The Regressor Only Protects Me Chapter 46

#Episode 46. Anyang Station (2)

“Monster Factory.”

With stability within the base secured, it was now time to strengthen its capabilities.

It was a time when it was difficult to survive with human power alone.

That’s why I planned to domesticate monsters.

Hints of domestication have been found here and there.

During the reconnaissance, there were footprints that looked like horse hooves and human shoe prints intersecting each other, as well as strangely shaped, nameless monsters that were not hostile to humans.

If we could domesticate those monsters, our power would greatly expand.

There are limitations right now.

The labor force required to operate the boiler is considerable, and the number of scouts required to procure fuel is also considerable.

Moreover, considering the existing food supply facilities and control personnel, it will require twice as much labor as before.

I checked the quest window.

[Quest: Government Dog]

[Achievements:

●Achieved a comfort level of citizens of 30% or more (current level is 35%) / Achieved!

●Resolving the problem of continuous food supply (0/1)

●Achieved 100% of available manpower within the police force (current figure is 65%)

★ Reward: Achievement Points – 150 ]

I have just finally solved the first task.

As long as the boilers are running, there will be no more people freezing to death, and there will be fewer people groaning in the corners of the base.

If things continue this way, it will only be a matter of time before the labor force numbers increase.

Now all that remained was a food supply route.

“If you’re talking about the… monster factory… you mean that thing that looks like a vine?”

Kim Soo-kyung asked me back in disbelief.

I nodded and sat down at the police box filled with various documents.

These were materials to be used as kindling.

I rubbed my hands together, warming them in the blazing flame.

“I don’t know if you can domesticate that vine, but there are plenty of monsters out there.”

“That… that… that. So, that. How are you going to catch… … them? From what I understand, monsters are hard to kill, let alone capture. Oh! I’m not doubting your abilities, Administrator.”

Kim Soo-kyung spoke with a trembling voice.

I agree with what he said to some extent.

Because the very idea of domesticating monsters was a nonsensical hypothesis.

But somehow the cold was solved, and the only problem that remained was food.

In the long run, it would make sense to farm rather than gather food, but that wasn’t possible in the current situation.

So there were two things I expected from the monster.

First, domestication of monsters.

Second, the edibility of monsters.

I’ve had goblin jerky at the mall before, but food is food.

If we could find an edible monster better than goblin jerky, our food problem would be a lot better.

Now it was time to put the plan into action.

It was a good time to put Choi Myung-jun and Jin Jae-hee, who had been released from the detention center, to good use.

“Please do not turn off the fire for even a moment in five shifts. I hope you can write down that list now.”

“Oh, yes!”

Kim Soo-kyung took out a small notebook from her bosom as if she was used to it and began to write it down.

“Please assign the elderly or those who cannot do strenuous exercise to the role of fire guard. And children can help too.”

“……all right.”

Kim Soo-kyung spoke as if she was dead.

Perhaps they were fed up with having to mobilize even the elderly and children to do the work.

He was truly the type who was weak to emotions.

I looked at the boiler man and said.

“You are responsible for maintaining the boiler. I will give you the rights you deserve.”

“Yes, I understand, sir.”

“I’m going to go now. The boiler is already running, so it’s time to move on to the next step.”

They all bowed their heads slightly to me and I nodded in return.

I walked towards the rooftop door.

Jin Jae-hee must have gathered the attack team during the morning.

* * *

After being released from detention, Choi Myeong-jun spent the whole day wandering around the police station.

He was walking around with a cigarette in his mouth.

I didn’t care even if people glanced at me from the surrounding area.

He had to wait until Zion gave orders, so he performed the role of guarding the line.

And on that day, the chimney was filled with warmth.

Choi Myung-jun was given a weapon.

“It’s a steel pipe. It brings back memories.”

Boom, boom!

Choi Myeong-jun smiled as he swung his pipe once or twice.

It was a little past the afternoon.

There was a group of young men here, each carrying a weapon.

It was a newly established strategy team.

The assault team was a separate unit from the reconnaissance team, and was a unit solely under Zion’s command.

Zion was watching them, armed, and giving instructions.

“Don’t wear padding because it’s cold. It restricts your movements. Wear several layers of thin clothing. Your armpits and groin should be comfortable. And take off all your shiny accessories. You too. And put them back on.”

“Oh, yes, sir!”

“yes!”

“yes……!”

Zion inspected their armament one by one.

Human resources are important.

If you die one by one like a reconnaissance team just because you go on a few raids, you won’t be able to prepare for the big battle that lies ahead.

Zion thought about the distant future.

This place is different from a shopping mall.

If the Blue team led by Kim Dong-gil had about 90 people.

The city’s population will be at least a thousand people.

No, it might be closer to ten thousand.

Even at the police station, it’s only been a month since the round started, but there are over a thousand residents.

Because Zion is not yet a monarch within the force, the exact figures could not be determined.

So, we had to roughly estimate the figure.

But Zion will soon take over the power.

Of course, to do that, we had to succeed in our current strategy.

Zion checked the weapon status of the attack team and looked back at them.

Forty people, including Jin Jae-hee and Choi Myeong-jun, were all looking at Zion.

“The place we are going to attack is Anyang Station.”

Anyang Station.

It is the largest train station in Anyang City.

It has the best commercial district in Anyang, serving as a midway point for going to Suwon, where the Mugunghwaho platform and Line 1 pass.

Anyang 1st Street is right next to Anyang Station, so the scale of Anyang Station is beyond imagination.

Of course, it was an area worth conquering even at the risk of danger, but Zion did not form an expedition team to occupy it.

