The Spatial Ability User Who Puts Safety Above All Chapter 10

Raid Event (1)

 

After Operation “Pork Belly” achieved great success,

Seon Yul tried emitting the scents of various foods to find out which scent monsters reacted most sensitively.

In the end, Seon Yul discovered the three best foods.

The first was grilled pork belly. As the saying goes, old ways are the best. The pork belly he tried first turned out to be the one that monsters responded to the most.

The second was grilled dried filefish.

Monsters seemed to like that just as much as pork belly.

The third was somewhat unexpected. Surprisingly, many monsters reacted to the smell of ramen.

Pork belly and dried filefish were somewhat understandable, but he was curious why monsters reacted to ramen.

However, thanks to this wide-area provocation using food smells, Seon Yul achieved solid results in this second hunt, killing an additional 74 monsters.

Seventy-four in one month.

At first glance, it didn’t seem like a large number.

But considering that during the previous fifteen days he had only managed three, it meant that in the remaining fifteen days he had hunted seventy-one.

Viewed that way, it was quite an impressive result.

Since most of the monsters he hunted were still lower-grade, he barely managed to reach Level 15.

But since he had somehow achieved his target level of 15 for this second hunt, Seon Yul was able to return to his studio apartment in a good mood.

“Whew… look at all this dust.”

Because he had returned after a month, dust had piled up everywhere in the room. Perhaps it was because fine dust pollution had been severe? He had slightly cracked open the window for ventilation before leaving, and it felt like that had made even more dust accumulate.

Seon Yul first piled up the garbage and items he had brought out in bulk from Absolute Space to one side and began cleaning the house.

 

***

 

Before awakening, Seon Yul’s hobby had been researching and studying information related to Gates. And if one thing were to be added to that list, it would be cooking.

In particular, rather than cooking to serve someone else, he enjoyed making his own dishes that he could enjoy alone at home.

But after awakening, there had been too many things to do. Most of his meals had been simple: ramen, triangle gimbap, or instant rice.

However, while experimenting with various dishes for his scent attacks, he naturally began cooking and eating properly again.

After finishing cleaning his studio, Seon Yul made a simple stir-fried spicy pork with ingredients he had bought from a nearby mart and had a meal.

“Hmm… come to think of it, stir-fried pork also seems quite specialized for scent attacks.”

For some reason, he even had the feeling it would work especially well on male monsters.

“I should try it next time.”

For the time being, Seon Yul intended to continue using this wide-area scent provocation.

The most unfortunate part was that, for some reason, the targets this provocation worked on were only low-grade small monsters.

Up until Level 20, he could level up by hunting only these lower-grade small monsters, though he would need to kill quite a lot.

But once he passed Level 20, leveling up with low-grade small monsters would become nearly impossible.

That was what worried him.

“I don’t know. I’ll go as far as I can for now and think about it afterward.”

Seon Yul had no intention whatsoever of taking risks just to level up.

If he sensed even the slightest danger, he would rather take an extremely long time and accumulate experience by killing tiny monsters bit by bit.

“Just in case, I’ll buy more ammunition this time… and maybe get a few new sniper rifles of different types as well.”

In the third hunt, Seon Yul was finally planning to try using firearms.

“If I raise the Absolute Space ability level with the Stigmata Points I earned this time, the weight limit will increase significantly, so I’ll be able to store more items.”

The weight limit for bringing external items into Absolute Space had been more restrictive than he initially thought. At first, it seemed to have plenty of room and didn’t appear to be a problem at all. But once he started filling it with firearms and ammunition, it quickly reached the limit.

The intermediate magic stones he earned from this hunt are about 3.4kg… so even if Seon Yul buys everything, He’ll still have some left.’

Money wasn’t the issue.

The only thing was that, as before, purchasing such items on the Market would require some preparation.

“If I get tracked even by chance, that would be serious trouble. Even if it’s annoying, I have to do what needs to be done.”

He never let even minor things slide.

Since caution and more caution had become his daily routine, when making transactions like these, he always disguised his traces two or three times before proceeding.

But doing this required a few days.

So Seon Yul had intended to first raise the level of Absolute Space and then take his time preparing slowly.

At least… that had been the case until ten minutes ago.

 

***

 

[The level of your Absolute Space ability has increased.]

[The size of Absolute Space increases, and its functions improve.]

[The weight limit of external items that can be brought into Absolute Space increases from 1,000kg to 2,000kg.]

[Absolute Space has reached Level 4, and the ‘Absolute Space Shop’ menu has been activated. The shop is divided into four types, and higher-tier shops will be activated sequentially as the level increases.]

 

“Huh?”

After raising the level of Absolute Space, a message appeared that Seon Yul had not anticipated at all.

He quickly checked what the Absolute Space Shop was.

