Chapter 3

Hiding the Logistics Center in the Apocalypse - Chapter 3 (3/240)

Hiding the Logistics Center in the Apocalypse - Episode 3

(The Apocalypse of the Nuclear Family (3))

After roughly finishing the preparations, I slipped out again.

The first thing I did was pull the axe out of the orc's head.

Squish!

Viscous green blood spurted out.

I swung the axe to wipe off the remaining blood.

"This guy has a mana stone in his body, right?"

Just as I was about to tear open the orc's chest, I remembered something I had left behind.

"Oh, right. The dagger."

Although I had an axe in my hand, it seemed inconvenient for butchering.

I could do it, but there were already daggers piled up in the subspace.

Pax informed me of new information, which I had forgotten.

"Really?"

That was good news.

I wouldn't have to go back and forth through the portal just for one item.

However, there were some limitations.

"Quite an awkward and inconvenient value."

Although it wasn't a long time, it would be annoying to take out several items at once.

Besides, I'm a Korean who values speed.

If a webpage took 30 seconds to load, I might get so frustrated that I'd smash the monitor.

"Oh, that's a skill?"

"Right... Can you show me the daggers that are usable?"

Ding!

Pax soon displayed a list.

The same screen I used to monitor in the picking station.

I set the product page to 'Highest Price First.'

I figured the expensive ones would perform better.

Among them, I chose a jungle knife with a handle that was a mix of black and green, and a blade that was sharply honed and silver.

The back of the blade had teeth for cutting wood.

"Let's see... Okay, ship it."

Whoosh!

In the blink of an eye, a small portal appeared at my fingertips.

The shipment was immediate.

Then,

Whoosh! Thud!

It was instantly buried in the ground.

It came out so fast that it had pierced through the packaging box.

I grumbled as I tore open the tattered packaging.

"...Why is it so fast?"

Surprisingly, there were detailed settings available.

This led to a new question.

"...Is it possible to make it even faster?"

The topic of enhancement came up again.

"How do I enhance it?"

"Sure enough, that's the case."

From the maintenance costs of the facility to skill enhancement.

There were many places to use mana stones.

First, I decided to deal with the orc in front of me.

Poke!

I stabbed the center of the orc's chest.

As I tore the flesh, the mana stone embedded in the center of the body emitted a faint light.

I stabbed the dagger at an angle and flicked out the embedded mana stone.

"I got another one."

"Let's think about that later. We have time for a day. And there's one more thing I want to ask..."

"Can you remove the packaging when shipping?"

I showed Pax the sharp dagger and the axe.

I had just confirmed it.

Using the 'Shipment' skill from the subspace to throw items was much more powerful than throwing them myself.

I intended to use this 'Shipment' skill as a serious attack skill.

Fortunately, the AI Pax's answer was positive.

I pushed it further.

I held the dagger upright and showed the axe with the blade tilted forward.

"And at this angle, in this direction. Is it possible?"

"Sure."

The preparations were complete.

The area around the logistics center was eerily quiet.

Whirr—

I rode the electric bicycle and ascended the nearby mountain path.

It was about 200 meters away from the vanished logistics center.

Upon reaching a suitable location, I stood in front of a large oak tree and recalled the jungle knife.

I set the shipment speed to the maximum of 75 km/h.

And I shouted,

"Shipment."

Whoosh!

The sharply set blade shot out,

Thud!

and was embedded in the center of the oak tree.

It looked quite deep.

Clang!

A moment later, the axe I shot out was the same.

Perhaps due to its weight, it had even more destructive power than the blade.

Overall, the experiment was successful.

A subspace that could launch axes or daggers like missiles every 30 seconds.

Now that was my weapon.

Just as I was about to get on the bicycle and take out a map,

Far away, the trees rustled, and birds took flight.

I strained my ears.

"...A scream?"

I pedaled quickly.

***

"Huff... Huff"

Two men in gray employee uniforms were sprinting down the mountain path.

Similarly, two orcs were chasing them.

"Damn... Damn..."

One of them, Yoon Gwang-soo.

It seemed as if foam was about to pour out of his mouth.

"Why did this happen..."

Three days ago.

Destruction happened overnight.

Suddenly, an emergency bulletin flew across the TV.

Unidentifiable monsters were appearing simultaneously across the country.

The screen showed people in panic, the ground blackened by the crowd, and scenes of bloodshed caused by the monsters.

