Labyrinth Exploration 101 - Chapter 227
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Labyrinth Exploration 101 Episode 227
Lonely(5)
On variety entertainment shows, they chatter about Labyrinth Exploration NaN.
A : This Labyrinth Exploration ending was really… did you watch last week?
B : Yes. I watched it. The lingering feeling was so intense that I searched for all the analysis videos uploaded on YouTube.
A : Kate was beep-beep-beep-beep-beep─, right. I knew from the beginning that beep-beep-beep-beep-beep─
※Excessive spoilers may hurt other viewers※
It doesn’t matter if it’s terrestrial, cable, or YouTube. Even when the cast is doing content, they suddenly mention Mitamnan out of nowhere.
C : Hey hyung, how can you say all that stuff.
A : Why? Where is there anyone who doesn’t watch Mitamnan these days.
C : There might be people who are savoring it slowly.
A : Hey, how can you savor it slowly. Even the streets are all talking about that. Honestly, cutting it off this week didn’t make sense… You can’t cut it off like that. Honestly… it’s the production team’s fault.
Various comedy programs also parody characters like Je Mal Raun, Gang-gang Hyeon, Lee Jun-ho, Sheon Ji-woo, and domestic and international celebrities’ SNS stories are practically flooded with Mitamnan.
@Dayz1il No… if you cut it off here, how am I supposed to sleep…? #Mitamnan #Kate_WhoAreYou #GiveUsNextEpisode
@Kaunu What’s with Seol Ha-woon’s military uniform… holding my breath until next week… #LabyrinthExploration #SeolHaWoon #Gaze
@Darma_ Okay, NaN just dropped the most epic trailer teaser. #NaN
@kingdowny Sergeant SEOL is coming!!! #Snowy #holy
@Yunsia__ My favorite is Moon Age Labyrinth.. #CantPutOutTheFire
Portal site news is the same. Not just entertainment, but society, economy, world – everything is Mitamnan.
│Labyrinth Exploration NaN breaks through 40% average viewership! Overwhelming 1st place across all channels!│
│Epic syndrome! ‘Labyrinth Exploration NaN’ breaks its own highest viewership record and becomes history.│
│Advertisement sellout march. Mitamnan effect shakes up not just broadcasting but the entire industry.│
│”Global Mitam fever too…” Mitamnan leads OTT stock prices to all-time high ATH.│
│Wall Street also pays attention, Mitamnan-related guild and company stock prices skyrocket│
│[Labyrinth Exploration NaN In-depth Analysis] Unpredictable development and three-dimensional characters, secrets of the success myth│
│Expert roundtable: How did Mitamnan captivate the entire world? The golden ratio of reality and fantasy│
│Character Chronicles] From Kang Hyeon to Seol Ha-woon, the charming explorers who illuminate ‘Labyrinth Exploration NaN’│
│Shadows in the Labyrinth Exploration NaN craze… Excessive immersion and fandom competition, is this okay?│
│Editing or reality? Mitamnan’s Labyrinth People controversy, how far does the production team’s responsibility extend.│
│Labyrinth ethics, how far is permissible: The weighty questions thrown by Labyrinth Exploration NaN│
│Star explorer development or dangerous survival show… The two faces of ‘Labyrinth Exploration NaN’│
Such a bountiful early autumn with Mitamnan.
While waiting for a more perfect harvest, Yoon Sa-hyuk recalls a certain winter day.
Back when he was such a small and shabby person. Back when he vowed he would do anything if only he could succeed.
‘That person’ had made this proposal to him-
“Yes, that’s good. It came out great.”
At the Writer’s words, Yoon Sa-hyuk turned his gaze. There were many cameras filming him.
They were filming cut scenes to be inserted between talk show segments. You know, those scenes where guests look at the camera stylishly or smile in the middle of talking.
“Would you like to check it?”
It was the writer of the talk program Yoon Sa-hyuk had decided to appear on.
“Where’s PD Kim?”
