Chapter 30
Exactly ten minutes later.
The Capital Area Survivors Gallery, which had achieved a grand unification through lewd and suggestive photos, began tipping into madness of an entirely new dimension.
Title : *Featured [Myth] I'm Yoon Seo-jin, guild leader of Myth aaaa...
(Ooh-ooh, a mirror selfie at just the right angle. JPG)
The Myth guild... has finally realized the System's profound intentions...
To rebuild a world destroyed by the apocalypse... unyielding vitality and healthy bodies are essential, after all...
With this healthy body and energy... I will take the lead in breathing vitality into the ravaged world and boosting the morale of survivors...
Please invite meee... ㅠ
Yep lol
ㄴ She took it off right away lol
ㄴ You wanna become a Shop member, right?
ㄴ You wanna get invited, right?
ㄴ Yep lol
Mm-hmm, Seo-jin, Seo-jin.
ㄴ You finally came to your senses, mm-hmm
ㄴ Fine, fine, I'll let it slide this time
This is a fucking miracle lol
ㄴ The guild leader is posting a nude pic lol
ㄴ Hunter-tier really is something else
ㄴ They're not guild leader for nothing
ㄴ [Unemployed Troll] This is fucking wild
ㄴ It's a real legend
You should've come to stop the wave, you should've come
ㄴ You should've come lol
ㄴ [Speedrun] lol
ㄴ Yep lol
Once you've started seeing the System's philosophy, hit recommend lol
ㄴ Big recommend lol
ㄴ Recommend lol
ㄴ Just the G r e a t S h o p lol
ㄴ G o d S y s t e m lol
“This is fucking hilarious. Seriously.”
I never expected the guild leader to post a nude pic like this.
“I mean, the guild leader didn't really do anything that bad.”
The guild leader seemed like someone with a hell of a lot of pride, so seeing that person post a nude pic like this was quite something.
“Of course, it wasn't intentional.”
I didn't think the guild leader would go this far.
Of course, the decent thing would be to give the guild leader an award for effort.
“Mm, but I'm not going to.”
There still wasn't enough trust built up.
Title : [Upstanding Young Man] Nude,,, pics,,, you say,,, is this,,, what you,,, mean,,, sir,,,^^^
(A photo of a strapping, stylish old man's muscles. JPG)
I too,,, in my,,, younger days,,, had quite,,, the physique,,,^^
Thanks to this,,, I was able,,, to get invited,,,^^
I'll leave a roll of gimbap here,,, so you can all,,, keep your strength,,,
@))))))))))
Bows deeply.
Kraaahhhhhh!!
ㄴ Aaaaagh!!!
ㄴ Kraaahhh!!
Mod! Mooooood!!
ㄴ Aaaagh!!
ㄴ Exposure! It's exposure!!!
No... but why is the old man's physique this good...?
ㄴ Seriously, better than mine...?
ㄴ This isn't exposure??
Oof-oof
ㄴ Old-man swagger, oof-oof
ㄴ ?
ㄴ Sir
And yet, I did sense the vibe of a familiar post coming from somewhere.
“The old man... this is fucking wild...”
Someone like this isn't an exposure case. Let's invite him.
Wow, how long has it been since the Gallery was this fun;;
ㄴ This is my first cheerful KakaoStory post
We need events like this to make life worth living lol
ㄴ This too must be the System's grace...
ㄴ Just... G o d S y s t e m...
ㄴ It really was fun for once in a long while
People seemed to be enjoying it in their own way.
"Oof."
Same here.
And in the first place, Head Mod ruthlessly and appropriately banned any posts that truly crossed the line.
Since I had no intention of inviting weird users like that either, I was able to finish the invitations smoothly.
“Okay, that's it.”
I typed out an announcement with military precision.
[★Starplex★] Notice: Member Invitations Closed
*****
Title : Member invitations –FIN– lol
Seo-jin bro didn't get invited lol
Why'd you take it off, why'd you take it off~~
ㄴ Feels refreshing, huh?
ㄴ Feels good taking your clothes off, huh?
ㄴ Yep lol
I had a feeling lol
ㄴ You guys were desperate lol
ㄴ Yep lol
[Myth] ....
ㄴ You were desperate, you were desperate!!
Just became the person who stripped lol
ㄴ Just the person who stripped and posted a lewd pic lol
ㄴ The disqualification necklaces being hung around them!!!
ㄴ Isn't it the other way around, damn it lol
[Upstanding Young Man] Young people,,, work hard,,, and get invited,,,^^
ㄴ What would a water rocket know!!!
ㄴ “Water rocket,” my ass lol
[Oda Sujwa] I... took mine off too...
ㄴ Yep lol
ㄴ You're not getting in lol
“Sorry, guys.”
The two of you should build up some favorability stacks and try again next time.
And so, posts saying they had been invited began pouring into the Gallery.
- I got invited!!! [3133]
- Fuck, I got invited!!! [4222]
- Uahahaha, I got invited!!! [442]
- Fuck, I got invited!!!! [4222]
...
[Current member count (LV.40): 4000/ 4000]
“Fuck, it's all done!”
Of course, I didn't invite only women. I also invited plenty of muscular guys with excellent physiques.
“This is good all around.”
And if Awakened people with great figures and outstanding physiques start posting like this and seeking one another out, it really will become a better world to live in, right?
“In theory, it's perfect.”
Title : Confession of Conscience....
To be honest, until now, I thought, 200 members?
Ah, f u c k, that's f u c k i n g few <<< that's what I thought
Every time those smug bastards who got invited showed off their Oda Sujwa, it made my guts churn so badly I couldn't sleep at night ㅇㅇ
But when I saw the announcement about expanding to 4,000 and then actually saw 4,000 people get invited, I came to my senses right away...
