Chapter 98 (2/2)
One surviving medic came to him with his arm. He was uneasy about it because it is an arm that the infestor had gone in and out of, but a simple test shows that the inside is clean.
Park Jin Hyuk wanted to receive treatment in the briefing room, but he decided to reattach the arm because the mission has not ended yet and it could become more dangerous.
He cannot exert his full abilities as a sniper with one arm. The medic was next to him, scanning his body and preparing for surgery.
The medic, who had been watching the battle, glanced at Park Jin Hyuk in disbelief. He had been in a crisis and had done something that no one else could have done.
It is not movement that a body that has gone through the 2nd stage of body modifications can handle.
‘I guess I can’t hide it anymore.’
His arm hurts with shooting pain. He would leave things as they come because he does not want a headache on top of that.
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Cha Jun Sung was desperate. The radio with Park Jin Hyuk bothered him. He said that he can’t hold out! He said that he would take them with him! Jin Hyuk dying? This cannot be.
“Corner!”
Cha Jun Sung rounded the corner. He has superior speed, so the party was far behind him. It would be a few minutes before they catch up to him.
As soon as he turned the corner, he encountered the infection hosts that were running somewhere. There are a lot of them. The four level 4s and two level 3s that have come from the bunker.
Normally, he would have avoided them, but sparks fired from Cha Jun Sung’s eyes as he was worrying about Park Jin Hyuk. Nothing would have happened to him, right? He cannot forgive them.
Cha Jun Sung took the pin out of a grenade and hit it with the Wolf Kill as if it were a baseball. The grenade flew forward and blew up.
Bang bang bang bang!
The level 4s avoided it with their unique body movements, but the level 3s could not react completely and were swept away with the debris. They are not weak though, and are still alive.
Cha Jun Sung leapt up and ran along a wall with pipes. His racing speed let him defy gravity for a moment.
-[This is Lim Si Hyun. We sent Hercules back ahead of us. It will take a long time to explain, but we embedded the engine room map in it.]
“So you guys are trying to get back to protect the force? But I don’t want to send you.”
Lim Si Hyun had radioed in. There is a limit to the human memory, so information needs to be repeated. That is why they cannot accommodate a large quantity.
A cyborg is a computer. With its capacity, nothing is impossible.
Memorizing a map is a piece of cake. The engine room is far, but Hercules can be faster than Cha Jun Sung if it turns on the booster.
-[I’m safe.]
-[Oh!]
-[I was wondering why they started retreating all of a sudden. I see it’s because of the source.]
Cha Jun Sung was relieved. Park Jin Hyuk is alive, but he cannot let the hosts go. If he sends them now, Lim Si Hyun will be surrounded.
He brandished the Wolf Kill. The level 4s step back. If they had been hit, they would have been cut in half. They are shrewd. No matter how rushed they are, they are not letting their guards down.
Kuk!
The hosts roar. It seems they are telling him to clear the path. If he were going to do that, he would not have blocked it in the first place.
Cha Jun Sung took his stance. In fighting in close quarters, he is definitely better than Park Jin Hyuk. His battle style is concentrated in that area in the first place.
“Come.”
“Jun Sung!”
Koharu and Kyoko see the hosts and their eyes widen. There are 6 of them. Of them, 4 look similar to the level 4s they saw before.
3 parties arrived behind the sisters. They were surprised by the hosts’ savage construction for a moment, and then prepared to fight.
-[Master! We encountered 6 infected hosts. They are estimated to be levels 3 and 4, and they seem to be going to protect the infection pocket!]
-[We’ll take care of a few of them. Let them through.]
The hosts are too powerful for Cha Jun Sung to take care of on his own.
The party members heard the radio and gently created gaps. The hosts were in such a rush that they did not even consider that it might be a trap, and ran for it.
Papat!
Two level 4s get through at the head. The rest tried to go through as well, but Cha Jun Sung blocked them. He can try to do something about the remaining ones.
“I’ll take one level 4. Don’t overdo it and fight!”
Cha Jun Sung faced a level 4. He cannot hide his body modification in this circumstance. He can take care of this now and explain later.
-[Jun Sung, where are you?]
-[Corner!]
-[I’m going.]
Park Jin Hyuk is reattaching his arm. Even if it is completely attached, he cannot use it right away, but he wants to help even if he needs to use his feet or teeth.
“Hit!”
The party members fight the hosts with the party heads’ commands. Kyoko fell back with the rest of the support, and Koharu pulled out her twin daggers.
It is not a wide space so it was hard to concentrate the parties’ strength, but the hosts could not find a space large enough for them to get through so their power was pretty much the same.
Woong!
As the power came back on the ark, the ceiling lights turned on one by one. They could also hear the sound of the engine being activated. Are they imagining that the ark is moving?
With the recovery of the main system, the ownership had gone into the Lieutenant’s hands. Now, they need to handle the source. They will need to do their best!