Chapter 24 (1/2)

“If we had gotten involved, there would have been a struggle.”

“A struggle would have been fortunate.”

Cha Jun Sung who had been watching in hiding let out his breath. The cannibals disappeared from the goggles. They had not been picked up in the cannibals’ senses because they were far off.

“If I had fought the evil cannibal, I’m pretty sure you would have had to handle all of the cannibals.”

“That’s too much.”

Park Jin Hyuk waved the notion away. If it had been a small space like the underpass, the space he had to cover would’ve been limited and it could have worked.

A sniper was most appreciated as support, not as the main.

This was a forest. They might have been able to do something if they had already claimed their spots from a distance, but they would not last long if they approached them in this state.

If cannibals appeared from everywhere, they would die helplessly even if the heavens sent a sharpshooter down to them. They might even curse the heavens.

“It’s different from the virtual version.”

“Are you saying that reality can change at any time unlike the virtual where everything is already decided?”

Cha Jun Sung nodded.

His brain held extensive information on Life Mission. He could think of a mutant’s name, skill, and weakness just by looking at its face.

Though it was just the virtual version, he had run his blog for 10 years and had gone up to a high position – past the super rankers.

His last Evil Queen raid was still a legend.

“The mutants in the virtual version moved in a system, but the mutants in reality move on their own. The difference between an existing limit and the lack of one. This difference is creating variables that Lifers can’t expect.”

The cannibals had built certain ranks albeit barbaric. They were even putting good use to Lifers’ items that they had somehow gotten their hands on.

They had developed the learning ability to use tools and remember things they had seen. This would not have been possible in the virtual version where they followed the system.

Just as ancient people had followed the steps to become modern humans, it looked like the mutants were following the same steps.

“What are you going to do?”

“Should we give up?”

“Are you serious?”

“Joking.”

They could not give up now when this was the beginning. Cha Jun Sung looked at the ground. The cannibals had left a clear trace.

If they had used a mix of traces and hunches to come here, now they were going to follow only by looking at the floor. The military base would be where the trail ends.

***

Kuok!

The cannibals and evil cannibal went into a cave among crevices.

Is the base inside a cave? It is the best location to avoid sightings from outside. A few cannibals were standing guard at the entrance.

“Is that the only entrance?”

“That’s the worst.”

They looked all over the area, but there was only one entry into the base. If they wanted to infiltrate, they had no choice but to go where they would be seen.

“There are 2 guards.”

“We need to go closer. There’s a limit to what the goggles can pick up because of the distance.”

From 50m, there were only 2 cannibals. Since they could not just go barging in, they needed to get at least 10m from the cave to identify what was inside.

“There’s less cover as we get closer. It’s dangerous if you think of their senses.”

“Hm….. we can’t stay here.”

“Even if we kill the guards or lure them somewhere and somehow succeed in infiltrating, we don’t know how many are inside. As long as we’re checking it, let’s do it right.”

Cha Jun Sung left Park Jin Hyuk where they were and disappeared for 10 minutes before returning. They needed a simple experiment to take on the cannibals.

“Let’s go up that tree. It’s possible, right?”

“I don’t think I can do it.”