7 – World 11. Regressor’s Melancholy (1)
An apartment on 6th Avenue in District 3.
“aaah!”
A sharp scream resounded from an apartment house that had not even been properly repaired for several years and was slightly worn out.
As soon as the woman who gave that scream jumped up from the bed, she crouched down and hugged her body with both arms as if it would break.
Also, cold sweat broke out all over her body.
“f*ck, f*ck…”
Long black hair clung to her face due to the cold sweat that flowed incessantly, but the woman did not care.
No, I didn’t even have time to care.
It was because at the last moment, his heart was pierced and the connection was cut off, and at the same time, he clearly felt the pain of tearing his soul into shreds.
smart-
Then someone knocked on the door and immediately opened the door and came in.
“Miss Karina. What are you doing?”
The one who opened the door and entered was a woman with straight pink hair and a neat long dress.
But the woman called Karina shook her head without even looking at him.
“Nothing. get out.”
“Yes. All right.”
It was a formal response, but it was natural.
The pink-haired woman who had just entered was an android equipped with intermediate artificial intelligence.
Simply put, it means that you are a robot, not a human.
Carina, who was able to calm down after a long time after letting the android out like that, lay down on the bed as if collapsing.
“Sigh······.”
came back again
Lying on the bed, Karina blankly looked up at the white ceiling and thought.
When the fog of death swept across the world, making countless populations dead and announcing destruction.
A will passed on to all who survived.
[The curse spread by the evil god has covered the world. If you save a world, I will remove this curse.]
However, for Karina, that will was not the end.
[Yes, you would be fine. I’ll give you three chances.]
three chances.
It was a bottomless and endless word, so Karina couldn’t get a feel for it at the time.
is it a chance? What chance are you giving me?
Aside from the method of moving to another dimension engraved in my head, while questioning questions continued, the existence of a player appeared.
Surprisingly, he was able to use the powers obtained in another dimension here in reality.
And that fact became the catalyst.
Because everyone tried to go to another dimension.
However, even before the fog of death, it was an expensive device, and after the fog of death, problems arose in production itself.
In addition, the fact that the power gained there can be used here also caused the price of connectors to skyrocket.
“…”
Even so, Karina did not give up and bought a connector by persistently saving money for two years.
The connection method and three chances given by the will.
I’m not sure, but I guessed that I had to go to another dimension first.
and after 2 months.
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Due to some incident, Karina died.
In addition, I was able to understand what the three chances conveyed by the will meant.
‘It’s the last return now.’
It’s because I went back to the day I first logged into the game.
‘It’s the last time…’
Karina, who suffered a regression phenomenon, somehow came to her senses and tried to save the world, but it was not enough.
At least, in the previous rounds, only relatively meaningful results were achieved.
A much better situation than in the first regression.
If the return was infinite, it might be possible to reach salvation in the end.
“What do we do.”
Unfortunately, this was the last return.
Because the will is only three chances.
‘Yeah, looking back, there were some mistakes. Now, if you get rid of that mistake and move forward step by step…’
Carina, who hypnotized herself that it would be possible, opened her left hand first.
pod-
On the left palm, a square screen with blue light appeared like a hologram.
Karina looked at the screen and started operating it with her right index finger.
‘Let’s buy credit power first.’
credit power.
It was a so-called lottery.
Even when the fog of death swept over the world, the lottery survived because money was still in circulation.
Here, Credit Power was a lottery ticket in which you had to pick and match 6 numbers out of 66.
In fact, it was a lottery that boasted extreme odds, but it didn’t matter to Karina, who returned three times.
And today is the draw day.
‘The lottery ticket will be won in a few hours.’
Just be prepared with the winnings automatically deposited.
‘first.’
Recruit Thunder Hammer, Hayden.
Thinking that far, Karina closed her eyes again.
I wanted to move right away, but the aftermath of the death a few minutes ago still lingered.
In short, my mind couldn’t stand it.
So Karina fell asleep as if fainting.
* * *
It was at the first regression that Karina got to know Hayden.
Back then, when I was working for a person who was no different than the ruler of Moleverton City.
Karina was looking for talented players in the same city.
In Hayden’s case, he came to know it through the process.
A 4-star (☆☆☆☆) job, a person who has obtained a thunder hammer.
However, he did not come in as his teammate in the first round of regression.
Instead, I researched in various ways to persuade him and was able to recruit him as a colleague in the second round immediately before.
