SSSCE Chapter 02

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The people shrouded in 4fa576a412 darkness all held their 674965652d breaths in tension, staring 0a7118ab01 at the closed door.74fd322d35fe7aad

How strong 2394c9c8d0 were those a01ea73400 tentacles? Could this 0eb9b544ad steel door 69320458e1 really withstand ee6db2073d them?ce236e7a27a127fc

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For a d48927cbef while, the dadb230e6a only sound 5203d46313 in the 823091bcc6 shelter was 50abfb5f69 the monster edf969fcc8 repeatedly hitting 7ef22feb92 the door, 152e6dbfb1 unwilling to 8ea7699913 give up 083e7aef25 its prey.e1e480407105bd6c

However, those flabby tentacles 8f4e43d413 seemed unable to break f47dbeb163 through the nuclear blast-resistant d0bd56172a steel door.70146087e63f7de3

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When the door showed aabc8d0111 no signs of breaking, 9b07ca3965 no matter how hard 55cfcbf10d the tentacles pounded it, 1ebc996673 the people finally began d353d3687f letting out the breaths 716f9107d0 they had been holding.68213d9ec0ba6add

“It’s a relief we closed the door in time…”75a7d66f6888e842

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“Otherwise, we’d all be dead…”02ee4fe4c37247ce

There were abe164e213 no words 77b6d3049f of gratitude 9d773a4099 directed at c494c11b75 me for bb0c41c7cf taking the 4d5b4a5ed9 action everyone eda3ac8f59 avoided.2283bfb86aa8173e

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Instead, someone asked from 77ba95191a the darkness.64f9117ca136a2d4

“…Now what?”c7dc43ccc6c09543

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“Does anyone have a light? I can’t see a thing in here.”ea8cd750c20828f5

“What were those monsters?! A disaster alert just came out of nowhere…”a2913ae70c8b9575

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“Ah, that’s right, I have my phone!”600a10d6e4e6c2ab

With those words, someone turned on their phone’s flashlight.c805916aca421830

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Soon, a beam b5df8ffc33 of white light 1a4cea8f16 illuminated the narrow 4a554ca6c5 shelter corridor.6ac893d3c7cf5427

It was bc46716740 still too 12ff40e007 dim to 37292e99f8 make out b7d06d9f25 faces, but 17e3a96148 there seemed a7a9b320c9 to be d14be89df4 around ten b32dcec939 people.4519facadb5e0643

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I thought about the e84bae9687 emergency rations in the 8fbad12d0a shelter and my backpack.f92a7953d79ae216

Those were all prepared, d35010a1a1 assuming I would be 702fd227bf alone here.c15c1f87feeccd49

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So if nearly ten a73a9cc950 people ate them, even 8fca10b4b8 eating sparingly, the food 212e0031a7 would run out in 0754c45f3d just a week.d2c4012a56f7d146

‘Even if we endure the hunger somehow, water will be an issue…’33f568adc62afe0f

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But my thoughts didn’t last long, as a woman suddenly emerged from the darkness and started yelling at me.9324eb1e4aae3947

“You… You! What the hell was that just now?!”62ba579041b1cfea

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A familiar voice. That irritable 4cd095fc45 tone I ec3ebf766e knew too 8bfbca6106 well.30f9a6c347a6ff19

“You… you! What the hell did you just do!”5e080b0a4c57d8b2

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A familiar voice. An irritable tone fe31a6ea9b I knew well.f9177e5b482adff0

“Oh. You followed me?”3a703f816375fd76

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Frowning, I looked 430b1d70af at the middle-aged 13d20b0c2b woman pointing her ca24e892df finger at me, 30bbaeff19 and the young 600c52cefb woman clinging tightly 9491377b37 to her side.470653c4a26b9f19

Well, since we fled from the same house, it’s not surprising they followed me.1548c5b9fa247fdd

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They are my mother 98b3c8fba5 and step-sister, after all.f34f9e889dd03529

“This psychopath! In the end, in the end, you killed someone, didn’t you?! Just like your father!”1b67c0ea507dcb78

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My mother lost cb1e0e36f6 her senses and dab08054ae viciously lashed out 58bfbd5d9d at me.9a7091568c5c068e

Her words made the 6e284366f8 people huddled behind us cce67b4e83 start murmuring.2c61eb8b4468ac38

