episode_0164

The Foundation was already the end itself for humanity, that is, part of the fifth Apostle.

Even in a reality where nothing but ashes remained, all of the Foundation’s personnel and facilities were functioning normally.

“The situation is worse than I thought.”

Robin smiles bitterly.

“Mr. Dabin. I told you before, right? Thanks to your suggestion, the ending of this world was simply compressed. I said that as long as we survive, the world we are in will not be destroyed. ”

“Yes.”

“Can you tell me how long we have to hold out?”

Now, the Foundation’s next target is right here.

We are a worldwide occult society.

Boom!

The cabin shakes violently.

Everyone screams.

“If this continues, we’ll be dead in less than 3 minutes.”

I couldn’t bring myself to answer.

Our chances of survival were slim.

“To be exact, the world itself was prevented from disappearing by the seven. That’s why I said that destruction could be prevented.”

“So. What’s the conclusion?”

“We have to deal with the destruction caused by other factors ourselves. Just like right now.”

“Wait a minute. Dabin. Do you think that makes sense!? Then why didn’t you say so earlier!”

“Later. I’ll tell you.”

It’s a desperate situation, but there is still a last resort.

“For now, I just have to do my best.”

I held on tight to the bedposts in the shaking cabin.

The shaking stopped shortly thereafter.

“Rico! How are things going now?”

“Just a moment! I’ll connect to the central communication unit and display it on the screen!”

Rico runs off somewhere.

Soon, the screen will be relayed in real time to all electronic devices inside the association building.

It was the sight of the Foundation moving to attack this place.

Any foundation facility.

The camera captures a place that looks too good to be true after a nuclear apocalypse.

Robin explores the facility and explains.

“This is the ‘Apocalypse Preparation’ branch of the foundation. It’s a place where a ‘restart program’ is prepared in preparation for the end of the world… … .”

“Is this a restart program?”

“Yes. Even if a nuclear apocalypse were to come like now, if the Foundation was intact, restoration itself would have been possible. The restart program literally refers to the process of restarting the world. Clones are created with the DNA of all humans stored in the underground bunker, and their lives are controlled by AI for a certain period of time. Then, various devices rise up in the outside world and restoration begins. They could have cleaned up the radiation, the remains of the destroyed buildings, etc., and restored the environment to its original state. It doesn’t mean anything now, but this place, too, has fallen completely into their hands. ”

“But why here? If it was caught on screen, it means there was some meaningful movement. I don’t really get a sense of what the doomsday department can do right now.”

“Probably trying to exploit that ‘restart program’.”

On the screen.

Researchers in lab coats move busily between computers to make calculations.

The machine starts working, and numerous clones begin to be created.

They are shrunk in front of some device and placed into a capsule the size of a finger, and this process is repeated several more times.

The researcher’s words are heard in the quiet screen.

“Prepare to launch towards the Occult Society headquarters. Estimated launch time is exactly 3 minutes away.”

Armed Foundation personnel move in unison.

They put the capsules in a sieve and immerse them in a red tank prepared on one side of the lab.

Yebin holds onto my sleeve tightly and says.

“Dabin. That. Isn’t that blood?”

“That’s right. It’s people’s blood.”

Robin confirms.

It was now easy to guess what the Foundation was planning to do.

“Then no way.”

“Yes. I’m trying to make an idol of the fifth apostle. And I’m going to shoot it this way.”

It was just as Robin said.

The blood-soaked capsules are placed in a small box.

and,

“Launch.”

As everyone gathered in the cabin watches the screen, the box disappears in an instant and is out of sight.

And after a while.

Someone points to the window.

“Come on. From over there.”

The almost infinitely extending walls are lined with windows at regular intervals.

People gather in front of it and look outside.

“Dabin, let’s go too.”

Sister Se-rim grabbed my hand and pulled me along.

Other people also walk along.

“Everyone, be careful not to get separated from each other.”

“Yes. Dabin.”

Yebin is next to me.

I headed to the window, confirming that Heo Yun, Seok Hyeon-min, and other people were behind me.

… … The headquarters of the Occult Society. The so-called ‘Shack’ is floating in a dimensional rift.

Although you can occasionally see floating auroras, clouds, and smoke, the dimensional rift is fundamentally a dark and desolate place.

In that cold darkness, a box is flying here.

As the figure grows bigger and bigger.

It wasn’t just that the distance had gotten closer.

