I am Noble

“Ha, ha... I'm alive. ”

Ji-woong relaxes his legs and settles down. The crew is disorderly. In the meantime, some members were forced to stay vigilant. I didn't know when the crack monster would chase me back.

However, the crack creature has no trace of its pursuit. That was a bit strange for Yeong-woong. You could have followed him as long as you wanted. Then why did he let her run?

What was that explosion? ’

And maybe he just gave up the big bang, maybe the crack monster chased him, and then he exploded. It was devastating. Didn't you think it would kill them?

Ji-Woong stood up on the ground with his shaking legs.

“Hyoju, are you okay? ”

“I'm fine. Are you hurt? ”

“I'm fine, too. ”

Fortunately, no one was killed or missing from the crew. Su Kyung Ung sighed for relief that everyone was safe.

Suddenly, his teeth cracked open.

‘Wow, how do you beat that guy? It's completely unattainable! "

Not only does he tear a three-step shield in one flat blow, but he also pierces the shields of Class S defense equipment and damages the tankers. It is nothing compared to any enemy that has fought so far. Perhaps Nami is no more powerful than me.

“Let's withdraw. ”

Yu Ji-woong hurriedly left the position after the crew had some relief from the shock. Choi Yun's group greets them, anxiously waiting at the outpost.

“Sir, what happened? That huge explosion……. ”

“A monster attacked me. I had to back off. ”

After seeing Yeong-woong's well-being, Choi Yun's group's face stiffens sharply. Jang Tae-jun, who was waiting at the forward base, asked.

“Is your opponent that difficult? ”

“I'm sorry the goggles didn't work. ”

Electronic devices do not operate properly around cracks. This is because flowing crystal energy produces a kind of EMP-like effect.

Yeongwoong and a few members explained in as much detail what they saw and felt. Tae-jun Jang listened seriously and organized the data about the monster. That way we can come up with a proper tactic.

Just then, Regina, who was trapped in the liver lab, came out to find Choi Yun. Her face was frozen solid.

“Dr. Choi, there's something you need to see urgently. ”

“What's going on? ”

“You'd better see for yourself. And Dr. Nitro. ”

“I understand.”

Regina's tension has spread to both scientists. Ji-woong, who was telling Zhang Tai-jun a crazy story about monsters, saw it too.

“What's going on? Can I see it with you? ”

“Are you sure?”

It doesn't seem like an ordinary job. After leaving it to Jeong Hyojoo for a while, Yeong-woong followed them to the liver lab. A renovated facility inside the container, but the interior was coated with state-of-the-art equipment.

Regina led three people to a large, central display. And I pointed to a point with my hand.

“Look at this. ”

“Oh, this is……. ”

“This is bad.”

Choi Yun and nitro's complexion got worse. They looked at the problem at a glance. On the other hand, Peacekeeper did not know what the symbols represented by complex graphs and vibration pattern figures meant. He wasn't an expert.

Nitro briefly explained for him.

“The cracks are shaking. ”

“Shake?”

“You'll have to check for sure, but the pattern suggests it may have expanded rapidly in a short time. ”

“…… if it's an assumption from the doctors, it's probably confirmed. ”

These people like to use the word assumption and guess. But every time they become a reality. At that time, it seems to be a prophecy, not an assumption or speculation.

“This equipment is an enhanced detection facility that uses the ZMD network to precisely scan crystal energy in narrow areas. It's the only thing in the world that can detect cracks. The disadvantage is that pin points are too narrow to detect large areas. ”

While it is possible to detect and detect small areas that are presumed to be cracks, it is difficult to search for large areas that do not know where they are.

“The concentration of crystal energy around the crack is very high. But if you go outside the radius of 200 meters, the concentration drops sharply. This device detects high concentration of crystal energy and creates 3D graphics of the position and state of the fracture. So it looks like the fracture is expanding more rapidly than an hour ago. ”

“An hour ago…? ”

Young-woong recalls the explosion earlier. Isn't that just the time an hour ago? It was a moment when Janice had barely escaped the catastrophic explosion caused by the crack monster.

Choi Yoon said with a stiff face.

“I don't think we have much time. ”

“ ……. ”

* * *

“Daddy! Daddy! Dad!"

Fizz sprints from afar and tries to hold her. Yeong-woong, who wanted to be happy that he was awake, felt a life-threatening threat as soon as Fizz jumped and landed on his knee. What would have happened if the shield had opened by itself and not quickly stopped the shock?

“Hee-young, Dad's not hurt. Thank goodness."

Fizz wept and hugged his neck, sitting on his knees. A moment of relief that I was alive, I was overwhelmed with embarrassment that I was never this big.

No, Fizz was a fully mature woman. So at least the body did. His face was full and crooked, but even the bikini models were crying.

This is Fizz, right? You're not making fun of Nami pretending to be Fizz, are you?

“Fizz, I've got to tell you something. ”

I leaned forward. Nami appeared almost identical to Fizz.

