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Translator: penny
Chapter: 14
Chapter Title: Currency Mismatch and Gold Trade
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10,000 won bills featured King Sejong the Great, just like in the real world, but the portrait and background were different.
50,000 won showed Yoo Gwan-sun instead of Shin Saimdang. 5,000 won had Ahn Chang-ho, and 1,000 won had Ahn Jung-geun.
'...Ah, fuck. This means I can't use the bills stored in my Subspace Storage even if I take them back to reality...'
I suddenly got fucking pissed off.
Why the hell are the bills different...? Fuck...
Just put Shin Saimdang and Toegye... what was his name? Yulgok? Toegye and Yulgok...
No, they had separate names, I think...
Anyway, why not just stick those old Joseon-era grandpa-looking dudes on there, fuck...
My head spun at the realization that my grand plan had gone up in smoke.
I'd been planning to hoard these scraps of paper from Project Zombie World and splash them around in reality...
"Ah... fuck... then what's the point of going back..."
I paced my room, ignoring the delivery drivers transferring my stuff to my house.
Fuck, is there no way for me to make money like this? Feels like there might be something... Hm...
Suddenly, my eyes landed on a silver medal that looked like I'd won it as a kid in some tech contest. Next to it was a certificate congratulating me for second place.
"...Maybe I should take that and sell it? Hm...?
Yeah. Right. Silver... if it's silver... though it's probably not real silver... Huh...?
Oh! Yeah...! Right...!! I can just take gold and silver and sell it...! Fuck yes! That's it! Awesome~! Fucking great!!"
"...Excuse me, sir? Is everything okay?"
"...Huh? Oh, ahem, ahem. Ah, no, nothing's wrong. Just keep moving the stuff.
Heh heh. Ah, let me give you a bit more tip. You guys are working hard."
I decided to just dump all the bills that were destined to be worthless scraps anyway.
They were fucking useless garbage since I couldn't take them to reality.
I emptied my wallet and gave every last bill as tips to the delivery drivers.
'...Now I just need to grab precious metals like gold and silver. Heh heh heh...'
In a zombie apocalypse, paper money is useless, and right after that comes gold and silver.
Diamonds? Rubies? Sapphires? Emeralds? Completely fucking worthless.
A single can of tuna would be way more precious.
But I can go back and forth between real Earth and Project Zombie World...?
And with Subspace Storage ability...?
Heh heh heh... This is straight-up a cheat-code trade business, feasting on the difference.
'...If I just rob one jewelry store later... Heh heh heh. ...How much would that be worth?'
With my mood brightened again, I watched the delivery drivers move stuff while subtly supervising.
They were pros at hauling packages, so they finished quick.
They said earlier it was three truckloads...
Even stacked neatly in my house, the room I'd used as a warehouse was packed all the way to the balcony.
"Sir, there'll be even more deliveries tomorrow.
If you clear out a bit of space beforehand, it'll be easier for us to move everything."
"Ah, got it. Yes. Understood. Thanks for your hard work."
"Sure thing, sir. Call us anytime if you need help like this again. We'll be there. Take care~~"
The power of money was mighty.
Probably because I emptied my wallet and split tips among those three—about 200,000 won each—the drivers seemed extra friendly.
"Hm... More coming tomorrow, huh?
Guess I should just tell them to cram it into the living room too.
If needed, I can turn part of Hye-jeong's place into a food warehouse.
Though I don't really need to go through all this hassle...
But since I already ordered it..."
Following the delivery driver's advice, I roughly cleared space in the house.
Pushed furniture to one side and secured a wide open area.
Sweated a bit, so time to wash up...
And then Hye-jeong wakes up, and I'll fuck her again.
The massive haul I'd ordered from Coupang piled up in my house and Hye-jeong's over two days.
Bottled water and canned goods felt like enough to last years.
Couldn't let anyone find out Hye-jeong was tied up and locked away, so I never opened her place to outsiders.
I moved water and preserved food from my house to hers at night, freeing up more space in mine.
At first, I hauled stuff by hand...
They say a dumb head makes the body suffer...
Later realized using Subspace Storage made it way easier.
