Into the Creations 1851

Chapter 1851 – 1851. Eternal Eden

“Pull over here.”

On the road from Seoul towards Gwangju, the car stopped in a corner of a place filled with fields and paddies.

Until the car came to a complete stop, I was caressing her chest, and with a sense of regret, I got out of the car with Na Chaeyoung. Na Chaeyoung had a face like she had swallowed a persimmon.

The good thing for Na Chaeyoung was that her chest was exactly to my liking. The size, softness, shape, and smell. All passed the test. I wanted to make Na Chaeyoung mine no matter what.

Of course, I didn’t show it openly. The one who looks regretful will be at a disadvantage.

I leaned against the compact car and pointed the gun at Na Chaeyoung’s head. Her cold and deeply sunken eyes turned to me. But if you look closely, her pupils are shaking slightly. This kind of thing is probably a first for her. Well, it would be stranger if Koreans had a lot of this kind of experience.

“Now, shall we talk about what you want?”

“…You want money, right? Unfortunately, I don’t have that much money.”

Na Chaeyoung seems to think I’m a criminal who awakened superpowers and is committing robberies. Well, I was actually robbing loan sharks, so it wasn’t wrong.

“What I’m curious about isn’t my purpose, but yours. You must have had some purpose to take me out of there, right? Tell me that.”

I can guess her purpose. If she saw my abilities as a player, she would want me. Early awakeners are rare. I was pretending not to know to ease her suspicion. If I acted like I knew information that only players know, she would be even more suspicious.

“If you don’t convince me, a bullet will be lodged in your head.”

“…Player. You said player. Players are beings from outside this world. They didn’t come here willingly. They started a game and woke up here.”

“That’s a common setting in web novels. That player possessed a character in this world?”

“It’s not possession. This body is exactly the same as my real body.”

“You’re saying you just suddenly dropped into this world? There must have been an issue with your identity.”

“I had an identity. My name was the same as my original name, and I had no family. My job was a graduate student. It was terrible, so I quit right away. I don’t want to be a graduate student twice.”

“Twice? Were you a graduate student before you came to this world?”

“…I was a researcher. I spent several years stuck in graduate school. It’s the worst memory of my life.”

“How old are you? You look young.”

“In this world’s age?”

“Your real age.”

“…27.”

I thought she would be older than I expected to be a doctor, but she was the age she looked.

‘Isn’t it quite impressive to get a doctorate and work as a researcher at 27?’

I think I heard that there are many people who get their doctorates at a young age in the United States. Anyway, Na Chaeyoung is definitely not an ordinary human. I like her even more.

“If what you say is true, this world is a game. Well, it doesn’t really matter. Tell me about the players. Are you alone? What abilities do players have?”

“There are 300 players. There were 300 people who gathered when the game started. We appeared 70 days ago, so… there must be some who have died. There are probably less than 300 players left in this world.”

“What abilities do players have?”

“…A common ability is that they can see the names and abilities of awakeners. The condition is contact. I knew you were an awakener with this ability.”

“Tell me what you saw when you contacted me.”

“…Name: Seong Yujin, abilities: Absolute Mind, Lightning, Recovery. Potential: 5 stars. Judging by your potential and abilities, you are a top-tier awakener. You could say you’re hero-level.”

The abilities I chose when I started the game seem to have become my awakened abilities, but Lightning Flow is missing.

‘Is Lightning Flow missing because it’s a technique?’

Potential 5 stars.

I know this too. There is a hidden status that cannot be seen in the awakened NPCs of the original game [Eternal Eden], and if the potential is 5 stars, it can be said to be top-tier.

“Is that all? For reference, I’m going to ask the same questions when I meet other players later to confirm.”

I said, wiggling the finger on the trigger. In the original game, players could see not only the name and abilities but also the traits. In some ways, the traits were more important. The management method of the NPCs differed slightly depending on these traits.

“…There are traits. You have the traits of Dullard, Lecher, Purity, and Agility.”

“Are they good?”

“…Dullard means your learning ability is reduced by 150%. It means it’s harder for you to learn new skills than others. It’s a trait with only disadvantages, but Agility, on the other hand, is a trait with only advantages, meaning your actions are fast and your reflexes are good.”

“What about the others?”

“They have a mix of advantages and disadvantages. Lecher causes problems because you have a high sex drive, but if you have sex, you get a 30% boost to all stats for a day.”

