The Chairman of Pharmaceutical Company is a Poison King - Chapter 138
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Chapter 138: Heaven and Earth Transformation
Day 9 of departure.
The TJ ship leisurely crossing the Pacific Ocean.
They were almost there now.
Tomorrow they would be able to enter the Port of New LA.
The captain of the TJ ship was Jang Dong-jo, a former naval commander.
Although he was responsible for a container ship much larger than any vessel he had commanded in the past, he had undergone retraining and had existing navigation expertise, so there was no shortage in carrying out his duties.
Jang Dong-jo, who had been the captain of the Aegis destroyer New Seoul 50 years ago.
He had harbored grand hopes of sailing the oceans as part of the Samhan Empire’s navy, but was frustrated by the rampage of marine monsters.
After that, he changed his assignment to the army to hunt monsters, and after discharge joined civilian guilds to make money, but he had always lived with dreams of the blue sea.
Then came the proposal.
Chairman Kim Tae-ju of Taehong Bio wanted to cross the Pacific Ocean.
How could he resist?
He applied immediately.
So what if he died?
He had lived long enough.
He wouldn’t mind meeting his end at sea.
Rather, he would regret dying on land.
But his choice had been a stroke of genius.
His name would remain as the captain of the container ship that crossed the Pacific Ocean for the first time in 50 years.
Though he was over 90 years old, he was a former Superior-grade Awakened, and moreover, Chairman Kim Tae-ju had personally bestowed an elixir upon him, elevating him to Master rank in one go.
So he was more vigorous than the young crew members.
“I still can’t believe it. How about you? Lieutenant Do Min-su, or rather, apprentice navigator.”
“Well, I’ve been watching him from the side for a long time… But honestly, I never expected it would be like this.”
“What did you expect it would be like?”
“I thought he would dive directly into the sea and hunt elite marine monsters.”
“Hehe, even then it would have been just as unbelievable.”
In any case, the voyage was safe.
Marine monsters were nowhere to be seen.
“How’s the monster detector?”
“All clear. Except for schools of fish that appear to be regular fish…”
A monster detector modified from a fish finder.
Occasionally large monsters from deep in the sea were detected, but they quickly disappeared.
“Good grief, a container ship that monsters avoid.”
“The Pacific crossing is as good as successful already.”
This was all thanks to Chairman Kim Tae-ju.
They could see him from the wheelhouse too.
His figure standing on the containers, gazing at the distant sea.
Suddenly!
“Huh!”
“Huh?”
Jang Dong-jo and Do Min-su were startled.
“Where did he go?”
“…It looks like he jumped into the sea?”
“S-surely it wasn’t an accident?”
“No way, that can’t be… Did he go for a swim?”
* * *
Tae-ju had jumped into the sea.
And riding Manribibeom, he moved far away from the container ship.
Marine monsters.
Was it really impossible to raid underwater?
Especially elite marine monsters.
Before, he had left them alone while experimenting with black steel, but now he had plenty of time.
He should try hunting one as an experiment.
After flying for a while, he felt an unusual presence from beneath the water.
Splash!
Going down under the sea.
Danggumak before his ascension had not learned water techniques.
What need was there to enter water?
So Tae-ju was inevitably limited underwater.
‘Moving my body is definitely difficult.’
Would hidden weapon techniques work?
Moving his limbs to dive toward where he felt the presence, he saw a marine monster.
It was indeed an elite.
An elite hundred-tentacle jellyfish, relatively slow in speed.
‘If it’s a jellyfish, it might have poison.’
Let’s catch it.
Swoosh! Swooosh! Swish!
Willow Leaf Flying Daggers cutting through the water currents, leaving white foam as they shot forward.
Wobble wobble.
The elite hundred-tentacle jellyfish, sensing the threat, fluttered trying to escape, but.
Crack, clang!
Its qi protective barrier shattered.
Thud thud thud! Thud thud! Thud thud!
The Willow Leaf Flying Daggers embedded like harpoons.
Shudder.
