Jelly Alien Will Save You! - Chapter 11

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The Jelly Alien Will Save You!

Episode 11

I quickly got up and my mouth fell wide open.

An egg the size of one-third of my body was glowing with rainbow colors and emitting warm heat.

“…Really?”

I touched the egg to see if it was real, then hurriedly covered it with a blanket.

“It really appeared…”

I still couldn’t quite believe that an S-rank egg had popped out from inside my phone, but I smiled while stroking the egg.

I could feel a sensation as if tremendous energy was swirling from the egg.

‘At this rate, it should hatch before long, right?’

What kind of Planet Mon would emerge from here?

I was wearing an expectant expression when suddenly my phone started vibrating.

Hm?

There’s no reason for my phone to ring, so why?

I was startled and checked the screen.

Brrrrrrr-

A name was displayed on the black screen.

And the moment I saw those letters.

[♥Beloved Gyeori Oppa♥]

My heart sank with a thud.

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‘Beloved Gyeori Oppa.’

It was a call from Do Gyeol, the guild leader of Queisa and my older brother.

I couldn’t breathe.

This doesn’t make sense. How could a phone call come through in this contaminated world?

Moreover, my dead brother’s name was showing up.

My fingertips trembled. Even during this, the vibration continued ringing endlessly.

Brrrrr-

The vibration that rang once more felt like cold water being poured over my head.

I didn’t delay any longer and hurriedly answered the phone.

“O, Oppa?”

Is it really Oppa?

But only mechanical sounds mixed with noise could be heard, no voice came through.

I moistened my dry lips and called out several more times, but still no answer came back.

Could this just be an abnormal phenomenon caused by contamination?

I gripped the phone tightly with both hands and squeezed my eyes shut.

“…This is Captain Toto. If you’re there, answer.”

Our unique method to confirm if it was really Oppa.

If it’s really Oppa, please answer, please.

Then, along with the noise, a faint laughter could be heard.

– This is Captain Monkey. It’s been a while, Captain Toto.

Captain Monkey and Captain Toto.

These were the nicknames we used when we were little.

Back then, Oppa was a captain sailing the seas, and I was a moon rabbit astronaut.

“Really… Is it really you, Oppa?”

– Yes, Dama.

I felt like I couldn’t breathe. Though there was noise, it was definitely Oppa’s voice.

That warm and gentle voice.

“Oppa…”

– Dama, I missed you so much.

“Oppa, me too. I missed you so much too…”

I swallowed the tears that were welling up.

“Where are you now? What happened?”

– Dama. Listen carefully. You can’t stay there for long.

“Oppa, I’m asking where you are?”

I spoke as if spitting out the anger that suddenly burst forth.

– Dama, our little rabbit. You really became a rabbit.

Oppa gently changed the subject.

Realizing that he didn’t want to tell me his location, I pressed my lips tightly together.

– Oppa should have kept taking care of you. I’m sorry.

“It’s okay. I’m living well. I’m not alone either.”

I can’t give up just because he won’t tell me. I have to find Oppa.

While continuing the phone call, I turned on the family finder function.

A loading screen appeared showing that Oppa’s phone GPS was being detected.

It worked…!

– The problem is that you’re not alone.

Oppa’s location found by GPS was…

None other than in front of the gate.

“…!”

– Don’t stay with that guy. Go back.

Bounce bounce bounce bounce bounce!

I immediately went out to the front of the gate where Oppa’s location was detected.

When I frantically looked around, I could see black tentacles retreating. It was exactly the same thing I had seen at Yongsan Station, the one that seemed like it would paralyze my mind.

‘Why is that…’

Suddenly, I recalled the memory of when I first encountered it.

The way it looked around everywhere as if searching for something.

And my name being repeated endlessly.

Swoosh-

I blankly took the phone away from my ear.

Then I quietly spoke to the tentacles.

“…Oppa?”

Swish swish swish swish swoosh-

The tentacles began to quickly retreat. As if they were running away.

I watched the tentacles disappear helplessly, then picked up the phone again.

The noise continued.

“Oppa…”

Bounce bounce.

I took a couple of steps forward.

“Oppa, I’ll save you. Don’t worry.”

So Oppa became a ‘Xion’ at Yongsan Station.

It’s okay, just being alive is enough.

“Just wait a little longer.”

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Chae Heon watched the small alien in the darkness.

“Oppa…”

When Dama’s earnest call was heard, the black flames that had been wrapping around Heon’s arms like armor subsided.

If he had been just a little later, he would have attacked that Xion.

Because he thought the Xion had invaded his territory.

However, looking at the situation now, it was different.

It seemed the Xion had simply come looking for that small self-proclaimed alien.

‘But calling me oppa, really.’

Heon quietly stroked his chin and furrowed his brow.

At first, he thought the creature was seeing hallucinations.

He assumed it was contaminated and seeing hallucinations, calling Xion ‘oppa’, but that clear aura couldn’t be explained that way.

If that self-proclaimed alien was soaked in contamination, he would have definitely known.

Could it really have some connection to that Xion?

Anyway, it had been a suspicious creature from the start.

He thought it might be a monster that escaped from a dungeon break, but it was closer to human than that.

But it wasn’t a contaminated human either. In this Contaminated Zone, that self-proclaimed alien was purer than anything else.

Unlike himself.

Heon opened his status window.

N̶a̵m҉e̶:҈ C҉h̷a҉e҈ H̷e̸o̷n҈

C̷o҉n̷t҉a҈m҉i ̷n̸a̷t҈i҉o ̷n̸ ̷L҈e҉v ̷e̸l̷:҈ U҉n ̷m̸e̷a҈s҉u ̷r̸a̷b҈l҉e ̷

Along with sharp noise, blurry characters flickered.

His pupils trembled.

Unmeasurable.

As always, it was a contamination level that couldn’t be converted to numbers.

That was the moment.

Crack.

Like a glass window cracking, fissures began to form across one cheek and jaw.

Heon swallowed and instinctively raised his hand to feel his cracked face.

Though his skin wasn’t torn, what his fingertips felt was definitely a cool crevice. From within it, unmeasurable deep contamination was flowing out like vapor.

His breathing became rough. He fumbled at his waist and pulled out an old gas mask.

As soon as he pressed it to his face, the cold pressure of metal squeezed his cheeks.

Wheeze, creak, the old filter strained his breath and the contamination leaking from the cracks subsided.

He would have to wear the gas mask until he returned to human form again.

That’s when it happened.

“Oppa, I’ll save you. Don’t worry.”

That determined voice held back Heon’s feet as he was about to leave.

Save me? With just that trivial purification ability?

Heon turned his back coldly.

Ridiculous.

We can’t save anyone.

Chae Heon repeated as if chewing the words.

As if afraid that some sprout of hope might bloom.

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