Editor’s Survival Guide - Chapter 80
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Editor’s Survival Rules Episode 80
ep13. Blood-Raining (12)
Perhaps it was because I had been making it into a ring and wearing it all this time.
The Big Cat’s fragments wrapped around my hand with a very familiar feeling.
I picked up those fragments, bone pieces almost as large as my forearm, as I saw them.
At that moment.
Kiiieek-!
The Big Cat noticed my presence and roared.
Kuwoong- Kudangtang-!
But as it tried to rush at me, it tripped over its own feet and fell.
Kii- Kirrrrreuk-
It seemed to be struggling to get up, but couldn’t easily control its body.
Looking closely, I saw fire was attached around its neck area.
Did it suffer internal injuries from using “Fire Breathing” with its wounded body?
In any case, this was an opportunity I wouldn’t get again.
I held the fragments in my arms and headed toward the corridor.
Kididididik-!
The Big Cat cried out pitifully.
I ignored it and ran.
No, I tried to.
“…!”
My entire body froze as if ice water had been poured over my head.
What slowly followed that physical reaction was fear.
It was the distinct aura of death, so close I could almost touch it.
I froze in place.
Run, run, run.
My brain sent signals, but my body wouldn’t move.
Swik- Teok- Swik- Teok-!
While I stood frozen, the Big Cat began crawling toward me.
Run, don’t move, run, stay still like you’re dead!
Finally, conflicting impulses clashed in my head.
Meanwhile, the Big Cat had reached right in front of me.
That’s when it happened.
-You’ve already won, so don’t be scared.
At those words that suddenly came to mind, I snapped back to my senses.
Kiiieek-!
“Keuuk…!”
I threw everything I was holding and dodged the Big Cat’s front paw.
Kuwoong-!
Cheolgeureong- Jjeolleong-!
When I dropped the fragments, they made the sound of metal pipes clashing together.
Having barely avoided the attack, I reached out to pick up the fragments again.
Kuwoong-!
The Big Cat swung its front paw toward me.
Was it because of its injuries?
I couldn’t exactly call it agile.
Instead, it was very hysterical.
Kwang-! Kwaang-!
The Big Cat frantically pounded with its front paws.
I gritted my teeth and rolled my body to pick up one fragment.
Then I stabbed that sharp fragment under the chin of the Big Cat as it attacked as if it had been waiting.
Kiaaaaa-!
The Big Cat screamed and flipped its body over.
I picked up the remaining fragments in the meantime.
Kirik- Kikikikikirik-
In that brief moment, the sound of a spring winding came from above my head.
Damn, trying to breathe fire again?
Just as the Big Cat’s body began to swell and glow.
Taang-!
With a sharp gunshot, a hole was punched through the Big Cat’s body.
Tang-! Taang-!
Bullets that flew in succession embedded in the Big Cat’s body.
The Big Cat’s body, which had been swelling, deflated like a punctured balloon.
I took advantage of that gap to run toward the corridor.
Then something black followed behind me.
“…!”
I was startled and turned around, then realized what it was and let out a sigh of relief.
It was Cha Si-eon.
From the look of him covered in soot, this guy had also nearly died.
Without time to be happy to see each other, we ran side by side into the corridor.
We continued running like that, then briefly stopped in the completely dark maze.
“Huu, heok….”
“….”
We caught our breath there for a moment.
“The fragments?”
Cha Si-eon asked me while turning on his searchlight.
I smiled and showed him the fragments I had on both my arms.
I had secured two, except for the one I had stabbed into the Big Cat’s neck.
Seeing that, Cha Si-eon also let out a long breath.
“Good work….”
Kkuguguguguk-!
Cha Si-eon was in the middle of saying something.
The maze we were standing in began to distort.
What?
The space gradually expanded like a rubber ball under pressure.
Then came strange bursting sounds.
Poong- Poong- Poong-
“…?”
Pong- Pong- Pong-
“….”
Without anyone going first, we turned around and ran toward the exit.
I didn’t know what the sound was.
But one thing was certain: it was getting closer and closer to us.
Peoong-!
