Chapter 88 (2/2)
Cha Jun Sung felt like he had become the BJ of a horror game. Hercules is a game character and the force members watching the hologram are the viewers.
Clunk!
“Ack!”
“Why are you yelling!”
“This asshole got surprised!”
One of the force members yelled in surprise at the sound of a can being kicked in the hologram. The force members around him calmed their beating hearts.
-[Mutant signal detected in the outer wall of the ceiling! Vibrating weapon! Chang flamethrower!]
Parasites are weak to fire. Cha Jun Sung had taken the buster off to attach a flamethrower. The fire power is so strong that it will melt down in seconds.
The hologram splits in half. It is a fairly spacious room, but something is crawling around in the ceiling. There is 1 on each the left and right sides.
“Infection pocket!”
“Ha! Is it a level 3 from the beginning half? It would have been dangerous if we had gone in as is.”
Dozens of tentacles on a round body writhe like snakes.
It has hundreds of infestors in its stomach, but it has a habit of staying in one place while moving as little as possible. It is a tricky mutant.
The flamethrower spews fire. It headed straight for the infection pocket stuck to the wall like a laser and covered it.
Kik!
The infection pocket’s stomach burst with parasites the size of a human finger coming out to try to dig in all over Hercules.
The infection pocket’s own power is so weak that it is barely that of a level 2. But it is tricky to handle once it releases the parasites.
They are small and fast. There are a lot of them too. It is dangerous if even one digs into the body, so Lifers avoided it in the virtual version as well.
Hercules ignored the parasites trying to dig into it, and set fire to the other one as well. There is nothing the parasites can do when they are stuck to a machine.
Cyborgs are the worst for parasites. They are basically invincible to mutants that rely on the attack of their parasites.
It has to already be infected or be an outstanding fighter to take on Hercules. If they go further in, more will probably appear.
-[You have earned X2 1200 points and 120 achievement points.]
The parasites fall off of Hercules. It is not because the infection pockets are dead. They realized that Hercules is not a life form.
Hercules cremates the parasites. They become harmful to the force members if left to live. Not a single parasite can get away because they are all caught on its thermographic and infrared mode.
The hologram starts buffering. The scope of linking with Hercules is only up to 1km, but the hologram does not even reach half of that. They need to go downstairs.
-[Search through everything and come back.]
-[Mission confirmed!]
“It seems there aren’t very many nearby. We will need to enter as well.”
Lim Si Hyun and Han Chang Jin sent the force down by party following Cha Jun Sung’s words. A lot of their feelings of resistance were reduced because they checked that it was safe.
“Let’s go eradicate the parasite.”
“Kyak!”
Kyoko rubs her arms. It is so disgusting she gets goosebumps. If she is surprised by that much, she will faint from shock when she sees one.
Park Jin Hyuk showed repulsion as well. What does gender matter in disliking parasites? Just come close. He will burn all of them with his flamethrower.
The last force member closed the door. It is dark because sunlight does not enter. As in the case with the Biology Institute, the helpers do not turn the power on for them.
Zing!
The force members turn their vision goggles on. It is a necessary item and they would be treated as idiots if they do not possess it. Cha Jun Sung and Park Jin Hyuk also used their goggles.
They actually do not need to use them because the 4th stage of body modifications brightened their night vision, but they followed everyone else in wearing them. It is better to hide it if they can.
Hercules’ footsteps grow closer. There must not have been anything to fight after the infection pockets, because they did not hear such noise.
-[Start with the head.]
Han Chang Jin moved the government’s Lifers forward. Since they had received special training, their behavior was lighter than that of the other Lifer’s in such a heavy atmosphere.
This is how they stepped into the Dead Ark.