Episode
2 – Strange Apps (2)
[energy. The most important thing is energy
“…Then how do you give it that energy?”
[We just obtained the genetic information of the fungus that lives in the cave and the global ants you collected. It is possible to copy their nutrient absorption method.]
“Aha.”
I unintentionally looked at the candy bag next to me.
It is new unopened. But can you really eat this?
There was no need to worry about that.
If an ant can eat it, it can eat it.
[Then take a picture]
I just picked up the camera.
It felt strangely bad to receive orders, but I can’t help it.
[The sweets you took were sent to them]
Cookies that had been opened and spread out moved into the mobile phone at the same time as the photo was taken.
Snacks poured into the dark cave with a rattling sound.
I looked at the responses of the cells.
It’s limiting at first.
But soon he made something and began to stretch it out.
[The method of fungi and the method of ants are mixed]
Cells clump together, and things like very thin skeins began to spread out in thousands.
The skeins that were stuttering began to cover the cookies.
It’s trying to digest sweets just like the roots of a plant absorb nutrients.
When I zoomed in even more, cells with jaws that had bitten and killed the fungus were attached to the cookie and gnawed at the cookie.
[We are still primitive. It will take a long time to digest]
“…I see.”
It was said that there was nothing to do while digesting.
Still, I kept looking at my phone.
This was pretty fun.
Those little guys wriggling and growing gradually.
I enjoyed growing it. It’s more than just a nurturing game.
“Hmm…”
I left my phone and sat in front of the computer.
What’s fun is fun, I searched for smartphone hacking in the search bar.
I was just trying to find out if there were other people experiencing the same symptoms as me.
But the result is neat.
Just in case, I tried it in English, but there was not a single case of similar symptoms.
I opened the messenger and closed it again.
To be honest, I don’t think I’ll believe it unless I show it in person, and I’m also concerned about the threats he made.
It’s bullshit, but if true.
I also saw that the things I took pictures of immediately disappeared.
This meant that it was not something to be dismissed as a simple hack.
[It is a wise choice]
“Wow!”
At that moment, the screen went black and white text started to be written again.
This crazy bastard can even go over my computer now!
[In addition, it would be better not to show it]
“My, why do I have to do that?”
[Aside from keeping your cell phone record… even more so since it is related to your life]
It was just text, but it felt fuzzy.
I had no choice but to admit. Also, the cap is over there.
After all, I said it was definitely a game.
There is no guarantee that this game will be singleplayer.
“Why me? There are many other outstanding people. I’m just an ordinary college student.”
[Did I not tell you? that you downloaded it yourself. I just run the system and find the owner, Shin-Woo Kang]
“…”
I was speechless.
It’s just that I’m unlucky, so I can’t ask for anything more here.
Eventually I turned off the computer and lay back on the bed.
I had to study, but I couldn’t get my hands on studying in this situation.
“…Well?”
had fallen asleep I wanted to fall asleep in that situation, but studying all night was a huge blow.
Next to my ear, my phone was ringing a loud alarm.
“what?”
[This is an attack. A sweet cookie that suddenly fell into a dark cave. They are the ones who smelled it.]
The source of the alarm was this unidentified game.
I hurriedly logged into the app.
“The enemy. Where are you?”
[Enlarge]
As he said, the screen was enlarged.
The invaders were very small creatures.
In the first place, don’t big animals live in this cave?
[It may have been better. Because we can’t deal with large enemies at our level now]
Read from n̲o̲b̲l̲e̲m̲t̲l̲.̲c̲o̲m̲
My doubts were quickly resolved.Anyway, those crawling here now were very small, on the same level as fleas.
[We are full of our energy reserves. I can deal with them]
Gradually, I started to respond from this side to deal with the coming guys.
Tentacles stretched out towards those who flocked to the sweets being digested.
[The gene of the ant was combined with the growth method of the fungus]
The tip of the root swelled like a tumor, and something quickly took shape and began to form.
I was very surprised to see that.
Although it was small in size, what was created was clearly in the shape of an ant.
The ants cut off their connection to the tentacles and began to rush towards their food-seeking enemies.
[We are many and one. There was not the slightest inefficiency in our movements. Even bigger and stronger, we easily bit and killed our enemies. And the enemies we killed became our property again]
[Cave Vampire Flea: 1B1557]
The battle ended briskly.
to our victory.
