Chapter 57
6.
- We will depart for the British Headquarters Base. We hope for a good outcome from the meeting in advance.
The moment he heard that message from the Poland Headquarters, Colonel Ian Haig smiled brighter than ever.
The officers were the same.
Everyone wore expressions that said they had just crossed a major hurdle.
"I will contact the Chinese side immediately."
And naturally, they immediately relayed to the Chinese Headquarters that Poland had taken the bait.
A short while later, people arrived from the Chinese Headquarters.
"Already?"
Hearing the news, Colonel Ian Haig spoke immediately.
"Bring them here."
There was no need to delay unnecessarily.
"And prepare some black tea. The best we have."
They should give proper treatment to China, with whom they were now one body.
Thus, the people from China appeared in the office where Colonel Ian Haig and the officers were gathered.
"I am Colonel Ian Haig."
"I am Lin Zhihan."
"Lin Zhihan?"
The moment he heard that exchange, Colonel Ian Haig felt something was off.
First of all, as far as he knew, the Branch Commander of the Chinese Headquarters was Senior Colonel Wang Lei.
Of course, he didn't have any major doubts about Senior Colonel Wang Lei not coming here.
Wasn't a Branch Commander supposed to protect the headquarters base?
The surprising part was this.
"What is your rank?"
In a setting like this, what mattered was not the name, but the rank!
"I don't have one."
"Excuse me?"
At Lin Zhihan's answer, Colonel Ian Haig and everyone else present tilted their heads.
It was that moment.
Swish!
Suddenly, the sound of cutting wind rang out, and at that sound, everyone blinked their eyes once.
'Huh?'
In that moment, the moment they blinked once, Lin Zhihan, who had been visible just a moment ago, was nowhere to be seen.
Naturally, everyone quickly turned their heads and shifted their eyes to find her.
Swish!
In that brief span, the sound of cutting wind rang out.
Swish!
Swish!
A total of four times, meaning the sound rang out as many times as the number of officers present, including Colonel Ian Haig.
Then the sound stopped, and at that moment, a Red Line began to form on Colonel Ian Haig's neck.
Thud!
Then, soon after, the heads that had been on their necks fell straight to the floor.
When all of that was over, Lin Zhihan was already sitting back in her original seat, and picking up the black tea placed in front of her, she looked at Major Lin Jia'ai waiting behind her and spoke.
"Can I drink this?"
"...It is fine."
"Really? Are you sure?"
"Yes, I read them with Mind Reading. There was not a speck of hostility."
"Mind Reading must be really convenient. It truly is a monster-like ability."
At the sight of Lin Zhihan drinking the black tea with those words, Major Lin Jia'ai swallowed her saliva without realizing it.
She knew well that Mad Demon Lin Zhihan was a formidable Psycher Agent.
Furthermore, she had already annihilated four of the National Headquarters established on Planet Amotia alongside her.
However, the shock she felt the moment she saw her ability up close like this was indescribable.
“She is a real monster.”
What made such nonsense possible wasn't simply because she was fast.
Mad Demon Lin Zhihan's top speed was 350 kilometers per hour, and looking at that figure alone, it wasn't at an unfathomable level in the Space Era.
Also, every Planet had its own environment, so she couldn't always reach that speed.
In places with high gravity, there was obviously a clear limit to how much speed she could generate.
Even so, the reason everyone feared her was that her speed did not come from the Laws of Physics.
Normally, to become faster, one had to pay a corresponding physical price, and that price generally came in the form of weight.
Fast things were bound to be heavy, and at the same time, the faster heavy things got, the more they were affected by the Laws of Physics.
But Lin Zhihan was just fast.
Meaning, she could freely change her direction even while moving at incredible speeds.
Her stages of acceleration were also different from ordinary things. She could hit her top speed in an instant.
“To do something at that speed.”
Moreover, she achieved her desired goals amidst that rapid state.
In other words, it was like properly driving a fast-running racing car, and that was a truly amazing talent.
Because for a fast car to produce results, the driver's ability was ultimately what mattered.
Of course, the most terrifying thing was this.
"Now, then, since we've cut off the head."
She didn't have the slightest intention of doing something like racing where rules and regulations existed.
It was the same now.
The reason she came to the England Headquarters wasn't because of such reasons, whether there was bait or not in the first place.
"Shall we cut off the arms and legs? Right down to the fingers, to be sure."
It was simply that there was no reason to refuse an opportunity to easily dispose of the England Headquarters.