I guess... just like Shop Wiki said, there really was an upgrade stage... I was just too impatient to wait;;
I'm confessing too
ㄴ I secretly cursed the hell out of the guys who bought food because I was so jealous.....
ㄴ I hated seeing them flex...
Just wait and they'll give you everything!!!
ㄴ They'll just give it all to you!!!!
ㄴ Fuck, lower the water prices too!
ㄴ Give us a wider variety of food products!!!!
ㄴ Expand the membership twentyfold too!!
Make us a Gallery that allows lewd pics this time too!!
ㄴ Fuck, the System already gave us everything!!!!
ㄴ Just... G o d S y s t e m...
ㄴ It really did give us everything...
ㄴ As expected, the System had thought everything through...
Wow, fuck, but increasing it to 4,000 really is legendary
ㄴ For real, legendary expansion
ㄴ Oof...
“Yeah, yeah, I can see why you'd think that.”
At first, I didn't have enough mana stones, so even when I wanted to invite lots of members, I couldn't.
And so, all the Gallery users fell silent.
Well then... shall we get ready...
ㄴ The time has come...
ㄴ Exactly...
Everyone had a pretty good idea what was coming. It was the Shop opening.
G a l l e r y A n a r c h y <<< 3 seconds left
ㄴ Let's go, let's go!!
Sh... fuck...
ㄴ Honestly, if this were before the apocalypse, this would be a lineup worth paying for...
ㄴ How are we supposed to resist that!!!!
ㄴ Is it 100 or 200 cans of tuna and ramen...
ㄴ Or 1,500 mint chocolate-flavored energy bars...!!!!
Just as users began agonizing over the deadly either-or choice between quality VS quantity.
I also pressed the Shop's Open button.
At the same time, a bell began ringing in the Gallery.
[Bell that rings when 10 seconds remain before the open run] Eeeeeeeeng eeeeeeeeng!!!!!!
ㄴ [Bell that rings when 9 seconds remain before the open run] Ddiriririririring!!!!!
ㄴ !!!!
ㄴ Already??!
ㄴ Fuck, that's fast...!!
But I firmly turned my gaze away from the Gallery.
For the moment, whatever choice they made was none of my concern.
There was only one thing in front of my eyes.
[To own a new tile, upgrade Blueprint Mastery (Lv.3)]
[Mana stones required for next level up: 50,000]
“F-Fuck...”
My gaze was already fixed on the blueprint submerged in darkness deeper inside the mart.
[Living/Camping Section]
A gleaming cast-iron grill plate. A gas burner flickered before my eyes.
That's right—the increased membership and massive inventory were all for one reason.
“Meat... grilled meat...! Owning a new tile... dopamine...!!
At last, I could perfectly grill and eat that 2++ Hanwoo beef.
And then, alongside a torrent of delivery alerts.
[Delivery complete.]
[Delivery complete.]
[Delivery complete.]
...
As alert windows poured in, I checked my mana stone balance.
[Mana stones currently held: 109,000]
I had held out for far too long. Me. They're piled up, you know.
“They say joy comes after hardship.”
Without hesitation, I took ownership of the new tile.
****
Meanwhile.
Head Mod Baek Eunwol was quietly smiling as she watched the posts confirming successful purchases endlessly roll in.
Payment successful!!! I bought it tooooo!!
ㄴ I bought it too!!!!!!
Who cares about mint-choco bars!!
ㄴ Fuck!! I finally got food from before the apocalypse!!!!
ㄴ System—no, Head Mod! Thank you!!! You opened the way for us, Head Mod!!
ㄴ It's all thanks to Head Mod's big decision ㅠㅠ
ㄴ The world's first Gallery encouraging lewd pics
ㄴ Yep lol
Thanks to the primal posts she had officially allowed, a truly enormous number of survivors had been invited and succeeded in purchasing food.
As Eunwol stared at those desperate yet joyous posts with hollow eyes, an unspoken sense of pride welled up in her chest.
‘Thank goodness... Thanks to my decision, more people have been able to find salvation.’
All this glory was surely thanks to her insight in seeing through the System properly.
But this pride soon branched into a secret curiosity and strange longing.
‘If the System truly has a physical form and is a transcendent being willing to embrace even worldly desires like these...’
As the administrator who assists the System most closely, shouldn't I also set an example for the System, or delve more deeply into the System's heart?
A slightly private and honest curiosity, different from blind faith.
‘Th-Then... me too...’
Eunwol's gaze cautiously lowered to the area beneath her black crop top.
‘Could I... win the System's favor too if I posted a picture like this?’
Would the System send me food again, expressing closeness or responding to me as it had last time?
But if I showed it to the System, I didn't want to do it in a Gallery where everyone could see.
I wanted to show it only to the System.
If the System truly had a physical form, perhaps it might one day manifest and meet me in person.
‘A meeting... a primal meeting with the transcendent System who bestows miracles...?’
If the two of us met in person, alone, then, in accordance with the System's grand will in encouraging such primal desires...
“I too... a pure mind and a pure body...
Just then, as Eunwol lifted her clothes herself in front of the mirror to reveal a little of her collarbone.
“...!!”
Her cheeks, usually perfectly composed, flushed bright red like tomatoes about to burst.
“Wh-What am I thinking...”
Trapped in her own brazen fantasies, Eunwol clasped her burning cheeks with both hands and murmured.
“Ugh... I'm such an idiot...”
The absolute Hunter, Baek Eunwol, who never even blinked in the harshest battlefields.
"..."
Was now gripping the collar of her outer garment tightly, her face redder than anyone else's.