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I read it as a whole and got the big twist about npc. But maybe I'm missing something but my question is about the horror game as a whole. Was it ever explained or hinted about how the friend group came into playing the game ? And where do they go when they stop playing the tapes because I remember in one chapter it said that hyungshin and his crush (I forgot the name) stopped playing the tapes because they were tired or something. Did they go back to real life? And are they stuck here until the game is cleared , unable to go to real world ?
Could anyone explain the concept of the game like are the player characters' consciousness just in the game and they're alive IRL. And so the NPCs are not alive IRL. What are they trying to accomplish here? To escape the game? Did someone force them in it or did they go willingly? Is there someone monitoring outside the game world? What happens to them IRL when they stop playing the tapes. If anyone could explain then