Chapter 1: Continental Unification Gallery
6QgBSometimes, when one lives their life normally, completely unexpected situations occur.PbCK6C
qwmmIn most cases, this type of situation is overcome by improvising or relying on experience.FVLvXM0
jChQBut what happens if something occurs that far exceeds those kinds of scenarios?B5eV
O73CLWCWhat are you supposed to do then?zE3v9
P7vbWell, what else. Look for a way out no matter the means or the methods.aLL
i60Q“Fuck. What the hell is this?”T2ik
DkUgRToFaced with the scene in front of me, the curses came out on their own. And it was no wonder, considering the situation I was in.61aBb
yk0qIn front, forest.Y7d
Zqq4w3YBehind, forest.ibxpf7
rZWuP7To the right and to the left, forest.1uq3
j6qKEverything around me was forest.ObsIfK
c5zThere were even trees so enormous that they completely blocked out the sun, rising imposingly.LTQ6
hsR4Where the hell was this place and why was I here?XCF
HWPtXI couldn’t understand the situation.LbKOlWy
k5M1[Welcome to the Continental Unification Gallery.]d9Yca
oDFdF“Ah, shit. What a scare.”pmWl6P
TPrdbJust when my mind was completely dazed, a strange message appeared floating in front of my eyes.3oLie5b
8XuW3It remained suspended in the air, like a hologram.KKG
DfFsRqThe shock lasted only an instant, because the message soon changed shape.t3iLHao
5FGx[Day 114 praying for full recovery.]xYvxQad
VQRYvxg[1]VyeUxN
El4M[ImgoingcrazyImgoingcrazyImgoingcrazyImgoingcrazy]hCj
UeyERm[12]eBT2M
hBf[Never ever click on the post below!]SRkj
9Rk64[52]M5q17d
bFs[Today it’s this one!]ye2
gdS6W[105]0Pnyb
TkT[Is this… the continental gallery… for real…?]WNQ
O9zvTov[8]YOE
edsFEqk[I started dating my childhood friend! Ask me anything!!]IBfk
f4Gf[10]O0AN02
tyqTXmm[Is there no one this young lady can have a deep conversation with? It’s a serious matter.]abl1Wei
wtYB[2]bnBbvb2
IFmahIt was the most horrendous kind of chaos that existed in the world.V1M0u
prZDid I drink too much yesterday? I had just woken up and I was already seeing hallucinations.Jo7MvsX
l7lBut no matter how many times I rubbed my eyes, the floating window was still there.myzs
2iWIt was enough to drive someone insane.e6ux
9qXh“I’m… dreaming, right…?”Ogb9
tgmvB9TI had no idea what the hell was going on.3Rcw32
YylZI moved my finger almost as if I were bewitched.srL2VN
hjEtmmhCan this even be opened?OwS
fwIgSTZIt looked very much like the galleries I used to see on the internet.27l
eOzuRTAmong all those chaotic posts, I selected the one with the highest number of comments.axU
qABD[The post does not exist or has been deleted.]omu
kdfqeOy“……?”lXCf7N
IkjInstead of answers, it only left me with an even greater doubt.D18T
Ois2If this was going to happen, I should have clicked earlier.7s1
sxusZEven so, thanks to that I understood the situation I was in.MMKLq9
sUBI3I crossed my arms and began to browse the gallery.wA2
i5hgUHI wasn’t someone who frequented galleries, but at least a couple of times I had entered to look for information.sJ4OB4
MGwEven though it appeared as a hologram, the way to use it was surprisingly simple.YJVdW12
pUgA hand gesture or even just a glance was enough for it to react the way I wanted.avnrIF
KXnTitle) Day 114 praying for full recoveryYSz
giszStellar daughterNLOVb
ciWDay 114 praying for full recoveryJRf
4AiaDAㄴStay strong.bTUFER
XIaBy selecting the post with the fewest comments, I only found a short text and an equally brief reply.Df9xQA
Ik3This wasn’t enough to draw conclusions.K4rfR
GXOmnBut first of all, I needed to confirm whether the place I was in was safe.7gs
