Fatal Shot

Chapter 78: The Chip Mission

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

“Now that I have obtained the supreme authority, which is on par with the supervisor in this base,” Lin said confidently while lifting her black-framed glasses. “I granted you all the same level of authority as the level-1 staff in the classified area, which allows you all to gain access to the majority of the base.”

Then she operated a device right in front of her, and it projected a 3D virtual model of the entire base on the 360-degree screen surrounding the room.

“We will proceed to Area 13 next. There is a fully locked down hidden laboratory, and inside the lab, we are able to obtain the evolving virus stock solution and its relevant research data prepared by the people in this base. However, I might need some time to copy the rest of the data on the base. It will take about two minutes.”

As for an NPC, all the research data and even the civil information from the Galaxy Empire were extremely valuable.

Research data? thought Feng Luo as something suddenly occurred to him. He remembered that his mission was to acquire a specific document.

“Miss Lin. Can you do me a favor?” asked Feng Luo immediately.

“What’s the matter?” said Lin as she turned to Feng Luo. “Could you please check for me the storage location of the ingredients of the FX-9 Nano solution and the manufacturing documents of the SH-3 biochip?”

“FX-9, SH-3...” said Lin. “Those are third generation biochips. What do you need those for?”

Feng Luo was a little panicked when Lin took a glance at him and asked this question. At the same time, the rest of the players were curious about Feng Luo’s purpose. They had actually heard of the biochips. Although they had no idea what a third generation biochip was, they clearly knew that it was nothing simple, judging by the name.

After seeing Lin’s expression, he recalled that she was a Chip Master in her real-life occupation. With her experience and knowledge, she would probably know the two things Feng Luo was looking for.

“Previously, I obtained a broken biochip,” said Feng Luo, deciding to speak honestly. “A chip professional told me that the only way to get it back in working order is to acquire these two items.”

“FX-9, SH-3...” Lin considered for a moment, then revealed, “Well, sadly, one of my missions here is to obtain these two items, too. Therefore...”

Badoom!

Feng Luo’s heart dropped. He never would have expected such coincidence to happen. Two missions overlapped with each other?

It was possible for such issues to happen in War because all these material-hunting missions were repeatable. Therefore, two missions could share the same objective. In such a condition, it would not be like other games, whereby after the first player took the item, and then it would duplicate and reappear, waiting for the next player to redeem it.

In fact, in this game, objective-based items were only available on a first-come-first-serve basis. The player who came in second would have to wait for the mission to refresh. Only then could they acquire the item.

Feng Luo was extremely disappointed with the overlapping mission this time. It would have been acceptable if such a situation happened some other time but definitely not at this critical moment.

“Would you like to consider stealing the items?”

Feng Luo might have looked calm on the outside, but deep in his mind, he was calculating the possibility of the plan.

Red Queen, Black Panther, Neutron Star, and White Crescent... It would be exceedingly difficult to take the mission items from them...

“However...” Lin suddenly continued. “If you promise to be my experimental subject, then I’ll pass these two items to you. After all, they are not my main purpose here.”

Lin told Feng Luo with a sense of excitement while staring into his eyes.

“Experimental subject....”

Feng Luo considered, but, at the same time, he was thinking quickly, trying to decide whether this would be the subsequent mission or the previous one.

Lin decided to directly explain her main purpose upon observing Feng Luo’s hesitation. “Don’t worry. I’m only interested in the mutated evolving virus in you. You have to know that the evolving virus is anything but simple. Although the syringe I’ve made is believed to be effective, I have never experimented on a living human being before. Therefore, the syringe might yield a special effect upon going through fusion with your mutated evolving virus, or there might also yield a negative effect that I am unaware of...”

Triggered Mission: Lin’s interest (2). Accept Lin’s request and provide assistance to her research on her complete “W” series evolving virus. Mission reward: Unknown.

The system prompt reminded Feng Luo that he had successfully triggered the subsequent mission.

“All right!”

Feng Luo accepted the mission. Most players would definitely accept these continuous hidden missions because the rewards were likely to be significant. In addition, in order to repair his biochip, he had to accept the mission.

“All right then!” Lin said and nodded with satisfaction. “I will send you a copy of the manufacturing document of the SH-3 biochip after completing the copy process.”

******

Successfully obtained the manufacturing documents of SH-3 biochip. “Master Roland’s Request” degree of completion (1/2)!

Two minutes later after Feng Luo received the documents Lin transferred to him from the terminal, the system prompt showed that the mission was halfway completed.

“What? Something’s wrong!” Big Pineapple suddenly shouted while looking at the edge of the screen. “What happened?”

All of them looked up to the screen and realized that it was a picture of one of the security cameras located outside the base. In the real-time security camera image, there were approximately 100 armed players crossing over the grassland. They were approaching the base.

“Darn! It’s them!” Aike was shocked at the sight of two scientific researcher NPCs who were under the protection by the group of players.

“Are they the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group?” Feng Luo asked curiously, studying the players.

