Chapter 503 – Pocket Girls
While thinking about it, Kyu-hyeon, who was chatting with Su-yeon, stopped chatting and approached Seong-il to designate a point, wondering if the submersible he was operating had reached the checkpoint that Kyu-hyeon had mentioned.
“Would you like to call over there?”
“Ah, yes…”
Seong-il sees the coordinates of the hologram Kyu-hyun took and calmly drives the submersible there.
‘Hmm… Is there anything wrong?’
Certainly, as Kyuhyun expected, the surrounding situation did not feel any danger. Seong-il calls at that place safely.
“Okay. Good job. Shall we start?”
After saying that, Kyuhyun quickly moves to the back of the submersible.
‘What are you trying to do…?’
Originally, he should have stayed here to watch the four weeks, but Seong-il, who was so curious about what Kyu-hyeon was doing, secretly followed him to see him.
“Oh… Is that…?”
Seong-il, who quietly killed the enemy, was only going to watch. However, when a robot equipped with a strange drill arm appears in his eyes, he starts asking questions without knowing it.
“Hmm? You stay and prepare for any emergency… No, that’s okay. With the alert system and Suyeon, you’ll take care of it.”
“Ah, sorry. I was so curious…”
“No. Do you remember the story of the repair robot I found while exploring Mugan Hell last week?”
“Yes. Could it be… That?”
The robot in front of you that looks similar to the octopus robot you saw in the video before.
“Right. That repair robot back then. However, it’s not completely fixed. It can only perform very basic commands. For some reason, it’s impossible to fix broken software.”
“Ooh… Then, is this plan based on the information stored in that robot…?”
“No. I also tried to hack this guy’s information with that thought, but for some reason, as soon as I tried, the memory storage circuit caught fire and exploded. Perhaps the security device was activated.”
“Aha…But was it reusable?”
“Uh. It’s a deteriorated version, but there was a software chip with similar performance in Shelter. When I replaced it with that, it ran clumsily. Well… As I just said, it’s only possible to do really clumsy simple tasks. Just like now.”
After saying that, Kyuhyun turns on his laptop and starts sending the program he had prepared in advance to the repair robot.
『I understand the instructions.』
It seems that a CAD program was pre-planned on how to drill a hole in advance. As expected, when all the data is injected, the octopus robot turns on the flotation device and moves to the submersible exit with its six drilled arms.
“Okay… Now we just need to use the robot and the helicam that follows him to track his progress.”
“Ohh…”
After those words, Seong-il and Kyu-hyeon move to the driver’s cabin to remotely monitor the situation.
“Oh…”
The excavation process of the repair robot shown on the driver’s screen. The party not only obtains video information through the robot’s field of view + helicam, etc., But also comfortably checks the progress by looking at the hologram map created based on it.
‘I must bring this machine and program to reality?’
Kyuhyun’s machines and programs that seem to have many places to use even if you carry them in reality.
“Get some sleep.”
“Ah…?”
“It will take roughly 8 hours for the tunnel to be fully drilled. Use that gap to replenish your stamina. You are a trainer, but you are also a combat agent.”
“Ah… Yes.”
At Kyuhyun’s reasonable words, Seongil stops watching and calmly sits down on a chair in the narrow corner of the diving area and takes a good night’s sleep.
***
“… Seong-il!! Wake up!! Seong-il!!”
“Um…”
A voice that wakes Seong-il from a sound sleep leaning on the submersible chair. Seong-il struggles to open his eyes at the sound.
“Done!!”
“Oh yeah…”
At one cry, Seong-il takes out a special potion that clears the mind from his bosom and drinks it. Based on his clear mind so quickly, Seong-il shakes off his seat and stands up.
“Are you here?”
“Yes. Are all the passages pierced?”
“Yeah. It’s all pierced. I’ve checked it with the scout bot. Now I just need to enter.”
“Ohh… I see.”‘
After that, Seong-il, who briefly listened to the briefing about the passageway with his teammates, starts entering the interior.
