Hiding A Logistics Center In The Apocalypse Chapter 175

Hiding the Logistics Center in the Apocalypse Chapter 175

Piracy (1)

Wheeee···.

tweet!

Along with the sound of a cool breeze, the birds chirped.

A dense forest that takes your breath away.

There was not a single thick, giant tree, but the world trees were intertwined and entangled with each other, forming trees of equal size and scale.

As a result, Elvenheim regained its former, fragrant appearance.

It just so happened that I had arrived here in Elvenheim, leading the prisoners from the concentration camp.

"and···!"

“No, can the air be this good?”

Inmates, their prison uniforms fluttering, enjoying the freedom they had long forgotten.

Of course, they, as well as Buendia, could not help but admire the lush forests of Elvenheim.

“Wow… This is the most amazing forest I’ve ever seen in my life.”

Unlike Barnaul, who was terrified by the World Tree, Buendia's black magic suited the forest very well.

The ground is covered with fallen leaves from the trees of the world, as the weather has suddenly become chilly.

Buendia would occasionally collect fallen leaves, let them rot, and then tamp them down into the road soil.

As if his own black magic was also part of the great flow of nature.

“It’s ironic that the World Tree is the same thing… but it’s ironic that everything is the same. In fact, there can’t be any perfectly identical substances in the world.”

“Thanks to that, we can even fight the Chamber of Commerce.”

Aureole chimed in.

Of course, it's about my cloning powers, and even the invasion of the Chamber of Commerce.

As we climbed the hills of Elvenheim, we explained everything to Buendia.

The place we arrived at was…

“For now, this will suffice.”

It was an open space.

A spacious lawn with the leaves of the World Tree laid out like grass.

Since we brought all the prisoners from the camp, we were going to provide them with a place to stay.

I asked the Joint Chiefs of Staff to send in architects to build them a home, and I had the necessary materials stored away in a corner.

and······.

'Come to think of it, there was a strange goalpost···.'

Tiring!

[Mobile Height Adjustable Basketball Hoop, Black, Price is 196,500 won.]

[Wilson NBA Game Official Ball Collection PU Material Basketball Brown, 1 piece, price is 237,240 won.]

I also took out several additional basketball hoops and basketball balls.

“Hey, what is this!”

“Whew!”

Before I could explain anything, the inmates ran into the open space,

They set up basketball hoops facing each other and started dividing into teams to get heated up.

They said we had to finish the game we couldn't finish earlier or something.

A situation where it takes time to complete the residence.

Until then, it seemed like a good idea to spend time playing ball.

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Meanwhile, we get to the main point.

There was something I had to ask of Buendia.

“Then let’s take a look.”

He told me that there was an error in the awakening system.

Following Buendia's instructions, I immediately brought up my system window.

Tiring!

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◈ ■※??■■＆

– The cost is ■??ha? ? ※■???

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This time too, I was able to confirm the description window filled with unknown characters.

“Um··· this···.”

Buendia stares into my broken system window.

Before long, he continued.

“As you can tell from Aurel, this system is not a product of the gods. It is more like a battleground where words and phrases that grant wishes are entangled like waves. Usually, they are all reorganized into a single wish, and large and small skill trees branch out around it······.”

That was the ecology of the general awakened.

Why else would Kim Sol have eight different regimes?

It all probably started with the desire to 'beat the opponent better'.

Buendia's diagnosis was that my awakening system was not at such a center.

“Has there ever been a time when the ability itself fundamentally changed?”

“Ah, if that’s the case···.”

There was just one.

It was something that caused a fundamental change in my awakening ability.

It was when I awakened my subspace abilities and took over the 'Logistics Center'.

Immediately after that, my awakening ability underwent a major physical improvement.

“Pax, talking about operating system updates and such…”

Originally, my abilities were very simple.

Accommodating visible objects in subspace.

However, due to Pax, the abilities were reorganized to focus on logistics centers, and as a result, various open abilities, including shipping skills, appeared.

That was exactly the point Buendia was making.

“Subspace and logistics warehouse. At first, the two coexisted. The structure of bringing in and sending out objects must have fit well. However, as more and more objects were stored, it seems that cracks appeared in the overall grammar of the awakening system. Isn’t that right? The Sky Island and the Bone Dragon too…”

“···It’s not something that a logistics center can handle.”

“The awakening system will be confused. It will be difficult to understand why these things are being brought in, what new abilities should be unlocked…

It was a truly human concern.

The awakening system failed to read my mind.

That's why the characters in my system were broken.

“Then what should I do?”

“You’ll have to explain it yourself. It’s like a sentence puzzle… You just have to find the words that fit it.”

“It’s a fitting word···.”

I immediately looked closely at the broken letters that appeared in the system.

Tiring!

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◈ ■※??■■＆

– The cost is ■??ha? ? ※■???

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Could Buendia's words be the clue?

I thought about the various abilities that had been unlocked so far.

Then, I started to piece together sentences one by one, centering on the word 'cost'.

