Chapter 72 (2/2)
It is a level E mission now, but if he gets back about half of Hercules’ abilities, he will go into level D. The power he is aiming for is that of a weak level 4.
If it is at that level, it can be left out to go kill on its own. The limit of an advanced cyborg is level 4. Even if it is armed well, level 5 is asking for too much.
It could catch it if it self-destructs, but one goes for 5 million points. They need to act according to their own abilities. If they go beyond it, they are at a disadvantage.
“Do you all just ride the bus and not participate in the mission?”
“Because it’s dangerous.”
“The points we have after kickbacks come out to the cost of an entire house.”
Hearing their reasoning, most do not have much ambition, are scared of the danger, or have families to take care of. They are the typical bus Lifers.
Bus Lifers are separated into 2 categories. Those trying to make money, and those trying to advance quickly. There is nothing to be done about the first, but the latter is a misjudgment.
There is a clear difference between advancing with external forces and advancing through effort. Even if the outside is gold, it is all worth nothing if the inside is hollow. It is as bad as not doing anything at all.
-[You have earned 20 points and 2 achievement points.]
The points are coming in. Hercules had started to catch the mutants.
They need to wait a day. The mutants could approach them, so they need to set up booby traps. A few claymores will block all of the passageways.
“Would you like to hear a sermon?”
“Sermon?”
“Shall I say it’s a sermon regarding staying alive in the mission? It should work until you get to level D.”
Hercules will catch the mutants. It is a waste to throw away the remaining time.
These are people who gave him strength for a long time while he was running the blog. They will go in starting with 300 points. He hopes it becomes a well-slicked foundation for them.
When there is free time, he teaches the Lifers how to survive in the reality version. Official figures say that there have been over 10 million deaths and people are still dying.
Once level C opens up, more people will die. They are on the ride now to make money, but they need to have some basic skills just in case they ever come across a solo mission.
“If you keep this in mind, you’ll reduce the threat of danger and you’ll be able to complete solo missions of low points. Then you won’t need to find a bus.”
“Aren’t you losing customers?”
“That’s right!”
Hah!
Losing customers? He does not care. He will not be operating the bus forever. Once he gathers the basic amount he needs, he will be doing this less and will attack a level C mission.
The Lifers listened up. It is what their idol, Overload, is saying. If they listen, it will all become flesh and blood.
It was only in the virtual but of these people, there is even a Lifer who reached a decent level.
“To survive in a mission…..”
The lecture proceeds.
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Cha Jun Sung is pressing buttons on the calculator. He is calculating the points he earned with his bus. He had been expecting it, but the additional income is pretty good.
With the 3000 reward, 30,000 with taking all of the mutants and the 5400 points worth of parts and necessities from the Lifers, he had made close to 40,000.
It is not the exact 600 that he needs for Hercules. There are 540 and 550 as well. He used this for bullets.
If he gathers small parts to manufacture, they become a big part that is necessary to Hercules. He only purchases what cannot be produced.
“At this rate, I’ll fill the 3 million within 3 months. I’m sure it’ll be faster once we cross into level D. If I estimate with more time, I can even get the battle shoot.”
Accepting bribes in level E is 160,000 in 1 month. That’s 500,000 in 3 months. Personal reasons why he cannot go into missions can arise, but the estimate is that much.
It is an amount that cannot be underestimated. He could understand why large guilds go through so much trouble to take points. It does not mean that they are better off than Cha Jun Sung though.
Cha Jun Sung takes everything by himself, but large guilds need to take care of the master, vice master, cadres, and guild members. They leak through as much as they earn.
-[If everything goes favorably, you will be able to finish within the time you allotted.]
“Right?”
-[The thing that holds you back are achievement points. Even though you are the owner of the cyborg, the amount of achievement points you earn are low because you don’t lift a finger.]
Odin is not wrong. The achievement points needed to purchase items it 20% of the price. If he catches mutants now, he only gets 10%.
If he leaves it the way it is, he could run into trouble at the very end.
“I know.”
-[Do you have a way to resolve it?]
“If I think too much into it, there’s no end. I’m going to use Hercules as a defense for a few months to get gear and go through the 4th stage of body modifications. Then, I’m going to start getting involved too.”
When he dismantled the vibrating function from the Wolf Kill, he had lost the will to fight.
Honestly, he is also tired from working so hard. Since his body will not be deteriorating from taking a break, he is going to rest and start the engine up again later.
-[Do as you please.]
Odin responded bluntly. Cha Jun Sung just went past it. That is his helper. Even if it talks like that, it is because it is worried about him.
“I should go in with my colleagues as a party too sometimes since they’re meaningful people to me.”
The reality version will become a level too high to complete as solo missions as time goes by. Points are important, but there is no point if he does not have a party.
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Today is Friday. As 9 days passed, he ran his bus 10 times. Including the mission he went in with his colleagues, he made about 400,000 points.
It is enough to get him through the 3rd stage of body modifications, but he is falling short in achievement points.
He invested greatly in Hercules. Thanks to this, defects in small aspects of it disappeared. Of course there are still a lot of places to work on in the bigger parts.
Cha Jun Sung will be taking a break from the bus for 1 day tomorrow. He has an important appointment.
It is the day he was supposed to meet with Lim Si Hyun and Han Chang Jin. He is iffy about revealing his face, but they already knew enough about him and he felt like he would need to meet with them at least once.