Life Mission Chapter 9:
Life Mission
Volume 1 Chapter 9
Often, people who have strange dreams . Call them dog dreams . A few cannot shake it off . There is nothing they can do . It is not reality . But it bothers them .
If multiple people have the same dream and acknowledge that they are not dreaming and that it is reality, they would work to figure out what the phenomenon is .
-[I killed 5 Kawods with a hammer . ]
-[3 Gremlins . ]
-[Everyone . My friend did not come back . I think he died there . ]
-[Mine was to steal something weird . ]
-[Same with me . I had to steal 2 eggs from Beck and it felt like I was shooting Mission Impossible . ]
Tatak .
Cha Jun Sung looked through the conversation in the chat room on his blog .
As he had expected, there were a lot of people who had gone through what he did . It had not yet been reported on the news, but that was not far off either .
-[I caught 21 Kawods by using cognate predators as bait . My goal was to escape, but there was nothing I could do because they were blocking the exit . ]
-[Amazing!]
-[Are you a UFC world champion or something? How can someone catch 21?]
-[Don’t lie . ]
“I can’t believe it either ok . ”
Cha Jun Sung had been learning fencing since he was young, and added boxing in order to maintain his health while playing Life Mission . Had that helped?
Reading the text in the chat room, it seemed the average time getting in and out was 3 hours . It could not be but fast because they had only faced 5 to 6 Kawods .
“Some people had an easy time and while some spent an entire day on it . That’s pretty **** . ”
The day after his return, he read the manual . If he spent a day inside the mission, a day passed in real life as well . It was an exact 1:1 ratio .
It was important that he could not bring items from reality into the briefing room or mission location . The helper decided what is allowed and what is not .
-[Will you go again?]
Cha Jun Sung thought for a second before texting back .
-[I’m going to go . Why?]
-[Hey fake Overload, you haven’t gone into the store yet, right? Try going in . ]
Cha Jun Sung looked at the PDA on his wrist . It was a piece of equipment with a lot of functions . There were so many that he could not even list them all .
‘Alright let’s open it . ’
He did not open the store as people expected him to . He was curious, but had completely forgotten about it with his thoughts on whether or not he would go .
Ping .
He operated the PDA . A clear hologram and a list window flashed .
-[Store: Level D]
-[Equipment] [Food] [Medicine] [Materials] [Reinforcements] [Synthesis] [Transformation] [Miscellaneous] [Body Modification] [Daily Necessities]
The list became more detailed when he clicked on a menu item . For example, if he went into Equipment, there was Weapon and Armor .
-[Did you open it?]
-[Yes . ]
-[There are a lot of things on the menu, but try going into just one . Go into Materials . ]
Cha Jun Sung went into Materials . A motley of materials made him dizzy . There was a wide variety of materials . Most of them were strange .
-[Try typing precious metals or gems in the search window . You’ll be surprised . ]
He tried searching precious metals . Platinum, gold, silver, etc . – they were sold by weight .
-[Gold 100g: 100 points]
-[Description: Material that goes into item synthesis, reinforcement, and transformation . ]
“Was the price of gold $5,000 for 100g? The reward for the tutorial was 100 points . No, it would be 150 points for 150g since he had killed a bunch of mutants . He had earned $7,500 in one go . So in the end, it was money?”
$7,500 .
It is too little to change a person’s life, but it was more than a month’s wages at a good job . It was a world where people sell their souls for money .
High risk, high return . Even if it was a **** where people had to risk their lives, there were plenty of people willing to do it as long as the return was appropriate .
-[If you become strong with the equipment, money comes in . It’s an opportunity!]
-[I agree!]
-[If you go through body modification and use the battle shoot, you’re a walking one-man military! An emergence of Life Mission! Let’s fly our employment worries to Andromeda!]
-[I bought 50g of gold with 50 points . $2,500 is in my hand!]
As a specific subject became punctuated, the chat room’s fervor rose . They acted in a frenzy as though they had earned everything with their inflated dreams .
