Chapter 76
Chapter 76
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Translator: penny
Chapter: 76
Chapter Title: Morning Brew and Tower Trials
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"Munch munch."
Sadako was kicking off the morning with a generous breakfast, pouring herself a shot of soju.
Next to her, Yu Ying was having a modest meal of crispy toast, eggs, and bacon.
Asuka didn't need to eat at all, but she was shoveling dry cereal into her mouth without any milk.
Wakamo, who had prepared breakfast for them, was checking the morning paper amid the group.
As a VTuber, staying connected was key. Knowing how the world turned was essential for chatting with viewers.
Sure enough, the top news lately was all about nothing other than "Wakamo 1st Floor."
Stories divided people into haves and have-nots like castes, claiming a single climber was throwing South Korean society into chaos. Debates among researchers on what would happen to the 1st Floor if Wakamo died—tower collapse risks—stood out.
It was true... The Guild Master and Collector Yong Wei had warned about this issue too.
Jackson had brushed it off: "Wakamo's not dying anytime soon. And who could even kill her?"
'Honestly, the Tower's a total mess.'
Wakamo had thought it was flawless from the start, a perfect, impeccable existence.
But with the disastrous setup of Architects and VTubers, and constant feedback-driven tweaks, it felt like the Tower was running some massive experiment on humans.
Make climbers strong via the Tower, then stronger the higher they go.
The Guild Master and Yong Wei had shared intel on a special monster called [Heroic Spirit] appearing on the 90th floor of the 100-floor Tower. So who knew—maybe a real "god" awaited at the top.
'Tower climbing time's coming up.'
She'd asked for relic items useful across the board.
Unless it was something like [Wings of the Moon Garment] that auto-blocked ranged attacks, wouldn't they shatter under the strain?
'Platinum conditions are getting easier, huh.'
She couldn't shake the feeling the Tower was babying her: "Here, take it easy. Fail once, and you'll lose motivation, right?"
Around the 40th floor, she started sensing the Tower's "thoughts" without words.
Towers varied by nation—unclear how much—but they clearly communicated.
Dragging monsters from foreign Towers casually proved it.
Difficulty ramped up per floor: more monsters, annoying gimmicks. But Wakamo transcended all that, battling in uncharted territory.
Tower bragging: "Check out my climber. Impressive, right?" Other Towers: "Mind if I toss this mystery in?"
Unknowns, new breeds, or "you want me to beat THAT?"—with zero intel.
In return, floor resources included rare imports only other nations had, so Manager Won Da-hye pitched it nationally beneficial!!
Grateful for the unshakable faith Wakamo wouldn't lose.
Incheon Tower was no longer Korea's—it summoned global Towers to experiment on Wakamo Inarizushi, testing for their own climbers.
No wonder climber streams spawned analysis videos everywhere.
Clips galore? Thieves ripped them sans links, added BGM, nitpicked in comments, or spewed hate.
Most absurd: Now crying animal cruelty over killing [Feral Deer], demanding life respect?
Bible idols, beast marks, Satan's minions... Worthless drivel, ignored.
'Being famous squeezes life dry.'
Dealt with every nutjob imaginable.
Masked fans threatening lives—respect for idols enduring that. Stalkers digging pasts, pervs prying filthily. VTubers powering through for loving viewers? Impressive.
This Wakamo VTuber... Yielding to external pressure dishonored pioneers who turned wasteland to this, enduring trials. Big-sis seniors would hate it.
She was Korea's rep VTuber now, massive scale.
Thus, ultra-cautious on stream—no slip-ups.
Uproot non-fans climbing aboard, pave wasteland to highway—that's for successors.
'Hire lawyers, sweep 'em all.'
Hate VTubers? Free! Forcing views is harassment!
But stirring baseless incidents? Declaring war...
'Got cash—invest here.'
Slurp—
Sipping warm coffee.
After forcing through Build Craft's terror 8 edits, self-diagnosed poor mental state.
Reset thoughts to square one.
Tower climber anyway—complaining changes zilch.
Issue: this class's skills.
'Damn Tower...'
