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Chapter 277
Chapter 277: Director
'These people.'
The reason Baek Woohyun paused while examining the documents was simple.
He had found faces he recognized among the personnel. The ones he had directly come face to face with at that.
Not here — on the 'other side.'
Ẃ е_bnо̄ vе l Ё ň u m̌ а
'...Right. Come to think of it, these ones were there too.'
Project: Transcendence, which could be called the very foundation of 'Reverse Planet,' was research conducted with the sole purpose of completing a single Transcendent. They didn't put a name as blatant as Transcendence for nothing.
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Baek Woohyun was the one and only perfect Transcendent in human history born through it — and in the words of someone he had killed, the project's 'greatest success.'
Broadly speaking, the word 'greatest' carries the dictionary meaning of being higher or stronger than anything else among a group — which concealed within it the implication that other successes also existed.
It meant there were those who, while falling short of Baek Woohyun who had completely reached and mastered the realm of Transcendence, could at least be said to have one foot in it. The ones who had been called Transcendents before Baek Woohyun's emergence.
The people Baek Woohyun had now found in the documents were exactly those — proto-Transcendents who had not reached the level of a true Transcendent, yet were far more powerful than ordinary awakeners.
W̌ e b̈ n̈ ōv̈ е ĺ Еn ǔ ṁ а̌
Those who could ascend to Transcendent at any time given the right trigger — the ones who, on the 'other side,' had ultimately remained proto-Transcendents to the very end.
'The probability is high that it'll be different here.'
With one of the two gods existing in 'Reverse Planet' watching over them, the proto-Transcendents would surely reach the realm of Transcendence unlike on the 'other side.'
After all, there was the actual example of the Half-Human Half-Insect, who had fought on equal footing with Baek Woohyun thanks to Deus's support.
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He would wager that the proto-Transcendents would become far more powerful enemies than on the 'other side' when they faced him.
'Keep this in mind.'
Ŵ е b_ṅo.v́ ё l Eǹuma
Baek Woohyun calmly stored the information on the four proto-Transcendents in his head. Everything from basic details like names and ages to specifics like research contents.
He already knew their faces, having directly met and fought and killed them on the 'other side' — but this was the first time he was obtaining proper information on them.
That said, feeling any human sentiment toward them and choosing to spare them was out of the question. He showed no mercy to those he judged to be enemies.
"Hm-hmm~"
By the time he had finished storing the remaining information in his head, Kim Youngjun returned.
Humming to himself for some reason, wiping blood from a blade — unlike when he had left, he was now alone.
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The Hellhound man he had taken with him was gone, and what had become of him was obvious without asking. He would be with his comrades by now.
"Did you find anything?"
"Yeah. He knew quite a lot of things, surprisingly. The single most important one among them——"
Kim Youngjun grinned in response to Baek Woohyun's question.
Above the corners of his mouth pulled into a wide smile, his eyes radiated a cool killing intent.
He was clearly smiling — but one could wager that no one would think he was smiling. A smile this saturated with murderous intent simply couldn't be called one.
E.n̆ ū m̊_ӓ
"——We found the location of the person who directed Project: Transcendence — that bastard's wretched research — on the Corporate Alliance's side."
"......"
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The ones who had directly carried out the research bordering on torture were the research facility's people — but ultimately, the reason they had been able to do such things was the existence of the Corporate Alliance backing them.
The Corporate Alliance's director of Project: Transcendence was the target fitting as the finale of the Avengers' revenge — that was what it meant.
In fact, hadn't the last Special Mission Baek Woohyun received on the 'other side' been the execution of the director?
A Special Mission that hadn't ended even after he had thoroughly crushed the research facility and torn apart the Otherworld Lord who had attempted an invasion.
W е̃_b.n̆ о́ v é l Ёṅú m а
'Meaning the director holds that much value.'
Of course, had he simply killed the director out of nowhere without preparation, it wouldn't have gone that way.
Having already destroyed the research facility and dealt significant damage to the Corporate Alliance beforehand — rather than installing a new director, they would have abandoned the project entirely.
Still, the fact that the director had to die for the final conclusion remained clear regardless. As it had been on the 'other side,' so too in 'Reverse Planet.'
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Which was why the director's location had been exposed now through the Hellhound's mouth.
"Part of me wants to just charge in and kill him right away, but... tch. It seems like that'll be difficult."
Еn ǔm̊а . і d
Project: Transcendence was a large-scale project into which an astronomical budget had been poured. So it was only natural that the person directing it would be heavily protected.
Charging in openly was expected to cause enormous damage to the Avengers as well. Even with Baek Woohyun joining in, it would be the same. The proto-Transcendents hadn't been revealed without reason.
Dying in a fight was common enough, and they wouldn't hesitate to lay down their lives for revenge — but there was no reason to throw themselves recklessly into a wall of fire.
That might be a different story if they had achieved nothing at all — but they had gone as far as putting an end to the research facility, even with the Otherworld Management Bureau's intervention.
"So for now, this is where we stop. Let's take a bit more time before targeting the director."
[Mission 'Last Stronghold' Complete!]
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[You have leveled up!]
[You have obtained 1 supernatural ability point!]
"......"
The moment Kim Youngjun declared it decisively, the mission completed and he leveled up. It was the level-up that filled the last single step remaining to max level.
Simultaneously, power surged through his entire body at an intensity incomparable to anything before — and Baek Woohyun clenched his mouth shut and gave everything he had to control the flow.
Because even for him, who could take pride in being at the peak of supernatural ability control across both the 'other side' and 'Reverse Planet,' it was a violent current that was difficult to handle.
