Labyrinth Exploration 101 - Chapter 234

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Labyrinth Exploration 101 Episode 234

Lonely(12)

─Lee Jun-ho: So-yeon!

Dokkaebi Fire, Lee Jun-ho calling for So-yeon.

Lee Si-ah bit her lips tightly, feeling moved for no reason.

Hehehehehehe

Dokkaebi Fire laughs as it descends and settles in Lee Jun-ho’s palm.

─Kang Hyeon: Jun-ho! Ha-woon hyung!

This time it’s a familiar voice, Kang Hyeon.

He was alive.

-As expected, there’s no way he’d be eliminated

-So glad to see Kang Hyeon

-His smile is so bright lol

─Im Hae-jun: Master~

Im Hae-jun and Seo Ji-woo are there too. Not only them, but other explorers and village residents slowly gather as well.

Hehehehehehe

Suddenly, Dokkaebi Fire leaves Lee Jun-ho’s hand and flies toward someone.

It’s Teacher Lee Se-eun.

Freed from being a vengeful spirit, she holds Dokkaebi Fire in her arms with tears welling up.

-ㅠㅠㅠㅠ

-ㅠㅠㅜㅜㅜㅜ

-Soyeon ㅠㅠㅠㅠ

-Ah damn, tears are coming out

After that, light purple petals flutter from the Sacred Tree. Falling flowers filled with light. Everyone including Lee Si-ah is mesmerized by the fantastic and beautiful scenery…

Wolryeong Village

9:45 AM

I am a murderer.

I will accept your judgment.

The Shaman parades through the village with the shameful text hanging on her chest. Trash like raw eggs and sweet potatoes fly at her.

-Serves her right lololol

-lololol

-It’s been a while since we had such sweet justice lol

-I like this kind of ending lololol

The Shaman gets properly disciplined by the residents. It’s incredibly satisfying to watch.

Serves her right, serves her right.

Market

─Kate: Um… could you… give me a discount?

Now it’s the market. Kate wants to buy a teapot, but seems to be a few coins short.

Before, she would have been turned away at the door.

─Shop Owner: Sure. I’m in a good mood. I’ll take off 5 nyang!

─Kate: Thank you!

Kate bows repeatedly.

-Kate is really cute too

-These common folk moments are precious lololol

-lololol how is that Hailford

-Really, not just Kate but Hailford herself seems to be gaining a lot from this broadcast.

-She’s just like a politician experiencing commoner life lol

─Im Hae-jun: Master! I bought this with the coins I earned!

Im Hae-jun runs over quickly and holds something out to Seol Ha-woon.

─Seol Ha-woon: …What is that.

It’s a very small feather.

─Im Hae-jun: Ah, don’t you know, Master? This is a bow accessory, if you attach this the bow becomes stronger. Lighter too. You have one attached too, Master.

Im Hae-jun looks at Seol Ha-woon’s walking stick. The camera zooms in too. A single feather is cutely attached to the walking stick’s handle.

-lololol did Im Hae-jun buy it to match on purpose

-So funny lololol

-How long is he going to leech off Seol Ha-woon;; He’s so cunning

-lololol he’s just cute though

─Lee Jun-ho: Wow damn. Look at that blade getting sharpened. Insane…

Meanwhile, Lee Jun-ho, who bought a whetstone, admires his long sword as he sharpens it,

─Seol Ha-woon: What did you buy?

─Kang Hyeon: I didn’t buy anything.

─Seol Ha-woon: No coins?

─Kang Hyeon: I had some, but I gave them to Jun-ho. Jun-ho said he was totally broke.

─Seol Ha-woon: That’s good of you.

Kang Hyeon, who gave his coins to Lee Jun-ho, is empty-handed.

─Seo Ji-woo: Ah~ it’s almost ten o’clock.

─Yoon Hwa-rim: Right. Such a shame.

Yoon Hwa-rim’s loot is a straw hat and hand mirror, while Seo Ji-woo has an enormous amount.

-No way Seo Ji-woo lololol

-lololol

-Mages say luck is also a talent, guess it’s true

Seol Ha-woon spots Seo Ji-woo and stops short.

─Seol Ha-woon: You… bought a lot it seems? How is that even possible?

His face shows genuine disbelief, completely unable to understand.

-Ah look at his face lololol

-lololol

-Seol Ha-woon sold food, sold his house, beat up the Shaman and did everything but only bought 4-5 items lololol

─Seo Ji-woo: Ah~ I found a chest full of coins in the cave. So I just bought everything that caught my eye. Some were given for free?

─Seol Ha-woon: ….

Leaving behind the devastated Seol Ha-woon, Seo Ji-woo looks at Kang Hyeon.

─Seo Ji-woo: What? You didn’t buy anything?

─Kang Hyeon: Yeah. No money.

─Seo Ji-woo: Aw. I’m feeling generous, noona will give you one!

The moment Seo Ji-woo generously offers a traditional headdress.

Dong-!

The bell rang.

The signal announcing ten o’clock.

[Ending the labyrinth.]

[Please prepare for return.]

The message announcing the end.

Lee Si-ah unconsciously let out a sigh, and Yoon Hwa-rim on screen took a deep breath.

