Chapter 214 (2/2)

“Huh? Then does that mean all employees working for Life Mission are cyborgs?”

[In hundreds of years, the population on Earth is just 1% of what it is now. We don’t have the manpower to send humans to the past. There’s no reason to send them, either.]

His questions are being answered.

If he conducts the reality version and returns to where he came from, nothing can find him.

Cyborgs were a specially created camouflage team. He understands why not a single piece of information had been leaked even on the Internet.

“Hah! Only I can know this stuff?”

This information was too valuable to know alone.

It is so provocative that if Lifers, if the world knew, it wouldn’t just be a scandal but everything would be flipped.

He is itching to tell, but he has to keep it to himself. He is hearing this on that condition.

“Why was Life Mission – specifically Lifers and mutants – created?”

[Humans do not change in the present or the future. They pursue and crave something constantly. Science advances, but the nature remains the same.]

It’s funny.

Humans develop science, but humans themselves do not develop.

How contradictory is this?

[You can think of Lifers as something like the superheroes in movies, who maintain their essence while possessing the power to transcend limits.]

Cha Jun Sung clenches his fists.

Though he has become a mutant, he still has the lingering effects of the body modifications he went through as a human. He can understand.

Superhero?

It’s possible.

“What about mutants?”

[They’re a mutation from experiments trying to transcend the limits of humans. It’s easy to taint something with pure intentions.]

There are things that are discovered without intention. A side product?

They discovered the A virus by chance while trying to create superhumans.

What they had wanted was a superhuman in human form, but what they had gotten was a monster. It wasn’t on the good side, but scientists had been overcome with scholarly ambition.

[They were experiments that couldn’t be done on cyborgs, but it was a time when there wasn’t access to enough life.]

So they opened two dimensional gates. Both are the same Earth. There was a slight time difference, but they were the same as though they had been copied and pasted. That’s how they spread Life Mission and the A virus in each world.

“The documents we found at the Institute of Biological Sciences! Right. It said ‘suddenly’.”

Everything is falling into place. The puzzle is coming together. Come to think of it, Black Demon had said this, but it feels different coming from Odin.

“What’s your ultimate goal?”

[We’re trying to see who can dominate between Lifers and mutants.]

“So what are you trying to do once you find out who the dominating species is? You said the population in that era is 1%, right? Does that mean we all become mutants?”

[Sorry. I did not receive permission regarding that information.]

Cha Jun Sung tsked.

He did find out a lot, but it seems there is more that Odin is not allowed to tell him. It’s a pity, but he left it alone.

“Last one.”

[Yes.]

“What’s the exact relationship between Life Mission and Lifers?”

[Creator, or Creator and Creature. This is something that Borteth says often. This is cruel against you, but there’s no other way to express it.]

***

Once Cha Jun Sung’s long questioning was over, it was Odin’s turn to ask. His question was something unexpected.

[Why did you let him live? That’s worth the death penalty according to our laws.]

He is referring to Hector. It may have been to save his little brother, but he lured hundreds of Lifers to Odelia. He deserves death.

Cha Jun Sung responded, ‘The world is so twisted, who gets to judge who? I would’ve just killed him if he had been a madman, but I couldn’t.’

That’s why he gave him Odelia’s nucleus, too. Hector tried his best in a competition of survival. His method was bad, but his intention wasn’t. Cha Jun Sung can’t say that he wouldn’t have done the same in that situation.

‘Odin. Sorry, but just listen to one more thing. You guys made this world.’

A stabbing remonstrance. Odin couldn’t refute. It’s the truth.