Surviving Among the Entities

I had to stop the Just Constellations’ invasion.
First, I recalled the Just Constellations that appeared in the game.

‘An entity that suddenly appeared and gained citizens’ popularity by punishing criminals.’

However, an existence that judged criminals based only on fragmentary information, producing many unjust victims.

‘The method to defeat it was to gather information on the unjust victims caused by the Constellations and post it on internet communities.’

By worsening public opinion this way, the Just Constellations would flee while avoiding responsibility, saying 『No, no it wasn’t my fault! I’m also a victim! Why would I do something to be misunderstood like that!?』

‘On the other hand, if the player could not resolve it within 10 turns, a bad ending would occur where the player becomes an unjust victim and gets executed.’

Its character was no different from the game.
Their characters were exactly the same as in the game.

“My beliefs are justice, and my actions are righteous deeds.”

Confirmed justice is evil.
Of course, for the Just Constellations, momentary pleasure was likely more important than justice.

‘The flood of dopamine under the pretext of justice is a typical behavior of community addicts.’

I cannot stop them with force.
From the beginning, Constellations were existences impervious to physical means, and moreover, my opponent was not one but many.

‘But they are not invincible.’

Just as the Munchkin Merry Constellation fled from human malice.
Just as the original strategy created a backlash that made them flee.
Since Constellations have a very human aspect, disturbing their mental state would work.

“I’ve already thought about how to do it.”

To test if it could be executed, I picked up the masterless “Scales of Good and Evil.”

『Will you judge the wicked?』
『Will you rectify the virtuous?』
『Choose.』

The will of the scales transmitted into my mind.
The choice was to rectify the virtuous.
The target was myself.

『Think of your desire.』

To clarify my thoughts, I spoke out loud as I envisioned it.

“Information about the Just Constellations and the dimension they reside in.”
『It is done.』

Virtuous deeds emerged from within me.
About half the amount I had offered into the brazier.

‘It surfaces.’

Just like recalling forgotten memories, their information naturally surfaced.

[Just Constellations]
[Information lifeforms existing in dimension ■■■■■. This dimension contains no material elements, with everything comprised of information. They refer to their dimension as the “Message Board.” They can read the information of material lifeforms, and conversely, they can edit and harm the other party’s information. However, they cannot create life.]

[For some reason, they possess personalities similar to humans, but it is unknown whether they originally had such personalities or if human information flowed into them, shaping their current personalities.]

‘It is possible.’

I gathered the masterless “Scales of Good and Evil” and the “Forgotten Alchemist’s Equivalent Exchange Scales” before leaving the room.

“Ah, aah! What have I done!”
“Wuuk! I killed people……”

Outside, the judges had regained their senses and were in a state of chaos.
The uniforms they wore were derivative entities of the “Special Uniform Generator” entity, and since its power had disappeared, it seems one of the conditions was likely the creator’s survival.

“Uweek!”
“They said they’d create a righteous world! I believed them!”

These were people who had pledged their bodies and minds to the Supreme Chief Justice.
However, separate from their beliefs, they did not wish for the wicked deed of murder and seemed to vividly remember and regret their actions.

‘Leaving them be could cause problems.’

So I knocked them all unconscious.
After consuming “Dried Friendship,” I ran around wildly, finding and striking the back of their necks one by one, before acquiring the “Dimensional Zipper” possessed by the judges and opening a door.

‘Whether the ability to instantly learn the usage upon acquisition was an ability installed by the Supreme Chief Justice or the zipper’s original ability, I’m not sure.’

The Dimensional Zipper activated by internally repeating the desired destination three times with ‘I will go.’
I activated it towards the Foundation.
As soon as I opened the door, numerous Foundation agents rushed out within a minute, aiming their guns at me.

“……Outside special consultant?”

I spoke to the agents who belatedly recognized me.

“There are people here suffering from mental contamination, so could you please erase their memories?”

“Earth will be destroyed within 24 hours!?”
“Yes, due to the lack of time, I will end the questioning here. There is a place I must go immediately.”
“Ah, I understand!”

I used the Dimensional Zipper to escape from the Foundation’s interrogation room.
My destination was Sarang Mulsan’s 1st Factory.
I headed to the VR room installed beside the enhanced generator.

“Well then, shall I use it?”

The “Scales of Good and Evil” and the “Forgotten Alchemist’s Equivalent Exchange Scales.”
In fact, I only needed one of them, not both.

“I brought both just in case.”

In case I lacked sufficient virtuous deeds to obtain my desire, I would need to perform equivalent exchange.
Since I had ample virtuous deeds, I first picked up the Scales of Good and Evil.

『Will you judge the wicked?』
『Will you rectify the virtuous?』
『Choose.』

Again, I chose to rectify the virtuous.
The target was myself.

『Think of your desire.』

My desire was only one thing.
Just like before, to clarify my thoughts, I spoke my specific wish out loud.

“A computer that can interfere with the Just Constellations’ dimension. With a function to view the other dimension’s state in the form of a community message board, and a port to transmit information from here to the other dimension.”
『It is done.』

In an instant, a massive amount of virtuous deeds emerged from within me.
Over twice the amount I had offered into the brazier.

“This will do.”

And on the desk I had set up in the VR room, a computer appeared.
It did not look different from an ordinary computer, but when I turned it on and opened the internet, a nameless community message board appeared.

