Chapter 103 (1/2)
-[Variable generated, satellite program operated. Estimated 3 hours until confirmation.]
It is not Hercules’ hard whirring. It is a notice from the 68 Lifers’ PDAs.
Bang bang!
Cha Jun Sung’s hearing rings. It was not just him but also for the force members in the area. They all looked to one place.
There is a smoky dust rising from what is guessed to be Tonga’s downtown area. There is no smoke or flames. It does not seem to be an explosion from gunpowder.
They are far from the city, so they cannot see it even with binoculars.
They would be able to know if they send a UAV from the ark, but the force members did not get involved thoughtlessly. The helpers moved before them.
They cannot have a conversation, but they went into censorship to see if what is happening in the city will or will not have an influence on the mission.
They said something about the satellites and told them to wait 3 hours, so they were planning on doing so.
“Do you think they could be other Lifers?”
“Of course not. Missions can overlap, but entry is suicide.”
Park Jin Hyuk is standing next to him. Cha Jun Sung responds in the negative. A level C mission is of a difficulty that level D Lifers cannot complete.
Unless the limitation to the number of people who can enter is loosened and thousands of people enter, they will have to have gone through at least the 3rd and 4th stages of body modifications in order to proceed with only 100 people.
‘It doesn’t make sense.’
Cha Jun Sung is not arrogant. He does not think that the rest of the world has become stagnant or culled just because he opened up level C missions first.
Even here, there are 66 other Lifers who have opened level C. Looking at the entire world, that number would increase exponentially.
However, there isn’t a group where all 100 people can have that power. This is the same for a world federation that has just been formed and is trying to spread its wings.
‘Even if we say that they are Lifers….. We can’t exclude gunpowder.’
Humans are creatures full of curiosity. This is the same for Cha Jun Sung. If he had 2 lies, he would have gone to watch what was going on.
-[Variable confirmation complete. Fight between high level mutants. Video transmission through PDA.]
Woong!
The hologram turned on and what was happening in the middle of the city appeared. They can see 2 mutants among ruins that keep crashing into each other.
One is transparent without certain form and the other has a pair of horns, red eyes, and can change both of its arms into any shape it wants.
They clear anything that comes in the way of their fighting, even if that is a building. They moved around as they fought, and even parasites were affected by them.
Cha Jun Sung gulped and watched. The city is becoming devastated.
He is not sure, but it looks like the combat radius will surpass kilometers. Every time there is a deafening sound, a shock that goes over everything comes in under their skin.
They could be level 7 or 8. There is no special mission even though monsters that are more dangerous than a level C mission have appeared. Is it because they are far?
-[It is a battle between the Parasite King and Red Eye of the 36 nightmares. Pending rating variance. Restrict Lifers’ mission progress until it is resolved.]
“What – what? If it’s Red Eye, it’s the son of warlock Aduroque!”
“The translucent jelly is Parasite King?”
“Why have monsters like that come out all of a sudden? This is joke, right?”
The force members kept asking questions, but they still have doubts. They will be left with the curiosity until the helpers resolve it for them.
They cannot figure out the intent, so they did not reject the restricted mission progression. Even if it had not been restricted, they did not have any desire to get involved.
***
-[Those 2 are battling in Tonga… What’s going on?]
Odin is taken aback. There is the slightest possibility with Parasite King. He is the absolute ruler of tropical islands including Tonga.
They cannot track each mutants’ location, so it is not strange when there is a variable. Mission levels are not static, but fluid.
Red Eye however, is a level 8 mutant who should be in Asia. His being here is not just strange but impossible.
The more absurd thing is that the 2 are fighting. It makes sense for Parasite King because its territory has been trespassed on, but Red Eye is being excessive.
He has nothing to gain from this, so it does not make sense that he is putting his body into it.
-[Special cyborg – no. It’d be better to release the condition with achievement points.]
Honestly, a cyborg is just a nominal presence to a level 7 or 8 mutant. Up to level 6 is a machine’s limit. Going over that is a wall that they cannot get past.
It is an attack that even destroys buildings. Anything that comes within diameter is mercilessly ruined.
Zing!
68 Lifers’ helpers read the information transmitted by satellite and found out the purpose for Red Eye’s emergence, but it did not matter.
The Lifers needed to have made a decision on the mission within a controlled range. But it has become foggy with the level 8 mutants’ battle.
-[It’s slowly coming to an end. It doesn’t seem like they’re trying to kill each other, so let’s just watch.]
They cannot adjust the mission level as they please. It is starting to cool off. There does not seem to be danger, so they can watch the lapse.
***
Bang!
Red Eye goes flying at short attacks like a whip. They finally stopped moving after destroying a couple buildings. Several hours have passed since they have been fighting.
Red Eye brushes his chest off. There are vivid scars. For it to leave scars on his body, it is as humans say, a strong mutant.
“You’ll be stronger than that whore in South America, Evil Queen’s youngest daughter.”
He hates Evil Queen. When his father stabilized Asia and became the disaster, she came to demand his seed.
When he refused, she seduced him. It is crazy.
Thus, she received the seed of the South American bone monster and gave birth to four level 8s. She had opened her legs to create a force.
The youngest daughter is the youngest of the 4, but she has no manners because she is like her mother. Anyway, Parasite King is slightly stronger than her.