Chapter 173: People Should Live Kindly

I was running frantically.

“Keieeek!”

“Kiyaaaak!”

Monsters escaping from various laboratories and patients excessively injected with psychoactive drugs.

Everything in this place was constantly chasing me to snuff out my life.

“Piece of trash… This game is a piece of trash.”

Reality-based gameplay doesn’t always proceed in a favorable direction for players.

In real life, I could run for 20 minutes without much trouble, but my character apparently couldn’t.

[You are out of breath.]

[Movement speed decreased by 20%.]

How little exercise had this character done to end up like this?

Without looking back, I stubbornly ran forward.

There was only one way to escape.

Using the shortest route, avoiding everything that hindered me.

Moreover, as soon as the hospital’s lockdown procedure started, deadly toxic substances began to flow out from everywhere.

Since it was a place where horrific experiments were conducted on humans, the post-experiment treatment lacked any humanity.

Several passages were already blocked by toxic substances, so my route options were extremely limited.

At this point, anger started to rise more than fear.

Weapons.

If I had even one weapon, I could sweep away those filthy monsters.

Initially, it was unlearned fear, so I was just scared, but not anymore.

Grinding my teeth, I put on the gas mask I picked up in the examination room earlier.

One thing I was excellent at was wearing a gas mask.

Adding night vision goggles completed an equipment specification that could rival special forces.

– “Oppa, are you coming out well?”

“Joo-hyun, where are you now?”

– “I already escaped! As long as you have the documents, the mission is complete. Hurry up and escape!”

– “Chan-sik, hurry out!”

Na-young and Joo-hyun, as seasoned horror game gamers, had already escaped.

In other words, the fate of this mission was in my hands.

When I turned off the chat and concentrated all my senses, it happened.

‘Shia’s Dripping Sweat’ has donated 10,000 won!

[My dear, you’re struggling a lot, aren’t you? Because it seems like you’re suffering too much from the punishment, I’ll give you a mission. Clear this for 500,000 won, hehe. Rent for this month is here~!]

It was an overwhelmingly disgusting donation, but I remembered that nickname precisely.

A big spender who once donated 3 million won at once.

They often visited my broadcast, so even if the nickname was malicious, it didn’t matter.

I left the donation alerts on for this very reason!

As the allure of capitalism set in, the fear that had enveloped me vanished without a trace.

My slightly distorted vision returned to normal.

Monsters were running towards me from the front.

Blocked both front and back.

Looking at the door to the side, it seemed to suggest bypassing through there, but doing so risked death from the gas.

If I had regained my senses faster, the situation wouldn’t have reached this point.

The delay in the examination room due to fear had made bypassing nearly fatal.

It would have been better if I realized this fact and gathered my wits sooner…

But regret was too early.

If time was delayed, it could be shortened in another section.

“Phew.”

I worked hard to calm my breathing, subduing the strain on my character’s body.

The monster running towards me was completely different from the previous one.

Unlike the previous monster, which had a dual-core head, this one had grotesque tentacles growing from its back.

It seemed to prove that the experiments conducted here weren’t only psychological, it was disgusting enough to induce vomiting.

Fighting against such a thing was practically a suicide mission.

But I kept running forward without reducing speed.

“Kieeeik!”

Green vomit spewed from its mouth.

A liquid that looked bad even at a glance.

As soon as I saw it, I slid forward, bending my waist backwards, and the vomit that brushed past my head immediately melted the floor.

One hit meant instant death.

By now, this went beyond the genre of horror games.

Almost an action game.

Dodging the monster’s long-range attack, I immediately got up, stepping on the handles attached to the wall, and jumped into the air.

Twisting my body in mid-air, I dodged the tentacles sprouting from its back and then lowered my posture as I landed on the ground.

Successfully dodging the monster in an instant.

Did the game developers not anticipate this situation?

There was no obstacle behind the monster.

Smiling widely, I joyfully ran along the clear path.

Before long, a faint light started to appear in the distance.

The exit of the hospital, where the mission could be completed.

If I got outside through that exit and passed the security facility in front of the hospital, I could finally escape the punishment.

[Your character’s stamina is reaching its limit.]

[Movement speed decreased by 50%.]

Though stamina was depleted and monsters and patients were starting to swarm behind me, it was fine.

This distance was enough to complete the mission.

Gritting my teeth, I kept running forward, and finally, when I reached the exit.

“I made it…”

Something suddenly lunged at me from the side as if waiting for me to come out.

“Whoa! Damn! That scared me!”

[Exceeded dangerous heart rate!]

[Game automatically shutting down after reaching 3 warnings.]

[Do not risk your life for a game. Your life is a precious treasure that cannot be exchanged for anything!]

The safety feature of the game, which had recorded two warnings earlier, was triggered.

With that message, the clear vision I had until a moment ago started to blur.

I clenched my fist, desperately trying to hold onto my fading vision.

The identity of the thing that ambushed me at the moment of mission completion.

“Nyaong?”

“A… cheese-colored…”

It was a cat.

“A piece of trash game.”

[You are disconnected from the game.]

