Life Mission Chapter 255:
Cha Jun Sung is frustrated .
It’s right in front of him, but he can’t do anything . He can’t even force his way in because his entry itself is blocked .
He can go into level B, but there’s no point . He has more than enough points . This is the same as taking away his qualifications as a Lifer . The only comfort he has is that he can go into the store .
“I can’t even help the World Federation . ”
He had promised to buy them level S parts after increasing Albatrus’ distribution ratio and gathering points, but he can no longer keep that promise .
Cha Jun Sung told the World Federation and Park Jin Hyuk’s group about his situation .
He didn’t go into details . He said that he had gotten into a conflict of opinions with the supervisors, who are higher than the helpers, and his entry into missions had been blocked in the aftermath .
They all had expressions of disbelief, but he really had been blocked . Albatrus remained at level A state with Cha Jun Sung’s declaration, and World Federation discussed two plans for future moves .
Are they going to take Albatrus to explore the sea and go through a slow level A mission? Or are they going to neatly give it up and go into a normal level A mission?
This is what World Federation is currently debating . Park Jin Hyuk’s group will follow in whichever direction they decide on . This is something that Cha Jun Sung is sorry about . Maybe because he has a secret that he has kept from them ever since he became a mutant, but the number of missions he entered with his friends had decreased sharply .
He thought that he might be able to relax a little since he had gotten all of the annoying things out of the way, but now he can’t go into missions with them even if he wants to .
Park Jin Hyuk’s group said that it was okay, but it was obvious that they thought it a pity . Cha Jun Sung isn’t at ease either . This isn’t just a pause .
It’s a permanent stop . He needs to be like this until Life Mission is over .
“This really feels like **** . ”
What is all of this?
Where is he supposed to use all of this uncontrollable energy?
Does he have to live hundreds or thousands of years masked as a human?
He’ll easily live hundreds of years with a level 9 body .
He’ll remain alive after everyone he knows dies?
Just the thought of it is horrible .
He doesn’t want to live that long . Though Lifers have been created on modern Earth through Life Mission, the Earth itself is a peaceful place . It isn’t a place where he can run around as a mutant .
“Damn . ”
Cha Jun Sung calms his rage . He doesn’t see a solution .
Does he just have to pass time like this?
He wished someone would tell him what to do .
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“Then we’ll try that and if it doesn’t work, we can try plan B . ”
Hundreds are gathered in a large conference hall that was built circular so that everyone could face each other . They are all World Federation Lifers .
Rankers, Park Jin Hyuk’s group, and masters of large guilds are also in attendance . They are deciding on the second level A mission they will go into .
After a careful debate, two paths formed . There were conflicting opinions, so they used majority rule to decide on plan A and plan B .
This is because it is a difficulty in which the entire 10,000-person group could be annihilated .
Strategist didn’t pay attention to big or small voices . He took into account every single person’s opinion .
“How boring . ”
“Sh . ”
Park Jin Hyuk yawns and Koharo chides him .
She knows it is boring too, but it isn’t good to be distracted from the mood .
“So first is PDA entry . ”
Park Jin Hyuk said that it is boring, but he had listened to the entire meeting . Plan A is a normal level A mission . Plan B is exploring with Albatrus . Finding a level 8 in the ocean is like looking for a needle in a haystack . They never ran into one while completing Deep Sea Teeth .
Though they did see a level 9 .
The majority of Rankers voted for a normal level A mission over searching the sea . Park Jin Hyuk’s group’s 5 votes were also among those .
There are more than 20 level A Lifers who can fight with level 7s . Their main thought is that they can take on a weak level 8 .
Level B and C Lifers will take on all of the mutants below level 8 . This is a win with numbers . They will go into the mission with the lowest points, a 1 . 2 billion point mission .
“Basil, you did good . ”
“Hm . ”
Basil gives a sheepish look .
There had only been about 50 level A missions .
But now, there are a few more at 56 . Of those, there are 22 that are below 1 . 5 billion, and they picked the 1 . 2 billion point one .
Of the lower point missions, there was one mutant that was comparatively easy to catch .
