Chapter 311 (2/2)

[Uh, how can that existence have the power of destruction! M-My jade fire!]

The white flames emanated at the birth of a new existence and the jade flames disappeared like melted snow.

[The divine creature of the sun, ‘Solar Phoenix,’ is roaring!]

Then the world turned white and Solar Phoenix started to fight back.

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At Union headquarters, the planning and strategy department...

Yoo Minseok was watching all of it in real time. It was because Choi Chuntaek was fighting on the battlefield while turning on Arkstagram’s live broadcast. The viewership number was crazy. Based on this, he would soon be able to exceed 100,000 followers.

“Ohhh!”

“Wow, this timing...”

“Soar is evolving.”

The staff and department heads from other departments came here to watch the live broadcast. It was common since the screen of the TV in the planning and strategy room was FHD and the largest in size. In any case, they were cheering for what just happened.

-Kuooh!

The roar of Solar Phoenix rang out through the planning and strategy department. Yoo Minseok watched such a phoenix.The old man’s ‘Solar’ was the sun elemental and was very famous. Just now, Solar combined with the phoenix for a new evolution. The name was ‘Solar Phoenix.’ It became the divine creature of the sun and poured out white flames at the demon king Belphegor.

-Kuock. This is ridiculous...!

On the screen, the demon king Belphegor was gritting his teeth. Belphegor was very flustered. Currently, all of the first team including Yoo Minseok were conducting an investigation on those who were called demon kings. It was because NPCs that Yoo Minseok and the Arkstar development team didn’t know about had become demon kings.

‘Maybe...’

The thought that they might be the signs of disaster that Dr Kang Jaeseong talked about or bugs settled in his heart. For this reason, Yoo Minseok devoted all his energy to pursuing their whereabouts. Only then could they prevent the disaster.

‘In any case, I have to cheer for him now. If the old man defeats all the demon kings then the signs of disaster might go away.’

At this moment, Yoo Minseok felt a small vibration from the phone in his suit pocket. Yoo Minseok pulled out his phone to check it.

[Chairman Lee Geonmyeong has passed away from his long-standing illness.]

“......!”

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An hour ago, at the private villa owned by Lee Geonmyeong...

Lee Geonmyeong felt his life disappearing as his body gradually slowed down. It was due to old age, but something felt a bit different today. It felt like he was squeezing out his last remaining power and melting the remaining candle. He felt very light for some reason. Lee Geonmyeong took it for granted that the clock of life was ticking. He was an old man who lived a long life and suffered from a deadly illness.

‘It is today.’

He finally realized it for himself. This was going to be the day he left the world. He knew it would come one day, but Lee Geonmyeong felt solemn in front of the word ‘death’ that suddenly came. On the other hand, it was very unfair.

‘There were really hard days.’

Lee Geonmyeong grew up with various hardships since childhood and hated the world very much. His life had always been troubled. He was born in a poor house that was going to fall apart, and he didn’t really know that his poor childhood was difficult. He was still too young.

However, this changed when he became a middle school student. He had no food so he had to eat peeled apple skin and rice. His parents were always engaged in marital fights and left the house in turn. His youth was very dark and lonely. The emptiness of the world always embraced him.

After his turbulent school days, Lee Geonmyeong started a small business with the money he had collected from hard labor. It didn’t go very well in the beginning, but he used his fortitude to overcome the difficulties. He endured numerous insults with a weed-like spirit. Until then, Lee Geonmyeong thought that life wasn’t about living, but enduring.

At 28 years old, Lee Geonmyeong finally met his wife. After nearly two years of dating, they got married. His wife was a wise person who sheltered him like a tree. Her name was ‘Han Hyeyeon.’ She was the first woman he loved when he hated everything. Such a wife was everything in the world to Lee Geonmyeong. He didn’t need anything else in the world as long as there was her.

‘Honey...’

Lee Geonmyeong smiled as he looked at the picture of his wife in the photo frame. His fading vitality told him that time was running out. Lee Geonmyeong immediately left the room and met the housekeeper who looked after him. “You have worked hard in the meantime.”

He took several thick 50,000 won bills from his wallet and gave them to her. The housekeeper’s eyes widened and she waved her hand. “T-Thank you for the favor, but...”

“Take it. I want to ask you to do something for me.”

“A favor?”

“Yes. This is the payment.”

The housekeeper received the money with a confused expression. Lee Geonmyeong looked at the housekeeper and said, “It’s nothing much. Just come into my room in 30 minutes.”

The housekeeper felt it was a bit strange, but didn’t have many doubts. It was because Chairman Lee Geonmyeong gave her a pretty large sum of money. This money meant she wouldn’t have to worry about her son’s tuition for the first semester.

Lee Geonmyeong headed back into his room.

“......”

Then he took out a small syringe he had left in the drawer for this moment. It was a new drug that was secretly developed based on the data of Dr Kang Jaeseong during the early days of creating Arkstar. It was a new drug with specific components of nanoparticles that had the effect of strongly activating the brain. Even the brains of those who died were able to be reactivated for a moment.

This reminded Lee Geonmyeong of his illegal experiments. In fact, all of this was intended for his dead wife. It was intended to revive Han Hyeyeon.

“...Um.”

Lee Geonmyeong immediately injected it into his arm. He felt a cool sensation in his blood and laid down in the special capsule in the room. The capsule had the ability to forcibly overwrite a specific NPC’s memory with the user’s memory. It fully embodied Lee Geonmyeong’s ambition to create a virtual afterlife where the dead could live. It was literally beginning a new life.

“...Hrmm.”