Nzx‘I don’t know what this is, but I’d better be careful.’HxT
9cRKExJIn a forest like this, you never know what might suddenly jump out.OpBiA
uujUdM4If a bear appeared, I would be in serious trouble.Qrk
uphU3x1Fortunately, it was a place where the light filtered through irregularly, so at least I could see ahead. I moved both legs and began to walk forward.GTeh
zPCqn“Hmm?”D1Knkhk
rNBFfThat was when I found a plant that caught my attention.UIfm5
JGtliuTDense trees surrounded it as if protecting it, but they couldn’t hide its glow.LbSe9Y
vL9WBesides, I needed a place to hide.M6xy0
9cEI moved cautiously and settled in among the trees.wHgvt
g8O6B‘It has a curious shape.’JhrQ
Ad8zXVBAt first glance it looked like a completely normal plant, but the petals were shaped like a crescent moon.gN2E
cqsAnd that wasn’t all it shone like the moon in the night sky, even without receiving direct light.7q3iI
PJiZJQIt was a truly beautiful flower.yHB9
ST53g7‘Usually, what’s beautiful tends to be poisonous.’kf9YP2
QdUSo I didn’t touch it.ZZ4xQN
xfhZIn a forest, this kind of thing is usually on the do-not-touch list.F6P
aBOIf you don’t know it, don’t eat it.9ROVJ
qYAJqYAnd with mushrooms, even less so.skbI
Pk9Before eating something like that, it’s better to catch insects or bugs.jmTcG
dhSI hoped not to reach such an extreme situation, but given the current circumstances, it was something I had to consider.js0J2
Ave‘Are there rules?’nsZZ
rLVfUI raised my head and entered the gallery again.qFd
LNfJust thinking about it was enough for it to appear.qNgM
vLyWhen I looked at the top post, I clearly saw the announcements section.nxl2c
FTyk6Q1Title) Notice9yC
WKtAmrDon’t throw away the hero (admin)PkMuZY
rEn7Tz1. Posts that generate discomfort or hatred are prohibited!0SyHdHF
9oQviT02. Obscene photos and videos are prohibited!e1vxZxA
3Pm3. Posts that encourage tensions between countries are prohibited!FTom
unsNt4. Excessive camaraderie and rejecting new users are prohibited!gstRbLk
fvqZLT5. Whoever breaks the rules will be banned!PmXo
OnfCIC6. Let’s protect the peace of the gallery!mHJC2
2WNTa7. The hero is not dangerous! Do not throw him away! (The most important!)Zcy1b
xDPj6ㄴEverything’s fine except the last one, what the hell is that? hahahay9OA
ao7k9TㄴWhat is the hero doing right now? Sleeping?Eyscx
Zl940ㄴThey say a lot that since the world is at peace he’s no longer usefulZnqdS
8H8ㄴAccording to rumors, the Empire sent an extermination squad hahaha2vXr9
gkgagsㄴFuck, what a pity hahahahaFqeT49
7CpoThat orange color was something like the administrator, or so I had heard.8hVe
zgXThe notice was quite simple as long as you didn’t cross the line, there didn’t seem to be any reason to ban you.9md
19DKe7kThe gallery system was also extremely simple and convenient.kkh3a2L
agslWNIt allowed taking and posting photos and videos, and even conducting exchanges between users.tLoNz45
CGlHPhThat said, direct transactions between users not auctions were only allowed for fixed nicknames. They said it was to prevent illegal transactions.mkjYYsb
1MITAdditionally, since there was a risk of generating excessive camaraderie, when a transaction was activated, the maximum conversation time between users was three minutes.YJVh
3RH6yg‘Exchanges between users?’LQAAR
Ekau9YoOf everything I had read, that was the best.hG84l
udUsSiKRight now, I didn’t even know where I was.5LNvkN0
gZZqtsaTo hell with money.FFI0exT
lTrPYi6At this moment, what mattered were survival items.uaX6f
