Rydel’s character was launched straight into the swarm of pursuit drones.
Like a pack of angry hornets, the drones swarmed her, electrocuting the bald character on the spot.
BZZZZZZZT—!
Bright flashes filled her vision from the shock effect.
“LOLOLOLOL”
“Fried Rydel incoming LOL”
“Electric roast Rydel LOL”
“KRRK! KRAAAAK!”
“What even is this LMAO”
“Wait, Silver Hair?! What the hell—”
She had no idea what was happening.
Getting hit by the saw blade and bouncing into the air—sure, she could follow that much.
But why the hell did Silver Hair Silver Hair throw her straight into the middle of the drone swarm?!
Even if the saw blade hit was a mistake, there was no doubt that this was intentional.
FZZZZZT—
Rydel’s character, completely electrocuted by the drones, twitched violently as her eyes rolled back.
She spun midair before crashing down onto the floor.
And in that brief moment.
Silver Hair Silver Hair and Delbung No. 3 slipped past the drones, avoiding their aggro.
The pursuit drones had gotten faster.
But the booster pad had also made their own speed outrageous.
The drones were only a problem when coming from the front.
If they could just get past them, the drones wouldn’t be able to keep up with the bald heads soaring forward on the booster pads.
‘Oh… wait. Could it be?’
And then there was the stun effect—10 seconds of immobilization.
In the middle of the saw blade section, where even the slightest misstep meant getting shredded, that was a massive penalty.
But if you thought about it differently.
That was all it did.
It only took away control.
Unlike other traps, it didn’t cause any physical knockback.
Their speed didn’t slow, nor did they get flung off course.
‘Wait… I wasn’t even doing anything to begin with?’
From the very start, everything had been handled by Silver Hair Silver Hair.
The only thing Rydel had been doing was pressing the forward key on her keyboard.
But the moment they hit the booster pad, even that became unnecessary.
The speed remained constant without any input.
That’s why she had even been able to chat with her viewers mid-run.
“Wait, they solved it like this???”
“I really thought they’d try something else instead of brute force LOL.”
“Didn’t we all think getting one person stunned meant total disaster??”
“Yo, how the hell did they figure this out??”
The original design of the pursuit drones.
Even with perfect coordination, the moment one person got stunned and lost control, the whole team was supposed to collapse like a line of dominos.
But that was only true if all three of them were actually controlling themselves.
From the beginning, Silver Hair Silver Hair had been handling everything.
So it didn’t matter if the other two got stunned.
It didn’t matter if their keyboards exploded.
Nothing changed.
They still maintained their V-shaped formation.
Like a carriage driver steering a team of horses, Silver Hair Silver Hair pulled them forward with the chains.
And then—another wave of drones came flying in.
This time, Delbung No. 3 was lifted into the air.
Without hesitation, Silver Hair Silver Hair hurled them straight into the swarm.
BZZZZZZT—!
A blackened, electrocuted Delbung No. 3 plummeted to the ground.
It was a tragic sight—But thanks to their sacrifice, the remaining players slipped through unscathed.
And because the drones always targeted the player at the front, the one controlling the chains from behind.
Silver Hair Silver Hair remained completely untouched.
‘Wait… was this what they meant by “something only you can do”?’
Silver Hair Silver Hair’s message from earlier flashed through Rydel’s mind.
They had said Rydel was essential for clearing the stage.
“This is what you meant?!”
“LOL she was just a human shield.”
“I mean, technically, she was necessary to clear it.”
“AHAHAHAHA”
“You’re doing great, Rydel!”
“LMAO this is insane.”
To be fair, it wasn’t completely meaningless.
If Rydel and Delbung No. 3 hadn’t been there to serve as durable shields, clearing the stage would have been impossible.
But that didn’t mean she liked her role.
“More drones incoming!”
“Go, Delbungmon!”
“Wait, is this even how the game is supposed to work?”
“Why are players getting thrown around like dodgeballs to clear the stage?!”
It was pretty clear that this wasn’t the intended way to beat the game.
