Life Mission Chapter 21:

Life Mission
Volume 1 Chapter 21
 

“That felt great!”

“This isn’t what we came here for, but it’s hard to meet normal people . It was expected . ”

“The world is full of greed . ”

“Right . And this place is like heaven and **** where your dreams come true as long as you survive . ”

For people who were sick of their lives, Life Mission was a land of opportunity for them to escape reality . It was not impossible to just close their eyes and throw themselves away into the game world .

“Are we really going to support them from the rear?”

“We’ll have to . ”

Cha Jun Sung intended on supporting the back as he had said he would . He did not care if he could not catch mutants since he had not entered the mission to gain points .

The goal of this mission was to open Level D for Park Jin Hyuk . They needed to do this for themselves . When their power is suspended, the radius for their activity becomes smaller .

They could become the target for mutants if they fell too far from the party .

He had realized as he did missions that the helper placed them in starting places that were relatively as safe as possible .

As long as they did not go wherever they wanted, they were always placed at the optimal starting point .

“What do you think they’re doing?”

“They’ll have to discuss their plans . Even if their personalities don’t match, they’ll be fine if they can tune them . But it’s dangerous because Carlyle is a maverick who won’t listen to anyone else . ”

Cha Jun Sung had spent 10 years in Life Mission . He had been in thousands of parties and he had met all kinds of troublemakers .

Swiping items was commonplace, and there were people who threw others under the bus or ordered their parties around .

What’s yours is mine .

What’s mine is mine .

Your mistakes are your mistakes .

My mistakes are also your mistakes .

He had never ended missions with people like that with a smile .

“Do you think he’s nobility?”

“He could be since he said something about the elite Special Forces . ”

There was still nobility in Britain . The boundaries with people had become more relaxed in modern times, but it was difficult to shake off the arrogance of tradition .

His behavior was understandable if he accumulated an enormous wealth and a rich history behind him, though it didn’t change the fact that he was a **** .

“I’m pretty sure they won’t move from a safe place at night . They don’t have night-vision goggles . ”

Cha Jun Sung and Park Jin Hyuk had night vision . It functioned so well that they could see at night as if it were broad daylight . They needed to take advantage of points like this .

“It’s wide . ”

“Very . ”

Cha Jun Sung examined the forest before him . He could not know how wide the island was . There was no way the helpers would tell them willingly .

The location of the military base was more important than the width of the area . Maybe it was because of the low altitude, but they could not see any towering buildings . It was highly possible that the base was in a basement somewhere .

“Change the vision goggles to thermographics . ”

“Okay . ”

People were more vulnerable in nature because their senses have degraded in comfortable environments . They would not be able to function without help from their items .

A light came from the vision goggles, changing it to thermographics . It was the disagreeable party members .

“They’re still in the same place . ”

“Seems they’re not in a rush . ”

The thermographic mode detected heat within 50 meters . Since there was also an infrared mode, they could see organisms who did not have heat signatures as well . The party was not moving . There were a lot of objects obstructing their view, but they could see each movement through the goggles .

“Huh? Ah… . . He’s really trash . ”

“Hm!”

A Lifer who seemed to be Carlyle was hitting someone who looked like Henry and Martin . He was venting his anger at Cha Jun Sung out on them .

“Is he really an idiot?”

“I’m pretty sure he’s had everything go his way until now because he was born with a silver spoon . ”

It might have been the first indignity he had experienced since birth . He was wrapped up in the thought, ‘How dare someone like he’ .

“They don’t have a space compression bag and all they have in terms of weapons are firearms with a silencer . ”

“50 points . ”

It was a good thing that they brought the silencer, but mutants were sensitive to the smell of gunpowder . They needed to have something like a crossbow at least .

As long as other variables didn’t arise, Park Jin Hyuk’s crossbow would work . It was pretty powerful . If hit from a close distance, even a Level 2 would be badly wounded .

A silencer could not be underestimated as an advantage . Since it can be reused, it can be used in slaughter as long as it was not broken or lost .

“I’m going . ”

“Let’s keep some distance . Whether we like them or not, we need to help cover the rear . ”

The party went into the forest without hesitation . Staying still in one place did not help in completing missions . They needed to go through with the mission even if it was dangerous .

Seuk .

Lloyd and the two men stood in a triangle to protect Carlyle . The rest took in their own boundaries as they went forward . They could not trust Hicks and the others .

Carlyle’s incompetence had been revealed in the fight just now . The first impression of him was of him slumping to the floor at an attack with a sword .

As an afterthought, they wondered how it would have been if they followed Cha Jun Sung instead .

