Chapter 468
The unconscious Yu Jung-Hyeok didn't want to wake up even after four hours passed by .
"Hey, you crazy idiot! Wake up!"
Han Su-Yeong and I took turns slapping his cheeks . Unfortunately, he still showed no signs of waking up at all .
Slap! Slap! Slap! Slap!!
Also, his damn cheeks were so hard that even the concerted slapping from both of us failed to puff them up . Our palms went numb from pain, instead .
Han Su-Yeong spoke in a genuinely impressed tone of voice . "You know, this is kind of fun?"
" . . . . This is no time to crack jokes like that . "
[5 hours and 12 minutes remaining until the start of the Great Apocalypse Scenario . ]
We really didn't have much time left . Soon, the 'Great Apocalypse' will commence, and the Outer Gods would start invading us due to the expanding Probability .
But now, Yu Jung-Hyeok was in this state .
I couldn't even begin to guess what went wrong where . Was this related to my [Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint] somehow?
['Character List' has failed to activate . ]
[Applicable individual is not a 'Character' . ]
I tried using [Character List] one more time, but the resulting message was the same .
There were a lot of 'Yu Jung-Hyeoks' in this universe, but that message only ever appeared with just one . That Yu Jung-Hyeok of the 1863rd regression turn, disappearing towards his own story . . .
When I got that far, I began thinking of something . But . . . could it really be?
Yi Seol-Hwa watching on from the side asked a question . "Should we feed him the [Life and Death Pill]?"
Not too long ago, she finally managed to perfect the ultimate recovery medicine, the [Life and Death Pill] . This elixir could apparently cure any and all fatal wounds when ingested .
"Have you already reached the level of mass-producing it?"
"No, not yet . I was only able to concoct a few . Didn't have enough ingredients . . . . "
I could only sigh . Since we didn't know what might happen, we couldn't afford to carelessly waste the [Life and Death Pill] .
[Character 'Yu Jung-Hyeok's' egos are colliding!]
On top of that, we weren't sure if the problem of one's ego could be solved by the [Life and Death Pill], either . It was then, a slight vibration reverberated throughout the Industrial Complex .
"Dok-Ja-ssi, we've detected movement . "
Yi Hyeon-Seong opened the sick bay's door and hurriedly entered .
Han Su-Yeong and I looked at each other at the same time . I urgently switched the display panel on and the Pacific Ocean's situation soon filled it up .
Ku-gugugugu!
The wave that swallowed up the American continent revealed itself once more . Transparent dome walls had stopped the wave, and it was steadily increasing its water level, instead .
The Probability was still restricting it, that was why .
Tsu-chuchuchuchut!
However, that Probability's wall was being pushed back bit by bit . The border that crossed the vast Pacific was gradually widening its diameter . We could also see the 'Outer Gods' wiggling about in between the rising waves .
In five hours' time, that border would reach the Korean Peninsula, and this land would disappear from the face of this Earth .
" . . . . . Kim Dok-Ja . A plan?"
"I do have one," said I, before glancing at the unconscious Yu Jung-Hyeok and adding something else . "Although, it looks like I'll have modify it a bit now . "
"Stop making me worried, alright? How did that thing get stopped back in the original storyline?"
"Nebulas all desperately fought together . Most of the Constellations were ground down to fine dust trying to stop that . "
"Where are those oh-so-mighty Constellations, then?"
"What do you mean, where?"
[Many Constellations are watching your judgement . ]
Most likely, they were busy spectating on our apocalypse .
[Constellation, 'Demon-like Judge of Fire', is criticising other Constellations, asking them if the ideals of righteousness in <star stream=""> have all withered away . ]
[Constellation, 'Abyssal Black Flame Dragon', is crossing his arms and shaking his head . ]
[Constellation, 'Most Ancient Liberator', finds the Constellations of the large Nebulas quite pathetic . ]
Even though Constellations from our side provoked them, they remained composed in their replies .
