The Cook of a Perished World - Chapter 241
Episode 242: Attraction (1)
After Phase 2 of the underground strategy begins.
Some time has passed.
Meantime.
Our strategy process has become a little more efficient.
“Mark 6. Completed!”
“good. Here is a translation of the technical manual.”
“yes. “I will have Unit 7 completed by the time you come next time!”
The existing method was as follows.
1. My unit members and I attack the mine and bring back the technical manual.
2. Production workers who have acquired the technology improve the existing protective clothing and hand it to us.
3. We put on the protective clothing and go underground again.
Well, it wasn’t a bad process.
It wasn’t without problems.
‘While the production workers are reading technical manuals and improving protective clothing… the strategy team should just suck their fingers.’
but.
Now the method has improved a bit.
Was it time to attack wearing Unit 4?
Somehow, the number of people needed for the attack was slightly reduced.
As the number of people needed for the attack decreased, extra protective clothing was created.
As a result, changes were made to the strategy process.
1. My unit members and I attack the mine and bring back the technical manual.
2. The production workers deliver improved protective clothing that has been completed in advance, and the raid team goes underground.
3. Production workers analyze technical documents and create protective clothing for the next generation while the raid team is attacking the mine.
Infinite repetition of this.
Of course, but whatever.
‘It’s a pretty intense schedule.’
Break time was drastically reduced.
Quite a busy schedule.
but.
Fortunately, there were no major problems.
As mentioned earlier.
This is because the number of people needed for the attack has decreased.
-The passage seems to be getting narrower.
-There is a need to reduce the number of troops deployed….
A spiral passage that runs along the outer wall.
The passage gradually became narrower as it went deeper underground.
‘Although it is called a mine… the mining method in this world seems to be quite different from what we know.’
No, if you think about it.
In the first place, the environment itself seems to be very different from Earth.
“If it were Earth, it would have been engulfed in tremendous heat when it had dug this deep. “But here.”
“The miasma is getting stronger, but the temperature is not increasing or the pressure is getting stronger.”
“yes. “Because it’s a different world, the rules apply a little differently.”
And as much as it is a different world.
This means that there is a big difference in the environment and mining method.
‘It’s not like mines on Earth where multiple tunnels are dug underground.’
It’s like turning one giant drill.
Continuing to widen this huge hole.
A mining method that involves digging downwards.
‘The shape of the mine also came to resemble a drill.’
Unlike the hole on the outskirts, which was incredibly huge.
The further down you go.
The huge hole was getting smaller and smaller.
Along with that, the passageway gradually became smaller.
In the end, the environment became impossible for a large number of people to fight.
‘Besides… the monsters are getting stronger the further down you go.’
The number of troops that can be deployed has already decreased.
The further underground we went, the stronger the monsters became.
Thanks to this, all ordinary soldiers are able to return to their regular jobs.
instead.
Among the soldiers remaining in the unit, only the elite were selected and the attack was carried out in shifts.
As the number of available personnel was reduced, we took turns attacking.
The fatigue of the soldiers in the attack team was also greatly reduced.
If a problem arises.
Production workers who repeat intense labor endlessly without any shifts.
It would have been normal for them to have problems, but…
– Can you guys not take a break?
When I asked this.
The reaction of the production soldiers was as follows.
-yes? Sergeant Shin? What kind of nonsense is that?
-If you have time to joke, please quickly upload the next material…!!!
Rather than asking for time to rest.
I’m telling you to quickly release the next book while you have time to talk nonsense.
-Oh, I understand, calm down, guys… It
‘s a hard schedule and all.
The production soldiers were blinded by the technical books we brought them.
In fact, it even gives the illusion that the more work continues, the more powerful it becomes.
Anyway, like that.
This is the result of production workers, who do not have shifts, demanding that the cycle run faster.
The speed of attack accelerated further.
Even.
“Sergeant Shin… Are you sure you were doing this while we were carrying out the occupation?”
“Aren’t you here on vacation? “You can get some rest.”
“I saw with my own eyes that Sergeant Shin was busy working in the fortress, so how could I rest!”
“…Uh, okay.”
A soldier who was concentrating on the occupation mission along with most other soldiers.
Corporal Jeon Gwang-il also joined.
“I don’t really like it because it’s difficult to secure visibility in that basement…”
Most of the elite troops at the squad leader level are still part of the occupation group.
If you add Corporal Seo Soo-hyuk, who was originally part of the attack team as well.
Except for Sergeant Lee Min-jae, who is currently passed out along with the wizards.
Truly top-notch soldiers.
Everyone was put into this attack team.
‘In places where you have to attack with a small number of elites… full of power.’
like that.
