Chapter 90 (1/2)
He is a proud captain of the American Navy. At the end of the day, he had not lost that pride. That was until he boarded the ark.
“What- what year is it right now?”
“….. Does anyone know?”
Cha Jun Sung looked at the force members. How could they know? They could know the year during the mission, but no one paid attention because it did not matter to them.
“You slept for 4 years. We don’t know the time here.”
How should he explain it? Should he say that he became a Lifer because of a game called Life Mission, and came to this universe to save it from mutants?
Cha Jun Sung felt that it was crazy even while he was thinking it. He would just try to pass it off.
“4 years….. Since I was frozen in 2031, it’s the year 2035. So 4 years passed.”
It is a self-mocking voice. The lieutenant spaced out for a bit and spoke,
“What country are you from?”
“We’re from Korea.”
“Korea?”
The lieutenant is taken aback. How could it be! Korea is one of the first 6 nations that perished without even an ant left behind. The country had been dried out completely.
“How did a Korean get here? You would have perished by the awakened Black Evil.”
“Black Evil!”
Black Evil Aduroque.
It is a level 9 mutant taking one of the 6 spots as disasters along with the Evil Queen. In the virtual version, it dominated Asia. Its origin was Korea!
Even Cha Jun Sung who fought with the Evil Queen is ignorant regarding the 5 disasters. Strictly speaking, he had not seen the end of Life Mission either.
If the virtual version had been commercialized for a few more years, he might have been able to kill all of the disasters. The 36 rankers could have formed a union to kill them too.
“Is it important where we’re from at this point? When the world is in ruins?”
“He he!”
He laughs at himself to Cha Jun Sung’s straightforward words. He is right. What is it important where they are from? The world has been in pandemonium for a long time.
He had boarded the ark to get away from that hell, but this place had also turned out to be hell.
“You said that 4 years has gone by? What on earth happened?”
He asked outright. He has no choice if he wants to know the situation with the ark and infected city. The lieutenant froze.
He holds his head and trembles in fear. The events of 4 years back come back like a nightmare. It had left a trauma for a soldier who had experienced all types of hardships.
“Those- those guys!”
They were indeed mutants, but they were more disgusting and cruel. The parasites occupied New Zealand and the islands, and designated them as their own areas.
This ark is one of the hundreds of vessels created by America with the help of its allies. South America had fallen to the Evil Queen.
The few survivors ran away from there as though being chased. They turned the boat’s direction toward Oceania where there are a lot of islands, since they cannot live on sea forever.
That was the mistake. Just as they had lost to the Evil Queen, one of the islands was losing a war against the parasites.
They quickly got everyone on board and left, but it became irreversible.
“Is the ark safe?”
“We need your help, lieutenant. We discovered the parasites, but they are too few in numbers. It’s as if they aren’t here.
“That should be right.”
“It should be? Then does that mean you know why there are so few?”
“I don’t know, but there are 7 sleeping rooms in addition to this one.”
They had hacked into the system, but he pretended not to know. Hercules did it, but it would just be a bother to explain its artificial intelligence. It is better to hide the fact.
“Huh? Were there 9? Ugh! The parasites! Where did I get to?”
His consciousness came and went, speaking gibberish and then acting like he could not remember anything. His brain is not able to function, whether it is because of the freezing or fear.