Player of a Ruined World - Chapter 145

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Player of the Ruined World – Episode 145
“B-Baek Doyun?”
“Is everyone alright?”
Kim Hanna nodded in response, her expression dazed and uncertain.
Behind her, I could see two buses blocking the entrance in front of Building B’s collapsed exterior wall.
“Why are there buses here?”
As I turned to Kim Hanna with the question, her eyes widened and she pointed behind me.
“Behind you, Baek Doyun!”
Thud!
A vicious kick from the Ninth-Tier Mutant flew toward my temple.
I already knew it was coming.
Even without seeing it, my senses had long transcended the limitations of human perception.
I caught the incoming kick with my left hand and spoke to Kim Hanna.
“I’ll hear the explanation later.”
“…!”
Kim Hanna stared at me with her mouth hanging open, as if unable to believe what she was witnessing.
Looking back at the Ninth-Tier Mutant, I could see thick veins bulging across its forehead.
It had thrown its full power into that attack, and it seemed shocked that my left hand had stopped it so effortlessly.
Whoosh—
I raised my right arm without hesitation.
Crack!!!
I shattered its knee.
The mutant’s right leg buckled and twisted, and a scream of agony tore from its mouth.
Without pause, I drove into its body and unleashed a relentless barrage of strikes against its ribs and face.
Boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-boom-boom!!!
Under the carpet-bombing assault, the Ninth-Tier Mutant’s bones shattered, cracked, and warped.
Unable to breathe, the mutant convulsed like a dog beaten in the street.
Crack!!!
I drove my fist into its solar plexus, and it tumbled across the ground for dozens of meters.
The Ninth-Tier Mutant plowed through the other mutants rushing toward the Brain Research Institute like bowling pins.
Meanwhile, I clenched and unclenched my right fist, thinking.
Is this because Whirlwind has ended?
My strength has definitely weakened.
If I’d landed a blow of this magnitude while Whirlwind was still active, a point message would have appeared long ago.
“Screeeeeee!!”
The Ninth-Tier Mutant, its fury reaching a crescendo, regenerated its shattered body and pushed its upper body upright.
Its left eye was already completely destroyed, and it glared at me with its right eye, filled with venom.
“Keep your eyes open properly.”
Bang!!!
I kicked the mutant’s face like a soccer ball as it raised its upper body.
Crack—
I heard the creature’s cervical spine snap, and felt its head tilt back against its shoulders.
Yet it refused to die, glaring at me with its single remaining eye.
Without hesitation, I opened my inventory, drew my curved blade, and drove it down directly toward the creature’s throat.
Ting—!
[You have eliminated the Ninth-Tier Mutant.]
[You have been awarded 200,000 points.]
After dispatching the last remaining Ninth-Tier Mutant, I surveyed my surroundings to find dozens of Mutants staring back at me.
Whoosh—!
I shook the creature’s blood from my blade and gripped the hilt firmly with both hands.
“Next.”
“Kieeeeeek—!!!”
The Mimicry Species shrieked as they charged toward me.
If I recall correctly, approximately 7,000 Mutants were approaching the Brain Research Institute?
I would eliminate every last one of them while Frenzy remained active.

