episode_0105

A space of the unconscious, like a black sea.

I was lying on the surface of the water, drifting toward the stars in the distance.

In reality, it is a situation where you collapse and lose consciousness.

But I have work to do too.

Using the insight of the librarian, letters begin to appear in the air where there was nothing.

[View information about Ghost Story Apartment Survival Diary.]

There is only one way to the future.

I gathered together the stories that were scattered here and there and organized them into one place.

[View character settings.]

[Yoon Da-ju]

– Category: Essential Person

– During his time as a researcher, he died in an accident during an experiment with ■■■■ and others.

– After that, it was revived through the experiment of ■■■■■■■■.

– A test subject born from a memory implantation experiment. A new mind was created through numerous memories extracted from different people.

– Specific results of the experiment include ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■, etc.

– The date I moved into the apartment was■■■■■■■■■■.

This is the extent of the information I have received without going overboard.

The more you focus, the more detailed information comes to mind.

“You’ve been hiding so much, Yoon Da-joo.”

I knew he was a test subject, but I didn’t know he was a researcher.

There were quite a few other facts I didn’t know, but the first thing that caught my eye were those black boxes.

Letters erased so they can’t be read.

A significant portion of the information was damaged to the point of being inaccessible.

Most of these things happened before I moved into the apartment.

In normal cases, there is no way to recover lost information.

Because it has been completely forgotten in everyone’s memories and cannot be found.

But this time, things are a little different.

Information lives somewhere else.

I opened another document and checked the contents.

This is an experiment that Yoon Da-joo participated in when she was a researcher at the foundation.

[Experiment 3]

After storing information through the base sequence of DNA, capacity is secured through the chromosome/nucleus formation process.

After injecting a nucleus storing a sufficient amount of memory into the ■■■■, the ■■■■ was cultured and the progress was observed. In order to obtain meaningful results, the ■■■■■■ was used in the process of culturing the cells.

■■■ Ten percent of the participants in the experiment died immediately. The researchers were transferred to a Foundation medical facility and isolated, but ■■■■ of their body tissues were discovered and disposed of.

All of the people involved in the study, including researchers, workers, and management personnel, died within a month.

■■■■ is currently under quarantine at ■■■■■■■■■, a special infectious disease control facility of the Foundation.

To summarize this in one line:

– The experiment that led to Yoon Da-ju’s death was an experiment that injected a sufficient amount of memory into DNA to form a self.

The mention of ‘epidemic’ at the end also gives us an idea of what kind of accident occurred during the experiment.

What if I do this?

You will be able to find out why Yun Da-ju died in the past.

[Character: Yun Da-ju Repaired damaged information in the document.]

So-called cross validation.

It’s my job to unravel this broken story.

Next is Choi Se-rim.

[Choi Se-rim]

– Category: Essential Person

– People with special abilities

– Born on ■■■■■■■■■■■.

And next is Heo Yun.

“Ha… … .”

After watching it until my eyes hurt, I collapsed onto the black water.

“I can’t even touch it.”

No matter how much you fix it, it never ends.

So much information was missing that it was nearly impossible to recover the entire damaged story.

The most difficult thing was the time zone.

Information about who came from what time zone and what events occurred when is extremely rare or non-existent.

I tried my best, but I could only vaguely guess the chronological order. I couldn’t find out the exact time.

From the beginning, the cause and effect were tangled up.

There were also cases where cause and effect went round and round.

If things go on like this, the story won’t move forward.

A huge contradiction would arise, and the flow of time would be blocked before it, repeating the same part over and over again.

– Gather the people you need to prevent the destruction of the world.

It’s such a cliché story.

But to see this through to the end, I had to untie a crazy, complicated knot.

“… … .”

Maybe, I am failing.

Separately, the light was slowly coming closer.

I also hear the voices of familiar people.

It’s time to wake up again.

