Chapter 60
The Head Mod's Marketplace updates twice a day.
But aside from a few fixed products, the Marketplace's items were random.
In other words, you had to wait around until the item you wanted appeared.
But you can receive something you want, including items that aren't normally sold in the Marketplace?
- They sell items excluded from the Marketplace too?
- Golden Olive sounds god-tier just from the name.
- Did the full sale of mint chocolate finally drop!!!!!
ㄴ ??? Of all things to eat...
[Title: WHY I HAVE TO BURY MY HEAD IN THIS WIKI FRENZY NO MATTER WHAT]
Hello, I'm a Gallery user who likes to pretend to be a gourmet.
As you all know, the Marketplace's products are insanely high quality.
The ingredients are GOAT, and the taste is GOAT.
The Head Mod casually sells them for 1 gyeongdan, but they often sell for over 1,000 gyeongdan on the black market.
In other words, you can't buy them even if you have the money.
The selection is so diverse that there are even foods that can't be made in this era.
You can choose one food that hasn't appeared in the Marketplace yet?
Honestly, there must be plenty of Gallery users who would give up half their lifespan just for a taste.
So what am I trying to say?
(Meme of someone writing the Destruction Gallery Wiki)
Ah lol, ask for a bulgogi burger set.
- Even the Marketplace's worst-tasting food >>>>> the best meal in reality
- It's true that there are tons of ingredients we normally couldn't even hope to see... yeah.
- Golden Olive ← I have to eat this bastard somehow.
- Do you think tuna is some kind of joke?
ㄴ Tuna) An insanely high-end ingredient you might see once after going out to sea, praying for good luck, and barely making it back alive.
ㄴ What the hell is the Head Mod? Where do they even get this stuff?
The announcement had a greater impact than I expected.
It wouldn't have been this bad even if I'd handed everyone money.
“Did I underestimate the Marketplace too much?”
If things had previously been no more than interest in a new system, now an Industrial Revolution was taking place—not merely a system activation.
Over a hundred documents were being edited or updated every minute,
and intellectuals like scholars and mages began settling into the Destruction Gallery Wiki, seriously treating documents like academic papers instead of conducting research.
- Head Mod*) I'm scared. At this rate, everyone's going to die.
ㄴ New document, death
ㄴ Death/Overview: Death means the end of a living creature's life.
ㄴ Fuck, this is mass insanity.
Participation in the contest was tremendous.
But compared to that, the rewards were limited.
1. User who writes the most documents
2. User who writes the most popular document
3. User with the most meme and video attachments
Those were the only three winning categories, at most.
The competition was brutal, since only three people could receive anything.
- I really want to eat Golden Olive chicken.
- My life's dream is to eat something like that—something delicious—at least once.
- How delicious must that be?
- Just looking at it makes me happy, seriously.
And yet the excitement still didn't die down because...
“Is it because of the Marketplace?”
The more modern food I released into the other world, the more the Gallery users craved modern food.
Maybe it was because this was a ruined world; there were even people whose dream was to eat what was occasionally sprinkled down like this.
Thanks to that, all sorts of situations began to unfold.
[Document/Adrian Confidential]
Overview: This document deals with military secrets, diplomatic secrets, or secrets concerning the location of secret passages inside castles.
Access conditions
10,000 views = disclosure of lower-level secrets
100,000 views = disclosure of upper-middle-level secrets
1,000,000+ views = disclosure of top-level secrets
Author: Life Goal: Eat Golden Olive
- Huh?
- What the hell is this guy doing?
- Head Mod! Heeead Mod!!!
A secret-leaking villain had appeared, aiming for the “user who writes the most-viewed document” category.
Fortunately, the World Tree discovered the document when it had reached the high 9,000s in views.
As soon as a document that appeared to contain classified information was posted, the World Tree deleted it at the speed of light.
[This document has been deleted.]
- 137.7.32) (Meme of “I'm gonna fucking kill you”)
ㄴ You already killed him.
