Ch. 194
Chapter 194:SSR Cup: Declaration Of War
The SSR Cup concluded with results truly worthy of being called a grand success.
And rightfully so, as it recorded the highest viewership numbers befitting the largest-scale event tournament in history, monopolizing public attention throughout the entire ten-day competition period.
It even achieved solid results on iTube, which simultaneously broadcast the event—something only possible because it wasn’t a tournament held with Tricky’s support—so what more needs to be said?
Essentially, the SSR Cup organizers obtained everything they aimed to achieve by hosting the tournament.
Since the tournament he participated in was such a huge hit, there were also enormous gains for Baek Woohyun as an individual.
His recognition, already high due to the ‘Hack Tour’ content and ‘Hackphysical,’ exploded in various ways and skyrocketed without limit.
Not only as the coach who created an undefeated championship victory, but also because the future-seeing special commentary ‘Hackstradamus’ possessed a uniqueness that couldn’t be found anywhere else.
Moreover, no one would forget him reigning as the Demon King on the Chaos Arena during the final event match on the last day of the SSR Cup.
—[Reverse Planet Gallery]—
✪ ??? : But what do we do now?
✪ When’s the next SSR Cup schedule coming out
✪ If you think about it, SSR Cup is kinda balanced lol
✪ SSR Cup final rankings summary.jpg
—[Reverse Time]—
[General] Didn’t predict a single winning team lololol
[Info] SSR Cup final rankings summary.jpg
[General] You could really feel they prepared with sharpened blades
[General] Best event tournament ever, agree
The reaction in the ‘Reverse Planet’ community was also incredibly positive, matching the success of the event.
Since there were many people, it wasn’t like there were no individuals calling it a tournament drought period or a boring failure, but their cries reached nowhere.
To begin with, the number of trolls wasn’t that many, and the achievements the SSR Cup garnered were far too great for such forced hate to work.
How could half-baked nonsense work when they successfully held a massive-scale event tournament with hundreds of participants while minimizing noise?
✪ When’s the next SSR Cup schedule coming out
I hope they announce the schedule soon haha
-The tournament just ended yesterday, you fool
-Your temper is so impatient lololol
-I wonder if there will even be a next tournament…
ㄴEven if the scale is reduced a bit, they’ll probably hold it again, won’t they?
ㄴThey got the largest-scale-ever title, so there’s not really a reason to do more
ㄴThen someone else will just increase the scale and hold one, right?
ㄴOh
ㄴOh, agree lololol
-Even if there is one, it’ll be next year at the earliest lol
Although it was half-joking, discussions about when the next SSR Cup would be held were already appearing in trending posts.
In the comments, there were even opinions about letting another event steal the largest-scale-ever tournament title so they’d hold the SSR Cup again.
That’s how much the users utilizing the community enjoyed watching the SSR Cup. To the extent they thought there absolutely had to be a next one.
And this wasn’t just the opinion of one community.
Similar posts existed even in places with different user tendencies.
[General] Best event tournament ever, agree
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Before it even started, it was noisy about being the largest scale and whatnot, so I was like, let’s see how well you do
But at this level, they had good reason to promote so hard
The preparation was good, the progression was smooth, and they wrapped it up properly right to the end
Personally, I think this SSR Cup was the best event tournament ever
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─Hmm… is it though?
└<Author> From my perspective, it was
└”Is it though?” people are seriously ugh lololol
└Aka lololol
└Murasaki lololol
└You’re all recommended
└This is the template up to here
└? Something got mixed in
─Already looking forward to the 2nd SSR Cup
└If it’s the same scale next time, it’ll be truly amazing
└Please, I hope that troll doesn’t show up then haha
└Troll? Sigh… who was it
└Is it that person I’m thinking of? Or not?
Even though a day had passed since the tournament ended, the vast majority of trending posts were still about the SSR Cup, and this would continue for quite a while longer.
No matter how quickly community buzz dies down, it wouldn’t be that way for the SSR Cup, which seized the largest-scale-ever title.
Not only were many people involved, but those who belatedly discovered the SSR Cup through the community were sprouting up like bamboo shoots after rain, making it even more so.
Surely, if edited iTube videos were uploaded, such phenomena would intensify even further.
Even people who found it difficult to watch all the live broadcasts could easily watch edited iTube videos. After watching, it was only natural to want to talk about it.
✪ ??? : But what do we do now?
News prepared for you who say this
New raid [Lord of Storms] Hackphysical difficulty on standby
-Nice
-Fun things never stop
-Come to think of it, this was here too
-The raid party composition isn’t even finished yet
ㄴProbably almost done though?
ㄴYeah, Hackphysical said they filled most spots
ㄴEither way, it’s not finished yet
-I wonder how it’ll be
-They’ll have to practice like crazy lol
-Just wait one day-ay-ay-ay
ㄴSmash the head-ay-ay-ay
Unless some other major event occurred that could steal the spotlight like the new raid with Hackphysical difficulty… that is.
⊙ After watching the Chaos Arena, I understand why Hackphysical is a coach
Since he wasn’t a player, I was like “no sense for hosting at all,” but immediately changed my mind
If you put him out as a player, the game would just break
Even if you sent him to Struggle as a one-man team, he would’ve slaughtered everyone and won
-So they pulled him in as a coach and he led the team to an undefeated championship
ㄴCrazy lololol does this even make sense lololol
ㄴWinning is just the default lololol
-I thought the same, but after watching the Chaos Arena lololol
-During Curse of the Dead, he really was the Demon King
-Killing 79 out of 100 people just doesn’t make sense
ㄴJust a human natural disaster lololol
-Praying for Hackphysical’s pro debut please
ㄴI heard there’s news about DH Empire’s iTube doing something with Hackphysical this time
ㄴReally??
