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Ten years ago, posts about having vivid dreams frequently appeared on internet forums.
At the time, they failed to attract attention and were treated as posts merely cluttering the site, but later became a hot topic through the testimonies of the **‘First Awakeners’**, resurfacing as the so-called **‘sacred posts’** of the community.
Here are a few representative posts.
\- K University Free Board \-
**Author:** Anonymous
**Title:** I Had a Dream Earlier and It Was Freaking Awesome
Some game system window popped up and I was fighting like I became a character,
fireballs were falling from the sky and it was so vivid that when a monster hit me once, I swore I was actually dying;;
It was like class change or something, but it was more fun than your average game, so I freaking grinded levels…
Anyway it was epic lol still vivid
Wanna dream it again hehe
└ Yeah, next game addict
└ Dude, midterms are in a week. Get a grip…
└ Were you the student who dozed off in the central library earlier and woke up screaming “Uwaaaargh”? Thanks to you screaming, I spilled coffee on my notes, you bastard. What kind of brag post is this? Stop messing around and get my notes back exactly as they were. You’re dead meat, I swear
└└ (Author) Junseong, hi2, can’t we do this after we eat? ㅠㅠ
└└ LOLOLOLOLOLOL
\- Inbyeolgram \-
\_bora\_o.o
(Selfie)
578 Likes
Totally got chills!
I had the exact same dream as Yeonjun today!
We did quests like a game and it was fun, but I was so surprised when my Junie said he dreamed it too\~
As expected, we’re a match made in heaven ^3^
\_bora\_o.o ♥ #oodt #sefie #Like #Selca #Selstagram #our\_love\_forever #dream #fate #game\_addict\_couple
a\_moogae: Unnie, you’re so pretty\~ You and your boyfriend look so good together ㅠㅠ
extra1: The visuals of you two, I can’t even…
jungbo\_plx: Can I get the lip product info?
akwvkf: Your feed photos are so pretty haha let’s follow each other\~!
\- N Portal Site Knowledge in & out \-
**Q (Inner Power 100) How to Wake Up Refreshed in the Morning**
Hello.
I’m an 18-year-old high school boy.
I’m usually the type who sleeps well.
But lately, every time I wake up, my whole body hurts like I have muscle soreness the day after intense exercise.
I dream of using my body wildly like some kind of training and getting bossed around by someone, so I wonder if that’s why…
When I wake up in the morning, my whole body aches and I feel exhausted all day, so when I told my parents, they asked if studying is hard and told me to go get herbal medicine prescribed.
I don’t want to take herbal medicine…
Is there a way to wake up refreshed without taking medicine?
**A:** Still tired despite sleeping? The reason is your bed\~\~! Try switching to @@@ bed! Buy now for a discount! …(omitted)
**A:** At 18, it may be growing pains^^ I recommend visiting my Oriental medicine clinic for a consultation. We have teenage growth specialists…(omitted)(link)
\- Office Worker Community \-
**Title:** Rec Some Nutritionals
Title says it all (title is the content)
(+Since I’m bored, here’s some extra^^\~)
I don’t know the first thing about games….
But lately, I’ve been strangely dreaming about playing games
Getting hassled by my superiors and subordinates at work isn’t enough; now something like a game window bosses me around in my dreams too….
ㅠ I almost thought I was back in the army…
But since I did what it told me to do,
I was flying around and using all sorts of bizarre skills, and the pleasure was insane every time I landed a hit…
The life of a bottom-rung employee who has to do what they’re told even in dreams^^
Anyway, probably because of this damn dream, I’m tired to death every morning…
I used to stay up all night partying and be fine, but these days I can’t sleep so my body can’t take it…
What should I take at times like this?
No ads please^^
└ Nutritionals (x) Supplements (o)
/Please leave a comment./
***
It began with a sinkhole that formed at Jamsil Station in Seoul.
December 31st, ten years ago.
Sinkholes were a phenomenon that occurred from time to time, but on this day, people discovered something strange beneath the collapsed ground.
It was a rippling membrane.
It emitted a deep blue glow, like the surface of a lake, and when a stone was thrown, ripples spread across the thin membrane.
If you brought your hand close, nothing would cling to it or be graspable; the sensation was bizarre.
Machines would die if inserted, and the people sent in never returned.
Whenever touched, the surging membrane seemed to exude only an ominous aura.
And at midnight, when the year turned.
The excitement of people enjoying the New Year plummeted into a terrible hell.
Dozens of monsters of unknown identity poured out from the sinkhole.
Monsters that seized the city in an instant shrieked as if to demonstrate their existence, threatening the people.
Fire pillars erupting from the ground, grotesque monsters rampaging between buildings, a giant dragon blotting out the sky.
It was the **First Dungeon Break**.
Neither the military nor any weapon could suppress the situation.
All people could do was pray and run. The people screamed in terror.
*O God!* It was the very moment when everyone, without any particular religion, wished desperately with one heart.
**【System synchronized with “Earth”.】**
Transparent, shimmering windows appeared before people’s eyes.
**【Soon! The “Earthlings’” Second World will open!**
**>>> Remaining Time: 00:05:00】**
**【Soon! “Earth’s” Second Potential will be activated!**
**>>> Remaining Time: 00:04:59】**
Somehow, a hopeful glimmer.
The message of unknown origin looked like the touch of an angel.
Everyone held their breath and watched the numbers decrease.
