Chapter 182 – New Features

[The terminal level has increased.]
[In addition to the ‘Return to Hideout’ function, the ‘Fast Travel’ function has been opened.]
[‘Fast Travel’ is a function that allows you to immediately move to a designated location.]
[You can designate up to three locations, and up to four people can move at once.]
[Cool time is 6 hours.]

“Hmm.”

When I turned on the terminal to return to the hideout, this message appeared.

Fast travel.
This is a system commonly found in games and is a function that allows you to teleport to a location you have already been to. It was also a feature I thought was absolutely necessary.
In addition, it is said that up to 4 people can travel at a time, so you can travel with a partner.

“It just worked out well.”

[Do you want to register the location?]
[Once you specify a location, you can change it after 24 hours.]
[Yes]

I immediately selected the forest near the container as the first location.
Now I can come straight here without having to bother walking. It was good news for me.

“There are three locations.”

Of course, I registered this place as one of the locations because I visit it every time, but I couldn’t remember the other two places in particular. You can go to the hideout when you return.

“I guess I should reveal more about the map.”

Aside from the red zone where our hideout was located and the suspiciously suspicious black zone in the southeastern part of the map, there were quite a few areas that had not yet been revealed in the relatively safe green zone and yellow zone.

It is said that the designated location can change every 24 hours, so I think it would be good to use it to illuminate the map.

Putting aside the thought of going straight back to the hideout and resting, I decided to use the fast travel function first.
Just because a new feature has been released, you can’t help but try it out, right?

“Shall we go from here?”

As I was looking at the map, my eyes stopped at a certain place.

Yellow zone west of the hideout.
There was a beach there that was also Kaylee’s starting point.

This is an uninhabited island surrounded by the sea.
However, since we started from the inside of the island, we never really saw the sea.

Now that Yoon Cheol-won, the only risk factor, is dead, it might be a good idea to expand the scope of your activities and go to the beach.

I used the fast travel function for the first time by registering the area near Kaylee’s old hideout, which I had visited once before, as a location.

[Move to the designated location.]

*

As soon as my body felt light, I found myself in a different place.

In a forest with many large trees.
It was a place in my head. I remember that if I moved a little west from here, a sandy beach and the sea suddenly appeared.

I walked west, remembering the time I chased Kaylee earlier.

As soon as we left the forest, a sandy beach and the sea spread out instead of a forest, as if a line had been drawn on the ground.
It was the same scene I remembered.

“Hmm.”

It wouldn’t be a good idea to come here yourself.
I remembered it vividly, too, but it was obvious that seeing Kaylee would bring back bad memories.
This is also where Kaylee’s son died.

Well then, shall we go a little further north?

I decided to move up along the beach.
To reveal the map and find a better location.

Sabak. Sabak.
Walk while leaving footprints on the sand.

On the sea side, you could see the horizon in the distance, and occasionally you could see small islands.
On the other hand, there were no ships or artificial structures to be seen.
Since this is an uninhabited island, it’s probably natural.

What would happen if we built a ship and continued sailing out to sea?
A scene from a movie I saw as a child came to mind. The story of Truman, who was trapped in a man-made worldview and had to play the main character of the show.

In the movie, there was an escape location at the end of the sea, and the main character almost died in the process of escaping.

In the movie, he almost died, but what about here?

When I thought about what I had experienced on this island so far, I felt like if I tried to escape to the sea, the management would think ‘that’s right’ and try to kill me.
And there is no law saying that there are no monsters like Megalodon or Kraken living in that sea. A typhoon might suddenly blow or a storm might pour down.

… Let’s put off escaping to the sea until last. Because you can’t win in a fight with the sea.

Aside from those ominous thoughts, the sea was very beautiful.
The sunlight reflecting off the water, the clear color of the water, and the sandy beach without any trash left behind.

Are all famous resorts around the world like this?
Having never traveled abroad, I had no idea.

But no resort could be quieter and cleaner than this.
Unlike famous resorts, there are no people here at all.
In other words, it was like a privately owned island.

“Good.”

If you think about it, the area around our hideout is also like that. The environment itself was very nice.
The air was clean, and I was able to feel the soil and nature up close, which I couldn’t experience in the city.

It’s just that we were so busy trying to survive that we didn’t have time to feel what nature was doing.
If you look at the environment itself, it can’t even be compared to a national park.

So is this sea.
Perhaps Kaylee may have felt a sense of despair as she looked at the sea, but now that I had some time to spare, it seemed to me to be nothing but an incomparably beautiful natural scenery.
Now that the pressure of survival is gone, Kaylee might be able to enjoy the sea.

“I want to come with you all.”

Everyone had swimsuits, there was no one to disturb them, and there seemed to be no better vacation spot than this.

I saved the location in an appropriate location and returned to the hideout.

*

“I’m home.”
“Changjae!”

As soon as I got back to the hideout, her mom caught me making a fuss.

