Chapter 44 (1/2)

-[You have gotten through the beginning of the Biology Institute and entered the center.]

As soon as the door to the cargo lift opened, they received a welcome and unexpected notice.

The journey through the beginning had finally ended and they were moving on to the next step. The lifts were large enough to hold all of the force members with space for more.

It had not been created for transportation at first, but since it was aimed for large capacity loads, it was easy to load and move people with it.

“The warehouse is as big as a gym.”

“What do they have saved here? Is this too related to the linked special mission?”

One Lifer approached a container box and tried opening it. It has a padlock on it but that does not matter.

-[You have discovered a large object. The linking special mission is starting.]

-[Level E Special Mission: Procurement]

-[Goal: Attainment]

-[Content: Move the materials into the briefing room regardless of the type.]

-[Reward: 1 point per 1kg]

“The food storage and hospital are the same.”

“Tsk! If the space compression bag were big enough, we would have gotten a few thousand points.”

There was so much that Hocheon could not keep all of it to themselves, but they did not bother putting their hands on it. The absence of space compression bags is a big reason why.

Even if they had them, there would be no room inside because it would be full of items they need to take care of the mission.

“What a waste.”

“It’s however you think about it.”

Cha Jun Sung looked around the warehouse. If all of it was taken to the briefing room, it would be worth a few million points.

If the food warehouse and hospital was added, they would no longer need to worry about points. If they complete the mission however, there is no re-entrance.

It is a type of balance. There is a limit to the points that they can obtain.

With the underpass that Park Jin Hyuk found, it could not be seen as a completing with killing the blood-sucking insects. The blood-sucking lord needs to be killed for it to be over.

Repeating the task of emptying the bag and filling it again seems to be ignorant.

If someone enters the mission during that time, it becomes like a dog chasing a chicken. The reality version that Lifers experience is not forgiving enough to allow for tricks to work.

It is an enclosed space with restricted access, save for a few cargo lifts. It was ominously silent. They could only hear the sound of wind leaking in from somewhere.

“It’s the entrance.”

“Is there just one?”

As they walked along the container box, they quickly found the entrance door. Unlike the lift, there was just one. It seems they have to leave through that door.

It has a door like a valve because it stores important material. The handle did not turn whether it was because it is locked or rusted over.

Chun Myung Ik called one of his guild members. The man cut the valve with a fever cutter from the space compression bag. They carried with them all sorts of items.

It did not cut in one try. It took quite a while to open the door, but it was still better than making a lot of noise by trying to open it with a bomb.

Creak!

The door opened up to a narrow passage like a train compartment. One person at a time? If they tried to fit two people in, it would be packed tight.

Now it was time to input the seekers, but Chun Myung Ik spoke to the Lifers who asked for equal hunting opportunities.

-[Go in.]

-[You’re telling me to go in there?]

-[Of course not. I’m telling all 15 people who came to me yesterday.]

-[I’ll turn it down. If we go in and a mutant comes at us, won’t we be the ones taking the hit? Put in the seekers like you normally do!]

At that, Chun Myung Ik touched his face. Hocheon’s guild members held their breaths. It is behavior that he shows when he is really angry.

-[Do you swallow it if it’s sweet and spit it out if it’s bitter?]

-[What are you talking about?]

-[I told you to fall back if you don’t have the confidence and now you’re saying that you want to put the seekers in because it seems dangerous? I’m sure I told you that I don’t like people who don’t keep their word.]

The Lifers shut their mouths as though glued. Their shock was apparent. Everything that Chun Myung Ik was saying is correct.

“They’re caught.”