Stagnant Water of Apocalypse

and valley deers, also weren’t different from animals on Earth.

I took out my fishing rod and put bait on its hook.
It was none other than the intestines of the Hwajo I slaughtered a few nights back.
Then, I cast the line into the sea.
I didn’t know what would come out, so as I stood waiting for a bite, I thought about the method to attack water monsters.

“If the sea is this big, huge monsters should come out.” For several months I’d been here, the sea had not been touched by anyone.
My guess was that it has likely been preserved in this condition for more than a few years.

While I was imagining happy thoughts, I suddenly felt a tug in the line.

“It’s here!” I clenched the fishing rod and jerked it up as hard as I could to make sure it was hooked up properly and reeled it in.
Whatever is on the other side of the rod makes me use quite a bit of power as it tries to free itself away.

After a fierce push-and-pull war, the weakened fish appeared on the surface of the water.

“It’s big.” It was a rockfish with a length of around 2m.
I only know the name of the fish, but I don’t know what its exact breed is.
When I pulled the hook from its mouth and put it in an icebox, it wiggled vigorously.

“Weirdly enough, it looks quite similar to a mullet.” In particular, it looks similar to the yellow-eyed mullet.
It seemed that it would be okay to sell it as a mullet in the market if the size was a little smaller.

“Its stomach is bulging, is it full of eggs?”

Aren’t mullet roe quite famous?

Though, since it was not a mullet, but a rockfish, it wouldn’t taste the same.
But whatever, most fish eggs were edible anyway.

While I had those thoughts, Dingo was excited.
It looks like he wanted to eat the rockfish, while the scarab leader was sitting on his head.
I let him be and walked towards the seashore again.

“I think I will catch some fish again.” I cast the fishing rod again.

rockfish.

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Again, rockfish.

“Another one, seriously?”

The sea continued to vomit only rockfish.
Thanks to that, the icebox was full of rockfish.
There were also quite a few of them that had eggs on their belly.

“It’s a rockfish jackpot.” Anyway, I’m not complaining at all, since it was still precious food.
I immediately trimmed the rockfishes’ fins, opened the bag, and packed them in a plastic bag.
When I finished, I saw the scarab leader clinging to a rockfish bone.
When I asked what he’s doing, he answered me, which I take as him wanting to make something out of the bone.

“Oh, this is fine.” In real life, I couldn’t use normal needles because of corrosive disease, but bone-made needles should be fine.
When I touched it with my fingers, it was quite hard.
I would be able to catch some small fish with it.

The scarab leader looked up at me.

His eyes were asking ‘continue to make it or not?’

“Make a few more.”

The guy nodded his head and continued to work.
Then, I returned to the seashore, and for quite some time was caught up in a rockfish frenzy.

“Wait a minute, what kind of sea is this?”

Although I tried to throw the line into various depths of the water, the only fish I caught  was rockfish.

Are these guys the only fish in this sea?

“Is it because of the bait?” It also might be because of my lack of skills in fishing.
If I knew the sea better, I would be able to catch some good fish.
But, when I looked at the two ice boxes full of rockfish, I shook my head.
I am still glad I was able to catch this much.

The day was slowly getting brighter.
I had to leave soon.
When I pulled the fish trap, I was surprised at how heavy it was.

“Woahhh!” When I pulled the fish trap to the seashore, it was full of all kinds of seafood including octopuses, crabs, shrimps, and conches.
The three octopuses were busy devouring the other guys inside.

“Hey hey hey.” I quickly put my hands inside and moved the octopuses to one of the iceboxes.
When I checked the trap once again, a smile came to my lips.

“I really don’t have to worry about starving.” I wanted to put this on the Auction House and sell it.
I don’t have any need to spend points right away, but there’s nothing bad about gathering some right now.
I put all the seafood in the icebox and loaded it onto the ATV I drove to get here.

“It’s a jackpot here too.
Jackpot!” Winter is coming soon to Earth, so I had to do my best to secure food for the time being.

Dingo and the scarab leader got up the ATV then sat above the ice boxes, then I started the ATV.
The four-wheeled motorcycle crossed the beach.

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Seongho wasn’t the only one who went to a beach without people.
In a certain beach on Earth, a certain man was also wandering the beach, collecting his traps.
However, his trap, which he had just pulled to the land, had lost its shape and looked shabby.

“Hup.” When the man lifted the trap, sea water poured out from it.
He collected another trap and walked with two of it in his shoulders.
Still, he did not neglect to be vigilant about his surroundings.
It’s been a long time since he had hunted all the zombies in the area, but lately, some monsters have appeared replacing them.

