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"Ugh, ugh... uh..." Strange sounds flowed out of my mouth.
My vision was red. Whether it was blood flowing from my forehead or blood streaming out of my eyes, I couldn't tell. But it didn't matter. If I had made it to the Ark, it was enough.
—Participant number 041666, Sun-Woo, Ark entry. 1:09:12.67.
—Participant number 041666, Sun-Woo, ‘2 [Unreleased Condition]’ met.
As I finally entered Ark, a harsh mechanical sound accompanied the halo that enveloped me. Immediately afterward, my red vision gradually turned white, and drowsiness washed over me.
The pains that had plagued me all over my body began to fade away little by little.
"Heh, heh..." I found myself unintentionally laughing.
It wasn't just because I had passed the first checkpoint. It was because Ha-Yeon was wrong when she said that the easy path was a trap. It was indeed a trap, but I had managed to avoid elimination. Not only that, but I even fulfilled the undisclosed second condition and passed the first checkpoint.
I was not wrong. Ha-Yeon was wrong, and ultimately, my judgment not to trust Ha-Yeon was correct. I was so delighted about the fact that I found myself laughing without even realizing it. The halo wrapped around me, and I was met with a flash of brilliant light, but my smile stayed on my face till I lost consciousness.
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"That was Sun-Woo who just passed by, right? Wow... he’s a fierce one, isn’t he?" Su-Ryeon said while rubbing her arms as if feeling a chill.
She thought of Sun-Woo, who had blood splattered all over his body and bloody tears streaming down his face as he split the waterfall. He seemed like another person compared to the laughing fool who took care of In-Ah and...



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