Echoes of the Reverse Planet

Chapter 113: New Story System

─[Reverse Planet Gallery]─

✪ Hackphysical blocking a snipe just now.gif

✪ No-hesitation company raid ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

✪ Cha Seongcheol’s take) It’s a new story system

✪ Upvote if you want to change the content name ㅋㅋ

─[Reverse Time]─

[General] Data warning) No correction ranged ability usage scene ㄷㄷ

[General] Rewatching the Thunder Dragon build video at this point

[General] Questions about TL-01’s effects?

[Info] Speculation post about the new story system

After the ‘Nuclear Tourism’ content ended, followed by even the supplementary content ‘Hack Disciple.’

The ‘Reverse Planet’ related communities were, as expected, occupied by talk about it. It was now a regular event that was tiresome to even mention.

Of course, as before, there was a good reason for this. For instance, things like the new story system and new content.

For communities that had to endure waves crashing in like tsunamis every time, whether there was reason or not would be bitter… but what could be done?

Not only was that the very raison d’être of communities, but the content flowing from ‘Nuclear Tourism’ made even those who hadn’t watched unable to help but watch.

✪ Hackphysical blocking a snipe just now.gif

(A scene where Baek Woohyun suddenly lifts 「Soul Eater」 to block a snipe during combat.gif)

?

-?

-What the hell?? How??

-Even hacks can’t do this ㅅㅂ

-(That’s not human emoticon)

-Looking at it, he didn’t just block it by luck

ㄴㅇㅇ Blatantly lifted his sword to block

-No wait, it just happened to align perfectly

ㄴHack deniers still alive? ㅋ

ㄴThis is truly madness

-Not satisfied with dodging before shots, now he’s even blocking them ㄷㄷ

Even seemingly minor things like blocking snipes were like that.

To block a snipe fired during combat in a situation where he knew nothing.

For community users who often held debates about whether bullet slicing or bullet catching was possible with ability builds, they had no choice but to click.

✪ No-hesitation company raid ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Immediately punishing because a company sent hunting dogs ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

ㅅㅂㅋㅋㅋㅋ This is Hackphysical ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-I’ve been watching since the tutorial, he’s got quite a temper ㅋㅋ

-I thought no way, but he really barged in ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-??? : Huh? That pisses me off?

-When angry, doesn’t hold back

In addition, blatantly raiding a company during a broadcast for the sole reason that he was pissed off—this was just speculation from the viewers’ perspective.

[General] Data warning) No correction ranged ability usage scene ㄷㄷ

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(Baek Woohyun flying through the sky using his ability.gif)

(Baek Woohyun slamming armed guards to the ground and pressing them down with telekinesis.gif)

(Baek Woohyun using [Distortion] on awakeners coming out to resist.gif)

(A scene of turning Etinels into scrap metal.gif)

They said Hackphysical was a melee build one-trick

But today when he seriously used ranged abilities, it was just overwhelming?

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─Using abilities to this extent with no correction? ㄷㄷ

─Cha Seongcheol didn’t ask if he could use abilities in reality for nothing

└Honestly I would’ve asked the same

└For real, I would’ve believed it even if he said he could ㅋㅋ

─Am I the only one who thinks the second gif looks like Conqueror’s Haki? ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

└ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Agree

─Security Captain breakthrough attempt 121st try

Or overturning the common sense that without correction it’s hard to properly use even one ability skill and showing an overwhelming appearance.

If they were users interested enough in ‘Reverse Planet’ to even use communities, it was filled with content they would absolutely click on, so what more needed to be said?

✪ Upvote if you want to change the content name ㅋㅋ

Starting with me ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

-This bastard just said upvote

-This bastard just said ” ”

-(This bastard just said upvote emoticon)

-Crazy mindless upvote gang bastards

-You must never use that word!!

-For real want to change it ㅋㅋㅋㅋ

Among them were troll posts created by mixing minor complaints about the content name with the recently trending so-called ‘mindless upvote,’ but anyway.