The elite hundred-tentacle jellyfish trembled and sank to the ocean floor.
‘So it does work.’
But he wasn’t satisfied.
Due to water resistance, the speed of his hidden weapons was slow.
It lacked the satisfying feeling of cutting through air, leaving afterimages and flying like light beams with a sharp whoosh.
Tae-ju swam toward the sinking jellyfish.
Unable to use lightness techniques, his movements were uncomfortable.
If he had learned water techniques, it would have been better than this.
The poison was in the jellyfish’s tentacles.
He cut off the tentacles with his sword and put them in Infinite Space.
Also the elite mana crystal.
‘Should I try hunting other elite monsters?’
Splash!
Tae-ju emerged from the water again.
Once more riding Manribibeom in flight.
Rising high into the sky and looking down below.
“Oh!”
It was a giant dolphin monster.
He remembered seeing it in the sea when experimenting with black steel.
As big as a decent boat, but very fast.
‘Was it a spear-head ramming dolphin?’
But that one was an elite monster.
Much larger than ordinary dolphins.
Splash!
Diving into the sea.
In an instant!
“Kweeeek!”
Something that spotted Tae-ju and charged at him menacingly while emitting high-pitched ultrasonic waves.
Swish!
Hidden weapons appeared in Tae-ju’s hands.
Swoosh! Swish swish swish swoosh!
As soon as they emerged from the infinite space, they were coated with strong energy and fired.
However.
‘Hmm.’
Whoosh! Whoosh!
The dolphin dodged the Willow Leaf Flying Daggers with incredible speed and agile movements.
‘Hah.’
Dolphins in water were incredibly fast.
Tae-ju’s hidden weapons were also quite fast, but to dodge them all.
‘Is it because of the ultrasonic waves?’
The unique ability of dolphin magical beasts – mana ultrasonic waves.
It seemed to shoot those to predict the path of the hidden weapons in advance.
The ocean environment was an advantage for dolphins.
But for Tae-ju, it was a weakness.
Having no choice, he stuck his head out of the water.
Splash!
He took out Manribibeom and climbed on top of it.
Whoosh!
The elite pointed-head ramming dolphin shot up above the water surface and rushed at Tae-ju.
“You’re in trouble now.”
Whizz! Whizz whizz whizz whizz!
Crack! Thud thud thud thud thud!
“Kieeeek!”
Hidden weapons that instantly pierced through even the strong energy barrier and flew through the streamlined body.
Hundreds of holes were drilled into the dolphin magical beast’s body.
When it jumped up it was fine, but by the time it fell down it was already dead.
‘Outside water, it’s a piece of cake.’
The experiment was over.
It was tougher than expected.
‘Raiding won’t work.’
Of course, there were easy ones too.
Let’s be satisfied with passing through safely without any trouble.
Before returning to the ship, he’d extract the elite mana crystal and take it.
* * *
Day 10 of departure.
Container ship TJ sailed through the waves.
They had almost arrived.
Land visible in the distance.
And in the sky.
Thud-thud-thud-thud-thud-thud.
Whirr! Whirrrrr!
Broadcasting helicopters and drones filling the sky.
It was chaos.
– This is a historic moment. Pacific crossing successful. Right now, the super-large container ship TJ is entering Port of New LA.
– We can see the crew members on deck. Are they as moved as we are? These people are true heroes.
– We were foolish. The whole world anticipated failure, some shook their heads, others mocked and ridiculed, but once again Chairman Kim Tae-ju has triumphantly proven them wrong.
TJ entered the loading dock.
In an instant!
Boom boom boom boom! Bang bang bang! Bang bang bang!
As if prepared in advance, celebratory cannons were fired from dozens of cannons positioned at the port.
At the same time, the military band began playing.
When the gangway stairs were attached to the ship.
Tae-ju and the crew members slowly descended to land.
A long red carpet was laid out.
President Billy Pittman came out to greet them personally.
“Congratulations, Mister Kim!”
“Thank you.”
“Rather, I should be more grateful. The American Republic has become the protagonist of sea route restoration.”
