Chapter 336
Seo-jun was someone who could calmly judge a situation.
Yet the reason he sometimes charged ahead recklessly was because he’d calculated that it would be okay.
But this time, he wondered if he had to admit he’d misjudged.
First, from playing together, the feeling was that the good players were even better than expected, but the bad players were even worse than expected.
You could at least take comfort in the good players being a bit better, but that was only if the bad players were bad to a manageable degree.
Rich Person.
ShutUpAndPlay.
These two were a huge problem.
Seo-jun first explained this to Baek Do-yul.
“No. It’s not to the point of regret, but I’m telling you in advance that they’ll be worse than expected.”
“Ah.”
“And above all, Rich Person doesn’t need to be good at the game.”
-lololololol
SurvivingOnMartTasteCorner laughs.
“Jin Seo-jun, you crazy bastard. How far does your viewer discrimination go?”
Taewoo also jumped in with a tackle.
But it’s fine.
“I’ll protect Rich Person.”
“Kya! The streamer is insane! I’ll keep donating from now on!”
Rich Person cheered.
“You! Are you doing that just because she’s a woman? You dirty bastard!”
By the way, Rich Person’s gender was female.
Seo-jun chuckled and asked Taewoo back.
“Did I?”
At that moment, everyone around nodded in agreement.
Seo-jun is fair.
Fair when it comes to money.
That was all.
What’s more, there was one more woman on the team.
And that person was the other hole in the team, ShutUpAndPlay.
Yet she was getting the exact same slave treatment, wasn’t she?
Only Rich Person’s nickname wasn’t Slave.
“Yeah! Whatever! You’re definitely a money-crazed bastard! But what about her! This person who always chats! Won’t she be hurt? Won’t she stop chatting from now on? Because of your discrimination like that?”
Hmm.
While Seo-jun was mulling it over, ShutUpAndPlay raised her hand and shouted.
“It’s fine!”
“She says so.”
Just like a true viewer. They’ve been treated like this all along, haven’t they?
“Keuk.”
“Anyway, that’s how it is. Those two weren’t quite as good as I thought.”
“Alright. What about the other four?”
“They’re as expected. If you compare their skill in Last to league tiers, Joam is Master, Lee Mu-ah is high Challenger, TasteCorner and Taewoo are around Diamond?”
So, just what was their overall battle strength?
“We’ll definitely get pushed around. Including the two of us.”
The Assassin of Joseon tilted his head as if it made no sense and muttered.
“Wouldn’t the streamer alone surpass all the other teams’ strength?”
Everyone on the team heard that, and sensing a wave of agreement—“rl tlqkf”—about to hit, Baek Do-yul preemptively blocked it.
“Yes, we’d get pushed around. Excluding the two of us. Let me correct that.”
Out of pride, Baek Do-yul excluded himself as well, but even Joam had a conscience and didn’t call him out on it.
No good came from infighting among teammates.
“We’ll definitely be at a disadvantage, Baek Do-yul pro.”
“Then the importance of strategy increases even more.”
Seo-jun and Baek Do-yul began drafting the team’s rules and an overall direction to follow when objectives were presented.
-Why’s the streamer getting all serious about strategy? This is unsettling, man?
When the meeting dragged on a bit, TasteCorner typed in the chat, sounding puzzled.
“Haha. We have to do this properly. I always work hard.”
-lololololol So now he’s doing damage control for picking such random teammatesㅋㅋㅋ
-“I always work hard” my ass lololol
In truth, TasteCorner was the only viewer who didn’t watch herself around Seo-jun.
Though, when Seo-jun glared at her, TasteCorner averted her eyes.
Her rebellion only extended to the chat.
Anyway, they were in the middle of deciding overall time management, how to wake each other up in reality and signal them when a raid came, and so on.
“Hey, it’s time.”
“Really?”
“Yeah.”
Soon, a massive screen appeared above the campsite.
Don’t ask how it appeared.
It’s virtual reality anyway.
The opposing team announcements began.
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[Beyond Hopeless 6-Queue VS Special Forces 10]
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Who do you think will win?