“Feng! You know these people?” asked the Big Pineapple.

“Well, some of them.”

Among the players, Feng Luo saw Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star, the gray-armored Warrior, the Scout, and a female Doctor player with an innocent look.

“They are one of the forces form the Silvermoon City,” he explained. “If we were to take into account the players in the sub-group, they’re made up of tens of thousands of players. Therefore, their powers are extremely competitive.”

“What are they doing here? Is it for the mission?” said Glazed Ice in confused.

Aike nodded. “All right. We both share the same purpose, which is to obtain the solution for the evolving virus and the research documents!”

These words implied that the two NPCs were protected by the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group.

“We have to take the items first before they do and immediately leave this place!” said Lin, her expression changing slightly. “I’ll activate the base’s entire defense system and let the mechanical guards stop them.”

She touched the top of the screen a few times with her finger. The screen showed that a Level-45 Mecha Octopus, a Level-44 Mecha Mantis, and a Level-43 Mecha Electric Snake were heading quickly toward the location of the players from the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group.

Feng Luo and others immediately left the observation room and rushed toward the previously locked destination: Area 13, the underground lab.

Before leaving, Feng Luo took a final look at the big screen. He realized that the umbrella-shaped image on the box carried by the two scientific researchers in white robes was familiar to him. However, he couldn’t seem to recall where he had seen it before.

The secret lab was 30 meters below the ground. Fortunately, Lin had obtained the authority to enter, which saved them a lot of time while accessing the lab. The lab was empty, as expected. However, there were 10 Level-45 Mecha Octopuses guarding a frozen, specially made container in an isolated area nearby. One of them was a Level-55 Elite-rank Mecha Octopus.

Obtaining the stock solution of the virus, gathering the documents, and more... These processes consumed almost seven minutes.

“Take it!” Lin said.

She kept her promise, handing the FX-9 nano solution ingredient in a transparent tube container over to Feng Luo.

Successfully obtained FX-9 nano solution ingredient. “Master Roland’s Request” degree of completion (2/2)!

Feng Luo felt a lot better after putting the ingredient into his backpack. This mission ingredient would not explode upon the death of the player, which proved he had successfully completed the pet biochip mission. All he had to do was to submit the mission items.

“Faster, everyone!” said Red Queen. It was the first time she had displayed any impatience in hurrying the team.

The noise-canceling system in the underground secret room was good, but the players could still hear the firefight, an explosion, and some other noises coming from the above.

The evacuate progress went smoothly. Since Lin had obtained top-level security access, she could easily open up those sealed doors and defensive facilities. She could even observe the progress of the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group, which allowed the team to avoid coming in contact with them through her black-framed technological glasses, which were connected to her mastermind. However, their smooth sailing came to an abrupt end upon exiting the main base.

A Scout player and a Light Armor Warrior player who were setting an ambush at the grassland outside the base shouted at them as they saw Feng Luo and others coming out from the main base. They were both holding their weapons.

“Who are you guys?” they demanded.

The Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group had arranged a few players to do the patrol around the military base and to sound the alarm. They had their guard up, which had made it difficult for Feng Luo and the others to avoid them.

However, although they could not avoid coming in contact with them, it wasn’t a big deal.

“Get rid of them!” Red Queen said in a cold tone as she continuously moved forward.

Boom!

−2977

Black Panther placed a shot into the Scout’s chest. With the advantage of his equipment and level, it took only one single shot for his HP to reach the final bar. A single frozen arrow shot by Glazed Ice was enough to finish off and easily killed this Level-44 Elite-ranked Scout player.

Ka!

At the same time, Neutron Star had activated his “Thunder Leap Slash” as he leaped towards the Light Armor Warrior while slashing his two alloy longswords in his face.

“Block!”

The light-armor warrior was clearly experienced, as he immediately used the Block skill to shrug off the majority of the damage from the hit. However, he still faced Neutron Star’s continuously high-damage strikes. He moved with great agility to dodge his skills, but the Light Armor Warrior did not even have the chance to fight back.

Although he was at Level 45, with equipment that was above average, the huge disparity in strength meant that it took less than 10 seconds for Neutron Star to finished him off.

However, their presence had been detected by the people from the Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group; over the party channel, the party members would receive death notices if any party members died within a specific range. Moreover, the others could even see the HP status of all the party members within close range.

“Leave now!”

Feng Luo and others immediately retreated and charged in the direction of the ship.

Less than two minutes after they left, a Roaring Dragon Mercenary Group formed by 20 players arrived at the location where two of their members had been killed.

The leader, Roaring Dragon Ruinous Star, scanned the battle trails on the ground with a gloomy face and said coldly, “Go after them!”

With advanced scouting skills, the Scout player could track the heat signatures left by the footsteps within a certain period of time. Therefore, it wouldn’t be too hard to find Feng Luo and the rest.

Furthermore, as they were surrounded by wet, muddy grasslands, they could easily track the direction the group was headed at a glance, even without any detection apparatus.