Chapter 19
-----------------------------------------------------------------
Translator: penny
Chapter: 19
Chapter Title: Melting Shampoo (8)
-----------------------------------------------------------------
After writing Experiment Log #2.
To check the durability of the monster's skin and leather, the moment I was about to throw all its guts out the front door...
"..Huh?"
Inside the monster's stomach...
...
"..."
It had already been three days since I arrived here.
In other words... it meant that it had been about 40 hours since I'd had a proper meal in this place.
But after seeing that sight yesterday, I couldn't swallow anything down my throat no matter what I tried to eat.
"..This fucking sucks."
This place clearly wasn't Earth.
Thanks to the Status Window providing translations, I could read their writing, but the language they used wasn't Korean.
It wasn't English, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, or anything like that either.
This place clearly wasn't Earth.
If this really was an underground tunnel, there'd be no reason for the building to lack windows.
Even if my location was an underground tunnel, no construction company would build a structure with an elevator but no emergency stairs.
This place clearly wasn't Earth.
Wouldn't it be absurd for part of a melted apartment to heal itself?
On top of that, how could a place full of unidentified canned goods I'd never seen in my life be Earth?
Yeah... clearly, clearly... this place isn't Earth...
"Haaa..."
But why... was the fetus inside that Six-Legged Monster's belly yesterday... exactly like a human one..?
"Fuck..."
The harsh reality snapped me back to my senses.
I realized that I'd been foolishly thinking I was safe inside the house, so I should craft some armor here and head out to exterminate those monsters that die from a bit of bug spray.
'No idiot's this fucking stupid.'
This place wasn't Earth... but the people attacked here were humans just like me.
This place wasn't Earth... but humanity had lost to those dumbass monsters.
Do you think it makes sense for humanity, with all its advanced science and technology, to lose to simple creatures like that?
To monsters that die from one squirt of bug spray?
'How the hell did I come up with such a brave idea without knowing what monsters are out there...'
There were clearly more monsters here that I didn't know about.
Unlike the ones drawn by the smell of Melting Shampoo, there had to be other monsters that drove this world's humanity to extinction.
'I absolutely can't go out.'
It was a relief that I'd come to my senses now.
This might sound ungrateful and sorry to the people who gave me info, but...
The living have to survive, right?
I get their will to live... but how could I save them when they're already infected?
Even if I went out, the only thing I could do with my own hands was kill them myself.
'I should just rest.'
Today, to calm my mind, I planned to spend the whole day lounging around on the community.
That's when—
'Hm? ...When did it increase?'
I could see the Status Window showing Craftable Uses at 2.
'...Does it refill when I sleep?'
Watching it made me wonder if it increased by one per night.
Or if it just refilled after a good sleep.
'Anyway, nothing to do. Guess I'll sleep.'
I had no intention of going out anymore, and nothing else to do.
I lay down on the floor and closed my eyes, relaxing my whole body.
...
After sleeping soundly, about 9 hours had passed, making it 9 PM now.
And sure enough... sleeping soundly seemed to be the condition.
Craftable Uses had gone from 2 to 3.
'Oh?'
I realized I didn't need to agonize over what item to craft beforehand.
'Guess I don't have to be so cautious about crafting items?'
When I first saw the Craftable Uses button, I thought it was like Return Uses and hard to refill.
But if it refilled just from sleeping, there was no reason to hesitate on crafting.
I dragged my groggy body to the front door right after waking up.
I picked up the Six-Legged Monster's corpse I'd gutted and tossed there yesterday, then pressed the craft button.
'Gone.'
Just like when I inserted the blue Anonymous 10 monster's tooth, the corpse in my hand vanished.
[■] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
Sure enough, I could see the item slotted into the IY slot.
'Like an inventory.'
Looking at it, the IY space seemed just like an inventory...
'..Inventory?'
What?
Is this really an inventory?
"..No way."
A sudden idea popped into my head. Hoping it might work, I held the awl I was carrying up to the Status Window where IY was displayed.
[■] [■] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]
'It is...'
The awl in my hand disappeared... and the second empty slot in IY filled up.
'This is... pretty damn good.'
Now that I knew IY was really an inventory, I wouldn't have to lug heavy stuff around anymore.
Plus, before returning, I could take some useful items from here. Feeling a small joy from that,
I decided to check the item made from the Six-Legged Monster's flesh first.