Like this, besides the posts given as examples, there was much content from the broadcast that became hot topics. It wasn’t for nothing that the communities were said to be occupied.

The coaching ability shown in ‘Hack Disciple.’

The twins’ amazingly rapid growth.

Baek Woohyun’s talent proven through the ‘Thunder Dragon’ build.

His suspiciously strong preference for pushing to extreme situations, etc.

✪ Cha Seongcheol’s take) It’s a new story system

[Info] Speculation post about the new story system

〔iTube〕 Shocking incident! The appearance of a new story system?!

▷The new story system discovered on Mr. Cheater’s broadcast is very amazing

However, these were nothing compared to the typhoon that would blow in afterward—mere fireflies before the sun.

The topic of the ‘new story system,’ also called the Fully Responsive Story System, began extending not only through various communities but beyond.

This means it didn’t just end as a tempest in a teacup, but exerted influence much more widely.

▷The new story system discovered on Mr. Cheater’s broadcast is very amazing

The word very amazing is completely true

Panel Seongcheol Cha named this the Fully Responsive Story System

Meaning it’s at a similar level to the Fully Responsive AI system

=This is really fucking amazing!

=Why you must watch Mr. Cheater’s broadcast

=Developers’ cries of anguish are enjoyable lol

=If you want to know more details about how amazing this is, refer to ‘Chloe Martinez’s’ video 😀

=He has now become a pioneer of a new domain

Beyond Korean communities, through iTube, it was even known in overseas communities!

However, not a single person who heard information about the Fully Responsive Story System thought it was an excessive reaction.

If human relationships changed according to one’s every move and gesture, and future stories were altered, it would truly be no different from reality.

Therefore, it was also quite natural that developers of other games went even crazier than during the Fully Responsive AI and tried to worship Planet Earth as a god.

Developers ceaselessly praised ‘Reverse Planet’ and Planet Earth who developed it through SNS, testifying to their faith.

……Not knowing that the developers of Planet Earth they so fervently called out to were also in emergency mode holding meetings about this situation.

“……”

“”……””

The conference room where Planet Earth headquarters developers had gathered was submerged in heavy silence. It was a sight reminiscent of the previous pet update.

The fortunate point, if any, was that unlike back then when they scrambled to understand the situation only after the server went down, they held the meeting in advance.

This was thanks to them having placed Baek Woohyun, called Hackphysical or alternatively Mr. Cheater, on special management early on and monitoring his broadcasts.

That’s why when the Fully Responsive Story System was discovered during the broadcast, they could gather very quickly to devise countermeasures for the incident.

“Are there any countermeasures we can take?”

“”……””

However, gathering quickly and devising countermeasures were separate matters, so even at the Development Team Leader’s question, none of the other developers could answer.

Of course, it wasn’t that they wanted to be like this. Right after the incident occurred, they had tried to somehow establish countermeasures.

The problem was just that at the end of it, all attempts to somehow intervene in the system were completely thwarted, and they only felt the overwhelming gap with ‘Isaac’ once again.

“So right now.”

“”……””

“A system more amazing than the Fully Responsive AI was updated to our game, but we can actually do nothing about it? Are you serious?”

The Development Team Leader let out a lament mixed with irritation while sweeping up her disheveled hair. It was an appearance where one could feel she was under tremendous stress.

But that was only for a moment. Having calmly controlled the accumulated resentment from being severely chewed out by upper management, she spoke in a much more peaceful tone.

“Alright. Let’s organize the situation first. Raymond? Please tell me you found out something?”

“As we understand it, the tentatively named ‘Fully Responsive Story System’ was implemented over two rounds, and the 1st update timing is the same as the Fully Responsive AI update timing.”

“Fully Responsive AI update timing. That was around June, wasn’t it. I guess it wasn’t in a completed state back then.”

“Correct. The Fully Responsive Story System was completed through the 2nd update, and was applied to the game after that. Timing-wise, it’s shortly before Mr. Cheater deviated from the story.”

“Exactly how long before?”