Like that, she led her Subordinates and swept through the England Headquarters.
Eventually, an hour passed, and at that time, only Major Lin Jia'ai, Lin Zhihan, and her Subordinates were in the Command Room.
In that state, they waited.
"Then shall we see if they really come or not?"
For the Poland Headquarters to come.
And an answer soon came to that wait.
- This is Major Jan Zabłocki, Branch Commander of the Poland Headquarters. Calling the British Headquarters Base. May we enter now?
At that question, Lin Zhihan smiled brightly.
Then she gave a look to Major Lin Jia'ai, and Major Lin Jia'ai answered immediately.
"This is the England Headquarters. You may enter."
- Yes, understood.
The moment that conversation ended, Lin Zhihan laughed out loud, hahaha, with such vigor that she might really die laughing.
"They really came, really!"
Then she said.
"We're in luck!"
BOOOOM!
At that moment, a massive explosion pierced through the Command Room they were in.
7.
When the decision was made to go to the England Headquarters, Kim Seojun had said.
"We will Attack the Command Room first."
When they heard him say they should attack the moment contact came from the British Headquarters Base, they were appalled.
Asking if it was right to suddenly attack.
To that, Kim Seojun spoke simply.
"We can no longer go together with England in any way."
They had come to wage war anyway, so what reason was there to hesitate?
"Then it is much more advantageous to attack first."
Even in the Space Age, First Strike Wins still applied.
Of course, he didn't just do it blindly.
Kim Seojun observed the situation and then said.
"The Space Marines who were outside the British Headquarters Base are now quickly entering the headquarters base. It is clear they have been attacked."
That a problem had occurred inside.
At those words, everyone was surprised.
"It seems Lin Zhihan or a Chinese Psycher has made a move."
It wasn't because the one over there was Mad Demon Lin Zhihan, and she had committed a Crazy Act just like the rumors said.
"You can see that?"
They were astonished by Kim Seojun's eyes, by that incredible eyesight that could grasp that from a distance of 10 kilometers.
"Yes."
"Phew, that's a relief."
And at Kim Seojun's answer, Noah Winston let out a sigh of relief.
"I guess I won't be robbed of my Hawk Eye nickname."
"What do you mean by that?"
To Private First Class Park Boseop, who threw a question at her subsequent words, Noah Winston smiled brightly and said.
"With eyes like that, he'd get a different nickname, not Hawk Eye. Even a hawk wouldn't be able to see like that, right?"
Anyway, now that the problem was confirmed, the answer was obvious.
"We will send a radio transmission to the England Headquarters. If there is a problem, they will definitely say there is a problem. If not, and they say there is no problem, then there is no need to deliberate any further."
In that situation, the answer came.
- You may enter.
The moment he heard that answer saying there was no problem, Kim Seojun pressed the Fire Button of the Uroe's railgun he was already preparing.
CHZZZ-KAAANG!
The railgun let out a chilling sound, and the projectile that flew out just like that reached the Command Room of the England Headquarters.
"It's a hit."
The moment Kim Seojun's words came out, everyone kept their mouths shut tight.
They braced themselves.
Because they knew.
That this wasn't the end.
They had struck the Command Room for now, but no headquarters base built its Command Room out in the open.
They had set up multiple layers of defensive measures.
No matter how powerful the railgun was, it was impossible to smash the Command Staff with just one shot.
It would definitely deliver a shock, but there was no possibility that the people inside would suddenly die.
"Everyone, prepare yourselves."
The people inside there would survive.
"They will come soon."
And it was certain that those who survived would immediately come running toward where Kim Seojun's Group was.
That prediction hit the mark.
8.
KABOOOM!
The moment the intense roar engulfed the Command Room, not a single person let out a scream.
Major Lin Jia'ai was the same.
“Damn it!”
Far from screaming, she instead expressed fury at the fact that they had fallen for the enemy's trick in this moment.
"Lin Zhi..."
With that, she immediately tried to notify Lin Zhihan of the situation.
"Ah."
And at that moment, Major Lin Jia'ai could hear it.
- I'll kill them.
The incredibly powerful hostility emitted by Mad Demon Lin Zhihan.
A murderous intent so terrifying that the moment she read it with Mind Reading, Major Lin Jia'ai froze on the spot.
Needless to say, Lin Zhihan was gone.
She had immediately gone outside and dashed off.
She didn't care who the attacker was.
She couldn't even see such things.
