Life Mission Chapter 141:
Volume 5 / Chapter 141
TL: LightNovelCafe
Editor: adkji
“Wow! We’ve finally met up . ”
The force ultimately became whole after 4 days . The place was extremely vast, so they wandered here and there . There were no battles that caused tension after the attack from the Blood Suckers . They only ran into Blood Devils and Blood Parasites .
“It’s hard to find the path . ”
“We’re using the compact detection robot to create a map . We should be able to find it after digging through everything one by one . ”
Strategist laughs at Cha Jun Sung’s words . The world federation Lifers started searching everywhere by releasing compact detection robots as soon as they were summoned to their separate locations . If they don’t do this because it was a bother, they would suffer the inconvenience of going in circles . There really is nothing to be so bothered by either . If they just activate it in the beginning, the robot would handle the rest on its own . They need to be extra careful with them because, even though each is worth 2 million points, they are weak enough that a bullet can penetrate through them . They have as many handicaps as they have uses .
“You said that you found a way out?”
“Yes . It looks like each area has one . ”
Beep beep!
Strategist showed them a holographic map saved on his PDA . They can see a place where something like a ladder is marked . That is the exit to get out of Underpass . Strategist does not intend to go out . Their goal is to go deeper underground, not to go outside .
“You heard that roar, right?”
“Perfectly . ”
A few days ago after they lost a few Blood Devils in the fight against the Blood Suckers, they heard a hair-raising roar . It was loud enough to ring throughout Underpass . Strategist analyzed the sound with his battlesuit and calculated its estimated location .
They kept it as an uncertain, unclear indicator . They’re creating the map now . Unless the Underpass is infinitely large, they will meet at some point .
“Underpass is circular . I’m not 100% sure, but we have searched 60 to 70% from what we’ve marked until now . ”
“So, we just have to go through the rest . ”
“The problem is after that . ”
How great would it be if the mission was to just find and complete? They cannot even imagine what kind of monster is waiting for them . The force placed the search as their priority . Their top goal is to dissect Underpass . That is the only way they will be able to find the way to Public Underground .
The Lifers had been moving without time to stop, and are now on a break . They have plenty of stamina, but proper sleep and meals are absolutely necessary . All kinds of food come out of their space compression bags . As magic bags, they are full of delicious foods .
Beep beep!
Strategist was resting when he saw an alert from his compact detection robot and straightened his body . It picked up multiple vital responses . There was a lot . It easily surpasses tens of thousands . He is certain that it is where the Blood Parasites are gathered .
“950m northeast, detection of vital responses in the tens of thousands . We’ll go right away . ”
It is too far, so there are limits to how the cameras can be used . If they go within 500m, they can see what the detection robot is seeing .
The force moves in tension . The detection robot’s information was shared with everyone . There are more and more being detected . They are going further into the robot’s range .
Pat!
The camera turns on as soon as they enter the permissible range . The camera shakes from top to bottom as though it is digging into the ground . They do not see mutants .
“What!”
“Goodness!”
Woong!
The detection robot finishes spelunking and comes out . The force is speechless . Cocoons stuck all over a wall; it is impossible to count all of them . The cocoons are not the most shocking part .
“Blood Sucker?”
“Why is it so big?”
A giant Blood Sucker is coiled up in the center of the cocoons . It is a warden, Public Underground’s boss . Their skin crawls even though they are looking at it through a camera .
‘Mutation, evolution . ’
Cha Jun Sung thinks to himself . It is the image of a top level 6 .
Wiing!
The detection robot turns its view . The camera films Public Underground . There are dozens of Blood Suckers in position everywhere . There are hordes of Blood Devils .
“That’s too much . ”
“We have to take all of those on?”
5 huge Blood Suckers . The one in the middle of the cocoons is the biggest and the other 4 are similar to each other . They are variants .
Strategist sent the detection robot in further . Robots do not experience fear .
“There’s a hole in the ceiling . ”
“It’s a trace of the Blood Lord, right?”
Cha Jun Sung looks at Glare Gun . They are the only 2 people who have caught Blood Lords before .
“It’s completed its molting perfectly . It’ll be bigger than 200m . ”
Blood Lord is one of the top 10 largest of the Nightmares .
“It must have created a path for itself because it is too big to move around Underpass . ”
“Those level 6s over there, especially that big one, they’ll have to move around through the ceiling . ”
“Do you think they blocked the entrance because of us?”
“I think so . ”
“Damn it . How do we kill all of them?”
Nuclear grumbles . It is a scene that could make him vomit . There are 5 level 6s .
“We’ll get the detection robot back first, and then come up with a plan . ”
Wiing!
Strategist called the detection robot, but a weak sound leaked out .
Boom!
The Elder had been sleeping, but blinked open its red eyes, and launched a thorn . A thorn the size of a human leg pierced through the robot precisely . It has outstanding senses . It is 100m away, but was able to hit the robot a size of a fist .
Its thorn regenerates . There is no movement .
