episode_0061

I tilted the book.

The arrow spins around and points in the same direction.

‘Is it like a compass?’

What was interesting was the fact that this was ‘drawn’ on the book.

When you move the book, the ink moves and changes the direction of the arrow.

[Directional Ink]

– It is a black liquid created by processing and transforming specific information and is drawn in a certain direction.

This is what can be known from observing the anomaly. Perhaps the ink itself is pointing in the direction.

So, if you use this, you can find the information written in the title of the book.

With a single gesture of my hand, the sign falls back into place.

The eerie title catches my eye again.

[*Apocalypse Scenario: 5000]

“Sister. Did you find the book?”

“Yes.”

Jung Hae-won is screaming loudly on the dark floor.

It’s difficult to go down without using one hand. I lifted the book and aimed down.

“Take this.”

“Yes?”

Whick!

The book left my hand and split the air.

Jeong Hae-won was confused and, surprisingly, grabbed the book in one go.

“Oh.”

“What if I suddenly throw it!”

“I didn’t throw it suddenly. I said it and threw it.”

I shrugged my shoulders at Jeong Hae-won, who looked up at me with a puzzled expression.

“That’s it, I’m going down now.”

Where I am now is seven steps up from the bookshelf. It is at least as tall as a four-story building.

Although the stairs were built with books, you have to rock climb to get down there.

I looked carefully at the terrain beneath my feet.

Partitions on the bookshelf and books sticking out. The empty space is creating irregularities.

First, I tapped the protruding terrain below with my toe.

Fighting.

Books fall and roll around on the floor.

“Sister, be careful.”

“Okay, so don’t tell me.”

One step, one step.

I went down, stepping carefully.

Only after reaching the stairs was I able to relax a little.

“Hehe… .”

it’s hard.

“Come down now.”

“Yes.”

I returned to the floor, trying to remove the hair that kept sticking to my face.

“What about books? Are you okay?”

“Ask how long it has been. Of course I’m fine.”

“No. *Huh.* I’m afraid it might have torn.”

When I was worried, Jeong Hae-won opened a book and showed it to me.

The book is in good condition with no tears or folds. Arrows pointing in the direction are also safe.

“But I was curious about it earlier. Aren’t other people coming?”

“Yes. I just said I would go alone.”

“I see.”

Ssuk suk.

I combed my hair and put it behind my head. Meanwhile, Jeong Hae-won glanced at me as if he was thinking about something.

what. Do you have anything to say?

So, as I was watching in silence, Jeong Hae-won started speaking alone.

“No, time is limited because everyone is busy and we have to prepare to light a fire at night.”

“Huh?”

“I thought it was right to save a little bit of manpower.”

“That’s right.”

“And if the work is interrupted in the middle, you may get confused as to how far you have checked. I took out the books in order and started researching them. Sister, are you listening to me?”

“Yes.”

“So I came alone. On purpose.”

“I see.”

Jeong Hae-won, who had been pouring out excuses for a while, suddenly realized something.

“Sister, you are making fun of me.”

“No? Did you do that because you got stabbed by yourself?”

I was just asking where everyone else was, but Jeong Hae-won happily shovels alone.

I smiled and poked Jeong Hae-won on the shoulder.

“But it’s fun. Let’s go now.”

I crossed the library and returned to where I came from.

Choi Se-rim is still looking at the book. She is so focused that she doesn’t even notice that we are next to her.

I cautiously pretended to be popular.

“Sister.”

“Ugh?!”

I just called it out, but Choi Se-rim was shocked.

“Ah… … . Dabin, it was Dabin. Did you find any information you need?”

“Yes. Here.”

Serim Choi looks at the cover carefully and reads the title.

“Doom scenario. Number 5000.”

“Yes. Perhaps this is information related to destruction.”

“But there doesn’t seem to be any content inside the book. This information probably represents the address value where this information is located.”

“Huh? How did you know?”

Even without even opening the book, Serim Choi seemed to know something.

“There’s a star attached to it. Before the title.”

I checked the cover again. The title was [*Apocalyptic Scenario: 5000]. There was indeed a star at the front.

“Wow, it’s true.”

