Chapter 84 : Encounter with the Unknown, and Beyond – 1

“Cool, cool… grumble…”

“…”

Yui Seul was sleeping.

How loudly could she snore? 

The sound of Yui Seul’s snoring echoed through this vast hole like an echo.

Someone had been exhausted after talking to the transmitter for hours, but here she was, sleeping so peacefully.

It was a little… irritating.

Huff.

Sigh.

Taking a deep breath, I shouted loudly at Yui Seul, who was above me.

“Yui Seul!!! It’s over!!!!!!”

“Cool… cool… grumble…”

“I said it’s over!!!! We solved it!!!!!”

“Grumble… call me unnie…”

“Ah, you crazy girl! Please wake up, Yui Unnie!!!”

“Oh, I’m awake.”

“Jiyaaaaaaaaaaaak!”

I screamed in surprise when Yui Seul suddenly appeared in front of me without even a blink.

She was acting like a crazy psycho.

It turned out she wasn’t really sleeping, just pretending to sleep.

It’s frustrating, but still, I feel a bit grateful to Yui Seul.

She must’ve spent at least five hours talking to the transmitter.

And through all that time, in this dusty and dreadful place, she waited for me without complaining.

It seemed like there was a cooldown on using her item, so Yui Seul told me to wait for a while.

Well.

But.

“…What time is it now?”

“12:37.”

“Crazy!”

Crap, this is bad.

During the conversation with the transmitter, a whole day passed by.

I haven’t done my broadcast today…!

At this rate, I’m going to get dragged to the Omnia Archive.

And Beachy Mutbyeol will modify my body.

No, that didn’t happen.

Thinking about it, I realized that I had broadcasted until 2 AM last night.

Even though it was moving day and I was tired, I felt like I had to keep broadcasting, so I forced myself to stay up until the morning.

I didn’t think it would help in this way.

Naturally, as soon as it hit 12, I did a re-broadcast.

Doing re-broadcasts has now become a habit.

The obligation was already completed.

“Phew, thank goodness…”

I thought I was going to be dragged to the Omnia Archive and end up being completely discarded.

There were many things I wanted to ask, but I wasn’t ready to talk to Beachy Mutbyeol yet.

By the way,

Since it’s past 12, that means.

[Duty of the Archivist]

1. No breaks, broadcasting must happen. If I don’t broadcast at least once a day, I’ll be forcibly sent back to the Omnia Archive.

1-1. Once I start a broadcast, it must last for at least 30 minutes.

1-2. I must reach 1000 followers by the end of this month.

[Duty Completed]

2. A new [Item] document must be created at least once a month.

3. A new [Anomalous Phenomenon] document must be created at least once a month.

[Duty Completed]

4. If the above duties are not fulfilled, the Archivist’s qualifications will be immediately revoked, and they will be discarded.

The duties of the Archivist are updated in real-time.

“Crazy, this is such a damn profit.”

“Why?”

“I feel like I got away with it this month.”

I thought it was overtime, but it wasn’t.

The day passed, and the month changed.

It showed that this month’s duties were completed.

But wait, didn’t Beachy Mutbyeol take care of this for me from the start?

I guess that counts as solving it.

“So, explain.”

“…”

“If it’s awkward to say, you don’t have to.”

“No, I’ll tell you. Yui Seul… no, Yui Unnie, I think she needs to do a bit of consulting.”

“Hmm.”

A promise is a promise.

I guess I should start using the term “Unnie” now.

Saying it out loud didn’t make me feel as resistant as I expected.

In fact, I almost felt sorry for using the stiff “Yui Seul” up until now.

Yui Seul smiled with satisfaction.

I explained to her the conversation with the transmitter.

It didn’t even take five minutes to explain.

“How is it?”

“It’s not ‘how is it,’ you summarized it too much. There’s too little information. To rewrite the item, it’s going to take time. Anyway, we’ve got time, so just explain it in detail.”

“What I just said is all of it. It wasn’t like I talked to the transmitter for hours; the conversation was frustratingly slow.”

“Hmm.”

Yui Seul scratched her head for a moment.

“Hey, Lee Jiah.”

“Yes.”

Suddenly.

She patted my head with her rough hand and said.

“Be glad that I value you as a person.”

“…Huh? Huh?”

I was flustered.

This person, she can do things like this too.

No matter how confused my expression was, Yui Seul continued.

