episode_0321

At first, it was a question of existence or non-existence.

If you focus on spatial perception, you can get results like ‘it doesn’t exist nearby’.

At some point, I was able to get a rough idea of the direction.

While I was taking directions and measuring my position, I came across a madman pulling a knife out of his body.

First, I went there and beat him up, and then I attached a location tracking device to him and Hong Yeon-jun to find out their base and made them run away.

Spada’s escape was not quick.

– Not only is the injury worsening, but there’s also recovery inhibition? It’s a crazy dog trait…

It was because of the injury. Spada’s face crumpled as the healing potion sprinkled over the wound showed no effect.

I was observing the scene from quite a distance and I let out a laugh.

It wasn’t just an injury, it was a lot of blood luck with a lot of debuffs attached.

Even with a reasonably good body, it will take time to recover.

Thanks to that, the escape was slow, but the guy was still impatient and kept playing with his injured leg.

It’s been about three days since we started tracking it.

‘…?’

The guy is actually getting closer to the entrance of the building, not the main building.

‘No, are they in different locations?’

At some point, the face hidden behind the mask hardened involuntarily due to the worry that was swirling around in his head.

-Huh, huh… There won’t be any tracking, right… No, even if there is now, it doesn’t matter…

I couldn’t laugh when my worries became reality.

The place he arrived was a rugged plain.

The snowstorm has stopped. The snow hasn’t piled up, but the ground is frozen solid.

A bleak winter landscape with hardly any leaves on the spreading tree branches.

I fidgeted with my hands with a hardened face.

A strange feeling that ordinary people, even superhumans who lack spatial sensitivity, cannot feel.

Close the observation and open the space.

The world’s information was closed, and the black background was filled with dizzying green outlines and wavelengths.

The green outline was crumpled, pressed, and twisted. My head was spinning from the dizzyingly flowing waves.

I was going to go to the nosebleed clinic. I didn’t even think about wiping it, and I focused more on sensing the space.

A place where green outlines and wavelengths are intricately intertwined, as if being pulled by gravity.

There is a large ‘hole’ on the wide grassland.

It was a back entrance.

[What the fuck]

The moment I sensed it, I started swearing.

There are cracks drawn haphazardly around the entrance. It looks like the inside is bubbling and the lid will open at any moment and overflow.

That is, it won’t be long before the runaway happens.

‘Are you screwed?’

There were several possibilities.

There is a possibility that I may not be able to find the back entrance.

It is possible that only the approximate location can be specified.

We found the entrance, but there’s still a lot of time left until the rampage.

As you search for the entrance now, there is a possibility that you will witness the back side of it getting closer to a runaway.

It’s the worst possibility.

-Keuh…quickly…!

No, it was worse than the worst.

He muttered something as he walked towards the back entrance.

He has no spatial sensitivity, so he can’t even feel the entrance or anything. But he seems to know what’s there, and he’s loitering around the entrance.

-Goooosh!

The entrance is open.

It wasn’t pulled open from the outside. It was forced open by ‘something’ from the inside.

In the brief moment that it was open, a powerful force pulled Spada into the entrance.

There was no time to block anything.

-thud!

The entrance that had swallowed the spada closed. Above the closed lid, only the bubbling signs of rampage could be detected.

[…Fuck…]

A situation worse than the worst.

It seems that the group that Spada is a part of has its headquarters inside the back.

As I observed the entrance and exit of the back side quite familiarly, I wondered if there might be some preparations inside.

That’s a problem, but there’s an even bigger problem.

‘What’s that? A monster that can manipulate space?’

There’s ‘something’ inside that can open and close the back entrance, and it’s helping them somehow.

There is no episode that goes into the inside of the original.

Attempts were made, but failed for various reasons. In the end, most of the focus was on suppressing the riots after they occurred.

Because of that, I also had no information on the inside.

‘Tsk…’

The risk has increased tremendously. It is even more dangerous due to the lack of information.

It’s not for nothing that the top players have been pouring information into me through the original game.

‘What should I do?’

It was already dangerous to step foot on the back, but now it has become even more dangerous.

‘But I can’t just let that explode.’

I can’t go back after finding the entrance. Isn’t that the back side of the situation right before a runaway?

We need to rush in, find the core, and detonate it from the inside before the damage becomes too great.

First, I contacted the association.

