Labyrinth Exploration 101 - Chapter 178
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Labyrinth Exploration 101 Episode 178
Departure(3)
┌───Labyrinth Exploration NaN───┐
Mitamnan live broadcast, inside the Esmos warship.
Julione, who has now become a truck, moves together with Seol Ha-woon.
─Julione : Esmos. This place’s main purpose was civilian residence from the start….
Rattle rattle rattle rattle. Julione advances through the residential ship Esmos while explaining the labyrinth’s worldview.
-Hahaha that truck is cute
-I wonder if they’ll sell it as merch lol
-Why are these two so cute lol
-Seol Ha-woon seems to secretly like toys.
They reached the second warship, Escort.
─Seol Ha-woon : This would be a different warship from here, right?
─Julione : That’s right. Warship name Escort. It’s a security warship.
The moment the two people stepped inside.
Welcome! Our Escort ship is responsible for public safety according to space law!
For insurance subscription inquiries, call 19820-1092….
“Ahhhhh!”
Seo Ji-woo threw her chicken straight backwards.
-Shit that scared me
-Ah fuck I screamed
-lol my dad was drinking water and spit it out
Grrrrrr! A security guard zombie at the end of the corridor turns to look at the two people.
─Seol Ha-woon : It’s coming. Just in case, please watch the rear. How many railgun shots are possible?
─Julione : One shot. Charging takes an hour.
Whirrrr. The truck draws up power.
─Seol Ha-woon : Yes. Then-
Before he could finish speaking, the zombie charges in.
Whiririririrk──-!
Arms that stretch like rubber and sweep in an instant.
At that moment, Seol Ha-woon moves.
His disabled left leg stays as is while only his upper body nimbly tilts, and the zombie’s claws graze his temple. Immediately after, he raises his pistol and fires at the skull.
Bang!
The zombie’s head exploded.
─Seol Ha-woon : …Let’s go.
A scene where he forcibly controlled his body using sequence.
Of course it’s not my pure motor skills, but the viewers seem to have received it a bit differently.
-Wow shit what was that movement just now? Moving like a mollusk?
-Crazy kiting is insane
-Whoa Seol Ha-woon still has some physicality left;
-For real they said he was hardcore during his military days
-For real, they said he was like a human weapon
-The form from his human shredder days is coming out just the same
“What’s human shredder.”
I was never that.
“Oh~ Did you move like that when you were active? I don’t understand? How did you do it.”
Seo Ji-woo creaked her body as if trying to imitate what I just did and admired it.
“They said you were a real UDT elite. Guess that was fact?”
Again, a probing tone. Unlike Kang Hyeon, Seo Ji-woo shows it all in her voice.
“I wasn’t quite that level.”
I was average among the Black units.
“What you just did looked pretty impressive even to me.”
It just looks impressive at best. To put it crudely, it looks cool.
So this is how it appears when sequence is played at normal speed.
─Seol Ha-woon : What’s that robot again.
─Robot : Life form confirmed. Please provide identification.
Afterwards, Seol Ha-woon and Julione meet a police robot, hack it, and together enter the server room of the Escort ship.
「Server Monitoring Room」
In the server room, Julione collects materials for truck upgrades.
─Julione : I’ll be back. The upgrade might take quite a while.
─Seol Ha-woon : Yes. Take care.
Seol Ha-woon lies down on the sofa.
─Seol Ha-woon : Robot. Guard this place from outside. Don’t let anyone in except that truck.
─Robot : Yes. Understood.
The robot stands reliably outside.
-Reliable~
-Reliable~ robot
-lol Seolhaun only teams up with NPCs
-That trio is kind of cute, isn’t it?
-Mal-ol-haem really just extracts fun from any labyrinth
-I’m curious, what exactly is fun about it?
-The trio is just cute
“Pure entertainment goat.”
Suddenly Kang Hyeon blurted out something random. Seo Ji-woo and I whipped around to look at him.
“…I read KakaoTalk.”
He scratched the back of his neck awkwardly.
Meanwhile, the live broadcast switched perspectives.
─Kate: It seems the zombie virus has spread throughout the entire warship.
─Lee Jun-ho: That’s right.
Kate and Lee Jun-ho. The two were walking through an arboretum where trees had grown. Jun-ho’s eyes were triangular like a cat’s. He had sharpened his five senses alertly.
─Yoon Hwa-rim: Wait. This voice is?!
Then, a voice heard from somewhere.
Rustle!
The tree top shook and two people landed with a thud.
─Jo Woon: Kate. Jun-ho. It’s been a while.
─Yoon Hwa-rim: Wow, so glad to see you!
Kate unconsciously nodded upon seeing them. It meant she was satisfied.
Kate and Lee Jun-ho, Jo Woon and Yoon Hwa-rim meet.
