Chapter 193

[Translator - Kiteretsu]

[Proofreader - Kyros]

Chapter 193

All the quests were completed.

As Jeong-Hoon used Advanced Healing, his battered face quickly returned to normal.

"Ha... You're a guy who even uses healing?"

The NPC was looking at Jeong-Hoon as if he were a monster.

She thought he was just a mere creation, but he was not human.

Otherwise, he couldn't have pushed her to the brink in such a brutal way.

Moreover, he possessed both mana and holy power, even though he wasn't a great being.

"I was lucky."

He ended it by saying he was lucky, and she felt the urge to punch him in the face.

Jeong-Hoon tilted his head and approached her.

Thinking that it meant he wanted to try again, the NPC flinched and stepped back.

"Why! What's the problem now!"

"Huh? I'm approaching to receive the power, why are you avoiding me?"

"...Was that it?"

Embarrassed, the NPC scratched her head.

Jeong-Hoon checked the exclamation mark above her head.

[Quest completed.]

As he completed the quest, light poured down from the sky and instantly enveloped Jeong-Hoon.

Knowing that it was the process of awakening Heavenly Power, Jeong-Hoon calmly surrendered his body to the light.

[Accepting new power.]

[Transcending limits.]

Limit transcendence.

The process of going up one step from the currently designated Legendary grade.

[The Sovereign's grade rises from Legendary to Celestial.]

[You have received Heavenly Power.]

[Skill: Celestial Aura added.]

[Skill: Formless Fist added.]

[Skill: Movement Technique evolves into Heavenly Step.]

[Skill: Indomitable Body evolves into Heavenly Body.]

[The limit grade of Steadfast Will has been unlocked. (Legendary -> Celestial)]

[You have acquired the title 'One who Transcends Humanity' Lv. 1.]

As the Legendary grade rose to Celestial, several skills were added, and Movement Technique and Indomitable Body evolved to the next grade.

[Celestial Aura]

- Type: Active

- Grade: Celestial

- An aura that can only be used by those who have reached the Heavenly Realm.

- When using the aura, all attack power and defense power are additionally increased by 20%. (Can be stacked)

- Decreases the attack power and defense power of all enemies within a 200m radius by 10%. (Can be stacked)

- Provides a 5% attack power and 5% defense power increase buff to designated allies. (Cannot be stacked)

Celestial Aura.

When using the aura, it surrounds the body for a certain period of time, and it's a skill similar to Blackfield, which can give both buffs and debuffs simultaneously.

It can be said to be an essential skill that those who have obtained Heavenly Power must use.

[Formless Fist]

- Type: Active

- Grade: Celestial

- A formless fist that can only be used by martial artists who have reached the Heavenly Realm.

- Additional attack power increased by 20%

- When using fist-related skills, can hit multiple enemies within a 300m radius

- When using fist-related skills, +2 to the number of hits

And the Formless Fist.

'Wow, what's this?'

Jeong-Hoon had obtained Heavenly Power before his regression.

However, at that time, he had acquired the power as a normal class, not a hidden class, so he hadn't learned the Formless Fist separately.

'With this, I can use ranged fist techniques, right?'

Originally, fist techniques could only be used in close combat.

But with this Formless Fist, it meant he could deal damage with fist techniques even from a distance.

Heavenly Step and Heavenly Body were literally evolved forms of skills.

These were skills that had been useful even before his regression, and more importantly, the limit grade of Steadfast Will had been raised to Celestial.

'This is crazy.'

Even before his regression, the grade of Steadfast Will wasn't this high. S~eaʀᴄh the Nôvel(F)ire.nёt website on Google to access chapters of novels early and in the highest quality.

If Steadfast Will reached Celestial through the 4th class advancement?

It meant that all the skills he had learned with Steadfast Will would be upgraded to Legendary grade.

That wasn't all.

The Celestial grade title, One who Transcends Humanity.

[One who Transcends Humanity Lv. 1]

- Type: Unique Evolution Title

- Grade: Celestial

- Automatically operates natural mana and recovers mana at certain intervals.

- Can permanently destroy dungeons. (However, dungeons of higher grade cannot be destroyed)

- Is partially unaffected by the influence of Transcendent beings.

A wide smile spread across Jeong-Hoon's face.

'It's done.'

This was why he had to step into the Heavenly Realm.

Things that couldn't be done with just pure stats as the level increased.

One of them was dungeon destruction.

Countless dungeons would appear.

However, even if those dungeons were cleared, they would only be calmed for a while.

After a certain amount of time, they would have to be cleared again to stabilize them.

This was because if they weren't cleared within the time limit, the surrounding area would be devastated.