“Ah, PD Kim A-rang decided to film separately when she has time.”
Yoon Sa-hyuk nodded. The writer smiled and asked another preliminary question.
“PD Yoon. Did you know it would turn out like this when Mitamnan started?”
“…I had confidence in Mitamnan itself. Mitam101 was the problem.”
“Ah~ That first season?”
Labyrinth Exploration 101.
It was difficult to control the labyrinth’s difficulty level, and there were problems with the explorer selection process too.
“Then, is there any change in mindset compared to that first season?”
“Change in mindset…”
Yoon Sa-hyuk pondered for a moment.
Back then, he wanted ‘his own’ success. Whether through evil editing or whatever, he wanted to torment the contestants to get the best possible results.
As a result, the 101 winner died in the first labyrinth, and the debut group disbanded after just 3 months.
“…Together.”
Yoon Sa-hyuk voiced the small word.
“Pardon?”
“Together became important. Now if it’s not together, it has no meaning.”
The entire ‘Labyrinth Exploration’ team had become precious to Yoon Sa-hyuk.
“Because I didn’t accomplish this alone. Because everyone did it together.”
The whole world is Mitamnan.
It’s an achievement we all made together.
Yoon Sa-hyuk hopes he can be with them for a long time.
Perhaps it might be greed.
No, it’s definitely greed.
But that’s how people are. The moment you achieve a dream, it’s no longer a dream, and a new dream is born.
Yoon Sa-hyuk’s wish keeps growing.
“All together.”
Yoon Sa-hyuk looked at the camera. Behind his horn-rimmed glasses and tousled hair, a smile spread across his face.
“I want to continue this project for as long as possible.”
* * *
Crackle. Pop-pop. Snap. Crackle-pop.
The peaceful sound of a campfire burning irregularly. Warmth gently enveloping the skin.
Yoon Hwa-rim quietly opened her eyes.
“…Haaaam.”
She let out a yawn and sat up.
“Wow… I fell asleep without realizing it.”
It was cold for a while, but once she came into the warmth, she must have fallen asleep instantly.
“Are you awake?”
Jo Woon, a fellow party member, called to her. Jo Woon seemed to have been managing the campfire all this time.
“Huh. Jo Woon, didn’t you sleep?”
“I did sleep. About…”
Jo Woon looked at his wristwatch.
“3 hours or so?”
“How many hours did we sleep?”
“Not long ago. You probably slept about 5 hours.”
The party composition was Kim Woo-hyeon, Ryu Yeon-hwa, Jo Woon, Yoon Hwa-rim.
They had discovered this rectangular camp while digging through the blizzard and rested for a while.
Thanks to that, they survived.
“Haam…”
“…Graaah.”
Then Kim Woo-hyeon and Ryu Yeon-hwa also groggily got up. To them starting with yawns, Jo Woon said.
“Get ready. We need to leave soon.”
“Yes! But, before that.”
Yoon Hwa-rim looked at the wall of the rectangular camp. There were letters carved with a sword.
Jun-ho, Kang Hyeon, Jong-su were here.
Je Mal-ol thank you.
Je Mal-ol. This meant it was indeed a camp made by Seol Ha-woon.
Yoon Hwa-rim also sharpened her magic power and carved names with scritch, scritch sounds.
Hwa-rim, Ja-ryong, Woo-hyeon, Yeon-hwa too.
Mal-ol-haem fighting!
Jo Woon smiled.
“Then let’s leave a few behind as well. Just in case.”
“Yes. Let’s do that!”
They placed the combat rations purchased from The Line next to the campfire.
“Everyone get up!”
Yoon Hwa-rim woke up Ryu Yeon-hwa and Kim Woo-hyeon who were trying to fall asleep again.
Everyone came outside.
Yoon Hwa-rim’s cart was still leaning against the wall, and the blizzard had subsided to a reasonable degree.
“Let’s go.”
“Let’s go!”
