I Am the Only Non-Returner

41 – Neighbors disappearing one by one

Other than Go Ok-ja and Su-ji, who were on the same team as Ahn Eun-hye, others could not hide their surprise as if it was their first time hearing this information.

In particular, Eunchae’s expression brightened noticeably.

I’m sure if there was something like a trait exchange voucher, Eunchae’s worries would be greatly eased.

The problem is that the store list appears randomly. Considering that there were people who said they were seeing the trait purchase ticket that appeared when I was alone in the shelter for the first time…

Until something like that pops up, I’ll just have to assume it doesn’t exist and proceed.

“But how much was the price?”

“I didn’t look at the price information. It appeared before I came here, so I was thinking about something else… Sorry.”

This… The price is important… Even if it was an urgent situation, why don’t you look at it? If it were me, I would have checked right away because I was very curious.

Hmm… It’s probably extremely expensive, right? However, if you have a trait with a high level and limited use like me, it might be worth the investment. It won’t cost you tens of millions of points, right?

Anyway, it was surprising that there was still information that our team didn’t know about. So, everyone gathered together and took the time to record all the information that came to mind.

Of course, I had nothing to write down, so I was just sipping coffee. hahahaha! The setting of dying quickly is convenient.

Among the collected information, interesting things such as concrete engineering, property enhancement rights, and moat installation rights stood out.

“This would be really nice.”

“When you first install it, it’s meaningless because it’s like a very narrow ditch, but it gets wider as you upgrade, so if it pops up, I definitely recommend purchasing it.”

Even if Byeong-cheon Yoon did not recommend it, it was a useful feature.

First of all, it will be able to prevent monsters from attaching to the shelter, so it would be very good for countering melee attacks. I hope it pops up.

“Concrete Engineering What is this?”

“I couldn’t see the price information or any other explanation. They said it wasn’t at the required level.”

Aha… That’s right, I heard that Hong Seol was at the shelter before he came to us, so this gives me a feeling… Well, I’m receiving support thanks to playing in the field, but if defense is only possible at the shelter, it’s best not to go there. . The support is a bit disappointing, but I don’t know how long it will last.

＜00:17:44＞

There are still 17 minutes left until the stage ends.

Should I slowly climb up to the rooftop?

I took my smartphone and headed to the rooftop.

“Ah! I was going to come down because you didn’t come up…”

As I was going up to the rooftop, I ran into Ha-eun’s mother. Ha-eun’s mother and Ha-eun were holding bugs one by one. They came up to the rooftop together, put them in my arms, and then they went downstairs.

Procrastination-

-13P

-11P

Hmm – the red caterpillar certainly seemed to grow a bit faster. The color of its body was gradually turning light pink, and its wings seemed to have grown as big as its eye sockets.

What are their abilities? I think it would be good if both of them were attacking types.

I think it would be very convenient if you just blow them all up as soon as you start the game with the singer’s characteristics and caterpillar attacks and finish with a sphere.

After an unexpected mission, a few screws fell out of my head, so I got excited and started running wild during the battle, but basically, I’m a safety-oriented person.

You don’t have to fight directly, but there is no need to fight outside.

I stroked the caterpillars and looked around the surrounding shelters.

“Still, many people survived… In fact, even including the unexpected mission, the casualties were around 1.2 Billion…”

This means that close to 80% of the world’s population is still alive, so it’s only natural that there are many shelters.

Looking at the shelter ahead, which had issued a suicide order in the previous stage, it was struggling again this time.

Wheee!

The turtle scorpion monster’s shells were pounding the shelter, but few people were visible on the rooftop.

“Aha… After using up all of the sphere synchronization, everyone rushed out to the field…”

It was an extreme choice, but in some ways it could have been the right answer. Anyway, once you kill the turtle scorpion, you can just kill the rest as you have done so far.

“It’s really amazing to wear that crude equipment.”

People wearing equipment that seems to have a crude description attached to the item and working hard to kill the turtle scorpion and the surrounding monsters.

But…

“You’ve been slowed down again? How many times does that wizard use it in one stage?”

Lulubee’s Whisper can only be used once per turn, but that wizard zombie seemed to be able to use it about 3 times.

Of course, there seemed to be some cooldown time.

In the end, I walked to a place where I could clearly see the shelter, leaned forward as much as I could, and watched the battle.

“It’s true that you can use it up to three times, the cooldown is about 3 minutes. Hmm – the range is only about one or two people… But it’s a scam, right?”

Five or six people had already fallen at the same time and were staggering. The monsters didn’t even hit the people who were caught in sleep, but when they were released, they attacked again.

“You know that if you hit me, the sleep will go away. f*ck… The more you go, the bigger it gets.”

I wondered if the person who made it to stage 51 on the first try of this level of difficulty was a human being.

“Isn’t it possible that there are god-level characteristics on top of the unique characteristics? Otherwise, how did you beat stage 50…?”

I shook my head and watched the battlefield coming to an end.

＜00:06:11＞

“It’s tough, try your best!”

I wonder if this is what it feels like to be a person watching a fire across the river. It felt like I was vividly watching an interesting movie.

