Chapter 282

[The exclusive skill ‘Fourth Wall’ is shaking violently . ]

I didn’t mean to do this in the beginning . The start was shortly after the battle with Surya . The day he gained a giant story and protected the Demon World with his companions .

-Three Ways to Survive in a Ruined World (3rd Revision) . txt

I received the third revision of Ways of Survival .

「 When he opened his eyes, Yoo Jonghyuk thought, ‘It is the fourth regression . ’ 」

At first, I read it with a light heart . I was looking forward to it . The current ‘third turn’ was more perfect than any of the turns that Yoo Jonghyuk experienced . In the 25th scenario, I became a demon king and got a giant story . Maybe in this revision, the ending I wanted would be recorded . By the way .

「 I thought it was going well . That’s what that person said . Everyone was fine until the ‘outer god’ appeared . 」

「 Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? 」

Yoo Jonghyuk was different from the first and second revisions . He lost his reason, was hasty and didn’t make plans . Yoo Jonghyuk was seriously broken by something that happened in the third round .

「 On that day, everything in the third round was over . 」

I read this part and realized what was wrong . I looked at the black fog coming over the walls and bit my lips . The Fourth Wall wriggled in my head and spewed out sentences .

「 Kim Dokja thought: It might fail . 」

I couldn’t survive if I died this time . Now I didn’t have my resurrection attribute . Once I was swallowed up by the outer god, I would be entirely wiped out . However, if I could stop him…

「 I can’t beat him no matter how I look through Ways of Survival . 」

Han Sooyoung had told me that the Earth scenarios faithfully followed the original trajectory . If we passed this crisis safely, we could aim for areas of the original novel and head for the desired ending .

Below the clock tower, my colleagues were looking up at me .

「 No, there is one way . The ‘failed’ method in the original . 」

I just had to do it well .

「 They have to live . They might not like it but they have to live . 」

I couldn’t let anyone die .

「 Only then will everyone be able to reach the ending . 」

The night sky split apart and I saw a giant eye looking down at the ground . The transcendents sank down while coughing up blood .

Kyrgios was already told the story in advance and shouted, “Quickly, you stupid disciple!”

I nodded and descended from the clock tower . I couldn’t waste the time that Cheok Jungyeong and the masters had earned .

“I can’t let you go! Don’t go alone again! Please!”

“Aaaaaaack! I don’t like this! Dokja hyung!”

“It is you who said we couldn’t do this alone! You were the one who gathered us! You told me all of this!”

I heard the cries of the party members and told them the necessary stories . Really . I really only told them what they needed .

[Please live . ]

My head tickled as horns emerged from it . My back was sore from the wings . I could hear the screams of Jung Heewon and cries of Lee Hyunsung . The children reached out for me . Yoo Sangah, who heard the story from me in advance, couldn’t take her eyes off me while crying . Yoo Sangah would do things well .

The moment I pushed off from the ground, my panoramic view changed . The grieving voices of the party members drifted away . Maybe I wanted to tell them something .

「 I want to see the ending with you . 」

There was a sound as I pierced through the atmosphere and the fog let out a pained scream .

[The constellation ‘God of Wine and Ecstasy’ has dropped his glass . ]

[The constellation ‘Queen of the Darkest Spring’ is letting out a deep sigh . ]

[The constellation ‘Prisoner of the Golden Headband’ wishes you good luck . ]

Some constellations were worried about me .

[The constellation ‘Commander of the Red Cosmos’ dislikes you . ]

[Some constellations are denouncing your actions . ]

Some constellations criticized me . No one sponsored me any coins . Perhaps even the constellations knew . This wasn’t a story for coins .

「 Wiping his cheeks, Kim Dokja looked at the vast universe . 」

The centre of the fog . I could see the small scar made by Cheok Jungyeong, the Breaking the Sky Sword Saint and Kyrgios . I activated Electrification and threw myself towards the scar . It was a method I would’ve never attempted if it was the original novel .

However, now there was no other way . The outer gods didn’t share their language with unqualified beings . The White Pure Star Energy rose in my right hand while I raised Unbroken Faith .

Demonic energy moved through the blood vessels in my body and the black aura overlaid with the blue-white energy . A powerful shock wave burst from the centre of the fog as the magic power in my right hand exploded . A very small gap opened for a moment and I didn’t hesitate .

I entered the dark fog and the outer god was revealed . Like white blood cells that caught infecting bacteria, thousands, tens of thousands, hundreds of millions… countless particles looked at me at the same time . It was as if they were eyes .