“I’ll handle things roughly with the association, so you just stay quiet. Just keep your mouth shut. What you saw and heard here today is our secret, just between you and me.”

“Why? I don’t think there was any important information.”

In fact, I wasn’t even able to ask the most important ‘four questions.’

If I had asked those four questions and heard the answers, I could understand why Yui Seul would try to hide the information like that…But all I heard was half-related information about me.

“…Alright, so don’t tell anyone. I’ll think things through and tell you later, but until then, just stay quiet.”

“Even to Kim Junghwan and Ye Jeonghwan?”

“I hate repeating myself. Don’t tell anyone.”

“Ah, yes.”

“Cooldown’s over. Let’s go up.”

Her tone was incredibly rude, but the way her hand patted my head was quite affectionate.

A warm feeling, long forgotten, began to surface.

***

Yui Seul thought as she looked at the woman with large breasts and a pink bowl cut following her.

‘This is bad.’

Lee Jiah has no idea ,how important she is,and how dangerous she is.

She doesn’t seem to realize it at all.

She was always an important person, but after the conversation with the ‘transmitter’ earlier,she was upgraded from being an [important person] to a [dangerous and important person].

Yui Seul, just to be sure, asked her.

“What do you think about that enthusiastic follower who said they had a conversation with you?”

“The conversation got cut off in the middle, so… I don’t really have much to think about.”

“Still, just say whatever comes to mind.”

“Well… first, they’re an alien, probably living in a civilization of an intelligent species, and it seems they were elevated to something like a god by that intelligent species, and also…”

“…Alright, that’s enough.”

Yui Seul was slightly surprised.

How could she remain so calm even though she already understood everything?

The ‘enthusiastic follower’ was elevated to a god.

Didn’t she feel any sense of discomfort about this?

Yui Seul was not the type to beat around the bush.

She straightforwardly asked her.

Couldn’t she, someday, be elevated to a god by ‘humans’ as well?

She looked at her like she was crazy and said,”What god? That’s blasphemy. To be called a god, I have to be insanely superior to humans, but even right now, you are several times more superior to me.”

“You?”

“Ah… I-I mean, Yui Seul unnie.”

Her tone was endlessly carefree, but she seemed to understand the core issue quite well.

I don’t really know what the ‘Anum’ species’ traits are,but at least, on Earth,Lee Jiah would never be revered as a god.

Because on Earth,there are beings called “Awakened Ones.”

If there were no such beings as “Awakened Ones” on Earth,she, like the fervent follower named ‘Anum – Jihad,’ would likely be worshipped as a god by the people.

Her body is harder than steel,and she has the ability to access all information just by touching things.

If this isn’t omnipotence, then what is?

From this, I can roughly infer one thing:

The phenomenon of “Awakening”might be exclusive to humans.

If not, it doesn’t make sense.

Anyway, since the information is so scarce, it’s just speculation.

But that’s not the important part.

Suddenly,Yui Seul turned to Lee Jiah.

“…”

“Why?”

On the surface, she looked like an ordinary woman of her age.

Her appearance is exceptional, but that’s only an external trait; it doesn’t mean her personality is flawed.

And that’s the problem.

She, Lee Jiah,should have gone crazy by now.

It’s as if she’s completely detached from reality.

Even though she directly witnessed that enormous eyeball burst in front of her,even though she’s constantly under threat of “the price of blasphemy” 24/7,her attitude and reactions are excessively nonchalant.

Therefore, this is madness.

She’s clearly beyond the realm of normalcy, halfway gone insane.

Just like a fanatic.

Well.

It’s not like Yui Seul has a strong sense of reality either.

Yui Seul, too, isn’t someone who thinks in a conventional way.

It’s quite ironic that someone who is immune to mental attacks is halfway insane.

So,Yui Seul started an experiment that ordinary people couldn’t even attempt.

No, even if they were Awakened Ones, they wouldn’t dare.

She began an experiment that was reckless in her eyes.

It was an experiment that had to be done.

Yui Seul opened her mouth.

“The shining myriad stars do not exist.”

“Huh?”

“The shining myriad stars are not gods.”

“Wait, wait, hold on!”

“The shining myriad stars do not seek knowledge.”

“Are you crazy? Stop, stop!”

Yui Seul continued to blaspheme the shining myriad stars.

And finally,”Lee Jiah’s real name is Lee Jiah, followed by VTuber. This is it.”

She revealed Lee Jiah’s real name.