ㄴ Stop it, he's already a corpse!
ㄴ 137.7.32) (Meme of “I fucking killed him”)
“What the hell is this insanity...”
Were they saying that eating something delicious a few times was more important than national secrets?
No matter how badly Adrian had been split in two and thrown into chaos by the Black Death, this was too much.
[Banned for 30 days]
[Reason for ban: Go cool your head and come back]
After banning someone as an example, the excitement seemed to calm down somewhat.
As a result, the Gallery users turned their attention to category 1: the user who wrote the most documents.
But unfortunately, one person was already monopolizing that category.
[Documents written by 137.7.32... 142]
“Ooh-ooh.”
The World Tree, the administrator of the Destruction Gallery Wiki, had already produced an overwhelming number of documents before even a day had passed.
- 137.7.32) (Meme of “Praise me!”)
It seemed that the World Tree could write documents using as many branches as its enormous body had.
It also seemed able to organize several thoughts simultaneously through the peculiar thought process of a sacred tree.
Of course, there was bound to be opposition.
Even the elves, who cowered before the World Tree and picked on those weaker than themselves, joined in and spoke up over this.
Everyone seemed to have an incredible desire for the products I had put up as prizes, but...
- Where have you ever seen an administrator participate?!
- This is cheating!
- G-give us equality of opportunity!
ㄴ 137.7.32) (Meme of “Put the kettle on.”)
ㄴ 137.7.32) (Meme of “Kill the elves.”)
ㄴ Eek!
ㄴ Eeeek!
A fist is closer than words.
In the end, only two categories naturally remained: the user who wrote the most-viewed document and the user with the most meme and video attachments.
And, surprisingly, the winner of the popular-document category was someone I knew—or rather, an elf.
[Full-HP Elf's document views – 142,132]
Full-HP Elf: You see that?!
Full-HP Elf: Golden Olive chicken is mine now!!!
Head Mod*: Wow.
It was none other than the assistant mod, Full-HP Elf.
The subject Full-HP Elf covered was none other than a document on the incidents and accidents in Ellard.
Ellard had plenty of incidents to cover, from the mutant deer and the dragon we'd seen before to the invasion of Ellard.
But until then, Ellard's situation had only been recorded in real-time posts and memes.
So there were sometimes Gallery users who had missed them or wanted to learn about them again,
and Full-HP Elf earned many views by releasing their firsthand experiences and memes as someone directly involved in those incidents.
“At this rate, I might really win.”
The difference from the next-ranked document was over 50,000 views.
At this rate, Full-HP Elf was highly likely to win.
[10 seconds until the contest ends...]
Full-HP Elf: Let's go~ e-yo~
Having already half-convinced themself that they had won, Full-HP Elf waited for the countdown while reveling in their joy.
And as soon as the contest ended, the winners' nicknames were proudly displayed on the main page!
1. Most documents written = 137.7.32
2. Most popular document = Wholesome Virgin
3. Most meme and video attachments = Soda Maniac
Full-HP Elf: ?
A name nobody had expected at all had proudly joined the winners.
*
[Title: Winner's Acceptance Speech *^^*]
Author: Wholesome Virgin
(Meme of a glossy Golden Olive chicken)
(Meme of someone taking a bite)
Ah... seriously...
It's so delicious it makes me want to cry ㅠ3ㅠ
How can a taste like this even exist?
Thank you all for showing so much interest!
Especially you, Head Mod—thank you so, so much^^
[Recommendations9999+] [Dislikes1]
- Krrrrr, I knew it!!!!
- This time, I don't even mind losing.
- Even if Dryer takes my Golden Olive! Even if Dryer takes my Golden Olive! Even if Dryer takes my Golden Olive!
- Seriously, wow... seriously, haha.
- Full-HP Elf) T-this... you sly fox!!! Just drop dead already!!!!!
One hour before the contest ended.
The well-liked user Dryer wrote a document.