[Protective Gear Made from Flesh]
Protective gear made from flesh.
Increases user's max Sanity by 20.
'Whoa.. +20??'
The Protective Gear Made from Flesh raised Sanity by a whopping 20.
'..Does it depend on how much of the monster was used?'
Reading the description, it seemed the amount of Sanity boost depended on how much monster material went into the item.
'I can just test it.'
To verify my hypothesis, I took off the leather armor I was wearing and,
crafted it together with the somewhat gruesome flesh protective gear from the inventory.
[Protective Gear Made from Flesh, Leather, and Metal Plates]
Protective gear made from flesh, leather, and metal plates.
Increases user's max Sanity by 20.
My hypothesis was correct.
In other words...
'Might need a lot of monster corpses.'
To craft items, I definitely needed monster corpses.
'Sigh.. Guess I should hunt more with Melting Shampoo tonight...'
They'd all die by tomorrow anyway.
That thought made me want to hunt a few more to turn into item materials.
'Ugh.. Don't act rashly, wash up first and think slowly.'
I had some confidence from past experience, but
after seeing monsters enter the house, I reminded myself to plan thoroughly.
Remembering I hadn't properly washed in days, I decided to boil water for a shower while thinking—
Whoosh—
"?"
I turned on the faucet.
I always went through several steps before drinking water.
The water for washing went through the same process, so I opened the faucet...
Bubble bubble...
The water coming from the faucet, which should have been clear...
was producing semi-transparent foam.
'..What? What's this?'
It was like...
'What the..? Why?'
Beep—
"?"
Like shampoo foam.
Beep— Beep—
"..!!"
The sudden password input sound made all the pieces fall into place.
The monsters, realizing they'd starve tomorrow... had laced my drinking water with Melting Shampoo..!
'Crazy..!'
I rushed to the bug spray on the living room table.
No time to think.
Beep— Creak—!
As the door flew open violently after the password was entered, I grabbed the bug spray.
'Status Window..!'
I spun around, opened the Status Window, and placed my hand on the Return button.
"!!!!"
I saw countless Six-Legged Monsters crawling toward the sink in the kitchen where the water was running.
'Whoa.. fuck..'
Fortunately, they had no eyes...
Even ones facing me showed no interest in me at all.
They seemed to track prey by smell only.
'Almost died.'
Calming my pounding heart as much as possible, I hid behind the peeled sofa with the bug spray in hand,
slowly assessing the situation...
'..Huh?'
Looking at the roughly 7 monsters inside the house, something felt off.
I mean...
'..Why aren't they coming into the living room at all?'
They clearly knew there was more space here,
but they weren't moving anywhere except the direct path from the front door to the kitchen.
As if...
'..No way, can they only move where the Melting Shampoo has touched?'
Like they couldn't enter areas untouched by Melting Shampoo.
Of course...
Whoosh—
If they really couldn't go where Melting Shampoo hadn't touched...
Whoosh whoosh whoosh—
With water already filling the sink and overflowing toward the living room...
In a few minutes at most, the shampoo-mixed water would flow into the living room... and they'd crawl right to where I was hiding.
Whoosh— Whoosh—
I started throwing whatever I could grab at the running faucet.
'Hit already..!'
But...
No matter how hard I tried throwing random heavy objects, hitting that tiny faucet was incredibly hard.
'Come on..! Please..!'
The moment I ran out of things to throw and was about to hit Return...
Water had already reached halfway across the living room floor.
Thud!
Thankfully, the 6th throw—a flowerpot—hit the top of the faucet, stopping the gushing water.
'Nice!!! Haa..! Thought I was done for..!'
Clatter clatter clatter—
The Six-Legged Monsters made weird noises as they approached up to the water's edge on the living room floor.
But they really couldn't enter untouched areas.
Now...
'Phew..'
It was time for hunter and hunted to switch places.
'I'll turn you all into protective gear and wear you myself, you bug bastards.'
Ah, but I should at least post something.
(Photo)
Too busy for a long post, bbl
Return return you crazy bastard return!!
Hit return Big Whale, suck my 2 balls quick..;
They crawled inside the house..?
Don't fight, just hit return please.. please.. please.. please..
Please don't joke and return Newbie please ㅠㅠ
Whoa.. way too macho dude; it's too much Big Whale..;