Chapter 218 (2/2)

Of course it is. The workers aren’t human.

Boom boom!

Advanced cyborgs move black metals.

It is black iron alloy from the level B store. 200,000 points for a large stick. Most of the Albatrus’ keel and hull is made out of this. The World Federation used 8 trillion points in purchasing 40 million of these black iron alloy sticks.

The 10 trillion budget that they had initially estimated increased to 12 trillion, but there wasn’t that much more of a burden on Lifers. It just increased slightly. They decreased the types of items they can change as if they were batteries like energy cores and weapons, and considered what they can’t.

With materials from the level A store and a downgraded version, they can kill two birds with one stone. They’re on the fringe about getting even one. Strategist chose Albatrus’ durability. If it can collapse like a sand castle under the enemy’s attack, it is deadwood no matter how great the equipment is.

The external shape has already been completed. It has been half a month since they started production on the inside.

When even this is done, they have to bring in and install the thousands of energy cores to the designated locations in order to attack. For the past few months, 15000 cyborgs created the Albatrus without stopping for even a second except when they charged the energy cores.

The drawings themselves were input into artificial intelligence, so they were carried out without a single error. The production speed was fast.

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The inside of Albatrus.

Cha Jun Sung’s group and Strategist’s group are gathered at the place that will become the headquarters.

Since nearly 20 Rankers are gathered together, it looks completely full even though that isn’t a large number.

There are Lifers like Nine Tail and Light Shooter who aren’t bound to groups and take on personal activities instead, but they went against their personalities and decided to work together because of the difficulty of the advancement mission.

If Cha Jun Sung’s combat ability hadn’t been above average, it is so difficult that they wouldn’t be able to complete it without overdoing themselves.

They will be massacred if they enter a level A mission without Cha Jun Sung now.

So they need to work together even if they don’t want to, and they can’t take on a level A mission if they don’t advance. Now, their greatest concern is body modification.

When they get together, they only talk about topics regarding body modifications.

Rankers think that Cha Jun Sung is in stage 10 of body modifications. Even if he used the card, there’s no other way to explain completing a level A mission. Cha Jun Sung talked about his body like this:

‘Ever since I got infected by the Oriax in Public Underground, it seems I’ve gained immunity. That’s why I’m free from the side effects of body modifications as well.’

He just said what came to mind because he can’t tell them that he’s become a mutant, and they bought it just as he had expected. The side effect of stages 5 and 6 is delirium.

They were even more envious of Cha Jun Sung because death is a possibility in stages 7 and 8.

Not long ago, Cha Jun Sung heard something fun and interesting from Odin.

[Gauging your awakened state, you’re above level 8.] [This means that there’s the possibility an immune system is in your blood. If you drink this, it could get rid of or reduce the side effects of body modification.]

There is no guarantee of what will happen if an ordinary Lifer drinks Cha Jun Sung’s blood, but Lifers already have a diluted strain of A virus inside them.

They all have some kind of immunity to the blood.

These are all just hypotheses. It’s just that Cha Jun Sung thinks it’s worth a try.

He only told Strategist about this. It would be fortunate if he didn’t take it as his being crazy, but he thought about it positively like a human.

“We leave two days after it’s complete. I want to test it, but the maintenance points are too much. It looks like we’ll just have to do it during the real thing.”

They don’t really need it.

The cyborgs created it without a single error.

It doesn’t make sense for level S combat weapons worth 10 trillion points to malfunction.

It’s the helpers’ job to move the Albatrus into their mission area.

The minimum number of passengers to board is 1000. They need to match that number no matter what.

The normal gate opens separately for each person. The helpers will combine their power to open a giant gate, to move the Albatrus whole. When that happens, the Lifers inside will be able to follow automatically. As the level goes up, a lot of strange things happen. They all learn that much more.

Strategist looks at Cha Jun Sung.

He knows what that means. They can’t advance if they can’t get past stages 7 and 8, regardless of survival.

‘I’ll set up the meeting. They’ll make their choices.’

He might have to give a lot of blood.

The Rankers might worry too, but if they could raise the possibility by even 0.1%, they won’t turn down the proposal.

Cha Jun Sung looks over the construction site from headquarters. They borrowed Mechanic City’s largest stadium. Nearby, thousands of World Federation Lifers are walking around standing guard.

It’s because Bloody Kingdom could create a ruckus.

But Rankers were also standing guard, so they would have to go back even if they tried to challenge them.

‘Getting closer.’

It seemed as though it was only yesterday that they were level E Lifers, and now they are suddenly level As. If they become complete level S, only one mission is the goal.

‘Evil Queen.’

It is delusional to try to try all level S missions solo.

What will there be past level S?

Will they be able to completely understand Life Mission?

Let’s go. All the way.