Overwhelming Change (2)
It happened in the blink of an eye. The moment the notification appeared, something primal and animalistic inside me burst out before my brain could even react, slamming the accept button on the invitation.
A member has accepted your invitation!
I should have held back, but the temptation was simply too overwhelming. “How the hell was I supposed to resist that!” What man in his right mind would throw stones at me? I’d been stuck here alone for over half a year. What else was I supposed to do?
“Well… out of four thousand people, one of them…” At this rate, no one would notice if I picked someone based on personal preference.
Besides, this could technically count as the kind of grand cause and good deed that Jujak and WikiGay had been talking about. Yeah, it was definitely related. If I kept quiet, no one would ever know.
“Yep, totally.”
But my complacent little fantasy shattered into pieces in less than three seconds.
“Dude.”
That was supposed to stay between us! Why would you share it? The gallery exploded into absolute chaos.
LEGENDARY SITUATION JUST HAPPENED
Titty pic invitation accepted
LEGEND lmao
“Uh… well…”
Similar posts started flooding in right after.
Jujak-nim didn’t censor the tit pic so I thought it was allowed…
I figured the System might be okay with this too…
I think it’s fine… it should be fine right fuck lmao
“But… shouldn’t I be picking more capable and impressive people?”
I was wrestling with this moral dilemma when another post appeared.
EveryoneMustRespectTheSystemTheSystemIsAManSoYouMustUnderstandThatViewingTheseLewdPicsIsSimplyFulfillingHisDesires
“What the fuck.”
How did SpeedRun know I was a guy? “Are you watching me right now?” No, that didn’t make sense. There was no way she could see this place.
Just then, a pinned announcement appeared to calm the gallery’s frenzy.
I have always believed the System was merely an abstract, incorporeal god that maintained this world… but after witnessing the System’s choice this time, I have slightly changed my thinking.
The System is not a cold machine or mere concept. I now believe it is a transcendent being that possesses a physical body similar to ours, or at least something equivalent.
That is why it does not deny humanity’s primal desires but instead encourages and responds to them.
I would like to open a dignified and authoritative discussion on what everyone thinks about this.
“Damn.”
Starting with that announcement, the gallery erupted into the debate of the century.
“Excuse me?”
I accidentally encouraged an increase in birth rate and reproductive desire?
“That’s how they’re interpreting it.”
The other users looked just as bewildered as I was.
But Jujak’s reaction was completely unexpected.
“What???”
And just like that, under Jujak’s official and somewhat haphazard permission.
All the factions that had been fighting tooth and nail suddenly united in a single moment.
“Kya. So increasing the birth rate was this easy?”
What the hell are politicians even doing? If they did this, the birth rate would shoot straight past 2.0.
“Ah, they’re all gone now.”
From what I saw on the CCTV, the National Assembly building was half-destroyed.
“….”
And so began the official Jujak-approved Great Lewd Pic Era.
If everyone was happy, then I guess it was okay.
“Ahem…”
In the midst of this dizzying situation, I quietly cleared my throat.
“Well then…”
Without hesitation, I began pressing the member invitation button.
While the gallery was swept up in a festive mood thanks to the grand alliance between Jujak and ShopWiki…
“Guild Leader! None of our guild members have received an invitation yet!”
“Still? Not a single one?!”
In the headquarters conference room of Shinhwa, the massive guild that controlled the eastern sector of the Orange Zone, Yoon Seo-jin nervously swept her hair back, biting her lip hard enough to draw blood.
“Haa… I’m going crazy, seriously…”
The powerful Shinhwa guild, currently one of the largest forces in the Orange Zone, was suffering the worst humiliation in its history.
Simply because they had chosen not to send support to the outpost during last night’s zombie wave and had instead protected their own forces, they had been excluded from the System’s selection.
Of course, Seo-jin had her own perfectly rational reasons for feeling wronged. She hadn’t acted out of cowardice. She had made a cold, calculated decision purely for the guild’s survival.
‘If those things from the Red Zone come pouring down… the outer outposts in the Orange Zone have no chance. Rebuilding the defense line was the correct choice…’
But she hadn’t known.
She hadn’t known that an overwhelmingly powerful Awakened named SpeedRun — Cha Dohee — would protect the Orange Zone. And above all, she hadn’t known that the System would personally descend to help the survivors and grant them miracles.
“Huu… what’s done is done.”
With bloodshot eyes, Seo-jin glared at the gallery window before turning a sharp gaze toward her executives.
“All of you, use your damn brains!”
“…….”
“The plan to push through with magic stones was already ruined by that ChaosNEET bastard. The justification about grand causes and good deeds is also blocked because we held back our forces last night.
So give me some ideas on how we can squeeze into those four thousand spots!”
Under their guild leader’s furious scolding, the executives remained completely silent.
The initial expansion of two hundred spots had been far too small for major guilds to aim for directly. That was why the large guilds had focused on absorbing members who were lucky enough to be invited rather than trying to get invited themselves.
But this time was different.
A groundbreaking expansion to four thousand people. If the guild’s leadership couldn’t secure spots within this massive wave, their authority in the Orange Zone would completely collapse. They absolutely had to get on this list.
“Guild Leader… I analyzed the current gallery sentiment and…”
The vice guild master, who had been quietly monitoring the gallery trends, finally spoke up cautiously.
“Go on.”
“The current gallery meta… under the agreement between Jujak and ShopWiki… has undergone a grand unification around the extremely… primal direction of encouraging human reproduction and increasing the birth rate. Hasn’t it?”
“The gallery is flooded with nothing but horny bitches posting their lewd pics… what does that have to do with me?”
The vice guild master adjusted his glasses and continued.
“Guild Leader Seo-jin. At this point, normal sob stories or magic stone appeals won’t work anymore.”
“W-wait a second… you’re not suggesting…”
“Ahem… I’m sorry, Guild Leader, but…”
“Hey… hey! Are you insane?! You think I’m going to do something like thaaaaat?!!”
As the guild leader screamed in disbelief, the vice guild master delivered the final blow with a solemn expression.
“Please take your clothes off…”