Life Mission Chapter 142:
Volume 5 / Chapter 142
TL: LightNovelCafe
Editor: Hungry Panda
“… . . ”
“Do we have to go further?”
The force was uncomfortable . The moment they climbed the ladder out of Underpass, special mission Black Devil’s Shadow was activated . It was 1 . 8 million points . They were still wondering how to complete a 2 million point mission, but they have gotten caught up in one that was almost there . Since it had only been activated and they had not started, it gets canceled once they go back into Underpass . It was not the worst-case scenario .
“Black Devil? I think I can tell what it is if it’s a parasitic type . ”
The rankers thought of different mutants . Level C means level 6 .
There was nothing that matched among level 6s . It said that it was uncompleted . There was a level 7 that matched the description perfectly .
“Oriax . ”
“What’s an Oriax?”
“A level 7 mutant . It’s mostly active at night . It has a meek nature too . ”
Cha Jun Sung explained it to Park Jin Hyuk . It is parasitic, but it does not eat hosts or lay eggs like parasites do . Is it possession? It goes inside the host and brings out the limits to its potential . That is how it brings out the strength of level 7 . Once the Oriax gives up the parasitism, the host goes back to the normal state .
It does not kill living beings, but is parasitic . It is mild in nature as well . How mild natured could a mutant possibly be? Unless it is hungry, it does not attack anything that is not a threat to it . In the virtual version, the Oriax’s influence is higher in the distribution chart than that of other mutants . This was because it posed a small threat to survival . It would have been a level B mision if the Oriax had been an adult, but it must be level C because it had not been able to find a host and is in an immature state .
“Then it must be safe?”
“That’s not it . What if we get caught when it’s hungry? We need to fight . ”
They can be guaranteed a certain amount of safety if they only move during the daytime . The Oriax hates daytime . They are able to show their full potential in darkness .
“It’ll be mid to top level 6 even in its immature state . ”
“Don’t you think it’ll be doable?”
“There will probably be sacrifices, but we should be able to kill it because it’s a level 7 . ”
Half of the rankers had caught Oriaxes before . Cha Jun Sung had as well . Level 7s are not particularly separated into low and mid levels . The level is the end . Of course there was a difference between the strong and weak within the same level . The Oriax is one of the top level 7s . They needed to be aware of a certain amount of danger .
The force members looked at the hole behind them . It was not too late . If they got down, they could focus on the Public Underground mission .
“Strategist . There really isn’t a way to get through the entrance?”
“We’ll find a way to get through . ”
They couldn’t go in . Say they opened the entrance by blowing it up with bombs . Then what happens? Blood Suckers were waiting in front to take their enemies down one by one .
What if they didn’t go down and just throw bombs? Public Underground’s width was that of a small town . Even if they threw reinforced bombs, the enemies could get out of the explosion radius . If the enemy attacked right when they were trying to go in, a few members of the force would have to fight with a large number of mutants .
“Ugh! If only biochemical gas guns worked!”
Nuclear paces . It was as he said . If only the biochemical gas guns had worked, they could have thrown it inside and cleared out a safe area for them . They would have been able to use the gas mask function on their battlesuits .
It was the method with the highest possibility until now, but after blowing them up on the Blood Suckers’ bodies, they didn’t cause chemical reactions . It was not because they died .
There was no biochemical weapon as strong as the virus . Mutants have incredible immunity due to their infection with the A virus, so Blood Suckers are able to withstand biochemical weapons . What happens if they use it anyway, and their gas masking functions stopped working? If they took even one breath, the force would lose all attack power .
“Let’s attack the ground like this . ”
Weapon Master had been silent with his arms crossed, when he spoke up for the first time .
“We’ll be able to use 100% of the force’s ability to fight with this terrain . ”
He thought it would be better to do this than to try to get through the entrance . It was wide . They had a full view . Even if mutants came swarming in, they could use all of their weapons . They would get to the hole in the ceiling without fighting if they were lucky . The Oriax’s mild personality had a part in coming to this decision as well .
“If we really don’t think we can do it, it’s okay to complete Black Devil’s Shadow and re-enter Public Underground . Since the top is empty, there’s no reason to risk everything for the entrance . ”
The force members clapped . It was as Weapon Master said . It was a roundabout way, but it was safe .
“It’s a good method . ”
“Yeah . ”
Cha Jun Sung agreed . Their actions were easier on the ground . It was a factor that they couldn’t ignore .
“If everyone is thinking the same thing, we’ll go through with it . ”
Strategist made the decision . They might need to complete 2 missions, but it was not a good method to keep pushing one thing without grounds . Their goal was to complete the advanced mission . Even if the process was a bit complicated, there was enough reason to go through obstacles if the results were advantageous .
[Force moving . ]
They heard the radio and the battle line moved . 2 parties made of non-battle Lifers stood in the center, and 8 parties were divided into 2 of east and west to form a boundary .