There was a common phrase among survivors rescued recently near Ilbonga.

“One-eyed monsters live at Anyang Station.”

“They are so large that they can eat people whole, and they live in groups and hide by digging into the snow.”

“Never go to Anyang Station.”

When Zion first heard this rumor, he was numb.

But when I told Jin Jae-hee about the monster factory, he said that the monsters at Anyang Station were the most suitable breed if I could just capture them.

When Zion cautiously asked about the monster, Jin Jae-hee answered calmly.

“Ogres are dumber than goblins, but stronger than a hundred goblins. I’ve only ever seen one monarch domesticate one, and he ended up being eaten by one of them.”

It was a name I had heard before.

Even Zion, who was ignorant of fantasy movies, novels, and genre culture, was a creature that could be recognized.

“after.”

Zion looked at the gathered attack team and exhaled.

Now we’re really entering their den.

A battle to capture, not to escape like the alligator turtles.

A battle with non-human monsters.

But I absolutely had to do it.

I’ve already planned out the operation to some extent.

Today’s priority is exploration.

“Let’s go. We’ll be back before nightfall.”

When Zion spoke, everyone moved.

* * *

The attack team walked along the snowy road dug by the reconnaissance team leading to Ilbonga.

It took less than an hour to get from Manan Police Station to Ilbeonga.

And Zion met with Sergeant Lee Cheong-chun, a scout who was searching there.

“You can get to Anyang Station this way. Sigh-. But there’s so much snow here that I don’t know if I’ll be able to get there on time.”

Lee Cheong-chun pointed in the opposite direction with his cigarette-holding finger.

There was a huge snow pile between the two buildings, resembling a castle wall.

And about three blocks away, I saw a sign that said ‘Anyang Station’.

Zion looked at it and said.

It was already afternoon, and there was not enough time to dig up new snow.

It was time to use the number I had thought of.

If the snowfield is dangerous, move between buildings.

“I’m going up to the rooftop.”

“… … Rooftop?”

Lee Cheong-chun discovered two men behind Zion carrying industrial ladders on their backs.

The raid team went back into the building, leaving Lee Cheong-chun looking puzzled.

First, we checked to see if the building was a habitat for alligator snapping turtles.

The method he came up with was simple.

Throw a bucket full of shiny objects from a distance at a building.

This was a kind of signal flare that had been prepared and told to Jin Jae-hee in advance.

The container is full of things that reflect light well, such as zippers taken from clothes, beads, and metal.

Snow Nepenthes reacts to shiny things.

The idea is to use it to check if there are any alligator turtles inside the building.

Whirik- thud, thud… thud… thud.

The canister, thrown like a grenade, crashed to the floor of the building with a loud noise.

Soon, tentacles began to surge forward from the opposite window, writhing in confusion.

Wow-!! What a mess!!!

The tentacles came in an instant and swept around the room.

The raid team members who saw the tentacles for the first time were frightened and hesitated, taking steps back.

However, since Zion had already removed all the shiny objects from their clothes, Nepenthes did not react to the attack.

Ss …

After confirming that there were no living creatures, Nepenthes returned to the direction from which he had come.

The troops were amazed at Zion’s amazing methods.

“Oh… … !”

“Wow… …Administrator.”

But Zion was actually calm.

Jin Jae-hee took the lead and entered the building first.

On Zion’s path, Jin Jae-hee always came first.

Thanks to her, the raid team was able to climb to the roof of the building without difficulty.

“The buildings on First Avenue are built so close together that you can use ladders to get between the buildings. This can be used to secure supply routes and movement routes.”

A man carrying a ladder placed the ladder between the buildings.

Zion instructed the man to secure the ladder firmly.

And he covered the ladder with a cloth to protect it from Nepenthes.

The ladder was also made of shiny aluminum and metal.

The ladder was secured between the rooftops using rope.

As expected, Jin Jae-hee crossed the ladder first.

Right now. Right now.

With each step she took, the precarious ladder legs shook violently.

If it weren’t for someone with such an excellent sense of balance as Jin Jae-hee, I would have fallen down there long ago.

“Okay. Okay.”

As Jin Jae-hee tied the ladder tightly to the other side, people started crossing the ladder one by one.

“Uh… … Uh… … .”

“Haa… … It’s tall.”

Even though there is a soft layer of snow on the ground, this is a rooftop seven stories above the ground.

A ladder that is about 50cm wide would feel like a tightrope to them.

But they were able to cross without difficulty.

And so, I made my way to Anyang Station by crossing the bridge four times.

Finally, Anyang Station came into view.

“Whoa. F**k, this is annoying.”

Choi Myeong-jun smiled strangely while looking at Anyang Station.

But Kang Shi-on, who was looking at the same place, frowned.

There were cracks all over the building, and every single window was broken.

A helicopter was parked on the exterior wall of a large shopping mall attached to the station.

On the platform below, there were numerous corpses lying on the tracks, and several unidentified monsters were moving among the corpses.

And finally, I was able to find the monster I was aiming for.

“……under.”

“I……!”

“Ugh… … Ugh… … !”

Those who discovered the ogre were astonished.

All around, there were people lying on the ground, seemingly having hunted.

No, it was more like collecting.

Because all the humans were dead.

Four ogres holding a telephone pole like a blunt weapon.

Aang-.

An ogre picked up a human corpse with his fingers and ate it in one bite.

The creature’s enormous, ferocious and monstrous mouth gaped open, and saliva flowed from between its lips.

With that spit, the human disappeared into the bastard’s throat.

Honey rice cake.

The Adam’s apple moves up and down.

There was no one who saw it and did not feel fear.

(Continued in the next episode)