I Picked a Mobile From Another World

Chapter 285

Episode 285 [ Tower of Chaos (1) ]

A huge monster wave called the Cataclysm destroyed numerous countries.

The Middle East, Africa, Southeast Asia, South America and Eastern Europe.

Many governments disappeared, and Europe, Russia, and China, which survived, lost a significant portion of their land to monsters.

The only countries that completely protected their homeland from monsters were the United States, the world’s most powerful country, and Korea, a divided country in the Far East.

For Korea, it was like a miracle.

However, the destruction of numerous countries and the loss of trade with those countries was no different from saying that the economy had suffered fatal damage.

Unlike the United States, which can sustain its economy solely on domestic demand, Korea was hit by a Great Depression that was worse than the IMF.

Many large companies collapsed and unemployed people poured into the streets.

If it weren’t for the development of mana stones and agricultural products whose growth multiplied thanks to mana, the economy itself might have collapsed.

However, neither the unemployed nor the people had a place to complain about their suffering. Fortunately, they survived.

While large corporations were collapsing, there were industries that were growing.

These were industries related to monsters and awakened people.

Today, producer Ahn Hyeong-min was also talking to Kyung-hoon about the industry situation.

That’s why item makers are setting up factories near the Cheonggyecheon shopping district. “It is difficult to mass-produce items, so we will probably go back to the small-scale workshops of the past.”

At Hyungmin’s words, Kyunghoon put down the glass he had raised.

It reminded me of a scene I saw at a shopping center in Cheonggyecheon a long time ago, or even a long time later.

Broken workshops and items taken into the hands of monsters.

But it hadn’t happened yet, and I couldn’t ask them to move to another place because it hadn’t happened yet.

It was as if warnings about doppelgängers were useless.

The Korean and U.S. governments, which received help from the cataclysm, also did not believe that there were monsters that infiltrated humans and imitated them.

I had seen strong monsters, but no one had seen a monster that was smarter than a human or a monster that could change like a human.

Perhaps they wanted to believe until the end that humans are the lord of all creation.

Kyunghoon took another sip from his glass of wine.

I didn’t feel drunk and the alcohol was detoxified immediately after entering my body, but I couldn’t help but drink it.

Kyung-hoon drank and looked around.

The bar was empty.

It was an ordinary bar near Guro Industrial Complex.

After the cataclysm, the bustling streets and bars had become deserted, and now, other than Kyung-hoon and his group, there were no customers in this bar.

The people drinking with Kyung-hoon were Ahn Hyeong-min, an item producer, and representatives of companies in which Kyung-hoon had invested.

The meeting where we gathered together to talk about the pattern manajin issue turned into a regular drinking party.

Although Ahn Hyeong-min and the companies that Kyung-hoon invested in have all become incredibly famous and grown, drinking parties have not changed much.

The conversation continued even while Kyung-hoon was drinking.

“But are you still working for the government? “You will probably be contacted by large corporations, not small workplaces like that.”

The CEO of Eden AI, who was already half drunk, asked producer Ahn Hyeong-min.

When they first met through Kyung-hoon’s introduction, Eden AI’s CEO Joo-man Choi immediately called Hyeong-min Ahn “brother.” Moreover, the CEOs of other companies have all become his older brothers.

I didn’t know that it was because of that friendliness that he surpassed his colleagues and became the CEO of ‘Eden AI’.

Hyeongmin chuckled at Jooman’s question.

“Originally, I belonged to the government... and since I received help from Kyung-hoon, I should give it back to others.”

“oh! cool guy!”

At his words, Juman shouted loudly.

Hyungmin Ahn has been serving as a channel to spread Kyunghoon’s knowledge to other producers.

Meanwhile, he also created many items and supplied them to the government and military almost free of charge.

“I heard you made an item gun this time. “You must have become a really rich person when you come out into society...”

“I’m still making a good living. And what is the importance of living better in today’s world? “If the defense line in the north collapses, everything will be meaningless.”

“But you blocked it well. “Aren’t we still pushing forward little by little?”

“Well, we are somehow maintaining the status quo.”

Hyungmin glanced at Kyunghoon, who was drinking alone.

Unlike others, he had some knowledge of the situation at the front.

Kyung-hoon was currently in charge of much of the battle against monsters.

The reason that the front line was maintained and that we were able to push north little by little was thanks to Gyeong-hoon entering North Korean territory and eliminating high-level monsters in advance.

Without Gyeong-hoon, it would not have been easy to maintain the status quo, let alone push northward.

The reason he stayed in the government and developed items was because he wanted to help Kyung-hoon in some small way.

It was because of him that the Samjeonggeom was created, and it could also be because of him that a proper item weapon appeared.

He was not changing the future, he was creating the future he knew.

“Can’t we change the future? Or rather, would it be a different world without me?”

I couldn’t help but worry every time something like this happened.

If the results of the future were created by someone who came to the past, where did they start?

Is the future he knows the right future?

Kyunghoon stroked his chest. But there was nothing in the inner pocket.

“It would have been nice to have Eve at a time like this...”

Such high-level worries were not Kyung-hoon’s cup of tea.

Those worries were Eve’s responsibility and Kyung-hoon could only move forward. Even

though Eve was not by his side now, it didn’t change anything.

What he did Things were already moving on without him. There was no guarantee that a different future would come if I stopped here.

I knew the future, but changing the future was something else entirely.

“It’s already too late to stop.”

The goal hasn’t changed.

To return home.

It’s already been over a year since I’ve been here, but my desire to return home hasn’t diminished at all. I just

keep moving toward that goal.

Kyung-Hoon spread his hands on the floor.

Huaaaaa.

Mana spurted out and a black hole was created.

Kyung-hoon jumped into the hole.

***

Suddenly.

The monster fell with the sword Kyung-hoon swung.

The last monster that fell was blocked by a wall.

Kyung-hoon looked up. The wall. continued upward.

A huge tower rose endlessly through the clouds.

We had finally arrived at the tower.

Behind Gyeonghoon, there was a long line of monster corpses.

“Kwaaaaang!”

The nest owner’s screams were heard from afar. Since the territory was turned into a swampy field, the owner of the nest was likely to be angry.

If it were any other time, it would have been time to head back.

However, instead of returning, Kyung-Hoon released the sealed mana.

The blocked mana was released in all directions.

The wind blew and Kyung-hoon’s hair shook.

Gyeonghoon’s mana spread in all directions.

The nest owner’s screams suddenly stopped.

As before, mana soared throughout the city, but no screaming was heard.

Everyone felt it.

The humans who suddenly appeared were not their prey.

“Now S-class.”

Kyunghoon clenched his fists.

And then I swung my fist at the wall in front of me.

Kwaaaaang!

Although it was a very solid wall, it could not block the fist of an S-class awakened person.

The wall exploded.

Kyung-hoon entered the collapsed wall.

Rumble.

Debris continued to fall after Kyung-hoon entered.

A sign hanging on the inner wall was also caught in the falling debris.

The sign had ancient hieroglyphs written on it.

[Welcome to the Tower of Babel.]