Chapter 46
Chapter 46
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Translator: uly
Chapter: 46
Chapter Title: Dun Package VER.N.DAWN
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“How is it? Does it hurt? Has anything changed?”
Dun had been staring blankly into empty space for a while now. Worried, Lee Yoo-hyun asked cautiously.
She hadn’t expected the package to come in the form of a syringe. She thought it would be like a gift box. A syringe in a fantasy world? Was it related to the notice about skills morphing to fit the user?
She regretted not testing it on herself first before giving it to Dun.
“Uh, yeah. It doesn’t hurt. This is wild.”
“What’s wild about it?”
A breeze blew, and a leaf fell onto Lee Yoo-hyun’s head. There was a hole chewed right in the center by some bug.
“Hold on, let me check and I’ll tell you.”
- Create New World (1 use available)
Among the contents of the package, Dun activated the one that said it was possible: ‘Create New World.’
[Would you like to download ‘Create New World’?]
“Yeah.”
Suddenly, Dun’s red eyes began to glow faintly.
[Confirming user.]
[Confirming version.]
[VER.null.DAWN confirmed.]
[Object with no world exists.]
[Would you like to dispose of the object?]
[YES □ NO ■]
[Please designate a world.]
[Shall we designate it as a new world?]
[Approval from 83738465776984 required. …Approved.]
[Shall we transfer world creation authority once?]
[YES ■ NO □]
How was she supposed to show these notifications to Dun?
The alert windows flashed by and vanished at a speed Dun couldn’t read.
“What? Dispose of what?”
[Congratulations! You have been designated as temporary administrator.]
[One-time skill, [New World], has been issued.]
“What’s wild about it?”
The leaf from earlier was gone, and another one fell onto Lee Yoo-hyun’s head.
“Didn’t you just ask that?”
“Huh? I’m asking for the first time.”
“?”
“?”
Dun picked up the leaf that had landed on Lee Yoo-hyun’s head and examined it closely.
It was a leaf with a hole chewed right in the center by a bug.
The same leaf she thought had fallen earlier had fallen again.
“A leaf fell on my head. Thanks for taking it off.”
“What could it be…….”
“The leaf on my head?”
Dun shook her head.
An intense sense of incongruity washed over her. For a moment, it felt like time had looped.
If the skill she’d just downloaded was related to time, then the system that created the skill—was it connected to time? If it could manipulate time, had it sent I-saek from the past to make her into Dun?
Several hypotheses flooded her mind at once.
“No. Lee Yoo-hyun, remember this. I just got a skill called ‘New World.’”
“A skill?”
“Truth is, I have a system window like you guys, an inventory, levels—even my level is 999. And I can see your level, skills, everything.”
“What??? It wasn’t a pocket dimension, it was an inventory?”
Not knowing exactly what this skill did, Dun pulled out paper and a pen from her inventory, scribbled something, and handed it to Lee Yoo-hyun.
“Keep this paper safe. Give it to me when I ask for it later. Don’t open it.”
Dun took out ‘[Rare] Zero’s Slime’ from her inventory and sealed the paper inside.
“Let me try out the skill. Don’t forget what I just said.”
Dun activated the skill she’d just obtained.
“Activate skill, New World.”
Space warped, and a humming sound filled her ears.
Feeling her consciousness fade, Dun forced her eyes open. Lee Yoo-hyun’s face distorted along with the space.
* * *
When Dun opened her eyes, the surroundings had vanished. No Lee Yoo-hyun, no grass, no Ulr’s Swamp.
Everything was gone.
[Welcome, Dun. Would you like to go through the Citamet Tool tutorial?]
Suddenly, an alert window and voice appeared before Dun.
“Who are you?”
Dun flinched as she spoke. Her voice felt unfamiliar. Was her resonance deeper? No, the words seemed to embed directly into her head……
Dun cleared her throat. The voice that came out felt a bit off.
[I am the Citamet execution tool.]
“Execution tool? What exactly do you do?”
[No access privileges for information. Would you like to go through the Citamet Tool tutorial?]
“Stop pushing your lines and tell me—where is this, and what’s it for?”
[Default Room. Currently in void state. Would you like to go through the Citamet Tool tutorial?]
Hold on, this explanation is way too curt. Download a manual and explain properly.
[Yes. Downloading additional language settings. …Applied.]
The voice, presumed to be the system, suddenly started rambling on its own. It was a bit creepy.
[This is the space that belongs to no world—the very first one. Nothing exists yet. Would you like to see how to use the administrator tools?]
It had suddenly switched to easy-to-understand language.
Citamet Tool seemed like ‘administrator tool,’ and Default Room like ‘the very first space.’
A space belonging to no world—so she’d been moved somewhere detached from the world she lived in.
“Got it, got it. Do whatever.”
[Beginning tutorial. Tutorial will proceed over 7 days.]
[Decompressing compressed time in VER.N.DAWN. Decompression progress 0%…….]
