Chapter 218 (1/2)
Volume 8 / Chapter 218
TL: LightNovelCafe
Editor: Hungry Panda
The Albatrus’ performance is being revealed during the production process. There is a big difference between looking at it through drawings and while it is being created. The physical appearance itself is overwhelming. The boat is as large as the city seen in Dead Ark. It is smaller than a ship but top of the line in combat power.
There is no need for the average Lifer to kill mutants himself. As long as they board, the Albatrus brings in 1/n of mutant points. Cha Jun Sung is aiming for the advancement mission, but this is creating the optimal environment for Lifers who are completing missions with points as their target.
For Park Jin Hyuk’s group who has just become level A, Rankers, and below level B Lifers, matching the specifications for their respective levels was more urgent than advancement. They are doing this because they need the points, but repeatedly hunting is boring and is a source of considerable stress.
To think that points accumulate once they board the Albatrus even though that means that all they do is eat, sleep, and play?
That itself is paradise.
“It doesn’t matter much to me since the World Federation will take care of it, but the maintenance cost must be considerable and repairs will cost a lot if it takes a big hit.”
Albatrus is an item similar to the Universe Eye. There is a maintenance fee in points for Lifers that board it.
The payment system is by paying a fee.
If several Lifers fill the points for Albatrus, they get used from there. If it isn’t filled, it is a definite that they can’t activate it. 1000 in just 1 second – maintaining it for one day sucks up 86.4 million points.
It is at a level A standard. If they upgrade to level S, they don’t know how it’ll change.
It is worth doing, but the numerical value is horrifying. What would happen if the supply of points is cut off in the middle of the sea? They would be buried. In the worst case scenario, they all have to squeeze out points.
“The sea…”
“I’ve wanted to go deep into the sea ever since I was very young. I’m sure everyone’s had that thought before. It’s the world of the unknown.”
The only body of nature that hasn’t been touched by humans. Mutants may be wild in the world of missions, but Cha Jun Sung’s world is where seeing a big whale is more fascinating than a lion or tiger.
There is a lot more that hasn’t been revealed compared to what’s on land.
Cha Jun Sung’s party alone has 4 Rankers. But they don’t know anything about sea mutants.
“Do you think there are 100m whales and octopus too? Or a tuna as large as a boat?”
Park Jin Hyuk has an expression full of expectation. He has a childlike innocence. He is in his early 20s, but curiosity has no correlation with age.
“There are stingrays that big too.”
Cha Jun Sung has never seen it either, but he has heard that there are mutants that large. There are stingrays as large as buildings.
“Was its name Bergon?”
“Bergon is right.”
Violet remembered the name. It is a sea mutant that is the second fastest in the ocean.
Aka Sleeping Scissors.
It is called that because it is known to be calm, but cuts everything up when it gets angry. It is also Red Eye’s pet mutant, but Cha Jun Sung has no way of knowing that.
“But what are Deep-Sea Teeth?”
“I don’t know either. I didn’t ask for details. I tried looking on Lifer World, but there’s no information. Though I wasn’t expecting to find anything since it’s a level 8 ocean mutant.”
“I can’t wait! A fight with a battleship and monsters! I feel like it’ll be better than a sci-fi movie!”
“Don’t depend on Albatrus too much. There’s going to be a lot of struggle because there are two level 8s. We might have to battle under water.”
Ejection.
They can’t rule out the possibility of having to use a battlesuit that can be active underwater in order to fight.
Hundreds of small diving vessels will protect the Albatrus, but in the event of an emergency, Lifers on board will need to make up for what’s lacking.
It’s fine to believe in the Albatrus’ performance, but blind dependence isn’t.
While mutants were being massacred by the automatic cannons, two giant lizards appeared with a tremendous roar.
Level 7 Basilisks. Bullets bounce off of their thick skins.
Cha Jun Sung stands up.
Park Jin Hyuk’s group stays seated. They are level A Lifers, but they cannot fight against level 7 mutants because they have only gone through stage 7 of body modifications.
Rankers didn’t get past the stage 7 wall either. There are side effects in stages 5 and 6, too. They are slowing down because they can tell what is beyond that without seeing it.
Cha Jun Sung had searched for a solution to the side effects, and had found a basic answer thanks to Odin. The solution had been closer than they thought.
It is him.
“For now, it’s me.”
Papat!
It is a bother to think of how many level 7s he will need to kill from now on, but he’ll just do it because he already has a foot in. It’s just for two months.
***
This is the production site of Albatrus.
Different from ordinary shipbuilding methods, building the ark is full of the unfamiliar from the foundation work to materials.
A buzzing scenery of workers’ chatter and the sour smell of sweat is missing.