Damn System

Episode 60

Chapter 14 Server Connection (4)

《System Message》

Yes, you can.

My eyes narrowed at the answer that came back immediately.

“I thought there were restrictions on updates.”

Was it just my guess?

《System Message》

If you connect Bihar and the server, you can use the divinity invested in program development. If you tell us what you want, we will fix it as much as possible.

I can’t afford to update right now, but it’s possible when the servers are merged.

I don’t know what exactly it means to invest strength, but it’s not an important issue.

It’s enough to hear a positive response to the update.

‘It’s possible, but there’s no need to postpone it.’

I took out the complaints I had accumulated throughout the game.

“Let’s change the way we absorb mana.”

This absolutely needs to be torn apart.

《System Message》

Impossible. Humans on Earth do not have the power to transcend the limits of their birth. In order to train troops, the process of absorbing and purifying mana is essential.

However, the system rejected my suggestion as soon as it heard it.

If this is so important, would you tell me from the beginning? But do you reject it without even stocking up?

‘You’re showing off that you haven’t played the game.’

Oops, the emotions rose up, but once I endured it.

Until now, you’ve been nothing more than a man who recklessly pushed me to the limb for no reason, but from now on, we must cooperate until this war is over.

If you don’t like your teammates, you shouldn’t just get angry and shoot at them.

“I mean, even if you absorb mana, you should express it differently.”

So I started to explain as rationally as possible.

“The current method is eating away at the will to play.”

There is a sense of relative deprivation when you use jokjok to earn magical power.

I worked so hard that I became strong to 6,000, but does it make sense to weaken to 2,000 again after using the store?

Who would like a game where you grow up and then weaken again?

Even if there is no physical change, there is a psychological antipathy felt through numbers.

Now that we have confirmed the main scenario, this war needs more players.

“For those players to immerse themselves in the game, they have to change this structure, which is nothing short of a distraction. Do you understand?”

The system was silent while the problem was solved step by step.

“That’s why I’m trying to express it in a form other than the number of magic power. For example, points or something like that.”

Wouldn’t it be better to change it to a system where mana can be bought with those points?

I thought this was a reasonable solution.

《System Message》

If you’re talking about how to accumulate points and run a store with mana, that’s also impossible.

Unfortunately, the system thought differently.

《System Message》

It is too inefficient to use unpurified magic to gain knowledge that goes against cause and effect. The price set in the store will go up at least ten times.

I focused on the description of the system because it seemed to be more important than I thought.

《System Message》

In order to maintain the current price, the server should be responsible for absorbing and purifying magic power, and then it should be structured so that players can use it.

What are you talking about?

《System Message》

If the intervention rate is that high, it is highly likely that the rate of causation will give up on the sidelines and intervene.

causality rate? what else is that

I asked, ruffling my hair.

“Is the causal rate the causal rate I know?”

That the cause should precede the effect?

《System Message》

Basically, there is a natural flow between cause and effect. The causal law I mentioned serves to protect that flow, eliminating non-causal flows that are not natural.

《System Message》

The law of causation is a very old rule, the origin of which even I do not know. Of course, it is not that there is no way to avoid the surveillance and regulation of causality.

It was the first time I had ever heard of it.

《System Message》

If you consume divinity, you can get out of the flow of cause and effect. The game I made is a prime example.

The gist of what the system said was simple.

Originally, absorbing the power of another life is not allowed within the natural flow.

However, players can enjoy doing what they are not allowed to do within the unnatural game created by the system.

And the game was made at the cost of the system’s sanctity.

Originally, it was the reason why the game that should have disappeared due to the intervention of the law of causality is maintained.

In other words, the causal rate received in exchange for the divinity of the system is closing its eyes.

There was a memory that came to mind when I cleaned up there.

When Ahel explained magic.

‘They said they would pay the price for violating nature with magic.’

Is it similar to that?

《System Message》

I am not allowed to meddle in the affairs of the original dimension. The reason why it took the form of a game is because it is a method that is familiar to mankind and has a high degree of autonomy.

《System Message》

Thanks to this, I was able to minimize my interference by leaving most of the choices to individual players.

If the individual is responsible for purification and absorption, the server’s role is reduced, and the divinity to be paid in return is reduced.

On the contrary, if the server contributes more in the structure of the game, you have to pay more divinity.

What if you update the server in a way that increases its role without sufficient divinity?

‘It means that the law of causality can intervene and destroy the game itself.’

The divinity that was invested at best would fly away.

I don’t know what divinity means exactly.

It’s just that it’s the power of those who are called divine beings.

I wanted to ask, but I quickly shook my head.

‘At this level, this is enough.’

I understand that there are no more divinities the system can use other than the divinities currently tied to the game.

There is no need to waste time digging deeper as there is a time limit on this conversation.

《System Message》

Even if you mobilize all the divinities that can be operated, it is not enough to change the magic absorption structure.

If you use more divinity here, the hole blocked by the system will be opened.

It means monsters come to Earth.

The system is now walking a tightrope with the law of causation.

The moment you sprain even one foot, everything you invested in the game will be wasted.

‘It’s a causal rate… … .’

The rules of the world that I have never recognized in my life.

Planting that unfamiliar concept in a corner of my head, I folded my arms and organized my thoughts.

What I asked could threaten the game itself.

Why take such a risk to update?

‘does not exist.’