“It’s peaceful . ”

“You can’t let your guard down even for a moment . It can break in an instant . ”

It would have been better if the mutants just appeared because they would have focused on battle .

As long as this silence continued, they would have to be consumed in anxiety . But that did not mean in any way that they wanted to fight with the mutants .

“Will they really help us?”

“They will . ”

Lloyd responded to Hicks with certainty . If they were going to completely leave the party, they would not have mentioned support .

“They’ll probably be following us from a blind spot . ”

The vision goggles sold in the store have a few times the capability of those from the military . They could not hide from them no matter where they tried to go .

‘I’m sure they’ll be 40 to 50 meters from us . ’

It was frustrating . A skilled Lifer was more appreciated as the mission is more dangerous . It was a loss to miss out on Cha Jun Sung because of Carlyle .

Carlyle Venter .

Duke Venter’s 2nd son . Because he was spoiled as a child, he had the shortcoming of looking at the world from his standard .

Lloyd also knew .

Telling someone to sell their equipment during a missions was unheard of .

However, he had a duty to act on the orders given by his superior . Even though he became a Lifer, he was a citizen of Britain and soldier under Duke Venter .

He was just holding back because Duke Venter had warned him . He was not blindly holding back . He would be getting that much compensation from Carlyle and his family .

Duke Venter wants Carlyle to become a famous Lifer in Britain . He had pushed him in so he could somehow make a living for himself .

The reality version of Life Mission was already known in places all over the world . Each nation was in the process of gathering as many Lifers as they could .

It had been impossible to prevent the information from leaking because it was mushrooming . In a few months, Lifers’ identities would be known to the whole world .

Children from rich families in England got into parties by handing over large sums of money .

Lifers thought of it as a way to make money on the side and did not turn it down because they were making money on top of the points they get for catching mutants .

This was happening outside of England as well .

Life Mission was a different world, but the wealthy advanced faster than those without money . The estimation came out from the way someone like Carlyle without the talent was able to make it so far .

“There is a vacant lot ahead . What do you think about resting while we scout the area?”

“Very well . ”

Lloyd was brought back from his thoughts at Hicks’ words . There was a limit to moving at night without night vision . It would come in handy to keep places to rest in mind .

Seureuk .

An opening appeared when they cleared the forest .

Smith and Jamie who are rangers went out first to examine the area .

Smith sent the signal that nothing was suspicious . Jamie set up booby traps . Henry and Martin also helped in setting them up with their skillful workmanship .

A cave or something similar was useful . The smaller a place was and the less space there was to guard, the safer Lifers felt .

“Hicks, I looked from the top of a tree but there isn’t a building that looked like the military base . It seems the prediction that it’s underground is correct . ”

Smith’s binoculars did not catch anything . Because the island was at a low altitude they had purposefully chosen a high location .

At this height, they would be able to tell buildings apart if they even reached 3 floors .

“Can you find it?”

“I’ll be able to find it but… . . the process will be a burden for the party . ”

Hicks squirmed his fingers . There was a limit to what the equipment they brought could do .

The longer they stayed in a mission area, the more they are at a disadvantage . If they wasted time in looking for the military base, they would not be able to survive once they penetrated it .

“It’s fine . We can find the path . ”

“Path?”

“It’ll automatically appear if we pass it . ”

Lloyd organized his thoughts and spoke . It had been years since it had been abandoned . There would be a path somewhere that the mutants used to access it .

“So the path is the entrance?”

“Yes . Do you think they would have been smart enough to erase their trail?”

Hicks waved his hand in denial . Assume that somehow they had erased it the first time .

To repeat this for several years? Even a thorough person would find it bothersome later . What was the point of that on an island where no one looked for them?

“The night vision would have been of great help in finding the path . ”

Hicks complained that it was a waste . He could not be sure how many functions there were in Cha Jun Sung’s goggles, but it would have been helpful if they had it .

Hicks wanted to work with people he was comfortable with as well, but he held back . If they scattered here, they would be divided . They needed to maintain this group even if it was fragile .

One needed to be quick in everything . He envied Cha Jun Sung who fell out of the group .

“Everyone here for a second . ”

Lloyd called the party . All members except Carlyle gathered .

“As you know, time is gold to us . Instead of wasting it on looking for a path, it’s right to go into the military base . ”

“Do you have a method?”

“We’ll have to lure them and follow their route . ”

“It’s dangerous but we’ll save on time if it works . ”

“How can we lure them if we’ve used the odorless spray? Have you bought the **** meat or something from the store? Ha ha!”