The kobolds in particular, were very troublesome monsters since they loved to steal his haul at night.
It would be fine if they just stole it, but they also broke his fish traps while they’re doing it.
On top of them, there are also goblins.
Cunning monsters which was a huge pain in the ass.
However, that’s not the end as he was also worried because orcs and werewolves would soon appear.

Will he be able to survive with his weak unique ability?

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He walked along the coastal road and came into a certain fishing village with only a few houses and pensions.
The town hall in the centre of the village was his hideout.
It was a very boring place because there’s no other survivors around, but he didn’t mind.

‘People are scary.’

Not long ago, he also lived in a shopping street with many survivors around.
He tried to reach out to them by giving them some gifts, but after he gave them some more, the survivors started to look at him with a glint of greed.
The survivors were salivating at his bio-friendly unique ability.
It was a strange unique ability which would quicken the process and enchanted the quality of the crops grown near him.
Moreover, animals would approach him without showing even a glint of fear towards him.

It’s not very helpful in battle, but it has a huge advantage in survival.
Therefore, survivors tried their best to get him—or more precisely, his unique ability.

‘We are protecting you.’

‘So shouldn’t you be grateful, and pay us back?’

‘You want to run? Don’t do that.
If you did that, I’m going to have to smash your legs.’

The person who said that added that it was a joke, but the 20-year-old couldn’t stand the oppressive atmosphere.
So, when opportunity presented itself, he ran away.
The place he came to after running away was this place, a fishing village.
There wasn’t much to get by looting here, but it was still enough for a single person to survive.
It was especially fortunate that there was a lot of bottled water.

The young man went up to the second floor of the city hall and then sealed the entrance with some furniture.
This part of the building was used as a guest house, so it was perfect for him to stay.
He had pushed all the furniture to the wall,and put all his supplies tidily.
The young man has lived for 20 years and has not had much of a thing under his name.
So, he became obsessed with tidying up.

‘First of all, let’s clean this up.’ The young man skillfully trimmed the seafood with a ceramic knife.
It seems like, with everything he had just caught, he would be able to live well for a few days.
But his worry did not go away completely.

‘The orcs and werewolves are coming soon.’ There were only a few days left.
After he finished, the young man knelt in front of a crippled desk and opened a certain notebook.
It was something he valued as important as his life.
Inside, there was a lot of text written on it.

After he opened a few pages, a passage about orcs and werewolves appeared.

-In the case of orcs, their attack is always straight.
They don’t care about other things.
If they see even a sliver of your hair, they will immediately charge towards you.
When that happens, don’t try to run away, because you can’t outrun them.
Dodge sideways instead.

-The body of an orc is definitely similar to that of a gorilla.
But the thing is, different from a gorilla, it has a very good throwing power.
Wouldn’t you be surprised to see it throw a wooden spear at you?

-Werewolves… I only have one piece of advice for beginners: Just don’t go out at night.
At all.
Still, that doesn’t mean there isn’t a way to beat it.

“…” The young man tried to memorize the entire sentence.
For him, who had little combat ability, this notebook filled with strategies which he got from watching I Love Gimbap’s broadcast was the most precious thing he had.
Before the zombie apocalypse, he wrote down all of I Love Gimbap’s strategies in this notebook.

At one time, he even posted it on the internet, but all of them were ignored.
It was unavoidable, because all kinds of fake strategies were circulating.
But, after he informed a broadcasting station and the government’s task force, several people came to him.
They said they were working for the government, but the young man had a hard time believing them.
Afterall, they didn’t look like someone who worked for the government.
The young man ran away from their pursuit and he never again had the thought to reveal the information.

He has been alone ever since he fled from the survivors who coveted his unique ability.
His only friends were the sea and seagulls.
His life wasn’t lacking much, but he still wanted one more thing. 

A good friend.
He wanted to live with a good friend, not someone who tried to restrain him and take advantage of him.

‘I think it would be fine if they were someone like I Love Gimbap.’ But it would be crazy.
Although his identity was still unknown until now, it could easily be assumed that he’s one of the people with a strong unique ability.

Isn’t he the one who has played Survival Life longer than anyone else?

Poor Man thought so.

He closed the notebook and stood up.
He looked out the window and felt autumn were ending and winter was fast approaching.
But he had no worries.
Because he’s someone who tolerates the cold well.
Afterall, even when society was in good shape, heat or heating device was something he’s unfamiliar with.
Therefore, even in the apocalypse, his life was not much different from before.

‘But sometimes, I feel lonely.’ He had no one to talk to.
Once, he had picked up a cat and raised it, but it was killed by a monster.
His only hope was the Auction House.
It seemed like a lot of people would welcome him if he went there.

However, currently, he’s just level 6, so his goal of unlocking the Auction House is still far away.
Which means, if he wanted to reach level 15, he had no choice but to hunt.

Jimin grabbed his weapon and went outside.