“Hahaha, is that so?”
Another world-changing event.
The world was turned upside down.
And inevitably, Tae-ju was at the center of it.
* * *
The long-awaited opening of Seongyeworld.
It was modeled after the most popular amusement park in the Samhan Empire.
At the center of the world was a multiplex, with roads extending in all directions, and various attractions built on both sides of the paths.
A medium-sized crystal power plant was built nearby, so energy was sufficient.
Simple charging stations were also built throughout.
For small electric cars that Cheonin children would ride.
But Cheonin weren’t just children, were they?
Cheonin of all ages, men and women of various age groups, also visited Seongyeworld.
And Immortals, Seonja from Palace of Peach Blossoms, administrators from Hwangcheon-gye and Cheon-gye, celestial maidens, heavenly soldiers and Sinjang… all beings from the upper realms were invited to the opening ceremony.
Bang bang! Boom boom bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!
The opening ceremony began with fireworks.
Setting off firecrackers was something Immortals had experienced plenty in the human world.
It was one of the common activities during festivals.
But these were fireworks imported from Earth.
They burst brilliantly in the sky that Immortals with wind and rain abilities had temporarily darkened.
At the same time, exciting and cheerful music flowed from large speakers.
A land of fantasy and adventure, a joyful festival.
Seongyeworld where happiness lived and breathed.
It was noisy and boisterous.
How could anyone possibly sleep in this situation?
One Immortal opened their eyes at the loud noise.
Deep within the Immortal Realm, in a secret dwelling, an Immortal who had been sleeping for years and therefore knew nothing about what was happening in the Immortal Realm.
“Mmph,”
Stretching with a haggard expression.
“What’s that noise? Firecrackers…? What fireworks in the Immortal Realm? So noisy.”
The Immortal’s name was Ha Seon-go.
Her original immortal name was Ha Seon, one of the oldest Immortals in the Immortal Realm excluding Taesang Nogoon, forming a pair with Swordsman.
With the character ‘go’ meaning woman added to her immortal name, she was called Ha Seon-go, also known as the Second Lady Seonin.
The Immortal Realm was a boring world.
So Immortals had their own ways of overcoming boredom.
In Ha Seon-go’s case, it was sleep.
She had been sleeping for three years.
It was much better than rolling around in the Immortal Realm.
But she was awakened by sounds coming from outside.
“What kind of trouble are those crazy bastards causing now?”
They were fellow immortals, but unpredictable troublemakers.
Reckless headaches who caused accidents whenever they got the chance.
But she understood them too.
No matter how much enlightenment one gained to ascend, living in such a boring and suffocating world wasn’t easy.
‘…Should I go take a look?’
Since she was awake anyway, she’d see some faces and then go back to sleep.
Thus, Ha Seon-go left her dwelling for the first time in three years.
With disheveled hair, worn-out robes full of holes and faded colors, a face dripping with grime – anyone would mistake her for a beggar.
From far away, fireworks and melodies she’d never heard before were flowing out.
Shuffling toward that direction, Ha Seon-go walked barefoot without even putting on shoes.
‘Hmm…’
The closer she got, the louder the sounds became.
And giggling laughter too.
‘Giggling? Immortals wouldn’t laugh like that.’
The scene that suddenly came into view.
A tall wooden building visible in the distance.
Strange structures spread around it.
“What the hell is that…”
Swoosh!
Ha Seon-go used her teleportation technique to rush there in an instant.
“Ah…”
Where exactly was this place?
Was this really the Immortal Realm?
‘Am I still half asleep?’
Otherwise, this situation made no sense at all.
Everything was a sight she’d never seen before.
The term “heaven and earth turned upside down” wouldn’t be an exaggeration.
If not for the familiar immortals grinning and wandering around, she would have thought she’d come to another world.
‘That bastard is the drunkard Taebaek, isn’t it? But what are those clothes?’
Was it just the immortals?
The place was full of celestial beings that were hard to see even in the Immortal Realm.