Simplest hated [Skill] example:
Class-exclusive skill 【Broadcast Points】
-Accumulated points from streams bless believers.
Current points: 3,426
[Believer Disease Resistance (Minor) - 1 point per person]
[Reward of Faith]
-Proportional to points, grant skills to believers.
This guy.
First, other climbers share class experiences, gear trades, pick easy Towers.
Towers vanish post-conquer, respawn soon.
Idiot once picked "collapse Tower"—but normally, Towers reward conquerors big: [Skills], [Items], [Bonus Stats].
First-come-first-served.
Wakamo worried others might beat her to it.
Not "Full Clear Layer" to prevent collapse.
Anyway... Legendary class: zero shared info.
Staircase handmade, doubting every step, solo forward.
Predecessors die for successors; no notes? Job-changer's lost.
'Hmm...'
Thoughts jumbled, incoherent—Wakamo sighed.
Head cluttered... Can't neatly unpack, mind wanders.
Anyway, [Believer Disease Resistance (Minor)] blesses one person per point.
Pathetically short for her million-subs.
Blessing unchanged; gave Manager once, permanent—judged that.
Climber needs disease resistance? Dubious...
Problem: [Reward of Faith] spawned [Faith] stat on acquire.
[Faith] converts to [Bonus Stats], [Mana], [Broadcast Points]—mentioned before.
Last Architect fight, dumped [Faith] to [Mana] in panic.
Tried spare [Bonus Stats]—worked.
Reverse: [Bonus Stats] to [Faith] to [Mana].
And NO explanation anywhere!!!
Wakamo discovered mid-fight!!!
Beyond "how use skills"—question: limits?
'Collectors get normal stats/skills—why me?'
Grumbling inwardly, too many [Skills] now—endless combo悩み.
Plus class-exclusive 【Virtual World】—untried!
All-nighter concert venue: 500+ pottery smashes, no progress!!
'Ugh...'
Early Tower: fresh skills, breezy wins.
Now? Pattern rut worry creeping.
Tower accommodating...? Nah.
'50th floor joint assault soon. Let's go...?'
※※※
"Humans, konnaki~! Ya-ho~~! It's Wakamo Inarizushi~"
-Welcome back, boss.
-So, really crowning the emperor?
-Dummy, no. Check announcements.
-Chat's subscriber-only now lololol
-Doners blocked? No chat for them lololol
-Ah, victory for us enduring clip spam!!
"Extended break this time—annoying pests swarming... Went restaurant last time, guy demanded I pay."
-? For real?
-Crazy?
-Boss a celeb? Lolololol
-No, even celebs don't lolol
-That viral post guy's it.
-Boss, you suffer...
-Leaving it up proves you're Buddha.
-Frfr lolol cops slacking??
"Ignoring VTuber redpill respect. Earning big doesn't mean giveaways! Wanna buy merch, superchat, invest with MY cash. Saved for city, y'know."
-City built? Nuff said...
-Burger please then.
-My soul sings prairie star... 2k won pls...
-No offense, psy burger one.
-Big viewer event?
-MrBeast-style? 100mil pot?
"VTubers can't! Anyway... Uh..."
-Nothing?
-This guy's brain loading infinite ideas.
-100+ concepts flashing.
-Lolololololol
"President duties—ponder on. Tower climb today too."
-Dopamine hour lolol
-What freakshow today?
-More thesis fuel, yay.
-Ghey... Don't go mad.....
Stream on, routine believer chit-chat, updates.
Ichigo'na Pilot, Asuka streams pest-magnet phase—sub-only chat needed.
Redpillers look same IRL, rude ones headache.
Snappers too—but Asuka handled.
All climbers: threats flop on non-climbers.
Never dreamed face-to-face "buy me" from stranger...
Dizzy rethink.
[Climbing Incheon Tower Floor 41 World]
-[Wakamo Inarizushi] climber feats raise difficulty!
-Overcome [Elite Monsters]!
-Defeat [Proliferating Yara-ma-yha-who]!
