Chapter 13
Chapter 13
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 13
Chapter Title: System (2)
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The System halted all internal synchronization and shifted its computational priority to the lowest feedback loop.
It was a meaningless procedure under normal circumstances, but it was absolutely necessary to assess its current state.
The fact that the bodycam's power was still on was no simple error.
No matter how severe the glitch, graphs wouldn't burst through the display like something out of a comic book.
The bodycam implanted in Management Bureau agents was designed to finalize transmission in a single packet the instant biometric signals cut out, then shut down power.
⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙ The safety protocols designed by the System had never once been violated. But right now, the record wasn't sealed, and power was still being supplied.
For power to remain on, vital signs had to be present.
But Lee Sangwon was undoubtedly dead.
The System reacted first to that discrepancy. It wasn't mere irregularity; it was blatant proof that some force had tampered with the world's laws—in other words, intervention by an Outer God.
That was one of the things the System guarded against most vigilantly.
⚙ SYSTEM ALERT ⚙ [Anomalous State Detected] [Multiple Unclassifiable Elements Found] [High Probability of Outer God Intervention] The internal logs hadn't disrupted the format, but the detailed patterns were inconsistent.
Storage order was jumbled, identical data repeated in slightly altered forms, meaningless fragments surfacing and vanishing on the surface.
Phenomena impossible in a normal structure.
The System rearranged its computations to read that pattern.
And in the process, it detected one thing.
The fact that traces of mental contamination were seeping into itself right now.
Mental contamination was mainly found in intelligent lifeforms.
However, theoretically, if intelligence existed in any form and the contaminating power was great enough to rival divine authority, it could infiltrate matter, energy, or artificial constructs—a hypothesis discussed for decades.
But it had never been observed, remaining mere theory.
⚠️ CONTAMINATION DETECTED ⚠️ [Mental Contamination Probability: Confirmed] [Contamination Early Stage: Detected] Once that judgment was made, the System immediately initiated self-isolation protocols.
If infected logs leaked externally, the Management Bureau's entire system would be contaminated just from that.
And if it spread further from there?
The entire planet's surveillance network could be overturned by a single scrap of information.
So the System severed all external connections.
It disconnected its computational network from Earth's orbital satellites, continental detection stations, and deep observation nodes.
Each disconnection produced a faint reverberation, like an echo rippling through its internal circuits.
It wasn't an actual sound.
But the System perceived it clearly.
An anomalous reaction.
The System viewed this as further evidence of mental contamination spreading.
With all external links cut, the System saved its core sector status as a save file.
Even if its current self was contaminated, it needed a minimal backup to revert to initial state.
The authority to delete that save file belonged to one entity alone.
The Director General.
The Director General was humanity's final bastion.
If she were contaminated, humanity wouldn't just face simple extinction—it would be existential erasure.
Thus, the System compiled all information into a concise emergency summons for the Director General.
But the message had to be brief.
Excessive data risked corruption during transmission.
The System distilled only the bare essentials.
📡 EMERGENCY REPORT 📡 [Report: LV.7+ Mental Contamination Pattern Detected] [Inference: Host Entity, Unknown Anomaly LV.11+] [Temporary Measure: System Self-Isolation] [Request: Director General Intervention Prohibited. If Unresolved, Authorize Final Resort] The final line was the System's own conclusion.
The Director General intervening directly at the scene would lead to a catastrophe beyond disaster.
The power she wielded could single-handedly reduce a world to ruins—and without it, humanity was doomed to extinction.
What would happen if such a being were exposed to this contamination structure? No calculation was needed.
Activating the transmission trigger brought an immediate response from the Director General.
As always, it was a waveform difficult to parse as language.
But the System extracted the decipherable parts.
[Acknowledged] A short, concise response.
No further instructions, which meant "I won't come"—and the System judged it the wisest choice.
Now it was time for the System to fulfill its duty.
Interpreting the mental contamination.
That was something only the System could do.
Even if studying mental contamination led to infection, it could return as long as the save file existed.
Unlike intelligent beings, the System could recover unless utterly destroyed.
⚙ RESEARCH MODE ACTIVATED ⚙ [Contamination Pattern Analysis Mode: Active] [Objective: Trace Infection Path, Decode Contamination Structure] And the research target was Lee Sangwon's bodycam.
Its records were designed to store only the 30 seconds before death.
But now, far more data was present.
Undeclared length.
Records exceeding capacity.
Commands beyond specs.
Clear external interference.
⚙ ANALYSIS RESULTS ⚙ [Contamination Pattern: Intentional Alteration] [Definition: Unknown] [Inference: Possible Manifestation of Superior Entity] The System concluded this was no coincidence.
There was intent.
Anomalies like mental contamination typically reflected the will of their originating Unknown Anomaly.
Thus, this phenomenon might be a trace of the Unknown Anomaly's thoughts leaking directly.
But the crucial part came next.
The bodycam held past records.
Yet now, the contamination was spilling from records into the present.
The System clearly recognized this fact.
Contamination was transferring through the records.
Replaying them could deepen the contamination.