They look almost the same, but I can see who the daughter is and who the mother is next. Unlike Nami, who had a relationship, Fizz had a face that said, "I'm immature, I don't have a concept."

“Uh, well. Mom, what should I tell her first? ”

“You can start with what you want to say. ”

“Yes, I understand. ”

“What are you going to talk about? ”

“Talking about crack monsters. Fizz will tell you anything that comes to mind. ”

At that, Yu Yu Ung was very nervous. Jeong Hyojoo, who was watching with somewhat unfair eyes, stretched out his arms and focused.

Fizz rubs his fingers together, thinking clearly, and finally opens his mouth.

“That's... that's what I said. ”

If that was the case, I also remembered Yeong-woong. The crack monster speaks clearly. If so, it means that they have intelligence.

“But I don't think you have a good head. ”

“What does that mean? ”

“Yes... I was talking, but I thought it was bad. I didn't think he cared about anything else. ”

“Don't you care? ”

“Yeah. Is that a crack? I felt like I was just staring at it. Other than that, it didn't even seem to give me eyes. ”

Jiu Ung explains a bit why the crack monster didn't track them down. Maybe he's just interested in cracks.

“Oh, right! And he called himself a drifter! ”

“Wanderer?”

“Yeah. He's got a bad head, so I couldn't say any more. And I don't remember after that. ”

“Did he do something bad to you? ”

“I don't know. I don't remember that either. ”

So how do we explain Fizz losing his mind and attacking himself? Nami didn't seem to know that either.

“I think the power of that monster is sweeping me away... but I don't know for sure. ”

“That monster was definitely intelligent. But it's ironic that you have a bad head. ”

“Well, we don't know if the head is really bad or if the focus is only on one side. I think it's the latter. ”

“Ah-ha-ha, I wish it was an electron. You're so incredibly strong. What good are you gonna do if you don't have bad hair? ”

Yeong-woong is slightly depressed. I've lived so far without being afraid of the world, but I've never felt so helpless before.

Can we really win? Is this where they bury the bones? Should we just run away? Praying for the crack to explode late, even if it's just for a day?

“I need to get Brownie and Nadia. Will you help Nami, too? ”

“Of course.”

We need a real gunfight.

* * *

“This will explore Rovers and cracks. ”

The crack monster was named Rover. It was named after Fizz, who called himself a nomad. In fact, it doesn't matter what the name is.

Choi Yoon introduced robotic dogs. It is equipped with high performance cameras, microphones and scanning equipment, and is highly maneuverable, making it very suitable for exploring cracks in the basement. Orina told me to control the movement.

“But the electronics won't work in that area. ”

“That's why I put up a defense mechanism. Thanks to that, I've used up a whole bunch of blue crystals. ”

The crystal energy concentration around the crack is too high, resulting in a similar effect to an EMP attack. So Choi Yoon attached an electronic defense device using blue crystals.

“You need to see and scan the fracture for yourself. So that we can take action. ”

It's impossible for Janice to break in and hit the rover right now, so she approaches it this way first. Even at this moment, Tae Joon was busy developing tactics with his team members about how to deal with the Rover. Janice was still waiting.

Initiate infiltration.

Orina says the globe in the air spreads sideways, replaying the video the robot dog is watching. The robot dog quickly went down underground through a hole in the ground. The movement was indeed swift.

It's a movement that no other robot would ever see. That kind of agility is possible because Orina is a hand-controlled robot.

At last, the robot dog's gaze shows a rift from afar. And that was the moment.

I wondered if the blue light covered the screen, but soon it was full of hissing noise. Maybe he was attacked by a rover and smashed.

“Hmm, I knew it…. ”

Scientists, such as Choi Yun, nodded face to face as if they knew. As soon as Yeong-woong was about to ask, Choi instructed again.

“Orina, send in shuttle two. ”

Understood.

Orina flies another robot dog into the air. The second speeds toward the rift, which can be seen far away. As the distance got closer, Yu Ji-woong was worried and watched. Nothing happened this time.

However, as I got closer to the crack, the noise started to jam on the screen. Unlike before, it was not that the screen turned off and the noise was on the screen, but that the noise was gradually rising on the screen.

The ground appeared shaking. It was like a robot dog had fallen. The blue light that attacked the first aircraft did not appear, and the video was disconnected as soon as it was full of noise.

Yeong-woong asked.

“What's going on here? ”

“The first one has a blue crystal shield, and the second one has a green crystal shield. ”

“Wait, so it can't be...? ”

"The first one didn't get close enough and was attacked and destroyed. Whereas the second one came close to the crack without being hit, because it stopped too close and the EMP disruption became stronger. The green crystals seem to have lost their defensive capabilities. ”

Choi Yoon concluded in one sentence.

“Rover seems to attack whenever an enemy is close to threatening the crack. He doesn't seem to care because he doesn't think the second plane is a threat. ”

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The dishonest ammunition has no face, so I'm just going to throw it out and run….