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Chapter 308
Chapter 308: Proto-Transcendent
"I think we need to hurry up and wrap up the Season 1 story, Woohyun."
After the official trailer for Reverse Planet Season 2's Whole New World dropped, Jeong Nayeon—meeting him for a broadcast planning session—opened with exactly that.
She said they needed to pick up the pace regardless of the fact that, beyond the official trailer, nothing else had been announced yet and even the update date hadn't been confirmed.
Certainly, now that Season 2 had been confirmed as an incoming reality, there was a genuine need to get Season 1's story wrapped up as soon as possible.
Ẅёb n̈ оvе́ l̀ .Еńu m̈ а
No matter how uniquely compelling his main story content was, if everyone else was pushing into Season 2 while he was still in Season 1, viewership would drop.
"……Well, I don't think it'll drop enough to worry about, honestly."
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Still, better to not drop at all—Jeong Nayeon had been listing reasons why they should hurry the Season 1 conclusion when she gave a light shrug.
At this point, Baek Woohyun was an irreplaceable presence both for story content and PVP content. There was no one who could come close to replicating what he did.
Full story run with no combat correction went without saying—but where else could anyone get complete build disclosure and feedback from the World's Strongest?
Ah, wait—the no-correction story run isn't exactly exclusive anymore……?
Е ń úm̌ a .ĭ d̀
The name Indomitable briefly crossed her mind from something she'd seen on the community, but she quickly shook her head.
That unidentified person who had followed Baek Woohyun's footsteps and was attempting a no-correction story run through the Corporate route wasn't streaming.
And even if they did start streaming, she doubted a broadcast of attempting the same fight hundreds or thousands of times over could sustain long-term popularity.
It would certainly draw a cult following in the short term. Something like the madman who refuses to quit no matter how many times he dies, and so on.
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But that was as far as it would go. In her view, nothing beyond that was possible. It couldn't become a second Nuclear Tourism content.
Viewers who constantly chased dopamine hits weren't going to be captured by endless repetition.
Е n̆üm̈a .і̆ d̂
"So what do you think? Is it okay to push harder?"
"Hmm, should be fine. The main story felt like it was winding down anyway."
Since his content was so different from everyone else's, a definitive comparison was difficult—but one thing was certain: the main story was approaching its final stretch.
The research facility, which had been the biggest threat, had already been swept away before the Otherworld Management Bureau's full-scale extermination operation and Abrasax's betrayal.
With the only remaining enemies being the Corporate Alliance—specifically the companies tied to Project: Transcendence—the ending was inevitably coming into view.
Baek Woohyun's own estimate was that Season 1 would end in the process of taking down the director of Project: Transcendence and eliminating the remaining proto-Transcendents.
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After that, Season 2 would likely follow Abrasax-Deus as they tore a hole in the dimensional barrier and pursued them from Earth into the Otherworld.
If Season 1 was cleaning house internally, Season 2 was an external war.
So content I don't know is coming up soon.
What Baek Woohyun had experienced on that side—under the pretext of a Bug Fix—only extended up to taking down the director of Project: Transcendence. He had returned immediately after.
Which meant the Season 2 content that would follow Season 1's conclusion was a completely new story—one he knew nothing about.
Of course, he had no attachment to leveraging information from the past for gain, so he didn't feel anything dramatic about it—but that didn't mean he felt nothing at all.
Е́ ňüm̈ а̄
Because he believed he could shed the bad memories of the past, shape better outcomes, and experience a future built from those choices.
"Then I'll push harder starting today."
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"Sounds good!"
Focusing more on story progression wasn't particularly difficult, so Baek Woohyun readily nodded, and the pre-broadcast meeting wrapped up there.
Broadcast time was approaching, so Baek Woohyun needed to head into Reverse Planet and Jeong Nayeon needed to head to the Nuclear Tourism content studio.
To move forward, I'd need to—
Ё ṅúm̆ а̇. і̃d
"……"
Having stepped into the virtually rendered streets of Seoul, Baek Woohyun paused briefly to look up at the sky and fell into thought.
Reverse Planet's story originally progressed based on player choices. It worked by presenting missions when specific conditions were met—talking to certain people, going to particular locations, and the like.
Most other virtual reality games used the same approach, so there was nothing especially unique about it. It wasn't a section that needed some distinctive system shoehorned in.
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What set Baek Woohyun apart from others was, however, one thing: the range of specific conditions available to him was astronomically vast. Effectively limitless, one might say.
It was the privilege unique to no-correction runs—the power of the Fully Responsive Story System, which shaped the story around whatever actions he took. Whatever he did, it would weave itself into the next development, so he could do essentially anything he wanted.
Ẁ ē b̂ nо̇vèl Ėǹū ṁ a
That was why he was lost in thought about how to go about pushing through the story more aggressively.
Do I move as an Otherworld Management Bureau agent, or as a member of the Avengers?
Each had its own advantages and drawbacks.
Operating under the Bureau agent identity would come with solid support, but there would also be many constraints of one sort or another. He would also have to keep an eye on the informants planted by the Corporate Alliance.
On the other hand, operating as an Avengers member meant limited support, but he could attempt whatever he wanted however he liked. In a worst-case scenario, he could even resort to underworld methods—things like kidnapping key targets.
"Hmm."
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After mulling it over, Baek Woohyun soon received Jeong Nayeon's start message—as always, a single solitary ㄱ with nothing else—and began making his way toward the Otherworld Management Bureau.