7l1wV0dGetting food was already difficult.dylPf
KtH7NuI also needed weapons to protect myself, tools to make fire, and many other things.0owX
S3WXBut in exchanges, most of the time one ends up losing out.NeQUW
b5Qi0And the more desperate you are, the worse it is.6ozpXMs
TsxAfter thinking it over again and again, I decided to create a fixed nickname.dl385
FmqeBefore trading, I needed to find out where the hell I was.IeHdJ
6wrTitle) I opened my eyes and was in a forest. Where is this?lSr
avxKE0WildGrillsaDmQFV
5uQ(Photo of a forest full of dense trees)1gi9IiF
A2ORI drank yesterday and when I woke up I was here;; does anyone know where this is?7EX
jjftdOFirst, I posted in the gallery.0eYT
BHeAt least I already knew that this world was not the same as before.Ai5
hW3The problem was knowing which part of that world I was in.GD77PRo
BaqI didn’t even have time to think about why I had arrived here.UDFg9r
v5YFirst I had to survive.2yohr
rnVqYI would think calmly later.AczM
3WQrXBecause if I died, it would be useless.r29guv
QUfㄴAnd who is this now?Ybmxk
pYsf1ㄴHe only posts a photo of his legs and wants us to guess who he is hahahauSw7dEK
k6eㄴShould I upload my legs too? Let’s see if you guessq2E
2lLㄴGet lostqFCzm
zndㄴIt’s a womanCdDsel
YmkㄴActually it’s a man hahaTU8H2
fTF4CA1ㄴSon of a bitchv7vV6kq
lI6Hmm.BCD
uLk0Just fucking useless comments.2KLbo
cZZDamn bastards.Q7UIpv
GnQ3But thanks to that I realized something.KX527
g81I had done something stupid.8bGU4w6
U7i6p0It was obvious that by uploading just any photo of the forest, it would be impossible to identify which forest it was.NF5vp
4vslAS1The fact that they even bothered to comment was already a sign that they weren’t such sons of bitches.OWMU
2PZEnX6So I uploaded another post.kdJC
OzHHO0CTitle) What is the most famous forest on the continent?VKR
9VCoWildGrillsVknzPv
4q7YㄴLetsPlantTrees) Obviously AlvheimyOnp
iGweLㄴGet lost, damn elvesy7ynJcW
ngbbㄴLetsPlantTrees) Elves? We’re just telling the truthVA9pcF
pbTRk7ㄴThose bastard elves who devastate their own forest and then invade foreign territory2gOc
tPLWAiㄴLetsPlantTrees) Mother Nature said it! All forests are Alvheim!W4M
HPZㄴPassingDwarf) Because of those guys there’s not even any firewood left, damn it1UmcAy
Ld7K3qㄴElves always sticking their noses everywhere, nothing but a nuisanceAjztBf
qXkWaㄴWasn’t it that a hundred years ago they invaded the underground to make the roots of the World Tree grow? Haha8KlXai5
oPuQXbㄴLately those bastards are worse than the demon race hahahaIPUEUK
NCakk“……”L7YS
aXADoDamn them.8uF6gNw
ana1Comment something normal, will you?glUYtGM
cuhrFVsI thought that the so-called LetsPlantTrees, who also had a fixed nickname, would be useful, but not at all.SvnS
Rxg2wyAccording to him, all forests are Alvheim.dImWg
V5pjAgEAnd Alvheim is elven territory.lzL
x9eAicTherefore, all forests are elven territory.VdbeV7T
t2XevHe is spreading completely absurd logic.HCh
h4z‘As if it were imperialism.’3ksq8E
5Z6Fx7Weren’t elves supposed to be a race that loved nature?27NXuo
NGTqJueRegardless of whether other races exist, that mentality was shocking.YHb4dKM
5ujE2gOne thing was clear it was not advisable to get involved with that race.w2189oc
wu2cLSo I asked another question.JVA06
8cuYOX3ㄴWildGrills) Isn’t there any forest that the elves hate?wad
NjpㄴPassingDwarf) Yes, there is one. The Forest of the Four Seasons. It’s famous for being a fucking helltB2jf0
nuie54GㄴWildGrills) What kind of place is it?d7a3y
sj5nㄴPassingDwarf) Is your head made of an anvil or what? Did someone hit you with a hammer?dLt
