Original World
Chapters Opening in Part 1 / chapters 1-208. English arc labels here are approximate, from a Korean fan-maintained outline captured Oct 13, 2026. Ranges can overlap or omit chapters, and gaps do not mean missing chapters.
01Where this sits
Part 1 covers setup and fieldwork: Kim Soleum enters the setting he followed as a reader and learns to treat manuals, coworkers and case clues as survival tools.
This page is a reading-map entry, not a chapter synopsis. It does not reproduce chapter text, scans, or unofficial translations.
02Related records in this archive
The Window Census - Original fiction written for this archive, separate from the novel's canon. A municipal surveyor counts every lit window on an empty street. By morning, the street has counted something in return.
The Bell at Low Water - Original fiction written for this archive, separate from the novel's canon. A drought exposes a bell in the bed of Morrow Weir. Its missing tower begins to appear in the town's oldest photographs.
The Room Tone Tape - Original fiction for this archive, separate from the novel's canon. A sound restorer receives a recording of an empty room. Every noise she removes from the tape disappears from the building around her.
The Coatroom Below Larch House - Original fiction for this archive, separate from the novel's canon. Beneath a demolished hotel, a coatroom continues to accept tickets. The attendant returns each coat with something its owner has spent years trying to put down.
Sources & reading notes
Captured index dated Oct 13, 2026. English arc labels here are approximate; ranges can overlap or omit chapters.
A fan-written reading map, not an official or exhaustive account. Spoilers through the captured chapter index.