“Hey! Don’t make a sound when you walk! Stupid criminal’s kid!”His steps came to a halt for a moment after hearing those words, but he simply sighed afterward.Shaden already knew that the clear sky he saw the moment he stepped outside was a bad sign for him.For his unfortunate life, the sunlight above seemed to laugh at him instead.And the event that the sun found worthy of laughing at took place inside the noisy classroom, which suddenly fell silent the moment Shaden stepped in. Shaden stayed alert. Though he walked straight ahead, he sharpened all five of his senses to locate the source of danger.But even with all that, misfortune was something absolute.SPLASHShaden froze as a bucket of water drenched the only uniform he had on this bright Monday morning. It was followed by a chorus of laughter from everyone there, some even shouting “Got him!” loudly—mocking the success of punishing the son of a criminal.“I told you, he’s stupid! No matter how many times we prank him, he st

"Basically, whether it's the world before or the one we're in now, there's no real difference. Only those who are competent and can think calmly will survive. So, you just need to follow me! I survived the first mission with ease, so the second and the ones after that won’t be a problem."Naturally, everyone who had survived and gathered inside the building had already formed their own groups, just as instructed by the giant monkey earlier.Shaden couldn't help but smile when he saw Leah sneer at the words of a man who, apparently, used to be her superior at work."He's still the same as ever. ‘Survived easily’, he says? I clearly remember how he was crawling and begging me to take him along when we were escaping," Leah grumbled.A soft laugh came from Ely. "You know how he is, yet you still helped him. If I were you, I wouldn’t have looked back. I would’ve let the rats eat him."Leah’s expression stiffened as she lowered her gaze. "I just couldn’t watch someone die right in front of

[The third mission will begin within the next 20 hours. Move to the city center immediately and find a place that can be made into a territory before the third mission begins!]That was the system message that appeared not long after the second mission was successfully completed. The city center could be reached in less than an hour on foot, considering any form of transportation was unusable under the current circumstances. However, seeing the twenty-hour window given solely as preparation time, Shaden considered something else. There had to be some kind of sub-mission that would occur during that period.“Do we only need to move to the city center? Thinking about how many tall buildings are there, it shouldn’t be too hard to determine a territory like the system said,” Ely asked.But ever since the world became like this, nothing had been easy. Even just searching for treasure inside a building, they had to face various kinds of dangers. Let alone if they had to be in an open area w

BUGH!A punch was thrown the moment the bell rang, imitating what Leah had done earlier. The difference was, this time it was Shaden who received the blow—and it was a hard one. Yet despite having a smaller build than his opponent, his body didn’t move at all. He blocked the punch using only one arm.Everyone was shocked. Shaden’s body was clearly smaller, a point that had made the fight seem unfair from the start. But they had all forgotten—this world could be altered and bought, as long as you had enough coins.“Did you sell that damned cube at a higher price so you could get more coins?” his opponent asked.Shaden wasn’t interested in answering. Instead, he moved swiftly and delivered a kick straight to the man’s stomach, sending him flying backward.“Boss!” the others shouted.Unexpectedly, one of the other leaders stepped forward the moment the first one fell from Shaden’s kick.“No! Shad!” Leah cried out from behind, unable to bear witnessing the injustice of their opponent’s ac

"Please! Please make a cube for us! We don’t want to die! We beg you!""Please just take this child! Please save this child!"Shaden sat silently, eyes flat as he watched the people approaching his cube near midnight. They were the ones who had failed to obtain a cube or didn’t have enough coins to enter a building."Will all of them die?"The low-voiced question from Leah made Shaden glance at the woman beside him.But it wasn’t him who answered her. Instead, it was Tery—already getting ready for sleep—while many others remained panicked, anticipating midnight."That’s how the rules work. Not all of them will die. If they manage to survive out there while fighting off the monsters, they’ll actually grow stronger and gain new abilities. The real problem is that the monsters keep appearing all night until sunrise."In silence, Shaden observed Leah, who let out a deep sigh while lowering her head. It truly wasn’t easy to witness others dying right before your eyes."Shad, could you—""I