everything in the empire!!!! That’s even a military facility. Even if it’s the authority of!!!”

“I understand you’re upset, but let’s sit down. It’s crazy.”

“This…..!!!”

“I know you’re angry. But this is a world long after the empire collapsed, and I want you to think that we also have circumstances.”

To be honest, it’s a bit difficult to take sides with Ruri… But I still had to listen.

Moreover, Ruri’s behavior is so good that it is difficult to expect from others, at least in this world. Seeking paradise for the happiness of the vast majority, not for one’s own gain, is the right and noble act at this point.

Even though he is good at triple axel drips such as dog drip, sex drip, pad lip, etc., And shows a funny side, he is not a kid who doesn’t have a stalling point.

“Ruri, you should solve the story too. How did you steal this?”

“I didn’t steal it!!!!!”

“You’re still trying to drip?!?!”

“No, it’s real. I didn’t steal this. My dead friend stole it and gave it to me.”

“Uh…….”

Even in her dreams, she did not know that it was not a dog drip, but a double line. Besides, it seemed that a gruesome story was waiting to be heard.

But it is impossible to escape. Baekhee also calmed down and listened to Ruri’s words.

“Hwiae, there was a childhood friend of mine. He was from the same village, but he became a wild dog just like me. Then I heard the news that Jaeho Yugwi was supervising a large-scale excavation of ruins, and I participated.”

“What is the location of the ruins?”

“Wait a minute, I’ll show you on the map.”

If you were at the level of civilization before the fall of the past, you would have been able to grasp the world map, so if you look at the current map, you will be able to figure out the approximate location.

Ruri came with her map and showed her the location of her ruins.

“…It’s the place where the Imperial Palace of the Spirit Empire used to be.”

“Yes, there are still a lot of parts of the huge palace left. Anyway, while excavating there… I found Yeouiju, no, Yeouijou.”

Whether it was good luck or bad luck.

It wasn’t that difficult to get money or power by presenting Yeouiboju. But Ruri’s childhood friend didn’t choose that.

“Hwi-ae lost her parents in a war between nobles. That’s why she hates war. She said that if she earned money, she would beat wild dogs and do farming.”

“………”

“If Yeouiju falls into the hands of Jaeho Yugwi, whatever he does with it will only cause a war, so he thought it better not to fall into that guy’s hands, so he stole Yeoui’s orb and ran away.”

However, the other person is one of the leading nobles who rule the northern part of this planet. There was no way I could escape from him unscathed.

So, Hwi-ae entrusted the jewel to Ruri. She could trust Ruri, who was trying to create a paradise, not war, so even if she lost her own life, she thought of the next thing.

“After that, I crossed the North. I crossed the Great Desert and came down to the South. In search of a facility called ‘Cradle’ that could create a paradise.”

“………”

“My story is over. Do you have any questions?”

Baekhee, who had been quietly listening to Ruri’s story, asked cautiously.

“Was Hui-ae a close friend?”

“Yes”

“How much?”

“I was so hungry when I was 10 that I gave away one of the two potatoes I got from selling a girl.”

“Right”

I’ve heard before that when Ruri was 10 she sold her pride for two potatoes. She thought there must be some dark story, but when she was 10 she sold herself…

It’s not absolute as if it’s God’s terminal. Before awakening, he was just a human with slightly superior intelligence.

“I know that I would be too shameless to ask for the Queen’s Jewel from your dead friend. However, no matter how much the empire collapses, it is also true that I am the rightful owner as long as the lineage of the Anima Empire remains.”

“So what do we do?”

“Let’s compromise. I’ll lend it to you.”

“Are you saying you’re going to show respect?”

“At least it’s not correct, because it doesn’t look useful.”

Face is important to such a person. The more you stand on top of her, the more people watching her, even if no one sees her now, until the end of her life, she is watching herself, so she must protect it.

There is a big difference between Ruri’s possession of the Queen’s Orb, which is only passed down to the emperor, and Baekhee’s ownership of it and lending it to Ruri.

Originally, the things that high-ranking people talk about seem to be the same, but there is a big difference because they are slightly different. I know because I see it often.

“There are many things to ask and know. I will entrust you for the time being.”

“You’ve added one more load.”

“Worst man? Why are you looking at me and talking like that?

“You know what?”

But when you think about it, it’s strange. It’s only natural that her crown princess, Baek-hee, would stay in her luxurious quarters, but her building, where we found her, is a multi-story mansion at most.

Of course, that’s not a small thing, but considering her location, she should have stayed in a small villa, but I don’t understand why she was in such a place?

“That was my maternal grandfather’s villa. It’s where I came down from the vacation car to take a break.”

“A vacation home? Around here?”

“At least at the time, this area was rich enough…”

Baek-hee looked at the scene outside her with a confused expression.

It is a desolate place where there is only a desert without a single life. The Sahara Desert has more life than this, but all it sees is sand.

“How on earth did the empire end?”

“I didn’t even know when it was destroyed, but do you think it was us? Ah… Come to think of it, Shion, wasn’t there a separate time display on that hibernation device earlier?”