It was one of the means that the Transcendent bastards used to destroy Earth.

It meant he could permanently eliminate that means.

This was the reason why they had restricted gathering 100% Heavenly Energy before the reality merge.

[All quests have been successfully completed.]

[Experience points will be calculated based on the dungeons.]

There was still one thing left.

It was the experience point calculation.

Even though Jeong-Hoon had hunted so many boss monsters, his level was still 226.

This was because he didn't receive any experience points for defeating monsters.

In this Heavenly Hall, the experience points gained from defeating monsters were given all at once only after all quests were successfully completed.

The intention was to take it all if you succeeded, and give nothing if you failed.

[7,922,132,221 experience points are awarded.]

A whopping 7.9 billion experience points.

As the experience points were awarded, countless messages about leveling up appeared.

[Level Up!]

[All stats increased by +1.]

[Bonus stat +1 awarded.]

...

[Level Up!]

[All stats increased by +1.]

[Bonus stat +1 awarded.]

A whopping 58 level-ups.

With this, Jeong-Hoon's level instantly became 284.

[Wow... Look at the level going up.]

'You'll reach 300 soon, right?'

Mukho and Anima were also shocked by the speed at which his level was rising.

"Indeed."

Jeong-Hoon grinned.

Now, all his business in the Heavenly Hall was finished.

***

[01:11:58]

The remaining time was now 1 hour.

People were preoccupied, looking up at the sky with tense eyes.

[Is this a sign of the end of the world?]

[So far, no one has been able to explain that time.]

[Something unbelievable is happening!]

The internet, news, YouTube, communities, and so on.

Everywhere was busy dealing with the decreasing time in the sky.

[Fuck! Let's all die!]

-This shitty world. It wouldn't be lonely if we all died together lol

└ Die alone...

└ Loser in life lol Even a life rolling in shit is better than this.

└ Ha... I don't want to die, damn it

└ Seriously, this mess happened because they spread the doomsday theory

└ If everything is fine after all this fuss, it'll be hilarious lol

Various reactions due to this.

Jeong-Hoon, who had come out of the capsule, was also looking out the window without having slept.

"Son, are you alright?"

He hadn't slept at all, determined to obtain Heavenly Power.

Because of that, Jeong-Hoon's face was haggard with fatigue.

"Yes, I'm fine."

"Shouldn't you get some sleep?"

"There's only 1 hour left."

Jeong-Hoon pointed to the sky outside the window.

"Don't tell me you also believe the world is going to end?"

His mother didn't believe the noisy doomsday theory.

To be precise, she didn't want to believe it.

"...Yes."

He couldn't bring himself to say no.

Jeong-Hoon knew what would happen when the countdown ended.

The doorbell rang.

"Hmm? Who is it at this hour?"

"I called them."

"You did?"

His mother tilted her head curiously and opened the door.

It was Ha-Jin and Bong-Goo who had arrived.

"Hello, Mother!"

"Good evening!"

His mother welcomed their visit with a smile.

"Come in."

Jeong-Hoon beckoned them.

Ha-Jin and Bong-Goo hurriedly rushed to him.

"Yeah. What's the urgent matter you called us for?"

"It's about to become zero."

Jeong-Hoon said, pointing to the time in the sky.

"Ah, the world ending thing?"

"Come on, even if it's like that, the world won't actually end, will it...?"

Kim Bong-Goo trembled with fear.

"Well, we'll see when it happens."

Jeong-Hoon looked out the window again.

He didn't mention that New World would become reality.

It was going to happen anyway.

It would be much faster to show them after it happened.

[00:03:22]

Time passed quickly, and it was already approaching 3 minutes.

"...Should we just evacuate?"

Ha-Jin, who had been silent the whole time, suddenly spoke up.

"Now?"

Jeong-Hoon chuckled.

"...You're right."

Ha-Jin laughed awkwardly and scratched his head.

[00:00:7]

7 seconds left.

7.

6.

5.

4.

3.

2.

1.

End.

[00:00:00]

The time became 0.

And the letters were cleanly erased.

Jeong-Hoon stared at the sky with a hardened expression.

<It is time.>

<Synchronization will begin.>

And then new text appeared.

The message was also sent through all electronic devices worldwide.

<Synchronization complete.>

"Synchronization...?"

"What nonsense is this?"

Ha-Jin and Bong-Goo tilted their heads, looking at the text.

Then, with a powerful tremor that shook the ground, Ha-Jin and Bong-Goo lost their balance and fell.

"Ack!"

"Wh-What's happening!"

Their mother didn't fall because Jeong-Hoon was holding her.

"Why is there an earthquake... Huh?!"

