Surviving the Game as a Barbarian Chapter 810: Hidden Story (2)

Novel: Surviving the Game as a Barbarian Author: Jung Yun-kang Updated: Jun 10, 2026

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Now reading: Chapter 810: Hidden Story (2) from Surviving the Game as a Barbarian, a Action novel by Jung Yun-kang.

Arta’ssecretbase.AndthechanicalbeastArta,appearingthereasthefinalboss.

'hiscan’tbeacoincidence.'

Myinstincts,sharpenedbynearlytenyearsofplayingDungeon&Stone,toldasmuch.here’snowaythetwojusthappentoshareana.

'Coulditbethatusing“FinalDay”onthisislandiswhatletsyouetthisthing?'

don’tknowyet.Whichanshavetofigureitout.

"Raven,usethebarrierspell."

"Suddenly?You’vebeentellingnottobecauseofthemanadrain."

"histi,thinkit’sworthit—evenifitcostsus.needtotalk."

"otit."

Uponreceivingtheorder,Raveninstantlydeployedado-shapedbarrieraroundus.ikeakindofumbrella?

Kwaaaaaang—!

Flash—!

Krrrumble—!

Atranslucentcurtainblockedtheteorsandlightningcrashingdownfromthesky.kay,wehadthepeaceandquietweneeded—.

[h,interesting.Alanguagesystemthat’ssimilartothecommontongue,yetdifferent...Still,ifsooneherespeaksthecommontongue,thatansithasn’tbeenentirelylost?Well,itdoesn’treallymattereitherway.]

hat’swhenthemanwatchingusmutteredsothing.

"Activateneuralsync."

hat’swhenhiswordsstartedtosounddifferent.

"owthen,canyouunderstand?"

"......!"

"uh?Canyoureallyunderstandhim,Marone...?"

"Yes?Yeah...don’tknowhow,butcanunderstandwhathe’ssaying.knowit’sadifferentlanguage,butsohow,itjust...makessense."

nresponsetoMarone,themanaskedcautiously,"Um...isthisyourfirsttiexperiencingneuralsync?"

"Uh,yes.’veneverheardofanythinglikethis."

"Phew...kindoffiguredasmuchfromyouroutfits,butitseemsalotoftechhasbeenlost.Don’tbealard.Allthat’shappeningisthat’msyncingthewavecircuitemittedbyyourbrainpatternstoletus'understand'eachother.t’snormaltofeeldisorientedatfirst."

heman,whointroducedhimselfasArta,saidthatmuchbeforeshiftinghisgazebeyondRaven’sbarrier.

Andthen—

"Yes...thisreallyistheFinalDay...sn’titexactlyhowyouimaginedit?!"

estaredwide-eyedatthestormofteorsandlightningoutside,hiseyesgleamingwithexcitent.Fromthewayhesuddenlypoppedoutofamysteriousportaltotheweirdthingshekeptsaying,everythingabouthimscreadsuspicious,butoddlyenough,hedidn’tfeelthreatening.

Maybeitwasbecause—

"ehheh...Withresearchresultslikethese,don’tneedtoworryaboutnextyear’sbudget...!"

hewayhelooked,thewayhetalked,eventhewayhedressed...hiswholepresencewasmoregloomythannacing.

"ey,yousaidyournawasArta,right?"

"Ah?Yes.Sorry,gotalittledistracted.Butmayask—whoareyouall?Andifit’snottoomuchtrouble,couldyouperhapsexplainwhat’sgoingon—"

"We’llbeaskingthequestions."

"Ah...!Yes!fcourse,ofcourse.Youmustbecuriousyourselves.’llansweranythingcan.Butifmay,couldmakeonerequestaswell?h,nothingmajor,sopleasedon’tbealard!"

"...Speak."

"fanswereverythingyouask,wouldyouletaskaquestiontoo?’mhonestlydyingtoknowwhat’sgoingonhere,haha..."

"Fine.promise."

"hengoahead.Askaway."

"Whoareyou?"