“Oh no… The guys gathered around the shelter are climbing up to the rooftop…”

Monsters formed a tower and attacked the shelter. The concrete firepower cannot handle the incoming monsters. The guys on the rooftop started hitting the shelter like crazy. Even if the people on the rooftop tried to stop them, there were too many of them.

In the meantime, the shelter was hit by another shell.

“The monsters’ intelligence has definitely increased, but they couldn’t do anything like that by climbing on the monster’s back…”

The blue light of the shelter is fading and the time limit is decreasing.

People rushing towards the shelter and an attack by an unknown man who desperately delivers the final blow to the turtle scorpion.

······!

When I turned my head to the sound of shouting coming from somewhere, not only me, but also several people on the roof of another shelter were watching.

“Go quickly! First of all, those stuck in the shelter!”

The man and people who appeared to be the ace of the team, who defeated the turtle monster and hurriedly moved towards the shelter, began to kill the last remnants, and the end was in sight.

“Oooh! I’m alive-“

Beepeees

When only a few regular zombies remained and were pounding down the shelter, a loud signal rang out.

Rule, line, line- Warrr-

For a moment, the border of the shelter liquefied and began to flow, and at some point, it collapsed to the floor like Legos.

＜00:01:05＞

There was clearly time left. If so, it means that the durability of the shelter has run out.

“Ah…”

It collapsed by a very narrow margin.

My heart sank at the sight of the shelter collapsing, something I had never seen before on my way to stage 16, and I could only stare blankly at the scene.

And as the shelter collapsed, all the equipment and clothes on people’s bodies turned to ashes and flew away, leaving them naked.

······Ah!···Keuhi······Keuhahahaha!

Horrible screams of pain that can occasionally be heard from far away.

People struggling and scratching their entire bodies like crazy.

Soon, the people’s bodies melted like candle wax, and at some point they turned into gray water droplets and soared into the sky.

“Ha…”

Along with the disappeared people, the few remaining zombies also disappeared, leaving only the now empty border of the shelter as a trace of something having been there.

“·········”

What can I say?

Is it really a coincidence that I haven’t seen the shelter disappear until now, or is it because I was forced to look away?

The fact is that if the shelter breaks, everyone dies.

It screams in pain until the moment it dies, then turns into liquid and disappears somewhere.

I felt like a sense of crisis that I had forgotten for a while was rising to the surface again.

“We must become overwhelmingly strong. If we remain indifferent, we might end up like that at some point…”

At that time.

······ A b*tch…

I know it’s true that the death toll increases significantly every time a new monster appears, but the host’s reaction is so annoying.

As soon as I saw the shelter was destroyed and heard the host’s playful comment, I felt disgusted.

“If I last just two days, I’ll reach stage 21…”

Brurrr-

Lingling: Leisure today too! ^^ After all, there are a few people with the unlock attribute, so it’s easy hehehehe. Has your team ever received sponsorship? Today I found out for the first time that such a thing exists! Isn’t it amazing? There are unidentified spectators watching us from somewhere, and they even give us points! Today, I received 5000P as a donation from a spectator who saw my characteristics and recalled memories from a long time ago! Perhaps because of that, I feel like people’s loyalty to me has increased a little more! If I played a more dominant role in battle, wouldn’t the factional fights decrease a bit? hehehe, I think I can sleep well today!

Hmm-? Lingling finally received support, but isn’t it too salty that it’s only 5000P? No, even 5000P is something to be grateful for, but compared to 147 sponsors…

I suddenly felt grateful to 147 and 333 who sponsored me.

-14P

-12P

I came back down to the shelter hall and rested my chin on the table, looking at the couples who were in the middle of preparing dinner.

“Captain!”

“Huh? Why Euncheol~?”

When Ha-eun or Eun-cheol talk to each other, their tone of voice changes strangely.

“There are two boss monsters from stages 18 to 15, and I want to apply a trait to one of them.”

Kahi will give me one of them, and I was planning to do something with the other one on my own, but it’s Euncheol…

Definitely, if Euncheol confuses the turtle and the monsters positioned above, the battle will be much easier.

“Are you worried that you won’t get the trait?”

“I heard from Aksh*ta that boss monsters are resistant to debuff magic. I wanted to test whether mine is the same.”

At stage 15, I tried to provide minimal resistance to Aksh*ta’s characteristics, but of course I failed. Euncheol’s opinion is completely acceptable.

“Okay, then put on some armor.”

“Oh! Are you buying me armor too?”

“I’m thinking of buying Suzy, too. Since I’ve made quite a bit of money, I should gradually adjust my equipment to it. Instead, the moment I apply the debuff, I’m going to go straight into a sprint with Suzy, right?”

“Yes! Captain! I’ll keep that in mind!”

I patted Euncheol’s head as he clumsily saluted with his eyes closed.

‘Euncheol needs to be taken care of well. At this age, he is in a hero mentality and I don’t know what kind of unexpected behavior he will do.

I wasn’t worried about Hong Seol, who was good at hit-and-run, but I was worried about people who sometimes went out of the shelter.