Chapter 9

YuWon trudged into the safe zone.

People murmured at the absurd sight.

"What, what's that?"

"You were able to catch him?"

"If that's the case...."

People's eyes were on YuWon, who trampled and killed Earthworms, and then he swept through the bodies of people all over the place.

If Earthworm was a huntable creature, what the hell would thousands of people have died outside that safe zone?

"YuWon-!"

At that time, there was a man approaching YuWon.

A familiar voice.

When I turned my head, Kim Myung-hoon was approaching from the crowd.

"Where did you go? I was worried that you disappeared suddenly.

I thought he was a pretty good actor.

In front of so many people, I can't believe I can say hello to a junior who was beating me up until yesterday without shaking his voice.

He probably judged that showing off his friendship with YuWon is his benefit now.

YuWon looked around instead of answering Kim Myung-hoon's words.

a chaotic atmosphere

There was a combination of boundaries, fears and expectations in the eyes of those who were self-conscious.

YuWon's eyes were then directed at the edge of the safe zone, the number written on the transparent wall.

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[1427 / 1500]

1,500 people.

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One hundred and twenty-seven were far below that.

Besides…

"The food they have."

YuWon asked, referring to the food he brought from a convenience store or hamburger place in people's hands.

"Did you get it from across there?"

The distance of the nearest convenience store to the safe zone is about 20 meters.

The food they were eating seemed to have been transported outside the safe zone.

"I couldn't help it. We might run out of food, and tutorials 3 and 4 are definitely more dangerous than they are now."

"So I needed food…That's what you're talking about."

"Yeah."

"You're not wrong."

Tutorial number two was less than three minutes away.

The earlier uproar was probably an argument that the rest of the food should be supplied quickly before the end of tutorial 2.

"Is the supply tank over there?"

YuWon looked at a relatively small group of people, passive and cowering.

"They've been pushed out."

People who were in the orange safe zone, who almost died.

That was the stagnation of those who returned to the safe zone by supplying food.

"So you pushed him back out there? You want me to feed you?

"They're supposed to be dead."

That was right.

People who would have died if they were.

But even so, there is no right for those who would have lived their life or death to decide.

"They're the ones who died, risk their lives to get food?"

YuWon looked into Kim's eyes.

"That's a weird calculation."

Kim Myung-hoon flinched at YuWon's eyes.

I was just standing still and watching, but my body shrank. Until recently, it didn't seem like YuWon he knew.

Kim Myung-hoon dodged the spotlight.

Then, I saw a group of people who had been with him until just now.

Courage that had not been there has sprung up.

Kim Myung-hoon looked YuWon in the eye again and opened his mouth.

"I guess you haven't adjusted yet."

"Adaptation?"

"Do you think this is still the same soft world we used to be? Is it like a world of law and morality?

Kim Myung-hoon asked like that and looked around.

People nodded at the sight one by one. It agreed with Kim Myung-hoon's words, but it was also a rationalization of what they had done.

There's nothing we can do now that the world has changed.

In order for me to live, I have to sacrifice myself.

That very thought drove those 'minority' people out of the safe zone.

"YuWon. Be cowardly to survive. You have to be cowardly, selfish. This is advice as a human being, not as a senior."

"Adaptation...."

YuWon smiled in vain.

I didn't think I'd hear this from a snob like Kim Myung-hoon.

[Tutorial number 2 has ended.] [500 points will be paid to all participants in the safe zone] [Inventory pocket acquired]

On death, the Retained Inventory Pouch will be destroyed.]

Tuck.

A small bag in the form of a cross bag fell over everyone's head. YuWon picked up the bag that fell on the floor and opened his mouth.

"There are many ways to survive. I don't really want to get involved or advise. By the way."

Start tutorial number 3.]

YuWon says "Don't cross the line. Whatever it is."

It was a vague kind of warning.

YuWon didn't say exactly what the 'line' was.

There wasn't much time to talk properly.

YuWon finally caught his eye on Kim Myung-hoon.

It was time for everyone to focus on the contents of the next tutorial.

Hunt the monsters in the zone to acquire 50 integers.]

[After 70 hours, the gate will be activated.]

[If the timeout is exceeded, the zone will be destroyed.] [Limited time: 72:00:00]

Whoosh, whoosh.

In the middle of a street with a safe zone, a translucent passage appeared at the far end.

There were numbers on the aisle.

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[0 / 50]

50.

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It was the number of integers that participants in tutorial 3 had to get.

The translucent color probably means that the gate has not yet been activated.

"Is that the… aisle?"

By collecting 50 integers, you can move to the next tutorial area.

Perhaps that was the passage to the next tutorial area.

You have to collect 50 integers to use the passage.

It was a pretty simple mission.

People who heard the tutorial's explanation thought similar things.

It's like a game.…."

Hunt monsters and collect items.

It was a quest that anyone who played a little game would have received at least once.

But when I tried to do it in real life, it was never simple.

"Hey, hey!"

"Zombie? Hey, isn't that a zombie?"

I saw some zombies in the middle of the street.

It looked like it disappeared after the first tutorial.

It wasn't just zombies.