Yoon Hwa-rim: Everyone, you all worked so hard~!!!

Yoon Hwa-rim’s shout through her hand megaphone echoes throughout the village.

After that, the camera swooshes up to show all of Wolryeong Village.

A distant view of the village that’s not scary at all now that it’s daytime, even somewhat endearing. As about a minute passes with the streaming sunlight and peaceful soundtrack.

End.

Wolryeong Labyrinth, concluded

“Ah…”

Lee Si-ah let out a soft sigh.

-This labyrinth was legendary too

-The labyrinth is really fucking well-made

-Wow, I’ll probably watch Wolryeong Labyrinth dozens more times

-Wolryeong Village is going to be my meal companion for the next year lol

-Please release this as a movie too..

My heart feels a bit empty, but fortunately an interview comes on right away.

Seol Ha-woon: Ah. The reason I smiled when I saw the shaman was…

It’s Seol Ha-woon. The writer asks him why he mocked the shaman.

Seol Ha-woon: Because the divine calling the shaman received was false. Because it wasn’t an evil spirit.

If it wasn’t a god then?

Seol Ha-woon: The scientific name is magic parasite. It’s a mass of magic power in tumor form. In exchange for giving the host powerful strength, it plants hallucinations and amplifies the host’s will. It’s a magic life form that actually exists.

His answer is fluent. His voice tone is also stable, making him seem like a real scholar.

-lololol he’s just a professor

-When it comes to magic, he fucking knows everything

-When did Ha-woon accumulate all this knowledge?

-Didn’t he just memorize it half-assedly?

-He studies every day in the library.

-Fuck, if studying in the library every day made you like that, everyone would be mages

-Have you ever tried as hard as Seol Ha-woon?

-Damn it, being a mage is something that doesn’t work even with effort

The interviews continue after Seol Ha-woon.

Kate: I wanted to finish it off at that temple, but unfortunately I failed.

Seo Ji-woo: Ah. What I bought? Well, there’s so much I don’t know. There are many things that will be quite helpful in real life.

Im Hae-jun: Honestly, I didn’t feel that scared.

-Is Im Hae-jun crazy?

-Is he joking lololol

-No way lololol

Im Hae-jun: Rather than scary, it was more like being startled. That kind of thing.

Then the writer shows Im Hae-jun a compilation of scenes where he was startled.

Im Hae-jun: (flinches)

Im Hae-jun seemed flustered for a moment.

Im Hae-jun: Hmm.

Soon he crosses his legs and pretends to watch with interest.

Im Hae-jun: It’s good if it was enjoyable.

-lol that bastard is pretending to be in character

-lololololololol

-No, that’s why it seems more real and funny

-It’s so annoying how he’s trying to manage his image by himself when nothing’s working lololol

Lee Jun-ho: About my younger brother…

It’s Lee Jun-ho. The protagonist position of this Wolryeong Labyrinth.

Lee Jun-ho: I had to do it someday. Well, now that I’ve become this famous, family matters should naturally be exposed.

He smiles coolly. He’s a cheerful guy. How can his features be so refreshingly clear.

Lee Jun-ho: And it’s better for me to expose it myself than have others do it, right? That’s why I did it.

-That’s Lee Jun-ho alright

-This guy is also kind of mentally tough

-The nickname Destroyer really fits perfectly

-Human butcher Lee Jun-ho.. but he’s warm to children

-If he treats kids roughly too, he’d be a real psycho lol

The interview scene ends, and daily life scenes pass by.

Im Hae-jun devouring chicken wings and Seo Ji-woo fishing.

Kang Hyeon working out at the gym and Lee Jun-ho visiting the columbarium where his younger brother rests.

The explorers gather together to get fortune readings, and several commercial breaks follow.

Filming day

The day to enter the labyrinth has returned.

─Kang Hyeon: Hae-jun. What do you think it’ll be this time?

While walking to the set stage, Kang Hyeon asks Im Hae-jun beside him.

─Im Hae-jun: Well. It looks like some kind of ruins.

The concrete floor has cracks everywhere, and ash-like dust is piled up.

─Yoo Ji-in: Nice to meet you~

Yoo Ji-in appears just in time. She’s dressed in survivalist-style coordination.

─Yoo Ji-in: Labyrinth Exploration that started with 96 people is now already…

The opening remarks continue at length.

─Yoo Ji-in: The entrance to the labyrinth is that!

Inside the abandoned building, square coffins are lined up.

─Yoo Ji-in: Explorers. Please go in and lie down.

Everyone stands in front of their respective coffins and opens the lids.

─Seo Ji-woo: …Do I just lie down?

─Yoo Ji-in: Yes. Please put your equipment in the storage box next to you and lie down.

Everyone puts their equipment into the storage boxes. Seol Ha-woon also puts his staff in the storage box and lies straight in the coffin.

[Scanning user.]

Whirr. Whirrrrr.

Scenes of lasers scanning every corner of the explorers are cross-edited in succession…

Seol Ha-woon opens his eyes.

Seol Ha-woon

─Seol Ha-woon: Ugh, my head.

