Chapter 342 – 342. Exploration 4
I separated from my siblings in Ilsan and immediately crossed the Han River.
The last bridge of the Han River. I don’t know what the name is. Is it Ilsan Bridge since it is in front of Ilsan?
As you pass by, you see a large city in front of you.
What? What is here?
I went down and looked at the road signs, and it said Gimpo Hangang New City.
Kim-Po? Gimpo International Airport? It’s not. This probably has nothing to do with Gimpo Airport.
Anyway, it’s Gimpo, right? It’s more gorgeous than I thought. There are a lot of apartments and the buildings are new.
Hmm… Yes, it said it was a new city, right? I think I’ve heard of it. Well then, shall we take a look around here too?
But as expected, there is no sign of this side either.
A desolate city. The city doesn’t seem that old, but there are no people.
Main downtown area. This is a commercial district. There’s nothing to see here. There is no need.
Try turning and moving.
Apartment. Apartments keep coming out.
All kinds of apartments keep coming out. What brand of apartments is this? There are familiar names and there are names I have never seen before.
No. This isn’t a name I’ve seen before. Names you’ve heard at least once.
Really… The apartment names are really creepy.
I think there will be apartment names like Imperial Magnitude Scholar Number Sixty-Nine in the future.
I thought it was smaller than I thought for a new city, but the roads continued, and a downtown area appeared.
What? Is it double nexus? It looks a little busier here. Isn’t it? Is it similar to before?
But this is also a commercial district, right? No. There are a lot of apartments next door, right?
What… I don’t know. Anyway, there is no sign of it. I turn off my attention and move on. What else is there?
There isn’t much to see.
Dead city. There are so many cities like this. It is everywhere and not just one or two.
Now, shall we slowly move south? So the direction…
While I was thinking that, I felt a presence near the edge of detection.
Oh? Presence? But one?
It’s surprising that there’s only one person in sight. There is only one person in this large new city?
I’m curious, so I go down. However… Library? Why on earth are you here?
I’ve seen people in many places, but this was my first time seeing someone in the library.
What? What are you doing here? Are you even folding a ticket with paper?
So, I quietly go down and head to the entrance of the library.
I can’t let my guard down, perhaps because I just came from Ilsan to see the amazing siblings.
Well, I didn’t let my guard down to begin with.
He seemed to stay still, as if he knew I was coming in.
Under. Is it psychological warfare? It must be within the detection range.
No detection? Okay. That might be a better way. Pretend there is no detection, pretend not to see the invisibility, and then surprise attack.
That might be better. If so, it might be a bit difficult.
A slightly open library door. The appearance inside is the same. There is no need to step on the floor since you are using the airplane.
There are no footsteps and there is no problem at all even if there are traps or something on the floor.
This is why I like flying. Because I never want to feel the thrill of an electric shock trap again.
I sneaked inside the door.
The appearance of the library was quite impressive.
It’s a library, but it feels a bit like a children’s amusement park?
A place about three stories high with an open center. Large tables placed underneath.
In the open area, there was something like a safety net and lots of colorful balls.
Isn’t it a library? Why is there something like that?
And a man in sight. The distance is quite long. Should we subdue it right away?
A man who appears to be reading a book while sitting at a large desk in the library.
There are so many books piled up in front that you can’t see what they are doing.
Hmm… I can see the legs. Would it be possible to get caught even if you use nullification and walk on the water just looking at your legs?
Well, you can try it. Sleep on nullification. Did you go in? I went in.
Thump
The sound of one’s head hitting the desk.
Good. It’s neat. Now go and finish…
Huh?
Suddenly, flight, invisibility, and reflection all turned off.
It wasn’t floating high, but it didn’t fall as it came down to the ground. But the skill isn’t being used?
Since I have prepared countless times on a daily basis, I am always prepared so that I can use it as soon as the reflection goes off.
But reflection doesn’t work. Flight, invisibility, phase out.
While I was panicking, something rained down from the sky! Uh? Uh? Safety net!?
“Fuck!?”
I struggle as hard as I can as I’m pinned down by the safety net, but it’s quite heavy.
Fuck. What is this? Why is it so heavy?