[Contact: Maxwell]

▶Me: I found the entrance

▶Me: Hurry up and erase it─

-Woooosh!

[Currency: Maxwell]

[Accept│Reject]

As soon as I sent the message, I got a call.

The hologram floating in the air cracked.

As it is near the entrance, the communication seems to be unstable.

– This is Maxwell. The location has been shared safely. I will move troops and supplies from that location to the nearest gate terminal.

[please]

The moment the call was connected, I nodded and moved my body at the quick report that followed.

First of all, it fell from the entrance on the back. It consumes strength to interfere with the space nearby and to build up a defense to control the space.

In a place where the space was a little more peaceful, I opened the subspace and took out the purifier.

He calmed down Jeong-hwa, who was whining and complaining, asking why he was only bringing it up now, and drew a spell in the air as if painting with a brush.

-Clang!

The power of knowledge was also manifested. The entrance to the back was centered around the entrance, and the techniques and techniques stored in the head were released.

Kukukung! The ground suddenly burst out to form numerous walls, and the defenses expanded around the walls.

This is a workshop that has undergone improvements and refinements since the Tower of Growth. It will work whether I am inside or outside.

Preparations are underway to suppress the outrage behind the scenes.

‘If we succeed in artificially causing it to run wild, we must stop it here.’

In a little while, the Association’s troops will also arrive.

The legislators will declare a state of emergency and call in any troops they can from surrounding forces.

‘The three major families… just had to deal with a series of incidents.’

The Three Great Clans. Honestly, aside from my personal wish that they would not be caught up in danger, they are a very powerful force.

But unfortunately, the Changhae family is in chaos due to the dungeon chain rampage. It would be better to support them first.

[This is almost over. I’ll just lay the groundwork and get right into it.]

-…Why don’t you try to enter again? It’s too dangerous.

Maxwell was worried about the group including Spada who had coiled up behind the scenes and the existence of something inside.

[I sensed the entrance, so it doesn’t seem like a very relaxed situation. If you hesitate, it’ll be more difficult later.]

I shook my head as it was a matter I had just considered.

The general layout and magic installation are complete.

I pressed my brows together and said hello before entering.

[Contact: Teacher (and 5 others)]

▶Me: (Salute dog emoticon)

▶Me: This is Lee Sang-moo! – Transmission failed

▶Me: This is Lee Sang-moo!

▶Me: And since I’m about to enter the dungeon, the connection may be cut off!

▶Me: I’ll find something inside and come out, it might take some time, so don’t worry! (04:31 PM)

▶Master: Dungeon? (04:31 PM)

My body trembled at the teacher’s reply that came right back. After that, text messages also came to other people.

After sending a few reassurance text messages, the texting stopped.

[Okay, let’s go]

-…─Yes, I understand. I wish you good luck─

As we approached the entrance on the other side of the tunnel, communication was eventually completely cut off.

The entrance on the other side is… maybe 5 meters in diameter?

The moment this opens naturally, disaster will occur.

‘Let’s go in.’

I’d be lying if I said I didn’t have any hesitation or fear, but it’s something that has to be done.

I reached out to the back entrance.

His hands simply waved the air in vain.

‘Manifestation, the power of space.’

Woof woof woof! I interfered with space. My head started to hurt as if it was going to burst open, and the entrance on the other side opened wide.

A hole that is noticeably darker than the other backgrounds, with a sense of space.

I pushed my body into it.

A dizzying sense of descent enveloped my body.

***

Depending on the type of monster, there are some that are edible.

This is something new to say. It’s not a principle that only applies to monsters.

Even if you eat raw meat incorrectly, you can get food poisoning. It is human nature to cook and eat poisonous fish or plants.

The strange monsters could not suppress the curiosity of humans, and the recipes for various monsters were gradually revealed.

Of course, it’s not just a simple curiosity, there are also practical reasons.

Most superhumans hunt monsters and enter dungeons.

Enter a dungeon isolated from the outside world and attack unknown traps and monsters.

To put it bluntly, it’s a job where you risk your life to make money.

As such, getting lost in a dungeon is more common than you might think.

Therefore, the castaways needed the ability to obtain food on their own in the dungeon.

This was the specific reason for the exploration of monster recipes.

‘Ah, Mr. Jilgyeo…’

The monster recipes she learned are for practical use.

Eating not for taste or satisfaction, but to prolong life.