Unknown monsters wandered all over the road. There was a giant spider, and a pig with fur sticking out like an awl.

On the walls of the building, a centipede the size of a man's forearm crawled around.

"Ugh, uh...."

"The whole world is...."

The whole world was already dungeonized.

And among them, someone looked at the floor and shouted.

"The safe zone is safe!"

"Gee, come on!"

YuWon kicked his tongue at the cheer.

"...Tsk."

Perhaps those who shout will not survive.

The purpose of this tutorial was not just survival, but hunting.

50 integers.

You have to collect them so that you can move on to the next tutorial and survive.

It is impossible to move on as long as it is safe in a safe zone right now.

YuWon got up from his seat and started moving.

then

"YuWon!"

Kim Myung-hoon caught YuWon.

YuWon, half-footed outside the safe zone, turned his head at the voice calling for him. YuWon looked like he was too lazy to say anything.

"Why don't we do it together? Wouldn't it be convenient for you to have a colleague?"

Kim Myung-hoon said so and reached out to YuWon.

This was the second time he reached out to YuWon.

Once at the beginning of tutorial 2, and once at tutorial 3.

YuWon replied, rather than staring at the hand.

"I don't think it's been a day, have you forgotten?"

"What?"

Kim Myung-hoon looked curious about what he was talking about and soon crumpled his face.

"If you want to live, don't try to beg next to others, but go and wait there. Don't mess with me."

Right before the tutorial #2.

YuWon said to himself.

Kim Myunghoon's distorted expression.

The answer to the question of "forgotten" was enough with that expression.

"You must remember."

YuWon turned to the end of the horse and began to walk out of the safe zone.

Kim Myung-hoon gritted his teeth as he saw YuWon's back, which quickly returned and disappeared again.

"Baby, show off...."

YuWon has already wandered freely outside the safe zone from tutorial 2.

There are monsters out there, but he's probably safe on his own.

We have to catch them and collect a whole number or something?'

Kim Myung-hoon looked around the monsters outside.

There were many kinds of monsters.

Unlike other times, this tutorial could not survive just by running away.

A mission where you have to catch them and collect 50 items to survive.

"50…."

Perhaps this bag, given to all participants, was intended to collect beads.

Kim Myung-hoon briefly alternated between his bag and the monsters outside the safe zone.

Then, at the thought of it, the corners of his mouth rose.

"Everyone, did you hear that?"

Kim Myung-hoon lowered the corners of his mouth and looked around to ask.

There were two responses from people who heard the mission.

One was frightened by the fact that he had to fight monsters, and one was determined to fight.

"From now on, we all know what we have to do to survive."

Kim Myung-hoon took out the knife and picked it up.

"Let's try, let's do a good job."

* * *

YuWon looked at Kim Myung-hoon's back as he began to gather people again.

'People have changed to be clever and inflammatory.'

The suddenly changed world was enough to drive people crazy.

In the process, people become cruel and selfish. Perhaps Kim Myung-hoon's change is nothing special.

"It's a more natural change.

Therefore, YuWon had no intention of colliding with people like Kim Myung-hoon.

There are many ways to survive, and even if the method is wrong, it cannot all interfere.

'Well, anyway…'.'

That's right.

YuWon went down the subway station.

I won't run into you after tutorial three.

Sizzle-.

YuWon opened his bag and held it upside down.

Shoot.

The beads spilled from the bag went into the newly obtained inventory pocket.

The number was well over 100.

[Mana's Integer] [132 / 50]

Is it because I entered tutorial number three?

The number of beads and integers in the inventory pocket was displayed.

YuWon threw his bag on the floor and hung an inventory bag around his waist.

'I was lucky to get a whole number from tutorial two.'

Mana's essence was the item needed to pass tutorial 3.

However, the worms in tutorial 2 were also able to obtain integers. So YuWon started hunting worms and collecting integers until the end of tutorial 2.

YuWon's hunting speed was fast.

The number of integers already obtained in one day is well beyond the tutorial's passing conditions.

From now on, YuWon will be able to move on to Tutorial 4.

But....

"Can I collect a thousand?"

YuWon didn't mean to be satisfied with just 130 integers.

Crrrr-.

Siric, Sik-.

Tutorial No. 3 began, and the inside of the subway station was turned into another type of dungeon.

Not only Earthworm, but also zombies, moss spiders, underground snakes.

All sorts of monsters were gathered.

The subway was also the largest dungeon in the Hongdae area.

"That's a lot, too."

Is it a welcome greeting to the first person to enter the dungeon?

YuWon muttered as he saw the rapidly gathering monsters.

"…Let's try again."

Hehe, shoot.

YuWon raised his hand.

Mana, spread around, mixed with YuWon's Mana, began to gather on his palm.

Mana Stat 30.

And the master of Mana's mastery is 0.5 per cent.

Compared to the first attempt, four stats have gone up, and skill proficiency has gone up a little....

Shirik, shirik-.

As if that was enough, Mana's unstable sphere slowly began to stabilize.

How long have I been focused?

[Finished "Manapo"] [Manapo will be registered as a skill]

On YuWon's hand, a full form of manapo was completed.