"Asntionedearlier,mynaisArta.Currently—orperhapsshouldsayforrly—wasthechiefresearcherattheFirstMagi-echResearchnstituteofthempire.aha,nottobrag,butonlythevicedirectoranddirectoroutranked."

"Researchinstitute...?"

hemonthesaidthat,sothingclickedinmyheadandfrowned.hemancaughttheshiftinmyexpression.

"h?Areyoufamiliarwithourinstitution?"

otexactly.justhadahunch.

"Wasittheonethatusedmonstersastestsubjectstomakelivingweapons?"

"uh?o,that’snotus.urinstituteisattheveryfrontierofmagi-techadvancent.urresearchmaybeusedtodevelopweapons,butwe’renotaweaponslab."

mph...ifyousayso.heoneweexploredonBasentevel1hadtheofficialnaofthePanthelionnstitute,notthismagi-techwhatever.

"Anyway,what’sabigshotlikeyoudoinghere?"

"Whatelsewouldaresearcherbedoing?Research,ofcourse."

"Cutthejokes.Wedon’thavetiforthat."

"Ah...true.supposefromyourperspective,tiwouldbeapressingconcern.Allowtoexplainsimply,inawaylaypeoplecanunderstand...heresearchwewereconductinginvolvedobservingthespaceticontinuumofthefuture."

"bservingspaceti...?"

"Yes.bservingthefuturetochangethepresent—that’sthecoreofourresearch."

"...otthepast?"

"aha!Youmustbereferringtotitravel.Changingthepresentthroughthepastwasdeedimpossiblelongago.hat’swhywefocusedonthefuture."

Sotheideaisthattheirresearchsucceededandthisguywasflungintothefuture?

'Man,thisfantasysettingreallythrowseverythingin,doesn’tit...'

t’sabsurd,butwhatever—atleastgotthegist.

"Bytheway,couldaskaquickquestion?’vebeendyingofcuriositysinceearlier."

"......"

"Whatyearisitrightnow?"

Ah.Sowe’rethefutureinthissetup.

***

RPstandsfor“RolePlayinga.”

iterally,agawhereyouactoutarole.Broadlyspeaking,whatwasdoingnowwasn’tthatdifferent.Youfollowthestoryinlinewiththeconcept,theepisodeprogresses,andeventually,itends—withasweetrewardwaitingatthefinishline.hat’swhy...

'Rightnow’sthepartwhereyougatherthecluestomovethestoryforward.'

hat’swhatfigured.Sokepttalkingtohimforalongwhile,pullinginformationfromhim.Afterall,thiswasn’tagawhereyoucouldjustmashthespacebarthroughdialogueandhaveeverythingautomaticallyshowupinthequestlog.

"heraofCataclysm...?ncredible...!You’resayingeventhecalendarsystemchanged?"

"heworldwasalreadydestroyedoncebyawitch,andnowonlyasinglecity-stateruledbytheafdoniaroyalfamilyremains...?rulyastonishing...!"

"h,youthinkalreadyknewthestateofthisplace?aha...hat’spartlytrue.Yousee,thecoordinatessetformyjumpwereaidattheverylastpointinti—literally,theFinalDay!"

"Whywoulddothat,youask?sn’titobvious?wantedtoknowhowtheworldwouldend!"

"uh?Scared?otatall.fmyheartstopsor’mindanger,canreturntomyoriginaltiwheneverwant.Backho,we’vegotthebestmagi-techengineersstandingby—theycanbringanyoneback,aslongasthey’renotdead."

"Whymagi-techengineersinsteadofpriests?Wait...areyousayingmagi-techknowledgehasbeenlostinthisworld?"

"Andthen...whatexactlyhappenedtotheworld?fwhatyou’resayingistrue,didn’tthewitchwhotriedtodestroyitalreadydie?"

hroughourconversation,Artalearnedaboutoursideofthings,andwe,inturn,learnedabouthis.Andifhadtosummarize...