[Platinum Achievement Conditions]
-Defeat [Proliferating Yara-ma-yha-who] (0/1,000)
-Avoid infection by [Proliferating Yara-ma-yha-who] (0/1)
"Huh—? Frog fighter?"
Red ape... Human-ish? Head/mouth huge, sucker-tipped limbs—grotesque.
Forest trees packed top-to-bottom, fruit-like.
-Bloodsucker monkey babies.
-Where these from?
-Aussie ones, dangerous.
-How? Poison?
-Infects, turns kin.
-??? Headache?
-Total pain, fuck.
-Aussies lost to Tower lol...
Australia what hellscape? Viewers comment, mini-monsters rained.
1,000 in vast forest??
Infection? Distanced—dropped ones ignored Wakamo, hacked ground.
Spit mini-Yara-ma-yha-who.
Known Tower-collapse killer, most human deaths—even undead spared infection mostly. Unlike looks, proliferates kin.
Dumb enough cannibalism caps numbers.
Aussies infamous ugly spawns—but beyond imagination, Wakamo baffled.
'Increased.'
1,000 to 1,029.
Normally prey-proliferators—infinite self-loop.
"...Outdoors rare—go big."
[Idol's Thunder]: Mana to lightning. Body lightning too. Controls as self-part—but human reflex limits; speed tops.
[Idol's Flames]: Mana-spend ignite flames. Caster immune huge plus—but extent unknown.
Finally.
[Idol's Storm].
Mana-spend "wield wind."
Prior improv waste mana vs. Imugi—vivid struggle.
US skip: bad control fear.
Monsters ok?
"Good chance—true sorcery lesson."
Raise hand, pose. Meaningless, looks cool enough.
Swarming unknowns—numbers only?
Whoooosh—
Wind howls.
Monsters charge stationary Wakamo—mid-leap/land, sliced chunks rain. Brutal—wind sharp good, grotesque visuals gripe.
Mini-tornado crushes cities easy.
Hundreds m/s typhoon??
Jupiter's storms quarry Seoul instant.
Eye-stand? Suction drags—but Wakamo floor-anchored. Ground holds? Tower will.
Noise deafening—muted stream. Viewers: charging monsters pop! blood-mist vanish.
-Wut?
-What happening?
-....??
Wakamo-center: forest shreds, not uproot—fragments scatter. Ground shreds too, particles shrink, vanish visually.
Storm swells, layer-devouring rage, shakes.
Floating cam no shake—but Wakamo's ground quakes uproot-ready.
Fwoosh—!
Air vacuum roar, eardrum agony unfeelable. Immunity no hearing loss—but mental strain huge. Unstreamable.
Disaster special only?
Sealed Tower amps power/efficiency—but...
"Hundreds m/s typhoon? Like... Jupiter innards, believers? Roughly."
Science-explains kindly, hovers over void—nothing spared her spot.
"—Overdid it."
-Jupiter atmo sorcery what.
-I... Saw in movie...
-Matter atomized... Storm??
-Info: High-pressure typhoon theoretical.
-Space-erased...
-Defense? Terrain wipe = dead?"
"No panic, believers! Sealed only. US skipped? Tornado trauma?"
-Y, yep...
-US no Jupiter twisters.
-Kindness scale saddens.
-Don't doubt Wakamo's no-kill pacifism.
-Frfr, concept-break = quit VTuber promise us.
"VTubers don't kill humans. Kill human? No VTuber."
-Uwooh, manly line...!
-Girl here, swooned lil.
-Power over life/death for strong?
-Daring after this? Their fault.
-Fr lolol IQ issue lolol
[Incheon Tower Floor 41 achieves Platinum—opens to all humanity!!]
[Tower Platinum clear boosts rewards]
[Climber gains 10 Bonus Stat points]
[[Video Recording] Skill adds [Extra Camera Summon] function]
[[Mana Manipulation] Skill adds [Mana Efficiency Boost] function]
[[My Worlds] Skill upgrades to [Medium Territory]]
[[VTuber Assets] increases registrable assets]
'Hmm~ Solid...'
Cameras to 4—more angles profit.
[Mana Manipulation] extra efficiency... [Medium Territory] already huge—how bigger?