And when that explosion sound got very close.
Kikikikikik-!
Damn, just as I thought!
The Big Cat appeared again.
It was charging at us, breaking through the narrow gaps of the maze with brute force and size.
Due to that brute charge, the maze walls of unknown material were stretching like rubber before bursting with pops.
Kiiiiik-!
The creature was relentlessly chasing us with its wounded body.
Damn, it must hate losing the fragment more than dying, huh?
Then we’ll risk our lives to defend it too!
We ran frantically across the violently shaking space.
After running for a while, we saw a rift ahead.
That rift had shrunk to less than half its original size from when we entered.
What used to be as big as a main gate was now only the size of a side door.
Actually, that worked out well.
That thing won’t be able to get through this gap.
I cheered inwardly as I passed through the narrow rift.
Cha Si-eon immediately followed behind me.
But…
“That thing isn’t stopping!”
“…Take cover.”
“Where to?”
“To the 1st floor, the trap!”
Cha Si-eon shouted as he ran toward the mezzanine railing.
Kwajajajajak-!
At that moment, the Big Cat expanded the rift in midair with its body and burst outside.
“…!”
Damn, how long do I have to witness this insane scene!
Kiaaaa-!
Right in front of the Big Cat was Cha Si-eon leaning against the railing.
As soon as the Big Cat saw Cha Si-eon, it charged, and Cha Si-eon jumped over the railing as if he’d been waiting for it.
Watching the Big Cat follow after him, I also came down to the 1st floor via the stairs.
Kudangtangtang-!
With a loud crash, the Big Cat fell into the center of the lobby.
The Big Cat, having fallen hard, flailed and pushed against the floor with its front paws.
But seeing how it couldn’t get up and was staggering, it seemed unable to support even its own weight now.
Moreover, quite coincidentally, the place where the Big Cat had collapsed was exactly where we had set up Cha Si-eon’s trap yesterday.
No, this wasn’t coincidental – it had to be Cha Si-eon’s intention.
“Seo Do-un!”
Yeah, I know without you calling.
I went to where we had stayed all night and pressed the switch.
Click- Kwaang-!
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■ Response Manual for New Pattern ‘Trap Objects’ in ‘Area C. Citizens’ Library’
2. Risk Factors
1) Exploding Heart Decorations
When the trap next to the 1st floor stairs is stepped on, all bombs placed in that space explode simultaneously.
These bombs take the form of ordinary decorations like paintings, vases, ceramic dolls, etc., but can be identified by red heart patterns on their surface.
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I slowly raised my head.
The surroundings were quiet.
There was no more sound or movement.
Only the dust stirred up by the explosion drifted silently.
Soon the dust settled too, revealing the Big Cat’s form.
It lay sprawled like dead, with all its bones broken.
Ha, I thought we’d wasted the whole night for nothing.
But we finally got to use the trap we dug in advance like this.
Kiii-
Then, a faint crying sound was heard.
It was the sound the Big Cat was making.
Don’t tell me it’s still alive?
Just as I was shocked by the Big Cat’s vitality.
Crack-
There was a sound of something splitting.
Creak- Screech-!
At the sound from above my head, I looked around in surprise.
Then I soon discovered it.
Like old clothes tearing after enduring wear, the space was slowly splitting open.
“…!”
As I was shocked again by this strange phenomenon, Cha Si-eon said.
“The rescue team destroyed the core.”
“The rescue team?”
Already?
I checked the time in surprise.
The current time was 10:30.
But wait. My smartwatch is working again too?
“This is Seo Do-un. Can anyone hear me?”
As soon as I saw my smartwatch turn on, I shouted.
Almost simultaneously, a familiar voice was heard.
-Do-un!
It was the voice of Field Team Deputy Manager Yun U-jeong.
-Do-un, are you okay?
Yun U-jeong urgently asking about my safety.
I looked back at Cha Si-eon in surprise, then answered with delight.
“Yes, I’m fine. And Team Leader Cha Si-eon is here with me too!”
-Si-eon? Si-eon is with you too?
“Yes, he’s right next to me. Nothing particularly wrong.”