Indescribable Distance, the Nameless Mist . It was the name of the disaster that drifted in the Star Stream . I opened my mouth towards that being .

[ The great outer god . ]

Strictly speaking, this mist wasn’t the original form of the outer god . It was a terrible prototype . However, this alter ego contained enormous power .

[Please . Please leave . ]

The particles pulsed at my words . Of course, I didn’t expect words to work . The fog particles gathered around me started to eat at me .

[The giant story ‘Demon World’s Spring’ is protecting your incarnation body!]

[The Fourth Wall is protecting your spirit!]

The influence of the Fourth Wall kept me from falling in front of this vast existence . However, it was impossible to stop the ‘giant story’ from being damaged little by little .

[■■■■······■■■■]

The fog was talking in an unknown language . Perhaps I couldn’t hear it properly even if it was interpreted . The Indescribable Distance was closer to an unconscious thing . It was a hungry predator that only used its instincts to follow the story .

My presence grew thinner in the choking fog .

[…Damn son of a bitch . ]

Even Uriel descending couldn’t stop this guy . It was the same for the current the Great Sage the Equal of Heaven and the Abyssal Black Flame Dragon . It might be possible if all three came but that wouldn’t happen .

「 There is only one thing that can help Kim Dokja now . 」

An existence that didn’t appear in Ways of Survival . There was only one thing that could possibly help me against this fog . The starlight could be dimly seen between the fog particles . I came all this way just to give him the ‘right’ voice .

[Secretive Plotter!]

The voice that was released with all its might penetrated the fog and crossed the interstellar space . The fog wriggled and roared as something shone from across the distant galaxy .

I once again shouted, [I will make a ‘Outer World Covenant’ with you!]

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Yoo Jonghyuk was unhappy every time he made an Outer World Covenant . It was because he couldn’t afford it or had to fulfill a ridiculous contract . But this was the only way . This was the first and last way for me to live .

The fog didn’t start eating . It didn’t stop eating me or the 73rd Demon Realm . I got a bad feeling as I saw the stories being broken . Could Secretive Plotter stop this guy?

Time and space creaked and everything started slowing down . The overwhelming power was controlling all the time and space in the area . The fog cried out and the life activities of everything around me suddenly stopped . Like living creatures frozen in a glacier, they were trapped in that time forever .

The next moment, I stood in an unknown galaxy . I looked down at my feet and saw the scene of the Star Stream . It was outside the Star Stream, the furthest place of the nebulae of stars . The numerous stars were shining beautifully at my feet .

[ It is a boring sight . ]

Unlike other outer gods, this voice was very sharp and clear . A shadow with a man’s shape was wavering .

[ I waited for you, the one pursuing the ‘final chapter . ’ ]

A whiteness could be seen as I looked into that gaping mouth . I just listened to him but my body was shaking . An endless unknown darkness . The evil that stood in the centre of the darkness was staring at me . I wasn’t trembling just because of the ominous status of Secretive Plotter .

[ No, perhaps I should say that you are pursuing eternity . ]

I stared at him and was silent for a moment . “…How did you know?”

[ ■■ . ]

His words had two meanings for me .

Eternity . Final chapter . Two opposing meanings were implied in one word . It was like the messages I heard when I got a giant story .

-You have obtained the qualification of ‘eternity . ’

-You have obtained the qualification of ‘final chapter . ’

Oddly, my ‘end’ had two meanings . When the constellations, including the Mass Production Maker, asked me about the filtering, I replied with ‘final chapter’ because it was easier to persuade the constellations . I never told anyone that my ■■ had two meanings .

[ Once you live for many years, the things that aren’t said are heard louder . ]

[The exclusive skill, ‘Fourth Wall’ is shaking ominously!]

[The Fourth Wall is protecting you by bulking up . ]

[The Fourth Wall is baring its teeth towards the Secretive Plotter . ]

[ Fragment of the ‘Last Wall’… don’t worry . I don’t intend to hurt you . ]

Unknown laughter emerged from the shadow’s mouth .

Secretive Plotter . Along with the Great Sage the Equal of Heaven, the Abyssal Black Flame Dragon and Uriel, he was a constellation who had been watching me the longest . An existence I hadn’t read about in Ways of Survival .

I took a deep breath . I practiced my meeting with him several times but I didn’t know it would be like this .

“Nice to meet you, Secretive Plotter . ”

I didn’t know him . However, that didn’t mean I couldn’t make any guesses .

“The ‘crawling chaos’ in the depths of the scenario . ”

TL: Rainbow Turtle