How to get nutrients and calories.

In other words, it’s dirty and tasteless.

-Crunch crunch…

It’s hard to tell if what you’re chewing in your mouth is meat or rubber. Plus, given that it’s a land monster, it’s more disgusting and disgusting than fish.

In society, it’s food that you wouldn’t eat even if you were paid for it. But you force yourself to eat it in order to survive.

Her strong jaw was capable of chewing and swallowing rubber.

“Ugh…”

…There was a brief moment of difficulty, but I managed to get through it.

‘Guaaaak… It’s so gross… If it’s still bad even after being cooked, what should I do… Will it be better if I sprinkle some spices on it?’

But there’s no way you can get it here.

Actually, I can’t even remember the exact taste of the spices.

She frowned and tilted her head back.

Dark sky.

But it is different from the night sky. There are no stars, and no moon. Sometimes it turns gray as if it is changing to morning.

That’s not the only difference.

Just looking at it makes you feel uncomfortable, like a bug is crawling, and it makes an eerie sound like something is breaking.

‘What on earth is this place?’

I stared at the sky and asked myself the same question over and over again.

I’m guessing it’s been years since I was stranded here, and I’ve been wandering around nonstop during that time.

‘It’s too big for a dungeon.’

There are many questionable parts about it being a dungeon.

First of all, it’s too wide. No matter how much you move, you can’t see the walls of the dungeon.

I learned that the size of the upper dungeon is almost as large as a country, but even without taking that into account, it is still too large.

The background is strange.

He quickly lowered his gaze towards the sky.

A tall, tall building. A straight road and shopping centers stretching out to the left and right. Traffic lights, overpasses… Various facilities are visible.

‘It’s gone off again. You crazy monster bastards.’

It’s not perfect. To be exact, you can’t find any perfect facilities.

It’s broken, old, worn out… it’s just like a ruined city.

There are also buildings that are crooked and bent… distorted and mutated, as if the design was flawed from the beginning.

At least the London dungeon type was not in the knowledge she had in her head.

-Whew…!

A gust of wind blew. Dark blue hair flew into view and blew. It was a little annoying, as if it was time to cut it.

For reference, she is currently on the top floor of a high-rise building. This is to look around from as high a place as possible.

No, it’s not the rooftop. If you’re on the rooftop, you’ll become a target for monsters flying around in the sky.

With my current level of skill, I’m confident I can defeat most of them, but if I get in the way, it’ll only hurt her.

Besides, if you encounter a monster that is difficult to handle at your current level, you might really lose.

‘Fuck. This is a real life mess.’

Why is life full of such trials? Why do I have to go through these things?

Suddenly, I felt a sudden surge of emotion and laid down on the floor.

Thanks to the monster leather I was wearing as both armor and thermal equipment, I couldn’t feel the cold on the ground.

I pulled the remaining part of the leather over me, covering myself thickly like a blanket, and looked up at the sky beyond the hole in the ceiling.

‘Ugh, I still don’t get used to it even after so many years.’

Shitty sky, shitty food, crazy space, shitty monsters…

How is it that modern people, who were born and raised under a relatively blue sky, are fighting a fierce battle for survival in the wild in a place like this?

I really want to die.

-Never give up. Nothing will come true unconditionally if you try, but if you give up, you will lose the hope that you worked so hard to get.

-Whew… Oh, right! Teacher, I’m hungry. Do you want to eat some rose tteokbokki after a long time?

-…Again? I don’t understand what that tastes like…

-Whew, this taste is too high-class for a master who is out of touch with the times… Aaaah! Ugh! Ha, Hangbo-ok…!

“Huh.”

A happy memory that suddenly comes to mind can be a great help in suppressing such suicidal impulses.

‘If it weren’t for the teacher’s teachings, I would have died long ago. Before being eaten by the monster, I probably picked up something strange and ate it, and then…’

I tried to recall the past with difficulty.

As if someone who cannot forget the glory of the past is dreaming a vain dream.

I remember the happiness of the past, but I can’t let go of the miserable reality that seems hopeless.

During that time, I couldn’t find even a speck of dust in the escape route.

Traces of a person? I could see a few bones just before they turned to dust.

She tossed and turned, caressing the corners of her trembling lips.

My right arm, which is empty today, feels tingly.

***

[Savior Correction System: Pioneer]

[Enter the quest “The Other Side”]