But Silver Hair Silver Hair didn’t care about that in the slightest.
The devs had probably tried to counter the emergency brake trick by making the pursuit drones attack off-beat.
But each time a drone approached, Silver Hair Silver Hair simply threw Rydel in its path.
With every new wave of enemies, Rydel’s bald character was either sliced by sawblades or electrocuted into oblivion.
At this point, it was starting to feel a little tragic.
“Ughhhh… but at least we’re almost there!”
The finish line was right ahead.
BZZZZZZT—!
As if to mark the grand finale, a wave of buzzsaws shot up from the floor.
But while Rydel was still catching her breath.
Silver Hair Silver Hair weaved through the sawblades with ease and crossed the finish line.
[GAME CLEAR!]
[Clear Time: 4 hours 21 minutes]
A loud fanfare erupted, and a notification popped up announcing their victory.
“Everyone! We did it! RYDEL DID IT!”
Rydel shot up from her seat, fists clenched tight.
She hadn’t meant to overreact, but the sheer rush of clearing the stage made her jump up and down in excitement.
“🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉👏👏”
“Congrats, Delbung!”
“NICE~”
“She really pulled it off. Delbung actually did it.”
“I can’t believe they actually cleared this.”
“This stream was LEGENDARY.”
《‘BabyBungeo’ donated 10,000 KRW!》
But honestly… didn’t you just get carried? …Almost said that out loud.
《‘DelChangLife’ donated 5,000 KRW!》
I’ve been subbed for six months, but I can’t even defend Delbung this time. Sorry.
“LMAO”
“Let’s be real, she definitely got carried.”
“Hard truth: some random god-tier gamer did all the work.”
“BIG Silver Hair moment.”
“Hey, at least you were a great human shield. Cheers to that!”
Rydel cleared her throat awkwardly.
“Ahem! Okay, yeah… I guess I did kinda get carried. Didn’t do much myself.”
Calming herself down, she gave a small nod and turned toward her unlikely savior.
“Silver Hair Silver Hair, seriously… thank you so much for carrying me through this.”
This game clear was, without a doubt, Silver Hair Silver Hair’s carry.
It was practically like being spoon-fed all the way to the finish line.
“Honestly, I just… yeah. I think the viewers are right—I pretty much just stood there the whole time.”
The viewer count had surged past 30,000 and was now approaching 40,000.
The highest peak in Rydel’s streaming history.
All thanks to Silver Hair Silver Hair.
“Silver Hair, seriously, this stream was amazing because of you. To be honest, I thought today’s stream was going to be a total struggle.”
Before Silver Hair Silver Hair showed up, she had been stuck for four grueling hours.
She had braced herself for a painful, frustrating broadcast—because the game itself was brutal.
But then, unexpectedly, a god-tier player had appeared out of nowhere.
And thanks to them, she had cleared the stage in record time.
“But watching your insane mechanics was a total treat. I don’t even know what to say except thank you.”
Rydel lowered her head toward the screen in gratitude.
“……”
《‘Bunbuncha’ donated 10,000 KRW!》
But isn’t Silver Hair not even a viewer?
They seem like a random passerby.
“Yeah, I don’t think they were a regular viewer. But still, credit where it’s due. Even if they’re not watching now, they might see the clip later on YouTube or something, right?”
It didn’t seem like Silver Hair Silver Hair was even tuned into the stream.
But regardless, showing appreciation was just basic manners.
Just as Rydel was about to continue speaking.
[You have achieved the fastest clear time!]
[Updating latest rankings…]
[Update complete.]
“Wait, what?”
A new in-game message popped up, making her jump in surprise.
“F-Fastest clear time?!”
「Fastest clear?」
「Did they just set the record?」
「Delbung, you did it!」
「I can’t believe this is happening…」
「Wow… They really pulled it off.」
Now that she thought about it, she remembered checking the clear time rankings before starting the game.
She didn’t recall the single-player record, but—‘The record for 3-player mode… I’m sure it was 4 hours and 32 minutes.’
That much, she remembered clearly.
