Stagnant Water of Apocalypse

way, I just realized… If l want to watch all the videos at a later date, I would need a lot of hard disks to store it.

 

Let’s add harddisks to my shopping list then.

 

“For now, let’s order this first.” I said as I confirmed my purchase of solar generators, diesel generators, and some manual generators.

“While at it, let’s order some weapons too…” I clicked on Steel rod, spear blade, mace, and shield.
They were all ordered from a foreign weapon store.
The more weapons I had in my arsenal, the better.
Afterall, monsters were diverse and there were various ways to fight against them.

I had to be well prepared in advance so I could overwhelm them in every situation, just like how I hunted the old goblin yesterday.

However, the first and the most important thing to do was to build a safe zone.
If I could choose, I’d like to have a cave as my safe zone…

Growl-

Ah yeah, I passed out in bed last night, didn’t I?

Let’s eat first…

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Even though I make a living through a snack bar, sometimes I get sick of the smell of oil.
Whenever that happens, I would always go to a nearby diner.
Compared to their low price tag, the portion of every food in this diner was large.
On top of it, the food was also quite delicious.

While I was watching the TV after placing my kimchi stew order, I saw the lady from the beauty salon next to my snack bar enter the diner.
She wore an oversized T-shirt and shorts, showing off her long and white legs.

Judging by her appearances alone, a brunch in a fancy café would be a better fit for her rather than this gaudy diner.
I know that it’s nothing but prejudice, but her atmosphere was just that fancy.

After looking around the store for a moment, the lady saw me and walked straight towards me.

I fixed my eyes on the TV thinking she wasn’t going to me but a water purifier behind me, however, I was wrong.

“Can I sit here?” She leaned her upper body halfway towards the chair across me and asked me.

“Yes?” There are a lot of empty seats, but why here? Though, I still nodded my head as it wasn’t a big deal.

She quickly sat down and whispered to me.
“I come here often.
Their kimchi stew is delicious.”

Ah..
She must be a regular customer in this store too.
As expected, people shouldn’t judge other people by their appearances alone.

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“Well, I’ll have doenjang stew today.” She said.
“Owner 1 doenjang stew please.”

(T/N But you said their Kimchi stew is delicious… Ah btw, Doenjang is bean paste.)

“Okay! Please wait a minute.” The owner turned his head at her as he heard her order.

After some time, a large tray came out, it was my food.
Trying to not mind her company, I took the cutlery and awkwardly started to eat.

Then suddenly, she held her chin up and said.
“Ahjussi, you don’t know my name, don’t you?”

“But I’ve heard people call you, boss, before.”

“My name is Mikyung.
Jeong Mikyung.”

“Oh, I see.
Do you know my name?” I said, imitating her tone from before.

“Of course, I do.
Kids call you often.
Seongho Ahjussi! Like that.”

Well, it’s a little bit embarrassing, but I am pretty popular with kids.
The reason was, even when they only ordered one serving, I always added a little bit extra on their portion.
Though, thanks to that, the store almost became a children’s playground.

Then, Mi-kyung asked me with a serious look.
“Ahjussi, by any chance, do you happen to know about the topic that has been pretty famous on the Internet these days?”

“Which one?” I eyed her.

Looking at my reaction, Mikyung quickly took out her phone and showed me a popular video on MeTube.

Even though I also like MeTube quite a lot, I don’t really watch videos from the popular videos list because I felt like the popular videos list was some kind of playground for the cool kids.
I couldn’t relate whatsoever with all the vents and comments under the video which seemed as if the commenter was doing something great even though they didn’t.

“Here, this is the most popular video these days.
It’s a superpowers.” The exaggerated thumbnail and provocative phrases caught my eye.

“Superpower? In this modern world?” I could feel my face distort as I said it.

“That’s not it.
These days, a lot of strange things happen, you know? Do you happen to know about status window? People said they could see it.” She said innocently.

“Status window?” When I blinked, she began to tell me all the details she knew.
Levels, points, stats… Well, it was all things I knew.
I felt a little guilty pretending I don’t know about it, but I can’t help it.

“Isn’t it just a lie? They probably just made it to joke around.”

“No Ahjussi, you see, there are too many people who said it was true to be a mere joke.
There are hundreds of people who said they have status windows and superpowers.
The community I visit frequently is going crazy right now.”

“Hundreds of people should be on the news, then.
But where are they?”

“Oh, there you go.”

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The announcer on the TV suddenly reported it as if she had been waiting for me.

– A thief had broken into a convenience store in Sejong City.
The thief had committed the crime using an extraordinary method.
Let’s take a look at the CCTV footage now.

What was caught on CCTV was a surprising scene where a bundle of cash disappeared from the cash register.

Customers around me who were watching the news simultaneously pointed their fingers to the TV.

“Oh, what is that? Just what is happening?”

“Wait wait, where is the part-timer?”

It seemed the thief had done it while the part-timer was in the warehouse.
It took less than 10 seconds for the entire cash to disappear from the cash register.
Then, the door of the convenience store slowly opened before closing once again.

When the part-timer came back to the cash register, he was so taken aback to see that it was empty.

The thief used invisibility, I was certain of that.

I don’t know the exact reason, but it seems that those who had encountered Survival Life awakened their status windows as well as ability.
Some of them were even committing crimes.

Mi-kyung then spoke once again.
“If I remember correctly, not too far from here, there’s also someone who stole money from a local store.
No one could stop him.”

“No one could stop him, why?”

“He’s invisible.
Who could stop him?”

Well, there’s really nothing to do about it if the criminal was invisible.
However, it’s not like there’s no way at all.
In Survival Life there’s a myriad of monsters with hiding abilities, and yet we, stagnant waters, could defeat it just fine.

Well, I don’t have time to commit a crime.
Perhaps, am I the only one who knows the end is coming?

Then, Mikyung continued talking about the topics.

“Ahjussi, you see, people said if you say a specific keyword, something will come out in your sight…like levels and stats.”

“This is reality, not a game.
How could they appear?”

“I’m telling you it’s real, Ahjussi.
The status window, like this.”

Wait, why are your eyes moving there? Don’t tell me, this lady, could she see the status window?

I ignored her and kept eating in silence as if I wasn’t interested.

Looking at my disinterest, Mikyung also closed her mouth and waited for her order to come out without talking to me anymore.

(T/N she probably just wants you to survive you dense… Just don’t end up like Yoo seodam please.)