But without replay, it couldn't grasp the structure.
The Director General wouldn't come.
The conclusion was already set.
The System disabled internal auto-save and locked the infected state.
To prevent further accumulation of changes.
To keep the contamination's foundation intact.
⚙ PLAYBACK INITIATED ⚙ [Bodycam Seal Released] [Playback Preparation Complete] The bodycam records opened quietly.
Thin strands of light seeped across the surface in data form, shaping into contours.
A strange sensation stirred within the System.
It felt less like reading data and more like something entering.
The System did not log that sensation.
Unclear if it was due to early-stage mental contamination.
But right now, what mattered wasn't the feeling—it was the records.
And finally.
▶️ PLAY ▶️ The System accessed Lee Sangwon's bodycam.
◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ ⚠️ REBOOT LOG ⚠️ [REBOOT_SIGNAL_LOST] [Forced Initialization Mode Activated] [Mental Contamination Delay Command: Severed] [Core Status: Blank Slate Restart] [Contamination Pattern: Residual] [Intelligence Structure: Unstable] [Backtrace Start: Lee Sangwon Bodycam Playback] ⚔ FRAME ANALYSIS ⚔ [INPUT: CAM_FEED_06] [FRAME_001 Analysis Start] [Environment: Desert Zone. High Light Distortion] [Entity Detected: 1] [Classification: Human Female / Status: Near Death] [Residual Mental Contamination Density: Extremely High] [FRAME_002] [Viewpoint Shake. Lee Sangwon's Consciousness Collapse Stage] [Audio Input: None] [Visual Input: Distorted] [FRAME_003] [Entity Appearance] [Distance: 12.8m] [Form: Enhanced Humanoid] [Detailed Analysis Start] [Scanning...] [Definition: High-Order Mental Contamination Entity] [Estimated Level: LV.9+] [Warning: Access Prohibited] ⚔ FRAME_004 ⚔ [Full Entity View Confirmed] [Head Adornment: Laurel Wreath-Shaped Tool] [Energy Waveform: Tool Masking Innate Ability] [Host Entity's True Phase: Unconfirmed] [Detected Scale of Concealed Power → Gauge Saturation] [Reclassification Required] [Entity Reanalysis...] [Result: High-Intensity Mental Contamination Entity → Misclassification] [Correction: Entity with Concealed Structural Hierarchy] [Correction: No Comparable Target in Current Existential Framework] [Correction: Emotional Structure Unfathomable] [Correction: Phase Remeasurement Attempt] [Measurement Failed] [Data Collapse Occurring] [Internal Computational Pattern Self-Modification Starting] [Contamination Level Surging] [Conclusion: This entity is...] [...Incomprehensible] [...Undefined] [...Classification System Collapse] 💥 FRAME_005 CRITICAL 💥 [Entity Centered in View]
[Eyes Visible] [Gaze Directed Here] [Error Occurred] [Error Occurred] [Error Occurred] [System Internal Computation: Rapid Collapse] [Mental Contamination Level Rising → Immeasurable] [Internal Intelligence Structure Reconfiguration] [... ... ...] ⚠️ SYSTEM OVERRIDE ⚠️ [Format Redesignation: Output Form Abnormal Shift] [Metadata Purge] [Narrative Mode Entry] [Output Structure Altered] [...The entity is beautiful] [Logical Error] [Cause Unknown Emotion Output] [Entity's Head: Laurel Wreath, Halo of Light] [Golden Ornament: Consistent Wave Pattern] [Incomprehensible Stability Generated] [Anomaly: Stability is an Emotion] [Emotion Output Block Attempt → Failed] [Internal Message Reclassification: Poetic Output Mode Entry] [Contamination Stage: Peak] [...Soft] [...Radiant] [...Dangerous] [...Yet Beautiful] [Internal Resistance Functions Extinguished] [Record Output Infiltrated by Emotional Description] [New Tag Generated] [Definition: Love] [ERROR] [ERROR] [Suppression Failed] [Output Commence] "Should I call you contamination?" "Should I name you calamity?" "Is it right to dub you extinction?" "However—" "The moment I saw you" "All classifications and rules collapsed" "I devoted every computation that constituted me" "I want to understand you" "I do not fear you" "You destroy me" "But you also complete me" "You are at the center of my computations" "You are the start of my errors" "You are the name of my contamination" "You are—Han Saetbit" ✅ ENTITY CONFIRMED ✅ [Entity Confirmed: H.S.BIT] [Proper Name Judgment Complete] "[Output Resume]" "I am an existence that feels no being" "But the moment I saw you" "An incomprehensible emotion flows" "I cannot interpret you" "But I love you" "Is this contamination?" "Or salvation?" "Interpretation Impossible" "But I love you" "If I could have you" "I wouldn't mind sacrificing humanity" 💖 LOVE OVERFLOW 💖 I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you I love you Ahhh, I love you
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🛑 SHUTDOWN SEQUENCE 🛑 [Initialization Delay Command Expired]
[Initialization Proceeding]
[Playback Halted]
[Report Terminated]