‘Hmm… It definitely looks like a warehouse…’
A frighteningly quiet interior. As Kyuhyun expected, the infiltrated area was a warehouse, and the dark interior was filled with unknown metal boxes, but no signs of popularity were felt.
“…I think it’s surprisingly well managed?”
As one said, there were no people, and the boxes in the warehouse were well-organized and well-maintained so that not a single speck of dust was accumulated.
“Surely…”
Seong-il, in case of doubt, spreads emotion around him and checks the enemy.
‘Fortunately, there are no enemies here, but it seems that there are quite a few enemies in the building next to the entrance.’
As Kyuhyun expected, it seemed that there were a lot of crazy fighting machines at the entrance. Because of this, Seong-il asks Kyu-hyun with a slightly nervous expression.
“Where are you going?”
“There.”
“Eh? That’s right over there?”
“Yeah. We have to go that way.”
“Oh no… I don’t think it’s there…”
In that direction, Seong-il was able to feel a small number of Leviathan as a response, so Seong-il secretly dragged his words and expressed his dissenting opinion.
“That’s right. Due to the structure of the building, you can only enter the research facility from that side. If you go to the other side, you will end up in a dock or factory.”
“Shit…”
I want to stop it, but there is no way. Stronger opposition than this could lead to suspicion, so Seong-il could not bear to be stubborn any longer.
‘Well… I don’t think there are many enemies. They say the reaction isn’t that dangerous, but should I just go?’
Seong-il decided to trust his senses. After positioning himself in the most dangerous and important rear of the team, he draws out the fire in his bosom and summons his comrades.
“Baby, take this.
Seong-il secretly hands over the potion prepared in advance to Red and Luti and asks them.
“…How did you tell me to use this?”
“If you’re hurt, the red one! If you’re tired, drink the blue one!!”
“Great!”
Seong-il caressing Lutie’s pink hair as she spits out the correct answer. After spreading his emotions as wide as possible, he follows Kyuhyun.
‘Hmm? What. I was worried because security facilities and enemies were detected, but surprisingly nothing happened?’
Contrary to their worries, however, after walking inside the building for almost 10 minutes, the party does not encounter any problems.
‘Chief Kyuhyun’s partner has quite a bit of ability?’
Kyuhyun’s partner with superpowers that can ‘distort’ the surroundings. He creates a distortion field with a radius of about 5m and successfully hides the group’s actions from enemies.
“Okay… It’s a real research building when you enter here.”
‘Eh… What is the design of this door?’
The door was quite familiar to Seong-il. He realizes that the design of the door is similar to the door of the ancient laboratory in the basement of A-02 Shelter, where he visited in the past for a psychic awakening procedure.
“Okay…The mechanical key I brought this time…”
Kyu-hyeon takes out the mechanical key of the shelter containing the essence of the ancient technology he showed Seong-il before and puts it on the access device.
Wooooo!!!
When the key is brought in, the computer attached to the door starts calculating something with a roar. In addition, Seong-il feels an ominous feeling overtake him.
“Oops… I need to stop right now…”
Weeing!! Knock!!”
While trying to dissuade Kyuhyun, the huge metal door opened and a heavy metallic sound burst out.
“Hmm? What’s wrong? Seong-il?”
When Seong-il hurriedly tried to dissuade Kyu-hyeon, Hana asked with a puzzled expression. However, Seong-il, who is in a hurry, ignores that one question and quickly settles down next to Kyu-hyun.
Blank!! Blank!! Blank!!
Meanwhile, the lights on the ceiling turn on with a loud metallic noise echoing everywhere.
“Sir…”
And in front of Seong-il’s eyes, bizarre battle robots that look like squids and repair robots repairing them unfold.
“It’s a big deal…”
At a glance, the Leviathan looks over 100 gigabytes. At that dizzying number, Kyuhyun muttered in a trembling voice.