Destruction appeared in various forms to everyone.

But that was all the information given.

Because TV, radio, and internet communications were all paralyzed.

Even in a war, communication companies and broadcasters are supposed to hold out.

Yoon Gwang-soo couldn't understand the current situation at all.

Occasionally, there were reports of armed soldiers being seen.

And the news that they were all crushed to death on the asphalt.

It wasn't hard to predict the fate of the world.

Survival became the first principle, a return to the past before history.

Civilization was thus turned into ruins in an instant.

Yoon Gwang-soo bit his lip.

"If I had been a little stronger..."

Not only destruction was given.

Some chosen people suddenly awakened abilities like superpowers.

Yoon Gwang-soo was lucky enough to become an awakener, but unfortunately, he didn't gain the ability to kill orcs.

In the face of the massive destruction, he was no more than a powerless ant.

He ran with all his might, desperate,

"Please... Please..."

The massive shadow was much faster than him.

"..."

He inadvertently looked back.

What he saw was,

"......!"

Despair.

The massive orc was right behind him.

Squish.

His legs gave out.

They had already passed their limits several times.

"..."

Yoon Gwang-soo closed his eyes.

And calmly accepted his fate.

Thus,

Crack!

A sound was heard.

"......?"

What burst was not his head.

Instead, the ferocious orc chasing him collapsed.

A black axe was embedded in the orc's head.

It was just a camping axe for chopping firewood, but what surprised Yoon Gwang-soo was something else.

'...His head just exploded, didn't it?'

The axe had shattered the orc's skull.

Turning his head, he saw a man about 10 meters away, retracting his hand.

Clearly, he had just thrown the axe.

Yoon Gwang-soo gasped.

'What kind of strength...?'

He looked around again.

He wasn't the only one being chased, and the orcs weren't just one.

Sure enough, he saw his colleague, Choi Byung-chul, descending the slope on the opposite side.

An orc was hot on his heels.

"Choi...!"

Just as he was stomping his feet, he saw the man who threw the axe moving again.

Yoon Gwang-soo couldn't help but be surprised again.

'...He's riding a bicycle...?'

It was hard to imagine throwing an axe while riding a bicycle.

Yoon Gwang-soo's gaze followed him,

'...Can't see him.'

He was blocked by trees and couldn't be seen anymore.

All he could do was pray desperately that the man would save Choi Byung-chul.

He clasped his hands,

Thud!

His prayer was answered.

Soon, the head of the orc chasing his colleague Choi exploded.

"Exactly..."

The man was still on the bicycle.

***

Poke!

I stabbed the orc's corpse with the dagger.

No matter what, I had to collect the mana stone first.

Two now, including the one I collected earlier.

Three in total, including the one I collected in front of the subspace portal.

I had also saved them, but I needed information.

What exactly was happening, and why were these monsters roaming around.

These people probably knew more than I did, who had been trapped in the logistics center for three days.

But regardless of my intentions, they kept bowing their heads in gratitude.

"Thank you... Thank you. Thanks to you, we survived."

Moreover, they seemed to have some misunderstanding.

"You must be a soldier. From your attire... You don't seem to be an ordinary army, maybe a special forces unit? How did you throw an axe while riding a bicycle like that..."

He was looking at the combat vest I was wearing.

I waved my hands.

"No, I just got out of the military not long ago..."

"Ah, I see!"

The man's eyes lit up even more.

But I really wasn't.

"Truly, it's a stroke of luck. We thought we were the only people around here."

"Are the two of you the only ones?"

Even though it wasn't a residential area, the logistics complex below looked extremely desolate.

Yoon Gwang-soo and Choi Byung-chul shook their heads.

"There are more people in Building E. About a dozen... We're all isolated."

"Isolated?"

Yoon Gwang-soo explained the situation.

"Yes, that's the current situation. This logistics complex is enclosed on the east and north sides... The eastern expressway is now half-destroyed. We were looking for other routes that cars could use."

Leaving this area by car.

That was something I needed as well.

It wouldn't be easy to ride a bicycle all the way to Gangnam.

Yoon Gwang-soo suggested,

"Would you like to come with us? We can provide some snacks."

Without refusing, I stood up.

I didn't need snacks, but since we had the same goal,

I could also get a general idea of the situation around here.

"Sure."

The past three days.

It seemed I wasn't the only one who had been trapped.