Life Mission Chapter 29:
Life Mission
Volume 1 Chapter 29
Pupuk!
Jiik!
Lloyd’s party was giving up hope . It had been days and Cha Jun Sung had not found Field of Meat . In that time, Smith and Jamie died .
In the present, Japanese Kayamoto was being sliced like raw fish .
That did not mean they could give up all hope because they kept hearing explosions . They were sure that he was lost somewhere, unable to find the way .
Kwakwang!
Kyak!
The chef who had been eating Kayamoto’s flesh punched the wall in anger and threw its tools anywhere .
It was much more violent today . With its eyes narrowed and nose flaring, it killed Kayamoto with more cruelty . It was angry .
Lloyd’s team did not know, but the chef had come after fighting with the other evil cannibals . 10 evil cannibals had died at the hands of Cha Jun Sung .
There were only a few left . The chef was not happy even though it went up in ranking . He was being pressured to personally fight as he should in his position .
Evil cannibals were smarter than cannibals . The chef knew he would die if he went out there . His mutant instincts allowed him to predict the future .
Keureung .
The chef brought the wagon over and packed human meat . He put the meat of the freshly slaughtered Kayamoto in a large bucket .
He needed to use a bribe since he did not want to fight . Mutants like human or animal meat . It did not have impurities because it had not gone through a transition .
The meat of mutants infected with A virus was tough, so it did not taste as good . There was also toxicity in the blood .
Had Caicus of Closed Area not relished the taste of the paste he made of people? To mutants, humans were just one of many delicacies .
Ke ke!
The chef laughed in satisfaction and left the meat locker . He held the wagon and bucket tightly so as not to let even a drop fall .
They had shared a fair amount before but the meat supply had ended once Lloyd’s party came in, so this amount should be convincing .
“Hah! Others died until now, but it’ll be our turn starting tomorrow . ”
Whether by luck or coincidence, the 4 British people were left . The 4 American and Japanese people were sacrificed first . They could say it was fortunate, but even that luck was over .
***
“It was right around here . ”
“Let’s look in each place . ”
Cha Jun Sung searched the base for a few days . It had not been at random .
Every half day, he heard screaming . He guessed the path with the sound, and he heard a scream just now as well .
The base was complex . Not only was it large, but it was dizzying because there were a lot of forked roads . It was like a maze because they are not used to the internal structure .
Seuseuk .
The two freely searched for the meat warehouse . Cannibals rarely appeared . They had killed close to 1000 of them .
Bump!
“Huh?”
“It’s close . ”
It was dull . It was closer to the sound of something rolling along than the sound of a collision . It was getting closer . It was coming in their direction .
Cha Jun Sung took out his sword and red fire at the same time . Park Jin Hyuk also took out his crossbow and prepared for a surprise attack . They were used to fighting as they moved .
Kuk?
“Evil cannibal!”
“Look at the wagon it’s pushing! It’s full of human bodies!”
“Kayamoto?”
Cha Jun Sung’s eye went to the top of the bucket where a dead head had its tongue out . The expression was twisted in pain . It was Kayamoto .
“I’ll take care of it . Cover me . ”
“Leave it to me . ”
Park Jin Hyuk stepped back and made an environment for Cha Jun Sung to fight in .
Kung!
The chef was surprised . Of all the places to meet . There were no cannibals to call to . They were all gathered in one place because they could not split up .
“Did you kill all of those people?”
It was rhetorical . He was thinking to himself .
“The trail of blood is clear . Thanks . It’ll be easy to find because of you . ”
Kyak!
Its flesh was so thick that the bullet could not completely penetrate the chef with the red fire’s power . It was wounded, but the shot was not fatal .
Cha Jun Sung shot near its eyes so it could not see .
The chef swung its arms . It was fairly strong . His bones could break with one hit . Park Jin Hyuk could even die .
“That’s not where I am . ”
The sword slashed its leg . He cut with such force that the skin split open . It was extremely strong, but incredibly slow .
“Kuk!”
The chef threw the bucket at Cha Jun Sung . Kayamoto’s blood drenched him . There was a problem with his eyesight as it became red .
Pew!
Puk!
Park Jin Hyuk’s bullet went through the chef’s eye and to the brain .
The chef took a few steps and could not handle the heavy weight, collapsing . It was dangerous . If Park Jin Hyuk had been late in shooting, Cha Jun Sung would have been hit .
“That’s disgusting . How is he going to throw that?”
“Ugh, the smell!”
Cha Jun Sung took out a bottle of water from the space compression bag and poured it all . The water washed the blood away as it poured out but it did not get rid of the smell .
It was their drinking water, but he did not think it a waste . They could get more water in the base . They must have been using the underground water, because water came out in different places .
They were suspicious of the water, so they used a cleaning agent to purify it .
After pouring 2 bottles, much of the sticky feeling was gone . He left what was on the plastic armor and impact tights .
“Let’s go . ”
“It’s right in front of us . ”
As they followed the tire tracks, an ominous iron door appeared . There was so much blood hardened on it that it could not be cleaned . Especially on the handle .
“If this is the right place, all that’s left is the escape?”