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-The side that’s good at looting will win
└We’re in a survival game ㅠㅠㅠ
└Everyone already knows it’s a looting game run by dirty veterans
-If the good looter wins, then can they beat the streamer?
└rl tlqkf lolol
-First, the viewers all must have gotten ready for Last, right? Since they applied thinking, “Maybe I’ll be the one picked?” That’s me lol
[I’m curious about what they look like in real life ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]
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Are they using avatars?
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-Probably not using avatars
└Honestly, it feels super awkward. Scanned body is best
└Just cover the face
└Just wear a mask~~
-Rich Person probably will
└Ah lmao, rich people have to be careful
└Seriously, I’m just freaking jealous!
From when Seo-jun picked all his team members to when he met Baek Do-yul and started planning their strategy, people had been discussing which team would win.
[First, let’s just be grateful they’re streaming during the event. They won’t be able to see the chat, but they’ll handle things with mind reading.]
-rl tlqkf, they’ll probably manage to communicate
-We can watch it live!
-But what about stream sniping issues?
└They said if you log out once, you can’t log back in for two hours. Communication is also impossible. Naturally, external programs won’t work in-game
└Oho
└Seems like they’ll put up with that level?
-So who do you think will win? Honestly, on the uninhabited island, it was too obvious the streamer would win.
[ㅋㅋㅋ With a 10% synch rate, of course Jin Seo-jun wins in reality. It was obvious ㅋㅋㅋㅋ]
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But in the game, I’m not sure.
Tross <— I don’t know how much trouble these guys will cause
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-The tross will cause the trouble!
-You can’t trust the trossㅋㅋㅋ obviously ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Clearly, if you look at their records, they’re degenerates ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ There’s no way they’re good at games.
-Don’t you remember how the history book ended right now?
-I’m counting on Tross Squad!
And that topic expanded even more when the list of regular members was announced on the screen at the campsite the day before.
An 18-person film crew team, plus 9 teams of 9 each, would be entering the server.
With 81 people added, there were a total of 99 on the island, all fighting a survival-focused looting war, and the lineup of participants was outstanding.
In the gaming industry, aside from just pro gamers, there are also teams.
They make money by playing games, but not through a single game’s pro league.
Depending on the case, they don’t even really do streaming properly.
Hunters.
Those called hunters make a living off the honor of hunting down first place in major game events.
For example, if Last Chronicle’s Four Heavenly Kings raid had spread worldwide rather than just being popular in Korea, they would’ve participated.
There are only a few famous and properly established hunter teams.
But those few were all the best.
Two of those hunter teams had shown up.
And an even more threatening party than those was a party named the Looters.
[Huh??? Why are world-famous names with over 10,000 hours in Last all on one team?]
[Team name Looters ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ So they’re blatantly going all-in]
[The team of the most rotten public figures in Last ㄷㄷ]
-Public figures ㅅㅍㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
└That “oil” isn’t that kind of “oil” ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ They’re rotten; public figures are clear ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-You’re in the co-op, aren’t you?
└Isn’t she Lee Mu-ah?
When things lined up like this, people had no choice but to reconsider.
[Now if the Tross Squad looks like the weakest, upvote ㅋㅋㅋㅋ]
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Excluding Ha Yun-ho’s team.
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[And meanwhile, the streamer snagged a commentary spot all by herself ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ]
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Ha Yun-ho gathered a bunch of streamers and piggybacked in ㅋㅋㅋ He said he applied, and they accepted ㅌㅋㅋㅋ
Bastards who ride the streamer coin better than anyone ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
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The next day.
Seo-jun launched Last and began a call with his team members through a dedicated app.
It was a way to maintain communication even before entering the server.
“Everyone ready? Baek Do-yul pro?”
[Yes. Let’s go.]
[One minute before start, everyone has finished connecting.]
“Thank you, Joam. Please keep being the manager like that.”
TasteCorner’s chat came up asking if that basically meant he was asking her to be a slave.
Seo-jun ignored it.
[Wow, but after looking yesterday, it’s not just viewer participation—it’s like a Last All-Stars, they say?]
Rich Person said in a less confident voice, and Seo-jun spoke.
