Chapter 122

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Translator: Ace

Chapter: 122

Chapter Title: Mir's Apostle

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For a moment, I wondered if my ears were playing tricks on me.

"What? What did you just say?"

Since I was sure I'd misheard, I asked the person who'd spoken again to confirm.

"Uh... You heard that besides you, Sir Apostle of God, there's someone else claiming to be an apostle of a god, right? Why do you ask?"

"An apostle of a god? Which god did they say they served?"

"I think it was definitely Mir."

Mir?

Mir?

No way—this name popping up out of nowhere?

"You're sure you didn't mishear that?"

The person who'd told me the story waved their hands in surprise at my question.

"Of course not! I doubted my own ears for a second and asked again, but that apostle definitely said Mir!"

As my head started to ache trying to figure out what the hell was going on, the person continued urgently.

"When the apostle mentioned the evil god's name, I panicked and didn't know what to do, but I managed to talk them down and send them away."

"Ah, evil god? Ah, yeah... Good job. Very good."

Come to think of it, back when I first introduced myself as the Apostle of God, I'd mentioned an evil god trying to turn this world into a zombie apocalypse and ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠wipe it out—and that the evil god's name was Mir, right?

The people here must not have bought the story about those weirdos I'd met recently because of what I'd told them.

I'd just blurted it out without thinking, never imagining the name Mir—supposedly a god's name—would actually show up in this world.

Wait, does that mean Mir is a real god?

Or no way—surely not that damn bitch I know?

I couldn't believe the woman who'd drilled into my head over and over that gods from other worlds couldn't interfere here was now supposedly manifesting in this one.

"Do you know where this apostle of the evil god came from?"

"I didn't get that far... I thought about asking, but they weren't forthcoming, so I didn't."

"Can't be helped, then. If they show up again, let me know. I don't know who they are, but I want to find out why they're invoking Mir's name."

The person nodded at my words and promised to hit the alarm bell I'd given them if anyone else mentioned Mir.

I'd gone to Guro Apartment to hand over the leftover generators and purifiers, only to hear this unexpected intel.

Who would've thought I'd hear the name of that god Mir from someone other than me?

Is this for real?

When I pictured the Mir I knew, there was zero reason for that bitch to cross over here and help people.

She's the type who pretends to be pure but stabs you in the back without batting an eye—she's no benevolent god who'd jump worlds to aid strangers.

If she really had come here and set up her own apostle, there had to be some shady scheme behind it.

And if that was true, I'd have to go all out to stop it, betting everything I had.

No matter what, I couldn't let that bitch Mir have her way.

After finishing today's tasks and heading home, the others who'd gone out still weren't back.

It was only 6 PM—I'd returned much earlier than usual, so that made sense.

Well then, shall I check my status window?

My level was still 22—probably because I hadn't been hunting zombies as much lately.

But what really jumped out was the coin count.

Just looking at how much it'd ballooned from hoarding generators and purifiers yesterday after locking down the shop made me grin.

Since the zombie apocalypse started, I doubt anyone had raked in more coins than me.

No one could possibly earn more than this.

Alright, time to spend these coins on that first.

I'd been thinking about it for a while: once power cuts hit and the base population grows, the solar panels we've got might hit their limit.

I'd been stockpiling daytime power production ahead of time, but eventually consumption would outpace it—that was inevitable.

So my idea was to build a dedicated production factory.

Whether for generating electricity or drawing river water, purifying it, and supplying drinking water to the base.

The issue was needing safe land for that, and covering it all with black magic would guzzle demonic energy too much—it wasn't feasible. So, I'd have to use the Base Manager trait.

Designate extra zones around the base for safe land, then run factories there purely for production—no residents.

It'd cost a fortune in coins, so I'd held off, but with this haul, I could start.

The rooftop here was too limited for more solar panels anyway.

I picked a spot a bit away from the base and designated it as an additional zone.

Let's sink 2,000 coins into it?

The multiple additional zones were probably from places I'd designated for teleport spots.

Can't rename them to avoid confusion?

I tinkered around, and sure enough, long-pressing an additional zone brought up a rename prompt.

"Yeah, gotta have that. So this zone... let's call it Factory..."

I named the one I was standing in "Factory," then renamed the others to match: Guro Apartment, Yeouido Hole, etc.

Now, let's expand the Factory zone.

I dumped 1,000 coins to bump its radius by 100m, then planned barricades to keep out people and zombies.

Barricades eat 100 coins too.

And then more coins to extend them across the full radius—annoying, but that's how it's designed to bleed coins.

2,100 coins gone, but now I had a secure spot no one could invade. Time to build.

I slammed in 30,000 coins for 30 solar generators (1,000 each).

Each takes 1m x 2m, so 30 filled over half the zone already.

This should keep power steady for a while.

Next, drinking water—but that needs river access, so not ideal near the base.

Wonder if maxing Base Reinforcement unlocks water purification?

We got sewage treatment from upgrading it before.

It's a skill I'd level eventually anyway, and with coins to spare, let's do it.

Decide, then act—no putting it off.

Current level 11 meant 1,100 coins per upgrade—getting pricey.

But over 30,000 left, so go.

Not what I need—upgrade again.

Useful, but not it. Costs jumping to 1,100-1,200 per pop—getting burdensome, but one more.

Yes—that's the one.

Finally got the feature I wanted.