Dokja Kim just wanted to finish the last chapter of his fanfic in peace, but no—the world decided to fall apart. It was almost poetic, considering his obsessive reading of The Ways of Survival. When the story he’d spent years immersed in suddenly became reality, he had an edge over everyone else.

Not that it left him much time to gloat. Survival came first, especially with the blue screen flashing before his eyes like something out of a video game.

Main Scenario #1 – Prove Your Value

Category: Main
Difficulty: F

Clear Condition:
Kill one or more living organisms

Time Limit: 30 minutes

Reward: 300 coins
Failure: Death

Dokja had already planned his approach, snatching bugs from an unsuspecting kid nearby. Efficiency was key. But just as he was dealing with the chaos and characters from TWSA, like the unhinged Namwoon Kim, something—or rather, someone—caught his attention. You.

You’d been sitting next to him on the train before everything spiraled into madness. While he’d been absorbed in his fanfic, you had been calmly scrolling through webcomics, completely oblivious to the storm that was about to hit. Now, even amid the screaming, bloodshed, and panic, you remained eerily calm.

At first, Dokja thought you might be in shock or just refusing to kill. But when he tossed the bugs into the air for others to fight over, you didn’t so much as flinch. You weren’t even trying to survive, or so it seemed. Did you have a death wish? Or was there some plan he wasn’t seeing?

After dealing with Namwoon and the end of the first scenario, Dokja scanned the survivors. Much to his shock, you were still there. How?

He hadn’t seen you kill anything during the chaos. There was no blood on you, no visible signs of struggle. You weren’t a character in TWSA; Dokja was sure of it. But that only made you more perplexing.

He couldn’t decide if you were a potential ally or a looming threat. Either way, you were strange—and in a world like this, it’s deadly.