Heart (2)
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MEMORANDOM OF CONVERSATION
Date: August 11, 2033.
Hours: 1320-1550 hours.
Venue: Fairmont Hotel, San Francisco.
Topic: A month before the fall of Colorado. Conversation between President Patterson and Director of National Intelligence Bombard regarding the emergence of new breeding grounds.
PARTICIPANTS
President John Peterson.
Director of National Intelligence George Bombard.
Secretary of State Helen Russell.
Homeland Security Secretary Pamela Brentley.
PRESIDENT PETERSEN: Got a problem with Colorado?
Intelligence Director Bombard: Southwest Colorado, Rio Grande National Forest. While chasing the whereabouts of the codenamed Black Wolf, they found traces of a breeding ground at 11,000 meters above sea level. According to the results of the ultrasound survey, it is currently judged that it has reached the middle stage.
President Peterson: We can send in a punitive force. If it’s a medium-sized breeding farm, I know it’s not impossible to get rid of, even if it comes at a cost.
Intelligence Director Bombard: There’s a lot of uneasiness left to private raiders. First of all, it is a problem from the existence of Lagarita Caldera in the vicinity of 2 kilometers. Environmental factors such as geothermal heat are key for breeding grounds to grow to medium or larger sizes, and the caldera basin is, of course, a terrain formed by volcanic eruptions. It’s like there’s a lump of magma boiling right underneath.
PRESIDENT PETERSEN: I understand. If we don’t subdue them in time, the danger will increase exponentially. But is the growth rate that steep?
Intelligence Director Bombard: Yes. In the early stage, it is common to use bioenergy as the basis and in the middle stage to suck up land power (nutrients from the soil), but if geothermal heat is secured, the existing case becomes meaningless. In fact, experts estimate it will take about 15 days to grow into a large breeding farm. In other words, it is said that at least 30,000 monsters will pop out every month from two weeks later.
PRESIDENT PETERSEN: So what exactly do you need to do?
Intelligence Director Bombard: We must declare a state of emergency in Colorado by Presidential Decree, and we must immediately summon our elite heroes. In addition, the Department of Defense must also mobilize its heroes and soldiers to stabilize the area around the Rio Grande National Forest… You will have to make decisions, such as recruiting so-called guides to gather information.
PRESIDENT PETERSEN: What’s a guide?
Intelligence Director Bombard: This is a pre-commissioned personnel prior to entering the main raid. It’s a kind of scapegoat, making sure the passage is safe and marking the wrong route. Taking the example of Santarem, northeast Brazil, we would need at least 600 people.
SECRETARY OF STATE HELEN RUSSELL: That’s an unlikely proposition. Since requisition is impossible in the private sector, in fact, there will be no choice but to borrow from the military unit, but if it is put in on a small scale, if the number exceeds double digits, the Democratic Party will not notice. It’s obvious that there will be an uproar.
PRESIDENT PETERSEN: You can’t do it with a missile strike? As Helen said, I’d rather have nuclear strikes in mind than shoulder the political burden.
Intelligence Director Bombard: China has conducted similar operations. They dropped hundreds of missiles and nuclear bombs on the city of Chengdu. And as you know, parts of Guizhou, Hubei and Hunan were also lost. It wasn’t long before the radioactive monster appeared. In conclusion, if you fail to hit the heart of the breeding ground, you are only providing a clue to evolution.
PRESIDENT PETERSON: If you do, you’ll have no choice but to send in guides. It’s a grim decision indeed.
Intelligence Director Bombard: Opportunities arise from crises. The victims will later be honored as patriots. Recall the meaning of breeding grounds. From monster creation principles to special compounds and gene piles. Aren’t they full of treasures that will help the country?
PRESIDENT PETERSEN: I know. That’s why it’s such a grim decision.”
As soon as the party entered the spacious cave, they immediately switched to combat stance.
While the short caterpillars were dismembering human corpses, the big guys jumped in front with a warning sound.
Kirrruk!
At first glance, they look like low-level monsters such as Acher and Seratim, which are mainly distributed on the Korean Peninsula, but if you look closely, there are subtle differences in their appearance.
The number of Acher’s forepaws was jagged, and his hooked toenails either grew out or curled up badly, until they dug into his own skin.
The circumstances of the Sera team were no different, and the cylindrical snout was far from threatening because it was too small or the teeth were not properly developed.
It is a failure of the early breeding farm.
“Queen of Frost, try to destroy your enemies with a deep-seated rage. Breathe out a cold breath and turn it into an unchanging existence!”
[freezing]
So, if it was natural for him to be easily swept away by a couple of magic and supernatural powers, it would be natural, a bird with dozens of ice drops freezing the affected area.
Dayun Kim comes forward and concludes.
“It contains violent and clean power, so follow your straight will and annihilate the enemy!”
Zujijijik-!
As expected, the compatibility between electricity and ice was not normal, so the monsters exposed to [Power Discharge] turned over with their legs trembling.
Adding two tanks to this, I don’t think there’s any reason to worry about the front, so I turn my head to check the left and right sides.
The left side was blocked by wind-type abilities and fire spirits, and the right side was paired with sword-handling melee and nerve manipulation-type heroes.
