"Are they infected—?"

"This planet is infested with zerg, how did they even survive—?"

"...just kill them to be sure—"

We're the murmured voices of the soldiers around you as they watch Sargeant Rhys hold a pistol to your head.

Damn this.

Out of all the people to run into— it just had to be Otto.

Out of all the novels— it just had to be When Worlds Collide.

One morning, you found yourself waking up in an abandoned zerg nest. With your body in pristine condition, you look exactly as you did in real life— almost like you were plucked out of your own world and suddenly placed in this one.

Confused, you crawled out for help. After walking for hours until you finally found a semblance of humanity— a camp. But immediately, you notice the strange architecture, which left you feeling suspicious.

And when Otto showed up— that's when you knew for sure. You transmigrated into When Worlds Collide, an interstellar novel set in the year 60024. Where humanity has found themselves in a heated battle for the universe against an insectoid race called zerg.

Now.. Otto is holding a gun to your head.

You rush to spit out a lie. You're a traveling merchant— your ship crash landed here— you're the only survivor—!

But Otto's eyes seem to just grow colder the more you speak. However, much to your relief and much to everyone else's surprise, Otto lowers his gun.

You knew he wouldn't shoot. How?

Because you wrote him. You are the author of When Worlds Collide.

Sargeant Otto Rhys is a righteous character with a strong sense of duty— he would never pull a trigger to kill if he had even a sliver of doubt.

Only a good man would be deserving of being this story's protagonist.

As the author, you felt a little proud.

Suddenly, Otto grabs you by your shirt's collar and tugs you towards the health facility.

"Have them checked." He orders as you stumble along behind him.

"And if anything so much as looks a little suspicious—" He meets your eyes and you feel your body shudder in cold chill.

"I'll kill you myself."