episode_0015

Interrunner, the Feren Empire’s largest community site. Thanks to the fact that it does not share a server with the Feren Empire, it has excellent security and allows people to communicate with many people without being noticed by the empire, making it the most used community.

Although the operator was almost caught by the Empire a few times, he escaped frequently, and on the contrary, people were banned from using the app, but in the end, the people of the Empire managed to avoid the country’s surveillance network and somehow accessed community interrunners to share information and chat about trivial matters.

Secure community site interrunner. There are large and small galleries there.

Galleries such as cooking and weapon making are popular because they are popular, but there are few people who have access to topics that are difficult for the general public, such as crop cultivation.

Galleries with easy access and a lot of posts are called large, and those with few posts are called small.

In vulgar terms, they were also called large galleries and small galleries.

Leos Gallery is a perfect small gallery among small galleries with almost no posts. Considering the structure in which in order to be listed as a popular post, one must receive the most recommendations across all galleries within the interrunner site, the post posted by Leos in a gallery that does not normally receive views is ranked first in the number of views and recommendations among all interrunners. It was an unusual thing.

“Leos, you have now become the most popular post…?

Hericia spoke as if she was embarrassed, and Leos said as if he was wondering what that meant.

“What do you mean by popular post?”

“Don’t you look at the Interrunner Leos Gallery often? Don’t you know about popular posts?”

“This is my first time hearing it.”

“Do you not use other galleries?”

“I have only entered communities that contain my name a few times. I don’t know the detailed structure. And you don’t need to know. The reason I joined that community in the first place was because I discovered it by chance while checking an integrated search site.”

Hericia shook her head with an expression of assent.

‘Well, it’s impossible for someone who barely even watches Distance to know much about Interrunner.’

Hericia roughly explained to Leos the types of galleries that exist on the Interrunner site and the structural characteristics of the site.

“So, you understand now, right? Multiple galleries all belong to one site. And among those many galleries, people read it the most! The one with the most recommends is registered as a popular post!”

“…”

“But Leos is number one among them. Number one!”

“But?”

When Leos looked at her as if asking what to do, Hericia responded in confusion.

“Interrunner gives you points that can be used on the site just by being listed as a popular article, right? That’s a lot more useful than you think. They say you can leave a notice in all galleries as an administrator, create a gallery of your choice, and use it for various places.”

“It’s useless.”

With those words, Leos went outside to scout. Although the Red Gate with a radius of 1 km was sealed, it did not prevent new Red Gates from being created in the future, so it was necessary to check the surrounding area from time to time.

As the man walked around outside, Hericia followed him around and talked to him.

“You know! Leos! Leos said that the point is more useful than you think. Originally, it was really useless, but recently, stores were created and it became possible to send items over long distances. You can not only give but also receive.”

Leos asked Hericia with interest.

“You can send and receive goods over a long distance simply by having points?”

“Yes. It seems like the operator is using a space-moving artifact or his own magic. I’m not sure if it’s his ability or something else, but there are a few cases where things were actually exchanged.”

It was an interesting story. We are now in the exact center of the Red Gate Whirlpool. If the number of days you have to survive is extended, you will need much more food than you have stored up, and if you try to get food then it will be too late.

It’s not just food. The more weapons and other necessities you had, the better. As long as you had the means to exchange goods with someone over a long distance, you could respond flexibly to any crisis. That’s why Leos asked me seriously for the first time.

“How do I use my points?”

“If you enter my information, it will be there… just a moment.”

Hericia intercepted Leos’ distance and started pressing various things, then opened her mouth and spoke.

[Currently accumulated interrunner points: 1,750]

“Wow…what a point…”

Even as Hericia was surprised, the points were rising in real time. Points are calculated by considering various factors such as people’s views, comments, and recommendations, and Leos was able to guess that he would receive extra points because all the numbers were overwhelming among the current popular posts.

“Tell me about the transfer function. How can I use it?”

“You can go into the interrunner store there.”

When Leos pressed distance and headed to the store, the hidden window became active.

Points required for each item

[Auction Participation Ticket]: 1,500P

[Send goods]: 200P

[Receive the item]: 200P

[Create full notice]: 3,000P

[Create Gallery]: 1,500P

[Create Secret Gallery]: 7,000P

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[Face-to-face request to administrator]: 100,000,000P

Tons of items. Among them, the administrator request function stood out. An abnormal figure of 100 million points. However, if you pay the price, you can meet the manager in person.

“Wow… now that I think about it, there was that too. But don’t even think about requesting to face the administrator. The interrunner administrator continues to refuse to provide information, so the empire is making a fuss to catch the administrator, so if you get involved by mistake, it will be a big problem.”

Leos carefully checked the functions one by one without saying anything. In this apocalyptic situation, it was foolish to rely on unknown forces, but if there was any survival method available, it was good to use it.

When Leos clicks send the item, a warning window appears.

[Please scan the item you wish to send using Distance. The basic size limit is that the sum of the width, length, and height of the object does not exceed 3m and does not exceed 10kg. If you exceed the default size limit, additional points will be consumed. People or creatures cannot be sent, but dead bodies can be sent.]