[Please take psychological rest.]

Although I went through all that trouble…

The final result.

Punishment mission failed.

…Ha!

I need a drink.

#### 2.

After the epic four-hour journey was rendered futile by a mere cat, that day’s broadcast ended with my dejected mood.

As soon as the broadcast ended, Joo-hyun and Na-young ran up to me and started teasing me.

“Were you that scared of the cat?”

“A cheese-colored cat.”

“Viewers are calling it Nyamissha?”

“…Why are you doing this to me?”

They seemed to have a lot of fun teasing me.

I could only sigh deeply, lowering my head under their relentless factual attacks.

But it didn’t stop there.

Jin-hyuk, who had returned home at some point, also joined the teasing parade.

“Hyung.”

“What?”

“Should we get a cat too? A ferocious beast to guard our house?”

### Chapter 173 (continued)

#### 3.

What was I thinking when I saved that guy?

Grinding my teeth, I was about to snap at Jin-hyuk when my quiet phone rang.

A call from Heo-soo.

Sighing deeply, I answered the call, and soon Heo-soo’s voice came through the phone.

“Nyang-mit-sha.”

“What the hell!”

“Yeah, you’re Nyang-mit-sha.”

“What?”

“Yeah, Nyang-mit-sha.”

Beep!

What kind of life had I been living until now?

It was utterly lamentable.

Anyway, since the joint broadcast that day ended somewhat successfully, we immediately ordered four chickens.

Honestly, even though I died absurdly because of a cat at the end, that in itself was valuable.

Although I would be called the humiliating nickname Nyang-mit-sha for a while, we got a lot of good footage from today’s joint broadcast.

I guess you could call it a blessing in disguise.

Moreover, the boss who had placed the 500,000 won challenge also felt sorry and donated 250,000 won. Na-young’s and Joo-hyun’s viewers also generously donated.

If I had completed the mission, it would have been a perfect day.

But still… it was better to be knocked out by a cat.

“Hey, oppa.”

Chicken delivery had already arrived.

Joo-hyun, who was enjoying a drumstick more than anyone else, looked at me and started a conversation.

“Can you stop teasing me?”

“Were you always this bad at horror games?”

“Well, there’s no reason for me to play horror games. Why pay to be miserable?”

That was my philosophy.

There’s already so much scary stuff in the world, why pay to experience more?

I once almost wet myself in a haunted house at an amusement park.

Since then, I’ve loathed anything horror-related.

Playing this game brought back those memories vividly.

Now, what happens to the punishment mission?

Heo-soo had screamed, but I remembered him completing the game.

Sighing deeply, I stuffed more chicken into my mouth.

After quickly finishing the meal, I stood up first.

“You guys keep eating. I have things to do.”

“Eat more.”

“At least have another drumstick.”

“Hyung, I’ll eat the remaining chicken, so just go ahead. Got it?”

Next time I order chicken with Jin-hyuk, two drumsticks are mine for sure.

Leaving them in the living room, I entered the studio and turned on the computer.

There were dozens of clips from today’s broadcast.

The most popular clip, unsurprisingly, was the one where I got knocked out by the cat.

– Hahahahahahaha

– The cat is so cute

– A streamer who isn’t taken out by monsters but by a cat?

– Honestly, the cat was so cute that it could stop your heart

– Wow, failing the mission like this?

– Shia’s broadcast quality is insane

It was funny even on a rewatch.

I was worried since it was my first horror game, but the footage turned out much better than expected.

After surfing the web for a while, I picked up my phone and called someone.

After a few rings, the call connected, and a voice with military precision answered.

“Yes, yes! Shia hyung-nim! This is Doo-sik speaking!”

“Hey, Doo-sik. How’s MyTube going?”

“Thanks to your promotion, it’s going extremely well!”

I had met Doo-sik through a previous broadcast.

Currently, he was rapidly growing with his channel , a model child of the new nation.

“That’s good to hear, Doo-sik.”

“Yes, hyung-nim.”

“I’m planning to make some content with you soon. Can you help me?”

“Of course, anytime!”

His confident voice was very pleasing.

The world is inherently a society of mutual aid.

Since I boosted Doo-sik’s MyTube channel, he owed me something too.

Smiling contentedly, I spoke to Doo-sik.n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om

“I might bring a friend who needs some reforming. Can you help guide them? Like you turned over a new leaf and started living upright?”

“It would make me so happy to be of help.”

In such moments, he was unmistakably a child.

The horror game content was finished, so it was time to move on to the next content.

“By the way, are you afraid of high school students?”

Doo-sik hesitated before answering.

“Maybe not middle schoolers, but high schoolers… yes, they are scary.”

For elementary students, high schoolers were much scarier than adults.

With a friendly smile, I reassured him.

“Don’t worry. You have me, right?”

“What… kind of content is it?”

I answered casually, as if it was nothing.

“Oh, you know.”

This Saturday, right?

“I plan to guide a bad high school student onto the right path.”

After a week of gaming, it was time for this kind of content too, wasn’t it?

Nodding with a sly smile, I ended the call.