Chapter 2
Chapter 2
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Translator: MadScientist
Chapter: 2
Chapter Title: Day 1 in the Wild
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They say life is an adventure.
I used to agree with that completely.
Until I got dropped smack in the middle of the wilderness while playing a game.
"This isn't an adventure... it's kidnapping... *cough*!"
Along with the cough, cold blood poured from my mouth.
I stared at the blood with a dejected expression for a moment.
Then I roughly wiped my mouth with my sleeve and looked around.
"Just a bunch of thickly grown trees as far as the eye can see... Huh?"
My eyes suddenly widened as I checked my surroundings.
I'd spotted something in the shadow of a tree behind me.
"A school uniform? Is someone there?"
Excited, I shouted and ran toward the tree where I saw the sleeve of a school uniform.
But up close, it wasn't a person.
"Ugh! It's a corpse!"
A skeleton in a tattered school uniform was leaning against the tree.
At the skeleton's feet, scratched into the dirt, was a will.
-Gallery bastards, I asked for some water...
"Gallery?"
The unexpected word slipped out of my mouth unconsciously.
⚙ UNIQUE GALLERY ⚙ [Live: Unique newbie is screwed] [Guys, isn't this Millennium Snow Ginseng?] [Tomorrow I'm traveling with my fated lady. Take a look at my itinerary.] [Isn't this a World Tree seed?] [Yushun-i luckmaxxing!] "What the hell is this...?"
I reached out with trembling hands to touch the floating window.
But my hand passed right through it.
"Then how am I supposed to use it?"
As if mocking my question, the controls turned out to be surprisingly simple.
I just had to think about what I wanted to see, and it opened.
Once I figured it out, I started checking the posts with the most recommendations.
📰 Isn't this a World Tree seed? — Anon As if lol World Tree's gone and elves are crying their asses off, upvote lol — Anon Lmao upvote — Anon OP where'd you find it? — Anon OP, sell me the coords. 📰 Yushun-i luckmaxxing! — Anon (Image of a female dwarf with a hammer emphasizing her butt) — Anon Kraaaah! My eyes! — Anon This is it for today! — Anon Sis, those biceps are so pretty! — Anon Dwarf bastards! Put a dislike tag on it! 📰 Tomorrow I'm traveling with my fated lady. Take a look at my itinerary. First, at a shady tavern, I'll unleash my sword aura to show my dignity. Then at the sword dojo, using a map as an excuse, I'll overwhelm the disciples there. Chance of sharing a night of passion with the lady? — Anon Murim-style pickup artist lol — Anon Just flex sword aura once lol so funny — Anon Dojo disciples: Oh, this guy's back again. "World Tree. Elves. Dwarves. Murim. Sword aura..."
I listed out the noteworthy keywords to sort through them.
My conclusion: a world blending fantasy and murim.
"A racial stir-fry, huh."
Sighing, I opened the post window to ask my current location.
That's when a new alert popped up in the air.
⚙ SYSTEM NOTIFICATION ⚙ Would you like to register as a member? Benefits of membership: 1. User-to-user trades once every 24 hours. 2. Attach photos and videos to posts. 3. Conduct polls. 4. Unlock Gallery broadcast feature. After reading the benefits, I signed up without hesitation.
Attaching a photo was essential to ask about my location.
"Nickname... *cough*!"
Another cough brought more cold blood.
A reminder from my body that I was dying from the Nine Yin Meridians.
In that moment, a nickname came to mind naturally.
Welcome, Shihanbu-nim. "Fits perfectly with a guy dying in real time."
I gave a self-deprecating laugh for a moment.
Then I immediately wrote and posted.
As politely and courteously as possible so various races wouldn't take offense.
📰 Hello, Unique Gallery. Does anyone know where this is? Woke up here. Does anyone know where this is? (Forest landscape photo) I waited a long time after posting.
Then I sensed something was off.
No comments until it got buried.
Views were only 3.
"What the hell?"
I scanned other posts with trembling eyes.
Then I realized.
"This is the shitpost pit."
Having learned my lesson, I wrote a new post.
📰 Caught jerking off thinking Yushun-i was alone ㅠㅠ Woke up here. Where is here? (Forest landscape photo) — Anon Lmao drifter got drift again lol — Anon Thought it was shitpost, hands shaking as I clicked lol — Anon ↳ Reply Then don't click it — Anon ↳ Reply How do you resist a title like that lol — Anon ↳ Reply Lmao fair lol It worked instantly.
