Chapter 275: New Mission
Translator: Insignia Editor: Svjohn
Everyone in the refuge was anxious and felt insecure in the past two days due to the noise from the bombings as well as the sight of many injured soldiers returning to the refuge. Especially today, almost half of the soldiers on guard duty have now been posted to the frontline. Fortunately, Huo Dong was in the logistics departnt and did not have to follow them. However, he knew that safety would not last forever.
The frequency of his visits have been increasing over the last few days and his conversations were full of negativity. Luo Yuan did not intend to ask him anything. However, based on what Huo Dong said, he did not seem to think that the future of the rehabilitation base would get any better.
On the third day, Luo Yuan with his sensitive six senses could clearly hear the buzzing sound of mutated bugs’ wings. Apparently, there were nurous mutated bugs near the city. On that day, speakers which were installed to cheer the residents up and to announce good news from the battlefield had stopped working. It was extrely quiet in the area.
On the fifth day, there were no more injured soldiers being sent to the refuge and the sound of bombs going off began to reduce. It seed like the war had co to an end. However, soldiers that were sent to guard the frontline never returned. Huo Dong had been staying in the hostel the entire day. Everyone was anxious and nervous. Many did not even utter a single word as they knew the situation was getting worse instead of better.
The troops were either all dead or had retreated strategically. The city was left behind and the refuge had beco an abandoned town. Ti had passed and the great migration did not happen according to how it was planned. Luo Yuan finally knew the reason when he received a ssage from the system in the afternoon.
"D-Level mission: Clear all mutated bugs at the train station underground. Ti Restriction: None. Accept/Decline."
Luo Yuan expression turned serious... he took a deep breath and then clicked ‘Confirm’!
He knew that he had to complete the mission regardless of whether the purpose was to upgrade his power or migrate smoothly. He thought to himself that perhaps he could bear the unstable or uncertain life and live a good life. However, he knew that not everyone could live a life like that when he looked at Huang Jiahui and Zhao Yali.
They were looking forward to a stable life in a peaceful environnt. They wanted to be free and to live confidently instead of being anxious and feeling insecure all the ti. These were not the days that Luo Yuan could relax either. He also wished to have a life where he did not need to keep his eyes half open while he sleeps and hold his saber tightly every single second.
Based on their current situation though, he could not decline the mission. For him or for them, it was the sa. He sighed silently and wiped his clean Zhanmadao again although there was no dust on it.
"Luo Yuan, are you alright?" Huang Jiahui asked softly. She looked at Luo Yuan anxiously as she could sense he was not in a good mood.
"I’m fine, just thought about sothing suddenly. Don’t worry, things will get better." Luo Yuan stopped frowning and then smiled to Zhao Yali.
However, what she returned to him was a supercilious look. Luo Yuan actually felt extrely stressed at that mont. That was the second ti he received a D-Level mission after the special mission of killing the Giants. It ant that he might be able to et a green level creature during the mission.
Green level creatures are totally different compared to those of a lower rank. Those which were below the green level were nothing out of the ordinary. However, once they rise to the ranks of a green level creature, their life would beco very colorful as they would have nurous superpower. For example, the snake scales which he had could split mountain and water; the feathers of the green bird had an ionic plasma force field which proved how scary and powerful so creatures could be. It has been almost half a year since he killed the giant snake with so luck. He is much stronger now as his strengths, intelligence and dexterity have been upgraded by 50 % compared previous tis. His combat abilities have increased more than 10-fold. Besides that, he has been getting more familiar with his own properties and skills. Now, he has already transferred all his knowledge into every single cell in his body. However, he believed that it would be just as ssy as the previous encounter he had with those super creatures. He held his fists tightly as he thought about that.
After lunch, a governnt official ca as expected. Luo Yuan was surprised that it was not Secretary Zheng. Instead, it was a middle-aged lady. She was not that young anymore as he could see the wrinkles at the end of her eyes. Her kids should be around seven to eight years old if she had one or more. Her skin was fair and her body figure was well maintained. She looked professional and elegant. However, her attitude was dull just like a typical governnt servant who spoke precisely without any emotion. It made Luo Yuan feel curious. Based on her attitude, she probably did not know his identity.