The choice came from having given Avengers leader Jeong Beomu a happy ending by secretly crushing Manmulsang not long ago. And operating under the Avengers identity carried the risk of getting dragged into the cleanup afterward.
Pondering how best to begin working toward the true end of Project: Transcendence and taking out the proto-Transcendents, he stepped into the Bureau headquarters—only to realize he didn't need to figure it out himself.
Whirrrr—! Commotion!
What a mess.
Whether stepping into the Otherworld Management Bureau headquarters had satisfied some specific condition or not, the interior was already in an uproar.
W̆ е̃ bn o v̇ el _Ĕn.ūḿ а
Emergency lights he'd never seen actually flash were strobing continuously, and every single person inside was moving at full speed.
Field agents were rushing out in rapid full combat gear, while the shouting of desk agents with grim expressions reached his ears.
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"Deploy every combat-capable unit in the headquarters right now!"
"All ten agents in the first contact team are combat-incapacitated!"
"Damn it all! Attempt a rescue somehow! Tell the Awakener agents to deploy but maintain distance until numbers are gathered!"
*
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["Oh my, it's chaotic right from the start. I didn't expect to walk into headquarters and find this."]
["But are there any enemies left that would make the Bureau react this strongly? The research facility's been thoroughly demolished, after all."]
["Hmm, my guess right now would be the Corporate Alliance side——"]
- Once the research facility's done for, you gotta go after the people behind it - Doesn't seem like the Corporate Alliance. They don't fight this openly;; - Not particularly fond of the Corporate Alliance but that's a fair point - They say if you make enemies with government officials you can't do business~
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*
Something strong has appeared. ……Don't tell me?
Ŵѐb̃ n о ṽѐ l̄ Е n̈ûm̂ ӑ
Baek Woohyun suddenly stepped forward.
He had spotted a familiar face among the field agents rushing out.
"Senior!"
"Ah, Junior!"
Lee Yujin, called out by him and confirming who it was, immediately shouted to the other agents: "Head on ahead and wait! I'll follow shortly!"
With Kim Cheol—originally the Team 1 leader—having moved up to acting Bureau Director, she had naturally stepped into his position, and no one refused her orders.
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The agents around her acknowledged briefly and moved off quickly, leaving the two of them naturally alone. She spoke first.
"Did you happen to hear what happened?"
"No, I didn't. I'd just arrived at headquarters when I found things like this."
"Look at this first."
The smartphone Lee Yujin held out was playing a video under a breaking news banner.
The footage quality was poor, having been taken covertly from a distance, but there was no mistaking what it showed: an Awakener running amok in the middle of Seoul.
Ŵ ѐbnо̂v̄е̃ l̈ Е nù m̆ ӓ
When the footage continued to show Otherworld Management Bureau agents—Awakener agents at that—being swept aside as they tried to stop this Awakener, Lee Yujin lowered her hand.
"As you saw, an unidentified Awakener is currently rampaging in Yongsan, Seoul. The problem is that the target is far too strong."
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"……Mm."
"The ten Awakener agents that went ahead to stop them apparently lost without being able to put up a proper fight. The strength is clearly abnormal, so all combat forces are being assembled."
An unidentified Awakener with abnormal strength who had easily smashed through Otherworld Management Bureau agents—even so, from the moment he saw the footage, Baek Woohyun already knew who it was.
All he'd been able to confirm from the video was gender, body type, and the supernatural ability—but combining those with memories from that side and the information obtained in Reverse Planet made deducing the identity remarkably straightforward.
Ёn u̇m̄а
A proto-Transcendent.
Those who hadn't reached Transcendence but were far more powerful than ordinary Awakeners.
Those who could ascend to Transcendent at any moment given the right trigger—and who, on that side, had ultimately remained proto-Transcendents to the very end. One of them was in that footage.
And what's more—though it was only a vague impression—carrying power noticeably greater than they'd had on that side.
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But why are they alone?
"Do you need time to prepare, Junior?"
Еn u m a
"No. I can go right now."
Baek Woohyun shook his head at Lee Yujin's question.
With Shadow Storage, he was always at full readiness—no separate preparation needed.
He kept every weapon he used on him at all times.
"Perfect, then let's move!"
"Understood!"
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Tap-tap!
Just like the other agents, Baek Woohyun and Lee Yujin immediately sprinted out of the Otherworld Management Bureau headquarters.
Unlike usual, they didn't take a car and instead ran—the incident location was quite close.
And the situation itself was sufficiently urgent—a powerful Awakener was causing mayhem in Yongsan—so getting there as quickly as possible was necessary.
A powerful Awakener was generally faster than a car bound by traffic signals and speed limits.
Commotion!
Е n ù m̀а̄.і d̊
"Please don't approach! Everyone step back!"
"What in the world is this, right in the middle of Seoul."
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"Heard the Otherworld Management Bureau agents got wiped out—is this going to be okay?"
"Coming here even after watching the news—that's just asking to die, really."
"It's fine! This will be resolved shortly! Please don't worry!"
"……This is a complete disaster."
Е n ǔ m а . ĭd́
Lee Yujin arrived at the scene in moments, took a sweeping look around, and said as much.
As her words suggested, the area around Yongsan Station where the proto-Transcendent had appeared and taken position was in total chaos.
It was already a high-foot-traffic area, and trying to keep civilians from getting close to the proto-Transcendent was blocking the flow of people entirely.
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