“That’s when you’re still alive . As if everything will go their way . ”
Each mission was a matter of life and death . Cha Jun Sung lived freely, but the others had greed, ambition, and avarice .
-[If you look in the Medicine menu, they sold cancer inhibitors, growth promoters, and blood too!]
This was a bit surprising . This could provoke medical innovation .
Cha Jun Sung left the chat room to properly look through the store . Even if others did not explain it to him, it was easy to look through it as long as he had the PDA .
“Unbelievable . Do points push out money to control all things?”
Money is what has moved everything until now . Now, that would become points . There was nothing they could not do as long as they had points .
“Do I need to go too… . . ? If I don’t go, that would mean these people would rise above me . I don’t like that . ”
He was not undermining others, but the people who were below him would stand atop his Overload reputation if this continued .
He would rather die than lose . Odin’s warning that he would not be able to live if he did not have power also became stuck in his mind . He was muddled for various reasons .
“I can select between Level D and E missions . By points, Level E has Level 1-2, D has Level 3-4 mutants . From Level 3, their strength and growth expand so I won’t be able to even leave a scratch unless I’m properly armed . ”
He could tell by common sense . His pack and basic items were 100 points .
Even with 5260 points, he would not be able to acquire the equipment necessary to complete a Level D mission . He would need much more points .
-[Body Modification]
Cha Jun Sung clicked on the list that would make it possible for him to take on a melee of mutants . In the Level D store, there was surgery up to number 2 .
-[Gains from 1st stage body modification: 100,000 points]
-[Gains from 2nd stage body modification: 200,000 points]
Gain and probability were ensured until the 4th stage in the virtual version .
But the gain and probability fell from the 5th stage, and the character could die if the body modification failed . The character is deleted from the 9th stage .
In a situation where people are evolved into superhumans, it had to be difficult .
Swipe .
Cha Jun Sung looked through the store for a few hours . There were a lot of curious things .
He did not get sick of it . He chose the optimal equipment he could get with his 5260 points . Level D was taken out, his points did not allow for it .
-[Low class impact tights: 1500 points]
-[Plastic armor: 1500 points]
-[Steel katana: 1000 points]
Impact tights fit the body closely and absorbed external shock .
The 1cm thick special textile acted like a sponge . The disadvantage was that it was vulnerable to attacks of focused strength or sharp materials because of its low level .
The plastic armor is light, but high in elasticity and hard . If worn with the impact tights, they covered each other’s disadvantages .
The steel katana is a sword . It’s power and cutting force were strong, so it was advantageous to have before a fray . It was a symbol of Cha Jun Sung’s Overload and a weapon he was very familiar with .
“I’m gaining confidence . ”
This was the setting he chose costing a total 4000 points . If he were wearing this, he could fight 21 Kawods with his eyes closed .
“I guess I’ll need weapons? A pistol is a little weak, but a submachine gun is good . ”
-[Mp7 red fire: 500 points]
It was a good one . It had a fast burst speed and its penetration was significant .
It had the basic 8 magazines with 271 bullets… 30 rounds per magazine . He intended to leave 1 round loaded .
“I’ll use the remaining 409 points on expendables . Food and medicine are important . ”
If he didn’t eat, he would be exhausted even without moving . If he treated his wounds right away, he could prevent major injuries . It was a grave mistake to think that weapons are the only essential items .
“Perfect . ”
Cha Jun Sung praised himself as he looked at the item list . He had not wasted even 1 point . He had calculated the weight he could lift and efficiency as well .
“I can handle Level 1 with this equipment for sure, but I can also give Level 2 a try . ”
Level 1 could not get through the plastic armor and impact tights . It could if the damage accumulated, but he would not stay still .
Level 2 was dangerous to go up against right now, but the odds for a one-on-one fight were greater than 90% if he used the red fire and dagger before a struggle .
How did he know?
He was going over the route he had gone as a beginner again . He did not even think about Level 3 because there was a high possibility of dying from a single blow .
“Uh… . . What the **** am I thinking? What am I doing right now?”