“Oh, sex.”

I grinned and scanned Na Chaeyoung’s body up and down. She was a sexy body no matter how many times I looked at her. Her voluptuous chest, slender waist, and the bursting buttocks wrapped in jeans.

Na Chaeyoung looked at me with a disgusted expression and continued.

“Purity is an aversion to body modification. You have an aversion to modifying your body. If you modify your body, your efficiency… that is, your performance will drop by more than half. Conversely, the efficiency of physical training is more than 50% better.”

I also know about the Purity trait. Among similar traits, there is a Purist, which hates not only their own body modification but also the body modification of others. In [Eternal Eden], if you put a Purist and a body modifier in the same space, a fight will break out nine times out of ten.

‘The reason I’m Purity is… because of that.’

Sex.

Sex is the exchange of bodies. I want to fully enjoy and feel a woman’s body with my own body.

“Anything else about my abilities?”

“No. That’s all players can see.”

“Then tell me about the player’s abilities. What abilities do players have?”

“…Do you have to say it here? We don’t know when the police will come after us. How about we talk in a safe place? No one will come to my place, so let’s go there.”

“Tell me here.”

I said firmly. Who knows if there might be a troublesome trap in that place.

“…Before starting the game, players can choose one of four classes. The classes are Lord, Esper, Technologist, and Bionics, each with different characteristics. Not all players use the same abilities, even if they are the same class. Skills vary within the class.”

She explained each class. This is information I also know.

Lord is a class specialized in dominating people. They can strengthen NPCs. They can forcibly strengthen ordinary NPCs into ability users. However, they have the disadvantage of not being able to strengthen themselves.

Esper is, as the name suggests, a psychic. They start with random psychic abilities and can strengthen them. They can also awaken new psychic abilities. In the early game, Esper is the best.

Technologist is an expert in technology enhancement. They can arm their forces with science and technology, create new weapons, or transform modern cities into combat fortresses. It’s a class that shines more as the game progresses. It was also Na Chaeyoung’s class.

Bionics: Bionics is an expert in biological evolution. They can research and artificially evolve living things. Later, they can create clones and monsters. Like Technologist, it is a weak class in the early game and strong in the late game.

“I’m a Technologist. If I have the materials and understand the structure of what I want to make, I can make it quickly.”

“How do players’ abilities increase? Do they level up with experience or proficiency like in a game?”

“It’s not leveling up. But it’s true about proficiency. The higher the proficiency, the better the effect of the ability, and the higher the possibility of new abilities blooming.”

“How do you increase proficiency?”

“Of course, you have to use your abilities a lot. However, in the case of Technologists or Bionics, research is faster.”

I nodded. I heard everything I needed to hear.

“What do you want? Don’t talk nonsense like before.”

“…In 30 days, on July 30, 2020, the 128th meteorite will fall, and the world will bombard it with nuclear weapons to shatter it. The meteorite fragments will fall to Earth, and the D-virus will start to activate.”

“D-virus?”

“A virus from outer space. All of humanity is already infected with the D-virus. 99% of them are immune, but the remaining 1% will become zombies. If you get bitten by a zombie, you will become a zombie. The number of zombies will increase exponentially.”

I know. And the D-virus is just the beginning.

A total of 128 meteorites have fallen to Earth in 20 years. D-virus is not the only alien substance.

“The world will be in chaos, and law and order will temporarily collapse. After that, there will be chaos within order. I want to survive.”

“There are also ways to rely on the government or corporations. As a Technologist, it seems like you would be welcomed anywhere?”

“I think differently. I’ll become a test subject. I’ve actually seen players being dragged to government research labs. If this was a game, I would have used the government, but… this world is not a game, it’s reality. The vested interests who control the existing power will not stand still. They will put a leash on me and use me until I die.”

I nodded. I would have done the same if I were in power.

“To survive, you need power. Only those with power will be favored in the chaos.”

“You want my power. But what a pity. From my point of view, I don’t really need you.”

“…Do you think you can survive alone?”

“Relying on the government or corporations is also a way. Well, with my abilities, I could be used as a soldier.”

“You could become a test subject.”

“I think that possibility is small. The government has probably secured other awakeners besides me. It’s a bit different from you, a player.”

“…What do you really want?”