Touch the bottled water in my house, load it into Subspace,
Go to Hye-jeong's, think about unloading from Subspace, and it was fucking easy.
"...Fuck, why didn't I think of Subspace sooner...?
Wasted effort grunting while carrying water and cans to Hye-jeong's.
Using Subspace makes it this easy..."
Good thing I figured out Subspace's utility for moving stuff now.
If I'd learned late, I'd have been kicking the ground in regret.
After easily moving supplies with Subspace,
Ate some food and fucked Hye-jeong again.
Hye-jeong seemed to have almost completely given up hope.
Fellatio practice an hour a day had improved her skills fast.
She whined about jaw pain sometimes...
Then I'd pause fellatio and switch to pounding her pussy from behind.
And eventually, that day arrived.
The day the zombie outbreak hit the US.
July 4th.
America's Independence Day—and the day the zombie shit hits the fan.
I checked Project Zombie World's detailed settings on Namuwiki using my real-world smartphone.
United States, Pennsylvania.
Zombie outbreak presumed to have spread from some biological research facility.
Or a freezer truck carrying a new substance from the lab crashed and leaked...
Details unknown.
The game devs hadn't dropped all the breadcrumbs yet.
The original protagonist of Project Zombie World was at an Independence Day (7/4) event in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, when the zombies hit.
Probably chaos right now...?
Ah... no? Time difference with the US...
Hm...
Who knows.
For now, fuck Hye-jeong some more and think about it.
I fucked Hye-jeong a bit, then went to a nearby jewelry store and converted all my remaining bank balance into gold bars and nuggets.
Even after maxing survival supplies from Coupang and local marts, 580 million won was too much.
Ordered more from Coupang for today,
Made a morning run to a big mart for more canned goods by the box and all sorts of crap, but still had about 100 million left.
Looked it up online, found the biggest jewelry store nearby, dropped 100 million for a 1kg gold bar and a 100g one.
"...Wow, gold prices are insane... 92 million for one 1kg bar?
But when selling, why only 78 million? How much are they skimming? Fuck, really..."
The buy-sell price gap pissed me off,
But thinking soon all this gold would be mine anyway calmed me down.
Zombie apocalypse coming...
Jewelry stores no one will care about anymore are all mine.
"Hmm... Checked locations of jewelry stores around Daegu...
Now just keep fucking Hye-jeong and wait."
I just kept fucking Hye-jeong.
Wondering how long till the zombies reach Korea...
Before fully experiencing the zombie outbreak in the Project Zombie World on the first floor,
I stepped out to reality briefly and thoroughly read the 'Project Zombie World' Namuwiki entry.
And since I was in reality...
I headed to a rundown jewelry store near my one-room to offload the 1kg and 100g gold bars from my Subspace Storage.
Pulling out a 1kg bar outright felt too suspicious.
Showed the 100g one and asked to exchange for cash.
The old man who looked like the owner of this sketchy neighborhood shop asked me to wait, inspected the gold,
Quickly confirmed it was real, and offered market price—7.89 million won.
"It's 7,889,200 normally, but I'll eat the 800 myself. Cash okay?"
"Yes."
Gonna sell a lot more gold later... Better not deposit straight to account and get tracked by customs or tax office.
Not my idea—picked it up from a recent smuggling movie.
"...This isn't stolen goods or anything, right?"
"Pfft, Mom told me to sell it. If you don't want it, give it back. I'll sell elsewhere."
"No, no. My mouth ran ahead. Here's the cash. I counted it with the machine.
If you wanna buy back, come within 3 days. Give me this money back, I'll return it.
After that, no. Buyback's pricier, you know."
For some reason, this grandpa must've thought immature-looking young me stole a 100g bar from home behind Mom's back.
Hm... Fair enough... A 22-year-old holding a 100g bar is pretty unlikely...
He offered a receipt or something, but I said toss it, took the cash, hit a bank ATM to deposit into my account.
Paid overdue one-room rent via transfer,
Habitually booted up the computer to game, but suddenly wondered what the hell I was doing.
Especially since I reflexively launched Project Zombie World.
'...Why play games?
Just go into the Tower and fuck Hye-jeong...
This is why habits are scary...'
Closed the game, shut down the PC, and headed back into the Tower.
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