Overgeared

Chapter 3

Lim Cheolho was the core of the team of 33 scientists who built the virtual reality system and was the person who led the development of Satisfy by establishing the S.A Group.

He had many titles: the one with the knowledge of a god, the creator of the virtual reality system, the person who changed the world, the father of Satisfy, the wealthiest person in the nation, one of the most influential figures in the world, a person who received requests for naturalization dozens of times a year from all over the world, the pride of South Korea, etc.

His countless titles meant that he received the spotlight every time he attended international events, and his influence transcended the American president, making him the world’s envy.

In fact, his life wasn’t as flashy as discussed in the media. He was the head of Satisfy’s development team, as well as head of the S.A Group, so he slept less than four hours a day on average. But was he unhappy? No, it was something he wanted for himself. Lim Cheolho was proud and enthusiastic about Satisfy, which had captured the hearts of two billion people.

“Umm.”

Lim Cheolho was woken up by the sound of his phone ringing. He checked the time and saw that it was 2:50 a.m. It had only been 20 minutes since he went to sleep. The accumulated fatigue from a month’s worth of late nights crushed Lim Cheolho’s thinking ability.

His voice was rather sharp as he spoke into the phone, “What is going on? What?”

An urgent voice was heard over the phone. Lim Cheolho immediately woke up. “I’m going immediately! Be prepared to give me the report as soon as I arrive!”

Lim Cheolho got dressed and entered the elevator, heading to the underground floor of his house. In the underground parking lot, limited edition cars from expensive brands were parked in order by type. He climbed into a sports car with the butterfly style doors and drove to the company at full speed.

“What happened?”

Satisfy’s Operations Office.

Lim Cheolho ran into it and asked without recovering his breathing. Yoon Nahee, the head of the operations team, bowed to Lim Cheolho and adjusted her orange horn-rimmed glasses.

“It happened five minutes ago.”

“How interesting!”

The excited Lim Cheolho sat down. He turned his gaze to the huge monitor on the wall and the stopped video started playing. The main character of the video was a level 73 warrior. An Asian youth found a cave at the northern end of an island, held Pagma’s rare book, and used it.

The staff handed two documents to Lim Cheolho as he watched the video. Lim Cheolho read it and rubbed his chin.

“In reality, as well as in Satisfy, he is a normal person with no outstanding traits. After being exposed to Satisfy, he suffered from a lack of self-control, resulting in the lowest level of life. How did this person find the cave at the north end that was concealed by a complex algorithm? Does he have an exploration talent that he doesn’t know about?”

According to the analysis from the development team’s ‘Morpheus’ supercomputer, the North End Cave was supposed to be found by users in one year and ten months. In other words, it meant that the appearance of the legendary book, ‘Pagma’s Rare Book’, was originally supposed to be one year and ten months later.

One young man broke everyone’s expectations and hastened the timing. The number of users who did their 2nd class advancement was less than 100, and he was now the sole legendary class in the game.

Lim Cheolho was greatly interested in the user who gave him a great surprise. But Yoon Nahee didn’t think of the young man as anything special.

a product of coincidence and obsession that he discovered the North End

“I see.”

called Shin Youngwoo, whose player name was Grid, stayed in only one city for a year and accumulated more than 8,000 reputation in that city. His intelligence stat

infested with monsters higher than level 200 for three months without giving up, even though he

North End Cave. He found the quest item and was blinded by greed. By choosing to log out, he met the requirements for the linked quest to possess

are many ways to meet the activation requirements, but the most extreme one

coincidence and a stubborn personality. However, the young man proved that coincidences overlapping several times could create a positive cloud. It also reminded him how valuable patience

and persistent are

who was

does the minus level

also a cloud

“Huh?”

talking about luck? Lim

their experience won’t decrease even if they die. This means that they don’t suffer from the level drop phenomenon. But in fact, a hidden system exists. Level reduction due to quest failure will be enforced regardless of the beginner benefits. However, there is no way for a beginner to receive a quest that would cause a level decrease, so it was likely to

Cheolho enjoyed the fragrance of the coffee that a staff member

high chance of clearing the ‘Earl Ashur’s Anger’ quest and becoming Pagma’s Descendant. In

summarized

afraid of losing the hard-earned item. At this point, the penalty of falling to level 1 after becoming

beginner bonus. But there were no exceptions to a failed quest’s penalty. Grid was forced to lose two levels due to the quest failure, even though he was level 1, and as a result, he was now stuck at

called it a cloud of

experience in the normal way and earn stat points

Cheolho nodded. “Right. He is currently level -1 and will have to gain two levels to reach level 1, where he will then have 20

will be 20 points

a benefit that wouldn’t have been possible if he was a player

years sooner than expected. A legendary class is already very powerful, so if he has 20 more stat points than his level, won’t the balance be

showed her the

hunting. He was a foolish person who stayed in one city for a year without leaving to find adventures or a more pleasant environment. I

the eyes of other users, it

if it isn’t okay? We have a policy of not directly interfering in the game, so think positively. Isn’t it a good thing that an ordinary user, not a ranker, obtained it? Besides, Pagma’s Descendant is relatively weak in combat compared to the

young man on the monitor, suddenly flinched and fell silent. He

isn’t a big deal. I will be going now. You have suffered a lot from the late nights of work. I will give

became excited at the word ‘bonus’. Lim Cheolho smiled and

of

She felt nervous as she thought about Lim Cheolho’s surprised look. On

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place of residence because I was expelled from Patrian. Therefore, I resurrected at a temple near my place of death. Oh and

gloomy expressions. People were shouting and pounding their chests around an altar,

Kiyaaaaak!

scream of a woman in