Episode 6 – The Divided Audience

Jinwoo’s act of transforming God’s weapon — the scalpel of light — into butterflies sends shockwaves through the cosmic channel. The real-time ratings indicator in the lower right corner of the screen begins to fluctuate wildly. 1. The Celestial Chat Room A new interface appears on Jinwoo’s retina. It is the celestial chat room, filled with live reactions from the observers watching this world. Observer A: “Wow, that NPC just touched the system! Legendary plot twist!” Observer B: “Isn’t this broken? Total balance collapse. What’s the admin doing? Ban him now.” Observer C: “I like it. It’s fresh. Let’s see how far he goes.” Jinwoo feels murderous rage rise inside him. His life-or-death struggle is, to them, nothing more than a balance debate. 2. Forced Quest: Survival Mode As the argument among viewers intensifies, God, unable to tolerate boredom, abruptly changes the genre of the channel from drama to battle royale survival. A red system notice is broadcast across the entire world. [EVENT: Survival Score Race Begins – The Bottom 10% of Cities Will Be Deleted] Real-time ratings scores appear above people’s heads. There is only one way to raise the score: perform sensational actions that the viewers will enjoy. Peaceful cities instantly turn into hellscapes where people attack, perform, betray, and kill one another for ratings points. 3. Mina’s Sacrifice and Jinwoo’s Decision The Dead Zone hideout is also thrown into crisis. To protect Jinwoo, Mina overuses her glitch ability. Her entire body begins to collapse into pixels. Her existence itself is being processed as a data error, and she is on the verge of forced deletion. “Jinwoo, I’ll be the bait. Raise your score… and win the master rights to this show.” Jinwoo holds Mina in his arms and roars toward the sky. “Is this what you wanted? Is this fun for you?” 4. Ratings Hijacking Instead of crying out, Jinwoo coldly digs into the system code. He chooses not merely to survive, but to turn the broadcast accident into art. He manipulates the textures of everything around him and replaces the deletion warnings floating above people’s heads with God’s insults and secrets. Even the viewers who had demanded deletion begin pressing Like in excitement at this thrilling attack on God’s authority. 5. Ending: The Arrival of a New Cast As Jinwoo’s score skyrockets and reaches first place worldwide, the clouds open like a giant door. From within them descend thousands of Jinwoos — identical face, identical clothes, identical voice. Kyle’s voice echoes across the universe. “When the protagonist becomes too powerful, it stops being fun. So now we begin our special episode: Find the Real Jinwoo.” Surrounded by beings who look exactly like him, Jinwoo narrows his eyes. Even the viewers cannot tell who is real. Episode 6 ends.