I Regressed, But the World Isn’t Destroyed - Chapter 12
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012.
Sssssss??
Lee Do-hyeok and Ji-an opened the underground hatch and went in.
The place they arrived was a sewer with a creepy atmosphere.
A sewer filled with a musty smell.
Because it was a reality mode, even the smell was realistically implemented.
“Ugh. I think I’m going to die.”
Gian complains about it.
But to Lee Do-hyuk, it was a very familiar smell.
‘It reminds me of the old days.’
To be precise, it was the future.
It was Lee Do-hyuk who had spent nearly several months in the sewers after the ruling species arrived on Earth during the war with aliens and the human front rapidly retreated.
It was like going out as a sort of scout on some kind of mission.
They had a hard time because their supply lines with the main force were cut off along the way.
‘Well… it’s not like there was nothing to eat.’
After surviving for over ten years in a half-destroyed world, you become self-sufficient without having to rely on food supplies.
Of course, it wouldn’t be called food by today’s standards.
Still, they are an excellent source of protein.
Click-
“Whoa!”
A rat appeared at that moment.
A surprised Gian screamed softly.
To Lee Do-hyeok, it was a guy who reminded him of nostalgia.
“Ugh.”
‘That guy is really tough.’
They looked very different from the guys who used to provide protein to him and his colleagues.
Unlike the common rat, it is almost 1 meter in size, excluding the tail.
These were such large creatures that if Lee Do-hyeok and his colleagues had found them while wandering around the sewers, they would have been delighted and said they would eat their fill today.
I saw several of those little rats.
Perhaps, since it is a creature in a game, its size has grown due to the influence of mutant bacteria.
Or maybe you mutated because you ate something like the corpse of a mutant.
-Ugh, that’s so gross
-tttt
-The most difficult part of the hidden route is exploring the sewers;
Of course, the viewers’ reaction was completely different from Lee Do-hyuk’s.
A person is disgusted by the sight of a large rat.
Sizzle!
Snap, squeak!
The rats run towards Lee Do-hyeok and Ji-an with their red eyes shining.
These rats were twice as fast as normal rats due to the mutant bacteria, and their aggressiveness was maximized.
Phew!
Bam!
Tsk, tsk??!
But no matter how big it is, a rat is still a rat.
For Lee Do-hyeok, rats were not only a great source of protein, but also easy prey.
In front of Lee Do-hyeok, even if the speed was fast, it was just the same.
-Oh my.
-5 second cut off;
-I’m so touched
-1 kill per second lol
After a few axe-swings, all the rats were dead.
But now, the chat window is not even surprised by just catching a few mobs.
Of course, not everyone was like that.
-What time?
-? Is this guy a nuclear bomber?
A system where the higher the number of viewers, the higher the network appears at the top.
Thanks to the viewers brought in through Black Oak, Gian’s broadcast was also exposed at the top.
Thanks to this, new arrivals existed in real time.
New viewers who clicked because they were curious about what kind of broadcast this was.
But as soon as I entered, I saw Dohyuk killing giant rats with one shot while holding a pair of axes.
It was Lee Do-hyuk’s battle that was bound to be surprising to those who were seeing it for the first time.
-Newbies are cute lol
-Please take your seat.
And to those newbies, there are existing viewers.
In fact, it was something that was repeated several times during the broadcast that just passed an hour.
New viewers are surprised and hit the hook a lot, and existing viewers calm them down.
– Information) This streamer (or guest) is a total newbie with no VR experience and is a total talent who just started playing this game today. He is currently playing in reality mode and has a ridiculous stat so the game difficulty is·········
-What is Jang Moon-chung?
-Ahhh – –
-Are you the only one using the chat window?
Anyone who first encounters Lee Do-hyeok’s play cannot help but be surprised.
The existing viewers found it amusing to see him acting surprised and showing a kind of old-time attitude.
Anyway-
“Coming.”
Lee Do-hyeok muttered softly.
“Huh? What?”
Gian tilted her head at those words and asked.
What is coming?
There’s nothing in this sewer right now except for the two dead bodies of rats.
That was the moment.
?Squeak.
A metallic friction sound was heard from somewhere.
Then a loud crashing sound is heard.
-How did you know?
-Huh?
-Really;;
-tt I feel alive
-No, Map Hack Kim?
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋF*ck, I don’t know how we did this either
Even after the battle is over, it is natural for Lee Do-hyeok to not let down his guard.
