Prologue: Memes Are the True Survivors of the Apocalypse
In a destroyed world, what do people do to get by? Surprisingly, it's gallery bullshit. No exaggeration—it's real. Right there in front of my eyes, the phenomenon was unfolding.
Just looking at it made my head spin—a chaotic mess that induced vertigo. Unfortunately, this was the current state of South Korea. The last surviving server on Korea's collapsed internet. No, a bulletin board.
Korea's hottest spot for communication right now.
And I'm the sole admin of this gallery. Thanks to that, I can view active users' info at will. For example, like this.
Traits:
- Awakened swordsmanship abilities from dojo training since childhood.
- Has a fetish for posting revealing photos online; loves firm peaches.
- Lives as the admin's neighbor with high intimacy.
From this, I can see rough combat power, armament status, even location. I can search comments they've posted, secret posts, private chats—you name it. They have zero privacy from me.
'This is basically god-mode, limited to this board.'
Useless in normal reality. But in an apocalypse where law and order have collapsed completely? Especially when the whole country communicates via one board? The possibilities are endless.
In fact, I've survived countless dangers thanks to this power. No one in Korea has more info than me—not the government, not the military, who now chat in gallery secret rooms. That's why I'm a named user here.
The board's official bully-poster. Not that I'm doing this for free—there's always a reward.
The public's joy at a criminal's doxxing.
Mockery of the perp.
And finally, praise for me.
'Ahh, this is why I gallery.' Watching comments and likes roll in fills me with pride. Honestly, what else is there to do in a ruined world? Humans always crave entertainment. In our case, killing time isn't a right—it's a duty. In that sense, I'm living very wholesomely.
A shut-in like me, top influencer in Korea's last gallery?! Anyway, I was enjoying my solo peaceful apocalypse survival...
Then some psycho shows up in the gallery.
Traits:
- Cosmic horror entity that wandered space before settling on Earth.
- Possesses incomprehensible power and habits from eons of life.
- Currently driven to kill Earth's criminals due to host influence.
- Shows strong interest in the user.
"A space monster pulling that 'just kidding' shit..."
Looks like something weird's living on this ruined Earth.
...Fuck, so what do I do about this?