[A portion of Constellations argue that all of this was brought upon by <kim dok-ja="" company=""> themselves . ]
Some of them even began arguing that it was our fault, too .
[A small number of Constellations argues that it's <kim dok-ja="" company=""> that stole away their shares first . ]
Now normally, such an argument was utter drivel with no leg to stand on, but for some reason, my mind remained calm even after hearing them . Because I roughly knew why they were acting like this .
Back when we went to visit <oz>, the monkey told me this .
- Many Fables that constitute Great Fables have all entered the path of stagnation similar to <oz>'s situation . A certain Fable that has appeared in recent times have begun eating into the percentages of other Fables, you see . . . . . I'm talking about you people's Fable .
Originally, the main actors leading this stage should've been the Nebulas that had been compiling their myths for a long time . However, several of them either lost the important Fables to us or got destroyed in the process . In the midst of all this, <star stream=""> even decided to grandly label us as the 'third strongest' Nebula, so the sense of deprivation the existing stars felt must've been indescribable .
… . Of course, it didn't mean that what these stars were doing right now was correct or justified .
Han Su-Yeong chewing on her nails asked . "Isn't it better to give up on Earth? How about we come up with the way to reach the 'Final Scenario' with everyone, instead . . . . . ?"
"You know that's not going to happen . "
Only the ones permitted could reach the Final Scenario .
Even if everyone on Earth was inducted into <kim dok-ja="" company="">, the aftermath of the Probability's storm caused by the nonsensical scenario jump would ensure our complete destruction .
"Goddammit . "
I could sense [Predictive Plagiarism] spinning its gears vigorously inside her head .
"You said that these Outer God Kings are beings from the 999th turn . How many are there, anyway?"
"From what I know, there are four excluding the 'Secretive Plotter' . "
" . . . . Are we going to fight all four of them at the same time??"
I shook my head and recalled the list of the 'Outer God Kings' I memorised back then .
⸢The 'Living Flame' that rises up from the east . ⸥
⸢The 'Master of the Sunken Island', the calamity of the world in the west . ⸥
⸢The 'Monarch of the Great Abyss', the ruler of the northern universe . ⸥
⸢The 'King of Silverlight Heart', the ruler of the interstellar space in the south . ⸥
The beings that became the 'Outer God Kings' after witnessing the 'Conclusion' of the 999th regression turn .
However, Even if this was the <bureau> we were talking about, I wasn't convinced that they'd insert every King into this scenario . They didn't really like the scenarios that they couldn't control, after all . Which meant . . .
"One has appeared in the Pacific Ocean . And when all of our forces start moving, one more should show up . That would make two Kings . "
"Okay, so one is the Pacific Ocean bastard, and the other will be Uriel from the 999th turn?"
"Correct . "
"How strong are they? I only saw for a brief moment back then . . . . "
"Well, Uriel from the 999th turn is responsible for leaving the 'Secretive Plotter' in that state, so yeah . "
" . . . . Son of a bitch . And something like that is going to show up with underlings, too??"
Han Su-Yeong clearly witnessed the power of 'Secretive Plotter' during the battle against the Apocalypse Dragon . So, her reaction couldn't be seen as over the top .
"Constellations of our channel will definitely help us, right?"
"Even if they help us, there is no guarantee of our victory . Most importantly, we won't be at our full combat strength with Yu Jung-Hyeok missing . "
My original plan was to split the companions in two to divide and conquer the Outer God Kings . However, if the main combatant Yu Jung-Hyeok were to go missing from the picture, then we won't be able to rely on the 1863rd turn's power to survive .
Kwa-kwakwakwa!
We saw the 'wave' gradually widening its area of influence through the display panel . It'd be too late if we started defending ourselves when the boundaries of the Great Apocalypse reached the Korean Peninsula .
I quickly came to a new decision .
"Let's get moving . I'll tell you what you must do . "
Five hours remained .
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