episode_0066

I opened my eyes.

The surrounding area was a park with lush greenery.

A cool, windy night. People were urgently saying something.

They all look Western.

Also, if you listen to the voices coming from there, it sounds like you’re a foreigner here.

‘Why did I come here?’

I traced back a hazy memory.

It was definitely in the library. At some point, I lost consciousness. When I woke up, I was here.

So is this a dream?

I bent my fingers back.

“Ugh!”

The pain felt so vividly.

I wasn’t sure if this was real, but I was certain it wasn’t a dream.

“… … .”

As I sit on the bench, the memories gradually clear up.

I moved deeper into the library and was soon surrounded by monks.

A crisis situation from which there is no way out.

After Choi Se-rim died, he turned back time. And, he handed me ‘some object’.

Key.

The authority held by the librarian of the Infinite Library.

The moment I thought of that, a metallic light appeared. A golden key was floating nearby.

When I extend my hand, the key disappears as if running away.

Now that I think about it, there was something Choi Se-rim said at the last moment.

Did you say ‘qualifications’?

Perhaps this is a test. An ordeal that must be passed in order to take over the authority of librarian.

“@@$@? @$^!@#”

People are still talking in an unknown language and looking at the sky.

I looked up too, but all I could see was an ordinary night sky. There is nothing special.

If it had been in English, I would have been able to at least roughly understand the situation.

I don’t know anything about it, so I can’t figure anything out.

“Umm… … .”

I was sitting on the bench so blankly,

I was startled by the sound of the engine and turned my head.

Kiyiig-

A stylish red sports car crashes into the structures and enters the park.

Crispy!

Wood clatter-

Benches are broken, and trimmed trees are crushed under wheels.

The speeding car stopped only after hitting the fountain.

Quang!

A sports car appeared with a roar.

The airbag exploded and smoke rose from the bonnet, but the driver didn’t seem to care at all.

Jiying-

A large white man getting out of the car after rolling down the window.

The man quickly took out his sunglasses from his pocket, put them on, and joined the crowd of people.

Soon the sound of the radio rang loudly throughout the park.

“@$#%^. !@$%^&*^%$ !@$.”

I think it’s urgent disaster news.

I still don’t know what it means.

Still, I think I can roughly guess it.

As soon as the news comes out, people all look up at the sky.

I followed the people and raised my head.

Is it a country with clean air? The night sky is full of stars.

In the black sky, even blacker dots are appearing.

“!@@@”

“$%^&!”

Other people also point to it with their hands and talk anxiously.

At some point, the stars disappeared. The black dot expanded, swallowing the starlight.

From point to circle. From a circle to a huge area.

A void of nothingness began to cover the night sky.

And, there was silence.

People covering their faces, speechless and looking up at the sky.

The great disaster began without any noise or sign.

“… … We will continue to bring you news.”

“Huh?”

Now you start hearing the radio.

“Destruction is approaching. Authorities are investigating the cause and have urged caution against the excessive spread of rumors. In particular, regarding the ‘destruction scenario’ text message that was recently sent to everyone around the world, he warned against blind faith, saying it was highly likely to be a hacking crime by a terrorist group.”

Destruction scenario text.

What do you mean?

I naturally took out my phone and checked it.

I also received a text message.

Dozens of them too.

[About the extinction scenario… … .]

– Abnormal weather hits Nepal and vultures die in droves. (proven)

– An earthquake in China kills hundreds of thousands of people. (proven)

– Famous stars and businessmen lose their lives in plane crashes. (proven)

It was all the same, but the sign at the end was different.

(proven).

That seems to mean that what was predicted in the text has already happened.

So is this the reason for the current situation?

I swiped my finger across the screen.

– Construction workers are killed and injured in a ground collapse in Berlin, Germany. (proven)

– The Louvre Museum, British Museum, and Metropolitan Museum burned down, destroying numerous cultural assets and artworks. (proven)

……

– A coup took place in Türkiye and government figures were killed. (proven)

– A high-ranking U.S. official is assassinated while carrying out official duties in China. China reveals that the assassination was the work of North Korean agents, but a new Cold War era begins. (proven)

… …

And the moment I read the last sentence.

It felt like I had been hit on the head with a hammer.

– And when the end finally comes, we lose all the starlight.

The prophecy spoke of the end.

I checked the KakaoTalk window, but there was no AI. The Internet had just been cut off.

I fell here alone. There is no way to contact anyone I know.

Meanwhile, destruction was approaching.

The sky was completely swallowed up by black dots.

… … A crackling sound begins to be heard.

It’s like static electricity rising from a blanket.

All the lights rose into the sky.

Brilliant and ominous colors formed bands and tore the sky apart.

“Um, what is that.”

“Oh my God.”

People praying to God with their hands together.

Now I can understand the people around me without any difficulty.

A strangely sparkling landscape.

The air suddenly heated up.

“A new announcement came out from NASA. Scientists say they have discovered unusual gravitational waves. According to the announcement, these gravitational waves pull all beings on Earth, including light, in the wrong direction. Like…a black hole.”

As soon as the report came out on the radio, the ground in the park started to crack.

People were screaming and panicking.

It wasn’t just because the floor was damaged.

