The Apocalypse's Helper

“No way in hell am I going out. I’ve already secured such a great environment in advance—what the hell am I doing going out now? I’m not going out. I’m absolutely not going out.”

He had decided not to go out.

No matter how much he thought about it, there was no reason to leave the bunker.

He had stepped one foot out the bunker entrance but immediately turned back without hesitation.

He had been infatuated with the Nano Awakened Steel Pipe.

So he had almost jumped out to slaughter the zombies around the bunker.

About ten to twelve zombies.

But he gave up.

Coolly, very cleanly, he gave up.

“Okay! I admit it. It’s true that my zombie points are the core of my NanoWarrior growth. I won’t deny that.”

Looking at the Special Hidden ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠job growth mechanism, it might be right to slaughter the zombies near the bunker right now.

Because zombie points have the most influence on NanoWarrior’s growth.

“Other Awakeners might be out there too, so they might judge that early growth should be intense.”

It’s a guess, but it’s likely there are other Awakeners besides him.

Also, he doesn’t know how many zombies there will be.

Or they might become stronger.

For that reason, someone might claim that someone needs to pour more strength into growth.

“But for now, I’ll trust the power of this base camp I’ve built over the past four months. Even if it’s because the money I’ve poured in is wasted, I’ll extract the points.”

But does it have to start from now?

Because in a zombie-apocalypse-level situation, the merits of the environment I’m standing on right now are too great.

To firmly protect this base,

And to faithfully utilize these merits,

That is also as important as ability growth.

“In the early stages, risks are inevitable. Information is lacking. With such a large risk, going out immediately from a secured base is foolish.”

Thanks to the Goddess, he had secured a fortune of tens of billions.

He had poured tens of billions without restraint into this bunker.

No thought of maybe.

He had completely poured it all out.

So the bunker’s toughness is beyond words.

Power, food, and all other facilities, he had made the bunker into a fortress beyond compare.

In the early days of the apocalypse, venturing out to risk one’s life is to find such fortresses.

And later, to fight for control of such fortresses.

He had obtained such a fortress right from the start thanks to the jackpot he hit and then died.

No reason for someone like him, with so many variables in the early apocalypse, to go out and die pointlessly.

“More than anything, the training points have turned me into a lazy body that has lost the motivation to go out and catch zombies right now.”

“The body that can’t endure without being locked up. It’s your fault, training points. For a while, I’ll have to train and calmly accumulate points.”

The other growth method, training points, was the decisive reason for recalling the base-camp operation.

Of course, it wasn’t just the training points that led to this decision.

Logically, how easy would it be to obtain training points?

It wouldn’t be obtained just by doing push-ups and half-hearted sit-ups.

You’d have to do proper muscle-crushing training.

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Or it could be something mental.

In short, there must be facilities for sufficient training.

His bunker has those facilities.

Because even in the apocalypse, he had to manage health and combat ability through steady training.

Moreover, he is a gym rat.

No matter what the apocalypse, he couldn’t set the training intensity casually.

So he had equipped it with a fairly high-end gym level, taking care of it.

He had spent money to make it look cool,

Of course, he had to use it. He had to extract the points.

Also, the influence of seeing the general warrior’s specs.

For most Awakeners, it’s hard to break into this bunker in the early days.

So in the very early days of the apocalypse, it’s right to be locked up in this bunker.

The base-camp operation is the way to achieve stable growth while enduring attacks from not only zombies but also Awakeners.

“In the early days of the apocalypse, the safe growth route is the best. No point in messing around and getting screwed.”

Thanks to the Goddess granting the Special Hidden job, he had the concept of training points.

He had secured a space to do intense training.

For now, he thinks it’s right to grow centered around the 『Training Points』 limited to 150 points.

Honestly, this method suits his personality.

He’s not the type who enjoys gambling or adventure.

“Usually, the apocalypse world is like that. Later, there will be a structure where factions change. At that time, it will be hard to train even if you want to.”

“From the mid to late stages, the struggle ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠for power among survivors is inevitable in the apocalypse situation? Especially with Awakeners, even more so.”

Guessing, from the mid to late stages, it will become difficult to accumulate training points one by one.

Now, since the zombie virus is spreading, people are psychologically shrinking.

Unless they’re abnormally crazy or overly bold, they’ll be watching the wind and locked up for a while.

Then at some point, when the zombie virus spreads widely, the wave of the apocalypse will reach a static phase.

At that time, he believes a large-scale faction struggle among survivors will definitely occur.

Even if you don’t want to get caught up in the faction struggle, you will be caught up in it.

So from the middle to late stages of the apocalypse, there will be absolutely no time to train.

So right now, he’s going to extract the training points one by one.

While gathering information on how the external situation is going.

“Moreover, if there are zombies wandering around nearby, it’s not just the most capable way to go out and catch them directly. There are plenty of other methods to think of.”

The way to deal with the zombies gathered around the bunker is diverse.

The method of extracting zombie points like chewing gum, he has already figured ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠out.

“But this guy… his phone seems to be smashed?”

Deciding for the time being to be locked up in the bunker, he fiddled with his smartphone.

Actually, he’s waiting for someone right now.

In the process of preparing for the apocalypse, there was a helper.

He’s waiting for this helper.

In a way, the existence of the helper is natural.

In his previous life, he wasn’t a survival expert,

Nor did he experience the zombie apocalypse and then regress.

He died from hitting a jackpot and then falling backward, as the saying goes.

No matter how much the Goddess’s help gave him tens of billions in special perks in the early days, preparing for the zombie apocalypse within five months was not only unrealistic but also not easy.

In the very early days, adapting to this world was even harder than preparing for the apocalypse.

Anyway, there is someone who helped this clumsy apocalypse survivor like him.

A companion who gave him the big help to create the current bunker base camp to prepare.

Of course, this person is from this world.

Ding!

At that moment, a message came.

“………”

He looked at the message and thought carefully.

“If it were my usual self, I would have casually replied to an unknown number and checked. But now it’s different, now it’s the apocalypse situation.”

There are people who don’t respond at all when an unknown number comes.

But he’s not that type.

Rather, when such a situation occurs, curiosity is triggered.

The desire for attention is activated.

The type that needs to react because the curiosity about who it is and who contacted him makes his chest feel tight.

But now it’s not the apocalypse situation.

It’s an unpleasant thought, but the helper might have been attacked by a thug on the way to here.

It might be that the thug is contacting him pretending to be the helper.

Considering all those possibilities, he will respond carefully.

The tone is really similar to his helper.

He’s not the type who sends messages often.

Nevertheless, the tone is similar enough to feel like the helper talking about him usually.

[Then I’ll show you definite proof.]

As expected, his cautious approach was right.

The other party had started to actively come out first.

[Your name is Kim Taeshik, you’re not originally from this place but someone who reincarnated from another Earth. The background of your reincarnation is that you hit a jackpot and then fell backward and died. But the situation where you died was due to a mistake on the Goddess’s side, and the Goddess reincarnated you here to clean up the situation, along with special perks like lottery numbers and coin information to prepare for the zombie apocalypse.]

This is weird…

[And when I turn my back, you always stare at my butt without shame.]

It seems like it’s the helper!