Murim Login - Chapter 389

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Chapter 389
It was a day when the bitter cold had finally loosened its grip.
Test-takers, at last liberated from the college entrance exam, busied themselves preparing for retakes or indulging in leisure, while office workers boarded public transportation with dark circles etched beneath their eyes.
And so, within the ordinary peace of an unremarkable day, an unexpected bombshell fell upon the world.
[BREAKING NEWS – UN Security Council Major Announcement]
The roughly thirty-minute video began with a single statement from Chairman Xiao Yang, whose heavy gaze fixed upon the camera.
「As the ninth President of the People’s Republic of China and a member of the UN Security Council, I stand before you today to address the massive monster wave that has erupted in Sichuan Province.」
It was a bombshell that seized the world’s attention and shook all of Asia to its core.
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One day, two days, three days. Even after four days had passed, the crisis showed no signs of abating.
While countless incidents had occurred since the Great Cataclysm, the monster wave unfolding in Sichuan Province was unprecedented in scale.
Chinese President Xiao Yang declared official martial law, and with UN Security Council approval, peacekeeping forces were deployed to the front lines.
The entire world’s attention was fixed upon the situation.
Among them, the nations of Asia adjacent to China were particularly on edge.
South Korea was no exception. Even today, the Hunter Issues section of the nation’s largest forum site was bubbling like a cauldron over hot coals.
Let me summarize the situation up to this point.
Among you, there’s no one who hasn’t seen the Security Council’s major announcement video, right? If there is, I’ll have to drag them out. This is a genuine emergency. Even that northern leader has probably already watched it on YouTube and is lurking on this board too.
Anyway, there are so many bugs asking me to summarize even matters concerning their own lives that I’m writing this after holding back for a while.
1. A massive wave of unknown origin occurred in Sichuan Province. Current estimated casualties alone are at least 300,000.
Of course, that was a week ago, and now it’s incomparable. Statistics are essentially impossible at this point.
2. The Chinese government mobilized, but the scale was far worse than anticipated.
Centered around a creature called the Arch Lich, tens of thousands of monsters have converged into a unified army.
The People’s Liberation Army and Air Force got decimated, and over 2,000 Public Security Armed Forces Hunters have gone missing (communications cut off due to magical interference, satellite surveillance neutralized, so survival status cannot be confirmed).
3. The Chinese government secretly contacted several nations and hired some S-rank Hunters to suppress the crisis quickly. Two days ago, UN peacekeeping forces were also deployed to the front lines and are currently fighting hard.
Battle updates are being released by the Security Council, so if you’re interested, check there.
(Link attached.)
Everything below is my personal opinion, so you don’t have to read it.
4. Those with their heads on straight will understand—this is no ordinary crisis. Especially mainland China is a living hell.
With all available Hunters being pulled to the front lines, oversight of other Gates has become lax, and magic level readings are unstable. Hyperinflation is occurring across all sectors.
What’s truly terrifying is this: if the front lines collapse and the monster army advances beyond Sichuan… well, I’ll leave the rest to your imagination.
5. So everyone, go to the mart and stock up on emergency rations before things go south. Of course, I’m not telling you to hoard and profit illegally.
6. It felt incomplete to end here, so I’m adding some national pride.
Apparently our greatest S-rank Hunter and Jung Dragon of the Ares Guild are active on the front lines. Keep supporting them as you have been.
That’s really it.
Within hours of being posted, the thread surpassed 100,000 views and erupted with comments from netizens closely monitoring the current situation.
(Best Comment)
The situation is serious as the post says, but the author is also laying it on pretty thick lol. S-rank hunters and 100,000 regular hunters participated—what’s there to worry about? And what, the military is just sitting around doing nothing?
└ They’re in maintenance depots doing nothing right now.
└ …?
└ Didn’t you see the news? All of China’s military equipment broke down this time, exposing the largest military procurement corruption scandal. They say it’s on the scale of tens of trillions of won. Multiple divisions are stuck without resources.
└ Huh, I feel like I’ve heard this story somewhere before.
└ Please, for the love of god, change out these canteens. You bastards. I discharged last year, so why does my water still taste like Normandy? One sip and I can’t tell if my name is Kim Chul-soo or James.
└ Corporal Kim. Tonight’s dinner is steamed pollock fillet.
└ Not eating that shit.
└ Anyway, equipment failures tying down the military is a problem, but they’ve got manpower to spare, so it’s fine. Ultimately, it’s the Hunters who can actually deal real damage to monsters. But honestly, there’s a bigger issue than that.
└ What is it?
└ Monster count broke 100,000.
└ ??
└ ?????
└ What do you mean 100,000? Stop spouting bullshit.
└ It’s not bullshit—it’s official from the UN Security Council. Follow the link in the post and check. It dropped five minutes ago.
└ Wow… fuck.
└ Looking at the replies above, it seems real lol
└ No, it’s all in English so I don’t know what they’re saying. Running it through Google Translate right now.
└ Is this guy insane?
└ But seriously, if monsters really broke 100,000, isn’t that a disaster? The largest monster wave we’ve seen so far never exceeded a thousand;
└ Of course this wave wasn’t this scale initially. But the problem is there’s an Arch Lich over there. Just a regular Lich appearing would be a major incident, but that one is a top-tier named monster unknown to academia. Honestly, most of the monsters we’re fighting now are undead resurrected by the Arch Lich.
└ Arch Lich: “Kaio-ken times 100.”
└ Then wouldn’t killing just the Arch Lich solve it? If most monsters are undead, wouldn’t it end once you kill the controller?
└ ???????
└ How the hell is anyone supposed to kill the Arch Lich, you dumbass? You’re just a keyboard warrior throwing around aura blades with nothing but your mouth.