"Sotheapocalypsereallydidhappen...havetolearnwhatcausedit—andhowtostopit.ravelersfromthefuture!Willyouhelp?fyoulendyourstrength,’llreturntothepastandfindawaytopreventthistragedy!"

hat’smoreorlessthegistofthequest.Andofcourse,whatreallymattershereis—

"............Areward?Youwanttoknowwhatcanoffer?You...youdon’twanttostoptheendoftheworld?"

"’mafraidhavenothingtogiveyou..."

mm.Sotherewardmustcosootherway.Maybehe’sthekeytoaccessingatreasureroomwecan’tenterwithouthim.Sothinglikethat.

"wasjoking.ftheworldends,whatgoodisareward?fthere’sevenachancetostopit,’lldowhatevercan."

"knewyouwerekidding!"

Sothatwrapsuptherewardtalk,fradasajoke.

"et’stalkwhilewemove."

"Yes,thatwouldbebest.don’thavemuchtileft,anyway."

"otmuchti?"

"h,didn’tntionthatyet.canonlystayinthistiperiodforalimitedduration.Sohavetogatherasmuchinformationaspossiblebeforereturn."

"Andifyoudon’tmakeitbackinti?"

"Well,don’tthinkthat’llhappen...butifitdoes,thenguess’llettheFinalDayrightherewiththerestofyou."

"see."

letitslidelikeitwasjustidlecuriosity.couldn’texactlytellhimthetruth,could?hatifnothingusefulorrewardinghappenswhilehe’swithus,’mplanningtomakesurehecan’tgoback.

'Maybetherealquestonlystartsifheendsupstuckhere.'

twasthekindofhiddenelent’dneverencounteredinthegabefore—aninghadtoexhausteverypossibility.

"Raven!Dropthespell!"

Afterthat,Ravenreleasedthebarrierspell,andweresudourfull-scalesweepoftheisland.Atthesati—

"Um,Mr.Arta,wasit?"

Raven,whohadn’tbeenabletojointheconversationearlierbecauseshe’dbeenfocusingonthespell,startedtalkingtoArtaherself.

"Mr.Arta?"

"......."

"Doyou...notwanttotalkto?"

"Ah,no,it’snotthat...’mjustabitshyaroundnewpeople..."

"Youdidn’tseemthatwaywithMr.Yandel."

"......."

keptmyearsopenincasesothingusefulcaoutoftheirexchange,butsofarall’dlearnedwasthatArtawashopelesswithwon.Andthen—

"’mactuallyinterestedinmagi-techmyself.Wouldyoumindtalkingaboutitwith?"

"h!You’rethisbeautiful,andyou’reinterestedinmagi-tech?!sthattrue?!"

"...uh?Uh,yes,am..."

"aha!Askanything.’lltellyoueverythingyouwanttoknow...!"

Apparently,Artaisweaktobeautifulwonwholikemagi-tech.

'...kay,fromnowon,ifneedtosqueezeinfooutofhim,’lljusthaveRavenhandleit.'

listenedforabitlonger,butitturnedintostraight-upalien-soundingmagi-techbabble,soskippedit.Still,itwasagoodthingforRaventoexpandherknowledge,sodidn’tinterrupt—justfocusedonclearingtheisland.

Andthen—

「ver50%ofmonstersintheareahavebeendefeated.」

「heancientbeast’spowerisweakening.」

「ver60%ofmonstersintheareahavebeendefeated.」

「heancientbeast’spowerisweakening.」

「ver70%ofmonstersintheareahavebeendefeated...」

Bythetiwe’dclearedabout70%oftheisland—

"Ahem...S-sorry,butreallyneedtofocusongatheringmoredatafromthistiperiod."

"h..."

"D-don’tworry!’lldefinitelyfindawaytosaveyou,MissRaven...!!"

ookedlikeArtahadfinallysnappedoutofitandwasreturningtohismainobjective.

"Mr.Yandel,wasit?Yountionedthatthesourceoftheapocalypseisabeast...sowhyhaven’tyougonetoitdirectly?"