Evolution Theory of the Hunter - Chapter 163

Chapter 163

As I entered the ruin I got a strange sense of disharmony . It was definitely the same space as before but should I say that I felt a minute sense of difference .

I was wondering what was different when Edward suddenly opened his mouth .

“The air changed . ”

“The air?”

“It means that there’s a place the wind flows to . ”

“Now that you mention it…… . ”

Edward’s senses were rather trustworthy . The stuffy and heavy interior of the ruin felt different now .

It was only a little but wind was blowing . The fact that the place is being ventilated means that a passage connected to the outside has been created .

I looked back at An Gyu-bum . It was now time for him to start talking .

“The ruin is Alpha System . Ah . We call the original Raid System the Alpha System . ”

“I know . ”

This was something I knew as well . I remembered the manual saying so when receiving the ruin’s data . The manual I’m using right now is the Delta System .

An Gyu-bum opened his mouth as if it was unusual .

“You know quite a lot . ”

“I went through this and that . ”

“Either way, this ruin can be said to be one of the places that save the Alpha System’s data . We are organizing many things through information obtained from this place . ”

“Obtaining information?”

“Yes . These ruins exist in various places all over the world . Many people found the ruins until now and a vast amount of data was obtained from those places . Our System Research Laboratory is doing such work as well . Also, the place with the most amount of information is probably China’s National Defense Laboratory . ”

“Wait a minute . This is a bit sudden . ”

“Is it confusing? This is a fact that many outside of the top tier hunters don’t know . It’s an event not known to the general public after all . ”

An Gyu-bum’s words were truly surprising .

To say what was so surprising, it is the fact that quite a few people know that this world is being designed by something in this world .

What is the Alpha System .

And what is Delta .

There’s only a single conclusion that remains at the end of that train of thought .

Monster waves are not natural occurrences but something created artificially while current dungeon and raid systems are being controlled by someone’s will .

“Then what in the world is the data in this ruin?”

I only downloaded the data into the USB the guy called the owner of Delta gave me .

However, An Gyu-bum and the place called the System Research Laboratory seemed to know some specifics .

“It’s simple . It’s data that makes the current system work . ”

“I can’t understand with just that much . ”

“Dungeons, monsters, items, skills . The things that allows these things to materialize is the data . Of course, it’s not like it’s possible to analyze all the information by obtaining the data . There’s a lock that can’t easily be opened and even then the data is all fragments after all . However, we were able to achieve many things using that . For example, yeah . Something like this suit . ”

He pointed at the Eternal Immortality Suit he was wearing . It was certainly a mystery .

Thinking about how level 10 items don’t drop easily it’s unusual to possess several of such suits .

“No way . Are you able to duplicate items?”

“I’ll feel down if you say duplicate . This is a complete product . The necessary funds was not negligible of course, but it can’t be compared to imitations like Baek Gyeong . ”

“Wait . So…… . ”

Was this guy saying that it was possible for them to create items?

“So it means that you wanting to buy my van wasn’t just as a hobby . ”

“Of course . Who would try to use an entire 1t for a personal hobby?”

“I’m finally understanding many things . But what’s your reason for telling me all this?”

I was curious about that .

Either way, the things this guy was saying was entirely unknown to civilians .

Many things about hunters were openly available and many things were uncovered throughout the decades .

I did think that there would be things that were kept a secret but to think that they would be carrying out such actions .

An Gyu-bum opened his mouth .

“Well . I know that I receive more the more I give away for guys like you . ”

“The information I can give may be insignificant though . ”

“That would mean my eyes were wrong then . ”

An Gyu-bum said so and pointed at himself with a thumb .

He had quite a talent in making people cringe with cool lines .

“I have a few more things to ask…… . ”

“Whatever you want . ”

“Are the items being sold in the Hunter Market also things made by you guys?”

“I’m unrelated to that side . Just that we have a business partnership . ”

“What kind……?”

“Did you not think that it’s strange that the price of items isn’t dropping much despite items continuously flowing out of the Yellow Sea or dungeons?”

“Well . I thought that the price rebound was slow because they were being exported to other countries . ”

“Items are pretty expensive products . One normally buys it and uses it for a long time . There’s even cases where it’s passed on through generations . It’s impossible for the price to be maintained when it’s constantly being poured out unless they’re buried in the ground or something . ”

“Then where in the world are they being used?”

I suddenly remembered something the moment I said so .

The Exotic Energy needed to maintain Baek Gyeong . The tutorial explained that the raw material was none other than grinded items .