“Oppa. It definitely got bigger, right? That thing.”

As Daju pointed out.

Even excluding the effects of distance, the size of the box is growing too quickly.

“I think he’ll be here soon.”

He turned around and shouted at the people.

“Everyone, get away from the windows! We’re about to crash! ”

Heo Yun-do and Seok Hyeon-min too.

Together we deliver the same message to people.

“Get away from the window! Quickly!!!”

The refugees gathered here must have noticed this as well, fortunately they are all running away from the window and towards the opposite wall.

Soon the ‘believers’ of the fifth apostle will come here too.

They will thirst for blood, create ‘idols’ out of human corpses, and seek to spread the influence of the Fifth Apostle to the last remaining safe places in the universe.

The box approaches.

In a crisis situation, Choi Won appeared holding a loudspeaker.

“Those of you with telekinesis or object manipulation abilities, please gather at the window. The Foundation’s aircraft will crash into this area soon. We cannot allow this aircraft to crash into the cabin. We need people with telekinesis or object manipulation abilities to prevent the crash. ”

The voice resonates throughout the vast cabin.

“Please gather as soon as possible!”

Beside her, Shim Ji-hee is taking deep breaths and preparing for the end.

Her ability is ‘ability amplification’.

This is an essential skill again.

Soon enough, quite a few people gathered at the window.

Telekinesis is one of the more common abilities.

“One, two, three. If you do that, you push them out at the same time.”

“One.”

“Two.”

“Three!”

I was standing by the window and could see.

A box comes into view.

No. A huge wall of paper is pushing towards the cabin.

Next to him, Jeong Hae-won mutters with his mouth wide open.

“How do you stop that?”

“Stop it!!! You have to stop it no matter what!”

Choi Won is being evil.

All the superpowered people gathered at the window also try their best.

The box stops in midair for a moment.

That was it.

The weight and inertia of the hundreds of thousands of cloned humans inside causes the box to spin through the air and slam into the wall of the cabin.

BANG!!!

A huge bang shakes the entire cabin.

“No… … .”

Shim Ji-hee sat down on the floor, exhausted.

Choi Won supports Shim Ji-hee and barely maintains his balance.

A lot of people fall and get tangled up.

I fell to the floor and called out to someone softly.

“Dajuya.”

“Yes, brother.”

“We have to prepare to fight again this time.”

“I know.”

“Haewon too. Don’t be too scared, let’s do it till the end. Us.”

“Yes, sister.”

“Thank you to Yebin too. Selim noona. Yooni noona. Hyunmin hyung too. And the three people from the foundation too.”

There is no such thing as direction in the dimensional gap where the cabin is located.

Thanks to that, I was able to find balance soon.

What used to be a wall became a floor, and what used to be a ceiling became a wall.

And there’s a hole in the ceiling.

Thousands, tens of thousands of ‘apostles’ rush into it.

Everyone is wearing clothes similar to hospital gowns and covered in blood.

“First of all, everyone is holding hands.”

“Why. Didn’t you say we had to fight?”

Even as he says that, Heo Yun holds my hand tightly.

I held Serim’s hand with my other hand.

Soon everyone was connected, holding each other’s hands.

“The ‘apostles’ who came in there are all human beings.”

Dddd-

The cabin floor begins to shake.

“This is fortunate.”

Seok Hyun-min speaks as if it were a joke.

Seok Hyun-min is smiling bitterly.

“At least you won’t get crushed to death by someone.”

The cabin, the headquarters of the worldwide occult society, grows in size as new people come in.

Even if he is a believer of the fifth apostle, there are no exceptions.

The cabin expands dramatically.

The gap between people is widening.

The ‘apostles’ who tried to push forward as soon as they entered suddenly ended up like dogs chasing a chicken.

“You just need to reorganize your ranks now.”

Choi Won also seems to be thinking the same thing and shouts loudly.

“We need to reorganize our battle lines now! Those who can fight, come forward! No. Everyone who can fight, come forward!”

Even without a loudspeaker, the voice still rings out loud.

Even though his voice began to crack, Choi Won did not stop shouting.

“Injured people, back! Those who can fight, front!”

Now, a little bit.

The terms of the negotiations will be met soon.

Before the final war begins.

I thought quietly.

It was something I didn’t have time to say earlier.

‘I have a last resort in mind.’

‘We’re making a deal.’

‘The price is me.’

‘And everyone here.’

Sometimes you have to sell your soul to the devil.