'Assets yay!'
More assets better.
Gun recent—next?
Freer, funner ideas.
Lightsaber? Instant-recognize.
Claws from hands?
"Climb till gear drops, everyone!!"
-Wow lolol long time straight climb??
-But boss gear unlucky ㅇㅇ...
-Know climber: one Tower = full gear set.
-Idol class no gear fits?
-More gear = powerbalance break lololol
-UK king one sword lolol
Positive mindset always—climb!
Believer joy chat—morning slump lie, energy revived.
Broadcasting life's calling! No overthink life.
Fun, simple!!
Bubble bubble—
"O... U... Urk"
Tried hold—stagnant rot stench, Wakamo dry-heaves.
Look around: wooden plank afloat? Blinks.
All around bubbling moss-mud—river? Too stagnant.
What call—
[Climbing Incheon Tower Floor 42 World]
-[Wakamo Inarizushi] climber feats raise difficulty!
-Overcome [Elite Monsters]!
-Defeat [Rahara, Whose Name Must Not Be Spoken]!
[Platinum Achievement Conditions]
-Defeat [Rahara, Whose Name Must Not Be Spoken] (0/1)
-Avoid being swallowed by [Rahara, Whose Name Must Not Be Spoken] (0/1)
-Avoid sinking in [Rahara, Whose Name Must Not Be Spoken]'s swamp (0/1)
KABOOM—!!
Giant snake smashes Wakamo's plank, flips it.
Anaconda-head, rotted-cracked-wood body—swamps deep, endless rise, dives vanish.
-Brazil boss monster!
-Features?
-Avoid its swamp.
-Whole field swamp?
-Nah ㅇㅇ Tower kill-try.
-Fuck why casual say!!!!
200kg+ Wakamo swamp-sink obvious.
Can't swim too? Viewers scan for flung Wakamo.
See: Wakamo calmly atop swamp.
Toes-dirty avoid—toe-tip balances on floating leaf.
-??????
-That toe-balance?
-Toe-balance runs water, not floats.
-One-leg reed? Lean-on-reed skill.
-Boss martial master confirmed.
-Want THIS over others lololol
-Principle wut?
"Uh... Lightened body mass. That's it. Prob 0kg now."
-Nonexistent "virtual mass"
-Human weight zero lololol
-No, mass exists = weight!!!
-Quibble idol's existence?
-Hwasan founder's inaction possible!!
"No weight = no sink. See? Floating?"
Reassure believers, swamp-walk acrobatics.
-Water-walk too?
"Possible yeah."
-Lolololololol
-Lololololol
-Believer, water-walk to believe?
-Jesus miracle boss...
-True beast idol~
-Korea ancestral mountain god.
-Ex-prez shaman-believer.
-Crazy lololololol
-Boss monster Rahara.
"Yeah? Snake Rahara?"
-But don't say.
"Why?"
-Name = berserk swallow whole.
"Why now?!"
-Didn't ask.
-Crazy bastard.
-Life stake, moron!!!
-Boss, ban this guy???
-Joke elsewhere lololol
Troll cute-level.
Believers: love 'em—Jesus love drip starts.
Wink restless believers, sense vibration—spread legs.
"GRAAAAAH!!!"
Wakamo's toes perfect upper/lower jaw hook.
Snaps wider rage—Wakamo stretches limbs willfully, meaningless.
Rahara senses wrong, drags Wakamo mouth-hanging, swamp-dive reverse-body slam-try.
"Hmm..."
"Coordinate Fix" how far? Tower: [All physics pivot self].
Legs ground = no push.
Walls/ceilings flat-walk.
Water? No swim.
Pros/cons clear—ponder criteria, Wakamo head-walks Rahara.
Gravity-ignore, steady snake-stroll—Rahara U-turn bites, Wakamo slips natural-fall, self-bite.
Pain-flip—even then Wakamo stands calm.
'This works...?'
Pose on jet-fighter? Fantasize, handblade [Idol's Storm] severs neck.
'Easier than sword.'
Mana-full swing vs. wind-slash—better mileage.