Everyone was smiling happily with bright expressions.
Ha Seon-go looked around with a dazed expression.
On the right, she could see a long object made in the shape of a dragon.
‘Azure Dragon? Is it modeled after the Dragon King of the East Sea?’
Why a Dragon King in the Immortal Realm?
What were they doing making a model of that lowly worm creature?
Looking closely, it had wheels attached.
Celestial beings, immortals, and what appeared to be messengers from the underworld were sitting in a line.
‘They’re riding it.’
Well, what else would that dragon brat be good for besides being a ride?
The Azure Dragon model twisted and turned along a winding path, even spinning around in a full circle.
Cheers erupted each time it happened.
“Kyaak!”
“Uaaaah…”
“This is great!”
On the left, something like a large ship was suspended from pillar supports.
People were riding inside the ship as well.
Like a swing, it went forward and backward.
“Hooray!”
“Oh my!”
“Wait! St-stop! The, the Viking safety bar is lifting!”
“Stop it! Stop it, please! I’m begging you…”
“Why is an immortal so scared?”
“He sealed his immortal energy.”
That ship was called a Viking?
Over there were wooden horses made of wood.
Placed on a large disc, they moved up and down automatically while spinning round and round.
One immortal riding on each wooden horse.
Black robes that clung to him from top to bottom, short-cut hair and beard.
‘…Taesang Nogoon?’
That’s right.
Taesang Nogoon was riding the spinning wooden horse, laughing heartily.
‘What? That old man looks unnecessarily cheerful?’
Stone paths were also laid on the ground.
Celestial beings coming and going on strange wheeled vehicles.
‘When did they lay these smooth stone paths?’
The stone paths extended in all directions.
Suddenly!
A woman wearing incredibly gorgeous and beautiful clothes was walking from up ahead.
‘Huh?’
Click-clack, shoes with heels raised high, a bag of deep primary colors, and sparkling necklaces and earrings.
Who was that?
She’d seen her many times.
Could it be?
“…Seo Wang-mo?”
“Who… Ah! It was Ha Seon-go. I wondered where some beggar had rolled in from.”
“What on earth happened? Why is the Immortal Realm…”
“…What? You must have just woken up from sleeping somewhere again. Then it’s natural you wouldn’t know.”
Seo Wang-mo snickered and continued speaking.
“You should just keep sleeping. Aren’t you ashamed in front of the celestial beings? Looking so filthy…”
“You damn bitch!”
“Yeah, get lost! You beggar!”
That’s when it happened.
Vroom! Vroom! Vrooooom!
A sleek red vehicle stopped beside them.
Seo Wang-mo’s face lit up with delight.
“Oh my? Isn’t that Dok-seon?”
“Get in. Let’s take a spin around.”
“Hoho, I was waiting for this. I was wondering when you’d give me a ride.”
Seo Wang-mo shot a mocking look at Ha Seon-go with the expression of a victor, then quickly sat in the seat next to the immortal called Dok-seon.
“Let’s go, Dok-seon.”
“But what about that person?”
“She’s crazy, so you don’t need to worry about her.”
Vrooooom!
The red iron carriage roared loudly and sped away.
‘Haah.’
Ha Seon-go suddenly felt embarrassed.
That bitch might be right, but Seo Wang-mo’s words were correct.
In this splendid and magnificent space, the only person who didn’t fit in was herself.
By the way, who is this person called Dok-seon?
He’s an immortal I’ve never seen before.
‘He is quite handsome though.’
No wonder Seo Wang-mo is drooling all over the place like that.
Anyway, let me find out why the Immortal Realm has changed like this.
Who should I ask?
That drunkard Taebaek will obviously just ramble on with nonsense while being tipsy, Taesang Nogoon is a stubborn old-timer who’ll just nag, but smart ones like Gwi-gok or Gal Hong would be suitable.
“Oh!”
Just then, I see a suitable immortal.
“Hey! Dongbin!”
Then the Swordsman’s expression, who made eye contact with Ha Seon-go, mercilessly contorted.
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