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“Psychopath? For real?”9ed8123209764bf1

“…Come to think of it, did you see her shove that guy earlier? Plus why has she been so calm this whole time?”684cef4e94e23647

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Ah, here we go 1199dfb0c0 again.34552ebe472ad7b9

The familiar 4684e41c0c feeling made 959534a65a my expression 94b87d8c64 settle into 6112515a6d calm indifference.183eef4d871d1724

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“They say she’s a psychopath.”cebad9a277f7405c

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“Really? How do you know that?”9e3e1de9ee13db9b

“Why? You know that famous serial killer, right? ‘Devil Worshiper’ Yoo Hyun-min. Apparently, she’s his daughter.”e8899e6d836122a3

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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.49255f931525d068

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The bitter feeling made f87c8cf3e7 a wry smile form 181c4f4c4b on my face.195e586332759d61

“Look at her smiling at a time like this! You really, you really take after your father too much…”20ac53ae23bfab0f

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Looking at my mother’s expression of deep loathing towards me.aa7cca9effcb8138

“I should never have given birth to the likes of you! You ruined my life!”65062f3065d044cc

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Her reactions like this are so familiar that I don’t even feel anything anymore.4bb31612df7250e4

‘So we all should have just died out there?’3c581acebc75c21e

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…I was about to open my mouth with a sullen retort when.84d0adbf758aa72d

“Please stop.”6aded408f147c65d

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A low baritone a84b2cffe5 voice echoed through 3a01d46aec the shelter corridor.90342aa437bada93

An inexplicable 8ed01d1a95 power in 1b0f599670 that voice 955ba5de76 made everyone 9c0892fd01 who had a07f0845b5 been murmuring 06def82477 instantly seal 672abb8700 their lips.eda21c6b7e06ff47

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The man who had ea1b4b354a been tending to the 80234a5a88 fallen middle-aged woman in 94bb5ad729 the depths of the d11f3b9f9b shelter stood up and 089c17f2de walked towards us.8d9c615b0af74944

Even in the dim 92b1d5b356 shelter, the man was da9dac568f stunningly handsome enough to 3ab865825d catch the eye instantly.96e7d9c56ea3fcbe

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It was as d68f521dfa if he alone 9778506c0a had a spotlight f42ed31345 shining on him 4431d0fcbc from behind.62742b5e94445eb6

‘Huh?’69eb48eec818b08c

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But the moment I da14b17ec2 saw the man, a c65632ac0d chilling premonition pierced my 789b53c40b chest.be1a9abb792f6195

“What, what did you say? Are you siding with her now?”0a22294064f588ff

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“If we hadn’t closed the door in time, we’d all have been caught by that monster’s tentacles.”ba0d4e7f14f76a87

The curt military-like tone. The decisive 0eb2ceb722 actions for 5af5a46096 the greater 99e7d97c3c good.46de5b97034ff1f3

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More than 8aa6e10033 anything, that bf1a3ace59 righteous character 7107a92dcf of not 044c18cd82 leaving the 345567af73 weak behind.053a1c2dd35aea18

My mother and step-sister 3eff764b30 fell silent in the f0802c3ccb face of the inexplicable 1497bdeb0c charisma he exuded.dcec8a7d5c79763d

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“Are you all right?”232a99d5d36e9ccc

A clichéd, c4594425d2 moral line c020a7b7f9 that was a22d7ee612 the epitome 8ba55fe7be of bland.7d58d74c4f844860

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‘No way, no way…’611de154ef6ce9d2

It can’t be. This can’t happen.eaabc1cbde6381d4

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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.4778b5f3662643fd

“By, by any chance, your name is…”6d64ed322366db44

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“Ah. …I haven’t introduced myself yet.”12ec9b910e63ad09

The man muttered 4d0b533a55 to himself, then dfb8f41268 flashed a smile 49b6872fe6 with a breathtakingly 6cd26c5d0c handsome face and 5dee06f068 continued.c119e8d86415b326

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“I’m Baek Yi-heon.”a3bbcc4612a27263

That distinctly protagonistic db0f210076 name that anyone 9eaea5f92b would recognize.c26e9ff5e3a0c55e

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With a pale 670dec7248 face, I muttered c7c0f40984 under my breath.798474f851fe709d