At the Development Team Leader’s question, Raymond hesitated without answering.

To such a him, the Development Team Leader shot sharply.

“Don’t tell me you didn’t figure out when the 2nd update was?”

“No. We figured it out.”

“Yeah? Then tell me. When was it?”

“…When the server went down for the Pet System update.”

When the server went down for the Pet System update.

That meant ‘Isaac’ updated the Fully Responsive Story System right when the developers here were in emergency mode working.

It also meant he leisurely updated right in front of hundreds of developers with bloodshot eyes searching for hidden data.

‘Ah.’

The Development Team Leader realized why the developers couldn’t offer any countermeasures in silence.

Since ‘Isaac’ nonchalantly screwed over developers who worked overtime like eating meals, almost like Crunch Time, it was inevitable.

Already perceiving ‘Isaac’ as an absolutely unbeatable, overwhelming wall-like existence, having that reconfirmed made this natural.

‘At this rate, continuing to push them will be useless.’

It was a bitter story, but even in the Development Team Leader’s view, between ‘Isaac’ and these people existed a wall of talent that absolutely could not be overcome with effort.

Even if she forcibly demanded they leap over it, unless they suddenly gained mysterious power, it would be impossible.

At best, she could only hear cries like “I’m sorry, but I am not Isaac Davis.”

“Is there anything else you found out?”

“We did discover some additional data, but it’s black-boxed so we couldn’t confirm the contents.”

“Black box? Reverse engineering is… no. You obviously tried. That’s it?”

“No. One important report remains.”

“Important report?”

At Raymond’s words, the Development Team Leader’s eyes gleamed.

Currently, important reports were largely related to ‘Isaac.’

“Tell me right now.”

“After the 2nd update, circumstances confirming that ‘Deus’ separately intervened in ‘Reverse Planet’ were identified.”

“‘Deus’?”

The artificial intelligence ‘Deus’ that ‘Isaac’ created to help with his game development!

At news of ‘Deus’ operating, who for unknown reasons stopped responding simultaneously with ‘Isaac’s’ disappearance and had maintained silence until now, the Development Team Leader’s eyes lit up.

Since ‘Deus’ fundamentally had authority equal to ‘Isaac,’ if they could somehow use it, they wouldn’t have to feel helpless like now.

“Did it wake up?”

“That is, I’m sorry but—we don’t know.”

Raymond, who shook his head, continued.

“We only speculated that ‘Deus’ intervened because access logs at the same grade as ‘Isaac’ separately remained. There’s still no response.”

“It didn’t respond to us but only intervened in the data? And you obviously didn’t figure out what was changed?”

“That’s correct.”

“Damn.”

The Development Team Leader finally spat out a curse.

It was a natural reaction since a report came in that not only ‘Isaac’ but even ‘Deus’ was causing trouble.

Moreover, both were existences they couldn’t do anything about from this side.

“…May I say something for a moment?”

What interrupted the Development Team Leader and Raymond’s conversation was a developer wearing a name tag reading ‘Jordan.’

He pushed up his glasses slightly and said.

“We are speculating that what we thought was ‘Isaac’ might actually be ‘Deus.'”

“So, Jordan. Your team sees ‘Deus’ as having updated the Fully Responsive AI and Fully Responsive Story System?”

“That’s correct. Wouldn’t it make sense if ‘Deus’s’ silence is because all resources are being used for developing those systems?”

“Hmm.”

The Development Team Leader, who had been thinking deeply, nodded.

Because it was a fairly plausible opinion.

No matter how genius ‘Isaac’ was, the system updated this time required too much work.

“Well, that could be. Since all we can confirm right now is the authority grade that intervened.”

“”……””

“But what’s important isn’t whether ‘Isaac’ or ‘Deus’ did it. The problem is that they developed and updated in a place beyond our control.”

The Development Team Leader looked around at the developers with eyes gleaming brightly from behind her glasses.

Soon she declared resolutely.

“From now on, we will do everything in our power to break through the black-boxed data!”