Е̃ n̂_ú_m̌ а . і̃ ď
This happened because reaching max level had caused the supernatural ability's power to rise dramatically — and because the Power of Transcendence, as if sensing its time had finally come, manifested at last.
Until now, the Power of Transcendence had only activated occasionally in relation to the Otherworld's power, unable to fully merge — but now, at max level, it had at last dissolved into the supernatural ability.
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As if declaring that reaching the extreme was the minimum qualification.
——!
The synergistic effect created by the supernatural ability at its extreme and the Power of Transcendence was truly extraordinary.
Rather than simply increasing in power, it felt like consciousness itself expanded broadly, breaking through limitations.
Е́ ṅu m̆á . і̄ d̈
Broadly speaking, Transcendence carries the meaning of surpassing any limitation or standard — so it was indeed a change befitting the word.
Squeeze.
Baek Woohyun, fist clenched tight, curled the corner of his mouth upward at the supernatural ability that dared not be compared to before.
Once, Isaac had remained at Baek Woohyun's side on the 'other side,' serving as the system. It meant he was the only person in reality who had witnessed a Transcendent firsthand.
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Setting aside Baek Woohyun himself, who had been a Transcendent — how the sole witness to a Transcendent regarded one was made unmistakably clear in this moment.
Along with how 'Reverse Planet' would recreate a Transcendent.
Ŵ е̄ b̈ ṅ ӧ v ёl̈ En uṁ ӓ
'Not bad.'
The assessment of Baek Woohyun — once the only Transcendent in human history — was just that. He considered what Isaac had embodied as the realm of Transcendence in 'Reverse Planet' to be quite satisfactory.
More precisely, he thought it was at the level of a reasonable taste of it. Fairly impressive for something recreated by someone who was not a Transcendent himself.
In terms of recreation rate it probably fell below 30 percent at best — but the remarkable thing was simply that an ordinary person who hadn't even come close to Transcendence, let alone achieved it, had managed even that much.
"Shall we clean up and go?"
"Yeah."
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And so, before long, the Last Stronghold research facility was buried underground as the bombs installed inside detonated.
Baek Woohyun's telekinesis had torn through it once, and the bombs Kim Youngjun had meticulously set had detonated — even if someone dug through this place, there would be no documents left to find.
It was the complete end of the research facility — the organization born from the Corporate Alliance's backing.
"......"
"......"
Baek Woohyun and Kim Youngjun stood in silence for a moment, looking down at what had been the research facility's entrance and was now flat ground.
Ê n u m̄а
Baek Woohyun in his own way, Kim Youngjun in his own way — both wore expressions deep in thought, but that was inevitable for them.
It was only natural for both of them to find their thoughts growing complicated — whether the one who had trampled the research facility in 'Reverse Planet' as he had on the 'other side,' or the one who had at last completed the revenge he had longed for.
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"...Alright. Good work on this one."
But that too lasted only a moment.
Kim Youngjun, having recovered his usual cheerfulness, was first to break the silence that had settled between them.
He wore a faint smile over a face that looked as though it had set down a heavy burden — and yet was somehow dimmed. A smile with an indescribable quality hovering about it.
Ӗṅ u m̂ а
"You too."
"Don't mention it. Anyway, I'll head out first."
Kim Youngjun left with a "See you next time!" and shuffled off, then dissolved as if melting into the shadow cast by the trees.
An exit as uncanny as his appearance from the bench at the very start. The ace of the infiltration team, indeed.
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"......"
Baek Woohyun, who had watched Kim Youngjun's retreating figure in silence, turned his head and looked around.
Е̌ ṅü m̆ a
It was a gesture that seemed as though searching for something — but with even Kim Youngjun gone, there was nothing to be seen around him. Only a cool silence drifting about.
With that, the expectation that the vengeful spirits that had been urging him toward revenge would show some kind of reaction by this point was completely shattered.
Whether it was to remind him that the cause still remained, or whether it had some other meaning, he couldn't know.
'When I catch the director, then——'
Baek Woohyun shook his head after a brief moment of thought.
In the end, that too was a problem to think about when the time came.
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'...Nayeon said today we need to do PVP as well.'
Baek Woohyun recalled the conversation he'd had with Jeong Nayeon before the broadcast began. She had insisted that this Nuclear Tourism content needed to include PVP.
Since the last time he had run PVP in front of viewers was before 'Reverse City,' she had said it was about time to show it again.
No matter how monumental the previous PVP had been — climbing to Challenger Rank 1 — enough time had passed since then that her argument was entirely reasonable.
And on top of that, there were two additional points she had asked him to keep in mind regarding the PVP.
[Moving to Battle Preparation Room]
Ẃ ё b̄nо̆v́ е̃ l̃ Е̇ n ù m̄а̂
[Would you like to begin PVP 'Survival' mode game matching?]
[Yes / No]
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The first request was to pick a PVP mode other than Duel mode — the one he had already conquered by reaching Challenger Rank 1.
Even if enough time had passed that the rush, or dopamine, from successfully climbing the rankings had faded, going through Duel mode again might feel dull, she had said.
Having no particular attachment to Duel mode anyway, Baek Woohyun readily selected Survival mode.
"Hmm."
Enŭ mа̀ ..ї d́
The second request, however, was a bit difficult. It was the kind of thing that others might wonder 'you find that hard?' — but to Baek Woohyun, it was.
He understood the part about not going too hard at it — but the request to play PVP in a way that was entertaining to watch was something he couldn't quite get a feel for.
At least it was some comfort that he remembered the approaches that had gotten good responses in collaboration streams and the like — even if they had all been shown by Jeong Nayeon.
'Well. This is a kind of rehabilitation practice too.'
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