 

[Absolute Space Shop]

4. Space Decoration Shop (Activated)
5. Universal Tools Shop (Inactive)
6. Special Function Shop (Inactive)
7. Auxiliary Space Shop (Inactive)

 

“What is this?”

It clearly wasn’t an additional feature unlocked at Level 5.

Seon Yul clicked on the only available option,  the Decoration Shop.

Instantly, a wide array of items unfolded before him like a hologram.

 

[Comfortable Bed That Helps You Sleep Well (0.3kg intermediate magic stone)]

[Comfortable Sofa That Relieves Fatigue (0.1kg intermediate magic stone)]

[Various Wallpapers That Please the Eyes (0.05kg intermediate magic stone per wallpaper)]

[Simple Portable Toilet (0.3kg intermediate magic stone)]

[Small Bathroom with Bathtub and Toilet (2kg intermediate magic stone)]

[High-Performance Laptop with Internet Access (3kg intermediate magic stone)]

[Infinite Trash Can That Requires No Sorting (10kg intermediate magic stone)]

[Fully Equipped Single-Person Kitchen (2kg intermediate magic stone)]

[Sturdy Desk (0.05kg intermediate magic stone)]

……

……

 

“Whoa……”

The items displayed before his eyes were astonishing things meant to decorate the space.

“This is… absolutely amazing.”

Seon Yul already liked Absolute Space immensely, but now it was even offering the ability to decorate it. His heart couldn’t help but race.

“So this wasn’t the time to go shopping recklessly on the Market.”

Magic stones suddenly felt even more precious.

Calmly scanning the list again, Seon Yul began contemplating how to decorate his own Absolute Space.

To use the Decoration Shop, he re-entered Absolute Space.

At Level 4, Absolute Space had expanded to 99 square meters with a height of 5.5 meters.

Now it was the size of a fairly large apartment.

His task was simply deciding how to decorate it.

He wanted to buy everything in the Decoration Shop, but the prices were higher than expected.

So it seemed better to purchase the most necessary items one by one.

Among the decoration items, two especially caught Seon Yul’s attention.

The computer and the trash can.

Unlike the other items, these two had a particularly large gap compared to real-world prices.

The computer was worth roughly 300 million won in cash, and the trash can was an astounding 1 billion won.

Seon Yul knew well that results never existed without reason, so he assumed there must be a cause behind their high prices.

“The trash can… It’s probably some special trash can that can process absolutely any waste infinitely.”

The hint was in its name.

‘Infinite.’ From that word alone, that was about all he could infer.

“But why is the laptop so expensive? Compared to the other items, it shouldn’t cost 300 million…”

In the end, his curiosity got the better of him, and he boldly decided to buy the laptop first.

When he pressed the purchase button for the laptop in the Decoration Shop, exactly 3kg of magic stones he possessed disappeared naturally, and the purchase was completed.

Tzzzt.

The moment the purchase was completed, a laptop materialized on the floor.

A thin black laptop without any logo.

Seon Yul immediately picked it up, sat on his mattress, and powered it on.

The laptop was extremely ordinary.

As expected of a modern device, it had a touchscreen and could install apps like a smartphone.

Its performance seemed flawless.

But in reality, a laptop of this level could be bought for just a few million won.

Though items in the Decoration Shop were indeed more expensive than reality, most were only three to five times higher.

But this one was nearly 100 times the price.

Seon Yul was certain there was a reason.

He began searching for it.

Holding onto the laptop, he started testing various functions.

 

***

 

To state the conclusion first, Seon Yul eventually discovered why the laptop was so expensive.

And he roughly understood the logic by which Absolute Space assigned prices in the shop.

The fundamental logic was ‘realism.’

A trash can that looked ordinary, costing 1 billion wo,n was likely because it was connected to an infinite space.

Likewise, the reason the ordinary-looking laptop cost 300 million was that it was connected to a communication network that could not be traced in reality.

First of all, the laptop’s battery was infinite without charging.

Even without connecting an internet cable, the internet connection was always stable and uninterrupted.

Even when the entrance to Absolute Space was closed… the internet still worked perfectly.

Furthermore, when accessing the Market through the laptop, no one could trace Seon Yul on the internet.

Since it operated on a communication network originating from a place that could not exist in reality, IP tracking was meaningless. No virus and no skilled hacker could infiltrate the laptop.

The less ‘realistic’ something was, the more expensive it became.

In any case, inside Absolute Space, the laptop existed in a completely flawless state.

Thus, using this laptop, Seon Yul purchased ammunition on the Market without any concern.

Since he had fully verified its properties, there was no need to worry about identity exposure.

The unfortunate part was that after buying the laptop, he had used up nearly all his magic stones. After buying reserve ammunition and other necessary consumables, they were completely exhausted.

As a result, purchasing additional firearms would have to wait.

For now, preparation was complete.

All that remained was the third hunt to reach Level 20.