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“He’s here, he’s here!! He’s here!!”
Kim Suhan bounced excitedly on the rooftop, pointing toward something in the distance.
Park Sangil, who had been checking on the children, rushed over to Kim Suhan’s side.
The other Shooters did the same.
Thinking it was a Mutant, they hastily shouldered their rifles—but they were mistaken.
Approximately 200 meters away, a man was slaughtering Mutants.
“Baek Doyun is here!!”
“Baek Doyun has arrived!”
As Han Hye-ri and Elder Chulmin threw their hands up in celebration, relief flooded through everyone on the rooftop.
Some had tears streaming down their faces, others wept openly, and still others felt their tension dissolve as they clutched their chests.
With Baek Doyun’s arrival alone, they had already secured their survival.
“What are you all doing?! Stay focused!”
Yet one person—Hong Yeonhui—remained vigilant, rifle shouldered, watching the situation unfold beyond the rooftop.
The Mutants did not approach solely along the cleared roads.
Some climbed over buildings, while others clung to exterior walls, approaching from blind spots outside the Shooters’ line of sight.
No matter how formidable Baek Doyun was, without Kim Hanna’s subordinates, it was impossible to intercept every Mutant approaching the Brain Research Institute.
Bang!! Bang!!
Hong Yeonhui was the first to pull the trigger against the approaching Mutants.
Only then did the other Shooters snap to attention, shouldering their rifles over the rooftop’s edge and beginning their perimeter defense.
“Sangha! Handle any that breach the interior!”
At Park Sangil’s command, Park Sangha rose from his position, curved blade in hand.
“Anyone capable of combat, stand up.”
The rooftop stretched long and wide.
There wasn’t just one entrance leading to this place.
Park Sangha spoke as he observed the people rising from their seats.
“Sanghun, you and the Hong Ryeon members block the opposite entrance.”
“Got it.”
As Park Sanghun and the Hong Ryeon League Members moved out, Park Sangha turned to the high school students beside him and spoke.
“You all come with me and cover the opposite entrance.”
The students nodded, their expressions tense.
Park Sangha offered a faint smile to ease their anxiety as he spoke.
“This is truly the final stretch now, so let’s push through just a bit longer together.”
“Yes!”
Bae Hyeonseok then raised his right hand and asked.
“What should we do?”
The survivors belonging to the Shelter.
They had risen from their seats, insisting they could fight as well.
Park Sangha pointed to the Shooters on the rooftop and spoke.
“Stopping all the approaching Mutants will be difficult. Please provide support from the sides.”
“Understood.”
The survivors moved to their respective positions.
Though there were a staggering 7,000 Mutants, I knew that with Baek Doyun’s arrival, thirty minutes would be enough to finish them all.
Baek Doyun’s mere appearance had given the survivors psychological composure and vitality.
Though Baek Doyun seemed unaware, his very existence was a source of strength.

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“Baek Doyun! I’ll take the left!”
Kim Hanna rushed forward and positioned herself to block the left passage.
But the two of us holding such a wide main road was clearly insufficient.
Vroooom— vroom—
As if misfortune piled upon misfortune, fifth-tier Liquefaction Types began closing in.
Even during the height of vaccine development, the Liquefaction Types seemed fewer in number compared to other Mutants.
Their movements were slower than other fifth-tier Mutants, which was why their arrival was delayed.
Whoosh—! Boom!!!
An explosion erupted across the Liquefaction Type’s face, and I could confirm that bullets fired in succession pierced through its core.
The Shooters stationed on the Brain Research Institute’s rooftop were monitoring this location.
But that wasn’t all.
They were simultaneously providing covering fire while dealing with Mutants attempting to breach the building.
“Kim Hanna! I’ll handle this side, so please deal with the Mutants in front of the Brain Research Institute!”
“What? Are you sure you’ll be okay alone?!”
“Whether it’s two of us or just one, blocking them all is impossible! The Shooters are providing covering fire, so don’t worry. Kim Hanna, please handle the ones trying to enter the building!”
“Got it!”
After confirming Kim Hanna had turned back, I swung my blade toward every Mutant in sight.
I felt no fatigue, no exhaustion, no disgust.
I simply killed, and killed again.
Until all 7,000 disappeared.
Though 7,000 seemed overwhelmingly numerous, I was currently killing one Mutant per second.
A person capable of moving at supersonic speeds was conducting a massacre with such ferocity that it became difficult to distinguish what was Mutant and what wasn’t.
Ding—!
[Balhwa’s duration has ended.]
As the message announcing the end of Balhwa’s duration appeared, chills spread throughout my entire body.
Like steel heated to incandescence cooling to ice, the overwhelming strength that had been flowing through me vanished in an instant.
I clenched both fists tightly, wringing out whatever strength remained.
Balhwa had ended, but Frenzy was still active.
Most of the remaining Mutants were fourth-tier or lower, so Frenzy alone would suffice.
I continued swinging my curved blade relentlessly as I spoke.
“Alert me when Frenzy’s remaining time drops below 3 minutes.”
[Alarm saved.]
[You will receive a notification when the duration drops below 3 minutes.]
I still had roughly 40 minutes remaining.
Whether I could eliminate all the Mutants within 40 minutes remained uncertain, but…
‘Let’s try.’
Like a cornered beast, I swung my curved blade without restraint, consumed entirely by the slaughter.