ElNcnIxHey.Zz6xkzq
clDPS6JThis bastard started insulting me out of nowhere.0QoE
7iqIt’s true that I drank a lot yesterday and my head hurts as if someone had hit me with a hammer.IKxteWC
WUtqBut I wasn’t actually hit.ms0
q5dcㄴWildGrills) Yes, I said I opened my eyes and was in a forest;; and with this headache it seems you’re right……V96ISpQ
iwiE29ㄴPassingDwarf) ;;;6Upwy6K
zlchA0pㄴUgh. Trash!AId1Dm
Bl6YIㄴBut the author is pitiful. What the hell did he do?iUJVS
osFXBaㄴWildGrills) I only drank. But I drank quite a lotFS9bKrE
60iWㄴPassingDwarf) Fuck, then it’s your fault;; this idiot can’t even find his own houseUqWKJb
1dS3gㄴAn alcoholic being insulted by a dwarf ㄷㄷOTwgQ1
LNA2Is that so?k7FJbA7
cVylmKBut waking up in another world isn’t something one can avoid.CLkH
7Khfp5EEven so, fortunately, PassingDwarf explained the Forest of the Four Seasons in quite some detail.AUYnLI
lGtYvThe Forest of the Four Seasons is the most dangerous forest on the continent and, just as its name indicates, it contains spring, summer, autumn, and winter.9AW
Ae4tNN1At first I didn’t understand what that meant, but it didn’t take long for me to grasp why it was called that.4qM
PtTe‘Each zone has its own season? What kind of bullshit is this…?’s3zMv
cHucAnd that wasn’t all.Q1O8
NJ8Since it has an enormous concentration of mana, all kinds of dangerous monsters lurk there.Z0dYs
CNFB5DGEven one’s sense of direction is completely lost, so once you enter, you cannot get out.ZulOkKg
7QNUThat is why they usually push criminals into the Forest of the Four Seasons.n5S
C2krmThere is not a single person who has come out alive.3s0yux
DV2ㄴPassingDwarf) That said, it’s full of elixirs and medicinal herbsAiSBXZ
TgJlnTㄴWildGrills) What kind of herbs?m5wC2W
JrjnaㄴPassingDwarf) Well, find out by dying haha. Eat a mushroom and dieR2lAY
10C93vgㄴWildGrills) Son of a bitchNcigC
OqfoGS“Ugh……”MNKCnZ
LI2pA frustrated sigh escaped from me on its own.J2lOs
DbTB1kI prayed that this place was not the Forest of the Four Seasons.S7Yq
f4E7If it really was I don’t know.qEbFMI
YMAThey said there were many medicinal herbs, so I would have to survive thanks to that.8C5X
r5T7zujGoing back home would be something I would think about after getting out of the forest.FzFAOD
gW9HLejStaying trapped here would be useless.pnZh
10KO‘Then……’VP6
5SxdFI glanced sideways between my legs.E1i
lejMore precisely, a little lower.cMH5
z0gThat herb with crescent-moon-shaped petals.Z5Hxkr6
dDOaz6What if this was also a medicinal herb?7bdb6U
s1UESince I knew almost nothing about this world, uploading it to the gallery didn’t seem like a bad idea.eab2x
EYtABefore, the gallery had always been useful for asking questions.XpJ1x6
oFty6TgAnd if it was the Continental Unification Gallery, all the more so.ATiL
yb4ELOTitle) Does anyone know what medicinal herb this is?r0i
ZhKWildGrills0D31
lGCpa(Photo of the crescent-moon-shaped herb)gBpTb
qnxVQvbI don’t know what herb this is, does anyone recognize it?6SfcTzZ
SbrNot even three seconds had passed since I posted when a comment appeared.YhJNG
RJZUㄴHeavenlyDemon) Would you intend to trade with this humble woman? It is an urgent matter.lZGG
RZ2f2A user with the fixed nickname HeavenlyDemon replied immediately.q2Koqfc
tUFIsn’t Heavenly Demon a title that only appears in martial arts novels?x6FX
LNwI immediately checked her posts.Svs
mccAsiIf she was a lunatic, I had no intention of accepting any deal.Davj
fonv[HeavenlyDemon]KdyA
u51gTU[Posts: 2,548]4Ix
gik[Comments: 3,817]mCwrdoQ
