Chapter 137 (2/2)
These 10 people would not be able to complete a 1 million point mission even if they combined their strengths, but the purpose of it is not to try out high levels of difficulty on their own.
Strategist’s intent is for them to become familiar with each other before going into Public Underground.
“It doesn’t matter for us.”
“That’s the same for us.”
Cha Jun Sung’s group and 3 rankers spoke up. They would have thought about it if it was a continuing party, but it is a temporary party for advancement. They are willing to sacrifice a bit in order to succeed.
Light Shooter takes a glance at Nine Tails. He is secretly agreeing as well. The problem is what Nine Tails will do.
“I’m against it. I have the kind of personality where I don’t get along with strangers.”
“But don’t you think it’s a good idea to try out working together since it’s something where our lives are on the line?”
Strategist interfered to convince her. He had thought that everyone would agree to it. He had not guessed that anyone would reject it.
“I’m sorry. Instead, I’ll follow whatever you tell me to do in the mission well. I’ll work for the group rather than for myself.”
Nine Tails looks at Cha Jun Sung. She noticed that everyone including the Strategist looks at Cha Jun Sung when they say something about the party. She is looking at him because she has realized that he is the tacit party leader.
“Alright.”
“Thank you for understanding!”
Strategist retreated. Pressuring someone to do what they do not want to can cause averse reactions. Light Shooter’s expression shows that his thoughts are different from that of Nine Tails, but they will not separate as long as they are a team.
After this, they did not discuss much and spent the rest of the time creating amity. Lifers always begin to bristle when it is time for them to advance.
Advancing is a type of judgement. If they fail, they die – it is a judgement where their lives are on the line. 1 month is what you make of it, but it is not a short amount of time.
It is a fair amount of time where they can do whatever they put their minds to. But as said previously, it is what you make of it. Time flew by like a bullet as they were anxious about the advancement.
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100 Lifers are waiting for the entry time as they check their equipment.
Their expressions show their anxiety. They are fully armed, and everyone has a battle suit. 19 rankers have come together to complete Public Underground.
Honestly, the boundary between regular Lifers and rankers is ambiguous until they remodel their battle suits.
This is because their gear is similar. Even if Cha Jun Sung uses his battle suit, he cannot take on 2. He desperately needs to upgrade. He must advance.
Lifers who have gone fairly high even if they are not rankers, have their own methods of modeling their battle suits. Remodeling is achieved by combinations. They apply various parts and abilities to the battle suit.
Up to 10 combinations are possible, and Cha Jun Sung’s battle suit has 10 while the other of the 36 rankers have 9. He will need to wait and see if he will be able to go through with all 3 in the reality version as well.
“Is everyone ready?”
“Yes!”
Strategist yells from the center of the Lifers. Everyone responds with power. There is a slight tremor in their voices. It is not good to be too nervous, but appropriate anxiety gives people the strength to make it out of unexpected situations.
It means that they are ready for anything to come out at them at anytime from anywhere.
“Please stand with your parties. We will enter in 5 minutes.”
Strategist commands the force. There is a 10 person party of world federation rankers that the Strategist is in, and the party of Cha Jun Sung’s ground and the 5 additional rankers. These are the 2 ranker parties. The rest of the members like medics and snipers are occupation Lifers.
Papat!
The Lifers move in coordination. Since they are the world federation, there is less individual behavior and they focused on the group. It is like watching well-trained soldiers.
“We will enter.”
Beep beep!
Strategist applies for admission on behalf of everyone. They hear a notice and confirmation of group entry comes up on the Lifers’ PDAs. They press ‘yes’ and everything in front of them disappears.
“Let’s do well, party leader!”
“Let’s all come back safely.”
Nine Tails speaks affectionately as they enter. The rankers wished for safe returns before they entered. With that, the Lifers next to Cha Jun Sung also disappear into the mission.
‘Let’s go.’
Cha Jun Sung also accepted entry. The scenery he is looking at is Mechanic City. When he closes and opens his eyes again, it will be Public Underground where they will need to fight fiercely for their lives.