“Rich Person, just do whatever you want.”
[Crazy Jin Seo-jun, that bastard.]
“Taewoo, shut up, and let’s roll well together for the next two weeks.”
Last would be held for 10 days. In exchange for the shorter duration, there were said to be adjustments to resource multipliers.
And accordingly, the gameplay would be intense and compressed.
“Everyone else ready?”
-Yes!
-Let’s devour the whole island, streamer!
-How about just becoming the worst looter ever?
-Don’t forget to talk to us too—you have to do well in there ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ
-If someone saw this, they’d think we’re sending you off to study abroad.
[It will begin soon. The server will open.]
5.
4.
3.
2.
1.
Seo-jun, as party leader, pressed the server connection, and his vision went black.
When he opened his eyes again, he was standing there blankly, a random rock clutched in his hand.
Seo-jun immediately started looking for the objective.
Hidden away tightly—what was it they needed to do for victory?
And soon, a message began to appear.
A server message that appeared simultaneously before the eyes of the 99 people spread everywhere. A phrase the production team had prepared in advance.
[Victory Condition: Prosper.]
What did that mean?
[There are many achievements in Last.]
Instantly, various achievements flashed through Seo-jun’s mind.
‘Like the Atrocious Looter that goes to the team with the most kills, probably.’
It was a one-time achievement within a single server.
[Among the achievements, some are meaningless but fun, while others are proof that you’ve achieved the most outstanding survival. And we have narrowed it down to over ten achievements.]
He was getting the picture.
[The team that claims the most of those achievements will be the final winner. The prize money is a base $30,000, plus an additional $10,000 granted per achievement. Survive at the highest level. And prosper.]
Drip.
The message cut off.
[Seo-jun?]
“Yes. Baek Do-yul pro.”
[Let’s go by the book. It seems like they just want us to be the strongest team.]
“Alright. What about the spot to build the house?”
When you enter Last, the first thing to do is decide on a spot to build your house.
In Last, dying is common. So you needed a bunker-like house where you could gather resources.
The team members pondered the spot, while Seo-jun put his victory plan on pause for a moment to scheme.
There was no point moving around recklessly right now anyway.
The achievements were all team-based. No matter how good Seo-jun was on his own, he absolutely couldn’t cover the entire spectrum of survival.
Even if he was confident in his kill count.
So he needed to let his team members snowball from an advantageous position right from the start.
To do that, he had to create as much of an advantage as possible right now, but...
‘Hmm...’
There was someone who had started moving even before Seo-jun.
Because he could see a person approaching from a short distance away.
Were they trying to kill him right from the start?
The probability of getting that First Blood achievement was very, very low, but it was still worth a try. Seo-jun quietly watched as the attacker came running over the hill.
Then, the moment they confirmed each other’s faces, the charging attacker was horrified and immediately changed direction.
Seo-jun smirked and called out.
“Stop right there.”
Had they heard his voice?
Seo-jun approached the attacker, who had frozen mid-step while trying to turn around and run away.
“Boss.”
“Hahaha. Nice to meet you!”
It was Ha Yun-ho.
-ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-Crazy boss ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ Tries to go for first blood, sees a monster and immediately turns tail ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
-He really stops well when you tell him to.
On the ground, three wood items, shaped into blocks, that he had been gathering for a short while lay abandoned.
“Would you perhaps accept these lowly three pieces of wood from this insignificant me and quell your anger?”
“Do you have more?”
“Nope. Since we just started, after all.”
Seo-jun felt like he finally understood.
How to navigate the early stages of this game.
“Then, shouldn’t you go gather more? Appropriately?”
Ha Yun-ho’s answer came without the slightest hesitation.
“Yessir! Appropriately!”
Meanwhile, just as Seo-jun was having his realization.
Zebra, of the Special Forces team who had once been inside the top ranks, shuddered.
Along with a chill running down his spine even in virtual reality.
Human intuition sometimes transcends time and space.
“Ryan, and team, let’s build a house as close as possible and as fast as we can. Don’t even farm a little bit in between. I think we need to group up first.”
Zebra had chosen the right answer.