The subject was Dryer himself.
He uploaded several memes he'd posted before, along with a one-minute video using the new video function.
That ended the contest.
[Wholesome Virgin's document views – 5,423,121]
It was an utterly overwhelming victory.
In the end, the Golden Olive went to Wholesome Virgin, while Full-HP Elf lost their soul and collapsed on the floor.
[Administrator Chat]
Full-HP Elf: This world is... trash...
Head Mod*: Why didn't you add the “e-yo”?
Full-HP Elf: This world is... trash... e-yo...
Diehard Bloodsucker: Stupid elf.
But there was no sympathy to be found.
The administrator chat was cold and merciless.
Diehard Bloodsucker, who could be considered my successor, didn't dare touch them, and I was the Head Mod.
A deep loneliness seeped from Full-HP Elf's post.
“Well, they'll be happy if I send it to them soon as payment for working as an assistant mod.”
Of course, I wasn't only thinking about teasing them like this.
I decided to send it soon, then looked at the next winner.
Most meme and video attachments = Soda Maniac.
The unexpected winner proudly took away a box of Zero Coke.
[Title: sax]
Author: Soda Maniac
(Picture of boxes of Zero Coke piled up at home)
sax.
(Meme of someone holding a Zero Coke in one hand)
sax.
[Recommendations6232] [Dislikes6212]
- Fuck...
- Yeah, I'm fucking jealous, you bastard.
- Wow... look at how many Cokes there are, fuck;
- It's even a kind I've never seen before...
ㄴ I seriously want to try just one sip...
- But why is it zero?
ㄴ I am kind of curious about that.
ㄴ It's cola, so it must be delicious no matter what.
ㄴ Head Mod*) Ah, that means zero sugar.
ㄴ Author) ?
ㄴ Why??¿?
ㄴ Why wouldn't they put in something that precious?
ㄴ Head Mod*) To be healthy? I don't really know either.
ㄴ Lmaooo fuck, this is legendary lol
ㄴ Wow, how rich do you have to be to leave out sugar for health reasons? lol
ㄴ Author) Fuck.
ㄴ Lol, the author is sobbing lol
ㄴ That's not it, okay...
ㄴ Still, it must be insanely delicious, you fuck...
ㄴ Sigh...
The World Tree, naturally, asked for nutritional supplements...
No, it boldly demanded a picture of me.
- 137.7.32) (Meme of the World Tree holding out its hand and demanding one)
ㄴ 137.7.32) (Meme of it pointing straight ahead)
ㄴ Head Mod*) What do you want?
ㄴ Head Mod*) Ah, my picture?
ㄴ 137.7.32) (Meme of “Exactly!”)
ㄴ Head Mod*) (Dozens of boxes of nutritional supplements)
ㄴ Head Mod*) World Tree, eat your supplements.
ㄴ 137.7.32) (Meme of the World Tree sobbing)
Of course, that request was rejected.
And so, everyone enjoyed a happy contest.
“Now I should give the assistant mods their rewards.”
My unpaid assistant mods.
I was taking some time to choose items for the assistant mod who had worked all this time.
[Administrator Chat]
Diehard Bloodsucker: Head Mod, Head Mod.
Head Mod*: why
Diehard Bloodsucker: Do you know a girl who looks like this?
Diehard Bloodsucker: (Rough hand-drawn meme of a white-haired, red-eyed girl)
“Huh, what? That's exactly Penny.”
The girl I'd picked up off the street, Penny.
The features matched perfectly.
I thought she had a distinctive appearance, but was she acquainted with Diehard Bloodsucker?
Head Mod*: Yeah. Ah, are you acquainted?
I was about to leave a message, pleased that someone who could take her in had appeared.
Diehard Bloodsucker: Yeah, a little.
Head Mod*: That's good. So what are you going to do?
Diehard Bloodsucker: I'm going to kill her.
“What?”
The assistant mod was proudly informing me of their plan to commit a violent crime against a child.