Chapter 228 – Naked Dungeon Life Side Story (36)
“Aaaaa!”, Which is so… So intense…But…But so good!!”
I savored her back and forth until her laning collapsed from exhaustion.
However, it did not increase all of her mana.
I don’t know how long my schedule here in the desert will be, so I saved it for future pleasure.
After having a good time, I left the fallen Lan Ying and got out of the barracks.
The scorching sun was disappearing over the sand dunes and the temperature was dropping rapidly.
“I thought I was going to die from the heat earlier, but now it’s quite cool.”
“The temperature will drop even more at night.”
I muttered to myself, but I turned my head at the sudden voice.
Among the guides on the Chinese side, it was a man who was the leader.
Could it be that he was eavesdropping on the barracks?
Well, it doesn’t matter anyway.
“Is the loot recovery over?”
“Not yet. It’s not a level that can be finished in one day. Two helicopters have arrived, but it will take several round trips to the city.”
“Isn’t that taking too long? I’m a busy man. I can’t stay in the middle of a desert like this forever.”
“I understand. As soon as possible…”
“No. I’ll shorten the schedule.”
“Yes?”
He looked at me with a puzzled face.
“There’s nothing to worry about. I’ll pay you back properly.”
“No, but…”
I said emphatically.
“Let’s eliminate the cause first. Let’s go to the dungeon right away.”
If the cause is not removed by walking around the desert, the same thing will happen again.
I said I would find the root cause, the dungeon, and wipe out the monsters inside.
“You mean now?”
“Yes. Can’t we just tell them to retrieve the loot on their own? Let’s go first and solve the reversed gate.”
The man rolled his eyes for a long time with a very troubled expression.
Then, as if he realized something, he suddenly answered with a bright face.
“The sun is setting here, are you okay?”
“Yes.”
“Then let’s do it. Transcendentalist-nim’s level of skill seems to be enough alone.”
He said in a tone that he wanted to dissuade me because he was worried about going into an A-class dungeon alone.
But I vaguely felt that it wasn’t all.
These guys obviously want me to stay in this desert for a long time.
“The gates that are currently being left in a congested state are one inside the Gobi Desert and the other on the Mongolian side.”
“The Chinese called me because they couldn’t stop the monsters from only two gates?”
“Not like that. Some gates have already been stabilized on our side.”
Then why do they stabilize the other two places as well?
I thought I was going to be strong, but I quietly shut my mouth.
Still, it’s funny that you’re a customer who’ll put in 2 trillion won, but you’re too tick-tick.
Anyway, like this, I got on the helicopter again and arrived in front of a gate in the middle of the desert.
“Are you going alone?”
“Yes. Don’t you know that you guys aren’t helpful?”
“Haha… That’s right.”
Perhaps they were worried that I might lead them into the gate, but it is clear that everyone is relieved.
I said with a smile.
“I was surprised that it was closer than I thought from the base camp. Didn’t I wish I had come here from the beginning?”
“From our point of view, we weren’t sure what level the transcendentalist’s skills were, and…”
“Ah, that’s all right. Say yes.”
“Haha… Then, what are we doing?
“Go back to base camp and wait. I’ll go back there on its own.”
“Yes? But…”
“Nothing to worry about. I was guided because I didn’t know the location of the gate. If I didn’t know the location, my feet would be faster than the helicopter? Or are you going to hang here in the air and wait for me to come back? Do you know how long it will take?”
Then he nods his head as if he understands.
“Then, see you later.”
“I wish you luck!”
I jumped out of the helicopter onto the dunes with my backpack filled with bottled water and a sandwich.
At the same time, a group of monsters staying around the gate attacked me all at once.
Because of the noise of the helicopters, the number of people was huge because they had gathered from the beginning.
Jigsaw Jigsaw!
However, in an instant, all of them collapsed with a puff of smoke.
“I heard that it’s a gate with the highest level of difficulty among A-ranks, isn’t it?”
He snorted and looked around.
The sun has already set, so the surroundings are pitch black.
“Hey, the night sky seen from above the corpses of monsters.
Thanks to the clear day, countless stars were twinkling in the sky.
“Then, shall we go soon?”
The surrounding monsters were all small puppies, but the magical energy emanating from beyond the gate was quite unusual.
“Where, let’s see what kind of guys are waiting!”
Listening to the helicopter’s propeller slowly moving away, I stepped into the open black gate in the middle of the desert.
* * *
“Are you sure the signal is going?”
“Yes! I checked the satellite signal. However, there is no signal from the receiver owned by Mr. Gak Jeong-hyeok.”
“What do you mean!? Isn’t it broken?”
“The probability of a mechanical failure is slim. I wonder if the device itself is damaged…”
Attempts to contact Kang Jung-hyeok using satellite communication failed.