With a loud noise, the high-rise building behind began to collapse.

Coo coo coo coo coo-

Dust hanging like a curtain over the horizon.

The debris that fell from the building stayed in the air for a strangely long time.

no.

It wasn’t a long stay.

Steel pipes and glass windows. Black bricks rise into the sky.

The dust cloud that should have been spread over the ground surrounded them and formed a pillar.

“Tasha. You know daddy loves you. You may be busy too, but I’ll tell you over the phone. It’s a shame I can’t see your face.”

“No. God. This is really not right. This should not happen.”

“Ah… … . iced coffee… … .”

I looked blankly at the sky.

The world was being erased.

“Fuck!!!”

thud!

Someone pushed me and I fell on the bench.

It was the man who drove out earlier.

“It’s the last time anyway. This is the end of this damn sickness!!”

“Uh… … ?”

A man engulfed in madness and crushing me. There is no time for me to respond as a weight presses down on my body.

I lay down on the bench and struggled wildly.

“Ugh! Well, what are you doing!!”

A voice so harsh that even I can’t believe it comes out of my mouth.

The fact that I now have a female body comes to mind.

A man who continues to do what he wants to do, despite my resistance.

“Stay still.”

“Keoheuk. Kellogg!”

Soon, a thick forearm began to strangle my neck, and in an instant, I was suffocated.

‘for a moment… … only.’

While the man greedily tugged at my hoodie, I held on with all my might and looked for a way out.

Light and dust rise into the sky, and the horizon becomes distorted.

At some point. The weight weighing me down became lighter for an instant.

puck!

When I stretched out my hand and pushed, the man rose into the air.

It was due to reversed gravity.

“Uh huh? What the fuck.”

A man who does not stop there and soars into the sky.

The man tried to hold on by holding onto a branch from a tree growing in the park, but it looked like he wouldn’t be able to hold on for very long.

“What, what!? Why doesn’t this stop! Stop!!! Stop!!!”

Patter.

The tree branch broke shortly afterwards.

The man screamed loudly, then disappeared into a small dot in the sky along with the tree branches.

“Heo Eok. omg. omg… … .”

I breathed in and out, trying to regain my composure.

The fear I felt at that moment was not something I could think about rationally.

“Huh… … . Ugh… … .”

A crying sound spontaneously came out of my mouth.

I curled up on the bench, burying my face in my palms.

What on earth are you asking me to do?

The world has already become like this.

All the surrounding objects rise into the sky.

At some point, the radio only made a crackling sound. That didn’t last long either. The car also floated like a feather and disappeared into the sky.

Tddudeudeudeuk-

Tdu-duk-duk.

Even trees that are firmly rooted in the soil are uprooted.

Rocks appear in the dirt.

The earth’s surface began to tear apart.

I held on to the wooden pillar with all my might.

The surrounding disaster comes into view.

Other people struggle, holding on to each other.

Then, at some point, he loses consciousness and collapses.

People bowed their heads, stood upright, and ascended to the sky.

A sky without starlight.

vacuity.

What happens when people go there?

We should have stopped that. Even if it means using somewhat extreme measures.

Is there a more extreme way here? We did everything we could, and ended up losing. What is the use of regretting in the face of fate? I hope we remember our efforts and will to survive, even though that will eventually be erased. At least until then.

I guess so. Even if you come up with a method now, it’s already too late. And I thought again about what I just said. is it so. It might be better to disappear like this.

In the midst of disaster, I remembered.

A being that erases the world we belong to. Or concept.

If the world is a novel written by someone, then he is the act of burning the novel.

Burning, erasing, even the last page of the manuscript, obliterating the fact that the novel ever existed.

seven.

He came from below the seventh narrative layer.

In the meantime, we couldn’t do anything.

And.I have seen him.

There are seven black stars that I saw in the library.

There are seven beings who attract, distort, and destroy information around them.

There are seven black holes floating in the sky right now.

So, what I’m seeing now is the seven erasing the world?

Actually, I don’t even know how to look at this.

How can I view deleted novels?

The world turns upside down.

The world turns upside down.

How could you■■■■ become■■?

In fact, I don’t know how■■ it exists.

So, is the ■,■■ that■■ is■■■■■■■■■■?

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■■■■■■■■■■■,■■■■■■■■■■■■■.

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There are seven black stars that I saw in the library.

I’ve seen that guy.

Tdu-duk!

With the sound of something breaking, I felt my body suddenly become heavier.

Two feet were floating in the air.

The body, which has lost control, soars at incredible speed.

Noise is heard mixed with the wind.

In the miserable silence, I prayed that it would all end.

It would be better to be with death than to be alone.

Something is flying from far away.

Debris from the collapsed building was flying in the air.

I managed to twist my body into its path.

Kaang!

With a dull sensation felt in the head,

I closed my eyes tightly and opened them.

Burning pain.

The feeling of mixed blood and brain fluid flowing through the hair.

Until the last moment when I was out of breath.

After everything was over, I returned to the library.

“… … .”

The body was fine. There was no pain. However, the right hand was curled up and stiff.

As if I had just resisted that moment of pain with all my might.

I lifted my left hand and forced my fingers out.

A golden key was tightly held on the red-marked palm.