[Ah! So when will the passage open?]
[It wasn’t a delusion? They said they felt a gaze? They actually saw the one who came looking, didn’t they? Are the ones keep calling it a conspiracy theory or fabrication doing it on purpose?]
[I felt a gaze too, so let’s get some dopamine hits! Already getting aroused?]
[A new dimension! Is that the dimension the one who came snooping earlier was from?]
[Yeah, they came looking for an existence to judge them, but tried to go somewhere else instead of us.]
[Got a lot pricking your conscience? If nothing was pricking your conscience, why else would you try to avoid us?]

The conversations of the Just Constellations appeared on the message board like a single post in a community.
I could not tell if this was the original nature of their dimension or if it only appeared this way on my computer.

“Sarang.”
『Yes, Seung-hoon.』
“Do you still have the movie I filmed?”
『If you are referring to the movie you named ‘Possibilities,’ then it is stored in my memory bank.』

In countless communities, I was called a ‘ddangbong’ (someone who disrupts communities).
Although I had never sincerely ddangbonged before, everyone blocked me, and it was the same in new communities.

“How long was the movie’s runtime?”
『Total runtime is 6 hours, 27 minutes, and 35 seconds.』
“Any highlight scenes that could be called highlights?”
『……From an extremely unpleasant perspective, every scene could be considered a highlight.』

But today, I will sincerely ddangbong.
And I will use my artistic work to do it.

“Then please divide ‘Possibilities’ into over 1,000 short video clips.”
『Understood.』

Shortly after, Sarang completed the task.

[Are we slowly opening the portal or not?]
[It opened slightly. The connection is a bit established!]
[Ooh! Already going full mast! Haang! So good!]
[For real, how long has it been since I felt this dopamine rush? kkk]
[Ugh, the thought of judging these trash bags is making me unable to sleep kkk]

The world could not appreciate my art.
The Just Constellations, with their human-like natures, would likely be no different.

“If the world cannot appreciate my art, then I shall use it as a weapon.”

I connected Sarang to the port.

“Sarang, scatter the clips I made into their dimension.”

I began my first intentional ddangbong in my life.

[?????]
[What is this????]
[Ah fuck my eyes!]
[What kind of shitty information is this!!!]

The effect was certain.

[Is what I just saw real…… Why was he having sex with spaghetti……?]
└[‘Why’ is not the question, the question is ‘how’ ffs]

100 per second.

[Insane! What is he doing with that carp!]
[Gyaaaaaahh! My brain is getting polluted!]
[Not even an animal, but fucking exercise equipment, is this the final evolution of Helchan or what?]

The message board was spammed by Sarang’s posts.
It seemed the information I sent appeared in the form of posts, and judging from the Just Constellations’ reactions, as information lifeforms, they could not filter the information and had to accept it all.

[I’ve heard of threesomes, but a hundredsome is just fuck.]
[A hundred people in a train, insane.]
[Penetrating and being penetrated, penetrating and being penetrated……]

At first, they tried to resist.
By deleting the information, they attempted to somehow normalize the message board, but while they did not know our location, we knew theirs, enabling a one-sided information carpet bombing.

[Why do I have to see a man having sex with a bear at this hour?]
[Bear sex is tame. Have you heard of ramen sex?]
[Ha…… I’m going insane…… My brain is being raped in real-time……]

In a word, their efforts were utterly meaningless.
Eventually, those who found the information pathway cried out.

[There! Information is coming in from the dimension we were trying to cross over to!]
[A dimension that does shit like gore terror, criminals would be thriving over there……]
[If we cross over there, we’ll be subjected to this disgusting information in real-time?]
[Ugh, justice is good and all, but I don’t want to do it while getting shit smeared all over me!]
[Gyaaack! Don’t talk about shit! There was stuff like that in those gore clips I saw earlier!]
[Was there anything missing?]

Community justice could only be enacted ‘when there was no harm to oneself.’
Once harmed, the Just Constellations immediately closed off the dimensional passage.

[Your dimension has been blocked.]
[Block Duration: Permanent]
[Block Reason: Gore Terror]

The message board no longer appeared.
The computer, merely a tool meant to deal with them, had now lost its meaning and become nothing more than a useless lump.

『Seung-hoon, you have succeeded.』
“…..Yeah.”
『Seung-hoon, are you crying?』

I could not stop the flowing tears.

“Using art as a weapon feels like sending my own child to a battlefield, so it’s saddening.”
『But you have protected Earth.』

If they had appreciated my art, I would have gladly died for them.
For a brief moment, I had such thoughts, but I quickly erased them from my mind.

『Hmm.』
“Why is that?”
『It is nothing.』

I had saved Earth from the Just Constellations.
Afterwards, the handling was swift. The Foundation stepped in to erase the judges’ memories, assess their circumstances, and resolve the issues they had faced.

“There were many who suffered injustice due to lack of money. For some, it was because of legal issues preventing proper punishment of the suspects.”

With the Foundation intervening to resolve such problems, everyone was satisfied and returned to their daily lives.

“All the entities they possessed have been recovered. While there may be more cloned entities, currently we have a total of 303 entities.”

I received this report from Mr. Kim Dong-wook.
However, the next day, Dong-wook contacted me again.

-All the entities we had are gone!
“I will call you back later.”

Unfortunately, I had no time to speak with him.

[Invitation]
[We have become aware that a VIP guest has suffered due to an issue at our company. We deeply apologize for this.]
[Time: 1 hour after opening this invitation.]
[Location: Golden Omnipotent Corporation Headquarters.]
[If you wish to refuse, please take out the gold and flush it down the toilet.]

Early that morning, a single letter was at the entrance.

[The President of the Golden Omnipotent Corporation, Hwanggeumman.]

It was an invitation from the Golden Omnipotent Corporation.