The Jelly Alien Will Save You!
Chapter : 3
It looked like some kind of marker at Yongsan Station, but I couldn’t tell what it meant just from this.
So I started looking elsewhere.
‘Oh, this is…’
Next to Yongsan Station, where contaminated buildings stood densely packed together, there was a cute little flag planted with a pop. As if it were telling me to come this way.
I turned my head toward it. Since I couldn’t see any buildings, it must have led to another area.
When a dungeon break occurs, contaminated regions connect with each other—like different areas loosely stitched together.
Because of that, you could move from a Busan contamination zone to a Gangwon one in an instant.
‘Let’s get out of here first.’
I tied the box to my wrist with a ribbon.
If something dangerous appeared, I planned to hide in the spaceship immediately.
Ppyok, ppyok, ppyok…
Scrrrrch—
Behind my cautious footsteps, I could hear the box scraping along the ground.
This was the deep part of a contaminated zone where a dungeon break had occurred.
It wouldn’t be strange for another monster or two to show up.
So I stayed extremely alert, but…
‘This is weird.’
I could clearly sense something around me, but none of them approached.
They only circled nearby, as if they were afraid of something.
‘Could it be… me?’
Because they saw me purifying?
Hmm. Feeling a bit smug, I straightened my hunched shoulders and started walking proudly.
Ppyok, ppyok, ppyok, ppyok!
How much farther had I gone?
Shiver!
A chilling cold ran down my spine, and my eyes widened as I looked around.
“……!”
Goosebumps rose again.
Something was slowly crawling down the stairs of the Yongsan Station building, approaching me.
It looked like a snake made of shadows.
Pitch-black like the abyss, its thick, tree-trunk-like tentacles split apart into strands, searching here and there as if looking for something.
Eek!
My vision spun. Just facing its presence made my heart tighten with overwhelming fear.
It felt like encountering something incomprehensible.
At that moment—
One by one, yellow eyes opened across the black tentacles, and countless eyes rolled around in every direction.
Only then did I understand.
The red arrow marked on the map earlier wasn’t a restaurant logo…
‘It was a boss monster marker…!’
If it was something this terrifying, one thing came to mind.
Could this be… a “Hyuung”?
Hyuung.
A monstrous being no one could oppose, rulers of the contaminated zones.
The monsters hadn’t stayed away because they were afraid of me—they were afraid of it.
I slowly increased the distance between myself and the Hyuung.
It moved as if searching for something, but didn’t directly attack.
‘Still, it’s terrifying!’
I held my breath so it wouldn’t notice me.
Then—
One of the moving tentacles rushed right up to my feet.
At this rate, I was definitely going to get caught.
My vision spun.
Even as I tried to think of a plan, the tip of the tentacle crept closer by the second.
I clenched my fist. Just as I was about to step back—
Sssshhk—
It suddenly began to retreat.
It seemed like it hadn’t found what it was looking for and was returning to Yongsan Station.
The pitch-black tentacles melted back into the darkness of the station.
‘I—I survived…’
My jaw trembled as I gasped for breath.
My heart pounded wildly.
But swallowing my fear, I started moving again.
If I stayed here, other monsters might come.
That was when it happened.
A crackling sound came from Yongsan Station, and soon music began playing through the speakers.
Shudder. Goosebumps spread, and my vision wavered.
<So the government’s position is…>
<The Hunter Association has stated…>
The radio channel started switching wildly.
Crackle, crackle, crackle…
Voices and music mixed chaotically without pause.
Then suddenly, it stopped.
What was it trying to do?
The answer came quickly.
Whatever was in Yongsan Station adjusted the radio repeatedly, making it repeat a single word.
Dodam. Dodam. Dodam. Dodam. Dodam. Dodam. Dodam. Dodam. Dodam. Dodam. Dodam. Dodam. Dodam. Dodam. Dodam.
Ppyokpyokpyokpyokpyokpyokpyokpyok!
I ran without looking back.
Because—
‘Dodam’ was my name.
How does it know my name?
That’s terrifying.
Ppyok, ppyok, ppyok…
No—no matter how it knew, I shouldn’t think about it.
Just thinking about it felt like it drained my sanity.
Shake, shake.
I shook my head.
After running for my life, the surroundings had changed from Yongsan’s forest of buildings into a normal forest.
‘Waa…’
I stared at the scene in front of me, mouth open.
I knew contaminated regions were connected, but experiencing it firsthand felt completely different.
Then I spotted a rural house and widened my eyes.
‘This is…’
Isn’t this a house from a game?!
Whenever you pressed the “Home” button in the game, you’d return to a place like this.
You could farm here, and even do exercises in front of it.
So that’s why the map led me here!
For the first time since becoming an alien, my heart swelled with excitement.
Maybe I could finally settle down here…!
But that hope was quickly shattered.
There’s… someone here?
The front gate twitched like it might open at any moment.
“……!”
Ppyokpyokpyokpyok!
I hurried behind a tree and hid.
A moment later, a man came out.
Even through his worn clothes, I could tell he had broad shoulders and a large build. His presence was intimidating.
It was hard to see his face.
Wearing a hood pulled low and a gas mask, the man rested a shovel on his shoulder, looked around, and then strode off somewhere.
I waited until he was far away, then hovered around the house again.
A house shaped like a ‘ㄷ’ with a blue roof.
In front of it was a small, neat field.
Carrots were planted in neat rows.
Grrrrr—
My stomach growled, and I rubbed it.
I never imagined people could live in a contaminated zone.
But just because I saw a person didn’t mean I could feel happy about it…
‘My field, my house…’
With blazing eyes, I glared at the house.
Someone had settled down in my home.