Kate-Jo-Woon.
The strongest combination in Mitamnan history. Even their positions matched perfectly.
“So that’s how they met. It was just luck.”
Seo Ji-woo pouted her lips.
-What are these members?
-Balance is broken;
-How do they gather like that
-Why is Maloreum partying with a truck lol
-This guy is bragging about hooking up with a robot and is sleeping around spreading it everywhere ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Only elites gathered
-Chinese Weibo is going crazy right now lolololol
I also took a quick look at Weibo.
The feed comments really number in the hundreds of thousands. The scale is different indeed.
─Kate: Let’s go together. What’s that backpack?
─Yoon Hwa-rim: Ah. I collected all the preserved food. We were in the cold storage.
─Kate: …Good.
Kate-Jo-Woon moves swiftly.
Through a route completely opposite to mine, they almost penetrate through Cosmos, and even discover a method to kill zombies.
─Kate: If you stab the heart and then burn it with fire, it can’t recover. You incinerate it…
Their portion continues cinematically for about 10 minutes. Various scenes including combat, cooperation, and healing.
─Yoon Hwa-rim: Trust me and do it. I’ll support you!
─Jo Woon: Stand behind me. There’s no need for you to go forward.
Jo Woon is still altruistic. A great hero with the complete demeanor of self-sacrifice and devotion.
Jun-ho focuses on attacking from behind him, and Kate and Hwa-rim provide appropriate support.
-Jo Woon is just a crazy good guy. So lovable
-When Jun-ho debuts, he should team with a warrior like that. Since he definitely doesn’t worry about defense, he just shows blender force
-Hwalim is surprisingly fearless lol. That’s unexpected. I thought she’d be too scared and run away immediately.
That person who runs away appears right next.
─Im Hae-jun: …!
It’s Im Hae-jun. He desperately keeps his mouth shut tight and runs frantically.
His eyes are full of tears, his face full of fear.
─Lee Jong-soo: Turn!
Lee Jong-soo beside him quickly grabs Im Hae-jun.
They dive straight into the storage room.
─Im Hae-jun: Haa… haa…
─Lee Jong-soo: Are you okay?
Fortunately, the zombies with poor five senses pass by, and Im Hae-jun trembles as he places his hand on his forehead.
─Im Hae-jun: No… I want to go home… I can’t even watch horror movies… why are there zombies…
─Lee Jong-soo: Hey. You did so well during defense, why are you like this again. Monsters looked much scarier.
Jong-soo maturely pats his shoulder. Hae-jun sniffles and whimpers.
─Im Hae-jun: Still…
─Lee Jong-soo: Hey! Don’t talk weak, remember the teachings. Jemal-ol’s teachings.
─Im Hae-jun: Teachings…
Im Hae-jun mutters seriously. Soon, as if realizing something, he pulls himself together and nods.
-Mal-ol does teach Hae-jun various things
-Did Seol Ha-un really become a master? lol
-After all that master-master talk, he succeeded
-Stop with the nonsense
-To Jemal-ol, Im Hae-jun is just a kid… Hae-jun is a fast-track, not even 21. Honestly, he probably had juniors like that?
If I had a junior like Im Hae-jun, I probably would have gotten cancer.
Sorry, Hae-jun.
“What did you teach him?”
Seo Ji-woo and Kang Hyeon turned to look at me.
I answered.
“I didn’t teach him anything.”
─Seo Ji-woo : Ah seriously, hey!
This time it’s some underground sewers, with Seo Ji-woo completely furious. She snorts and pushes Kang Hyeon’s shoulder.
─Kang Hyeon : Why are you pushing me.
Kang Hyeon also pushes Seo Ji-woo’s shoulder.
Seo Ji-woo pushes back again.
Kang Hyeon pushes again too.
They repeat this pushing back and forth several times.
─Seo Ji-woo : Don’t upgrade the terminal, seriously damn it!!!
─Kang Hyeon : …Then what should I do.
─Seo Ji-woo : Do anything else. That terminal thing is useless….
─Kang Hyeon : Shh. The zombies will hear. Let’s go up.
─Seo Ji-woo : Wow… I’ll deal with you when there are no zombies.
Kang Hyeon climbs up the manhole ladder first, and Seo Ji-woo suppresses her anger and follows behind.
─Seo Ji-woo : …Oh. The air is nice. Sniff sniff.
Seo Ji-woo’s anger quickly dissipates once she comes up to the surface. That’s the kind of person she is. She holds it in for about 30 minutes before getting angry, then cools down in 3 seconds.
Isn’t she the retriever, not me….
Suddenly, Seo Ji-hyuk’s voice spreads through my mind.
‘But my sister’s personality is a bit crazy. She’s like you.’