“Let’s just plan it out . ”
2 million points just evaporated .
Chapter 7 | Inner Madness
Roar!
The Elder was asleep in the center of the cocoons when it heard a beast’s roar and woke up .
It does not fall asleep in order to always remain active . Its open eyes are not sleepy either . It is just slightly opened . It can switch to combat mode whenever it wants to .
It is noisy beyond the ceiling . The leaders took the Blood Suckers and Blood Devils hunting . The clan are living beings . They will die if they do not eat .
Boom!
The ceiling is 100m tall, and dozens of mutants the size of elephants fall down .
They are the double headed giants living above them . They caught a lot of them, but the noise does not stop .
Roar!
A roar comes out beyond the leaders’ force . They must be fighting strong mutants, and it is taking much more time than when they were fighting the double headed giants .
The Elder knows what the leaders are going after . The blood clan is the upper line in power dynamics, so it didn’t have to worry .
Boom boom boom!
Their hunting is was success . Mutants 4 times the size of double headed giants plummet to fall on top of the corpses . They normally would have died, but they survived because the double headed giants that died first acted as cushions .
Boom boom!
Double headed kings . They are also top level 6 mutants . The leaders’ bodies are covered in wounds .
They are unable to hold their bodies up after the impact of falling . No matter how much cushioning the giants provided for them, monsters weighing tons fell 100m to the ground . As their bones broke, their organs were ruptured . They will become better after a few days with mutant resilience, but that is not possible in this situation .
Bang!
The Elder slams its tail down on the double headed kings .
They went rolling because they didn’t have the strength to withstand it . They are strong enough that they could have tied if they had faced off under normal conditions . Victory and defeat were easily determined because they didn’t have the strength to react .
The leaders were done with hunting and climb back down the wall . They need to end it swiftly . There’s a lot of mutants as strong as the double headed giants above them . That’s why the leaders doesn’t go around by themselves very often and wanders in hundreds .
It’s usually a bother, but they survive by going around Underpass to find preys .
Beyond the ceiling is an area of predators that not even the Elder can take on . But, the Blood Lord killed them before going on its expedition . That is how the blood clan came here .
Grr!
The Elder looks at the entrance . It can feel that the enemy is close . They have been sending strange insects for the past few days, but it has been killing them every time it sees them . There are Blood Suckers covering the entrance just in case . The enemy will not be able to get through but, if they do, it intends to kill them one by one . It cannot let them come inside .
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The force took appropriate positions and looked for ways to get through the entrance . They are ready to accept ideas regardless of position .
The problem is that there is no clear count even after holding meetings for several days .
It might be possible to get through by setting off bombs . The problem is that if they do that, they will draw the blood clan’s attention .
Also, the entrance is not very wide . It is packed if 2 or 3 people stand shoulder to shoulder . When they sent the last detector robot a day ago, they saw that Blood Suckers and Blood Devils were filling the entrance . What could this mean?
“Can’t we go down through the hole?”
“The hole . ”
Strategist thought about what a force member suggestion . The giant hole in the Public Underground ceiling – it would be the best if they could go down through that . They can create shock from the top or throw bombs . They could take advantage of their position and make a sweep . That is only if they could get down .
“Leaving Underpass means leaving the mission area . This is level C advancement, but there’s no guarantee that the area above is a lower level than this . ”
Even if it is a lower level than Underpass, they do not know how much they will need to battle until they get near the hole . They would only need to fight once, but this would make them fight more than they need to . A lot of people will think that being the final decision maker is great, but it is good to be an underling at times . They just have to do as they are told .
[Current location: 952 . 266 . 85 . ]
Whether they are under or above ground, only the depth is different and the location is pretty much the same . If they just follow the locations as a guide, they will be able to arrive .
“What do you think about just blowing the whole thing up?”
Nuclear makes a suggestion . They didn’t have anything like white phosphorus, but they brought a lot of powerful bombs like dynamites . They prepared fully because it is an advancement mission .
“The entrance will collapse if we do that . ”
Underpass is not ideal to use bombs in that blow buildings away, excluding basic ones . If they are misused, they will sweep through everything regardless of enemies and allies .
“I didn’t know we’d end up in a battle of wits against mutants . ”
“I know, right?”
In terms of a war, the force is a siege and the blood clan is the residing . Generally to bring on a siege, they need to have 3 times the power of the residing . However, the siege is weaker .
“Let’s go out . It won’t be bad to see some sunlight . ”
Strategist spoke after thinking for a while . They have made no progress with the entrance in front of them for days . It seems like there will be none in the near future . It would be better to go to the hole rather than dragging out time waiting here .
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[Level C Mission: Black Devil’s Shadow] [Goal: Attainment]
[Description: The Black Devil was dealing with the darkness when it was trampled by the ascending king’s power . A lone shadow left behind . A tremendous host is needed for a still weak shadow to develop into a Black Devil . When will an opportunity come? Even today, the shadow hopes to get revenge . ]
[Reward: 1 . 8 million points . Lucky box . ]