“It’s in power saving mode to maintain a minimum power, so those features were turned off”

“What is it, Yeouiju said it can supply energy to a mansion?”

“If the user is not conscious, the output will decrease little by little. No matter how much Yeouiju it is, it doesn’t emit infinite power.

Youngja respond to emotions.

That is why, even if it is a created life without a soul, when it expresses emotion, the spirit crystallizes and creates a soul.

What if we applied that property to energy production?

If done well, it may be possible to create a power source that releases energy indefinitely according to human emotions. Gil-Hyun Choi has already put it to practical use for a long time, but…

If it’s hard to understand, think of Zonder Metal, which turns stress into energy, or G-Stone, which turns courage into energy, in GaoGaiGar the Lion King. No, it’s rather close to that.

“The King of Heroes, not the King of Lions. It brings back memories.”

“I’m wandering this road to find something. To find memories in the dark past~”

“Now I have come, embracing the world. Where are the lost truths now?”

Ah, the memories suddenly come to mind. The Japanese original opening is good, but I personally think the Korean version is also good.

When it was adapted and reflected, it came out as the Lion King instead of the King of Braves… It’s really a long time ago, but I remember Gaogai buying me a toy and playing with it when my parents were still alive in the first playthrough.

However, at the time, it was difficult to separate after merging with the power of a child…

“It’s a good song. The way it’s contained in it… Are you talking to me?”

“Yes?”

“Yeah, that’s not bad. I’d like to join you and find out the cause of the empire’s fall.”

Originally, there is a profound part in the lyrics, but they said it was more interpretation than a dream… Well, it would be good if you like yourself.

“Let’s go back to the city and replenish supplies! One more person has to line up and buy necessities at least!”

“If we go now, won’t we arrive at sunset?”

“The chapter will stand!”

We headed back to the city the way we came.

That’s because we added one more person than when we came.

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Baek-hee’s appearance when he arrived in the city was not much different from when we first came to the city.

Even if you hear that the empire has collapsed right away, if you can’t shake it off easily, then the city in front of you is not built on the collapsed empire, but you just think of it as a tourist visiting another civilization in another world.

Looking around here and there with eyes full of curiosity makes me feel like a child.

“I see, are there really only dark-skinned people?”

“You! You can’t discriminate against people based on skin color! You fucking racist!”

“A person’s noble status is not determined by the color of his skin, but by his ability.”

“Then what if you don’t have the ability?”

“Even if you don’t have the ability, you just have to show your effort”

“What if you don’t even try?”

“If you don’t even have the ability and don’t even try, why would you respect me?”

“That’s right”

For a high-ranking person, you have an open mind. Didn’t he rise to the position of inheriting the empire with the body of a woman for no reason?

Even if it rots, it is said to be a pearl in the mud. Even if the empire is destroyed, she retains her own abilities. Of course, brute force is needed more than individual intelligence in this fucking world.

“I need to buy some clothes first…”

“Personally, I don’t see anything that stands out. Well, I guess I’ll have to yield here.”

Come to think of it, I’m the only man in this group.

There is Ruri, who has the personality of an outspoken and bad-mouthed uncle, but after all, she is a girl… It is said that four women are going shopping together.

Shopping for girls takes so long!!!! Even if that’s two locals (one of the royal family) and one alien, even if it’s a terminal of God!!!

When I was a woman, it took me a while to buy clothes and shop for dinner!!!!

Wanting to be beautiful is obviously what most women want, but I don’t think it’s a good idea to spend hours on a single shopping trip.

Arriving in the city around sunset, the sun has completely set and it is dark and the market is quiet. Most of the tools that glow separately here are items from the ruins, so I usually end my work at night to save fuel for a fire.

This is natural in places where lighting fixtures have not developed. Torchlight? All of that is money, but what?

“The stars are bright”

“Ah, that’s right”

“The fact that light from a star that is tens of thousands of light years away takes a long time to reach this star is quite romantic.”

“Shion, your explanations aren’t romantic, right?

“The stars aren’t feeding me, so what are you doing. Even if a meteor falls, I’d rather it fall on Jaeho’s head than wishing for it.”

I plan to go back to the inn, stay overnight, and leave tomorrow.

The facility called the cradle that Ruri was looking for was still far away. The journey is long and there are many who follow it. Fortunately, the behavior of the people here is not so fast from investigation to response because civilization has declined.

You can roughly tell by seeing that there is no response even after a few days of wandering after the attack of the hunting dogs where Jinkyo was.

Creak creak.

“Well?”

I hear the sound of rusty wheels rolling. It sounded like someone pulling a heavy cart.

I would have ignored it normally, but suddenly I get the feeling that I want to carry something like that at night. On the other hand, the premonition was also not very good.

“What’s wrong?”

“Wait a minute”

I got away from the group for a while and went to the place where the cart was pulled.

There, someone was pulling a cart that covered an island made of woven straw. If someone sees it, they might think it’s just carrying luggage… It smells like a rotting corpse.

“……..”

And I saw the face I had seen there.

Half-hidden, but the girl who tried to prostitute me became a corpse and she was loaded into a cart.