And for a simple reason—‘Rydel, weren’t you aiming for first place from the start…?’
‘The record is 4 hours and 32 minutes, you really think that’s possible?’
‘Even 14 hours and 32 minutes would be a miracle, LOL.’
Her chat had relentlessly brought it up, rubbing it in every chance they got.
She had seen it so many times that she couldn’t forget it even if she wanted to.
‘And… I just finished in 4 hours and 21 minutes.’
A faster time than 4 hours and 32 minutes.
Rank 1.
They had officially broken the record.
Just to make sure she wasn’t imagining things, she hurriedly opened the official website.
[Chain Roller – Rank #1 Team]
‘Silver Hair Silver Hair’
‘Rydel’
‘Delbung #3’
It wasn’t a mistake.
Her name was right there, clear as day, on the ranking leaderboard.
《‘Delbung Only Life’ donated 10,000 KRW!》
《‘That Clumsy Delbung’ donated 10,000 KRW!》
That clumsy Delbung is now ranked #1?
My heart is full.
《‘Delbung Life’ donated 5,000 KRW!》
Thought you’d rage quit after 12 hours, lol.
《‘Yellow Master’ donated 10,000 KRW!》
The bus driver was basically prime Schumacher.
《‘Forest Whisperer’ donated 10,000 KRW!》
But it took 4 hours and 21 minutes?
It didn’t feel that long.
“I, uh… wasted about 4 hours, actually. Ahem.”
Rydel lowered her head, a bit embarrassed.
Before Silver Hair Silver Hair joined,she had spent four hours messing around with two random viewers.
‘Now that I think about it… that’s an insane time.’
Even with all that wasted time, their official clear time was 4 hours and 21 minutes.
Meaning—Once Silver Hair Silver Hair joined, they cleared it in just 21 minutes.
‘Wait… didn’t Silver Hair take a break for ramen?’
She remembered.
At one point, Silver Hair stepped away for five minutes to make ramen.
If she subtracted that time.
They had cleared the game in just 16 minutes.
《‘Cold Chicken’ donated 10,000 KRW!》
Rydel, I think you forgot to reset the timer.
“Reset the timer?”
「Yeah.」
「You can reset it whenever you make a new room.」
「If you don’t, the timer just keeps running.」
「Delbung probably didn’t know since it was their first time.」
“I didn’t even know that was a thing since it was my first time.”
The ranking record system—By default, it records all playtime up to that point.
And every time a new lobby is created, players can manually reset the timer.
‘You have to do that manually?’
Normally, this kind of thing resets automatically.
But since it was an indie game, even the time reset had to be done manually.
Realizing this too late, Rydel clutched her head in frustration.
“Agh! If I had just done that, our clear time would be 21 minutes!”
「Nah, honestly, it’s better that you didn’t.」
「If you actually cleared in 21 minutes, they would’ve banned you for hacking.」
「I mean, does 21 minutes even sound real?」
「Fr, if I were an admin, I’d delete that record too.」
「That’s literally faster than any cheat.」
“Yeah… I guess that’s true. Gotta think positive.”
21 minutes was physically impossible.
Unless they somehow skipped from the 2nd floor straight to the 10th in one move.
From the admin’s perspective, it would have looked like a hack or a bug.
If they had investigated, things could’ve gotten messy.
‘The real record is what matters.’
The important thing was that they had actually cleared it in 21 minutes.
And 40,000 viewers had witnessed it live.
And that wasn’t all.
Once clips and YouTube edits spread,even more people would know about it.
‘All thanks to that guy.’
Silver Hair Silver Hair.
Even though the game clear message had popped up,Silver Hair Silver Hair still hadn’t left the game.
‘Are they checking the rankings too?’
A normal person would probably be celebrating,but knowing Silver Hair Silver Hair.
‘They’re probably just eating ramen.’
They did say they’d finish before the ramen got cold.
By now, they were probably slurping it down,still warm from being left untouched during the game.
After a brief moment of thought, Rydel opened the in-game chat.
[Rydel: Silver Hair, can we talk for a moment?]