Chapter 513

**The Oldest Dream (2)** is the five hundred thirteenth chapter of Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint.

## Summary

In the valley at the bottom of the Library, a familiar subway train appears from the darkness and opens its doors. Lee Gilyoung is the first to board, ignoring Yoo Sangah's protests; when nothing happens to him, Lee Jihye takes Shin Yoosung's hand and steps into the subway as well. One by one, the others follow suit, until Kim Dokja is the last to board. As he enters, he recalls how he and the others once led ordinary lives. A nostalgic remark from Jung Heewon prompts everyone to examine the inside of the subway, which is clean and unoccupied by any other passengers.

Kim Dokja asks the librarians, who have remained outside the subway, to join them to witness the end of the world, but the librarians say that they can't. Their explanation is cut off by the closing of the subway's doors, and Kim Dokja gazes out the windows as the subway moves forward into the darkness. He and Han Sooyoung look at the subway map and notice that they're on Line 3, the line Kim Dokja used to commute on every day, and that the station names and the ends of the map are missing.

After several minutes, Han Sooyoung sits down next to Kim Dokja. He asks her why she's glaring at the subway map, and she responds that she doesn't ride on things like subways, surprising him by saying it's due to the subway's unchanging routine and scenery. He reflects on how he also hated subways and would spend his commute staring at his phone for the same reason. The two watch their companions lightheartedly converse, then discuss his desire for everyone else to go back to their old lives and live happily, with Han Sooyoung unconvinced; she brings up her suspicions that Kim Dokja is hiding something, which he denies.

He starts to speak again to Han Sooyoung, but stops at the sound of his companions speculating about what awaits them. Lee Gilyoung suggests that the Oldest Dream is the author of Three Ways to Survive in a Ruined World, causing everyone to look at Kim Dokja, who says he has a feeling that the Oldest Dream is not the author. Several of the companions express curiosity about how Kim Dokja came across the novel, including Yoo Joonghyuk and Jang Hayoung, but he only says that he came across it while browsing the internet. When Han Sooyoung asks what he searched to find such a crappy novel, he can't remember; Lee Jihye says it's not as important as the fact that he read Ways of Survival at all, and Yoo Sangah cheerfully agrees, something that Kim Dokja thinks he doesn't deserve to hear. He ponders what would have happened if one of his companions read the novel instead and whether this would have led to a better outcome for the world, until Shin Yoosung thanks him for reading Ways of Survival, which his companions agree only he could have done, rendering him speechless with the thought that someone like Kim Dokja could be loved by them.

While the children hold his hands, Kim Dokja and the others watch the Stories they had experienced pass by outside the subway. Jung Heewon asks what conclusion Kim Dokja wants to see, and he answers that he has already seen one of them, and that the other is to repay his debt. The subway begins to slow down, and everyone rises from their seat with increasing trepidation. Kim Dokja approaches the exit with Jung Heewon and Yoo Joonghyuk at his side, observing that the Stories in the darkness are also slowing down. As he and Yoo Joonghyuk discuss the four year span of the current regression, Jung Heewon teases them for their solemnity, drawing a brief smile from Kim Dokja.

Everyone prepares for a fight after Lee Hyunsung announces that the doors are opening, but they instead find a mostly empty subway platform before them. An apprehensive Kim Dokja feels impelled to look in the direction of a young boy sitting on a bench. With a pulsing migraine, he steps toward the boy, remembering his promise to kill the Oldest Dream and instinctively knowing that that child is the one he has to kill. Jung Heewon drops her sword, looking between Kim Dokja and the boy with an expression of despair, while Kim Dokja resolves to fulfill his promise to the Secretive Plotter. He stares at the boy, who is a younger version of himself, as the latter raises his head to look back at him.

## Features

### Characters

* Lee Gilyoung
* Lee Jihye
* Shin Yoosung
* Kim Dokja
* Jung Heewon
* Nirvana Moebius
* Simulation
* Eater of Dreams
* Han Sooyoung
* Yoo Joonghyuk
* Jang Hayoung
* Yoo Sangah
* Lee Hyunsung
* Oldest Dream
* Secretive Plotter (mentioned)
* tls123 (mentioned)

### Locations

* Fourth Wall/Library
* 3434 Train to Bulgwang