[Level A Mission: Catching Seven]
– Goal: Attainment
– Description: The seven colored armed beetle is living somewhere in the tough Amazon, the largest forest on earth, so big that it can’t even be expressed as wide . The Seven Color Beetle King is always hiding if not under special circumstances . Find him and kill him .
– Reward: 1,200,000,000 points . Lucky box .
Several candidates had been discussed .
Rankers have caught level 8s in the virtual version . But Basil is the only one who has gotten Seven Color Beetle King .
Seven Color Beetle King’s combat ability is weaker than that of other level 8s, but its ability to hide is impressive . It basically hides 364 out of 365 days .
Once they find it, it is easy to catch it with the World Federation’s abilities . Its defense is as great as its ability to hide, but that is it .
There’s nothing else for it to show .
Basil caught the Seven Color Beetle King after wandering around in 9 combination stealth function for several months . When the Seven Color Beetle King feels an oncoming threat, it hides even deeper .
The annoying thing is that it is small, contrary to its name as king .
It is similar to a mid sized car . It would be easy to spot if it were big, but it can be completely hidden if it is behind a couple large trees .
Basil knows a lot about the Seven Color Beetle King . That is why he mentioned it as one that is easy to catch when each of the Lifers were laying out their opinions .
That is how Catching Seven became World Federation’s second level A mission .
Basil clearly said .
Finding it is the problem . Seven Color Beetle King prefers quiet places and when something gets near, it watches the situation and then moves . They need to find it first .
“It would be nice if Jun Sung could go with us . ”
It is absurd .
Losing entry qualification . What on earth did he do while going around alone that he got such sanctions? They can’t understand it .
“It’ll be released soon . ”
“Right?”
Park Jin Hyuk agrees with Kyoko .
He doesn’t think that Cha Jun Sung will be blocked forever either . The restriction will be released after a couple months .
“We are entering in two months . I will send out a notice, so stay prepared . ”
Strategist ended the meeting . Lifers group with the people they are close with .
Park Jin Hyuk’s group watched and then scattered to spend time on their own . In two months, they will be starting a real level A mission .
Two months was short . Park Jin Hyuk’s group and World Federation entered Catching Seven without Cha Jun Sung .
Then at some point, 5 years passed .
Where there is a start, there is an end . An end that isn’t clear, but foggy? Then that is the end .
This year will mark 10 years since Life Mission was applied to reality . The virtual was used for 10 years as well, so that means 20 years has passed combined .
20 years – a long period of time in which newborn babies become young adults, young adults become middle-aged, and the middle-aged surpass old age and pass away . Common people naturally aged following time . But Lifers chosen by Life Mission were different .
Aging stopped for young people as an effect of body modifications . Time reversed 20 to 30 years for the old, and they rediscovered their youth .
5 years ago or even before that, there were several changes to the mission system . The biggest were unrestricted entry and weakening of upgrade conditions .
The majority of Lifers who survived the last 10 years are level B . There are a few above and below . Even the worst of them had gone through the 4th stage of body modifications, and level Bs were in the 5th and 6th stages .
The estimated life expectancy of 4th stage level C Lifers is over 100 years . They can spend about half of that life span as youths . Level B Lifers can live longer than those at lower levels, and they maintain their youth for a longer period of time . And there’s no need to mention levels S and A .
Lifers don’t get sick with small or serious diseases .
Not long ago, there was a news report that a level B Lifer ignored a traffic light and crossed the street without a battlesuit .
It would be expected for a human to be squashed flat after colliding with a car that weighs tons . But that Lifer only sustained a few bruises . They can’t really be called humans anymore . They are superhuman .
They had 3 to 4 times the abilities of ordinary people even if they didn’t go through body modification . These were called rookies .
Life Mission changed the world .
The changes that occurred over 20 years are more extreme than changes that should be made over hundreds or thousands of years .
Lifer selection and recruitment stopped after 10 rounds .
1st to 3rd rounds were tens of millions, but the number decreased from the 4th round .
Supervisors halted recruitment because they didn’t need more lower level Lifers, and they focused on the Lifers they had now .