Chapter 7 : Logout

Plowing the field.

I dig up nearby trees and plant the seeds that come from them.

It’s not just about planting the seeds and being done with it; I need to water them and create at least a fence from the crafting table to prevent monsters from invading the field.

Once I do that, the tutorial quest is complete.

[Quest Complete!]

The tutorial quest, which had progressed up to 7 stages, was finished, and I looked at the seeds planted in the small garden-like land before immediately shouting to log out.

“Log out!”

[You have completed the tutorial quest. Congratulations!]

[Logout system activated!]

[The owner of the Secret Farming Map can return to the original dimension through the ‘Logout’ system.]

[‘Logout’ and ‘Login’ systems activated!]

[Logout & Login current level: 1]

[Each system has a cooldown time of 168 hours (7 days). Please use it carefully.]

“…Huh?”

This system is something I’ve never seen in 10 years of farming worlds.

The ‘Login’ and ‘Logout’ systems each have a 7-day cooldown?

Does that mean I can log out once every 7 days?

If I log out now, rest for a bit, and come back after 8 hours, does it mean I can log out again only after 7 days?

If that’s what I understand, then…

“What the hell is this nonsense?”

It’s not like I can turn off the game whenever I want.

Once I log in, I have to stay for 7 days?

“Am I going to die from this?”

Even though the world has improved, and playing games for days isn’t a health risk, it’s still not recommended.

For the top-class capsules, the recommended playing time is 48 hours, and up to 72 hours is safe.

After 4 days, the nutrients in the capsule run out.

Besides, I don’t even use the top-class capsules.

“Sigh.”

So, I was thinking of getting my map back and seeing how things would go, but now it’s all turned into a big deal.

Even though I’m a time-rich unemployed person, there’s no way I can play for 7 days straight in a capsule.

Of course, looking at the system, it seems like I can level up the ‘Login’ and ‘Logout’ system, and as I level it up, the cooldown might get shorter.

But does that even matter?

The game is all about farming points.

Each point is incredibly important.

Especially in the early stages, depending on where and how you invest, you could end up with a terrible character or even have to dig a new map because the game itself is so tough.

But you want me to use farming points just to log out?

“That’s disappointing.”

For a brief moment, I was happy.

I had only tasted the SSS+ rank, but I started to crave other SSS+ abilities.

So, I had to log out again, just to try it.

“Log out.”

I had no idea what was happening, even after a whole day passed.

[Logging out.]

There’s a distinct smell that comes with old machines.

10 years ago.

It was a capsule model that was sold as a “used new” for a slightly cheaper price, but after 10 years of fixing small malfunctions, it now looks like junk, though it still works.

I wonder if the virtual reality capsules were made so durable, would they still be thriving today in a world full of dungeons and hunters?

The strange feeling I had while logging out triggered that thought.

I didn’t feel the familiar welcoming scent anymore.

I opened my eyes.

“Huh?”

It was my room, alright.

A small room with a single capsule.

A worn-out bed.

Other than that, the room was empty.

I was standing right in the middle of my room.

“Why am I…?”

Did I get dementia from being connected for more than 2 days in the capsule? Did the memory disappear as soon as I logged out?

But I wasn’t stupid enough to think that in this situation.

I had always stuck to the 48-hour rule while gaming for 10 years, but I didn’t always follow it strictly.

When I was really obsessed with the game, I’d play for 48 hours straight, sometimes even 72 or 96 hours, breaking records and feeling proud of it.

I’m only 26 now.

Dementia is still a long way off.

More than that, it felt different from how I usually felt when logging out.

If my mind was usually foggy, today my body felt like it was being sucked into something.

But most importantly, the system message in front of me freed me from my confusion.

[You have logged out.]

[Remaining logout recharge time: 168 hours (7 days)]

“Huh?”

What should appear in the game, now shows in real life.

What does that even mean?

“Did I become a hunter?”

Of course, it could mean that.

The symbol of a hunter.

The status window that I only saw in the game is now being accepted as the unique item of hunters in this world.

But I took it another way.

“…Could it be the Farming World…?”

I don’t know how to explain it, but the system windows I saw in the Secret Farming Map are now visible in reality.

“Farming window.”

[Farming Window]
Name: Kim SUhyun

• Map: Secret Farming Map (SSS+)
• Time: Day 2
• Stats: Strength (S), Health (S), Agility (S), Mana (D)
• Abilities

1. Close Combat Weapon: SSS+
2. Farming: F
3. Butchering: F

• Owned Farm: 700
• Level: 1
• Farming Stats: 7
• Mana: 50

“Ugh…”

The two aren’t that different.

The abilities from the Farming World are almost the same as those of hunters in reality.

If the abilities from the Farming World have transferred over to reality, it’s as if I’ve become a hunter.

“…Why?”

What I’m curious about is the reason.

The reason for becoming a hunter has been researched for years, but there’s been no breakthrough.

The current theory is simple.

There is no reason.

It’s like a natural phenomenon: dungeons appear in the world, monsters emerge, and humans evolve or are chosen to become hunters to deal with them.

It’s just a plain fact.

It’s a supernatural situation that can’t be explained by any scientific phenomenon, but since it’s happening all over the world, you just have to accept it.

For hunters, who become superhumans overnight, it’s understandable to want to know why this power, which could be a blessing or a curse, has been given to them.

But me? I’ve always thought, “Do I really need to question it?”

Yet, now that it’s happening to me, I feel an unfamiliar unease squirming inside.

It’s good.

I know it’s good more than anyone else.

I knew it when I first saw the Secret Farming Map and got the SSS+ abilities.

Honestly, I even thought that if I could get more rewards like this, maybe I could give up a map I’ve spent ten years on.

Of course, the reason I couldn’t get it back was that the map was taken from me against my will, so I rationalized it by replacing it with something else.

But if this is a reward connected to real-world abilities, then my ten years of effort and grinding were, in the eyes of a third party, just a waste of time.

If I can be rewarded for it in reality…

There’s no need to even weigh the options.

Why? The question keeps making me uneasy, making me think that this ability could disappear at any time.

“That’s crazy…”

Once I realized it, I felt my body was different from my real body.

Lately, I’ve spent more time in the Farming World, so when I log out, I often feel powerless from the reverse sensation of being back in reality.

“…Wait a second.”

The body from the Farming World has transferred into reality.

To be precise, the character’s abilities from the Farming World have transferred.

So, did the customized game character come over as well?

I hurried to turn on the bathroom light and looked into the mirror.

“Wow…”

I’m handsome.

The first thing I spent a lot of time on when I started in the Farming World during my teenage years was customizing my character.

I didn’t want to completely become a different person, but I subtly adjusted my face to make it look better.

At the time, I didn’t know much, but using the game’s facial modification system, I managed to create a face that looked like me, but also looked handsome enough that even I thought so.

So, I still use that saved customization on every map.

“Then, what about my body?”

The character appeared.

So, what happened to my real body that was in the capsule?

I quickly checked the old, worn-out capsule, but I wasn’t inside it.

“…What?”

Is the atmosphere suddenly turning into a horror story?

Could my missing body be moving somewhere?

As I nervously thought to myself…

[Synchronization Complete]

[The body from the Earth dimension and the Secret Farming Map have been synchronized.]

[You will use the synchronized body when logging in and out.]

It seems like it’s been resolved.