His mother looked around with trembling eyes, then gasped when she saw outside.

Monsters that should have been in New World were roaming around, turning the surroundings into chaos.

The company where his mother worked had also collapsed because of those damn monsters.

[All firearms are being eliminated.]

[All dangerous items such as nuclear bombs are being eliminated.]

[All necessities for food, clothing, and shelter can be purchased with points.]

[Dungeons will open in each region shortly.]

[Additional penalties will be imposed if you fail to clear them within the time limit.]

Messages continued to appear one after another.

The corner of Jeong-Hoon's mouth twitched.

Additional penalties.

The current earthquake and monsters were just the beginning.

In his previous life, no one could destroy those dungeons, so additional penalties were imposed, resulting in the death of 1% of the entire Earth's population.

"Ha-Jin."

"Yeah?"

"It's time to use that HoneyTube channel you've worked so hard to build."

"HoneyTube...?"

Ha-Jin asked back with a puzzled expression.

Why was he mentioning a YouTube channel in this situation?

"Open your inventory."

"Inventory...? Whoa!"

Opening the inventory was simple.

It would naturally open if you said 'inventory'.

"You have the camera, right?"

The camera they used in New World.

That camera only worked in New World, but now that reality had merged, it should be usable.

"Yeah. I-I have it..."

"Okay. Then let's start broadcasting with that."

"Broadcasting?"

"Yes. They said dungeons will open soon, right? I'm going to close those dungeons."

"Hoon... My head's not working right now."

Ha-Jin stared blankly outside.

Monsters were already roaming around outside.

It was a scene reminiscent of the fields in New World.

"If we fail to clear them, additional penalties will be imposed. I'm going to stop that."

"But... why YouTube?"

"What better way to share useful tips than by clearing it?"

YouTube.

After the reality merge, YouTube was quite active, even if only for a short while.

This was because a flood of content related to New World poured out.

Those who gathered information actively used YouTube.

Jeong-Hoon intended to use YouTube to prevent as many regions as possible from receiving penalties.

***

At that time.

Jang Dae-Hwi, the editor of HoneyTube, was staring blankly out the window.

Countless monsters that shouldn't exist on Earth.

"Sh-Shit! What the hell is going on?!"

Just a few minutes ago, Jang Dae-Hwi had also been watching the countdown in the sky reach zero.

Then it became zero, and he hurriedly hid under his desk due to the ensuing earthquake.

As soon as the earthquake stopped, he immediately checked outside the window and saw monsters starting to wreak havoc on the streets.

'This is driving me crazy...'

The talk about the world ending when the countdown in the sky reached zero.

It was hard to dismiss it as mere nonsense, as there was no way to explain the countdown in the sky.

That's why he had been keeping an eye on it, but he never expected something like this to happen...

Just then, his smartphone in his pocket vibrated.

Jang Dae-Hwi took out his smartphone and checked the caller.

It was Jeong-Hoon, the owner of HoneyTube.

"Uh... Hello?"

[Hyung, are you okay?]

"...Not at all. Are you seeing what's outside?"

[Yes. Monsters are wreaking havoc around here too.]

"Ha... What the hell is going on... Why are monsters from New World here?"

The monster that was devastating the area around Jang Dae-Hwi was a level 177 King Sauros.

A monster reminiscent of an ancient dinosaur.

These 4-meter tall creatures were ramming into buildings and trampling cars on the road.

[There's no time to explain in detail. Dungeons will open soon.]

"Dungeons...?"

[Our first task is to close those dungeons.]

"Task...? Explain it in a way I can understand!"

Jang Dae-Hwi couldn't properly understand Jeong-Hoon's words.

His head wasn't working, as if it had frozen.

[You said you play New World too, right, hyung?]

"Yeah... I do."

Jang Dae-Hwi's level was 196.

He was a Crusader about to undergo his 3rd class advancement.

[Then open your inventory right now.]

"Inventory...? Whoa!"

As he muttered 'inventory', a hologram appeared before his eyes.

It was the inventory that Jang Dae-Hwi usually used.

[It seems you've opened it.]

"Uh... Why is this in front of my eyes?"

[Why else? It's because New World has merged with reality.]

"...Reality merge? What do you mean?"

[Anyway, I'm going to broadcast clearing the dungeon that's about to open, so please edit it as soon as I'm done. If it seems like monsters are going to attack, try to survive by hunting them.]

"What...? Hey!"

The call ended just like that.

Jang Dae-Hwi bit his lip and scratched his head frantically.

'This is driving me crazy... What the hell is going on?'

[Translator - Kiteretsu]

[Proofreader - Kyros]