People started reading my post.
"Why am I so proud of this?"
But there was a problem.
"Hey, I asked where this is, you shitposters!"
No one answered my question.
They were all too busy laughing among themselves.
No one gave the info I wanted.
"Useless as hell."
Just as I was about to give up.
— Knowledgeable Person Just trees? How am I supposed to know? Film a video panning the whole area. A normal person finally showed up.
I immediately filmed a video of the surroundings as requested and made a new post.
📰 Knowledgeable Person, here's the video you requested. Knowledgeable Person, here's the video you requested. No replies until it got buried.
I'd seen this pattern before.
I quietly made a new post.
📰 Yushun-i panty reveal today! Knowledgeable Person, here's the video you requested. — Knowledgeable Person OK, checked it. "..."
I refreshed the post endlessly with a dumbfounded look.
It was ridiculous to rely on this guy, but I had no other options.
Meanwhile, comments started pouring in.
— Anon Fuck, coughing like crazy watching the vid. TB or what? — Shihanbu Nine Yin Meridians. — Anon Nine Yin Meridians? What's that? First time hearing it, but this familiar taste... — Anon Of course it's familiar. That one highnic wails about it every day. Who was it again. — Snow Girl Really Nine Yin Meridians? — Snow Girl Is it really?! A new highnic appeared, but I had no time to care.
The Knowledgeable Person who'd checked the video replied.
— Knowledgeable Person Good video. — Shihanbu So where is this, sir? — Knowledgeable Person No... clue? "..."
He turned out unreliable after all.
But I wasn't disappointed.
I hadn't expected someone to pinpoint the location from a single forest video.
I was just grasping at straws.
"For now, let's move. *Cough*! Gotta find something that identifies the place."
As I decided and tried to close the gallery.
New comments started flooding in.
— Anon ? Knowledgeable Person doesn't know? — Anon Encyclopedia can't answer? — Anon Then only one answer. Old abandoned Abandoned Continent. — Anon Ah yeah. Makes sense he doesn't know. It's been abandoned for ages. — Anon OP be careful. Dinosaurs live there. Dinosaurs live there?
"They're really going all out to troll the newbie... Huh?"
My mouth hung half-open as I froze.
Something cold and sticky dripped from above onto my head.
Reflexively, my hand went to my scalp.
My fingertips felt moist, slimy mucus.
"Who spat phlegm from the sky...?"
The irritated mutter didn't last long.
Through the gaps in the branches, I saw it.
A massive monster head covered in scales.
And the pumpkin-sized eyes on that enormous skull.
Those eerie, vertically slit pupils locked right onto me.
💥 GROWL! 💥 It was a dinosaur.
A real dinosaur drooling as it stared at me.
In that instant, I reflexively attached a photo to the gallery and commented.
— Shihanbu (Photo of dinosaur drooling) ... What do I do now? The reaction was immediate.
— Anon Lmao it really was Shihanbu — Anon Breakfast is feasting on comments lol — Anon Nice framing even now;; What photography magic you use? — Snow Girl Is it really Nine Yin Meridians?! — Knowledgeable Person It's big. Dodge between the trees. Turn on broadcast while you do. Crowdsource brainpower go go Following the Knowledgeable Person's advice from the comments, I started weaving between the trees to escape.
At the same time, I activated the gallery broadcast.
It wasn't hard.
Just think about wanting to broadcast.
⚙ BROADCAST STARTED ⚙ A broadcast screen lit up in front of me along with the alert.
Chat exploded instantly.
💬 Live Chat — Anon Whoa! Actually started a broadcast! — Anon Breakfast live escape stream lol — Knowledgeable Person Big rock ahead! Veer left! — Anon Can't you just hide behind that tree? — Anon Idiot, that thing's so big it won't miss you behind a tree. I sharply turned left, following the real-time advice flooding in.
— Knowledgeable Person Good. Keep zigzagging between trees. I dodged back and forth between the trees per the Knowledgeable Person's advice.
That's when it happened.
— Anon Whoa. That presence is insane for real. One comment made me glance back unconsciously.
And I regretted it.
💥 ROAR! 💥 I saw the massive dinosaur barreling after me, smashing trees aside with its body.
"Uwaaaah!"
Screaming, I poured even more strength into my legs.
Thus began my isekai wilderness survival.