“Dabin! Are you awake? Are you awake? ”

As soon as I opened my eyes, I met Choi Se-rim’s eyes.

“Sister!”

Next to him, Jeong Hae-won is making a fuss.

On the other side of the elevator, there are also people I’ve never seen before.

I tried to answer quickly because it seemed like everyone was worried, but when I opened my mouth, my voice wouldn’t come out properly.

“Yeah.”

“I’m so glad. I’m so glad… … .”

Sister Se-rim bursts into tears.

Next to me, Yebin is looking at me blankly.

“Okay. Take it.”

Seok Hyun-min hands over a water bottle as if he is not interested.

I quickly took a sip of the water.

“How are you doing now? Can you tell me?”

“Yes, bro. Thank you.”

As your thirst is quenched, your energy gradually returns.

I feel like I’m in much better condition than usual. I don’t have any particular aches and pains, and my whole body feels full of energy.

I was able to get up right away without any help from others.

“Blood capsule. That’s what I used.”

“Yeah. Yebin said that.”

Seok Hyun-min answers while looking to the side. It is a complex and subtle reaction in many ways.

Seok Hyun-min asks, pushing up his glasses.

“Hey. How much did you know? From getting out of the elevator to almost dying, it was all planned out? ”

“No, I was just lucky.”

“At least say something. At least give me a hint.”

I guess he was worried inside.

“Yes, I will do that from now on.”

The only ones not here are Heo Yoon and Yoon Da-joo. Are they the only two?

“What about other people?”

“I’ll be there shortly.”

Choi Se-rim answers in a calm voice.

Now I looked at strangers.

“Uh… …. Hello?”

“Yes. Hello.”

A blonde woman nods her head while her wrists are tied.

There are three strangers in total.

One man and one woman. And the woman in the collapsed researcher’s uniform.

The two people who are awake have their hands tied with cable ties.

“I know you’re from the foundation. I’ll let you go.”

“Wait a minute, is that okay?”

“Yes, it will be okay.”

I took the scissors out of my bag and carefully cut the cable tie.

First of all, from the women’s side.

The woman reveals her name first.

“My name is Robin. I’m from the Foundation and I have a pretty good sense.”

“I’m Dabin. You can call me Dabin.”

We exchanged brief self-introductions and tightened our grip on the scissors.

Tick, tick.

Since there are several cable ties overlapping, it is difficult to cut them with scissors.

Next to her, Jeong Hae-won is trying to free the man, but it seems like it’s not going well either.

“Aaah!!! Flesh! You’re cutting my flesh right now!”

“Ah. I’m sorry.”

Robin raised his wrist and met my gaze.

Gray eyes that seem indifferent, but at the same time seem to see through a person’s inner self.

“Please be careful.”

“… … Yes.”

Even though the other person didn’t do anything, I just felt out of breath.

“Okay. Then, Mr. Dabin, do you know who pulled the elevator we were in?”

“Oh, that’s… … .”

“I couldn’t help it.”

I added a word because I felt a pang in my heart.

“To prevent the destruction of the world.”

“… …To prevent the destruction of the world.”

Instead of pressing further, Robin just smiles brightly.

“Good.”

Thud thud.

And then he easily broke the handcuffs with just his wrist strength.

“I think we’ll continue to work together in the future. Let me just say it now.”

“Robin, a member of the Foundation’s Council, right?”

When I intercept the answer, Robin is momentarily shaken.

“Yes. You?”

“I’m a librarian at Infinite Library.”

“Somehow. I thought so.”

It seems that Jeong Hae-won has picked the wrong thing to cut again.

The painful screams of a man whose flesh was pinched are heard.

“Oh really! I know you’re doing it on purpose?”

“Stay still! It’s because you keep moving.”

“You really can’t do it. That guy’s already been released. I’m going to have to live without a wrist until I die.”

Robin glances in your direction and says,

“That’s Dan. He drove us here. The road was a bit… … rough.”