The ground was a small city that had been reduced to ruins . Half of it was mixed with nature because there was no human touch .
[12 . 7km remaining until the location . Do not put your guards down . ]
The goal of the new mission was to find and kill one Oriax, but there would be a fair amount of level 5 and 6s in this kind of city . It would be better to discover them early on to avoid engagement and battle only when it was absolutely necessary .
Bang!
Cha Jun Sung jumped into the air . His powerful turning kick, accompanied by the booster, smashed Congo’s chin .
Its appearance was similar to a gorilla, but it was a level 4 mutant that was almost 4m in size .
Its chin bone was crushed, but such an injury didn’t kill it . Even so, Cha Jun Sung is satisfied with the hit and goes in search of another opponent .
The Congo grabbed its chin and ran to catch Cha Jun Sung, who hit it and left . But its legs were hot . Precisely, it was its heels .
Koharu stabbed at the achilles tendons with her daggers . With painful soreness and impaired mobility, the Congo looked back . In the time that its attention was turned away, Violet appeared from the front and penetrated the Congo’s chest with her javelin .
“Violet! On top!”
“Huh!”
Bang bang!
Violet turns and blocked the body coming from above with her spear .
The impact from the spear flowed through her battleshoot and out through her feet to hit the floor .
Tang tang tang!
Park Jin Hyuk sniped at the head of the Congo attacking Violet . Koharu also added in a bit of aid, and focused on trying to get rid of at least another one .
Cha Jun Sung’s group was not the only busy group . The whole force was experiencing it . It took 4 days to go 28km . It was too slow . It could not be helped because they protected themselves as best as they could while moving, avoiding mutants .
The distance of 12 . 7km to the ceiling coordinates was marked in a straight line . The distance was multiplied because they were going back and forth .
The distribution of mutants here was incredible . It was hard to believe that this was a 1 . 8 million point mission . One unique aspect was that as Adumoque’s area, the different species living here had hostile relationships .
So there was no worry of a concentrated attack, but battles were fierce once they start because the mutants’ levels are so high . Like it was now .
Tutututu!
A few force members handled a machine gun as large as a person, and showered down on the Congos . They didn’t shoot blindly . They only shot at the heads of those on the outside . If they shoot wildly, they could hit allies .
“There are so many of them!”
“Kill them!”
Hundreds of Congos were surrounding them . Not all of them were level 4s, and 70% are level 3 . However, there were so many of them that it was a melee . The force fights divided into parties . If they stuck together in this wide space, there were restrictions to their movement .
Woong!
The force members avoided the Congos’ attacks, took out rapid charging devices, and attached them to their battleshoots . They used the devices twice, and they were really useful items .
They couldn’t expect a full charge because they kept using energy, but there was no reason for them to become empty cans because they charged as much as they consumed .
Cha Jun Sung cut a Congo’s arm with his Time Limit . His party members swarmed to the injured Congo . It was a group battle . They refrained from individual action, and acted mainly in team play .
Bang bang!
There was an explosion from afar, accompanied by acrid smoke . It was Nuclear’s doing . Whenever rankers created room, he approached a Congo and shoved a bomb in its mouth . The head exploded and it died .
Cha Jun Sung sighs and looked around . 10 parties annihilated the Congos . Others are either done or finishing up .
“I thought I was going to die . ”
“You did well . ”
They encouraged each other . It was a relief that there were no level 5 and 6s . If they had been mixed into these hundreds, the Lifers would have ended up with a death count .
They went into battle 3 times while going 29km . All 3 times were this difficult . As long as they were not overwhelmingly strong, there was no effect on volume .
“It said that the mission name is Black Devil’s Shadow, right?”
“Shadow my ass! Oy! Is this an attainment mission? It’s annihilation . ”
The number coming at them was high level . They didn’t see any level 1 or 2 . The lowest were level 3 and 4 . They killed several hundreds and were exhausted .
Beep beep!
[The remaining distance is 983m . ]
Strategist calculated the distance . They were close . When thinking of this as the Congo’s area, there could no longer be any battles until they arrived at their destination . If they were unlucky, they could step into another’s area .
The force members reorganized and went the rest of the way . They still had slack because they packed plenty of articles for them . Fortunately, unwelcome guests did not appear because this was the home of the Congos they just annihilated .
“Is this it?”
“Whew! It’s impressive . This means that blood parasites are swarming under this, right?”
It was the hole that they saw briefly through the detection robots .
It was like looking at an ant **** that they couldn’t get out of once they fall in . Except for the center where sunlight seeps in through, the entire surrounding area was dark .
“I’ll take a look around . Prepare for an attack . ”
[Night vision activated . ]
Woong!
Strategist activated night vision and checked inside Public Underground . He couldn’t see well, so he moved to the center of the hole .
“Um . ”
“What is it?”
[Share view . ]
Strategist shared what he was seeing with the force on a hologram .
“Huh?”
“I don’t see anything . ”