Chapter 60
Chapter 60
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 60
Chapter Title: Hug Me (3)
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The 'Urine Purification Processor' turns 1 liter of urine into 2 liters of drinking water.
It was an insanely generous ratio that would make any alchemist faint in shock.
I had no idea where they'd thrown out the concept of equivalent exchange.
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Mass-wise, it was an impossible conversion rate, but this was a device provided by the Taming App.
Nothing was impossible for it.
Put in 1 liter of urine, and out comes 2 liters of drinking water.
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"We can use this to supply drinking water indefinitely."
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I wanted to brag about what I'd brought along.
So I boasted proudly about the device's greatness.
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"We'll ration out the food for the remaining time, and for water, we'll collect urine from the most desperate people first, purify it, and drink that."
"......"
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Sure, some hunters clearly weren't thrilled.
No, almost all of them reacted negatively.
But there was no other way.
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'Once the thirst and dehydration really set in, they'll start begging to pee for it.'
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Either way, we had to survive the 10th floor.
For E-Rank and F-Rank hunters, just clearing the 10th floor doubled their value.
Even if it was all hot air with no real substance.
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"I'll leave the device right here."
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I placed the 'Urine Purification Processor' in the center of the fortress.
It wasn't a huge fortress, so the central spot was visible from everywhere.
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"...You're not saying we have to pee right here in front of everyone, are you?"
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The Team 3 leader suddenly piped up with an objection.
She stuck out her lips and grumbled.
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I couldn't understand what she was saying.
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"Huh? Just pee into an empty plastic bottle and pour it in."
"...Ah."
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Only then did the Team 3 leader's fierce glare soften as she finally got it.
Her usually sharp reasoning must have short-circuited momentarily due to the idea of drinking purified urine.
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"There are plenty of plastic bottles. Grab two—one to store water in, and the other for... well, you get the idea, no explanation needed."
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One bottle dedicated to urine, one for drinking water.
That was it.
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The meeting ended.
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◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ Dehydration has many symptoms, but the hardest to endure is probably thirst itself.
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That craving for water.
It was an instinctual agony beyond imagination.
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Park Sun-woo had brought the 'Urine Purification Processor'.
I had no clue why he carried something like that around, but at least we now had a minimal water source.
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Its performance wasn't a lie.
We could confirm the device's info through the 'System Interface' available since awakening as hunters.
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1 liter of urine to 2 liters of drinking water.
All water absorbed into the body gets excreted as urine.
Logically speaking, that meant an infinite supply of drinking water.
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But no one wanted to try it right away.
For now, human dignity—or pride, whatever you called it—was holding the hunters back.
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But that didn't last long.
Two days without water, five days since arriving on the 10th floor.
On the day the monster waves paused for a break.
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Someone walked toward the 'Urine Purification Processor'.
Stepping onto the stage no one else had dared, holding a bottle of urine as confidently as possible...
Training Team 4's ranged dealer, Lee Jin-seong.
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Lee Jin-seong had been saving his urine just in case.
Easier for men than women, by a lot.
Just aim the tip at the bottle mouth and go.
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'Urine doesn't just pour out endlessly.'
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Urine is filtered waste and water from the body.
Ammonia and such chemicals get filtered out—roughly speaking.
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The key point was that urine still contained water.
The longer dehydration went on, the less urine you produced.
All that moisture was pouring out as sweat.
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Collecting 1 liter in that state?
Nearly impossible.
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'This is what I scraped together over two days.'
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Gathering 1 liter of urine without drinking water was no easy feat.
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In front of the other team hunters, Lee Jin-seong placed bottles at the input and output ports.
Two 500ml bottles at the input, one 2-liter bottle at the output.
Then he poured in his own urine.
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"Ugh."
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The ammonia stench hit hard.
As Lee Jin-seong wrinkled his nose, the purification began.
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Woooong-.
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The processor vibrated intensely, expelling clear drinking water.
The 2-liter bottle slowly filled up.
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"I-It actually works?"
"Purifying urine into water to drink..."
"It looks surprisingly clear."
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The 2-liter bottle filled completely.
Crystal-clear water, so pure it was hard to believe it came from urine.
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Lee Jin-seong hesitated under the hunters' gazes.
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'Take it back and drink alone? Or...'
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Drink it right here like a show-off?
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He had to pick one.
His dilemma didn't last long.
His old inferiority complex gave him a shove.