A heated back-and-forth ensued.
Among those commenting, some watched from a distance like it was someone else’s problem, while others took the situation seriously.
Even as doomsday predictions and optimism dominated the discourse, new updates kept flooding in.
(Top Comment)
UN Security Council official: Eastern-Western Front breached an hour ago. Fortunately, Faye Chen came as reinforcement and prevented the damage from spreading.
└ Seriously though.
└ Isn’t the Eastern-Western Front where Wu Hei-xing is?
└ Yeah. That Chinese drug dealer.
└ But why did it break through? He’s an S-rank Hunter.
└ Because he’s a Chinese-made S-rank Hunter.
└ Ah….
└ If Faye Chen hadn’t been there, it would’ve been a real disaster. I guess that’s because Faye Chen is a well-made Hunter from the Great Cataclysm.
└ Faye Chen’s parents are Hong Kong nationals, so she’s Hong Kong-made.
└ Does the commenter above work in quality control? That was impressively clear.
└ While we’re at it, any news on Korean Hunters?
└ Jung Dragon is holding the Northern Front and has the advantage, and I heard Shit-left won a couple times on the Western Front, but no news since then so probably maintaining status quo.
└ Hmm… I’m not worried about Lee Jung-yong’s skills since everyone knows them, but I wonder if Shit-left is okay. He’s still only A-rank.
└ Haha, what??
Hahahahahahahaha
└ There are still naive people treating Siwol as an A-rank. As a current A-rank Hunter, I can only laugh. Jin Tae-kyung is just a monster lol
Yo yo yo!! Right now Ananburi is announcing the Western Front situation!
└ Oh, it’s been a while since we heard from Siwol.
└ Sounds pretty urgent. Western Front? What are they saying?
└ They say it’s been breached?
└ Huh?
└ Huh?
└ What are you talking about? Did Siwol actually die…?
└ Wait. What’s this about? Guys, I’m going to check again. It’s on the main page, so go see it yourselves.
└ Ah. This suddenly got intense; I’m logging in right now.
└ ㄱㄱㄱㄱㄱ
The netizens who had been enthusiastically writing comments hurriedly accessed the UN Security Council homepage.
Due to excessive traffic from the sudden surge of visitors, they waited through the overload. Finally, seeing the announcement materials displayed on the main screen, they could only doubt their own eyes and ears.
“…What is that.”
A map marking the standoff situation with the monster army. In that elliptical formation of the front lines, the Western Front was depicted as if an awl had been driven deep into it.
…I just checked. It really has been breached.
└ Jin Tae-kyung dead? How much damage?
└ No, it’s the monsters that got breached.
└ ??
└ ???
└ The breakthrough happened so fast the updates couldn’t keep up.
└ …Does that even make sense?
└ Shut your mouth and close the shutters. Today is the death anniversary of the main character….
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The battlefield where fierce combat would soon unfold was chaotic. An endless wasteland stretched out. Countless monsters filled my vision.
A wind blowing from somewhere carried the thick killing intent and stench these creatures emitted.
“Damn it. They’ve gathered in quite the numbers.”
Choi Team Leader, standing beside me, answered my muttering.
“No matter how many we kill, there’s no end to them.”
It had been four days since we were deployed to the Western Front and the full-scale combat began. The always-immaculate appearance Choi Team Leader once had was nowhere to be found.
Covered in blood and dust, he regarded me with calm yet deeply sunken eyes.
“When shall we begin?”
“Well, we should hear the opinion of our little commander. Don’t you think?”
That last question wasn’t directed at Choi Team Leader.
The twenty-one-year-old ‘little commander’ who had been constantly at my side answered. Shao Shen.
「I will follow your orders, Jin!」
A laugh escaped me at the sparkle in his eyes.
“Still with that ‘teacher’ business. You’re the one who told me to speak casually with you. Why don’t you just call me Elder Brother instead.”
「Really? Is that okay?」
“I said it’s fine if you’re comfortable with it. But can you do this in front of your subordinates? Weren’t you just promoted to commander?”
Shao Shen shook his head with lightning-fast reflexes.
「N-no problem at all! Y-yes, y-yes, Elder Brother!」
I couldn’t fathom why he stammered so badly in everyday conversation when he displayed such unnerving composure during combat.
I gazed upon the Hunters of the Public Security Armed Forces lined up behind us. Nearly a thousand strong.
Their eyes burned with fervent admiration and wonder as they beheld strength incarnate.
Of course, Shao Shen stood apart from all of them.
「P-please give us your orders, Elder Brother.」
“Orders, then.”
I suddenly lifted my gaze to the heavens.
An eagle with massive wings spread wide circled above our heads. Today felt good as well.
“Follow me. Just as you have until now.”
「…!」
“Right now.”
I stepped forward as I spoke.
Crack.
The ground fractured like a spider’s web and caved inward beneath the ten-thousand-jin force concentrated in my feet.
And in the next instant.
Boom!
With a deafening roar that made my ears ring, I shot forward as a streak of light.
‘Inferno Path.’
The wind carrying cold transformed into scorching heat as it surged forward.
As earth, wind, and landscape blurred past in rapid succession, a tremendous roar erupted from behind me.
「Charge! Charge forward!」
「Descendants of the Middle Kingdom! People of the nation! Sweep them all away!」
「Waaaaaah!」
Boom boom boom boom!
Roaaaaaah!
The cries of humanity and the shrieks of monsters echoed across heaven and earth. A tremendous vibration shook the very foundation of the world.
Within the chaos that erupted, I swung the White Flame gripped in my hand with devastating force.
Crash!
The supreme yang force erupting from the spear’s edge severed everything that stood in its way.

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