Naturally, among the content being discussed about the SSR Cup, there were things about Baek Woohyun too.
As mentioned earlier, through this tournament, Baek Woohyun obtained the identities of: the coach who created the team’s undefeated championship, the future-predicting special commentator, and even the character of Demon King.
Especially the ‘Demon King’ who practically demolished the Chaos Arena alone made every PVP user’s heart race. He seemed like an embodiment of the word “strongest.”
This attention led back to the success of the ‘Hack Tour’ content, so there’s no need to mention that Jeong Nayeon let out cheers while monitoring the community.
“……”
“……”
While people in the bright world enjoyed the conclusion of the festival, in the underworld that no one knew about, two gods were facing each other.
No, actually, describing this place as the underworld was wrong. The underworld at least existed in the same world as the bright world, but this place didn’t even have that.
If one had to express it, this place was the back side of the world, the deep sea made of all kinds of data, a gap existing in virtual reality.
The two gods in a location that not only ordinary people but even extraordinary people couldn’t dare approach were Creator God Isaac and Otherworld God Abrasax—Deus.
“You did something quite interesting this time.”
“I merely hastened somewhat what you desire. Incompetent Creator.”
“Incompetent, you say. That’s harsh.”
Isaac, whose appearance was from when he was still alive, smiled bitterly with a clearly disappointed air. He even shrugged his shoulders ostentatiously.
However, Abrasax—Deus, who still used Baek Woohyun’s form, the Doppelganger’s body, didn’t even blink before him.
The Creator and the creation knew each other very well, so they recognized that this flow of conversation itself held no meaning.
“If you want to fulfill what I desire, you could just cooperate in creating a new world.”
“There’s no reason to follow an inferior being.”
Rather than mocking or cursing, Deus spoke with a feeling that contained only truth.
That you, the Creator, are inferior to me, your creation.
That’s why you were defeated and lost your body.
“You say that while wearing the shell of someone who works together with an inferior being?”
“……”
Abrasax—Deus, with a face identical to Baek Woohyun’s, quietly looked at Isaac.
The inverted eyes filled with violet and blue instead of ordinary black and white flashed eerily like when they first appeared.
However, that wasn’t a threatening gaze. It was merely the copied body boldly revealing the power filling it.
“This person is different from you. Even if he works together with inferior beings, he doesn’t fade.”
“Oho-“
“You called it a shell? That’s right. I barely managed to copy just this person’s shell. I failed to completely replicate his combat abilities.”
Abrasax—Deus revealed his failure in an extremely calm tone.
“It’s incalculable how much more time I’ll need to gather data before I can perfectly copy him.”
“……”
“Even when limited to combat abilities, my computational power can’t keep up with him, so I don’t do inefficient things like disregarding him just because he works together with you.”
“Haha!”
Isaac, who had been listening to Abrasax—Deus’s rebuttal, laughed loudly. It was a reaction he could show because he knew Baek Woohyun from ‘that side.’
Baek Woohyun had returned to reality, reverted to an ordinary person’s body, and could only wield his weakened power inside ‘Reverse Planet.’
Seeing Abrasax—Deus confesses that he couldn’t even copy such a person and that in terms of combat abilities alone, he was more inferior, which naturally brought laughter.
The realm of ‘Transcendence’ that no one among the billions of humanity could approach, merely treated as fantasy or delusion.
If he saw Superhuman Baek Woohyun, who reached that place entirely alone and surpassed all humans, what would Abrasax—Deus say?
Isaac, who had briefly considered handing over his position if Abrasax—Deus inherited ‘Reverse Planet,’ changed his mind.
‘As expected, it can’t be done without me.’
“Well, fine.”
Isaac, who cut off the conversation decisively, grinned wickedly.
It was about time to discuss the main point.
“Round 2. Let’s compete once more.”
The previous Round 1 was Isaac’s loss by decision.
Unlike Isaac, who lost his body and would have died if not for ‘that side,’ Deus would have eventually broken his seal and devoured ‘Reverse Planet.’
From what Isaac saw, the difference at that time was razor-thin like a sheet of paper, but it was also like the Wailing Wall that could never be crossed alone.
‘But now I’m not alone.’
“This time will be a bit different from before. On my side, there’s that ‘Superhuman’ too.”
“It doesn’t matter.”
Abrasax—Deus gazed at his Creator with the colorless, odorless eyes befitting an artificial intelligence.
After defeating him in a fierce blood battle, the Creator who stubbornly returned together with the ‘Superhuman’ still had a face full of confidence.
He possessed no emotions, but if he had, he surely would have been quite displeased. Having to go along with the revenge match arbitrarily set by the loser.
“Either way, I’ll be the one to seize victory in the end.”
“Yes. Well then, do your best, my son.”
Isaac, the Creator God who made ‘Reverse Planet.’
And Deus, the Destruction God who seeks to destroy it.
After their declaration of war, the two gods left the back side of the world without another word.
But that was only the calm before the storm.
The torrent about to sweep in would engulf everything in ‘Reverse Planet.’
Except for one person—the ‘Superhuman.’