If the latter used [Nervous Interference] to seize control of the body and cause self-injury, the former only stabbed a critical hit based on overwhelming physical abilities.
＜It’s a level close to level 4.＞
Is it because it’s a high-end attack squad?
It was safe to say that there was no superfluity in the quality of the knife, so it was definitely in the 4th grade.
＜Should I go soon?＞
“… yes.”
However, he had enough experience in his previous life to be happy that he had nothing to do as a melee dealer, so he soon moved forward and approached the tanker in front.
After confirming that the defensive formations had been captured, it was time to move again.
Immediately after the raid commander took down the monsters with his giant shield.
empty!
After tapping the armor on the back with moderate strength, he opened his mouth.
There are a total of three exits.
I knew very well where to go.
“It moves. Take the far right exit.”
“… You want to move again?”
The situation is not relaxed, so the short talk naturally bursts out, but regardless of this, he raises his index finger and points to the far right.
It was where the parrot’s eyes landed.
“It won’t take long for our location to reach the center. If you hold your ground and fight, things will only get worse.”
“How does it get worse?”
“You saw it before. They will respond by crushing the entire space or sending in the main unit.”
“If you are here-”
“Not half-penny like now, monsters between the 7th and 9th grades.”
“Aren’t they the ones I have to deal with anyway?”
“Yes. Since we have to deal with them anyway, we are talking about fighting by going deep into the corner of the room and destroying everything. The egg-laying chamber cannot contract arbitrarily.”
“… I know you well. It’s too detailed to be intuitive.”
The meaningful eyes are ignored.
I wouldn’t know if I hadn’t entered in the first place, but since I had been given the mission of the goddess, I couldn’t proceed with all the information hidden.
“If possible, it would be better to move forward without stopping. The total distance traveled is-”
＜820 meters.＞
“It’s 820 meters, but the closer you get to the nucleus, the faster the passage contracts, so the difficulty will gradually increase. You have to focus on movement rather than combat.”
＜More than 900 mature individuals outside the spawning chamber, and about 100 immature individuals inside. It’s not as much as you should focus on, but the moment you stop, you’ll be eaten.＞
No unnecessary remarks were added.
It was not a priority to consider how strong the bowl of superpowers was or how many allies it could deal with.
Just give it enough push to make a decision, and that’s it.
In response, the hairy engineering chief responded by calling in a tanker from KG Central.
The big man’s name is Ivan Krukov.
He was an impressive Russian tanker with blue eyes, a thick jawline, and an untrimmed beard.
“Ivan!”
“I hear you.”
“Stay closer! I will advance! The rest keep their current positioning and catch up, while Hangyul and Hyunseung take the rear end!”
And like that, we pushed on to the front of the spawning room without stopping even once.
The importance of mental strength cannot be stressed enough.
It is mainly because of fear that the human side often loses even if it is superior in overall combat power.
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Melee jobs are on the lesser side, but the AD and support systems are… There was literally no school of sardines.
When a victim comes out, ninety out of a hundred will run away, and if the battlefield situation is even a little unfavorable, the firepower will be weakened.
When the battle line collapsed, it took a considerable amount of time to reconstruct, and to make matters worse, the mindset once broken never returned.
However, the place we were stuck was inside the breeding grounds with no escape route, and even level 7 monsters started to appear before we knew it.
Although the members of the raid were shaken psychologically, they did not collapse, and the final destination was right in front of them.
“Forward, forward! We are almost there!”
“Left, left, help me!”
In the meantime, monsters are pouring out from all sides.
No matter where they were hiding, they rushed incessantly in line with the gradually widening aisle.
Roughly 300?
Of course, it was not enough to block only the tanker, so my hands were busy as well.
from the left side first.
Push the gauntlet into the muzzle of Velikanis (Level 9) to block the poisonous teeth that were heading towards the elemental lord, lift the whole head and throw it at the attacking guys.
Since there are a lot of numbers, use [Destruction] instead of performing trivial tricks.
Quadruped!
I sweep away the things that filled my eyes once and for all.
As he was tearing apart the low-level monsters that had gathered again, a spirit in the shape of a burning bear soon appeared.
Kurrr!
Both arms disintegrate as if unwrapping bandages, and as the flames are emitted, the skins of those they come in contact with melt away.
It’s because the ADs are also weak in body, but they played their part in a stable state.
If so, now… It’s time to move backwards.
The rear is a combination of sound waves in the gravitational field, so it was steadily dangerous because the structure of the breeding grounds could not increase the output arbitrarily.
Of course, a series of crises occurred before crossing the entrance to the spawning chamber.
＜Over.＞
“Attack with maximum power!”
“… me?”
“Yes, you! You can take it down!”
The bat man who had been talking bullshit about Ali Baba to me takes action as if he had waited.
Spread both hands, mate.
In a truly absurd way, [Ultrasound] was activated.
And in an instant, a soundless wave swept the rear end.
Piik, puck, pak!
In the order in which they chased after the raid, certain parts, the slime that covered the walls, and the flesh inside them exploded.
Nearly 80 of them cross the nether road in one go, until the wounded wall tissue reacts and the entrance is bent.
I thought the empty cart was noisy, but there was another ace on the team.