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Ding—!
[Frenzy duration remaining: 3 minutes.]
I had already been swinging the curved blade for thirty-seven minutes in a frenzy of motion.
There were almost no mutants left in my field of vision.
“Tell me how many are left.”
[Number of mutants converging on the Brain Research Institute: 57.]
I checked the system message and glanced toward the Brain Research Institute.
Since no mutants were charging toward me, the remaining fifty-seven must be gathering near the Brain Research Institute.
As I prepared to drag my exhausted body toward the Brain Research Institute—
Sssssss—
A searing heat radiated through the soles of my feet.
When I lowered my head, I saw my shoes had been reduced to tatters.
When did I start running barefoot?
I couldn’t pinpoint the exact moment, but I had been treading on the acidic liquid of Liquefaction Types scattered across the ground with my bare feet.
I must have been so absorbed in combat that I didn’t even notice my feet burning.
The delayed pain hit me like a shock, and I leaped into the air in panic.
Whoosh—!
Simultaneously, I kicked off the ground and propelled myself toward the Brain Research Institute.
Even with my current epidermis stat, this pain was unbearable.
There were barely any corpses of mutants or zombies visible in the area.
They had all been dissolved by the acidic liquid of the Liquefaction Types.
Without the skill alert, I would have had a much harder time escaping that place.
Rat-a-tat!! Bang!! Rat-a-tat-tat!!!
Followed by the sound of gunfire erupting from the Brain Research Institute.
The group on the rooftop was firing relentlessly at mutants climbing up the building’s exterior wall.
Most of those using the exterior wall were Mimicry Species, while most of those entering the interior were Water Demons.
Those without the ability to climb walls like the Mimicry Species, or those unable to muffle their footsteps like the Water Demons, had all died outside—a natural outcome.
The moment I reached the rooftop, Elder Chulmin looked at me with an exhausted expression.
“Doyun! Help down there!”
“Where exactly?”
“Over there!”
Moving in the direction Elder Chulmin pointed, I spotted Park Sangha engaged in combat with a Water Demon in a narrow stairwell.
Behind Park Sangha were the injured students, and I could also see Kim Miyeon, who wasn’t moving at all.
“Is everyone alright?”
“Sir!”
The students began to tear up upon seeing my face.
It wasn’t because I looked frightening, but rather because they felt a sense of relief.
Do Sohee tended to the injured students while looking at Kim Miyeon beside her.
“Sir! Please help Miyeon!”
When I looked at Kim Miyeon, her eyes were no longer human.
This was….
‘Whisper.’
Kim Miyeon possessed the same Whisper ability as Park Sanghun.
It seemed she had used the Whisper skill against the Mutant, but the state of her pupils was alarming.
Her mind was being consumed.
“Kim Miyeon! Miyeon, can you hear my voice?!”
“Uh….”
“Kim Miyeon!”
As I shook her shoulders and shouted, a voice cracked and fractured came in response.
“Can’t… hold… anymore….”
“You’re safe now, deactivate the skill!”
“…Gasp!”
Soon Kim Miyeon’s eyes returned to their human state, and she collapsed on the spot, breathing heavily.
The moment I tried to check on Kim Miyeon’s condition.
Thud—thud—
Strange footsteps echoed in my ears.
It was the sound of wet feet climbing the stairs.
“Uuuuuuu….”
Followed by an eerie resonance sound from one floor below.
It was strange that we were struggling against a low-tier Mutant.
Without hesitation, I leaped over the railing using Park Sangha’s back as a springboard.
Below me, the massive eye of the Resonance Species came into view.
Tier 3.
Crunch!
As I landed, stomping directly on its eyeball, the resonance that had been echoing at regular intervals ceased.
Slash—
The moment I landed, I drew the curved blade from its sheath and shattered the Resonance Species’ body into fragments.
“Doyun! Help here!”
Park Sangha, who had been fighting the Water Demon, stood in an awkward stance.
Had he lost his balance because I had used his back to descend?
Park Sangha grimaced, cold sweat dripping down his face.
Whoosh—!
I hurled the curved blade toward the Water Demon’s neck.
Thud!!
The blade pierced through its cervical vertebrae and embedded itself in the wall.
As the Water Demon collapsed, Park Sangha exhaled heavily, his face twisted in exertion.
“Why would you suddenly press down on my back like that?”
“I apologize. I was in a rush….”
“What kind of force was that… I thought a truck was pushing me.”
“Ah, that’s because of my Skill.”
I’d forgotten that Frenzy was still active.
Since Park Sangha was a member of the Hunting Dog Alliance, he’d merely stumbled—but an ordinary person might have broken bones.
Park Sangha rolled his shoulders to ease the stiffness and asked.
“Anyway, what’s the situation outside?”
“We’re almost finished cleaning up.”
“The remaining Mutants?”
“Less than a hundred.”
Ding—!
[The duration of Frenzy has ended.]
As Frenzy faded, a dizzying vertigo washed over me, and my legs gave way beneath me.

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