I don’t know if there is any guarantee that the gun will work.

When a monster’s innate magic power rises to 80, it is impossible to even pierce its skin with a simple knife.

‘Something like a bomb with strong destructive power might work, but… … .’

In modern society, when a war involving chemical weapons breaks out, it is impossible to guarantee what will happen after that.

Even if you shoot a nuclear weapon, you will be exposed to radiation.

‘Did I say that if each country fired all its nuclear weapons, the majority of humanity would evaporate?’

I don’t know if it’s an article or a web community article.

But I’m sure I’ve read something like that somewhere.

If a nuclear bomb is used because the target is a monster, the earth will turn into a hell where people cannot survive.

On the other hand, players who use the power of magic are far from such a problem.

Physical damage is unavoidable, but at least the worry of exposure to radiation should be lessened.

‘That means I have no choice but to embrace this uncomfortable structure in order to train players.’

If so, I have no choice but to give up right now.

I decided not to dwell on the update related to the magical structure.

I just left them together next to the questions that were piled up one by one.

Even if it’s hard right now, later, when you find a replacement for the divinity you have to pay for, then.

‘Until then, even if it is uncomfortable, I will endure it.’

Besides that, there are plenty of things to fix anyway.

“Then what about the lockers?”

The storage box I’m using now has five compartments, and each compartment has a weight limit of 10kg.

The problem is that you can only put ‘one’ item in that slot.

Once one dagger is loaded, another cannot be inserted, even if there is still available weight.

To put the longsword and dagger together, it is possible to put them in a sack or bag and tie them into one.

How uncomfortable was this?

“Even if the total amount is reduced, it can be grouped into one column and stored with a focus on weight!”

Of course, it didn’t end there.

“Are you telling me to gamble every time I buy technology? Be sure to specify matching attributes! Display the magic rating together so that the player can recognize it without further explanation!”

The more you think about it, the more it comes out.

“Why is the item description like that? Will you leave a lasting impression? Do you think this is a literary work? I don’t need an open ending, so if you’re going to give me information, give it properly!”

Aside from the 3 months it took for Earth’s main server to become active, the time I actually played this game wasn’t that long.

Even so, there were so many uncomfortable things that the words came out without stopping.

“And the main scenario video.”

By the time I brought this up, I couldn’t stand my frustration.

“If you make it that way, the players will surely come to this world!”

heroism? Okay, everyone dreams of a chance to be a hero at least once.

Are superhero movies going to sell well for nothing?

But this game is not a movie.

‘You don’t risk your life while watching a movie, right?’

How many people would risk their lives for the peace of others?

You shouldn’t think that there are many people who can keep the spirit or agreement shown in novels or movies.

Even if you shout with your mouth and head that you have to help the weak, it is different when your life is in danger.

‘Everyone says that you should help others only when you can afford it.’

Conversely, what if you can’t afford it? What if I had to risk my life, the life of someone dear to me, to help others?

It’s not easy to take risks for yourself and serve others.

If it had been easy, human history would not have been so bloody.

Human nature is neither sublime nor beautiful.

Isn’t it natural to be born cut off from the outside and from others?

In the moment of danger, you can feel ‘me’, but it is impossible to feel ‘you’.

Therefore, it is inevitable that the person who feels vividly is more important than the other person who does not feel anything.

The reason why sacrifice is revered in the first place is because it is a difficult thing that goes against human nature.

“I don’t know how much you expect from humans, but if you shout to risk your life to save people you’ve never seen before, even those who come will run away!”

Perhaps, it might have worked for modern people who are stained with peace.

‘Because I’ll only vaguely guess what death is like.’

Being ignorant can be brave.

On the other hand, what about the people who went through the tutorials, faced the monsters, and saw the community’s numbers dwindle?

They saw death closer than the average modern man.

I even went through the risk of dying myself.

‘It takes the form of a game, but we must not forget that it is reality.’

The threat to life that could lead to death is real.

But to fight monsters for people who have never seen their faces.

There will be not a handful of people who respond to the will of the system with a noble mindset.

But what if intangible goodwill was replaced by earthly rewards?

What if the reason why players participate in this game is their individual ‘desire’?

‘come.’

Many, if not all, will respond more than good will.

Sometimes desire is strong enough to make you forget your instincts.

‘This is a more attractive condition for modern people who are accustomed to capitalism.’

The less people have, the more blatantly they will react.

It could be an opportunity to overturn your reality.

“This is a risk and nothing. It must be fixed.”

I shot in a low, subdued voice.

《System Message》

I understand your concerns. Regarding this issue, we will actively reflect player Kang Hyeon-woo’s opinion in consideration of the characteristics of mankind.

“Whoa.”

I let out a long breath as if I was trying to empty my insides, and brushed my hair.

Fortunately, unlike the mana absorption structure, all of these can be modified.

“and.”

Of course, it’s not over yet. There is one left.

“Please, beep, please.”

I clenched my hands tightly to keep from raising my voice.

“Let’s modify it so that it can be turned to mute.”

this is really desperate I have mixed feelings, but I must update the notification sound function.

I’m going to write a new guide when I go back to Earth, but even then I can’t be bothered by the beep that rings every second.

That’s why I brought up the story with a really desperate heart.

《System Message》

I thought it was just a habitual complaint, but were you really uncomfortable?

This damn system scratched my temper.