Bzzzz

A vibration filled the air as everyone stood in awe.

[A message from the Guide has arrived.]
[Sender: The Guide]
1. Gather at the next island within the time limit.
2. Time left 00: 40: 00

Seol Jihu clenched the phone in his fist. Although he had no idea what was going on, his instincts told him to head to the island.

‘The Guide should know something,’ he thought.

Seol Jihu departed as soon as he received the Guide's message. After finding a car, he found a person among the rescued who knew how to drive and left the injured to his care.

The rest headed to the bridge. The four bridges that linked the islands hung precariously over a steep cliff.

There was an odd clause highlighting that only one person was allowed to cross each bridge at a time. Seol Jihu quickly crossed the bridge, not paying much attention to this condition.

A group of about ten people was gathered at the place. They must have either escaped by luck or had just arrived after receiving the Guide’s message.

Seol Jihu waited patiently as a few other survivors arrived one after the other. The timer had gone down to less than 10 minutes when Phi Sora finally appeared.

“Only 28….”

Phi Sora counted heads and scoffed, but Seol Jihu could sense a faint air of concern from the look on her face.

“What happened?”

As soon as he asked, Phi Sora gently bit her lower lip.

“…First things first.”

She began but tapped on her phone in the next moment without finishing her sentence.

[Sender: The Guide]
[1. Rules for the Scavenger Hunt]
Avoiding the eyes of the Homunculus, which will soon arrive at the second island, search for the coins hidden across the island, and find a way to escape!

[2. Conditions for Escaping]
The entrance fee will be 100 coins.
Offer the ‘sacrifice’, which can be acquired from the gacha machine with 666 coins, to the altar at the center of the island to activate a portal linked to the Neutral Zone.

[3. Precautions]
The Homunculus will be in a rampaging state and can exert 16 times its original...