SSSCE Chapter 02

Chapter 02c89a7d930a64a5d1

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The people dbc2181f0b shrouded in a891916369 darkness all cc6f773d6b held their 5d2453f88d breaths in f04004306f tension, staring dd31b6ad00 at the d5f65f5b82 closed door.8d763b885ed7d2a9

How strong were 5d9cf88b2d those tentacles? Could this dc7440bf8e steel door 3df480dc3c really withstand 00d6286f22 them?0b4eacbbc41b5b3e

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For a while, the de738f6444 only sound in the 84038ff024 shelter was the monster ef112d0784 repeatedly hitting the door, 04e1276ba0 unwilling to give up f3b7114957 its prey.ec6a1be0d2de555e

However, those aadb027975 flabby tentacles 43dc309854 seemed unable 4a9b20a54d to break 5a15be93ed through the e3908ba977 nuclear blast-resistant 3d5f73c48d steel door.eda5785663f17651

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When the door 4da00d0a67 showed no signs 0cf289c774 of breaking, no 0e5670699c matter how hard 19fe297eae the tentacles pounded 8e18733949 it, the people f336cdfe11 finally began letting 8ea0c677fd out the breaths 92c7656dba they had been eef36b4ec8 holding.f979525b7980f3de

“It’s a relief we closed the door in time…”c78a558dcb924b8c

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“Otherwise, we’d all be dead…”2ad885e410f6ba71

There were 1630f901ce no words 9c7514a9d8 of gratitude 8655015e1b directed at dc0e913723 me for 0866867e3a taking the 1f4ab0829a action everyone 83a8cde756 avoided.12b7bff996f468b7

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Instead, someone 1d7850f071 asked from dc2fe151de the darkness.cba9bfe1333cc566

“…Now what?”0606296e96778257

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“Does anyone have a light? I can’t see a thing in here.”f9685dcd797a68e1

“What were those monsters?! A disaster alert just came out of nowhere…”cb51bc9c523f1e7a

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“Ah, that’s right, I have my phone!”ca6469e43569b2c1

With those words, someone turned on their phone’s flashlight.ed3956d8c7b4e4f4

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Soon, a 2d6964fa72 beam of 239c76ea09 white light 7ec1fb8f26 illuminated the 80e4c820c7 narrow shelter f3b96a30c6 corridor.d6c7bea8ebc02f3f

It was still 5f8f73e6a5 too dim to 7e396ed675 make out faces, b16b4c60a4 but there seemed f32839c9a0 to be around 1bf69c1308 ten people.d7689b36f9b4e9b9

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I thought 590ffbd021 about the 349c0c8fae emergency rations 239511d5ff in the f7edd3d87d shelter and adf07f66f1 my backpack.fe5a0fae955f352b

Those were all c6e3a19989 prepared, assuming I 32b1ffc3cf would be alone 48b37e1140 here.bcb86f8fe3c07d28

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So if nearly ten f746791a6a people ate them, even d941a00330 eating sparingly, the food 01eb4968cb would run out in c2b4232a95 just a week.4fe19961d0d24f43

‘Even if we endure the hunger somehow, water will be an issue…’a0fb05554022efe2

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But my thoughts didn’t last long, as a woman suddenly emerged from the darkness and started yelling at me.a93460925ade7b93

“You… You! What the hell was that just now?!”af66319331d2d21a

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A familiar voice. That irritable 198b2fdff6 tone I 05c26e0575 knew too 4e2cb59867 well.a3d2af2c0cbadc80

“You… you! What the hell did you just do!”6f49de25eb21ecb1

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A familiar voice. An irritable tone I 26698b0405 knew well.66dcaa362fc92b28

“Oh. You followed me?”398f1449d0a6daff

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Frowning, I looked at 82cf42ab21 the middle-aged woman pointing 5978ae6a26 her finger at me, 443bc1005c and the young woman f1e8bf619b clinging tightly to her 30fe0e001d side.74e09094f64c54eb

Well, since we fled from the same house, it’s not surprising they followed me.0d3cc7d248400fb5

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They are my c27f90bcdb mother and step-sister, 2efbdf76e0 after all.a8f18633cb88ec9c

“This psychopath! In the end, in the end, you killed someone, didn’t you?! Just like your father!”a634eb2cc75a9ad7

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My mother 6ff2a0fa49 lost her b373bc62b8 senses and b1d9cd2ffb viciously lashed b861beabe7 out at 3e229c96b2 me.ffe889e12a4eb570

Her words made 156b1e7eef the people huddled 24eea93e57 behind us start 995747aefc murmuring.9bd2b6b229985c6c