“Cost… and the effects that can be achieved through subspace.”

So, the completed sentence was as follows.

Tiring!

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◈ ■※??■■＆

-By spending a cost, you can contain the object you see in front of you into subspace.

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“Yeah, that’s a plausible conditional statement.”

Buendia nodded.

Simple, yet powerful ability.

It had a similar effect to <Category Acceptance>, but the condition of ‘must fall into the category’ disappeared.

Anything can be brought into the subspace as long as you pay the corresponding price.

It was the full scope of the abilities that could have been given to me, but that I had been lost and wandering about.

but···.

“Now the name remains.”

“That’s right.”

It wasn't over yet.

According to Buendia, the name had to be completed before the ability could be used.

“We need to give it a good name. A clear name that can immediately resolve the confusion the system was experiencing.”

The awakening system was asking me.

Why on earth are you putting all these things in there?

A person who spends all his money and buys whatever he can get his hands on in his house.

In my judgment, there was only one word in the world that could describe it.

“Shopaholic.”

Countless products are pouring into the logistics center.

It is impossible to lump all of these into one category.

But one thing was clear:

'I want to buy it.'

That was the most fundamental reason why boxes were piling up in the distribution center.

Whether it was my desire or someone else's desire.

So the name was decided on…

“Okay, I’ll try it under that name.”

Buendia also got straight to work.

Tsk tsk tsk···.

He stretched out his hand.

The black magic that had come out thickly came out like a thin thread,

It pierced my awakening system, drawing a sharp vertical line.

Tiring!

Tiring!

Tiring!

Countless message windows popped up.

A blank square with no content written on it.

But as Buendia's thread entangled them one by one, blurry letters began to appear.

And then,

Charrrrrr!

Charruk!

Under his command, they were deployed in an orderly manner.

It's like drawing a giant algorithmic formula.

Finally, a red flashing message window floated to the center.

Buendia, who was manipulating the black magic thread, moved his hands ceaselessly, and the message window began to be engraved with finely embroidered letters one by one.

So what was completed was…

Tiring!

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◈ Shopaholic

-By spending a cost, you can contain the object you see in front of you into subspace.

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“Okay.”

It was my new ability.

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The ability to accept a target using magic stones.

In fact, it would not be an exaggeration to say that it was the most powerful ability ever revealed.

Regardless of the category, it meant that you could eat it all as long as you paid for it.

but···.

'There aren't many magic stones.'

The situation was not so easy.

I made a decent profit from the auction house, but I also used up nearly 2 million magic stones through two level-ups.

As of now···.

Tiring!

[There are 584,169 magic stones remaining.]

That was all there was to it.

It wasn't a small amount, but it wasn't generous either.

Considering future level-ups, more and more magic stones will be needed.

'Should we wage a war of conquest…?'

But that wasn't going to happen.

It seemed like they were invading other dimensions while trying to protect the Earth.

Aren't they no different from other invaders?

At that moment, as if he had read my thoughts, Buendia shook his head.

“There’s no need for that. The Chamber of Commerce and the higher levels are enough to steal other people’s magic stones. It would be much better to just take back the magic stones they’ve collected. Have you ever heard of the word ‘Gradiva’?”

“Gradiva···?”

“You must have wondered, too. Why the Chamber of Commerce is gathering so many magic stones. To cut to the chase… They are using magic stones to create a statue called 'Gradiva'. They are creating dozens of them all over the multidimensional world. But none of them are finished.”

Completing a giant statue of unknown identity.

Surprisingly, that was the ultimate goal of the Chamber of Commerce.

And the statue was made of 'magic stone', which was what I needed right away.

I asked Buendia straight away.

“Are you suggesting that we take that statue away?”

“No, that’s not it. It’s a place that the Chamber of Commerce guards with its eyes wide open, so it won’t be easy to approach. And there’s no need to do that. Once the magic stone has melted into Gradiva, it can never be extracted again. Rather than that…”

He smiled slyly.

Like someone who has regained his lost passion.

“How about we take control of the route to Gladiva and hijack the magic stone transport ships that are gathering there? I can tell you the location.”

Chamber of Commerce's magic stone transport ship heading to Gradiva.

If that was the case, it would definitely be carrying a considerable amount of magic stones.

The transport ships' routes were kept completely secret, but Buendia's detection abilities allowed him to pinpoint their locations.

There was just one problem left: the number of troops guarding the transport ship was not insignificant.

Coincidentally, we had also built up considerable power.

“Yay!”

“Ah, Foul!”

The prisoners were having fun playing basketball.

A super league of superpowers where there are no limits to one's abilities.

Thanks to the destruction of the magical tools in the camp, they all regained their former abilities.

'The lineup is more spectacular than I thought?'

Safecrackers, navigational communications disruptors, dimensional stock price manipulators, and even habitual smugglers.

Every single one of them was a vicious 'economic criminal' as designated by the Chamber of Commerce.

So our next goal was set.

This time too, without fail······.

“Then… let’s come up with a design.”

I decided to just have a cool drink.