Seol Ha-woon had even kindly marked the path.
The party advanced through the snow mountain again. When they got hungry along the way, they took out food from the cart to eat, and when monsters appeared, they formed ranks to fight.
Just then.
Whoosh—!
“Aaaahhh!”
With the sound of snow collapsing, Kim Woo-hyeon fell. Everyone hurriedly looked in that direction.
It was a crevasse.
“Woo-hyeon!”
Yoon Hwa-rim quickly ran over and looked down below. Inside there was….
“…What?”
Kim Woo-hyeon was caught in some kind of net.
“Wow, what is this?”
He touched the net with a bewildered chuckle. The texture was quite mystical.
“…Wow. Did he set this up too?”
At Yoon Hwa-rim’s admiring words, Jo Woon and Ryu Yeon-hwa also nodded. An arrangement left by the advance team for the follow-up team.
Such perfect consideration.
“Woo-hyeon, come up! We need to get to the next camp before the blizzard hits!”
Yoon Hwa-rim extended a rope.
* * *
“…Isn’t this level cheating?”
Meanwhile, Kang Hyeon’s party was sweating profusely and struggling in the desert. They had worked hard to create padding with experience points and bundled up tight, only for this damn desert to appear next.
“Jong-soo. You can’t take off your clothes. Your skin will burn.”
Lee Jong-soo, already half-delirious from the heat, hesitated as he tried to take off his shirt.
“…I think my brain is cooked, Jun-ho. Hyeon. Hyeon, was your name Kang Hyeon? Lee Kang-hyeon? Sounds like a honey badger for some reason.”
“Stop talking nonsense and just walk.”
They simply walked. They stepped forward with each other tightly bound by rope.
“…Awesome, ice cream. I used to love cotton candy. Oh wait. Cotton candy isn’t cool, is it? Damn it, the honey badger stole all my cotton candy… So where’s the ice cream?”
“Why is that bastard acting like that?”
Lee Jong-soo was already over 80% crazy, and Lee Jun-ho’s vision was also swaying dizzily.
“…Wait. Isn’t that an oasis?”
Lee Jun-ho pointed somewhere. Kang Hyeon also narrowed his eyes.
A blue form appeared in the desert mirage.
“It might be a mirage.”
“Still, let’s go check it out. It’s in a straight line.”
The party headed in that direction.
Their legs were unsteady.
Thud.
Eventually Lee Jong-soo collapsed.
Warriors are vulnerable to extreme environments as much as they’ve built up their bodies.
…Actually, swordsmen are the same.
“Damn it, without a mage life is just inconvenient, ugh….”
“Leave me behind… Seok Jun… I can’t be a burden….”
“Who the hell is Seok Jun….”
Just as Lee Jun-ho was almost crying while carrying Lee Jong-soo on his back.
“…Huh?”
Kang Hyeon stopped, sniffing.
“Isn’t it a mirage?”
Sniff sniff. Sniff sniff. The faint remnant of magic power drifted in.
“It seems like Ha-woon hyung?”
“Really?!”
It’s Seol Ha-woon! Another camp left by Seol Ha-woon!
They ran, forcibly contracting their muscles.
“Water!”
“Really, it’s really water!”
Like a lie, there was an oasis with rippling water. Next to it was also a small cabin. They rushed inside frantically.
“It’s cool….”
The inside of the cabin is cool. Strangely so.
Could it be an illusion?
“Haah….”
“…Ah.”
All three people lay down on the floor covered in sweat.
“Ha-woon hyung must have left this here too.”
Kang Hyeon smiled bitterly.
“…From today, Je Mal-ol and I are considered one body. From now on, attacks on Je Mal-ol are considered attacks on me….”
Lee Jong-soo muttered like a ghost and closed his eyes.
* * *
Whooooosh—!
Somewhere on the snow mountain where the blizzard still raged fiercely.
Kate is advancing by stabbing two climbing sticks deep into the snow field.
It’s too cold, but bearable enough. Thanks to proper preparation.
