Black Online-Chapter 164: Revolutionary Machine

[Guild War - Rose Records vs. Grinding Grief/Monsieur Rascal]

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’It is still growing. That’s very nice.’

Fang Raon quickly checked the statistics of his video on the Lagless website and was happy with it.

He then clicked on the front page of the entire website, and there were ten videos recommended to him.

Those ten videos were recommended to every user of Lagless, so easily to couple billion people.

These were "Weekly Recommendations," and it was easily the best thing to happen to any video creation.

’If I only got my video as Weekly Recommendation once, my video would easily reach 100 million views, but only ten videos every week are chosen. I don’t currently have any choice.

’All the recommended videos have amazing quality and video editing. I don’t stand a chance just yet.’

Fang Raon thought with a sigh.

He then checked the time.

It was about time he was going to have his daily phone call with Chaewon, and thus, he lay down on the bed.

A short moment later, his phone buzzed, and he accepted the call—it was FaceTime again—and Chaewon’s pretty face appeared on the screen.

They talked for about thirty minutes.

Chaewon had officially resigned from her job, and she was going to start as a home caretaker next week.

She was nervous about it but also seemed relieved and genuinely happy.

While she liked being a nurse at the Caretaker Facility, it was mostly because Fang Raon was there, and now that he was gone, it felt empty.

It was just long work hours and difficult patients. 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝒆𝒘𝙚𝓫𝙣𝙤𝒗𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢

Thus.

She was happy with the change of scenery.

Fang Raon also talked about his day and talked about his visit to the 9th floor, which was quite an exciting one.

Chaewon seemed very engaged when he told about the Murder Mystery Night event and about the Wailing Widow.

She was surprised that somehow every day in Fang Raon’s life seemed to be filled with thrilling adventures and mysteries.

However.

Fang Raon skipped the part about Della because, honestly, he felt guilty when he looked at her, even though he didn’t know why.

They weren’t dating.

However, there was obviously something going on, but he had a lot of mixed emotions, especially when it came to Della.

He never imagined being so involved with girls—especially two of immense beauty.

The call ended with Chaewon’s usual kiss, which stirred Fang Raon’s heart.

"Yawn... I should probably head off to the bed."

Fang Raon quickly went to take a shower, then changed into his night clothes and lay down in his bed.

The events that transpired were still heavy in his mind.

"..."

He thought about something, and he pulled out his phone and looked at one of the numbers in his Konnected app.

[Fang Sara]

’Mother...’

His finger twitched, but eventually, he pressed the call button and slowly moved the phone next to his ear.

Buzz~ Buzz~ Buzz~

It was still ringing.

Click!

In that moment, the call connected.

"Hello, who is this?"

A gentle voice came from the other side.

There were also some background noises as if there were children playing nearby, and there were even voices of other women.

Most likely the mothers of those children.

’She has always been bad with technology. I think she hasn’t added a name to my number yet and didn’t recognize the number.

’By the sound of those children, she must be over at the kindergarten. She always liked going there—teaching the children how to paint and draw.

’Funny, she always seemed to like children, but when it came to me, she always ignored me as if I didn’t exist.’

Fang Raon smiled with sadness, and then he lowered the phone and ended the call.

He put the phone away.

Before the phone call, he wanted to go to sleep early so he would be ready early in the morning, but he changed his mind.

Instead.

He dropped to the ground and started doing push-ups.

Ten times... twenty times... fifty times... a hundred times...

His body kept screaming in pain, but it was also surprisingly easy for him, as if he had been training for years.

’I don’t think the machine only helped to cure my symptoms—temporarily—but it also made my body stronger.

’As strong as it is in Black Online!

’If I keep leveling up, won’t I get even stronger? What if I become so strong that I can beat up those thugs of yesterday?’

Fang Raon thought.

It was definitely something he wanted to see whether he could do that or not.

’I know that Black Online has always worked in reverse. If you have a strong body in real life, you have an immediate advantage in Black Online.

’Somehow it works opposite for me as well, but if I keep training in real life, I will also get stronger in Black Online.

’As if... That body in Black Online is actually also my real body. It is definitely not the case. It’s not like my whole body gets teleported to Black Online.

’Chaewon would’ve noticed if I had suddenly disappeared from the Virtual Reality Pod. I also would actually get hurt, if it was my real body in there.

’I don’t quite know how this Virtual Reality Pod works or who that admirer is, but I am definitely in the middle of something strange!’

Fang Raon thought.

After two hundred push-ups, he stopped after it was getting too tiring, and he looked at the machine with a look of wonder.

’Why did I get this in the first place? It was by someone who knew of my symptoms. It has the logo of Black Online Company.

’This is definitely a revolutionary machine, so maybe I am a beta tester? Maybe it is not as flawless as it seems. It can have some side effects too.

’They might also be currently keeping an eye on me. Maybe this machine has some kind of camera system implemented, recording my every move.’

Fang Raon thought.

There was a desire for him to check the whole machine out, but he didn’t want to accidentally break it.

If he broke it, he would honestly be heartbroken, as it was the most important thing he had.