“It can’t be…”61d99cea1ade96fc

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“…?”6f9e36e62f84d0c0

I know this man. Or rather, I’ve read about him before.f797ef5ad61c7e00

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<The Only Awakener in the Apocalypse>dc2e7b5770a39d5a

Or ‘TOAA’ for short.5f11c76113202d9b

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This man was 7e77193a94 the boring, moralistic 0a9366fb7e protagonist of that 62b344b48a apocalypse novel series.83c5028896430498

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To me, someone called 67f3a9abc1 a psychopath, this world 5e93219d11 was sheer boredom itself.9a96af32d71fce51

“…It’s strange. I’ve had this feeling that this world will eventually be ruined.”7c2c0fafdb94ee2d

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My mother 69e434ad03 mocked me, c76d183f0c asking if 47632a7961 I had 2ddd96d68c a personality fdf8f75605 disorder with a56077854e delusions, but e4cbe428ee at some b982622f8b point, I e502c3d4e3 became strangely b22193b90a convinced of 4012e163e5 it.e5852fd2837f9c69

So, I immersed e811de4dba myself in anything 92458ed13c related to dystopias, 2c48946e50 apocalypses, and other f06a81723e survival stories, whether 1b92908ab5 movies or novels.f98c16af795e7fd5

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My hobbies 77383e8f4b were collecting 787e3f49ad survival gear 6e84fd1bb9 and scouting 549226f60a out survival e12267105d sites like 957bdd446a air-raid shelters.8b83f68ead76b9f7

Finding the empty nuclear 79a23eb065 shelter in the neighborhood 83e9e06b6d was a stroke of 3351c06ec9 luck.4c2795295c0a35ec

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I stocked it b013fde115 with food and 7f4510d33f imagined living there ec8d7ab97a happily alone after 3d8b81e538 all the humans eef4617705 died out.af36f1382d038a12

A place without my 1776c4d9bf murdererer biological father, my 77a47ef693 contemptuous family, or gossiping 4b6b6322fc people—it would probably be 2934c9473c heaven.6335cba0b315dc99

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<The Only Awakener in the Apocalypse> was also one of the many survival stories I had read.32d15ca28fbd1934

The plot eef40e65ff went like 6708d678b4 this,c25e91a71a92fa8b

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One day, b25f81a225 seven massive 43c2ef8b92 towers suddenly d625b1f34c rose up 8463d7b340 in major 75ee953f49 cities around 41ec018c28 the world.36728e535fadc4b5

And the monsters 06724fb742 pouring out from 6304810693 those towers brought cbcc9eca90 humanity to the 92ecfd9647 brink of extinction 224aafbf80 in an instant.0483caaaacce51b4

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But of course, the title wasn’t <The Only Awakener in the Apocalypse> for nothing.534e79aa39905131

The protagonist, Baek Yi-heon ab6c5cb14a becomes the first human 94e30390b5 to awaken transcendent power c581a8a1bc by making a contract 9f1a882fc0 with God to fight 133a11bd62 against the monsters.e2b7f02e1b36e7d0

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From then on, it’s pretty predictable.8a7701e70de88678

Like a hero, he 8243dd131a subdues monsters, finds companions, 58ad286423 topples the towers, and da6c0cb6e1 embarks on an adventure 37671cbaa5 to save the remaining 2a7b354ca8 humans.469989cba12c633c

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After closing the epic seven-volume novel series, my review was, “Dreadfully boring.”85db3909e271fdba

As someone who likes dark stories, the bland moral hero didn’t appeal to my tastes.376b3bf423feb737

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Nevertheless, I read 062ac5ac03 it to the 7ee4ce9e73 end because it 95e5f4b1d5 was one of a1b18de64b the rare stories 831dc99d9c with a bad efe413d980 ending.b2909448c4c59236

After more than 1718d90943 10 years of c6ec1e65c6 adventure and challenges, b1f2cbb31f the protagonist, Baek 747b1a744d Yi-heon, ultimately fails 3d6aaccc95 to conquer the 1e50440f14 tower.93e4ad0893946071

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By the end, 5d0c1fd81d the protagonist dies, 023322a78c his companions die, c9cfe487a9 and all the 5e95154abc humans on Earth 8c8e24027f perish.5aeddb90d5fa2ab9