We move at breakneck speed.
I dug into that underground mine and went down.
It’s somewhere deep there.
To find the cause of this miasma.
* * *
The mine raid is in progress.
There were other achievements as well.
“Sergeant Shin.”
One battle with slave monsters is over.
While I was reorganizing for a moment, Corporal Seo Soo-hyuk approached me.
“Look at this.”
“This…?”
and.
In his hand…
he was holding something that looked like a blue stone that glowed on its own.
[Ingredient Identification (Enhancement)]
[Magic Stone]
[For some reason, the ordinary stone became imbued with powerful magical energy and began to mutate.]
[It is a mineral that contains a significant amount of magical energy. Cooking, as well as developing magical skills, etc. It is a very precious material that can be used for all kinds of purposes.]
“A magic stone?”
The reason we want to attack this mine in the first place is to obtain the magic power that Vimana requires.
in other words.
This magic stone was the target.
“Where did you get it?”
“Part of the wall was shattered during this battle. I thought I saw something there, so I approached it. “There was this.”
When I heard those words, I looked around.
The wall was clearly visible as a result of the battle.
‘Isn’t the wall inside this surprisingly strong?’
in other words.
“If we start mining after demolishing all that wall.”
“We may be able to mine magic stones.”
The problem is….
“It won’t be easy to mine properly even because of this miasma.”
“yes.”
There were not many protective clothing that could resist miasma.
Because there were very few encounters with that type of monster in the first place.
‘About 50 sets at most.’
Among them, there are less than 20 items that can resist even in deep places.
Mining this mine with only that many people…
is very arduous and dangerous.
‘In the end, the conditions haven’t changed.’
Only after resolving this miasma.
Full-scale mining will become possible.
* * *
The strategy continued like that.
“…huh?”
“Sergeant Shin? “Anything happens.”
I am.
I stopped walking due to a sudden strange feeling.
“No… nothing.”
“…?”
It’s difficult to explain…
a feeling that feels like an instinct is warning you.
‘what?’
I lowered my head and looked down.
There’s something down there…
‘It’s like it’s trying to pull me…’
No.
To be more precise.
[The divine power of 8 is activated.]
Something inside me. It feels like they are trying to drag
me…
there.
“As expected, you are Eunkong.”
“…uh?”
When even I was confused by the unidentifiable sensation.
Our unit’s martial arts instructor took time off from his day job to participate in the attack.
“I thought you had sharp senses, but… I can’t believe you sense it faster than I do.”
“?”
Miho opened her mouth.
Sniff.
Despite wearing a gas mask.
She makes a gesture as if she is smelling something.
“Eun-gong must have also felt that this poison has changed.”
…The miasma has changed?
Miho in front of me.
Seohwan is currently waiting upstairs as a shift worker.
The two martial arts instructors in our unit.
It was a [beast race], not a human.
‘If you listen to their stories. Compared to life forms on Earth, a race is said to be closer to beasts than to humans…’
That’s right.
Should I say that they have a sense of wildness alive?
The feeling was strangely sharp.
In the case of Seohwan.
As soon as they saw me, they were able to sense the presence of Ariella and Blackbird through their scent.
“Instructor? Sergeant Shin? “What are you talking about earlier?”
“I think it would be good for you to know. “I don’t know how many meters ago it was, but from the middle, the speed at which the poison grew stronger rapidly accelerated.”
“yes!?”
Because they have such sensitive senses.
Miho could also feel something.
“I think the resistance will probably be breached much earlier than the expected breakthrough point that the engineers on the ground said.”
In those words.
The soldiers muttered with embarrassed expressions.
“Does that mean… the engineers’ calculations were wrong?”
“no. Rather.”
Miho looked around and said.
“This miasma itself feels completely different from before.”
“…?”
“I’m not bragging, but since I manage the martial arts of Tianshanmen… I also know a little about poison. “What was lying on top was a little unusual, but it was definitely sea poison from a corpse.”
“Not now?”
“yes. “It’s similar to a miasma, but… at least it’s definitely not a sea dog.”
About that story.
I opened my eyes and looked at the poisonous smoke floating around me.
‘The name of the miasma that originally spread here was definitely… [Poison of those who did not die properly].’
however.
It was different now.
[Identification of food ingredients (reinforcement)]
[Pain, grief, and resentment of those who did not die properly]
“…It’s true.”
As Miho said.
The name of the poison had changed.
‘…?’
no.
Should I say that the name of the poison has changed?
‘The name is poisonous?’
Looking at the protective clothing providing some resistance.
It is certain that it is something that is judged to be poison, but…
“Why did the type of poison suddenly change?”
