Chapter 40
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Translator: Silver Dragon
Chapter: 40
Chapter Title: The Secret of Debenna Planet (1)
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The knights' battle ended in the blink of an eye.
A brief silence hung in the air.
And then the victor began to move.
– Thud!
The steel robot collapsed powerlessly to the ground.
〔Impossible…〕
〔Statistically… impossible…〕
It was really by a hair's breadth.
Because of that tiny, almost immeasurable difference.
Its head had exploded.
And I was able to stand there unscathed.
"Life is nothing but a series of impossibilities, kid."
With its main weapon neutralized.
The thing was nothing more than a perfect punching bag.
I pressed the gun barrel to the fallen robot's head.
– Bang!
A long, resounding explosion echoed out.
The sound of the energy bullet slamming into its tin-can head.
The bullet pierced straight through its head.
And soon detonated inside its body.
– Crackle!
The moment its body was destroyed.
The surrounding space-time began to fracture.
Light poured out from the cracks.
The light grew stronger and stronger.
Until it was impossible to keep my eyes open.
I couldn't hold out and squeezed my eyes shut.
About ten seconds passed like that.
The blinding light suddenly vanished.
"Oh! How was it, customer? Did you enjoy this experience too?"
The voice that broke the silence was one familiar to me.
I slowly opened my eyes.
A Xeno in circus attire stood before me.
"Varatis?"
"That was truly an amazing performance! You're probably the only customer who's ever cleared Adventure 2 like that!"
I barely pulled myself together and stood up.
I slowly looked around.
It seemed like we'd returned to the real world the moment that spider robot exploded.
"You did great today. Come on, follow me! The galaxy's best entertainment has even more in store!"
In a daze, I followed behind him.
Varatis suggested trying out other facilities, but I turned them all down and headed back to the hotel first.
"Ah, the bed!"
The moment I stepped into the hotel, the bed welcomed me.
I rushed over and flopped onto it.
Only then did I start to feel the fatigue easing a bit.
'How long has it been since I felt this kind of softness?'
I enjoyed a short rest, then opened the gallery.
[This newbie's going short and brutal] [363]
[Want a duel? Beat me first] [872]
[Sending a rescue team would just add more bodies] [443]
[Maybe waiting a bit longer is the answer] [255]
[Told you we should've stopped him back then] [502]
[What kind of rescue team is that?] [483]
[Shouldn't we send a rescue team right now?] [312]
The moment I opened the gallery, I couldn't help but be stunned.
I had no choice.
The gallers were treating me like I was dead.
I clicked on the posts one by one to read them.
Title: Shouldn't we send a rescue team right now?
Author: Ragna Rothburg
It's been almost a month with no sign. Shouldn't we send a rescue team to save him?
No, even if not a full rescue team, someone should at least go check what's going on.
Trying to rescue him would just add more sacrifices. Sadly, we have to leave it be.
I agree with the above. Everyone knows Debenna Amusement Park is insanely dangerous. We can't send more people there.
And I think we should wait a bit more. There's still a chance he pulls off another miracle return.
└ Behedia Federation: Honestly, no contact for over a month... he's probably dead...
└ Liberata Entertainment: It's uncomfortable to say, but yeah, it looks that way.
'Wait, what the hell is this?'
I couldn't help but be flustered as I read the post.
Me, not logging into the gallery for a whole month?
I immediately checked the time.
Just as the galler said, nearly a month had passed.
'What? I was in the simulator that long?'
Toward the end, when I'd just sat there burning time.
My sense of time had completely fallen apart.
I knew a decent amount had passed.
But I had no idea it was this long.
'I thought it was just a day or two at most.'
I started checking other posts.
Title: Told you we should've stopped him back then
Author: Aspiring Hero Warrior
You guys bragged about your ships, newbie flipped out and rushed off for rapid growth.
I knew this would happen from when you were messing with the newbie.
Debenna wiped out three exploration teams from the Tomoria—tier-1 relic hunters—and cut losses.
Shouldn't you have stopped a newbie from going there?
Forget that, remember Gonic, our gallery's relic vet who vanished there?
You all remembered that incident, but still let the newbie go?
You were just dopamine junkies ignoring his safety ㅇㅇ
Don't pretend to care now, it's disgusting.
If we knew it'd end like this, we'd have stopped him from the start. You think we did it on purpose?
You didn't know? That make sense?
With you pulling cruisers, maybe you really have an IQ issue.
You fucking ball-busting idiot bitch! Wanna get shredded by my cannons?!
Warning for that statement. One-hour ban. Cool your head and come back.
Elf mutt traits? Savage one-liners as expected.
Elf mutt? A lowborn scum from your world yapping?
Hanging with lowlifes like you makes you think you're equals?
You never got hit by battleship guns, huh?
How about cleaning out the gallery's subhuman lurkers this time?
Warning for that statement. One-hour ban. Cool your head and come back.
Warrior gets the same: one-hour ban. Keep up the aggressive tone and face further penalties.
Title: Want a duel? Beat me first
Author: ★ Ataraxia ★
Lately, some folks keep talking about street fights when they're bored.
Let me be clear to them.
If you want a street fight that bad, don't look elsewhere—come to me.
I'm always ready.
If you lack the guts to face me, don't casually talk about street fights.
Commencing armband worship from now.
Kya~ As expected from the galaxy gallery's #1 fighter ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Only the strong can rule the gallery.
Noticed some folks obsessed with ship size.
Their "big" ships aren't even that big. Where's the confidence from?
Was sick of seeing constant fights, and mod stepped in right on time.
Well done. Reward: armband forever.
— SF Worldview Fanboy: Reward? Nah...
The gallery was a total mess.
Reading the posts, I almost felt sorry for the mod.
I started to understand why they'd asked me to be a secret agent.
To clean up this chaotic gallery.
I began writing a post.
Title: Hey guys, I'm alive
Author: Auto-Nickname 1582
Please stop fighting already
What kind of lives did you all live before?
I thought you were all nice, round, innocent folks, but nope.
Scary, scary for real
The reactions came immediately.
?????????
What? You were alive????
You were alive?
Whoa! Sex!!! Newbie's back!!!
My dopamine!!! You're finally back!!!
I believed in this guy!!!
Right after, hundreds of comments started pouring in.
An explosive reaction like nothing I'd seen before.
The gallery turned into a full party.
na 진짜 힘들었잖아 너죽은줄알고 왜이렇게늦게온거야 내가무슨생각했는지알아나 정말힘들었어 빨리위로해줘 그러면기분이좀나아질거야
This guy's going full mentara again ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
What happened that you couldn't contact for a whole month?
— Auto-Nickname 1582 (OP): Not that I didn't, I couldn't.
The gallers were curious about why I couldn't contact them.
I left them a reply.
Long story, but I ran into the toughest enemy yet.
— Ragna Rothburg: O
— Cleaning Specialist: Toughest enemy?
— Tasmeia Interstellar Merchant Union: Newbie calling it toughest... how strong was it?
— Tereia Intelligent Being Union: Hype!!! Spill it!!!
I started writing a post about what I'd seen in the simulator.
The war between Chiltoom and Utrmaher.
The artificial planet Ekalshame.
And the tale of the spider machine that hunted foes by warping space-time.
I compiled it all into a post and uploaded it.
About three minutes later.
????? A machine spider that twists space-time to hunt enemies?
And you beat it to death?
From then on, notifications went absolutely crazy.