A complete 5d0b9c8d51 extinction ending.b217a5377605c2cb

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This was exactly 545d09870b the apocalyptic ending b5d36a2104 I had been c33285a898 looking for! The end 9f3da06084 of the 1ba6e464d5 world! The doom 4227e55572 of humanity!be802300f64ee35b

That’s what I had exclaimed…7d436958289dead8

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“I’m Baek Yi-heon.”c2e7ddcd9c32d0f8

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Now.65ec6cf7431d8e7f

The flawlessly handsome man e0d24075b3 standing before me was f2a7652f19 introducing himself by that c78505e628 name.7535f4a99b693661

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The name e8aa438da5 of the 803f2673df protagonist from b757672a70 that human d11b75fb96 extinction novel, a5e8f1830a a bleak 9c469599b6 survival story.44569b745728e5d3

“It can’t be…”08945e8ff2014720

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Did the novel b454a0da9e become reality?0f502494d75c84e7

Falling into shock, 8c83c12d9a I blankly muttered 1f16dc1c05 while the man 20c8234a3d carefully watched me.baf172f6216b02a6

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The man, e886d717eb who was 74bcd33bac watching me eb11340afe mutter in 886998651d shock, asked 6b0ed2b2ac in a d89560d63f low voice.0700c40db16d3d61

“And your name is?”b821b59b1a4ef431

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“Ah, I’m…”c18e36cfbdc9e410

Right. Since he stated his 073f0687bf name first, I should c78ea3e73e properly introduce myself too.f38c1d14004ee26c

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Still in a 85bf72e646 bit of a 40611d07d7 daze, I muttered fe8086d6a1 my reply.fd15b7a109efde85

“Noah. Yoo Noah.”521e8bd1114abc45

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“Noah…”b71128a68ae1d2bc

He softly enunciated 7041cb7e11 my name in d1d51e1cab his deep, mellifluous ff3c25a62c voice.3b9730c42541b7ee

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In the meantime, I recalled the plot of ‘TOAA’.a0c319cb3d8c05a6

No matter how much I racked my memory, there was no mention of a character named ‘Noah’ in the novel.c222b924102bca65

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If my name had 8d18befe26 been mentioned, I would 89cf5efa75 have remembered it.d04fdd4a0f717069

So, I was likely just an extra whose name wasn’t even referenced.fbd4662e338ab32a

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A world 37bd460177 where humanity 6d1a99f5e0 perished. That was exactly d80e43afba what I had 621deda861 wished for, so 32ae98a1cd being an extra c2b5598513 was fine. Rather, it was preferable.52598aaf10e2ace1

But that’s not all.cff956d8b2e1cbc0

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‘Shelter.’9f2774618ec17516

There was definitely 160e19aa07 a shelter in 2eda71fdcc the latter part 15f3309fba of the novel 106d33da5e that no one cd3936f0dd knew about.f960d815e0bba7f5

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If I could 1e1ed35d06 just reach that 38d8d76d4f shelter, even a 4c31e4da5b worthless extra like 2db06969cc me could surely 91e55be757 survive.8a5c0c12ecc6cae8

That shelter was stocked a4a9543c66 with enough food to 2b3d4e1b21 last ten years for 03bfa741d7 one person.22eac0a3f43cdbf9

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However, that was all contingent on safely arriving at the shelter, and the problem was…7fafd71c5a9bbbd8

‘Did an air-raid shelter appear in the novel…oh…’edeb1cd6882af511

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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.”560799d33626972f

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It seemed to d28bd3d047 be a scene a5babf714b where the protagonist dc75095815 was telling the 2f2cec7f8b heroine about his 59d882bc96 past.0ce8c7e8ffe9a2b8

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“Back then, I hadn’t awakened yet, so I couldn’t even fight back against low-rank monster.”f291d203cfa6977c

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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?”92dc54df35b2c757

“No.”a52d763290897a08

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“Huh?”a3f1ebfdff16bee9

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And the 154422da3a protagonist answered 7b65858d1a like this.bbb7e672ec2d46c6

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“…Besides me, everyone in that shelter died.”d09d867a5f58a651

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Haha. Right, that’s right. I remember now. There was that bit in the early parts of the novel!960bf345a7661bfc

…Sh*t.b662aba898614aae

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