“Ah… … .”

“Let’s talk about this slowly later.”

Now, even the researcher who had collapsed is regaining his strength.

He flinches on the pool of his own blood, then opens his eyes and stares blankly in this direction.

“Are you awake? If you want some water, have some.”

Se-rim, the older sister, takes care of various things for the awakened researcher.

I’m a little jealous because you take such good care of me.

By the way, even though I lost so much blood, I got better as if I had been washed away with just one pill.

Blood capsule.

It’s definitely a panacea, but I’ll never use it again.

If one person eats more than one, it will lead to dire consequences.

wait for a sec.

One person, multiple?

“Now, just the two older sisters should come.”

It was a single word that Jeong Hae-won said without thinking.

The accident is rewinding.

[View character settings].

[Yoon Da-joo]

– Category: Essential Person

‘You’ve been hiding a lot, Yoon Da-ju.’

A little further forward.

– During his time as a researcher, he died in an accident during an experiment with ■■■■ and others.

The accident in which Yun Da-ju first died. With experimental documents related to it.

– After injecting a nucleus storing a sufficient amount of memory into the ■■■■, the ■■■■ was cultured and the progress was observed. In order to obtain meaningful results, the ■■■■■■ was used in the process of culturing the cells.

Intuition hits the hardest spots.

I didn’t pay much attention to it at the time.

In the process of restoring damaged information, there was a document I had seen in passing.

-Used to treat infected researchers in previous experiments.

– Result: Failure

– Reason: Unable to respond to DNA mutations, the body and consciousness are healed in a transformed form. Rather, it has the effect of accelerating infection.

“No way.”

When you use Insight, letters appear in the air.

I checked the document I had passed by then again.

[■■■ ■■/Experimental Record]

-Used to treat infected researchers in previous experiments.

– Result: Failure

– Reason: Unable to respond to DNA mutations, the body and consciousness are healed in a transformed form. Rather, it has the effect of accelerating infection.

It was an experimental record of something.

It was probably a search result mixed in while searching for the experimental records in which Yun Da-ju died.

The title of the document is not fully disclosed.

But if you focus a little more, you can see it without much difficulty.

[Blood Capsule/Experiment Log]

“… … .”

It felt like I got hit in the head with a hammer.

In previous experiments, blood capsules were used to treat infected researchers.

What if the ‘previous experiment’ was the very experiment that resulted in Yoon Da-joo’s death?

What if one of the ‘researchers who received treatment’ was Yoon Da-joo?

The side effects of the Blood Capsule cannot be avoided.

It’s the same even if you don’t take capsules.

Anyone who has already consumed a capsule must not access any equipment related to the production of blood capsules.

Of course I know.

It’s not very likely. Rather, it’s extremely unlikely.

First, Yun Da-ju died once and was resurrected through another experiment. It is not clear whether the side effects of the blood capsules remain after death.

Also, after her resurrection, Yoon Da-joo is a completely different being than before. It is no exaggeration to say that all she inherited were a few memories and a name.

But why am I so anxious?

I keep thinking that this can’t go on like this.

The side effects of blood capsules are not something to be overlooked.

If you think about its true identity. If you think about what is sleeping inside it… … .

I strode briskly toward the elevator door.

“Two people. When did you say you would be here?”

“I said I would wait about 10 minutes and then come back. That way the hallway would be safe.”

Yebin answers while looking at my expression.

“Even considering that, it’s still too late, right?”

“… … Yes.”

Now that I know, I can’t just sit still.

“Why? What happened again?”

“Dabin, what’s wrong?”

Other people are anxious.

I decided to go out and have a look.

“Two people. I’ll pick you up.”

I was just about to go out of the elevator.

“… … ?”

Seok Hyun-min blocked my way.

“Let’s just leave it alone.”

“What did you say?”

“Let’s just throw it away. It’s too dangerous right now.”

Seok Hyun-min’s hands were trembling.