Chapter 188 (1/2)

Volume 6 / Chapter 188

TL: LightNovelCafe

Editor: Hungry Panda

The battlefield where Red Eye and Dragon rampaged.

More than tens of thousands of corpses are piled up regardless of Lifers and mutants. There are lot who died of burning in the fire.

It is a trick on the eye.

When Dragon appeared, everything including the alive and the dead burned.

Very few Lifers are crawling on the ground. Though they have holes in their chests or their organs are ruptured, they cannot accept death with the lingering hope that they can be fixed as long as they can get back to the briefing room or Mechanic City.

But they need their PDAs if they want to return, but most of them have melted. They lost their functions when they were exposed to the high heat. There are tens of thousands of Lifers. There might be one in good condition if they look for it, but it is nearly impossible to drag these bodies in wretched condition to find something for which they don’t know where to look.

Cha Jun Sung passes a field of corpses that looks like something from hell. Whenever he encountered a living Lifer, he used his own PDA to send them back.

There were only 7 of them. He had been thinking that a fair amount of them would have survived because Red Eye left the battlefield in the middle, but Dragon had used all of his power as a level 8. The Lifers were wiped out.

It is not an annihilation because there are survivors, but it is a fitting expression.

In this way, Cha Jun Sung rescued a total of 11 people. They are all so injured that they could die at any moment. They have held out because of their body modifications and battlesuits.

“What on earth have you done?”

[The mission malfunctioned. We are currently trying to figure out the cause.]

Cha Jun Sung asked Odin once he had time.

He cannot understand why all of these Lifers entered together, and everything was suspicious.

He cannot trust Life Mission because of what Black Demon told him.

“Reward… No. This isn’t a game. What point is a compensation.”

What can a life be compensated with? Death is the end. Cha Jun Sung expected Life Mission to keep their mouths shut. They don’t really have a reason to give Lifers an explanation. If they don’t like it, they can leave.

[Can you tell me what happened in there with Black Demon?]

“We fought.”

[Are you saying that you fought a Disaster and survived?]

“I came flinging out at the end because I took a hit. He was really strong. And what are you going to do if you don’t believe me? Aren’t you guys hiding a ton of stuff too?”

It is mutual. He will hide as much as he is told and hide even what he is not told. Cha Jun Sung realized that the helpers do not have much influence after meeting their superior. They have influence for Life Mission itself, but they lose authority once their superiors get involved.

He realized while watching this situation.

“Rules were in place like a game in the beginning, but it’s to your will as we go further along. It feels like you’re treating us like testing specimen.”

Cha Jun Sung took a jab.

Odin does not answer. He did not take the jab because he wanted to hear the response.

He heard enough from Black Demon.

“You said the goal is to get rid of mutants, right? Then I’m sure it’ll become more important as we go higher through levels 1 through 9. And getting rid of level 9s will be important.”

“The fight between White Queen and Cruel King was a chance to get rid of level 9s. They would all have been killed if Black Demon hadn’t showed up, no?”

Is he talking to Odin?

He is talking to the superiors. They will be listening.

“But the question is why you’re trying to put Lifers in when you could use nuclear weapons or bombs with the science you have.”

He is saying this because he really is curious. No matter how impressive level 9s are, he does not think that they could survive nuclear bombs. What is nuclear power?

It is the worst weapon ever created by humans. It is a weapon that could destroy cities, countries, the world. It means extinction the second they are launched.

They could somehow survive, but that is only if there are 1 or 2. If dozens are launched, even level 9s will become dust and disappear.

“Fine. I’m sure there’s a reason.”