Unfortunately, at this point, it’s a flaw that it’s been half a year since I stopped connecting, but he was also a top player at the peak.
‘I’m sure he’s a mid-to-upper player right now.’
Still, it was as good as one skill.
Sober judgment and bold hands.
It wasn’t the first time or two that I had received his help in the previous rounds.
Therefore, Karina, who decided to recruit her as a colleague this time as well, headed to District 1 with her android ‘Wena’ as soon as the next day.
“Miss Karina. Excuse me, may I know where you are going?”
“Area 1. I’ll upgrade you there. There are things to buy.”
Yesterday’s credit power won a whopping 67 million credits.
It was equivalent to 67 billion won in Korean currency.
If the world was fine, I would have been able to get 700 to 800 million credits, but I would not have dreamed of winning if it hadn’t been for a return in the first place, so I didn’t feel sorry.
“You mean an upgrade?”
In the meantime, after hearing Karina’s answer, the android Wena tilted her head and asked again.
“I will replace it with advanced artificial intelligence, replace the body with an escort, and even install a combat technology program.”
“Thanks for the explanation. However, I just want you to know that you have 274 credits left since you bought the accessor yesterday.”
“Not anymore.”
Karina spread her left palm to display a hologram and show the winnings.
Wena nodded, confirming the winnings of 67 million credits.
“understand. I will readjust Karina-sama’s property.”
“Do it.”
“I would like to say one more thing: I don’t think it’s good to go on a spree as soon as you have money.”
“It is necessary.”
In fact, the cost of upgrading Wena was not a penny or two.
Still, it was necessary, so I did not withdraw.
Once in another dimension, the actual body was defenseless, so an escort was needed to prepare for any unexpected situation.
Karina intended to entrust that escort to Wena.
‘After upgrading Wena, recruit Mr. Hayden…’
After that, Karina moved while thinking about recruiting the rest after improving her skills.
* * *
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District 1.
Even in Molverton City, District 1, where the upper class lived, was a huge tower built in the center of the city.
The name also comes from the city of Molverton Tower.
It could be said to be an iconic building representing the city.
Even now, it is the only place in the city where electricity is freely used, and it was also a comprehensive tower that sold numerous research, production, and products.
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Ding-
[It is the 7th floor.]
Incidentally, people like Karina who lived in District 3 could only go up to the 20th floor.
This is because up to the 20th floor is a commercial area that can be used by the general public.
Of course, Karina, who wasn’t interested after the 20th floor, got off the 7th floor and went in search of an android store.
“Ah, a guest! welcome. What did you come for?”
As I entered the store, a small and pretty girl greeted Karina with a smile as if she had waited.
Of course, it was Android.
“Who is the boss?”
“Are you the boss? Stay inside.”
“Then call me.”
As long as it was simply to purchase the product, it didn’t matter if I told the Android in front of me.
However, Karina’s reason for coming was not an ordinary product purchase.
“Um~ yes. Please wait.”
When the android girl flirted and entered the door on the other side, a man in his mid-40s appeared shortly thereafter.
“Oh really. What are you doing?”
The man, who was full of annoyance, asked the matter first.
Carina, who understood that she must have left the Android alone because she didn’t want to work, immediately started talking about her purpose.
“Here is my android. Please replace it with an advanced artificial intelligence from Elpis. Also, replace it with an escort body from Ost. Lastly, I would like you to install a comprehensive combat technique program developed by Ainnas Corporation.”
For reference, the current combination was taught by Hayden in the previous episode.
Conversely, the man who was the president of the absurd combination looked at Karina with a puzzled face.
“No, with parts and programs from different companies?”
“Yes.”
“If you combine it that way, the performance will only come out by 60-70%.”
“it’s okay.”
Each company has a slightly different technology for making Android.
Therefore, using different parts only resulted in poorer performance, but Karina simply replied that it was okay.
It was a problem Hayden could solve anyway.
“I won’t do anything like a refund, so please do it.”
“Yes? Well, if so.”
The troubled president immediately accepted Karina’s words.
The camera installed in the store or the black box built into the employee’s Android served as evidence, so ordinary customers were silent.
Therefore, the president, who believed that there would be no refund with almost 100% probability, put aside complicated thoughts and decided to do what he wanted.
“But do you have any money? Advanced artificial intelligence alone costs 2.25 million, the escort body costs 2.1 million, and the comprehensive combat skill program costs 777,000 credits.”
All in all, 5,127,000 credits.
For Karina now, that amount of money was overflowing.