Usually, almost all the governnt servants treated him passionately and courteously but she did not, which made him feel curious about her. Due to his special identity, he used to receive a lot of ‘care’ but he was wondering why the upper managent would send soone who knew nothing about him this ti. Understandably, he had no interest in politics now and he did not think more about it. He picked up his saber and then followed the governnt servant after saying goodbye to everyone. Luo Yuan peeped at the room next door before he left, the room was empty with the door left opened.
"Have the people living there moved out already?" Luo Yuan was trying to find sothing to talk about while walking with her.
"I have no idea because I’m not in charge of hostel matters." The lady said and walked very quickly without turning back.
"Do you know how many people will be joining the mission?" Luo Yuan smiled and asked.
"I am only in charge of informing all evolved n in the B1 area. I don’t have the complete na list with !" The lady frowned and said.
"Oh, do you know..." Luo Yuan wanted to continue but was interrupted.
"I’m just a regular clerk, you can talk to the chief secretary of the evolved n affairs section from the Civil Affairs Bureau if you have any more questions."
He wanted to ask about Secretary Zheng but did not expect to be interrupted like that. Luo Yuan did not try anymore.
...
Luo Yuan was unlucky as he was the first one to be notified. Thus, he had to accompany the lady to inform every evolved man on her na list one by one. An hour had passed by the ti everyone rushed to the training room and gathered there. They waited another half an hour until everyone was finally there.
That was the first ti he realized there were so many evolved n in Desert City! He glanced across the room and got the number in just a few seconds. The total was 78 people. Most of them were wearing the uniform of a soldier and the rest made up less than one-third of the crowd. Apparently, most of the evolved n have been recruited by the armies and the rest... His good sense of hearing suddenly heard two of the evolved n talking and he realized those who were not in uniform were not normal citizens as well.
"Captain! What’s happening now? How is it so that security guards have to go to the frontline?" An evolved man complained.
"This is the arrangent by the upper managent, I’m not sure." Another evolved man said softly, "But I heard that was approved by the committee board!"
"All these people are nonsensical! Who is going to protect the governnt if all of us go together? There are many extre evolved n nowadays!" That evolved man said with an upset expression.
"There are armies guarding the place, don’t worry!" The evolved man who was being assigned as the captain said arrogantly.
He then continued, "However, we need to be very careful this ti. Otherwise, we might die. There are many mutated bugs out there, I can foresee half of us might not be able to return."
"Sure, Captain! I’ll be careful. We can get the soldiers from the squadron to help each other. That will be safer." The other evolved man nodded and said.
"Just do it, I will get the Lieutenant Colonel."
...
After a while, a marching sound spread into his ears. A huge Lieutenant Colonel ca together with his fully armored soldiers and marched into the hall. He glared around the place and everyone imdiately beca quiet.
He was very tall and buff; his face looked strict and serious with an extrely clean and neat uniform. He gave quite a good first impression to Luo Yuan.
"Well, most of you are soldiers and there are so of you from the governnt security section. I understand that there are so who are classified as non-governntal evolved n. I’m not good at giving a sweet talk or giving any false hope, however, I know the main duty of a soldier is to obey military instructions. You can opt out if you have a different opinion.
No one spoke a single word including Luo Yuan.
"Excellent!" He said with a satisfied look and continued, "This mission is very important as it is related to the important assets of the nation as well as its people. It is related to the safety of nearly 100,000 residents in Desert City, which also ans it is related to the life of your family mbers. As an evolved man, I always believe that the stronger we are, the more responsibilities we must bear. Soone who has no collective mindset could not survive for long in this cruel world even if he is very powerful."
"Alright, I’m going to stop the nonsense now! I’ll lead the troops this ti to complete the mission!"
"Everyone, get ready now. Let’s go!"
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