“Escaping is easy . We can just go back the way we came when we killed everything . ”
Creak .
The hinges creaked as the door opened . It stuck because it had not been oiled .
“I was right, right? I had a feeling it would be a meat warehouse . ”
“Ah… . . ”
Park Jin Hyuk had thought that the description of hanging was only fitting for fruit trees . Starting today, he would need to change the way he thinks .
“Do you think all of those people were Lifers?”
“The likelihood is high . There must have been people who were faster than we were . ”
“Telling us to check the Field of Meat meant to confirm their deaths . ”
There were two types of Lifers to enter this meat house – those who were captured and those who infiltrated . The goal of this mission was to infiltrate it with their skill .
It meant that they needed to get past this much to be able to advance into Level D .
[You have confirmed the situation in Field of Meat . Please escape to the summons area . ]
They can escape now that they had seen it . They pushed it back because they could do that at any time . Cha Jun Sung had something to do here . He looked for survivors .
“Mi, Mister Cha?”
“You were alive?”
“Oh! Thank God! Thank you!”
Cha Jun Sung went into the meat warehouse and found Lloyd locked in a pen . He looked overcome with emotion upon seeing his savior .
He had become emaciated while going back and forth between heaven and **** over the past few days .
‘That one’s not dead . ’
‘I’ll say . ’
Park Jin Hyuk looked at Carlyle with displeasure . The rude **** had a lot of luck . He had not wanted him to die, but that was just his thinking .
Cha Jun Sung moved to rescue them . He would need to let them go first .
[You have discovered survivors . Activating a conjunction special mission . ] [Level E Special Mission: Rescue Survivors] [Goal: Attainment] [Scenario: Rescue the Lifers locked up in Field of Meat] [Reward: 1000 points per person]
Conjunction special mission? Cha Jun Sung and Park Jin Hyuk looked at each other .
By choice or force, there were special missions by association .
This case was forced, but it felt like a bonus because it had been activated while they were rescuing them already . They would always welcome this kind of mission .
Tatang!
Cha Jun Sung and Park Jin Hyuk shot at the locks on the pens and broke them . The party was freed . They all seemed to be fine .
[You have earned 1000 points . ] [You have earned 1000 points . ]
As Cha Jun Sung and Park Jin Hyuk released Lloyd and Carlyle, Henry and Martin, they each received 4000 points . They were free points that they had not expected .
“We don’t have the translator anymore because they took our helmets . We can’t understand Korean, but I’m sure you’re able to understand me?”
“Yes . ”
The translator installed in the PDA allowed them to listen to what others were saying in the desired language through the helmet, so the function was halted without the helmet .
Speaking was of the same principle . He needed to be fluent in English to talk to Lloyd . He was at least able to understand Lloyd because of the translator .
“Please save him as well . ”
“Who?”
Cha Jun Sung followed Lloyd’s finger and saw Campbell locked in the corner . A new face, he was not a member of the party he entered with .
“He’s a survivor from the first party . ”
“The first party?”
He moved as he asked . It was 1000 points just for letting him out .
Even without the points, he was a Lifer with the cannibal as a common enemy . In a situation where rescuing was possible, it was not right to leave him there .
“So… . . ”
Lloyd explained what he heard from Campbell on behalf of the party . It was easy to understand because he left out the guesswork and only relayed the main points .
“Thank you . My name is Campbell Brian . ”
“No problem . ”
Campbell did not have a translator either . Cha Jun Sung could hear, but was disappointed that he could not speak . Park Jin Hyuk kept his mouth shut as well .
“Your equipment is as impressive as I’ve been told . You did body modification as well?”
“Yes, yes . ”
One person spoke and one person listened – it was a one-way conversation . He thought he was going to start sweating . Park Jin Hyuk was the one who saved him in a dangerous situation .
“Jun Sung, annihilation? Escape?”
“Hm, annihilation?”
“What do we do with those people? They’ll die on the way out without their equipment . ”
Cha Jun Sung wanted to end the cannibals instead of escaping right away . There was no guarantee that everything would go as well as it did today once they entered the top mission in Level E .
If they left Lloyd’s team however, they would lose the lives they had saved .
“I guess so . ”
“Let’s think about it after we get those people to the summons area . ”
It made sense . They had plenty of time . 3 or 4 hours was enough to get to the summons area from the meat warehouse . They could decide after sending these people .
“We don’t have weaponry, but the things that aren’t dangerous are over there . ”
Different types of protective gear were in the area that Campbell pointed out .
There were items for dozens of people . Armor was like a shell that cannibals could not eat . It looked like they dumped it all here because they had no use for it .
Lloyd’s team went through the equipment . All they had to do was find the identification number that indicated it was theirs .
It included the helmets that would activate the PDA’s translating function .
“Where are the weapons?”
“I don’t know, but I saw them take them to a location in the 2nd forked path to the meat warehouse . ”
Campbell searched his memories . He was not positive it was really a storage room for weaponry .
“We’ll go and come back . Use this to protect yourself until we come back . ”
Cha Jun Sung handed the automatic crossbow to Lloyd . They would kill any cannibals they saw on the way, but it was just in case .