“Even I can’t figure that out. I wondered if Eun-gong knew something, but…”
No.
Miho seems to think that I have noticed this change in miasma.
‘crazy. ‘I had no idea.’
If it weren’t for her words, I would have passed over without even noticing it.
by the way.
Why this sudden change….
‘Ah. Come to think of it.’
When assessing the [readings of those who did not die properly].
The system text included there came to mind.
[The resentment of various beings is mixed together and it is difficult to understand its essence, but it is poisonous enough to kill ordinary living beings in an instant…] It is
difficult to understand its essence.
That phrase.
‘A city dog is a city dog. It sounds like the essence is something else… That.’
On the other hand.
A new poison we face now.
[The pain, grief, and resentment of those who did not die properly] were a little different.
[A long time ago.]
[A once great being died for some reason.]
[A being of high rank does not die easily even when he dies.]
[Even though he would have definitely died, he did not die properly. Now I can’t.]
[The once great being has fallen into insignificance, repeating like an echo only the pain, grief, hatred, and resentment that I felt before I died.]
“….”
Only after I saw that message.
Could know.
‘No matter how many monsters are dead, a miasma like that cannot be formed with sea poison alone.’
No matter how powerful the corpses piled up in an enclosed space are, they form a miasma.
That’s right, it’s just an ordinary sight dog without any special skills.
If it was original.
Normally, it should have been blocked along the No. 1 line of the protective clothing made by the engineers.
‘The essence that was said to be difficult to grasp.’
That’s it.
Down there… a being that didn’t die properly.
That’s what he felt before he died.
‘Pain, grief and… resentment.’
I don’t know how great he was.
Even if he dies, the emotions that he exudes, unable to die.
It had a huge impact on those around me.
Corpses and moving corpses littered this underground mine.
The poison emanating from their bodies…
became so poisonous that not even the sapper’s protective clothing could stop it.
‘In that miasma… the slaves who did not die properly would have continued to suffer and suffer from the miasma.’
The result becomes more concentrated and aged over time.
It must have become as toxic as it is now.
“I roughly understand the cause of the miasma.”
but.
Then, a question arises.
‘Why did I react to that?’
A sudden sensation occurred while the strategy was going well.
Something inside me….
‘Divine power.’
It’s clear.
I felt like they were pulling me down there.
I frowned and thought.
‘Why is this happening all of a sudden?’
It can detect external enemies or make the impossible possible.
Although it was useful in many ways.
Spiritual power was a stat that I still couldn’t fully understand.
‘Compared to before, my stats have improved considerably. Are you saying that other effects began to appear as a result of that?’
Still.
Now you’re trying to lead me somewhere.
Although that in itself is absurd.
why.
Are you leading me there?
‘…I don’t know.’
It was something I couldn’t figure out.
Why is the name divine power?
I guess Taejun activated his magic like that guy or something like that.
If I had to interpret the sensation I felt, it would be.
‘I feel like I have to see something down there…’
but.
Even this was a very subtle sensation.
“Whoa….”
“Huh?”
I think it’s useless to worry about things you don’t know.
I’ve stopped worrying.
I saw some soldiers sighing.
“what’s the matter? “I suddenly sighed.”
“Oh, that’s it…”
“Doesn’t the stronger poison mean that the difficulty level of attack will increase again below this level?”
Poison mixed with the poison of the monsters above.
The poison has become much stronger,
no matter how much the engineers improve their protective clothing.
This means that it will inevitably take longer to dig down.
“…The battle is getting harder and harder than you think, here.”
“Just now, we have already dug more than 10km underground.”
Also, the passage we took down is not the standard.
That’s about as much as you can just calculate it in a straight line from the ground to here.
‘Did you say that the deepest depth dug in human history was about 12km…?’
We didn’t know what to do.
It has reached a level similar to the deepest underground that mankind has ever reached.
But we have to go deeper here.
That speed is also scheduled to slow down further.
Although many soldiers frowned.
There were also soldiers who did not.
“It’s not something that should be viewed as a bad thing.”
“huh?”
He was usually much more negative than me.
Corporal Seo Soo-hyuk said.
“Usually, when the miasma gets thicker like this… it means we’re getting closer to the cause of the miasma.”
“ah…!”
Corporal Seo Soo-hyuk sticks his head out.
I looked down into that underground cavity.
“Sergeant Shin. “I am finally reporting it to you.”
“huh?”
He boasts the sharpest eyesight in our unit.
The best sniper.
“It’s so… so far away and so dark that I can’t really make out it.”
He…
spoke with his eyes wide open.
“I’m starting to see something…”
Until we get to the cause of this miasma.
now.
There isn’t much left.