'I'll kill them.'
She was simply filled with murderous intent.
Like that, she ran.
With all her might.
Running across the Wasteland at an incredible speed, she could soon see it.
A Battle Tank in the distance.
In terms of distance, it was about 10 kilometers ahead.
It was a far-off distance.
However, for Lin Zhihan, it was a distance she could more than easily reach in two minutes.
Above all, a Battle Tank couldn't even run at 100 kilometers per hour at its fastest.
Which meant that if she engaged in a pursuit, she could catch it no matter what!
Of course, for a Human to engage in a one-on-one pursuit against a Battle Tank was truly a Crazy Act.
That was why she was the Mad Horse.
Because she committed that Crazy Act as a matter of course.
As she ran like that, there was no concern or worry in her head.
There was only confidence.
The confidence that no matter what it was, catching her here was absolutely impossible!
And that confidence was very valid.
She was extremely fast, and the defense of the Agent Suit she wore wasn't something that could be overcome by mere bullets.
Therefore, the only thing that could catch her was one thing: a being as fast as her, and until now, she had never once faced such a being, such a Psycher.
The fact that she was alive right now was the proof.
Like that, she had always roamed Space as an Apex Predator, and naturally, she had no hesitation.
It was the same now.
Something appeared before her eyes.
Even though she was moving very fast at 315 kilometers per hour, she grasped that being very accurately.
“A Space Marine?”
The figure holding a gun and aiming at her looked like a Space Marine, and at that fact, she wore a sneer.
Hit her with a gun?
'You're going to do something even Hawk Eye can't do, against me?'
Just by moving left and right a few times as she went, just by slightly changing her direction diagonally, she could dodge it.
As long as she was running, no one could hit her, and this time would be no different.
Pew!
So when the gunshot rang out, she ignored it.
Clang!
"Ugh!"
So the moment that bullet hit her chest, Lin Zhihan couldn't help but feel more bewildered than ever.
Apart from that bewilderment, she quickly began to move to the side from there.
In a moment of crisis, she didn't put up useless pride but took the most practical action.
Pew-pew-pew!
Meanwhile, the gunshots chased after her.
Clang, clang, clang!
And those gunshots, without a single exception, pounded against Lin Zhihan's Agent Suit.
The Agent Suit made of Behemoth Hide wasn't pierced, but under the repeated physical impacts, Lin Zhihan's Charge faltered.
And at the same time, Lin Zhihan's eyes wavered.
However, it wasn't the kind of wavering that came from being terrified.
It was the opposite.
Like an enraged lion rolling its eyes back, like a shark rolling its eyes back after seeing blood.
Lin Zhihan's eyes wavered with fury, and at that moment, she brought her palm to her back.
Then, a part of the Agent Suit covering her back detached just like that.
It was a shield.
A shield designed with the worst-case scenario in mind.
Because holding it meant she was giving up her speed.
On the other hand, it was well worth that much.
It was impossible to pierce that shield with clumsy bullets, and she began to run toward the Space Marine with that shield held out in front.
In a straight line!
Clang-clang-clang-clang!
The sound of bullets endlessly striking against the shield of the running Lin Zhihan could be heard.
Endlessly.
That was all.
None of them made a sound as if they were breaking it.
In the meantime, Lin Zhihan was very quickly closing the distance with the Space Marine.
Before long, the distance between the two became a stone's throw, and it was the moment that distance became about 300 meters.
The Space Marine who had been Shooting until now turned his back.
He attempted a movement to run away, and the moment she saw that, a smile was drawn on Lin Zhihan's lips.
'I'll tear you to pieces!'
She expressed the maximum murderous intent she could show toward that ridiculous being who dared to try and run away from her.
While doing so, she thought.
That the distance would be closed in the time it took to take a single breath.
And rightly so, having started accelerating again, she could run up to 300 kilometers per hour, and the time it took to run 300 meters was merely 3.6 seconds.
No matter how fast the opponent ran, the impact it would have wouldn't even be 0.1 seconds.
It was definitely so.
"Haste."
However, the moment the Space Marine muttered something and ran, at that moment, Lin Zhihan's eyes wavered.
"Huh?"
This time, it was the wavering seen when one was truly bewildered.
'H-How?'
Meaning, that Space Marine was now running surprisingly fast.
The distance wasn't closing.
'I-It's getting farther?'
Even more, the distance between the two was getting farther, albeit little by little.
At that fact, Lin Zhihan's thoughts halted.
