Chapter 2

Episode 2. Connection (2)

Byulrim in the capsule did not even move.

Taeyang, who lost his younger sister overnight, lived like a distraught person.

“What is this?”

Hyeon-hye let out a sigh as she washed away the dishes in Byeol-rim.

Like Byullim and Taeyang, they were like family to Hyeonhye.

Things changed like this overnight, and she wasn’t happy either.

“Hyeon-hye, look at this.”

Taeyang, whose hair was all over the head, put his smartphone in.

It was the rule book for the virtual reality game Dantalian.

-Rule 0. If you clear all stages, you will be automatically logged out.

-Rule 1. There are no restrictions on the clear format.

-Rule 2. All beings in the dimensional labyrinth can be killed.

... ... .

The controversy started with ‘Rule 0. You are automatically logged out when you clear all stages.’

When there was no problem with Dantalian, it was a provision that had no meaning at all.

However, the story has changed now that users are stuck in the game and unable to log out.

The opinion that the development team foresaw this situation in the first place and wrote down the phrase raised its head.

Of course, Hyun-hye also read the article.

She half forced a smile.

“thank god. I’m sorry to them, but I heard that many rankers are online. If you wait for them to clear... ... .”

“The highest record is the 50th floor.”

Dantalian was up to the 72nd floor.

In other words, so far, gamers have barely exceeded 60%.

Hyunhye kept her mouth shut.

Dantalian was a game famous for its ‘crazy’ difficulty.

A game that implements insanely difficult difficulty, variety that cannot be made strategy, and ridiculous perfection.

“Just tell me.”

“... ... what?”

“Are they able to break it?”

Hyeon-hye didn’t answer right away.

The weight of the question was too heavy to answer falsely in exchange for cheap comfort.

It was because Byeollim, the blood of Taeyang, was inside the capsule.

“... ... Why are you asking that?”

“If it doesn’t work, I’m going to go in.”

Hyeon-hye screamed in surprise.

“it’s crazy? Even if tens of millions of people try tens of thousands of times, no one clears it?”

“So I have to. I am the winner of the King Py (King of Fist) World Championship 5 times in a row. There is officially no one better at virtual reality games than me.”

In terms of ‘control’, it certainly might have been.

but.

Hyunhye refuted.

“The King of Fist has a 70% sync rate! 70% and 99%... ... .”

“under!”

The sun laughed fiercely.

synchro rate.

It was the most used topic when Dantalian users took down King of Fist users.

“Haven’t you thought of the opposite?”

“Sun.”

“that’s right. Even at 70% sync rate, I flipped over three times in the air and hit a full combo in 5 seconds.”

“... ... .”

“How do you think it would be if I went to 99% synchro?”

“... ... .”

“Nothing to say. It will fly.”

“You haven’t tried it.”

“I know even if I don’t try. Rather more than that? You know my constitution.”

Hyun-hye closed her eyes tightly.

Taeyang was the one who watched Dantalian’s release and King of Fist’s collapse.

2nd 3rd 5th 12th 300th Out of the rankings.

The status of the King of Fists quickly crumbled.

Of course, Taeyang’s fame also went along with it.

Many people have asked Taeyang if he would like to ditch King of Fist and start another game.

However, Taeyang did not give up on the King of Fist.

“One floor consists of one stage. If you clear a stage, you can move on to the next stage on the next floor. Aren’t you sleeping? Do you want to hear it even if you know it?”

From the basic structure of Dantalian, a dimensional labyrinth.

“player. Players and NPCs are collectively referred to as players. To escape, the player must climb the labyrinth. Sometimes joining forces, sometimes killing each other.”

the goal of the game.

“The tower has a total of 72 floors, but starting from the 15th and 36th floors, it completely changes. I don’t know if there is a branching point after that. At least not until the 55th floor. Are you sleeping?”

Hyeon-hye hit Tae-yang on the crown with a 15cm ruler.

“What are you not sleeping on? what did i just say? don’t you remember? is this important? The top is a total... ... .”

and detailed structure of the tower.

“NPCs are divided into two types. A martial arts NPC from the martial arts world ‘Changcheon’. A fantasy NPC from the fantasy world ‘Eden’.”

“Oh martial arts and fantasy.”

“Are you used to it? NPCs. It’s the most important element in this game, so be sure to remember it. It’s very intelligent, but if you use it well... ... .”

Even the use of NPCs.

Accurate information that is accepted as orthodoxy even among other rankers, unlike the B-class information that Taeyang gathered from the community.

Hyeon-hye taught Taeyang for about a week day and night, showing her own broadcast videos or various videos of other rankers.

“Anyway, this will be enough. how is it? Do you understand now?”

thud.

The sun banged its head on the monitor.

Hyeon-hye looked at the sun suspiciously.

“... ... You remember it well, right?”

“I remember.”

The sun reflexively replied.

I was afraid that if I didn’t answer, the class would start again.

“What is the most important thing?”

“... ... NPCs. By the way, weren’t you a teacher? I think it suits my aptitude.”

Surprisingly, it was an eye-level lecture that was perfect for the level of the sun.

I’ve never studied in Daechi-dong, but I wonder if Daechi-dong 1st class instructors feel like this.

Looking at the admiring sun, Hyeon-hye pouted her lips.

“... ... It’s not the right fit.”

In fact, there was another reason why Hyeon-hye was able to teach Taeyang well.

Because she envied Taeyang’s talent.

Hyeon-hye was a player whose strength was in the intellectual part rather than physical play.

As a result, there were many cases where characters faced death due to physical limitations during gameplay.

She used to imagine how Taeyang, who is said to be one of the top 10 gamers in the world, would have played Dantalian.

That’s why I often thought about how to teach him when Taeyang’s unique constitution improved and he was able to play Dantalian.

‘I didn’t know that I would really teach like this.’

taste was bitter.

The IF she imagined was not as desperate and extreme as it is now.

“right. Taeyang, let’s make a Dantalian streaming ID too.”

“I? why?”

“You should send out the broadcast first before accessing it. It’s not that there’s a problem with the broadcast program, it’s that it’s not accessible from within the game.”

“No, so why?”

Hyeon-hye slapped Tae-yang on the back.

“Why, why! Can you remember perfectly what I told you?”

can not do it.

There is a limit to the amount of information a person can remember in a short period of time.

“hey! why are you hitting speak up.”

“Because it’s frustrating.”

“By the way, are you sure you can transmit it if you do that? You said you can’t send out new ones in the game?”

Hyun-hye took out her smartphone and held it up.

On the screen, a blue-eyed foreigner laughed loudly.

“It really worked. I thought you were the only person like you, but you weren’t.”

“Wow, that’s a very comforting story.”

“He is crazy. He said he would save 300 million people trapped in the game.”

Looking closely, the streamer’s name was MESSIAH.

It means messiah savior.

“uh? Is this the face you saw?”

“Because I am a ranker level user. It must have been in the video I showed you. Anyway, you need to turn on the broadcast so I can help outside.”

“... ... I don’t even turn on the kingpie broadcast.”

“Write!”

Hyeon-hye raised his right hand again, and Tae-yang immediately declared defeat.

“I’ll turn it on! Just turn it on!”

It was the moment Taeyang debuted as a Dantalian streamer.