6RmZy[Is there no one with whom this humble woman can have a deep conversation? It is a serious matter.] – 10 minutes agoJvU1Hni
QeK[My body is becoming heavier and heavier.] – 30 minutes agoKzMtqJ
odm[The sky is sky and the earth is earth. To have failed to understand such a simple principle…] – 1 hour agoi4YrQ
n4TWEverything was full of meaningless posts.ZeH03k
0bKAnd on top of that, they barely had any comments.cEN9r
Tdrffk‘What is this? A person with main character syndrome?’pr1NdE
lLwKs0cShe speaks as if she were a solemn figure, yet she is wasting time in a gallery.1YR0v
LYknipIt didn’t add up.0OfCXMx
OKUuuwEven so, I decided to listen first.e579w3
xyZEzI checked the comments on the post.C7L
AofㄴDamn, isn’t that the New Moon Spiritual Herb? Why is one of those there?0iRlDEW
nwZㄴGiveItToMeGiveItToMeGiveItToMeGiveItToMeGiveItToMeILVK5xm
PqkㄴHow much money do you need? Say it without fearqXNY0
ExmYIg4ㄴSwordMaster) Is that something good?93ml
sGCN691ㄴStellarDaughter) For me it’s a useless herb…… I need solar energy……nEzn
IJ4GsyTㄴPassingDwarf) Hey, don’t you need a sword personally forged by a dwarf?ZRAinm
LEIIn“…….”djw
pPMls1NWow. What the hell is going on here?mxq3AV
7IYYAfter briefly checking HeavenlyDemon’s posts, the post filled with an absurd number of comments.7571
FngpEven PassingDwarf, who had been so rude before, became polite.ebXwt1
F8uIApparently, the herb was truly valuable.5KKyLnC
UR6Fc1mㄴHeavenlyDemon) Back off! This humble woman reserved it first! How greedy you are!QnqFf9B
MH1ㄴYes, yes. Whatever~3PILw5c
lxNㄴReserve it? Hahaha. The one the author likes gets itBJe
J92nㄴOld man, go over there~kDxy9U
Tz1HeavenlyDemon, who had commented first, was buried among the messages.LW6
KLVZWNo matter how much she tried to make herself noticed, there was no turning back.urYC5qo
VucPmeGSince exchanges between users were allowed, astronomical figures sometimes appeared.FI35
6idI didn’t know how much this world’s currency was worth, but one thing was certain.PSoHPbx
kNEhiH‘I must choose the one who looks the most desperate.’XRXAF
mfD4jAmong them, there was one who insisted without giving up as expected,iMmDT
WHBB450HeavenlyDemon.fRsY
Hk6She was commenting at an impressive speed.UBmF
DGtISeeing her, I felt pity.DtUjcib
QK1Hfb‘From her posts… could she really be someone who is seriously ill?’2aCK
KIsdoStellarDaughter also seemed ill, but she made it clear that the herb was of no use to her.0cZ8YoS
DiLAfter thinking it over again and again, I decided to choose HeavenlyDemon.NSfRnuw
56JHUI had already received countless exchange requests, but I ignored them all and selected her.Z9YXeOg
b99KOtHaving something that you reserved first snatched away from you is a dirty and desperate feeling.zGw94
vrYLlThat I knew very well.dqn3y
WxAEB0J[Do you wish to request an exchange with the user HeavenlyDemon?]5pd5
oUWSPz[All conversation content will be visible to the administrator and, depending on the severity, may result in a permanent ban.]MBhi
NxhApparently, the administrator’s power was greater than I had thought.AHn6
pfpCLLeOr perhaps they simply monitored illegal transactions and excessive camaraderie very closely.3kEak4
ZOHZ5wRight now, I wasn’t doing any of those things, so I sent the request without hesitation.z1EUwl
TP6kWhat I needed were items to survive.5gLb6G
ovxVr‘What will she give me in return?’qTf
z5vFull of anticipation, I waited.UeRN7t
JaXX6[HeavenlyDemon has accepted the exchange request.]7Nja
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