Everyone in Awake Lady, as well as the An Ji-hyun government, was in a difficult situation.
“You mean something happened to Jeonghyeok right now?”
“It’s probabilistically possible, but I can’t be sure.”
“That’s what he said! Isn’t it obvious that he went to China and couldn’t contact him!”
“Vice President Ahn. Calm down. Nothing is certain yet. Considering his strength, it is highly unlikely that the equipment is broken. Rather, it would be more accurate to assume that he entered the gate.”
An So-ra sighed and sat down on her sofa.
She is in front of the president, but she doesn’t care at all.
“Calm down. You’ll be fine. It’s annoying that the other person is China, but you’re not the kind of person to just stand still.”
Hong Eun-young, who comforted the excited So-ra An, headed straight for the president.
“If you can get in touch with the boss, let us know right away.”
“Of course.”
Ahn Ji-hyun nodded his head as if it were natural.
In fact, her position is also very embarrassing.
Although he is in the position of president, there is no suitable solution.
Right now, the only way to contact Kang Jeong-hyeok is through satellite.
The only thing you can do is wait for them to contact you as soon as possible.
I asked her Hong Eun-young’s question.
“Apart from the boss, what exactly is the situation? What’s going on in North Korea? Did the Chinese cross the Tumen River with a tank? Isn’t that right? Or are you going to join forces and attack us?”
Ahn Ji-hyun opened his mouth without hesitation.
“Suwei is now in Pyongyang.”
“Suwei?”
“He’s not a well-known person in Korea, but he’s third in the ranks of the Central Military Commission of China and one of the top five in China. It goes without saying that he’s a transcendental figure. Rumor has it that he’s the second strongest man in China.”
“Hmm… It’s not like that kind of person is making a fuss just because he went to North Korea.”
“Not only Suwei, but hundreds of his subordinates moved together. Ten thousand Transcendentalists moved. Not all of them have been confirmed, but most of the rest are believed to be the highest level Awakeners.”
The distance between So-ra An and Eun-young Hong narrowed.
President Ahn Ji-hyun’s explanation did not stop.
“It is also true that Kang Jung-hyeok left Beijing airport exactly when he arrived in Inner Mongolia, and within an hour after they arrived in Pyongyang, they lost contact with most of the agents we had planted in them. It’s impossible. The North Korean authorities don’t have the power to do that. If they could, they’d have dealt with it a long time ago.”
“In other words, you said you planned it from the beginning and requested us to dispatch it? With a huge amount of money as bait… We don’t even know that, and we spend a lot of money on Jeong-hyeok…”
So-ra An, who was listening to the president, could not control her emotions.
Hong Eun-young embraced her body, which trembled with guilt, and opened her mouth.
“So, what’s their purpose? You’re not saying that all the agents died and you couldn’t figure it out?”
“I don’t know if I should call this a relief, but thanks to the information Mr. Kang Jung-hyeok gathered in Okinawa, we recently sent in additional agents to see what Japan and North Korea are up to. Most of the new recruits are still alive. “
“That’s good. So what?”
A darker shadow was cast on the president’s expression, which had been serious from the beginning.
“I can’t say for certain, but the agents have identified their purpose…”
Aaaaah!
It was then.
Suddenly, a loud siren started to sound.
“What, what?”
An So-ra, who had been shaking her body, got up from her seat in embarrassment.
The same was true of President Hong Eun-young and Ahn Ji-hyun.
“It’s a big deal! It looks like North Korea fired missiles in succession!”
North Korea’s missile launch is something of an annual event, so there is usually no sense of danger.
We are monitoring the situation in real time via satellite.
But things are different now.
Hong Eun-young, who heard the signal soldier’s cry, shouted at President Ahn Ji-hyun.
“President! Please finish what you were going to say. What is their purpose? Boasting missiles? Scaring? That’s what North Korea has always done!”
Ahn Ji-hyun’s eyes, which had turned toward the soldiers, turned back to Hong Eun-young and An So-ra.
Her mouth opened slowly.
“…War.”
At the same time as her voice, the soldiers’ cries followed again.
“It’s not in the direction of the East Sea! It’s in the south! The direction of the missile is heading toward Seoul!”
Missiles launched by North Korea will not bomb Seoul.
It was only natural when comparing the military power of both sides, which had increased since the appearance of the gate.
Mana coating as well as the processing power of loot retrieved from the gate.
And the technology to use it for military purposes, including weapons, is the difference between heaven and earth.
Those missiles will never penetrate Seoul’s state-of-the-art air defense system.
The North Korean authorities must be aware of this.
Therefore, the conventional missile launched now is nothing more than a provocation.
However, if the direction is not toward the East Sea but towards South Korean territory, the meaning changes.
It’s not just a provocation.
This was no different from the North’s unilateral declaration of aggression.
