Shelters

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> A shelter was a place in the early days of the cataclysm where monsters never approached, a safe place in this hell where monsters could appear at any moment.
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> People considered the shelters a gift from ‘some being’ to allow them the chance to fight against the monsters, similar to how that being had given some people abilities.
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> — Chapter 556 – Pretty Useless Bastard (2)

There were several shelters scattered across South Korea that had appeared since the very beginning of the cataclysm in early January, alongside the mysterious abilities. There are two types of shelters:

* **Temporary shelters**: Just as its name implied, the locations of these types of shelters changed every so often. A shelter with no monsters one day could become overloaded with monsters the next day, and when that happened, a different building would become a shelter.
* **Central shelters**: Central shelters were named so because, unlike the temporary shelters, central shelters had remained shelters since the very beginning of the cataclysm, never once changing. Every area had one of these never-changing locations, amidst the smaller temporary shelters.

However, less than a year into the cataclysm, around the end of fall and the start of winter on October 25th, all the shelters lost their special properties starting from 12:01 PM, and were then attacked by monsters—though, their method of attack was different during this time, instead being done in waves as if intending to invade the central shelters instead of just simply aiming to destroy them, starting from Grade 3 monsters who would then be followed by waves of Grade 2 and Grade 1 monsters.

The destruction of those central shelters that were previously thought ot be eternal sanctuaries wasn't permanent, however. After those waves of monsters, central shelters that looked different than before would appear exactly 24 hours after the first central shelters were destroyed.

## **Seoul Central Shelter**

The central shelter in Seoul was a three-story building with one corner destroyed, and despite it being a special establishment, it didn't look that different compared to any other building. It that was surrounded by a few other grey buildings whose walls were mostly crumbled or cracking (with some whose metal frames were barely even standing).

The shelter was originally under the command of Lee Soo Hyuk, who had established with the many people he had saved throughout his running around. He eventually left it to the care of Park Jin Tae and Grandma Kim, so that he could travel to other areas in need of help alongside his attack team.

As soon as Lee Soo Hyuk left the shelter, however, Park Jin Tae revealed his true nature and began to rule over the shelter like a tyrant, changing the shelter's original system to one that thought fit better. He was even called a *"bastard tyrant who did everything as he pleased"* by Kim Rok Soo, who was one of the few remaining members of *"Lee Soo Hyuk's people"* who still thought the man to be the rightful leader of the shelter despite most people having already conformed to Park Jin Tae's ways. Park Jin Tae's policy consisted of treating people differently depending on their worth:

* Chapter 556, Pretty Useless Bastard (2) :

*[ He clearly treated the ability users and regular people differently, treating the ability users much better.*

*Furthermore, he would approve of you even if you were not an ability user, as long as you were useful.*

*That was why people who were on Park Jin Tae’s good side got to rest peacefully inside this shelter. ]*

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chapter 556
2. ↑ Chapter 561