Wasn’t it the longest five minutes in Earth’s history?
00:04:01
00:03:24
00:02:03
00:01:45
00:00:01
**Remaining Time: 00:00:00**
**【“Earth’s” Second World has opened!】**
**【The “Earthlings’” Second Potential has been activated!】**
Countless windows of incomprehensible meaning flooded out.
**【Establishing Channel.】**
**【Commoner Channel successfully established!】**
**【Awakener Channel successfully established!】**
**【Connecting Channel.】**
**【Constellation Channel successfully connected!】**
**【The “Earth” Second World System has been successfully integrated.】**
Then, a dazzling golden window appeared.
**【Welcome! Everyone of “Earth”!】**
**【Congratulations on the start of the Second World!】**
That was the opening of the **‘Second World’**.
And then the **First Awakeners** appeared.
Seven people were caught on a drone camera filming the Jamsil scene for a press company.
They ran toward the monsters and threw themselves without hesitation.
They displayed extremely skilled and swift movements, superhuman strength, and attacks unbelievable for humans.
Water columns pouring from the clear sky and vine tendrils.
Energy surging from bizarre weapons.
It was like a scene from a game.
Everyone watched, spellbound.
When finally even the giant dragon they thought could never be slain fell, a window announcing the first dungeon clear rose.
**【Congratulations! The Republic of Korea has cleared the dungeon first on Earth!**
**\- Dungeon Rank: B (Dungeon Break)**
**\- Top Contributor: Lee Taerim】**
People recorded this day, January 1st, in the history books as the **‘Day Earth’s Second World Opened’**.
People poured out all kinds of speculations about the monster horde’s attack and the System’s appearance: that it was a secret government experiment, a great power’s scheme, aliens’ doing, or a mass hallucination from chemical terrorism.
Experts from various fields put their heads together to uncover the truth, but even now, the identity of the System and the Second World remained shrouded in mystery.
It was only natural.
Because a middle schooler did it.
Who could have even imagined?
That a second-year Korean middle schooler created the system that shook the world?
Ridiculous.
***
Right before the Second World’s opening, a residential area in Gyeonggi-do.
From the morning of January 1st, a girl was typing hard at the keyboard in her room.
**Bang! Bang!**
“Ugh! This sluggish computer!”
Literally **‘hitting’** it.
“Mun Rokhui! I told you not to throw a tantrum while gaming! This girl is at it again from the morning!”
**【MASTER MODE: Synchronizing System with “Earth”.**
**>>> Remaining Time: 00:30:09**
**>>> !Warning! Rebooting the computer will increase the required time.】**
“Argh, I’m going crazy.”
“Stop with the computer and come out for rice cake soup!”
“Wait! Just five more minutes!”
Rokhui checked the live broadcast of the Jamsil scene playing on her smartphone.
**[On-site damage assessment impossible…]**
**[Fatalities unknown…]**
**[Human casualties estimated in the thousands…]**
Even at this very moment, people were dying. It was no time to eat comfortably.
“Are you kidding me, you piece of junk! Lives are depending on you right now…!”
She had prepared for this day, pulling countless all-nighters, yet a variable had occurred in the end.
Rokhui, who had tasted the bitterness of life early on, planted her head on the desk and slumped over.
“Oh my, it’s chaos in Seoul right now.”
At the worried voice coming from the living room, Rokhui gripped her hair.
“Ugh… Mom, I told you not to turn on the TV.”
She had hidden the remote since morning and asked earnestly, but it seemed her mother had ended up watching the news anyway.
“Oh my, what to do… oh dear… this isn’t the time. Hurry, call Dohui….”
Rokhui hadn’t wanted to make her mother worry prematurely, knowing she would think of the family living in Seoul upon hearing the news.
“Please hurry, hurry…!”
It was an excruciatingly long 30 minutes for Koreans.
And then,
**【Time remaining until ‘Second World’ System synchronization: 00:00:01】**
**【Welcome! Earthlings!】**
**【Congratulations on the start of the Second World!】**
“Go forth, Awakeners!!”
It was the moment to reveal to the world those she had devoted more effort to than her own game characters.
A thrilling sensation surged through her entire body.
No one knew how much hardship she had endured to build the System for an efficient Awakening.
The emotion Rokhui was feeling now was something absolutely no one else could experience.
Rokhui’s cheeks flushed red as she cheered on the Awakeners defeating the monsters.
The message that Korea had cleared the first Dungeon Break appeared.
A chat window opened on the computer screen.
**【Wings of Authority: Good work ^^】**
“Good… work… ^^?”
Rokhui smiled bitterly and cracked her knuckles.
With a crack, she was locked and loaded.
The keyboard clacked.
**【MASTER: lol】**
**【MASTER: You laugh? lol】**
**【MASTER: Synchronization? lol】**
**【MASTER: Didn’t help one bit】**
**【MASTER: Am I the only one trying? Am I the only one protecting Earth?】**
**【Wings of Authority: ㅜㅜ】**
**【MASTER: Enough, hand over the rewards】**
**【Wings of Authority: ㅜㅜ】**
**【MASTER: Buy me a new computer】**
**【Wings of Authority: That’s what I wanted to say, child….】**
The Constellation’s chat continued.
Rokhui’s face scrunched up.
“This Constellation is trying to exploit me again!”
Rokhui’s rolling, rolling System Master life was only just beginning.