“Why are you so late? Are you hurt anywhere? Why are your clothes like this again? “Didn’t something big happen?”
“I fell while coming.”
“I fell! “Her mother, do you think her eyes are decoration?”

As expected, jokes like this don’t work.

The wound was treated with a potion, so there was no remaining wound. However, my combat uniform was in rags as I was in the grenade’s blast range, and I couldn’t hide what had happened.

“Look. “It’s nothing, right?”

I waved my tattered sleeves.
To show that although the clothes are in rags, the arms are fine.

The moment the grenade exploded, I really thought I was going to die. After that passed, I didn’t even think it was a big deal. The sex with the three women was enough to cover up the impact of the grenade.

“Do you really want to worry Mom like this? “If you keep doing this, I won’t let you go outside.”

That’s a bit difficult.
My mother must have been truly angry, and her eyes were filled with tears.

But seeing it somehow warmed my heart. Because I felt that my mom truly cared about me. My mother was like an oasis in my desolate heart.

“It’s really okay, Mom. “Now there is no more danger.”
“Nothing dangerous is gone… ?”

I briefly explained what happened to her mother.
There was a residence in the distance where other survivors were gathered, and the killer who appeared in the video was killing people there every day. And I was asked by those people to catch the killer.

My mom would be shocked if I went into too much detail, so I explained it as briefly as possible. Of course, cruel or dangerous scenes were removed.

“I see. But how did your clothes end up like that?”
“Hmm… “How did it happen?”

I covered it up with laughter.
Before her mother could ask more questions, Seunghee, who was listening next to her, asked first.

“Those survivors are women, right?”

Seunghee was sharp only in this area.

“There are women too. “There are also men.”
“Seunghee. “We decided not to talk about what happened outside.”

Likewise, Kaylee, who was listening next to her, scolded Seunghee.
Seunghee seemed to have more to say, but he kept his mouth shut. It looks like Seunghee is coming to her senses now.

“Still, they must have been grateful because they caught a dangerous person, right?”
“I did. “There are people who look up to me like a hero.”

I giggled and told Seunghee.

“Seunghee, you can respect me a little more.”
“Respect? “Do you want me to massage your shoulders?”
“Okay. “Try rubbing it somewhere.”

Then Seunghee started massaging my shoulders with a somewhat distressed expression.
I guess he was pressing it hard to make it hurt, but it didn’t even tickle with that much force.

“I’m glad though. “Because I didn’t get in big trouble.”
“It’s okay, Mom. “I am the strongest.”

While receiving Seunghee’s clumsy massage, I continued talking with her mother.

“Don’t be so cocky! “Even in the movies, people like that are the first to die.”
“I know. I never let down my guard. “I can’t leave my mom to die.”
“This guy! “Don’t say things like that!”
“Keueuung~~!”

Behind me, Seunghee was making a straining sound in the bathroom.
Maybe he’s trying to hurt my shoulder.

I picked up Seunghee, who was acting like a fool, and made her sit on my lap.

“Seunghee. “Is there somewhere you want to go?”
“Yes? “Do you want to go?”

When I suddenly ask kindly, Seunghee asks back without knowing what’s going on.

“Okay. “Why don’t you go see the sea?”
“Ocean!”

Seunghee’s eyes sparkle at the word sea.
But those eyes soon turned into doubts.

“What should I do when I go see the sea? “Are you going to throw me away in the sea?”
“What are you talking about? “How much I care about you.”

I held Seunghee like a doll and stroked her head. While I was doing this, I also gently touched my chest.

Seunghee spoke without a hint of suspicion, perhaps because of the deep distrust she had built up in me.

“I want to see you, but isn’t it dangerous out there?”
“It’ll probably be okay now. Did you say it? “I caught a dangerous guy.”

Following Seunghee, her mother also opened her mouth as if she were worried.

“But aren’t there dangerous animals? “Something like a hyena.”
“If I’m there, you won’t be able to come close. But if it comes, just kill it.”
“Uhm~.”

Mother and Seunghee are worried.
Kaylee, who had been listening quietly, raised her hand and spoke.

“I know the sea.”
“Huh? “Kaylee?”
“Yes. “Because the first place I fell was at the beach.”

Surprisingly, Kaylee spoke calmly.

“There are sometimes wild animals on the way, but it will be okay as long as Changjae and I are here. The sea is clean and there are no jellyfish, so it’s good for swimming. If you want to go to the sea, I will guide you.”

Thank god. Kaylee also didn’t seem to care much about what happened at that time.
In this case, I don’t think there will be any problem even if I go to that beach via fast travel.

“Then let’s go! “I want to go see the sea!”

Seunghee quickly raised her hand and shouted.

“I want to go too, if it’s not dangerous.”

Mom agreed, her face showing anticipation.

“Then let’s go to the sea tomorrow. “Everyone, pack your swimsuit and something to take to the sea.”
“Yes~!”

Everyone’s expressions were full of anticipation, like students going on a picnic.
And it was the same for me.
Because it was a legitimate opportunity for everyone to see themselves in swimsuits.