My skills are not being used, and the safety net is weighing me down. I suddenly felt so helpless because I couldn’t use my skills.
But there is no time to be embarrassed by such feelings. Move your head quickly and move your body accordingly.
The skill was used a little while ago. But suddenly everything went off. Did the guy who was phasing out use area skill nullification?
No. If so, the skill must be rewritten. Besides, if there was another guy, he would have already shown up and dealt me the final blow.
I don’t think there’s another guy. The skill was applied, but then it crossed a certain line and turned off. Then…
One thing that comes to mind. Zone where skills cannot be used.
I desperately grabbed the safety net and ran back.
It is heavy and difficult to move, but somehow it is possible to move it little by little.
As I moved like that, I kept muttering reflections with my mouth, and at some point, a reflex occurred to me.
“Phase out.”
The world turned hazy and the safety net I was under slowly fell to the floor.
Phew. I feel relieved now. And in my blurred vision, I saw the man who had just fallen asleep suddenly wake up.
I stepped back a little further and released the phase out of sight.
And immediately, after using reflection, flight, and invisibility, it floated slightly and suddenly moved.
The line I stepped on earlier.
I thought I knew roughly where it was, so I stopped a little further away.
Then, I immediately used nullification and sleep on the man again, and the man who woke up fell down again.
Phew. It’s okay. It’s done.
That line from before. A line that is considered to be a zone where skill use is impossible. I put one foot there again.
Also, all skills are unlocked. And. Fuck. This is a scam.
But why did that man fall asleep? Moreover, why doesn’t the area where skills can’t be used disappear when an area skill is invalidated?
It’s full of questions. It’s absurd.
Anyway, the man is sleeping. I am fine, and this time there is no safety net falling from the sky.
Ah-oh. It fucking hurts. Fuck the safety net. Why is it so heavy?
The part that was hit by the falling safety net is now throbbing. Ah-oh. It fucking hurts! Really.
First, I drink a recovery potion and think leisurely.
I checked and found no one around.
I fired wide-area skill nullifiers all around, but there was no one using Phase Out.
So, I guess the situation was resolved in the end.
First, this skill cannot be used. Interesting. I can’t believe I found something like this here.
The most shocking thing is that it is not erased by wide-area skill invalidation. Besides, if you go up here, all the buffs will go off?
Fuck… It’s a scam, though. It’s quite tricky.
Once I got up here, all the skills I had used didn’t disappear.
The sleep I had placed on that guy was released because I used Phase Out.
Even now, when I stepped on it, the sleep didn’t go away.
So in the end, it means that the skill cannot be used or applied only in this range.
The funny thing is, why does that guy sleep?
Is it just that I can’t use the skill because it’s in an unusable zone? It can’t be.
All the buffs that were on have gone off, right? Then I should release it as soon as I can sleep, right?
What… There is a lot of time. Let’s take our time and test it out.
But there is a catch. This safety net.
This isn’t a skill or anything like that. It’s a mechanical device.
It recognized me and was automatically activated. Or there are some conditions.
I looked around carefully. Where… There must be something. There’s no way it doesn’t exist.
After searching a bit, I was able to find it quickly.
Laser. Equipment that looks like something out of a spy movie.
There was an invisible laser. This is a system that will be activated if you cover it?
And. This is truly inevitable.
It feels like a wake-up call in the age of skill omnipotence.
The weight of this safety net alone could have caused a weak person to faint if hit incorrectly.
Moreover, if I hadn’t put that man to sleep, when the safety net fell and hit me, I would have already ceased to be a person of this world.
Or maybe you were tied up, and your mouth was blocked?
When I first came in, I didn’t feel very uncomfortable. Especially the colorful ball on the safety net.
You prepared even that carefully, right?
Phew. I was dizzy. That man. What on earth is this guy doing?
In the end, this library is his ant hell. This is a place where anyone who comes in without knowing what to do will be immediately eaten.
But the funny thing is, rather than being completely angry because I almost died, I feel like I got a nice punch.
Something like that. Okay. Fuck. This level of sincerity is worth dying for! Something like this.
