Beacon of Light in the Dark Sea

Chapter 105

Chapter 105

The black color of the sea on the full glass front of the elevator interior had now changed to a shade close to navy blue. The people trapped in the less than 300 square foot elevator were in a state of fear and exhaustion, seeming to think of the elevators ascent as their only hope. However, I became more and more uneasy as the elevator went up. It felt like the deadline I had pushed back because there was time left was now slowly approaching.

How should I inform them that armed people from the Infinity Church are occupying the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd underwater bases? Those who knew bits and pieces from me were keeping silent. There might be armed personnel gathered outside when we get off the elevator. We wont die since Kanu is with us, right? Would they kill their own believer? I cant be sure. Wont everyone die except Kanu?

Suddenly, Yoo Geum-yi asked Kanu a question, and I was inwardly startled.

Are there really people who want to go back to the distant past like Kanu-ssi? From what I hear from people, it doesnt seem like they want to go that far back.

Kanu scratched his chin, narrowed his brow, thought for a few seconds, then said,

I did hear a few things a few years ago when believers gathered like an alcoholics meeting. There were people who said they wanted to go back to before their child died or before their spouse passed away. I dont know if there are more people like me.

How desperate would those people be?

Very desperate, Geum-ssi. Crazy enough to be armed with guns and shoot recklessly at unarmed people.

Well.

Kanu uttered a low word, then rubbed the back of his neck and thought before saying,

People who join a religion like this are bastards who have a past they want to go back to no matter what. If you tell them they can go back to that date, there will be bastards who want to go back even if they have to offer everything they have and tear off other peoples flesh and blood to offer it. If people who bought the wrong stocks, futures, or coins could turn back time 1 minute before settlement, theyd try to offer anything, right? It may sound like an excuse, but Im a bit less desperate. Because Im not trying to go back because someone close to me died or because of money.

Then Kanu shrugged his shoulders. Yoo Geum-yi thought for a bit, then asked again,

If, as Kanu-ssi said, someone gains the ability to go back to the past, and someone with that ability is in here, what would be good for us to do? Can we tag along and go back to the past together?

Geum-yi-ssi. Isnt this a question thats too easy to misunderstand? Is it okay to ask so blatantly like that? Kanu or other people might misunderstand you.

Surprised by the content of the question, I barely suppressed the urge to intervene and stop Yoo Geum-yis words. I was trembling with fear inside, but Yoo Geum-yi, who actually asked the question, was very calm. Moreover, Yoo Geum-yi didnt ask such questions while looking at me. Rather, she looked at Benjamin and Carter one by one, showing enough composure to ask questions.

I dont know if Yoo Geum-yis strategy worked or not, but Kanu pondered, then looked at the state of the people sitting in the elevator and said,

I dont know? If there is, shouldnt we kill them as quickly as possible? That way, when that person goes back to the past, they can make these things we experienced not happen.

If you say the wrong thing, youll become a corpse right away. Damn it.

Like the story of that Haitian person Kanu-ssi mentioned. Could you also go back to the past for about half a day and repeat it?

Ha. Time cant break down, so how can it repeat? Go take a basic physics class when you get out of here.

Emma spoke as if she felt sorry for my intelligence. The physics theory I know is limited to the level of sighing and taking it out again because a probe (explorer, dental tool) falls to the floor if I drop it from my hand, or the power to go up the stairs comes from persistence, not physical strength.

Right. How can it repeat when time isnt broken? Is that how it works scientifically? Am I worrying for nothing? In reality, there might be no one. There might really be no armed personnel at all outside the elevator, and the Infinity Church being armed and walking around might be a violent fragment of my dream reflecting my action movie-like subconscious. It could be something my mind, which really doesnt like Deep Blues interior, somehow created by piecing together unrelated religions related to blind sharks.

But what if I really went back to the past and came back? If the elevator reaches the 1st floor and the door opens, bullets suddenly pour out, blood splatters, people die, then what do I do?

Can these people with bean powder-like solidarity block or defeat armed religious group members? The way I see it, unless the other side is completely messed up, like being distracted, drinking alcohol, or were so close to them that we can easily take their guns, we absolutely cant win.

Plus, the only weapons are an axe and a flashlight(?). We might end up fighting each other more and beating each other up, but even if theres an external enemy, can we fight them together?

Suddenly, my vision turned pitch black and I was startled as if jumping up. I seemed to be more surprised than I thought. Someone who sensed my movement reached out towards me. In the faint darkness, that hand patted my back mercifully and swept it down greatly. It was just someone sweeping down my back, but I felt a hot welling up in the corners of my eyes and an immeasurable sense of stability. Kim Ga-young slowly said to me,

Moo-hyun-ssi. Its scary to ride an elevator that keeps having power outages, right?

Ive ridden one before, I wanted to say, but I barely swallowed the words. Kim Ga-young seemed to think I was scared because of the elevator power outage. Or she was trying to let the people around think that.

What Im worried about is different, but just because youve experienced it once doesnt mean you get used to it. A small hand swung in the empty space next to me and lightly tapped my shoulder. If its from this direction, is it Yoo Geum-yi?

Kim Ga-young spoke like an office worker enlightened about the ways of the world.

We cant predict and avoid everything that happens while living in this world. We just do our best in what we can do while living. Dont worry too much about the future. Well, our worrying or being scared doesnt make a stopped elevator move well, nor does it bring in more salary.

Kim Ga-youngs tone was slightly enlightened. Do you become transcendent of life because your workplace is being destroyed in real-time? I let out a big sigh and tried to relax the tension in my stiff body.

When a shootout occurred, there were jewels or stands strong enough to support the weight of the jewels to hide behind and avoid bullets, but as Baek Ae-young said, there would be nothing around the elevator to shield the body from external attacks. I was a bit surprised to find myself having thoughts like Baek Ae-young or Seo Ji-hyeok. Is it because I saw and learned things from being with them?

But even if we reach the 1st floor, if we dont get out of the elevator If we use the elevator door as a shield, we could block bullets to some extent, right? Like how it was in East District, the thickness of the elevator door is tremendous.

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