Jeong Hae-won is holding the book cover tightly and making a fuss.

“But what does the star mean?”

“I told you earlier. It’s the address value.”

I took the book back.

“Yes. Dabin is right.”

“Then, let’s go and find Daju right away. I think you can probably find the information you want from here.”

“Yes.”

I was about to leave, but Choi Se-rim stood up and blocked my path.

“?”

“Good job. Dabin.”

Ssuk suk.

Serim Choi extends her arm and strokes my head.

“My sister always does this at least once.”

“Hehe… … .”

Choi Se-rim, who is being stroked, seems to feel better than me being stroked.

I also looked up at Choi Serim with a smile. The height difference isn’t that big, but Choi Serim is taller.

How long has it been like that? Jeong Hae-won hesitates and takes his foot out.

“Uh. Well then, I’ll go pick up Daju noona and I’ll see.”

I grabbed Jeong Hae-won’s arm tightly and pulled him.

“Let’s go together, why not go alone?”

Daju Yoon had been looking at the books on the opposite shelf for a while.

It’s not that far from here.

“Sister, I’m going now too.”

“Yes.”

I accidentally entered the apartment and wandered around for a while, but it wasn’t long until I found out the truth.

There is no visible evidence, but it definitely feels that way.

“Errrr… … .”

The narrow and long space between the bookshelves. Daju was lying among the books.

Is this what it feels like to say a person melts? There was a record of a person struggling with boredom.

Torn papers.

Paper airplanes and cranes folded with it.

Later, he stacked books to make a bed. In the middle of it all, Daju is crouching.

“Huh? Is your sister here? Oppa too?”

Daju has bleary eyes, like a mountain climber who was finally rescued after being isolated for a long time.

Daju Yoon and the library like to wander around. The two would have been perfect opposites.

“Yes.”

I removed the books from under my feet and approached Daju.

“You didn’t find anything?”

“Yes… … . It’s all trash… … . trash… … . I feel like I’m going to die… … .”

“Good job. We just found a compass or something, now all we have to do is get moving.”

“Uh. Really!?”

Hope flashes in Daju’s eyes.

“Yes.”

“Hya… … .”

Daju, finally freed, bows down and cries.

“I lived… … .”

“Do you hate reading books that much?”

“Thank you, oppa.”

Ugh.

When Yoon Da-ju sings it like this, it sends goosebumps down my spine.

“Yes. Let’s go.”

For no reason, I crossed my arms and turned around.

Da-joo stumbled alone in the back and leaned heavily on Jeong Hae-won.

“Billion!”

All he did was help Daju, who was about to fall, but Jeong Hae-won started crying.

“Sister, it’s heavy.”

“Because of the acceleration. Did you see it in a book earlier?”

Meanwhile, Choi Se-rim walks next to me.

“Sister.”

“Huh?”

“I keep thinking about this, but it seems like my sister always knows something. Is there a reason why you shouldn’t tell me everything?”

Choi Se-rim quietly shakes her head.

“I felt like I knew something before, but now I don’t know anything.”

“Is this one too? Let’s live like a meme.”

Let’s live like a meme. The official name is memetic killer. It refers to information that is dangerous in itself, and depending on the degree, simply remembering it can be fatal.

I thought that knowledge about this library could be quite dangerous information.

“Maybe? I can’t remember anything now.”

However, Choi Se-rim gave an ambiguous answer.

“I’m sorry, Dabin.”

“No. I was just asking too.”

I also don’t think that Choi Se-rim is hiding the truth with any malicious intent.

There must be some reason why I can’t say it.

I turned my attention to the book I was holding. In the pages spread out on both sides, the arrows were pointing in only one direction.

Across a forest of bookshelves.

The open space I saw earlier when I stood high on the bookshelf.

I’m the only one here who knows what’s there.

“First, just go straight in this direction as the arrow indicates. then… … .”

I stopped talking and froze in place.

Choi Se-rim was the first to notice something.

“Dabin?”

“Oppa, why are you like this?”

Next is Daju Yoon. Finally, it didn’t take long for Jeong Hae-won to realize the situation.

“Wow. Oh my god.”