[Day 1.]
[Day 2.]
[Day 3.]
[Day 4.]
[Day 5.]
[Day 6.]
[Day 7.]
[Decompression progress 100%!]
Time flowed unbelievably fast.
Not just feeling fast—it was like 7 days passed in 7 seconds.
Yet strangely, she felt those 7 days fully. The Citamet Tool usage was all imprinted in her mind.
[Cognitive functions activating.]
Dun stared blankly into space. The boundaries of time perception were crumbling.
She had no idea what she’d just seen and learned. She knew, but couldn’t comprehend.
[Welcome, Dun. Would you like to go through the Citamet Tool tutorial?]
Suddenly, a voice came from the side. Turning her head, she saw herself as she’d first entered this room.
Light brown bangs framing panicked red eyes. Slightly open mouth.
She looked pretty dumb.
“Who are you?”
The new her repeated what she’d said earlier.
[I am the Citamet execution tool.]
[Default Room. Currently in void state. Would you like to go through the Citamet Tool tutorial?]
….
Another Dun entered the space.
[I am the Citamet execution tool.]
“Execution tool? What exactly do you do?”
[No access privileges for information. Would you like to go through the Citamet Tool tutorial?]
“Stop pushing your lines and tell me—where is this, and what’s it for?”
[Default Room. Currently in void state. Would you like to go through the Citamet Tool tutorial?]
….
Repetition. And repetition.
Even now, 7 days were flowing simultaneously. The first day was looping.
She felt like she’d just done the tutorial, was doing it now, and would do it soon.
Dun closed her eyes, covered her ears, and hunched down. Soon, the other hers beside her did the same.
In an instant, multiple futures appeared all at once. Too fast, too much information pouring in—she couldn’t tell reality from illusion.
Birth. Someone’s birth.
Death. Her own death.
Ever-expanding time compressing into one scene.
“Arghhh!”
Unable to bear the flood of information, images, possibilities, and variables replaying in her head, Dun clawed at her hair.
Trying to think more, her mind went blank.
[VER.N.DAWN not responding. Searching for solutions.]
Workload too heavy—her mind still blank.
She felt she needed to do something, but nothing came to mind.
[VER.N.DAWN operation halted. Close the program?]
[YES □ NO ■]
[Searching for solutions. Run Problem Solver Wizard?]
[YES ■ NO □]
Hmm, calling the Problem Solver Wizard never actually solved anything.
Dun collapsed, and some time passed.
[Two solutions found.]
>Restart program
>Check simultaneous time auto-play settings
[Would you like to reset administrator privileges as well?]
[Settings complete. Backing up to prevent loss, then restarting…….]
* * *
When I opened my eyes, the surroundings had vanished. No Lee Yoo-hyun, no grass, no Ulr’s Swamp.
Everything was gone.
[Welcome, Dun. Would you like to learn how to use the Administrator Tool?]
Suddenly, an alert window and voice appeared before me.
“Who are you?”
I flinched as I spoke. My voice felt unfamiliar. Was my resonance deeper? No, the words seemed to embed directly into my head……
I cleared my throat. The voice that came out felt a bit off.
[I am the administrator execution tool.]
“Execution tool? What exactly do you do?”
[Approximately 3 trillion explainable functions found. Shall I send compressed?]
“Nah, I’m not curious anymore. Where is this, and what’s it for?”
[This is the very first space. Nothing exists yet. Would you like to see how to use the ‘Administrator Tools’?]
My face soured automatically.
“It’s fine. Don’t know why, but I already know how to use it. I don’t remember the fine details like temperature, moon shapes, moon count, ocean ratio, so pull up some world templates.”
When did I learn all this, and how? Touching my jaw felt numb.
[Fetching worlds most similar to Dun’s current environment.]
Soon, hundreds of lists popped up as system windows, shrinking the scrollbar instantly.
“Narrow it to the top 3 most similar. And in voice settings, turn off everything except voice output. Don’t know why, but the humming makes me dizzy.”
[Acknowledged.]
I cleared my throat again. Ahem.
“Ah, ah. Now that’s better.”
Hold on—hand and mouth? Cough?
Looking closely, the body I thought was mine wasn’t there. I’d just briefly believed it was.
Void state.
There was really nothing here. At least, nothing physical.
“Turn off all physical settings related to body perception. Feels like I’m a pile of crap.”
[Disabling will restrict some Administrator Tool functions. Proceed?]
“I’ll use templates. Proceed.”
Soon, hands and feet actually appeared. The sensation felt good, so I touched my face for no reason. My jaw was smooth.
“Make a chair. The most comfortable in the world.”
I’d been uncomfortable since arriving—wanted to enjoy some comfort.
In the empty white space with only me, a plush-looking chair appeared.
Sitting down sent chills up my spine, and my consciousness blurred.
The world’s most comfortable chair was so good it was scary.
“Hold on, make it comfortably average. You overdid it—this is too much.”