That’s why I said it because I felt something approaching from afar, but from the viewers’ perspective, it was just a ghost crying.
thud-
The sound of heavy footsteps and the dim lights in the sewer reveal the mutant’s form.
Lee Do-hyuk gradually put tension into his body.
You can tell at first glance that this isn’t your average monster.
A strange arm full of pus and blisters in one hand, a six-part tentacle arm in the other, and a large body comparable to the bosses we’ve dealt with before.
“Huh! Why is he here already?!”
Gian’s surprised reaction.
The chat window also shook along.
-Isn’t that chaos?
-Really, why are you out already?
-Why does the boss appear 3 minutes after entering the stage? LOL
Chaos, the third boss of [It Kills To].
“Hey, what is that···?”
“Calm down, Ellie.”
The event cutscene that takes place at that time.
BGM exclusive to boss battles is also played.
Thanks to the cutscenes, Ji-an and Do-hyuk Lee have time to communicate with the viewers.
Gian asked towards the chat window.
“Guys! Isn’t this a bug? Why is the boss already here?”
-We don’t know either?
-I think it’s because it’s real mode…
-No matter what, it appears too quickly.
-Isn’t the AI difficulty setting delicious? Lol
A boss creature that would normally appear in the latter half of the stage.
But it appeared not long after I entered the stage.
Both Ji-an and the viewers couldn’t help but be flustered.
-?
-?!??
-What time?
And that wasn’t the only strange thing.
-Isn’t it just one guy?
-No;; How can there be two bosses?
-The art of doppelganger
-This is my first time seeing something like this.
-ㅋㅋㅋIsn’t this a buggy game?
“No. What the heck is this? Should I report a bug or something?”
Not one, but two.
There were two Chaos that emerged from deep within the sewers.
One boss creature appears per stage, and two appear in the beginning, while the other appears in the latter half.
A situation where you can’t help but suspect a bug.
Tiring-
Then a donation rang out.
[‘Black Oak’ donated 1,000 won.]
-This It Kills to Real mode has variable difficulty··· so I guess that’s why···?
Black Oak, a game expert.
It was speculated that this situation occurred because the difficulty of [It Kills To] was variable.
-Variable?
-What the hell
-Is it because the difficulty level changes depending on the content of the game play?
[It Kills To] had three difficulty levels, that is, when you choose game mode rather than real mode.
‘Support’ that supports the player’s play in various ways.
‘Normal’ is the normal difficulty level.
And the really hard ‘hardcore’.
There are three in total.
However, according to the results of various experiments conducted by users, the difficulty level of [It Kills To] was not three, but 15 levels.
Support mode was divided into ranks 1-5, normal mode into ranks 6-10, and hardcore mode into ranks 11-15, and it was a system that changed in real time depending on the player’s game progress or play content.
Ranks fluctuate within the same difficulty level depending on several factors hidden within the game.
Back in the video game era, this was a method that many arcade games borrowed.
– Anyone understand?
-First of all, I can’t do it lol
-I understand… So why is that? This is real mode, so it doesn’t matter?
Tiring-
[‘Black Oak’ donated 1,000 won.]
– So what does this mean? The initial difficulty of real mode is determined by the player’s stats, but I think Lee Do-hyeok’s stats are so freaking weird that he’s set to rank 14 or 15? This is the highest difficulty that can be achieved at around stage 4 in game mode…
-Jang Moon-chung… kick him out?
-Are you using Donechang alone?
-lol
-The explanation is very helpful
Black Oak’s explanation continued.
His guess was this:
The difficulty of Reality Mode, which is determined by the player’s stats, is only the initial difficulty.
After that, the difficulty level changes in real time depending on how you play, just like the game mode.
And so far, Lee Do-hyeok’s play has been… at an incredible level, satisfying all the difficulty-determining factors.
So it was natural that the rank would increase further in the early difficulty levels.
Black Oak said that the difficulty rank of [It Kills To] that Ji-an and Lee Do-hyeok are currently playing is between 18 and 20.
But here again a problem arises.
The highest rank set in the existing [It Kills To] is 15.
However, Lee Do-hyeok’s estimated initial difficulty was almost the same as or similar to 14 or 15.
Even if you passed the limit rank a long time ago, it would have been a long time ago.
And the result is···
Iron Buck-
Iron Buck-
Two Chaos slowly approaching Lee Do-hyeok and Ji-an from afar.
“What… So you’re saying that their appearance isn’t normal? Like some kind of bug?”
