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Main Scenario 1 is the first scenario that appears as an obstacle to the characters of Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint. The conditions of this scenario is to prove your value by killing one or more living organisms.
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Volume 1: Chapter 1 - 5
Synopsis[]
The scenario takes place in the train carriage 3807 that Kim Dokja travels in. It starts with a dokkaebi appearing in the carriage and announces that the "free service" has been terminated. Kim Dokja realizes that the events are similar to the contents of the webnovel that he regularly read until that day, Ways of Survival. When met with annoyance and complaints of the passengers, the dokkaebi uses his powers and blows holes in the heads of those making noise, instantly killing them. He orders the passengers to stay quiet and listen to him. He then opens up his channel and starts the first main scenario which required individuals to kill one or more living creatures within the time limit or face death. He then wishes everyone good luck and disappears.
Kim Dokja then comes to a realization that the novel has indeed become a reality. At that moment, a man steps forward, asking everyone to stay calm and declaring that he will control the situation. Kim Dokja recognizes the man as Steel Sword Lee Hyunsung from Ways of Survival, one of the main supporting characters. Someone then cries out that the Prime Minister is making a speech. During the announcement about the "terrorist attack", a gunshot sound shocks everyone watching the video, and the Prime Minister's head explodes. A dokkaebi appears and tells the viewers that what is happening is not a game or simple terrorism and says that due to the people of South Korea being good at games, it would increase the difficulty. The scenario time limit decreases by 10 minutes, and a message informs everyone that if there is no death in the subway car in the next 5 minutes, everyone in the car will be killed. The dokkaebi running the scenario appears and shows them the consequences of not participating in the scenario by revealing the events unfolding at Taepung Girls' High School where all the students died except one who kills her best friend and survives.
Kim Dokja checks his smartphone, trying to find a way to reread Ways of Survival in order to check the initial events when he realizes that the attachment he received in tls123's email was the text file of the Ways of Survival. His unidentified attribute, which he receives when he finds the attachment, increases his reading speed, and he learns that the novel's original protagonist was in subway car 3707. Kim Dokja then realizes that he is riding in carriage 3807, directly behind the protagonist's carriage. The passage also says that there were only two survivors of carriage 3807, whose identities Kim Dokja is already aware of, Lee Hyunsung and Kim Namwoon.
A commotion starts in the carriage where an old lady is being harassed by a young man, that Kim Dokja recognizes as Kim Namwoon. Though passengers seem disturbed by his actions, no one steps forward to protest except for Han Myungoh, the finance department head of Kim Dokja's workplace, Mino Soft. Kim Namwoon quickly challenges him, reminding him that the scenario requires someone to die and that the situation is beyond humans' control, so no one will blame them for murdering someone. The passengers slowly realize that they will really die if they do not kill someone and a number of passengers join Kim Namwoon in attacking the old lady.
A sudden explosion shakes the carriage and Kim Dokja uses this and takes the insect-collecting net from the child who was on the train. He gives the child one of the grasshoppers from the net, then moves to the front of the carriage. He reminds everyone that the clear condition was to kill a living creature, not a person; the passengers realize that killing bugs will also count, and beg him to give them one of the insects from the net. He takes out one of the grasshoppers and crushes it himself, earning the "First Kill" achievement. Then he throws the net towards the opposite end of the carriage, where the grasshoppers escape from the net.
Impressed by his quick thinking, Kim Namwoon asks Dokja to team up with him, but knowing his personality from Ways of Survival, Kim Dokja rejects. Kim Namwoon accepts the refusal and tries to get to the old injured lady but is stopped by Kim Dokja, which makes Kim Namwoon realize that he intended to save the old lady from the beginning. They both get into a vicious brawl during which Kim Dokja crushes the grasshopper's egg sac and gets coins since they were considered as kills. He upgrades his stats to fight Kim Namwoon efficiently while using his attribute, Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint. With 30 seconds left, Kim Namwoon stops attacking and drops to his knees, begging Kim Dokja to save him; he declines, and in desperation Kim Namwoon launches one last attack. The time runs out before he can stab Kim Dokja, and his head explodes as the scenario time limit ends.[1][2]
Characters[]
- Bihyung (scenario manager)
- Kim Dokja
- Yoo Sangah
- Lee Hyunsung
- Lee Jihye
- Kim Namwoon
- Han Myungoh
- Lee Gilyoung
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Trivia[]
- Though not named, Lee Gilyoung appears in this chapter. He is described as holding an insect collecting net, which foreshadows his later abilities.