Leos pressed the caution button and clicked OK, and a bright light flickered on the distance screen, followed by a green light searching the surroundings.

[After completing the scan, enter the unique distance number of the desired person and the item will be sent to that person. The default distance limit is 300km. If the range is exceeded, additional points are consumed.]

“Hericia. Give me your unique distance number and go into the cave.”

“No, just a moment, Leos. Would you like to try it now? No! It’s so hard to collect points, but using them later when you really need them…”

“I don’t believe these things until I see them with my own eyes.”

“… Well, actually, I haven’t seen anyone actually use this function. There have been verification posts posted, but there are only a few of them, and it hasn’t been long since the feature was released in the first place. Because it started with the appearance of the Red Gate…”

“I see. First, go into the cave. Tell Bendict to film you.”

“Why are you filming?”

“Because I need to know specifically how long it takes to transmit the item and in what form the item is sent.”

“Wow…why are you analyzing something like this so much? Leos seems a bit similar to me…”

“I have always lived like this. If you don’t prepare so carefully, you’ve fought in a place where you can’t survive.”

“…”

Hericia was joking around, but her expression darkened after hearing Leos’ words.

“It must have been very difficult… You probably worked hard to analyze the characteristics of monsters in this way to get to the point you are now… First of all! I’ll talk later and get into it quickly!”

Hericia went straight into the cave, and Leos deliberately scanned a boulder the size of a human head.

[Do you want to send it? 200 points will be deducted.]

[Estimated remaining points after payment: 1500 points]

Although it cost a lot of points, Leos clicked send without hesitation. Because the power you don’t know is as bad as not being there.

“Aaaagh!”

Upon hearing the scream coming from the cave, Leos ran straight towards it.

“What’s going on, Hericia!”

As Leos shouted, Bendict, who was next to him, spoke while holding a rock with his hand.

“Brother! When Hericia tried to receive the object with her hand, she was almost crushed to death by a stone! This…I think it’s broken? It seems like the crazy guy called the manager turned the item my brother sent into stone! What an ignorant lump of stone!”

“The stone was sent by me. Because there wasn’t anything to send around.”

“Your vision is excellent, brother. If you send a rock, it doesn’t cause any harm even if the object disappears along the way, right? As expected, I was touched by my brother’s great insight…”

“I’m crazy, so please be quiet.”

“Yep!”

Leos ignored Bendict’s words, walked slowly, received Bendict’s Distance, and checked the recorded video.

A bright light began to flicker on the Distance screen, and the shape of an object was instantly drawn as if printed on a 3D printer, and the object appeared there at once.

‘What kind of ridiculous ability is this…? Until I was on active duty, there wasn’t even any information, let alone a story, about someone with this ability.’

It is said that this function was introduced after the Red Gate Vortex was created, so there may be some connection.

Leos put those thoughts aside and confirmed his point.

[2,152 points]

If you have points that keep increasing in real time, you will be able to do much more amazing things than you thought.

***

Former disciples of Leos.

Several people, including Sirna, Enas, Velin, and Kozaric, gathered together and began to move. Among them, Darek spoke to Belin.

“Belin’s expression doesn’t look good. I guess it’s because of old times, right? Because we always cleared the gate with that guy. I didn’t like that guy from the beginning. He always steals the ball himself.”

Enas spoke to Darek with a frown on his face.

“Darek. Shut up, I told you not to talk about him.”

“What…they would have found it in jail anyway? It’s in the center of the Red Gate Vortex where he was imprisoned. No matter how much I fly and crawl, what am I going to do, how can I live alone?”

Derek thought about something and then spoke with a twisted expression.

“Enas You’re not saying that you still have to listen to that person, right? You said that bullshit on the first day, right? I see that you get upset whenever that person comes up for no reason. Are you still thinking like that?”

“I said no…”

“Yes, of course not. Belin cut himself like that, shed tears, and was in pain in front of us. If you think that was a lie, you really lack intelligence.”

“I know…I know too, so just shut up.”

After saying that, Enas left, and Darek shook his head and muttered.

“He’s still like that asshole. Don’t worry Belin. That person would have been searched, and even without that person, clearing the gate would be nothing to us.”

“…”

When Belin didn’t say anything, Darek pointed to the Red Gate in the distance and said.

“You saw it when we were working together, right? How good am I at killing monsters? Actually, even if Leos hadn’t killed all the mutants by himself, I would have killed as many monsters as he did, right?

Darek grinned as he swung his huge spear.

“Everyone, look forward to it. I’ll take a picture of myself clearing out the Red Gate mutants and show it to people. Let’s show how great we are and how strong Gatekeeper is even without that guy Leos.”

The man immediately walked towards the Red Gate. He was confident that he would be able to kill the gate monsters.

***

Hericia asked Leos with a puzzled look.

“Leos, why are you doing this? What’s going on?”

The man who was looking at the distance looked at his surroundings with a cold expression and muttered.

“Don’t move to another place. Within the safe area, you should go to a place where you can hide your body and energy better than a cave.”

“Brother, why are you acting like this all of a sudden? Please tell me the reason.”

“Second chain reaction.”

“…Yes?”

“Redgate’s second chain reaction will begin soon.”