She fell into a Panic State.
Then, the running Space Marine suddenly stopped, and Lin Zhihan couldn't react to it properly.
Meaning, at the moment she should have stepped on the brakes, she was still stepping on the accelerator with all her might.
Like that, she went into Overdrive without stopping.
"Inventory."
And the world she saw changed.
Instead of the scenery of Planet Amotia, a completely enclosed room revealed itself.
CRASH!
Even in that situation, she couldn't stop her Charge, and she only stopped after crashing into that wall.
"Uuuugh!"
In the face of that sudden impact, even she, wearing an Agent Suit, ultimately let out a groan along with a concussion.
She couldn't stand up properly.
Lying face down like that, she looked.
Beep-beep-beep!
“This is?”
At the things densely filling the floor inside the place she was in.
“Anti-tank Mines?”
KABOOOOM!
And her world was filled with explosions.
9.
The moment Lin Zhihan shot out, Major Lin Jia'ai also moved quickly.
She quickly came out of the British Headquarters Base along with Lin Zhihan's Subordinates.
Afterward, they moved by riding in a specially manufactured Officer's Armored Vehicle.
'No.'
Major Lin Jia'ai's face was full of bewilderment.
Of course, it wasn't out of worry for Lin Zhihan.
“She mustn”t kill them!'
What she was worried about was her killing all of them.
“We have to interrogate them somehow.”
From Major Lin Jia'ai's perspective, they couldn't just blow away this opportunity to find out who was behind them like this!
That was all.
She had no other worries.
She didn't have thoughts like them being defeated.
That was why.
Splat!
When the sound of the helmet of Lin Zhihan's Subordinate holding the steering wheel suddenly bursting rang out, Major Lin Jia'ai couldn't react immediately.
'Huh?'
She felt bewildered.
'How?'
And rightly so, what they were riding in right now wasn't just a vehicle, but a specially manufactured armored vehicle for officers.
In front of their eyes, instead of glass, there was specially manufactured iron armor, and the situation outside could be seen through cameras.
The only things on the front were a few holes to grasp the situation outside in case of an unforeseen situation, in a situation where the cameras went dead.
But a bullet came through those holes of an armored vehicle running at full speed right now and killed the Driver in one shot?
It was nonsense.
Bang!
Then the sound of tires bursting rang out in succession, and the vehicle, having lost its Driver and tires, could no longer run properly.
Running violently, it soon stepped on and went over a large rock, losing its balance.
Thud!
The armored vehicle fell on its side just like that.
From there, the three Survivors riding inside quickly opened the door and came out.
It was that moment.
CRACK!
CRACK!
The helmets of Lin Zhihan's two Subordinates who quickly came out of the vehicle were destroyed.
Without even being able to scream, they became corpses just like that.
The only one left was Major Lin Jia'ai.
She didn't move from there.
“If I go out, I”ll die.'
It wasn't that she didn't have combat abilities, but compared to those who attacked her, it was at the level of child's play.
If so, it was better to trust the defense of the armored vehicle and hold out.
Rumble-rumble!
And a moment later, the sound of wheels roughly sprinting across the Wasteland reached Major Lin Jia'ai's ears.
'They're coming this way.'
She felt the enemies approaching, and from there, she prepared.
'I'll attempt a conversation.'
She intended to talk with them.
And in that regard, she was more confident than anyone else.
As long as she had Mind Reading, there wasn't even a speck of a reason for her to lose in a conversation.
Of course, she also had this confidence.
“Even if I happen to be caught, they won”t be able to get any information out of me.'
The confidence that she could keep her mouth shut under any torture.
So she deliberately opened her radio channel.
In the face of such confidence, a voice was heard.
"We are the Poland Headquarters."
The moment she heard that, she also spoke.
"Your actions right now are a clear and undeniable attack against the People's Republic of China!"
Naturally, it wasn't something she spat out thinking it would work.
It was like throwing a stone into a puddle to read their thoughts after provoking the opponent.
Naturally, she immediately used her Mind Reading Ability.
It was then.
"Where did you hide the spaceship?"
'Spaceship?'
The moment she heard those words, information about the spaceship popped into her head, and then she screamed in shock.
"D-Don't tell me?"
"I've grasped the spaceship's location! Even the password, everything!"
It was that moment.
A bullet from a Gauss Gun flew in and pierced the armored vehicle.
CRACK!
And Major Lin Jia'ai's helmet burst.