“…Was it wrong?”
Seong-il calmly arranges his partners in battle formation, and prepares for tanking in the front line. Then he quietly asks Kyuhyun beside him.
“No. This place is correct. But… Looking back, there are so many broken Leviathan puppies that the research facility has been converted into a temporary repair facility…”
『Class 2 psionic energy detected. Identified as a mutation. Target of extinction.』
Leviathan’s cry ended the tense silence that stretched out for a moment. They stare at Red, who has a nervous expression on his hand as he floats a ball of fire from his hand, and begins to raise its tentacles overflowing with ominous energy.
“Where are these bastards getting Red…”
When Seong-il sees Leviathan like that, he swears at him and then begins to use all his energy.
“Lol…”
Despite the breathtakingly tense situation, Red forgets the tension and smiles cutely for a moment, as if it was good to see Seongil thinking of him.
『Destroy!! Destroy!!』
In the meantime, perhaps the preheating is over, the Leviathan’s tentacles filled with dark red energy start firing lasers at Seongil’s party.
“Children!! Psychokinesis shield!!”
Soo-yeon orders them to quickly build a shield against the menacing attack. At that, all the psychic people around me quickly create a shield made of telekinesis.
“Intruder. Please identify yourself. This is a military installation that does not allow civilians to enter. If you don’t reveal the right to enter, we will have no choice but to attack you according to the defense program.”
“If the bastard is going to attack, he’ll attack, what bullshit.”
In the midst of an urgent situation, a repair robot makes outlandish requests to the party without even noticing. Seong-il was annoyed at the sight, but unlike him, Kyu-hyun took something out of his arms with a flashing expression, as if he had come up with an idea.
‘That’s…’
Shelter’s mechanical key previously used to open the door. Kyuhyun holds it up and calls out to the repair robot.
“I am a citizen of Shelter E-0942AN Area!! Stop attacking innocent civilians immediately.”
Kyuhyun urgently shouts in the telekinetic barrier under bombardment. The repair robot tightens its mechanical pupils at his cry and examines the key he held out.
『…』
An urgent situation with sweaty hands. After that moment, which feels like an eternity, an answer flows from the mechanical mouth of the repair robot.
『The key is genuine, but the owner is found to be unqualified. If you don’t bring in a user with the correct qualifications within 5 minutes, we will consider you a trespasser and activate our defense system.”
‘…This is why director Kyuhyun died in the original story.’
Seong-il realizes the truth about how Kyu-hyeon disappeared in the original story.
‘…I can’t let the kids die.’
While training together for several days, he became affectionate with supernatural powers in the gym, such as Mila. He didn’t want them to die, so he raised all of his body’s inner skills, determined to reveal his skills.
‘Information…!!’
Seongil, who uses sensitivity as his power to determine the location and number of enemies spread inside. In the meantime, a strange sensation approaches his senses.
‘That key… For some reason, if I hold it, I think I’ll be recognized by the repair robots…?’
In the past, Seong-il would have passed over the sense of response without knowing anything, but now he reads the law of cause and effect and realizes how to lead the future in a dimly positive direction. Because of this, he looks at Kyuhyun by his side and shouts in a loud voice.
“Give me the key!! Now!!”
“What…? Suddenly? Why?”
“I don’t have time to explain!! Give it to me now!!”
Despite the urgent situation at the sudden cry of Seong-il, Kyu-hyun just stares blankly at him, not knowing why.
“Hurry!!”
However, when Seong-il calls out to Kyu-hyeon in succession in a voice full of strong appeal, he hands Seong-il the key as if possessed.
‘Inner strength…’
Seong-il, who instinctively energizes his body and holds onto the mechanical key. Then, according to the flow of his internal air, the nanomachines in his body, the ‘Deus of Machina’, begin to approach the mechanical device.
Wooooo!!!
At the same time, a strange resonant sound emanating from the mechanical key. Then, light begins to flow from the gap in the key.