“Items are needed for item creation . Golden powder that glows softly comes out if you grind all the low level items that are pouring out . That is being used in various places such as various industries . The generation efficiency of power plants increases, something like that . ”

“Wasn’t that only possible with Exotic Matter?”

“It’s a matter that was found out recently you see . Everybody is keeping quiet about it . Don’t you think that only the ones who know should profit?”

“Is it really okay to tell me?”

“If you know, well . Do you think that you will be able to do something yourself?”

“That would be impossible . ”

The GE Group was a large company even before the monster wave .

That kind of company actively operates a raid team and even created a laboratory to study the Alpha System while pouring in an astronomical amount of money in it .

There was no way I could possibly replicate the research achievements made in such a place after hearing a few words .

There wouldn’t even be anyone that trusts me even if I went around announcing it .

“Good . I think I told you everything I should have in my opinion . Isn’t there something you should give me as well?”

I nodded my head at An Gyu-bum’s words and opened my mouth .

I was able to obtain more information than I expected . Then I should pass him the information he wants as well .

“Baek Gyeong was made in China . ”

“Are you joking with me? That’s something anyone knows . ”

Well, I expected this much of a reaction .

“99 of them were created until now and it’s said that they are planning on creating 1,000 of them in the from now on . The amount of time they can be active is about a month . It’s said that the laboratory is in Area 88 but I’m not sure where exactly that is . ”

An Gyu-bum’s mouth opened wide at my words .

He stared at me for a while and opened his mouth with a trembling voice .

“I wasn’t looking forward to this but…… To be honest, I was thinking that you would tell me about Baek Gyeong’s strength, technique, way of battle, and weak points . ”

“Is that so?”

This guy, he was simpler than I thought .

An Gyu-bum stood still muttering and then repeatedly nodded his head .

He opened his mouth after he finished thinking .

“Where did you figure out all of this?”

“I don’t think I ever asked you such things?”

“But there’s no way I could trust groundless information . ”

“Don’t trust it if you don’t want to . In the first place, there’s no evidence backing your words as well . ”

“Well, that’s true . ”

An Gyu-bum answered with a shrug .

To be honest, there was no need to lie to each other at this point .

It was difficult to say that we were friendly but it wasn’t like we were sworn enemies either . We weren’t fighting for profit either .

On top of that, it can be concluded that most of the information can be trusted seeing how the Alpha System was mentioned .

“Either way, there’s a single problem if I were to trust your words . ”

“What is it . ”

“Where those guys are trying to use Baek Gyeong . ”

“Seeing how it was brought to New Alaska aren’t they trying to prevent America from advancing to this continent?”

“There might be that reason as well but isn’t 1,000 a bit too much for just that purpose?”

“True . There would be no reason for such numbers unless they’re planning on starting a war . ”

There was no reason for China to start a war unless they were out of their minds . They weren’t poor and they held almost all food production excluding America and Australia after all . They didn’t have anything to envy even with just this you see .

Then what in the world were they trying to do with Baek Gyeong .

If one thought about what China lacked the most then the answer was pretty much decided .

It was none other than the Hunter Market . They lacked excellent hunters despite their overall numbers so China’s status in the highly priced item market is rather low .

It could be a hasty prediction but they might be aiming to item market managed by South Korea .

I also tried clearing dungeons using a monster army as a test .

With power of a mix of level 3 to 8 I was able to earn several billion they would be able to earn a lot more if they used Baek Gyeong .

One might think that 1,000 was a bit too much thinking about how they can only be maintained for a month or so they might be planning on shoving them into dungeons in rotation .

“They might be trying to use them to clear dungeons . It would be possible operate like a factory in high level dungeons if they can mass produce that level of hunters . ”

An Gyu-bum nodded as if he had the same train of thought as me .

“I’m thinking that that’s plenty possible . There would be a limited amount of things that can be done with incomplete Baek Gyeong . ”

China had many hunters . Just that it was a reality that they lacked high level hunters by quite a bit compared to that number .

They are trying to raise high level hunters through policies but ironic situations occured where they would once they became level 10 hunters .

For China that only had a single faction of socialism it was difficult to accept the helplessness of them getting away from national force .

Due to that, they found it necessary to have hunters that could be regulated causing the existence called Baek Gyeong to appear or so it can be interpreted .

“Either way, it sure is amazing . No matter how desperate they were human clones . Isn’t it technology on another level compared to creating items?”

“Nonsense . Baek Gyeong is only an incomplete product . That’s the reason it dies easily or disappears easily despite its ability . Compared to that the items created by our System Research Laboratory is no different from the original items . No, it can be said that they’re better . ”

“Well, that’s so if you think of it like that…… . ”

It couldn’t be helped that human cloning is more impressive .