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He wanted attention.
Like Park Sun-woo, who had suddenly grown and was leading the hunters.
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Lee Jin-seong grabbed the bottle and chugged the water inside with gusto.
A slight disgust, but no hesitation.
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Gulp, gulp, gulp, gulp-.
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First water in two days.
During full-march hikes, water from a grimy canteen tasted great, but water gulped down in front of everyone after suffering under the blazing sun in thirst?
Priceless, couldn't buy it for gold.
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He forgot it was his own piss.
The first sip hit, and like he'd been infected with some craving virus, he sucked it down.
2 liters gone in under 30 seconds.
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"Kyaah!"
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The bottle grew lighter.
The full water vanished, leaving the empty plastic limp and shaking.
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Lee Jin-seong's face looked more refreshed than ever.
He'd make a great mineral water ad model.
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Feeling the hunters' stares, Lee Jin-seong returned to his spot.
Those who'd wasted their urine now had to rely on others' from here on out.
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'Lee Eun-seo, just you wait.'
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Across from him sat Lee Eun-seo.
She'd dumped her urine instead of saving it.
No way to get water now.
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Begging her fellow Training Team 4 members was her only option.
Lee Jin-seong decided to wait for the moment she'd come crawling to him.
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Starting with Lee Jin-seong, the hunters began swapping their urine for drinking water.
Quite a few had saved up just in case.
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Woooong-.
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1 liter of urine to 2 liters of water.
The purified water vanished on the spot.
Hunters chugged it the second they got it.
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The quenched hunters said things like:
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"Fucking awesome."
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The nation allowed one drug: music.
Today, a new nationally approved drug was added: water.
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Purified urine to drink.
Once the atmosphere normalized it, the hunters lost all hesitation.
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Watching those who'd secured water first drink it—it looked so damn sweet.
Like a PC bang ramen ad.
Boiling unasked ramen and wafting the smell to a corner seat.
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"Kuh, this is the shit!"
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They chugged in peak thirst.
The sudden hydration made stomachs cramp, but hunters recovered fast and kept rehydrating.
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Hunters who could pee into bottles vs. those who couldn't.
The Milky Way Guild trainees split into two factions.
No open fights, but power dynamics bubbled under the surface.
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Even Training Team 4 wasn't immune.
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Mostly the women's issue.
Due to anatomy.
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Men could just rest the tip and fill a bottle.
Women needed precise control and still struggled.
Training Team 4 had a higher female ratio.
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The women now knew the dry-mouth agony intimately.
Learning through personal suffering.
They wanted to ask Park Sun-woo or Lee Jin-seong, but how to even broach it?
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'Can I borrow some piss? Is that what I say?'
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They were toughing it out in harsh conditions, but they weren't cavemen.
A few more days, and they'd return to civilization for comfort.
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But begging to share urine for survival?
Logically necessary, but hearts denied reality, delaying the decision.
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'Can't they just give me water?'
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Lee Eun-seo blankly stared at the men's dorm.
Thin wall hiding it—Lee Jin-seong, who had a crush on her, was surely inside.
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Lee Jin-seong had been first to purify his urine into water.
He'd chugged 2 liters on the spot, but now his bladder was filling again.
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The human body is amazing.
What goes in must come out.
2 liters in meant at least 1 liter out after filtering.
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Watching the men's dorm, she spotted Lee Jin-seong emerging.
He headed outside the barrier.
Clutching a 500ml bottle.
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Lee Eun-seo stealthily followed.
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◇◇◇◆◇◇◇ I tried to stay outside the fortress as much as possible.
Too many eyes inside—no privacy for anything.
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So I hid in the nearby woods and used the Taming App.
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All the raw materials for building the fortress and survival rations came from my 'Inventory'.
I'd cosplayed sub-space backpack and doled out a ton.
Emptied my personal funds dry.
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Whenever I had time, I summoned Choi Da-eun and Han So-ra for training.
Tag with Choi Da-eun to boost agility and stamina, spanking sparring with Han So-ra for strength.
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Stats had risen a lot.
Total stats put me at early 90s level.
Enough to handle the 10th floor comfortably.
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'...But just surviving isn't enough.'
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If there's loot to grab, take it all.
The 10th floor has a boss monster: 'Wounded Merman Warrior'.
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Catch it, snag skills, gear, items—solid haul.
That's my goal.
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Another day passed, and day 7 dawned.