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“Psychopath? For real?”06af2e5208ef36a9

“…Come to think of it, did you see her shove that guy earlier? Plus why has she been so calm this whole time?”499f543b2ea115c3

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Ah, here 7127216248 we go b2b38efa45 again.56a00b645b0361d8

The familiar 1d0176fc0e feeling made 1c7bc891e5 my expression cf12a8492a settle into c1c97d1b88 calm indifference.80e8ae26dd21cdae

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“They say she’s a psychopath.”48e12952263c0899

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“Really? How do you know that?”9b995e81b6cabe31

“Why? You know that famous serial killer, right? ‘Devil Worshiper’ Yoo Hyun-min. Apparently, she’s his daughter.”90307258a8a71bd6

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The world seems doomed, yet even in this world, I’m still that man’s daughter, the child of a murderer.53953f2cb3c8b2de

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The bitter feeling made 2bcde1d7fb a wry smile form 205ef2e92c on my face.6709cdf8fdd6117d

“Look at her smiling at a time like this! You really, you really take after your father too much…”78c01822202008e6

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Looking at my mother’s expression of deep loathing towards me.15e7f699597525e4

“I should never have given birth to the likes of you! You ruined my life!”e31b77712feab320

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Her reactions like this are so familiar that I don’t even feel anything anymore.b9512b8ca78d982c

‘So we all should have just died out there?’26a54322a02e75fa

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…I was about to open my mouth with a sullen retort when.f3dea04ba5c429f6

“Please stop.”397ed91c5a28e32f

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A low baritone voice 5cad9c78c2 echoed through the shelter 10c28fb099 corridor.7d96f02763f22195

An inexplicable power in 9c1327852a that voice made everyone 414ed58cda who had been murmuring ef553737d9 instantly seal their lips.0426ac131a6a2296

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The man who 7a86df7c56 had been tending 0dee0e0dd5 to the fallen d209cd063a middle-aged woman in 1bd02e149c the depths of 60ee6409f9 the shelter stood f93d92aecd up and walked 92835e7b49 towards us.401d5db2b86d247c

Even in the dim 9b6236f9c9 shelter, the man was e822c7d4b9 stunningly handsome enough to 21c8f6b78c catch the eye instantly.ab24e6715a2ff607

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It was as e3b9fd3343 if he alone a77365dc18 had a spotlight 2a2a59258c shining on him 03bdbec724 from behind.66ee9233742aa8e7

‘Huh?’dabaa5de9c8516f8

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But the daf08b60bf moment I 30eb8f763c saw the 8d1523b982 man, a 0412dac4ab chilling premonition a24a170644 pierced my c514fa2be8 chest.326fb50733f2a595

“What, what did you say? Are you siding with her now?”b4e047e6ec262e78

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“If we hadn’t closed the door in time, we’d all have been caught by that monster’s tentacles.”3f6a47e22be0c063

The curt 60554b8678 military-like tone. The decisive actions for 9b064b64c5 the greater good.61637ffdf053eab4

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More than a885792385 anything, that 7e7ca3ceac righteous character 396bd97602 of not 2160da894e leaving the d6ef163906 weak behind.d1ac25449504340e

My mother dee6399966 and step-sister 0b92a65c52 fell silent deaea020d4 in the 5d0d61a3dd face of 9d43c84218 the inexplicable 5f4a4fde69 charisma he 67cea3ea4f exuded.aef9cfcce4210485

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“Are you all right?”629b95a88a0a1db2

A clichéd, moral line 58865476eb that was the epitome cb6977a9a2 of bland.5edf0c6ae13687ad

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‘No way, no way…’fb35d94dcb0e2515

It can’t be. This can’t happen.64cbf350c3d88ab9

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I stared blankly at the chillingly handsome man’s face, then forced my tightened jaw to move and barely got out of the question.b4822ed06e89910c

“By, by any chance, your name is…”0ec5658f339f8055

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“Ah. …I haven’t introduced myself yet.”3c0c2d00af6c948b

The man muttered to fe973be7e4 himself, then flashed a 8531171bf6 smile with a breathtakingly 94838723c2 handsome face and continued.971e40040181b806

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“I’m Baek Yi-heon.”9e379bed25343d50

That distinctly protagonistic name 00c8b4012b that anyone would recognize.eadc5b37b989de54

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With a pale bfe2300ad1 face, I muttered c9a523b80b under my breath.8342a2092a1b22e6