Wooden bookshelves fall one after another like dominoes.

Tddudeudeudeuk-!

A loud noise, similar to the sound heard when a large tree is cut down, shakes the entire library.

A shadow was cast overhead, and a huge cloud of dust was forming in this direction.

“You have to run right away.”

“No. That’s not possible either.”

I chewed my lips.

What Jeong Hae-won said is correct, but the situation was a bit more complicated.

【Books must be preserved.】

【Must be preserved.】

【Must protect… … .】

Monks walked out of the dark space between the bookshelves.

The monks move around muttering as if protecting the library is their only remaining mission.

They moved at great speed while dragging their feet.

thud!

thud!

thud!

Bookshelves falling down one after another.

Every time a bookshelf that stretches up to the sky falls, the library floor shakes.

The monks gathered in front of the bookshelf like a swarm of ants, stretched out their arms and took a stand.

thud!

However, the bookshelf falls back so easily, as if it is useless.

The bookshelf stopped, almost at its full tilt.

The monks stopped playing dominoes for a moment.

No matter how many people there are, those standing in front of the bookshelf are just ants in front of a rock.

It was unbelievable strength.

Crack.

Hot.

【It must not be forgotten… … .】

The joint bends and then bends backwards, and the broken bone protrudes through the flesh.

Books fall from the tilted bookshelf.

The fallen books hit the monks, but their attitude did not waver.

“Is protecting the bookshelf more important than catching us?”

“Yes. I think so.”

Daju Yoon listens to me.

When I checked the side, I couldn’t see Choi Se-rim.

“Hey. Who is Serim?”

“Huh?”

In such a sudden situation, I couldn’t even see the movements of the person right next to me.

I quickly checked behind me. Choi Se-rim was already walking at the back of the line.

“Wait a minute. Where are you going, sister?”

Jeong Hae-won hurriedly caught him, but Choi Se-rim continued walking without stopping.

Blank eyes.

Heh, lips parted.

“Serim noona!”

As Jeong Hae-won continued to cling to her, Choi Se-rim jerked and shook off her arm.

Jeong Hae-won flies away with a single scream and falls to the ground.

【We have to stop it, right now.】

【in action.】

【Move!】

Serim Choi spoke the same words as the monks and moved with slow movements.

“Daju! Catch my sister!”

“Sister, why are you like this all of a sudden!!!”

I ran in with Daju. Jeong Hae-won, who got up from the floor, also tried to help, but he couldn’t stop Choi Se-rim.

When Choi Se-rim swung his arm vigorously once, his body floated up and fell to the floor.

Coo!

My head hits the floor and makes a loud noise.

Jeong Hae-won flies far away and falls down.

In my dazed consciousness, I heard the sound of Yoon Da-ju writing.

“Come to your senses!”

Da-ju was holding on to Choi Se-rim’s ankle until the end.

Meanwhile, the monks continue to flock towards the bookshelf.

It reminded me of a scene of religious people’s pilgrimage to a holy place.

Doddd-

The bookshelf gradually became tilted.

Now I could almost smell the fishy smell.

The smell of putrid blood mixed with paper and wood powder.

The bodies of the monks underneath were squeezed like sponges.

When the monk who was holding on was crushed under the tree, new monks quickly crossed the dark red puddle and took his place.

“Sister!!!”

Fortunately, Daju is still holding on.

I got up from my seat and ran to Choi Se-rim.

There really isn’t much time left until the bookshelf falls and the dominoes begin again.

We need to get out of here with Choi Se-rim as quickly as possible.

“Aaagh!”

thud!

Da-ju, who kept clinging to her, eventually flew into a huge bookshelf and plummeted.

Calling his name or yelling at him to come to his senses doesn’t seem to help at this point.

‘What should I do?’

I rushed at him with all my might, but this time it was no use.

Serim Choi so simply sent me back to my original position.

I fell to the floor and stroked my throbbing elbow.

Fighting.

Blood was flowing freely from his arm, as if the wound he had hit earlier had been torn.

‘Should we abandon Choi Se-rim?’

As I was pondering, a book at my feet caught my eye.

It had a cover of a noticeably different color than the books around it.