Chapter 34
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Translator: True Detective
Chapter: 34
Chapter Title: Survivor of Channel 7
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‘Could it be...?’
I clicked on the post first, but there was no content.
Because of that, I wondered if they had made some extreme choice, so I immediately left a comment.
Hey, are you okay?
Huh?! Crazy! Who the hell are you?!
Fortunately, just two seconds after I posted the comment, a reaction appeared.
‘Looks like they’re still alive.’
Hey, you bastard! Didn’t I say to comment if I’m alive?! Where have you been hiding until now?!
Somehow, they seemed awfully angry.
Wait. I’m tracking your location right now so I can come find you.
“...”
Calm down and check my channel.
Channel? Huh? What? Channel 2? Did you transfer to Channel 2?
Normally, they’d ask if I was from Channel 2, but surprisingly, this person made a guess close to the right answer.
Something like that. More importantly, are you really okay?
No, I’m not okay. Tell me how to transfer to another channel first.
I don’t know either. I didn’t transfer here because I wanted to.
But there is a way to transfer, right?
Seeing the Channel 7 person clinging to a thread of hope, I finally told them the truth after some thought.
To be honest, I wasn’t from Channel 7 to begin with. I came here from a world that has nothing to do with the gallery.
That means... in the end, I’m the only one left in this world?
Probably, at least limited to Channel 7.
...
They seemed pretty disappointed by the fact that I was from Channel 2 and that there was no way to come here.
I hadn’t reached out first because I figured it might end up like this before, but since I did anyway, I decided to learn about Channel 7.
Could you tell me what kind of world Channel 7 is?
What for? Planning to transfer to Channel 7?
I can’t transfer, but we can trade items 1:1. We might have things the other needs.
What I need right now is the warmth of a warm person, pork bone soup, and soju.
‘Pork bone soup? Soju?’
I tilted my head at those words.
Just from the menu names, they sounded like something a Korean would say.
‘Anyway, pork bone soup...’
I immediately went into Modern Item Purchase and searched for pork bone soup.
Modern Item Purchase even had prepared foods like hamburgers and pizza.
-70-Year Tradition Busan Pork Bone Soup: 10 points
‘The warmth of a warm person is tough...’
But I could send pork bone soup and soju.
I bought the pork bone soup along with soju and a glass, then applied for a 1:1 trade.
<WannaRegress☆ (7ch): What? 1:1 trade?>
<Castaway (2ch): I’ll send you what you just mentioned.>
As I replied and uploaded the pork bone soup and soju, the Channel 7 person was startled.
<WannaRegress☆ (7ch): What?! How do you have this?!>
<Castaway (2ch): After transferring to Channel 2, I gained the ability to purchase modern items.>
<WannaRegress☆ (7ch): Modern Item Purchase? Wow, what an enviable ability.>
Trade completed.
Afterward, the Channel 7 person went silent for a bit, probably starting to eat the pork bone soup and drink the soju.
Ha, eating this makes me grin. It’s been so long since I last smiled like this.
Smiling?
Talking to another person after so long, getting what I want right in front of me, and even drinking booze on top of it.
In short, they were smiling for a mix of complex reasons.
But since it seemed like a good kind of smile, I felt relieved deep down.
You asked earlier what kind of world Channel 7 is, right?
Yes.
Give me three pork bone soups and ten bottles of soju.
I went back into Modern Item Purchase and sent over what they mentioned, plus some boiled pork slices and seasoned cucumbers.
Trade completed.
Kuuuh! Good. Anyway, my channel is... gates suddenly started appearing out of nowhere, and monsters pour out from inside them.
Sounds like you got overwhelmed by the monsters.
I don’t know. But if I had to guess, everyone probably died to the gates and monsters.
You don’t know?
I asked, puzzled by the claim of not knowing.
Like I said, monsters come out of the gates, right? But then the absolute worst gate appeared in America.
You can’t just leave the gates alone, huh.
If you leave them, they explode. When they do, the monsters inside flood out and corrupt the surrounding land.
The Channel 7 person’s explanation continued.
The corrupted land turns into a land of death. And the corruption range varies depending on the gate’s power.
The gate in America had a huge corruption range?
Estimated at 10,000 km, I heard.
10,000 km?
‘How big is that?’
I didn’t know exactly, but it was definitely a massive area.
All the top hunters from around the world gathered there. I was among them.
You must have been really skilled.
I was Korea’s rank 1 hunter.
In other words, they were the strongest person in Korea.
Considering they were the last survivor in Channel 7, it made sense that they had to be strong.
The problem was that gate. It was a place not even “hell” could fully describe. Everyone but me died there.
So you survived that gate alone?
I survived. Hid and endured for a really long time, taking out one monster at a time when I got the chance.
