Jelly Alien Will Save You! - Chapter 2

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The Jelly Alien Will Save You!

Episode 2

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Sniff sniff sniff…

I walked along the broken sidewalk, sobbing.

Sniff sniff sniff sniff…

But no matter how much I walked, with these short legs I couldn’t go far, and there was nowhere in sight to ask for help.

Sniff sniff sniff sniff sniff…

When I looked back, the Yongsan Station building was still close enough to reach if I fell forward.

How did it come to this?

Tears welled up in my glossy black bean-like eyes. I pouted my lips and recalled the last memories of my previous life.

The smell of disinfectant in the hospital. White ceiling. The constant beeping sounds in the hospital room.

…Did I really die just like that?

Before becoming this pathetic jelly alien, I was a patient.

I was diagnosed with a rare disease and told I wouldn’t live past 10 years old, spending most of my life in the hospital.

It was a life of always waiting for the day I would die.

No, was it a life that made me wait for the day I would die?

After my only older brother died in a dungeon break, and even my parents passed away.

My relatives were eyeing my inheritance, counting down the days until I died.

“They said she wouldn’t live past 10, so how many more years is she going to live? That kid really has a long lifeline.”

Sniff sniff… Sniff…

Recalling my relatives’ heartless voices, my steps came to a halt. My chest area felt sour.

When I looked down, I saw my stubby feet.

As I wiggled them like moving toes, my soft, round foot tips went up and down repeatedly. Just like a lump of jelly made from mashed strawberry pudding.

That sight was endlessly pitiful.

‘I don’t even have toes anymore…’

As I stared quietly at my feet that protruded round in front, tears welled up again.

An alien without even toes.

Did I really die? If I really died, what happened to the things I left behind?

Surely my relatives would throw a festival with my inheritance.

Not only that. Having lived my entire life in the hospital, I had so many things I never got to try.

“…”

Thinking that way, I stuck out my lips.

Because suddenly I felt not just sad but angry.

In my head, I pictured my relatives’ faces laughing and waving banners saying 【Thanks for dying!】

I wiped away my tears with my jelly hands.

My fists trembled with rage.

I couldn’t just stay still when I was this frustrated.

Just then, my sluggish mind began to spin rapidly.

Even though I’m just an alien without toes right now.

Even though I feel like crying again.

‘Still, let me think calmly.’

I looked around the empty plaza.

It’s not that I couldn’t sense any presence at all. But no one came close to me.

‘Could it be because of contamination?’

I checked my body this way and that. Is my contamination level okay?

First, I think I need to get to a safe place…

Ugh…

I am an alien.

But I’m not an ordinary alien.

I’m an alien from the game I used to love playing.

Then couldn’t I use the game knowledge I know?

That’s when it happened.

[Update Complete!]

[Would you like to receive the ‘Beginner Settler Emergency Support Kit’?]

[Survival Tip: Beginner settlers should check their map anytime, anywhere!]

I stared at the blinking window in front of me with surprised eyes.

“…!”

Emergency support kit!

It was the item box given to beginners when starting the game.

My heart pounded at the thought that there was a way to break through this situation.

At the same time, I had my first goal.

Open the map and find a safe place.

I stretched both hands up high.

‘Alright, I’ll take it!’

Then a round cluster of light appeared before my eyes, gently descended onto my hands, and disappeared with a pop.

Several items were placed on my palms.

[Beginner Settler Emergency Support Kit]

-Survival Manual: Do you have questions? Do you need something? Everything will be displayed here

-Mobile Safe Zone Vessel: Guarantees user safety when aboard. Coziness is a bonus!

-Settlement Support Fund: Cosmic Coins +5

There it is, the Mobile Safe Zone Vessel!

In Earth terms, an unidentified flying object!

It’s a ‘UFO’!

Each item is a precious asset, but I can’t resist a spaceship.

In a contaminated zone where you never know what might appear, safety is the best and most important thing.

I checked the spaceship first.

The spaceship was folded up and tied with a ribbon, and when I untied the ribbon, it gradually expanded.

‘This isn’t different either.’

I looked at the spaceship in its complete form.

It was a common cardboard box.

The kind of box used for sending packages.

I hesitated a bit, but for safety’s sake, I went inside the box and sat down.

Sniff sniff, sniff.

“…”

I look like a puppy that grandma put out at the market, but as long as I’m aboard this, nothing can attack me.

Moreover-

‘It’s cozy.’

They said coziness was a bonus, and it really is cozy!

I gave my spaceship three and a half stars.

It means I was a bit more satisfied than average.

Swoosh-

Just then, something rolled up beside the box.

“Hm?”

It was a small monster that looked like a black mold clump. It had a palm-sized body with nothing but teeth that chattered constantly.

“Eek!”

I instinctively pressed my body against the box wall.

The monster tried to pounce on me. But it seemed unable to cross over the box, only chattering its teeth.

I hunched my shoulders at the chattering teeth, then felt a bit relieved watching the monster bounce off the box with thuds.

It can’t get over!

What a relief….

Phew. I wiped the cold sweat from my forehead. Meeting a monster for the first time in real life was so scary I almost bit my tongue.

Clack! Clack! Clack!

Ah, this isn’t the time for that.

I need to deal with that thing.

I steeled my resolve even while trembling.

Normally, only Awakeners would be able to face monsters, but—

‘With the game system, I can do it too.’

I stuck out just my finger a little, afraid of getting bitten by those chattering teeth, and said quietly.

“Survival Manual!”

Then a glowing manual floated up and its pages fluttered open.

The manual was divided into various tabs: personal information, map, Quest, abilities, and more.

I selected the abilities tab among them.

【Abilities】

-Purification (Lv.1)

Huh. Is purification the only thing I can use right now?!

And it’s only level 1 at that.

I was a bit flustered. It was as if all the abilities I could use had been reset.

But since there was no other option for now, I tearfully shouted purification.

“Purification!”

Then, with a feeling of strength draining from my body, the monster’s body shimmered with rainbow colors.

Clack!… Clack…!

After clacking its teeth together a few times, the monster soon scattered into particles of light.

Soon there was a jingling sound as rewards came in.

[Reward]

-Random Seed (F): An F-grade crop grows randomly.

-Cosmic Coin +1

When I opened my inventory, I already had 6 coins accumulated.

“Ooh.”

With this, could I buy something from the Cosmic Market? While my attention was diverted.

Ding!

[Quest]

Open the map and find a safe settlement!

“Ah.”

This isn’t the time for that. Right now I need to move for survival first. If I die, nothing else matters.

I hurriedly opened the map.

‘What’s this?’

A bright red arrow was stuck on top of the Yongsan Station building.

‘It looks like some restaurant logo.’

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