When Cha Si-eon answered directly, a loud cheer erupted from my smartwatch.
It was the cheers from the control room staff.
-Well done, kids. Thank you, both of you!
Yun U-jeong said in a choked voice.
-You really worked hard. Since we destroyed the core, you should be able to come out soon. You really went through so much, you guys…!
At Yun U-jeong’s emotional voice, I also felt choked up for some reason.
But it wasn’t time to set off celebration fireworks yet.
Crack- Split-!
The space was splitting open more and more.
We had to prepare for the release.
Kiii-
And the Big Cat was still groaning, so what should we do about that?
-Do-un, this is your first release, right? Just follow the manual and hold onto Si-eon tightly. Si-eon, you take care of Do-un.
Yun U-jeong, unaware of our situation, spoke comfortably.
Then Cha Si-eon reported to Yun U-jeong.
“Currently confronting the Big Cat. The Big Cat is in combat-disabled state and showing weak life signs.”
-The Big Cat is there with you too?
“Mr. Seo Do-un has obtained the Big Cat’s fragment. And it seems possible to secure additional ones now.”
As expected, Cha Si-eon was aiming for the fragments.
I understand. The more materials, the better.
-What are the risk factors?
“Unknown. If you give permission, I’ll give it a try.”
-You bastard….
But Yun U-jeong didn’t readily give permission.
“We don’t have much time.”
Even when Cha Si-eon urged her, it was the same.
When permission wasn’t forthcoming, Cha Si-eon quietly added.
“Section Chief Kwon Mu-seop would give permission.”
-This bastard really… Hey, we already held your funeral once, you bastard! You know that?
Yun U-jeong thundered like lightning.
But that was only for a moment.
Yun U-jeong took a deep breath, then eventually stepped back with irritation.
-Just after reporting your survival, if I hear you died again. I’ll tear you apart completely. Go secure those fragments!
“Thank you.”
“….”
As expected, Team Leader Cha was a psychopath pretending to be by-the-book.
Cha Si-eon turned around calmly after turning Yun U-jeong’s stomach inside out.
Then he approached the Big Cat that was twitching intermittently.
Kiiiii-
I tensely watched Cha Si-eon’s actions as well.
Please don’t let this end in disaster from being too greedy.
Cha Si-eon also didn’t want to be torn apart by Yun U-jeong, so he stepped carefully.
That’s when it happened.
Riiip- Riiiiiip-!
A crack in space tore open violently, and something jumped down from inside.
“…!”
That thing with a face I knew well.
It was Alpha.
Damn, you again?
We gritted our teeth seeing Alpha jump down onto the Big Cat.
Just as Cha Si-eon rushed forward to not lose the initiative.
Crack-!
Something unthinkable happened.
Alpha snapped the Big Cat’s neck.
What? Why its own ally….
Snap-!
Alpha twisted the Big Cat’s mask and completely severed its neck.
At that moment, dark red liquid gushed out from under the Big Cat’s jaw.
It was the “sticky blood,” one of the Big Cat’s weapons.
Swoooosh-!
“Fall back!”
As soon as Cha Si-eon saw the overflowing blood, he stepped back and shouted.
That “sticky blood” was a substance similar to “blood rain.”
Just touching it would melt everything.
But what the hell?
Alpha wasn’t an exception either, as its forearm began melting away.
And the Big Cat’s body also melted down along with it.
Was it planning to interfere so we couldn’t obtain the fragments somehow?
Even while melting its own body away?
That’s when it happened.
Alpha didn’t care that its body was melting and instead burrowed into the Big Cat’s body.
Then it pulled something out from inside.
I was horrified thinking it was pulling out organs or something.
But it wasn’t.
What Alpha pulled out from inside wasn’t the monster’s heart or intestines or anything like that.
Something slender hanging from Alpha’s shoulder.
Like a woman’s silhouette…?
Just as I was doubting my own eyes, the space collapsed.
And we were expelled to the outside.
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WOMAN?? That kinda reminds me when he was kinda losing his mind in hypnotherapy and kept saying woman