-Yes, that’s right. Of course, this is all just my guess.
Not only did they increase the number of creatures appearing, their health, and their attack power, but they also made two boss creatures that were supposed to appear in the latter half of the game appear from the beginning.
-Chew;; 2 Chaos;;
-The difficulty level is through the ceiling, but it’s too much?
The increasingly worsening stench makes me frown.
The musty smell of the sewer is so cute.
-aha!
-This was the Speedwagon.
-So I can just understand it as if you’re really good at it and the difficulty level becomes really hard?
-This house is well summarized.
As someone said in the chat window, if I were to summarize it in one sentence, it would be ‘Lee Do-hyeok is too strong, so the game difficulty is too high.’
Bb-
After Black Oak’s explanation.
Just as the cutscene was about to end.
Gian paused the game first.
“But if it’s variable difficulty, you’re saying it can go higher from here?”
-Uh… I guess so? Unless you’re intentionally adjusting the difficulty level…?
“No. What the heck, there’s a game like this?!”
Gian was upset at the thought that an already difficult game could become even more difficult.
No, on second thought, it’s too early to worry about the difficulty level increasing in the future.
Because even what is right in front of you is daunting.
Two boss mobs.
It is not even weakened by serum.
The two of you… no, you have to deal with it alone, bro?
‘···Is it possible?’
Ji-an has seen right up close how crazy her brother’s physique is.
But even so, it is difficult to believe that it would be possible.
The viewers also had the same thoughts.
-No, so can this be broken?
-I thought one would be tough without serum, but two;
-Really lol Shouldn’t you go get the serum now?
-I was wondering why the difficulty suddenly got so fucking high, but come to think of it, it was made to be cleared after farming serum. It was a stage with a difficulty level that was hard to clear without serum in the first place.
But I had to deal with not one, but two.
I couldn’t help but be skeptical as to whether clearing it would be possible.
“Oppa… What should I do? Should I go back now? I think it’ll be okay if I just turn around and run since I haven’t been able to attract aggro yet.”
“Well, I wonder if that’s even necessary.”
But unlike Ji-an and the viewers.
Lee Do-hyuk still looks calm and peaceful.
“The higher it goes, the better.”
“What? What do you like about that, Oppa?”
They even go further and show this reaction:
Lee Do-hyuk wasn’t just showing off.
Wasn’t it Lee Do-hyeok who initially rejected the standard route of serum farming?
Even though it had been a long time since he had used his body, Lee Do-hyuk felt that it was not very enjoyable.
Even though his body was on the verge of boiling, it would cool down halfway through because the level of difficulty was not that difficult by his standards.
‘I feel like fighting now.’
“That’s more fun. It’s actually better.”
-thief
-Do you like it more?!
-Um··· Um···
-Wow, your mind is spinning.
Gian glanced at the chat window.
A chat window filled with excitement over Lee Do-hyeok’s remarks.
‘I wish I could persuade you right now, but···.’
Then it will be impossible to maintain the viewers’ immersion.
at last.
“Whew. There’s nothing I can do. But I’ll try my best and clear it together with my brother!”
As she said that, Gian clenched her fists with both hands and took a fighting stance.
-Yes? Together?
-I don’t know about you, but I saw earlier that you kept covering the screen when we were fighting, so please move a bit;;
-It really keeps bothering me
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋIsn’t this their broadcast?
Although the viewers’ reaction was cold.
“No. Why are you like that! I’m also working hard… um… cheering you on!”
As a professional broadcaster, Ji-an says what she wants to say despite such reactions.
-Ah, cheering is king
-Really
-You were doing a good job;
“Ugh. Then, oppa, I’ll start.”
Bb-
As Gian said that, she resumed the game that she had stopped.
But then,
Bb-
Lee Do-hyeok stops playing the game again.
-?
-Why are you like that?
-Urgent poop?
“Huh? Oppa, why?”
A chat window asking why and Gian.
Now I finally feel like fighting.
In fact, there was another reason why Lee Do-hyeok liked the current situation where the difficulty level had increased.
‘I just killed a few dozen mobs and it cost me hundreds of thousands of won.’
If a boss creature that was said to be so difficult to break appeared in an unexpected situation like now…
“···Is there no mission this time?”
Lee Do-hyuk, who had been silent for a moment, opened his mouth.
They say that after three years of studying at a local school, a dog can recite poetry.
After 3 hours of streaming, it was obvious that it was time to collect the money.
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