There was the ability of the enemy to be absorbed.
[Now we can feed on the blood of other life as well]
“…that’s great.”
I was truly amazed.
Aside from being suspicious, the interest was getting stronger.
“What are you doing, brother?”
“Nothing.”
That evening. The guy who went to school and cram school frowned when he saw me with his nose stuck on the floor in the living room.
Read from n̲o̲b̲l̲e̲m̲t̲l̲.̲c̲o̲m̲
My younger brother Kang Do-yeon, who is 6 years older than me, was now a high school student.“…Are there any bugs?”
“I got it, so don’t worry.”
The guy flinched.
He was a guy who hated bugs.
Anyway, I got it right, so I waved my hand and let him into the room.
[Drosophila and ghost spider. All became our property]
New specimens that I found while scouring the house.
I took these little bugs and sent them to the cave.
Hundreds of them ‘jumped’ towards the fruit flies flying in the air and successfully hunted them.
It introduced the hard leg strength brought from the gene of fleas.
Ghost spiders were devoured just like ants.
[We have grown so much in just one day]
It was as the guy said.
Started in the morning and now at 9pm.
The clumps of cells, which were just small pools of water, spread their roots over a fairly large area and grew in the form of mushrooms, enabling them to draw out a large number of soldiers.
“How do I get bigger?”
[More energy. more samples]
Now I’m genuinely curious as to how far these guys have grown.
“What. My bread! Did you eat?!”
“…I’ll buy you later.”
After changing clothes, I look for the bread I bought yesterday.
It’s a bit embarrassing, but I have to make amends.
However, I didn’t eat that much bread.
The packaging had been torn off, and he was rolling on the floor of the cave where he did not know where it was.
As food for the reproduction of a species.
“… they grow very fast.”
[Because it’s possible to increase the speed if you have enough nutrients]
I woke up early in the morning and checked my phone.
And I was astonished.
In just 8 hours, these guys have grown beyond the bread they ate.
[Combining the growth of a cobweb and fungus, a ‘nest’ was created in the beginning]
“It’s so… big.”
Looking back at the screen, I was amazed.
Cells that started in pools the size of a human footprint have now covered more than half of this subterranean cavity with their roots and bodies.
Of course, it is still at the level of being stung, but this is growth in just one day.
What if two, three, or four days passed?
[food. I need more nutrients]
“great.”
I dumped the bread my brother bought last night.
Okay, if you find out that your dying bread has been robbed again, the road will run rampant, but I’ll buy you again.
“Right now, we pay for it with bread. But in the long run, I don’t think I will be able to pay all my food expenses for you.”
[That is correct. So you have to lead well. Self-sufficient hunting and search skills, digestion power, energy use efficiency, etc.]
Again, the difficult sound is increased.
Anyway, I got ready to go out and left the house the last in my family.
I only have one afternoon class today.
“You know what it means to design and guide, but first you need to know what.”
I got on the train and started being carried to the city where the school was.
In the eyes of others, he may seem like a crazy person talking alone, but fortunately, there are many people who talk with wireless earphones these days.
[That’s right. I will open one more function to you on the 2nd day]
The tutorial doesn’t end on a topic that doesn’t even give you a reward.
As soon as he finished speaking, another icon appeared.
You know this by pretending. It was a map.
[But to reveal the map, we need scouting]
“…I knew you were going to say that.”
it’s reconnaissance It was a sad story, but not anymore.
Dozens of scouts departed from the nest.
All of them had fruit fly wings.
What is reconnaissance? You can release the reconnaissance aircraft.
[Our greatest strength, using one brain, all the information we see with dozens of eyes is rapidly accumulating. The update speed of the map is explosive. Some people cannot imitate]
Scouts scattered everywhere and began to investigate every corner of the cave.
What I found out is that this is the lowest level of the cave, and that it is difficult to estimate how deep it is.
Hive consciousness. I think you can see how deceptive this ‘connected as one’ ability is.
No matter how far away the scouts were, the information they had acquired was immediately known to all.
“Just what?”
[It is a predator. We can’t get over it now]
right at that moment.
There was a report that one of the scouts, who had been climbing the stairs little by little at the top, was cut off by something.