Anyway, I need to be a little more careful. There won’t be just one or two devices like this, right?
Moreover, there is a zone where skills cannot be used. I need to check this area too.
Really… I thought it was a trivial library, but how many gimmicks are there? Ugh.
After exploring the library for almost an hour, I found out a lot.
First, the area where skills cannot be used.
There are a total of four of these, one on each side, surrounding that guy.
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Does it look like this? The circle should be bigger. So much so that they touch each other.
The empty spot in the center is exactly where that guy is. They say that they can use skills.
In the end, those who approach that guy will have their skills turned off.
First, the loss of reflection is a big blow.
I probably won’t use CC because it will be released as soon as it is activated… Not even lightning. Electric shock? An electric shock is just fine.
Anyway, even if the electric shock effect wears off, you’ll still be out of your mind because you’ll still be in excruciating pain. You won’t die.
What else? Hmm… Let’s ask that guy.
There was no other equipment other than the safety net.
It may be that I didn’t find it, but in any case, I couldn’t find it with my eyes.
After checking the surrounding situation, I finally stood in front of him.
The area where skills cannot be used is a tier 4 skill, which means there are at least three skills.
He’s an amazing guy in many ways. Besides, I don’t think there are only four skills in total.
First, I want to talk. Because I have a lot of questions.
I wish you would answer me obediently… Or well, because I have Chaewon.
I wrapped the tape tightly.
Since you have to pass through a zone where you cannot use skills, binding is essential.
I covered my body and mouth and dragged him toward the library door.
The guy who woke up in the middle of his sleep.
He realizes that he is being dragged and closes his eyes.
I dragged him out, sat him down properly, and thought for a moment.
There is not much danger when you open your mouth.
Should I try Blink? Phase out? Anyway, there is a way to chase or catch them all.
Ah. Is there such a thing as teleportation? I don’t know how it applies…
No. This guy has no blinks. If there was, I would have written it earlier.
You don’t have to worry about things like teleportation. Then… There’s nothing dangerous when you open your mouth, right?
Even if I use super strength or something… Because I don’t let down my guard anymore.
Ah! That’s stupid! There is something good right in front of you!
Zone where skills cannot be used. You know that.
Just because you installed it doesn’t mean you can use it.
Then those with that skill would have already ruled the world.
When you saw it earlier, you couldn’t use the skill even if only part of your body touched it.
I dragged him again and pushed halfway into his body.
“Okay, bro. You can’t use your skills anymore. If the word ‘disarm’ comes out, you’ll just die right away. So, I hope you don’t do anything useless. Do you understand?”
A man nodding his head.
Even if you can remove the zone where you cannot use the skill, it is faster for me to put you to sleep.
If you concentrate to that level, you can cut as much as you want, so I immediately untied the tape on the guy’s mouth.
“Puh-ha. Wow. I’m so frustrated. I somehow survived this life. Furthermore, I never thought a monster like this would come.”
A surprisingly pleasant man. Now that I think about it, it looks pretty neat. He’s tall too.
It must have been popular before the world fell apart?
“Hyung. How tall are you?”
“Me? 185. But the first thing you ask is your height?”
“No. I’m curious. But it’s surprisingly bright? Aren’t you scared?”
“It’s scary, I could run after him right now. But I don’t feel like he’s going to kill me? If I did, I would have killed him earlier.”
Why are people so cheerful? Even if I have the intention to kill, I think I would like to hear a little more about the story.
Or is it because I came after seeing the Ilsan siblings earlier? In any case, it’s good if the story goes well.
Because there are a lot of things I want to ask.
“I have a lot of questions. Will you answer honestly?”
“Ha. In this situation, if I say no, won’t I die right away?”
“Uh, right? But I won’t kill him. I’ll probably bring him a woman who can use charm, or take him there and blow it all away.”
“I see. You’re smart, aren’t you?”
“That’s what I always did.”
“Oh, it would be better to just be gentle. I heard it doesn’t feel good to be charmed.”
“Okay. I thought about it well. Then, do you want to ask?”
“I can’t help it. Come on! Come!”
This guy doesn’t seem to be in his right mind. As expected, there is something strange about the people left in this world.