I scratched my collarbone for no reason.
─Seo Ji-woo : Hey.
─Kang Hyeon : Yeah?
The two walk and talk. Since it’s a warship for farming with wide open plains, not a single zombie is visible.
─Seo Ji-woo : Who do you trust most among our explorers?
─Kang Hyeon : Hmm….
“Ah what. Even this kind of private conversation comes out?”
Seo Ji-woo brushed her hair.
─Kang Hyeon : The trustworthy person is Hae-jun. The reliable person is Ha-woon hyung.
I looked back at Kang Hyeon. Kang Hyeon awkwardly averted his gaze.
“Ji-woo. I think it’s better if we don’t watch this together. It’s getting awkward for no reason.”
─Seo Ji-woo : Really?
─Kang Hyeon : Why are you suddenly asking?
─Seo Ji-woo : Just because.
─Kang Hyeon : What about you.
─Seo Ji-woo : I’m similar. First I trust Hwa-rim the most. And the reliable-
“Arollollollollollollollol! Arolollollollol!”
Seo Ji-woo flicked her tongue to block the sound.
“It comes out as subtitles anyway.”
I already read it all.
─Seo Ji-woo : The reliable person is Seol Ha-woon. He’s from Jemallot so there’s nothing I can do. The experience we almost completely lack overflows in that guy… Shh!
Rumble! Suddenly the road surface shakes.
It’s from underground.
Seo Ji-woo and Kang Hyeon’s shocked faces are shown in close-up.
─You two, over here!
Someone calls out to them.
The two people who hurriedly turn around move their legs before even thinking.
─Hurry and come in!
A container half-buried in the ground. From inside it, ‘she’ gestures with her hand.
─Seo Ji-woo : Phew….
─Kang Hyeon : Thank you.
After the two people safely enter and she slams the door shut and locks it, she turns on the lighting inside. The light blooms brilliantly and splendidly, illuminating her.
Slowly, the camera moves from bottom to top.
An entrance sequence that seems to be filming not a human but a masterpiece painting.
─Eldia : Phew. That’s a relief.
Eldia.
“That bitch appeared.”
Seo Ji-woo roughly tore at her chicken.
“That was her first impression, you know? How could you not trust someone like that. She’s unnecessarily damn pretty.”
The camera captures Eldia. Just showing her appearance, she’s like a modern elf. She looks much better on camera.
They say people with pure hearts are more beautiful in person, so are great villains the opposite?
-Wow who is that
-Huh she’s fucking pretty
-Does that make sense?
-Wow shit she seems prettier than Kate?
-Holy;
-Wow Seer was also fucking handsome before, why are the NPCs so well made?
-It’s really not Mitamnan but beautiful women
-No fucking way is she an elf? Her ears are pointy too
-Please refrain from appearance comments^^
KakaoTalk was also in chaos.
The chat window scrolled up rapidly, paused briefly, then scrolled up rapidly again.
It was lagging.
“The reaction is insanely good. At this rate, won’t another fan club form? Like that Seer guy.”
Seo Ji-woo smirked.
─Eldia: Hello. I’m called Eldia. What about you all?
For Eldia to captivate two people, one smile is enough.
It’s not simply because of her appearance. She has that kind of aura. She’s a Labyrinth Person who even fooled my intuition.
-Crazy
-Wow
-No way lololol
-Is she really a Labyrinth Person? Doesn’t seem like it
-Hahahaha
-The more I look, the prettier she is;;;;
-Breaking) Seer’s shortest path to obsolescence
-She just devours other Labyrinth People with her aura alone
-If Labyrinth People look like that, won’t explorers be overshadowed?;
-No fucking way, are you kidding me? They’re glorifying the labyrinth, fucking glorifying it
“Hey, how did you honestly feel back then? You believed Eldia too, right?”
Seo Ji-woo elbowed Kang Hyeon’s shoulder. Kang Hyeon smiled faintly and answered.
“I don’t believe in fakes.”
─Eldia: This place, Berha Plains, is close to Den Mexico.
The more you look at Eldia, the more perfect she is. Her appearance on screen is especially admirable.
Though it’s acting, I’ve never seen such a genuinely good person before. The trembling of her fingertips, the movement of her eyebrows, even the few wrinkles on her face – everything.
─Eldia: Den Mexico has a hotline leading to the deepest part of this Cosmos…
She persuades the two that they must go to Den Mexico, and when they come to their senses, they’re already in Den Mexico’s lobby.
It’s like mesmerizing editing.
─Eldia: This is Den Mexico. It’s a casino warship.
─Seo Ji-woo: Ooh…
─Kang Hyeon: …What should we do here?
─Eldia: The gate leading to the next warship is blocked, but there’s a way to activate the hotline. Just a moment.