-Kya lolololol
-Handblade slash!
-Sword-draw lazy realm lolol
-Formless sword lolol
-True wuxia.
-Spirit core eat?
-Qi deviation content lolol
"Wait, spirit-level—inner core?"
Swamp-plunge head—heard swamp poison herbs? Scratches head.
'Too easy...?'
Not easy—combat-honed control, body mastery strengthened.
Wakamo: Tower buildup for spike—tense.
Twist-body constant hell-mode: unwittingly tempered strong—but denies.
That mindset? Tower ups ante: "Challenge?!"
[Incheon Tower Floor 42 achieves Platinum—opens to all humanity!!]
[Tower Platinum clear boosts rewards]
[Climber gains 10 Bonus Stat points]
'Rewards this time...'
[Choose 1 Reward]
[Idol's Brain Strike]
-Mana-spend launch lightning spear.
[Idol's Tidal Wave]
-Mana-spend summon waves.
[Object Interaction]
-Mana-spend lift objects.
[Model Adjustment]
-Shrink/enlarge model size.
[Projection Settings]
-Adjust model transparency; max = ethereal.
Class-exclusive skill 【Holoport】
-Teleport movement.
-Limited to territory.
'VTuber-y...'
Virtual Chat? Holoport: nausea-free teleport hop.
Territory: unused [Skill] included—want? Combat field only.
[Wakamo 1st Floor] usable... Restrictive.
'All tempting...'
[Acquired Skill [Projection Settings]!]
'Can't pass invisible.'
Man's dream?
Hide real, spawn [Illusion]—perfect.
Versatile.
Too popular lately.
No side-eye!
Manager joint-locks fewer!
Eager test new skill—next floor hum tune-climb.
EEEEEEEEENG—!!!!
Tower entry: alarms blare.
Disaster-siren piercing highs noise-burst—Wakamo ears-clutch groan.
Block? Still rings. Eyes-shut? Still sees. "Block no hear?!" curse bonus.
Curses drown in roar—snaps off, layer quakes.
[Climbing Incheon Tower Floor 43 World]
-[Wakamo Inarizushi] climber feats raise difficulty!
-Overcome [Super Elite Boss Monster]!
-Defeat [Spirit Aumakua Mo'o]!
-Defeat within 30min limit!
[Platinum Achievement Conditions]
-Defeat [Spirit Aumakua Mo'o] in time limit (0/1)
THUD—!
Scrape scrape!
[Time Limit: 0:17]
"Fail time limit—what?"
[Incheon 100-Floor Tower collapses]
Casual climb sudden tension—Wakamo face stiffens.
Viewers blind? No freakout.
Imagine if knew Incheon Tower collapse...
'Dead serious.'
Knew troublemaking—but beyond, absurd.
One climber fail = whole Tower down.
SPLASH—
Look up: stunning ancient cityscape.
Modern-no, ancient civ splendor—urgent yet mesmerized.
Lost in—sea-river giant water-lizard thrashes charge.
Water-fused agility—Wakamo lightning instant, foe fish-evade flee.
No fight, flee??
RUMBLE—
Turn: layer collapsing whole.
Bottomless abyss dark-waves—viewers scream.
Beauty puzzle-shatters, space-void sucks!
Wakamo full sprint.
[Idol's Body] mana-boost, river-trace fish, windblades spam—too fast.
-Why so fast???
-Boss fast, this insane.
-Hawaii? Familiar vista.
-This layer tourist gold post-clear.
-Boss hurry or fall!!
Incheon full-collapse unknown—worry only.
Chase-internet: monster search nil. Asuka ask—quick info.
Hawaiian/Polynesian legend spirit/dragon—shapeshift water/weather lord.
First Tower dragon flees on sight—how interpret?
Gecko-agile flee—lightning-chase risk miss.
CRASH—!!
Accelerating crumble.
Mana-body sprint barely keeps up.
River swells sudden—wave engulfs Wakamo warnless.
Sweep-back with crumbling city—vanish.
-Fell now??
-Air-step ok.
-Incheon Tower cracking rumors?