He presses his temples and sits up.

-lololol the moment he becomes really weak

-At times like this he seems like an old man lol

He first takes out his staff from the storage box placed next to the coffin.

Tap. Tap. He gets up while leaning on it and looks around the interior.

─Seol Ha-woon: A bunker… I suppose.

It’s a bunker made of hard material, whether ceramic or titanium.

He examines the interior while leaning on his staff, then sits in front of a desk with a laptop on it.

Click.

When he boots it up, the familiar Windows OS appears. There are four documents on the desktop.

[ Project: Noah’s Ark ]

[ Space Launch Pad Observation ]

[ Top Priority: Survival ]

[ Internal System Status ]

─Seol Ha-woon: Noah’s Ark…?

Seol Ha-woon opened the document.

Project: Noah’s Ark

Humanity’s twilight has arrived. Due to the destruction brought about by foolishness, Earth is no longer the cradle of life.

Therefore, we begin the final voyage for the preservation of the human species.

The core of this project is succession. We cannot save all humans, nor should we.

Saving the failed current humanity is meaningless. Humanity will only repeat the same destruction.

Therefore, we will clone only carefully selected superior genetic information (DNA) and regenerate it into perfect new humanity.

Those who board the new ark, leaving behind Earth, the tomb of the perishing old humanity, will carry only humanity’s purest possibilities and begin a new civilization.

This is the purification of the species and the greatest restart…

Clones and post-apocalypse.

“So this time’s villain is clones.”

-The content is kind of predictable lol

-This labyrinth seems pretty obvious lol

-The Moon Phase Labyrinth was too legendary;

-Honestly, Seer was GOAT, and Moon Phase came next.

-What was the name of Seer’s labyrinth again

“Hmm.”

Apocalypse is a bit predictable. It seems to overlap with the Survival Labyrinth too.

Well, not every episode of any program can be good.

Mitamnan fans evaluate not just the explorers but the labyrinths themselves, and first place goes to the ‘World Labyrinth’.

What’s practically called the Seer Labyrinth,

Though it gained reflected benefits from Seer’s popularity.

-Seems like it’ll be around 4th-5th place

-Stop judging and just watch damn;;

-I hope Kate gets more screen time this time..

Honestly, even Lee Si-ah thinks it won’t surpass Moon Phase, and expects it to be somewhere between Space Maze and Cargo Dungeon.

─Seol Ha-woon : Is the internet working.

Seol Ha-woon in the bunker opened his browser. The camera showed the laptop screen.

To our dear humanity.

Kakao will be with you until the final day.

D – 7

─Seol Ha-woon : …?

He checks several other portal sites, but they’re all in similar states.

-Oh lol it looks real

-The labyrinth itself is actually real

-This does make it feel realistic lol

-But how does the internet work? They said the world ended

-Amazing fact) Internet can run on magic power too. That’s why regular people can’t access explorer communities.

Seol Ha-woon surfs ‘User Wiki’ and absorbs information.

Doomsday

The most horrific legacy of the 2058 nuclear war. In the chaos of war, or intentionally left undestroyed, some nation’s global automatic nuclear strike system began its final countdown.

This system is presumed to be programmed to simultaneously launch thousands of remaining nuclear weapons across the entire Earth when the set time—10 years at the time—is reached, regardless of surviving regions. Both whoever made it and whoever didn’t destroy it are to blame.

The few surviving humans made desperate efforts to stop Doomsday but failed, and ultimately humanity faced its end due to a booby trap they had set up decades earlier.

This is the direct cause of Earth’s current final day, [D-7] situation.

-lol The production team must love it. Ha-woon explains all the background knowledge

-He’s just a lucky charm

-That guy raised the ratings by 5%

─Seol Ha-woon : Hmm….

Seol Ha-woon gets up from the desk and suddenly looks at the full-length mirror. He’s wearing a coat.

Right next to it is a wardrobe.

The moment he opens it.

-Oh

-Oh lol

-Wow it’s a military uniform

-That’s from the preview.

-Is he going to put it on?

-He was wearing the uniform in the preview

A military uniform was hanging in the wardrobe.

─Seol Ha-woon : …Ha.

Seol Ha-woon quietly stares at the uniform. His eyes suddenly become nostalgic as he quietly touches the fabric. His face shows many complex emotions flickering.

─Seol Ha-woon : ….

He looks down at his legs. His left leg that can’t stand without a walking stick. He looks at the uniform again.

And then…

Thud.

He closed the wardrobe.

He didn’t put on the military uniform.

-Huh what

-What’s this?

-Huh?

-Ah shit

-Damn we got baited

-Ah fuck I knew this would happen.

-Still, just try it on once, I’ll screenshot it lol

-Didn’t he wear it in the preview?

-The production team was fishing as expected

-lololol I knew this would happen

-The military is a wound for Ha-woon ham…

-Fucking stop messing around with previews

-I think he didn’t wear it because of his leg. He probably thinks he’s not suitable to wear a military uniform in his current state.

-This labyrinth seems to be lacking. Seeing them pull preview aggro with such trivial things….

Lee Si-ah crossed her arms while reading the KakaoTalk messages.

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