Jelly Alien Will Save You! - Chapter 18

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The Jelly Alien Will Save You!

Episode 18

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I explained the vending machine and Cosmic Coins in a clear and organized manner.

Of course, I deliberately didn’t mention that I was trying to buy human skin.

‘What if they think it’s a threat to earthlings?’

You see it in sci-fi movies too, don’t you?

Aliens wearing human skin are always trying to invade Earth, or planning to invade Earth, or had tried to invade Earth.

So there was no need to give them reason to suspect me as ‘an alien who came to conquer Earth.’

Other than that, I told him everything.

I wanted Chae Heon to recognize how useful I was.

Shouldn’t he know about my genius plan to earn coins from the vending machine and use them to unlock new products for our survival?

As for the Cosmic System that made all this possible, he would know more about it since he’s a Hunter. Hunters were beings created under the influence of something called a system.

Perhaps that’s why Chae Heon…

“Your skill is vending machine creation?”

He seemed to accept my power as a skill. In fact, it wasn’t much different except for the name.

“Mmhm.”

I stuffed my mouth full with the well-heated instant rice.

Wow!

Today’s breakfast that Chae Heon prepared was instant rice with rosé cream meatballs.

When eating such greasy food, it’s a shame there’s no kimchi.

Munch munch. Gulp.

“Right now I’m selling water from the vending machine and it’s selling really well.”

I said proudly.

Beyond selling well, it was almost sold out.

To think I’d make this much profit with just bottled water. Was this how Bong Kim Seondal felt?

“But I can’t only sell water, so I’ll be upgrading the menu soon.”

“You can do all sorts of things.”

Though he muttered as if it was ridiculous, his look of interest didn’t disappear.

Of course. In this ruined world, it wouldn’t be easy to not be interested in survival supplies!

Hehe! I felt like my usefulness was being recognized a little, so I laughed through my nose and said,

“Any!way! I can operate a vending machine, but right now there’s only bottled water so it doesn’t help our food situation. So I think we need to farm for a while.”

“Farming? You mean growing those crunchy tomatoes?”

“They were delicious.”

“Only you ate them.”

“They were tasty.”

When I giggled, Chae Heon also seemed to chuckle as if he found it absurd. (For reference, those tomatoes grew back crunchy again, so Chae Heon pulled them out by the roots.)

Just then, the table made a thudding sound. Older Brother had hit the table with his tentacles.

“What’s wrong, Older Brother? Are you hungry? Should I give you more food?”

However, the jellyfish octopus didn’t even glance at me, instead glaring at Chae Heon while climbing onto my lap.

“…”

“…”

A staring contest between Chae Heon and Older Brother continued for a moment.

“…?”

I looked on in confusion and continued what I was saying.

“Anyway, for that reason I need to go boss hunting.”

“Boss hunting? I thought you said you were going to farm.”

Well, you see.

I waved my spoon back and forth.

“To farm, I need seeds, right? But to get those, I have to hunt monsters. Collecting seeds one by one like that is inefficient.”

Going outside to hunt for seeds stitch by stitch just to grow one crop. Just imagining it made me feel like I was aging.

But Chae Heon, who was once called humanity’s strongest, looked at me blankly as if wondering what the problem was.

Frowning deeply, I tapped the table with my spoon.

“I’m small and weak, so it’s hard for me to catch even one monster.”

“That’s true.”

Gah! When I threw a jelly punch, Chae Heon halfheartedly blocked the attack with his palm and asked,

“So what are you planning to do?”

“Well, you see…”

Hehehe. I laughed wickedly while stroking my soft chin.

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In busy modern society, people can’t spend much energy even on brief entertainment.

Therefore, when playing games, everyone naturally thinks this:

‘How nice would it be if someone hunted for me!’

In response, game companies created a function where characters automatically hunt just by keeping the game on.

That’s ‘auto-hunting.’

It was the same in 【Cute Cute! Planet Mon!】.

If you summon a special Planet Mon called an ‘Auto Doll,’ it hunts for you instead.

In other words, with just an Auto Doll, it would catch monsters on its own, and I could just sit and purify them regularly!

The problem is ‘how to tame an Auto Doll’…

I opened my survival handbook and spread out the map.

Rustle-

After learning that what looked like restaurant tags were actually boss markers, I thoroughly examined the bosses in the area.

And I discovered something important – the bosses from the original game also exist in this Contaminated Area!

The game really had become reality, and my heart pounded with the realization.

I fixed my gaze on a familiar icon.

‘I need to go this way.’

When I pressed the familiar teddy bear face shape, a flag was planted. Then a route showing how to get there from my current location appeared.

Alien technology really is amazing. Being an alien seems doable with this.

“Well then Chae Heon, I’ll go farm lots of delicious things! Take good care of the house!”

In front of the blue gate.

Having finished breakfast cleanly, I waved with Older Brother in one hand and my phone in the other.

Chae Heon, who had followed me to stand in front of the gate, stared at me intently.

“…”

He looked like he had a lot to say.

Why, what, why.

Chae Heon frowned once as if something bothered him, then opened his mouth.

“Why this time…”

“Hm?”

“…Never mind.”

While saying that, he muttered small words like ‘No, why…’ or ‘alone…’

“If you have something to say, say it.”

Finally frustrated, I urged Chae Heon first.

“…”

Chae Heon opened and closed his mouth several times, then added with a sigh,

“In the Contaminated Zone, unexpected things often happen due to spatial distortions and contaminated mutants. Usually they’re called ‘anomalous phenomena’…”

“Anomalous phenomena?”

“Yeah. Think of it as dungeons like Yupark scattered everywhere.”

“What?! Then what should I do?”

“That’s why you shouldn’t go alo…!”

Chae Heon, who was about to burst out angrily, bit his lip and turned his head away sharply.

I said with a big question mark floating above my head.

“But short distances should be fine, right? Nothing happened when I went to Yupark with you either.”

“….”

After a brief silence at my words, Chae Heon spoke bluntly.

“In the Contaminated Area, the stronger you are, the more bound you are by rules. So as long as you follow the rules, they won’t attack randomly.”

“Oho-“

As I nodded my head vigorously, Chae Heon tightly tied the rope around my waist. My waist rope was connected to the spaceship.

The spaceship, which had the function of preventing attacks when you went inside, was essential when venturing into the Contaminated Area.

Smack!

Just then, Older Brother slapped Chae Heon’s hand with his tentacle as he was tying my waist rope.

“Whoa whoa. Older Brother, stop it.”

It seems like Older Brother doesn’t like Chae Heon.

Well, if they spend time together, Older Brother will probably realize that Chae Heon isn’t such a bad kid.

I patted Older Brother’s bald head and set off on the road.

Bounce bounce bounce.

Drag drag drag….

The spaceship was dragged along behind me.

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