-Fuck what's happening??
-Coward run!! Fight!!
Crack rumors—believers ominous feel.
Full-sprint miss lizard intentional flee?
Timed wave attack—intelligent clear.
[Time Limit: 17:42]
Half-time gone, Wakamo fall.
Lizard check-stop turns—eyes fill something.
Arrow pierces perfect...
"Hit—!!"
Mei Shaolongbao thrilled voice.
Tail-3 white-fox ridden charges river mad-dash.
-Wut??? Boss transform??
-Why white not black fox!!
-Pure furry!!
-Ugh fur hate...
-Mei whence?
-Same person rule blind?
-That lizard shifts!!
Wing-massive dragon growl, Mo'o water-cannon mouth—Wakamo side-dodge.
Building/tree-slicing waterjet evade, returning arrow grab—Mei re-shoots.
Arrow-miss back-flee Mo'o.
Mei lightning wing-rip crash-try—but water-reform wings, flies distant.
Chase cliff-top: opposite crumbling.
[Wings of the Moon Garment] flight mana-drain heavy—alt method.
"UWAAAAH!!!"
Mountain crumble landslide—Mei scream, Wakamo ground-kick sky-soar.
Cloud-swallow leap hides.
Viewers: dark clouds only.
Sound-sense climb all.
Camera clouds-top: Mo'o frames.
Wakamo?
Gone. Where?
RUMBLE—
Clouds lightning storm.
Ominous—sky-up lightning spears Mo'o torso.
FLAP—!
Clouds innards: massive black bird surges.
Guild [Three-Legged Crow] as [VTuber Model] transform—Wakamo soars.
Wingbeat-up Mei rides, lightning launches.
Crow wings spread flame-wrap jet-explode accel.
[Video Recording] 3 cams body-support float, [Faith's Weight] max-light, [Idol's Flames] ignite, [Idol's Storm] wind—mega crow flight.
Bird flaps fly right—skill infinite potential gamble long-overdue.
Success.
Thrust = fly somehow!!
Sun-reflect blaze-white flame-wrapped crow catches—Mo'o turns gale-water blast.
Air acrobatics pierce ram accel-straight.
Dragon-crow tangle brutal brawl.
Fangs neck-bite lightning-call Mo'o.
Crow neck-bit claws belly-rip roar.
Ridden Mei sword-draw leaps.
Collapsing world.
Light fades, rain/wind howls sky.
Cloud-lightning flashes them.
"UOOOH!!!"
US Paladin "overhead" thunder-sword Mei cleaves neck—clear water bursts.
Neck-sever power-lost dragon flips, under-crow flips mount-top.
Launch spin Three-Tails smash crush, deep breath.
Three-Tails to Wakamo Inarizushi leap.
[Faith's Weight] max plunge accel-smash.
KABOOM—!!
Balloon-swell rip-explode vanish water spirit.
[Time Limit: 25:31]
"Urk"
Shock-flung Mei tumbles dragon-under fall.
"Huuu...."
[Incheon Tower Floor 43 achieves Platinum—opens to all humanity!!]
[Tower Platinum clear boosts rewards]
[Climber gains 10 Bonus Stat points]
Close call.
First track-flee foe takedown—nerves rare.
Viewers saw casual fly? 4 VTuber skills combo!!
Planned ish—but this reckless? Cold sweat.
Full Tower collapse threat—Tower mad?
Won anyway. Beat Tower again.
Really tried kill?
'Rewards peek...'
[[Acquired Class-exclusive Skill 【Viewer Participation Channel】]]
[Class-exclusive Skill 【Viewer Participation Channel】]
-During stream recording, summon viewers.
-Viewers summon as [Fox Spirits].
-Summoned believers treated as familiars.
????
?????
??????????
"What?!"
Unimagined reward—Wakamo shocks.
Mass content viewer-join real..!!
"......No more solo horror games!!"
Thanks Tower.
100 hahaha scary zilch.
Yeah, fearless now....
VTuber streams dream/hope overflow!!
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Doodles 2 today.
PS my wrist wrecked work.
Stays hot/overheats lolol