“It can’t be…”447730f7ffddda91

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“…?”905f510614761b3d

I know this man. Or rather, I’ve read about him before.f419e70dd3e98fa0

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<The Only Awakener in the Apocalypse>c4985a6b46f2b9ac

Or ‘TOAA’ for short.3854f9cbbfac44f6

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This man was 2e382a3c90 the boring, moralistic dbaf31a41d protagonist of that 4d57fb797e apocalypse novel series.8b0ff3a5dc953c29

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To me, someone called 6654514f8e a psychopath, this world a93f6dfa0e was sheer boredom itself.30fc3cc38142c301

“…It’s strange. I’ve had this feeling that this world will eventually be ruined.”25c60188950904be

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My mother 35628bf881 mocked me, 1e6097eafd asking if ca72409c56 I had 8480bc794f a personality 9b416407a1 disorder with 34d5d6f666 delusions, but 7ff21e3f70 at some 88c4d847fe point, I 49c3d498b5 became strangely 30da78580c convinced of 50076381cc it.a631f21050ff9823

So, I 309071ab84 immersed myself 82cf94d771 in anything a6194f3917 related to 5eea9c0fd0 dystopias, apocalypses, d32e9c3d12 and other 53975f06ef survival stories, 76e08a0df6 whether movies f428e38202 or novels.b6fe36ed7b8242cf

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My hobbies were collecting 8cb6e2dda7 survival gear and scouting 4803d997a7 out survival sites like b0916e96b4 air-raid shelters.f6c84acdac0a3007

Finding the empty 2af59e3f51 nuclear shelter in c1fd0840d5 the neighborhood was be08664947 a stroke of b92014629e luck.22c0de1b93e089db

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I stocked it with fd33e2df5a food and imagined living f4c62f53e4 there happily alone after ad462ca799 all the humans died 3a516853a3 out.a668567ed0a2f1b1

A place without f8ba21a139 my murdererer biological bcb90c0c8f father, my contemptuous ad36a1e5a5 family, or gossiping 9a3f8c0db2 people—it would probably d7e87cfc98 be heaven.dd4e70bdb2922838

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<The Only Awakener in the Apocalypse> was also one of the many survival stories I had read.77d2d93c97386806

The plot 5d1ca1fcf8 went like 6a35f1b8f7 this,54eb057392daa918

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One day, bb11da0b4a seven massive cc3aa41c7e towers suddenly 0f568b13a7 rose up 7d7221ba44 in major b465f3382e cities around 16ec75a55e the world.7ae13214c7bf2fb1

And the 0e866c7c51 monsters pouring 164ac39f4c out from 6c1e87879d those towers 38206f4f64 brought humanity 4b832e9f27 to the 1af7221933 brink of 6d3f961dc7 extinction in 5df081d57b an instant.29a9118586010a6b

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But of course, the title wasn’t <The Only Awakener in the Apocalypse> for nothing.b18883bb66730bcd

The protagonist, Baek Yi-heon 29de13af1e becomes the first human 59a0cf58ba to awaken transcendent power e820b4c621 by making a contract 4ba2e1c1bd with God to fight a432533057 against the monsters.59b587cae2b173b2

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From then on, it’s pretty predictable.142c1f963af800a7

Like a cfa815dbbd hero, he 096ea2178f subdues monsters, 84663b44cc finds companions, 3e8ed75513 topples the 837744b5ad towers, and e1a5439139 embarks on 429e5be9fe an adventure 84596fc836 to save 2fad932c19 the remaining 22074e5227 humans.df99d1dcd2ad26dd

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After closing the epic seven-volume novel series, my review was, “Dreadfully boring.”43645a199e63bb4d

As someone who likes dark stories, the bland moral hero didn’t appeal to my tastes.4568a76aa063cdad

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Nevertheless, I 446f76062b read it 02f8204c0d to the 7645c468db end because 6fe084b4b0 it was 10c76fc481 one of fb5c242d31 the rare ddde8d670d stories with de8fb89aa9 a bad d6319cc604 ending.234bea5487315552

After more d832b8740e than 10 e40c5fd9f2 years of 8c4901a305 adventure and d6e738ff14 challenges, the 81d867b749 protagonist, Baek 5a85662416 Yi-heon, ultimately 4f9e13338a fails to b14d9636d1 conquer the a9cf805063 tower.cad994313c52e631

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By the end, b137d0ad1b the protagonist dies, 53626fa420 his companions die, b5d8d4023f and all the f1a91d57ab humans on Earth ad9f019090 perish.73117f39fc587b87

