Chapter 123

Episode 123 [ Promise (2) ]

A low mountain near Daegu.

Originally, it was a place where a well-manicured shrubbery grew, but now it has become a dense forest.

Unlike other places, there were almost no monsters in the forest. Instead, small birds and animals were living in their own ecosystem.

Ugh.

For the first time in a long time, an intruder entered the quiet forest.

It was a human-made machine whose entire body was black.

Ugh.

The drone passed quickly between the trees and checked the surroundings with a camera.

The drone relayed the confirmed information to Eve, who was following behind.

Information that no dangerous-looking monsters were found, and even information that no special abnormalities were found.

It was the moment when I went over a hill halfway up.

The drone discovered an unfamiliar object ahead.

A fluttering cloak. And machine guns.

Ta ta ta ta!

The machine gun opened fire.

There was no time for the drone to make evasive maneuvers. The black drone exploded on the spot.

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Ta-ta-ta.

-The drone has been destroyed.

Eve’s report continued with the sound of machine guns coming from afar.

Kyunghoon stopped walking.

“Has the other person been identified?”

-I took about two frames. However, it is so shaky that it is difficult to accurately identify the subject. All I could tell was that it was a cloaked, humanoid weapon wielding upright walker.

“It’s not a monster, right?”

-The power of the bullet is considerable. Most likely a mana bullet.

-For that reason, the opponent is most likely a mutant or a surviving awakened person. However, it may be a monster I don’t know about. Sufficient caution is required.

I was attacked, but I had no intention of showing my face because I was far away. I thought I would be careful.

Kyung-hoon immediately got off the road.

Of course, too much time had passed and it was difficult to call it a road, but he left the forest-covered mountain path and hid in the shadow of the forest.

Gyeong-hoon disappeared and the quiet forest began to move again. Birds were chirping and insects were flapping their wings.

As time passed, he came through the bushes, his cloak fluttering.

Jerk.

The fluttering cloak stopped a short distance away from where Kyung-Hoon was last seen.

It made no difference, but he seemed to have discovered something.

At one point, he dragged his cloak and flung himself to the side like lightning.

bang!

At almost the same time, gunshots rang out.

Quang!

The bullet went through the hem of the cloak and exploded the tree behind it.

It made no sense for a tree to explode just because it was hit by a bullet.

But he didn’t seem to care about the tree exploding.

He jumped under the bushes and checked the forest where the bullet came from.

The muzzle of a machine gun sparkled beneath the cloak sinking into the bushes.

He pulled the trigger.

Tudadadadadada!

The bushes soared into the sky and bullets rained down into the dark forest.

Trees were broken and weeds were scattered.

The counterattack never came.

But he didn’t raise his head.

It was a surprisingly accurate shot. It was clear that even if he showed up just a little bit above the bushes, he would be hit directly.

Moreover, considering the firepower of the gun, the game was over if one hit anywhere on the body.

He who was lying down started to move.

Susssseu.

Holding a machine gun in one hand, he moved forward through the bushes with both legs and one hand.

The bushes hit his whole body, but all he could think about was approaching the opponent.

As I ran through the bushes and into the forest, I caught a glimpse of a piece of clothing behind a tree far away.

“Do not attack. “I just checked to see if you were human!”

He heard voices coming from the tree, but he didn’t stop.

Ta-ta-ta-ta!

They just took a sharp detour around the tree and fired machine guns at the tree and the surrounding area.

puck!

In some ways, it was a gruesome sight, and in other ways, it was a mysterious sight.

[Daegu New Technology Research Institute]

The robot put the sign hanging on the main gate pillar upright with the tip of its gun and approached the building.

The front door with all the glass broken was waiting for them.

“It’s been a while since I visited.”

The robot stopped in front of the front door and muttered to itself.

Kyunghoon looked at the robot with puzzled eyes.

Crash.

The robot lowered its gun and sternly turned back on the spot.

The robot looked directly at Kyung-hoon and lowered its head.

[Welcome to Daegu New Technology Research Institute. [This is an autonomous AI humanoid keeper in charge of visitor guidance and security.]

The robot, which greeted with a restrained gesture, raised its head again.

Creak.

The robot moved its head left and right.

“Ugh. It’s been a long time since I last greeted you. “The load is considerable because we use joints that were not used before.”

The robot grumbled like a sick old man and went inside first.

Kyung-hoon watched what the robot was doing with a puzzled expression on his face.

“It wouldn’t be remotely controlled by a comedian from afar, right?”

-We’re not communicating...

Eve couldn’t even finish her sentence properly. She didn’t seem to understand either.

-The sense of humor is too bad for AI. More observation is needed.

The problem was that I couldn’t understand something in a strange way.

Kyunghoon shook his head and followed the robot who called himself Keeper into the building.

In the center of the lobby stood a half-broken robot statue.

On the walls are industrial robots and construction robots seen at the Awakened Training Center. And there were pictures of robots all the way up to the spider robot I saw at the airport.

The lobby was also half collapsed and surrounded by trees.

Among the passageways leading into the lobby, there was only one passage that was intact.

Kyung-hoon walked along the empty passage.

At the end of the passage were stairs leading to the basement.

There was a security checkpoint and barrier installed in front of the stairs, but it seemed to have been broken a long time ago.

The sound of a robot walking came from below.

Kyunghoon also passed the security checkpoint and went down the stairs.

The first basement floor was where construction robots were made, and the second basement floor was where military robots were researched. Lastly, the third basement floor was where humanoid robots were researched.

The place the robot went to was the 3rd basement level.

It was a building that felt like a high-tech research institute, but unfortunately, the laboratory on the third basement floor was a place where old scrap metal was rolling around.

Robotic arms and legs. body. head. Dozens of parts were rolling around on the floor.

And the robot that arrived first took its arm off its shoulder and was looking for a useful arm on the floor.

Kyunghoon looked at the arm he was holding.

“There might be some useful parts inside. “Throw it anywhere.”

The robot waved its hand as if it saw Kyung-hoon.

“found.”

The robot picked up a rolling arm and headed toward the inner room.

Kyunghoon also followed the robot across the lab.

Inside the lab, there was a small room with several beds.

It seemed like a sleeping room.

The robot sat down on the bed and began to reconnect its arms.

“I don’t know if it’s right.”

Kyung-hoon looked around the night room while listening to the robot’s rumbling.

The bed showed no signs of use. Rather, there was a trace of a depression in one corner in the shape of a person sitting.

Next to it were guns that looked like they could no longer be used, and swords and shields with patterns engraved on them were rolling around on the floor. And there were old western movie posters hanging on the walls.

Django High Noon Stagecoach.

Posters showing western cowboys standing with guns in their arms. They were old posters that looked like they were about to fall apart.

“It’s still usable.”

The robot moved its arms and nodded.

The newly attached arm was very rusty. Honestly, it looked like it was going to crumble any moment.

But before that, understanding the situation came first.

“Then may I ask a question now? “Keeper?”

“That was the name of this lab before it was destroyed.”

“Then what can I call you?”

“Shane. You can call me Shane.”

The robot answered with a satisfied voice.

Behind the answering robot was a poster of a cowboy riding a horse.