Hiding a House in the Apocalypse

There’s both good news and bad news.

Let me start with the bad news. They’re Chinese.

A well-equipped force of at least 40 soldiers is camped out, supported by new command vehicles, reconnaissance and combat drones, and various surveillance equipment.

No matter how elite we were once called as humanity's finest hunters, it would be impossible for just three of us to take on such a force.

If they were the Tang dynasty army, maybe, but they’re likely some of the best and most elite troops that China has left.

As expected, both Cheon Young-jae and Ha Tae-hoon flatly refused to engage the Chinese head-on.

And the country would refuse as well.

But there is some good news.

The Chinese are stationed more than 2 kilometers away from the sacred tomb of Jeonnalon.

There are many reasons for that, but the biggest one is probably the radiation.

When I last visited, Jeonnalon’s sacred tomb was covered in radiation that made it impossible to survive without protective suits. After the nuclear batteries collapsed, the radiation must have become even more deadly and destructive.

If that weren’t the case, the Chinese wouldn’t have set up camp so far away, considering how ruthless they are when it comes to achieving their goals.

In this situation, I could propose a bold idea.

"What? You want to send only drones?"

"You’re saying we’re going to wage a war with toys?"

Cheon Young-jae’s opinion lined up perfectly with my idea.

"Good choice of words. Yeah. Anyway, it’s an area where humans can’t go, and only drones, those toys, can enter. In a place like that, we can still have a battle of toys without the need for a direct human-to-human fight."

Moreover, I had information that the Chinese didn’t.

The fact that Jeonnalon had stored the disk with the important data in a secret compartment within a drawer.

The Chinese would aim to target the entire Failnet server, but what we were after was simpler and much easier to retrieve.

And I had Jeonnalon’s disciple as well.

Once we return to the underground shelter, I plan to ask Valentine for the layout of the sacred tomb.

Of course, the Chinese are certainly no pushovers.

Though they were utterly defeated in the previous war, losing everything to the West Sea, their drones are something even the prideful American military admits are impressive.

Having given up on the powerful "Awaken" demon resources, the Chinese had no choice but to pour everything into drone technology, and that led to rapid advancements in that area.

It was only natural that Ha Tae-hoon, who mainly operated Chinese-made drones, pointed this out.

"All I have are civilian drones and a few military ones. Judging by their state, they look like a top-tier unit, and with hunters mixed in, they’re probably using the latest model drones."

One of the latest drones was clearly visible in a video Ha Tae-hoon had filmed from a high altitude.

It was a humanoid drone that could move on two legs, similar in size to a human.