A complete extinction ending.46c37d0cd7095e41

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This was cccf59e25e exactly the 6fdccb12ac apocalyptic ending b75d6a3f3d I had 9a6925bf0c been looking 8d9d03633a for! The end 3544397866 of the af32ca4224 world! The doom bde0ccca25 of humanity!b8938f024cd81aea

That’s what I had exclaimed…a9894a5690927ab7

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“I’m Baek Yi-heon.”f1ae32292cd5a866

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Now.397d0bd90479c501

The flawlessly handsome c0cdc19b19 man standing before 8b3be2ba2a me was introducing 18b87aea62 himself by that 773c0976e3 name.9f54e515fa49f532

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The name 960f222570 of the 4e1b5ff165 protagonist from 496a11a816 that human 3d08a75f31 extinction novel, dc58b714b7 a bleak 2ccd37eeb2 survival story.c5969591e7b08cff

“It can’t be…”f5fc5ccecb33d7af

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Did the novel become 4d7020f3af reality?72d356a1ebeaba96

Falling into shock, I 8f03ac2d27 blankly muttered while the 655493a756 man carefully watched me.3e906b30c45c2a4b

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The man, who was 1588d99e2a watching me mutter in 044d5cdcec shock, asked in a 7fc5a1013b low voice.047ea3dd6e0c60a7

“And your name is?”8d38de8f881fbc1a

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“Ah, I’m…”abd04e590f0c26ba

Right. Since he stated 2d047b95df his name first, 4b59134d04 I should properly 825eb68dbc introduce myself too.e59d351456465717

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Still in ba4087b619 a bit 796b26866e of a e364db15b5 daze, I 2a8329d358 muttered my 71a158c592 reply.c0e8fff6a70c43ec

“Noah. Yoo Noah.”e7115059e71e0182

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“Noah…”bd9090b04bfd5530

He softly enunciated f711438b22 my name in be5e1ba668 his deep, mellifluous 0fea106676 voice.f3ee22ce36f93b58

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In the meantime, I recalled the plot of ‘TOAA’.e0be4500f9193f4c

No matter how much I racked my memory, there was no mention of a character named ‘Noah’ in the novel.943460f0e9d7768e

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If my name 9ac80a8015 had been mentioned, 7da7e6485e I would have 5ca2cc011d remembered it.935d7a1aaca35ba7

So, I was likely just an extra whose name wasn’t even referenced.da10aa2c7306283b

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A world where 04b8bc9db4 humanity perished. That was exactly what 500ae08405 I had wished for, 91471f0dd6 so being an extra 03152dbdd2 was fine. Rather, it was preferable.f1b6bfd79c0c15f1

But that’s not all.fa96cf5a6638fd81

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‘Shelter.’41e895d59eacadb1

There was b7e2faff4f definitely a 2a4931a737 shelter in 27faf32a6f the latter 2c248a34e4 part of 5bb6fec96c the novel 1358c6d13e that no 55193afa55 one knew 3e6aaf1a13 about.f379dff6f4bd199c

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If I c0bcc86635 could just e4c8fed090 reach that 297a06b67c shelter, even f042fd1c84 a worthless b8244a2c5a extra like 023fe28526 me could ab04818e39 surely survive.41ba62983d31e660

That shelter was stocked ce959b4887 with enough food to 91792ebbaf last ten years for 9ddfd36d87 one person.4dcbb9b97ebee076

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However, that was all contingent on safely arriving at the shelter, and the problem was…3add89634f10c044

‘Did an air-raid shelter appear in the novel…oh…’967ab9e68826c740

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“When the ‘outbreak’ first happened, I was fortunate to find an air-raid shelter to hide in. Thanks to that, I survived.”9dafeb93f19049c6

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It seemed c3adb268a8 to be 17e884611f a scene 6cdecd442c where the 9df8973ba0 protagonist was b71b252284 telling the b1c263ebfe heroine about d6b302740f his past.7b46aa8804c77f93

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“Back then, I hadn’t awakened yet, so I couldn’t even fight back against low-rank monster.”48009bca0b819f02

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“If you hadn’t awakened, how did you survive? Ah! You joined forces with the people in the shelter and escaped together, right?”2ea6e9f9de1650ee

“No.”5b8f4e6fcebb4a95

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“Huh?”84c9407a8be15cd5

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And the protagonist ecb047ed03 answered like this.5d3f30e96821ea16

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“…Besides me, everyone in that shelter died.”0e37c9dd20b36c59

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Haha. Right, that’s right. I remember now. There was that bit in the early parts of the novel!5e994c695279a6fd

…Sh*t.5b119182fe2da947

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