Top-grade cold weather gear, disposable self-heating tent, and high-calorie emergency rations fill her bag.
It would be perfect except that she can’t see ahead because of the blizzard.
Whoooosh!
Just then, the snow field right next to her was swept aside and some machine appeared.
Kate quickly took a combat stance.
“Hey! Over there!”
Fortunately, it was Seo Ji-woo’s voice. She was riding on a large snowmobile she had gotten from somewhere.
“Nice to see you?”
Im Hae-jun in the passenger seat extended his hand to her.
“Kate noona! Party with us!”
“….”
Kate glanced at the snowmobile’s seats.
There’s plenty of room for one more person to ride and even carry luggage.
“What are you doing? Hurry!”
Pride is wasteful.
Kate nodded and got on the back seat.
“Good. Hey Kate, look at this? If you press this button….”
Vroom. A transparent cover appeared over the snowmobile, blocking the blizzard.
“A lid appears too.”
“You must have spent quite a lot of experience points.”
Kate is being frugal. She has a certain ‘skill’ she wants to complete with experience points.
“Hehe. Well, I’m rich.”
Seo Ji-woo gripped the snowmobile’s accelerator.
Vroooom- Inside the moving vehicle, Kate let out a soft sigh.
Forming a party isn’t so bad either. There’s no reason to be stubborn about it…
* * *
Probably right about now, the explorers are each traversing this nature in their own different ways.
That’s what I think.
But this desert is extremely vast. Just one or two oases can’t possibly provide coverage.
So, I expanded my sequence even wider. I searched for minute flows beneath the surface.
It was to find a water source.
Whiiiiing-
At some point, the sequence’s resonance reached my mind.
Whiiiiiing-
The more I walked, the louder it grew.
Whiiiiiiiiing-!
When it shook my skull, I stopped. I pointed to a spot with my walking stick.
“Here.”
The sequence catches minute underground movements and flows.
In other words, it means liquid is flowing beneath this spot.
Tssssss─
I concentrated magic power at the tip of my walking stick and sent it underground. I detonated the magic power at a precisely calculated position.
Kuguuuung!
“Come out.”
Then the hot sand was torn apart, and the solid bedrock hidden underground was destroyed…
Pushuuuuut!
Liquid shot up toward the sky like a fountain.
I closed my eyes and opened my mouth.
I thought it was water.
“Ptui!”
I spat it out immediately.
“Ptui! Damn it, ptui!”
Ptui. Ptui. After spitting several times, I hurriedly backed away.
“…”
I stared blankly at the flow of liquid shooting upward, blinking my eyes.
It’s not clear at all. Rather, it’s pitch black and sticky.
“…It was oil.”
Thud. I put my hand to my forehead.
Glub glub. Glub glub. The black oil mixed into the sand.
“Why do I have
such bad luck?”
Just as I was lamenting.
You have gained experience points. +117
You have gained experience points. +123
You have gained experience points. +151
You have gained experience points. +109
You have gained experience points. +197
You have gained experience points. +103
You have gained experience points. +113
You have gained experience points. +97
You have gained experience points. +99…
Experience points shot up like lightning. The status window climbed by handfuls like jackpot coins falling.
Thud.
At the same time, some obsidian-like object settled at my feet.
“?”
I picked it up with telekinesis.
【Jet-Black Crude Oil Stone】
■ Grade: Unique
■ Description: An S-grade magic stone formed when crude oil accumulated in the deepest parts of the earth combined with magic power. Magic particles glow softly like stars in the night sky.
■ Mental Visualization Expansion: Can grant the properties of crude oil to magic power used by the owner.
“…Ah.”
I was moved for a moment.
S-grade─that is, a magic stone imbued with the power of nature. An amplification item that is itself a catalyst, raising a mage’s abilities just by possessing it.
A precious body treated as top-grade both in [MoMo] and in reality.
That one came to me, not to Seo Ji-woo.
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