From what they said, it sounded like they barely survived in desperation inside the gate.
Anyway, long story short, I cleared the gate alone. But when I came out, the world was already doomed?
Ah...
Doom Salvation Gallery? That popped up right after I got out of the gate, something about new user whatever.
Just like me, they must have been recognized as a new user and connected to the Doom Salvation Gallery.
The sad part was that they cleared a gate that would doom the world, only to find it already doomed.
That’s my story. Now tell me yours.
My story?
Yeah? Am I the only one talking? I’m curious about your story too.
It would be unfair if only they talked, so I gave a brief summary of my story.
I blacked out drinking with a friend, and when I woke up, I was in Channel 2’s world.
...That’s it?
My original world didn’t have monsters or anything like that, so I was pretty shocked when I transferred.
What about Modern Item Purchase?
Ah.
While we were drinking, my friend asked what ability I’d want if I went to another world. I said Modern Item Purchase.
What’s that? Sounds like your friend sent you to another world just because you said that.
Honestly, I’m starting to think that too. The problem is I have no way to contact the guy.
The Channel 7 person also voiced suspicion about my friend.
Not only did your friend send you to another world, but he even gave you the ability you mentioned...
Do you have any guesses about who my friend might be?
Nope? I’d like to ask to be sent to another world too.
“...”
But this Doom Salvation Gallery... looking at other channels, there seem to be a lot of people.
Yeah. I heard it appears when over 90% of the population dies.
Ah~ so that means 90% of the population died in the other channels too.
Yeah.
Is Channel 2 okay where you are?
I paused to think at the question about whether Channel 2 was okay.
It was fine now, but not necessarily in the future.
It’s okay for now. Channel 2 took refuge in a place called the Great Labyrinth because of the monsters raining from the sky. The problem is we have to go to the lowest floor.
Great Labyrinth? Why the lowest floor?
There’s a hero in Channel 2, and they need the holy sword on the lowest floor.
The monsters from the sky don’t enter the Great Labyrinth? And there are no monsters inside the labyrinth?
Figuring my explanation was lacking, I gave more details about Channel 2.
Hmm. So to sum up, the monsters can’t enter the labyrinth due to some influence. And if the hero takes the holy sword, they get super strong.
Yeah.
There are way too many uncertain factors. Fine, going to the lowest floor. But what if pulling the holy sword wakes the evil god? What happens to the labyrinth after defeating the evil god?
That made me go, “Huh?” too.
What would actually happen to the labyrinth if we broke the evil god’s seal or defeated it?
“Hero. If we pull the holy sword from the evil god, won’t the labyrinth disappear?”
Or the monsters on the surface might be able to enter.
When I asked, Rubyel, riding on Rover, said it was needless worry.
“Even if we defeat the evil god, the labyrinth won’t vanish in an instant.”
“Oh, really?”
“This labyrinth has been here for 700 years. Something that rooted for that long takes a while to disappear too.”
After explaining about the labyrinth’s existence, Rubyel moved on to the evil god.
“And there’s no need to worry much about the evil god either. Remember what I said before? The labyrinth’s monsters are creations of the evil god.”
“Yes, I remember.”
Elisicia had mentioned it on labyrinth floor 6.
“But look. We cleared monsters from floors 1 to 4, and they haven’t respawned. I think the evil god’s power is running out.”
“It can be interpreted that way too.”
“Of course, the evil god could absorb monsters to regain power, so we should take out as many as possible and convert them to points.”
Rubyel said we should handle the monsters with the gallery’s “point acquisition.”
Converting even the corpses into points without a trace did seem like the most perfect disposal method.
“Anyway, why’d you ask that all of a sudden?”
“It came up while talking with the Channel 7 person about the labyrinth.”
“Channel 7? What kind of world is that?”
“Similar to Channel 2 here. A world taken over by monsters.”
“That one’s doomed too.”
Anyway, I relayed to the Channel 7 person what I’d heard from Rubyel.
From what I heard, the labyrinth won’t disappear right away. The evil god’s power is waning too.
Really? But who’d you hear that from?
I’m with the Hero Party right now. Heard it from them.
Hero Party? You joined the Hero Party? You know how to fight?
I didn’t know how to fight, but since they were asking about my abilities, I mentioned telekinesis.
Learned telekinesis with help from Channel 3. Can exert 600kg of force.
Tsk. 600kg? Barely D-rank hunter level.
D-rank?
‘My telekinesis is an A-rank ability.’
Alright. I’ll give you a gift. Consider it payment for the pork bone soup and soju you sent.
User ‘WannaRegress☆’ has requested a 1:1 trade.
What appeared in the 1:1 trade window was something I’d seen before.
[Leystal's Heart]