Suddenly, Kang Hyeon looks up somewhere. He’s detected some presence.
It’s a CCTV.
When Kang Hyeon stares intently at the CCTV, it moves up, down, left, and right, drawing some letters.
Hi.
─Kang Hyeon: Someone is watching us from over there.
─Eldia: What? Where?
Kang Hyeon, who quickly caught on, picks up a nearby panel and carves letters with his sword.
[The gate leading to the next warship is blocked.]
[Who are you?]
[My name is Kang Hyeon. I’ve formed a party with a rescue team member named Seo Ji-woo, a supervisor, and a maintenance worker.]
─Eldia: Ah, Mr. Kang Hyeon!
Suddenly Eldia grabs Kang Hyeon, and a horde of zombies rushes in like a tsunami.
They hurriedly run and take refuge inside a safe.
Scene transition.
Kang Hyeon’s party fades out from the CCTV and switches to Seol Ha-woon’s server monitoring room.
─Truck: …She’s a supervisor.
Suddenly Truck recited her personal information.
─Seol Ha-woon: Supervisor? Do you know her?
─Truck: Yes. She’s the supervisor of Cosmos Ship A Sector. Her name is Eldia. She’s a celebrity. So she was alive.
Seol Ha-woon stares intently at Eldia on the screen. The video has exceptionally good quality. He examines it in detail, perhaps excessively so.
He rewinds the CCTV, pauses it, and plays it back and forth alternately.
─Seol Ha-woon: Eldia…
He murmurs that name quietly.
─Truck: She’s beautiful, isn’t she?
Truck said such a thing. It was a line I didn’t remember.
─Seol Ha-woon: …Yes.
I do answer directly. Since it was a focused situation, I must have answered casually and moved on.
Anyway, Seol Ha-woon examines Eldia, but this editing is somehow strange.
They show me looking at Eldia for too long. As if something is happening.
“Hmm.”
I crossed my arms. Actually, I had been suspicious of Eldia since that time.
I wonder if this time too there will be cross-editing with a battle of wits feel like with the Seer from World Labyrinth.
While anticipating slightly, I checked KakaoTalk.
-Doesn’t Seol Ha-woon seem kind of interested?
-ㅋㅋ Just looking at it from front and back makes it totally obvious
-Hahahahaha even the grammar police is a guy
-Look at you going back and forth repeating that section lololololol Stop watching it already lololololol
-Why do you keep looking? lol
-Seolhaun looks like she’d have ridiculously high standards and be super picky
-I’ve never seen Seolhaun make that expression beforeㅋㅋㅋ That’s totally the face of someone who met their ideal type
-Come on, she’s still a Labyrinth Person. Wouldn’t Mal-ol-haem be able to distinguish between work and personal matters?
What do you mean meeting my ideal type, you crazy bastard.
-I thought he’d be a cold guy forever.. honestly fucking disappointed
-Ugh that goofy smile is seriously disgusting.
-Still, she’s a Labyrinth Person lol
…Let’s not mind it. It’s just a minority.
I watched the live broadcast again.
Certainly, the editing of me looking at Eldia on the CCTV is a bit strange.
This scene has been going on for almost 2 minutes.
I didn’t spend this much time on it.
There’s unnecessary slow motion, and the background music is inexplicably sentimental.
Though it seems like foreshadowing for the latter half.
“Kyahahak. Ah, this is funny.”
Seo Ji-woo clutched her stomach.
“Wasn’t it actually real? Your gaze seemed quite serious?”
She giggled at all the jokes on SilTalk while squinting her eyes. I clenched my fist tight.
“Shut up.”
“…Sorry.”
“Posts are popping up too. The reason Seol Ha-woon was serious.jpg.”
Kang Hyeon showed me his smartphone.
Title: The reason Seol Ha-woon was serious.jpg
[Eldia’s photo]
Because she’s pretty ㅇㅇ
A screenshot of Eldia had already been posted. The recommendation count was already in the hundreds.
As I’ve said repeatedly, appearance is just outer skin. It’s just that show business is an industry that sells that.
Can’t help it.
The production crew edited it this way.
I understand. If it’s for dramatic effect.
I can predict the development too. This week, instead of promoting Eldia, we’ll be sacrificed instead.
That way viewers will be desperate for next week, the next episode.
Seo Ji-woo suddenly laughed.
“They’re not going to do We Got Married-style editing here, are they?”
“No way.”
Eldia and I have no reason to be paired together. We’ve never had long conversations either…
Come to think of it, there was a time we had a somewhat long conversation.
When I was testing her.
“…No way.”
Could they have edited it that way?
Suddenly Kim A-rang and Yoon Sa-hyuk’s faces came to mind.
They were definitely the type of people who would pull that kind of stunt and more.
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