Chapter 59: (・_・)
Chapter 59 – (・_・)
The sounds of explosion and gunfire from the frontline attracted the green zombies in the area. The two thousand zombies of the queen egg turned their attention to the scene and ran toward the battlefield while they screamed and roared.
The queen egg also stuck out her tentacle eyes to peek at the scenes. Her tentacles that were with the eyes were not the usual green ones, but they were red, the same color as the alpha egg!
The eyes got out of the queen's mouth for an instant, and nobody had noticed its color.
Once the queen saw several robots and tanks, she emitted the pheromone to get back the attention of the zombies.
The green undead army was attracted by the odor of the queen. It turned around and walked back toward the egg.
However, the queen moved. The 12-meter-tall egg rolled toward the north, heading toward the backline of the government army!
The movements of the queen shocked the mutants. However, as it favored them because the queen ignored the mutant soldiers and brought the zombies to the other side instead.
With this, Crystal and her crew did not have to worry about fighting them.
...
On the other side, Zeris and Balam could not participate in this battle as they had to rescue the harvesters. All of them exited the battlefield to recover all cocoons and the personnel inside, dead or alive.
Crystal also ordered the infantry units to split into two battalions. One had to assist Zeris and Balam to secure all cocoons. The second platoon had to join the fight with the government army.
Meanwhile, as the Tautog mechs were engaging with the government forces, Misha equipped herself with battle gears.
While she was at it, Crystal placed her spare exoskeleton suit before Misha.
"This?"
"Put it on. You can move faster on the battlefield with this."
"T-Thank you!"
Misha accepted Crystal's goodwill and wore it.
The exoskeleton was as its name, an outer skeleton suit. It was a supporting suit, which could boost the wearer's mobility and jumping power.
Misha was also given an anti-mech rifle, 20 AP bullets, and a rock-propelled grenades launcher, aka RPG, which suited her supporting role as a backup force.
The AM rifle had 1,350mm barrel length, 20kg weight, and it used 20mm cartridge. To ordinary people, this gun should not be called a rifle anymore. It was more of a portable cannon.
"You don't have to get to the frontline. Use these and give us a cover fire from the back. Let the big boys in the army handle the rest, okay?"
"Okay."
Crystal allowed Misha to roam the battlefield and find an advantage point on her own as they lacked firepower. As for herself, Crystal remained in the commander truck to coordinate with her soldiers.
Misha parted from the command truck. She kept her distance from the queen egg's site and the battlefield of the mech units.
As she ran, her yellow eyes darted around the wasteland, looking for a suitable hiding place for her sniping spot in the dark night.
Unfortunately, this was a barren land without any wreckage or an abandoned building. Aside from the bumpy geography and sand dunes, Misha did not have many places to hide.
Without many options, Misha lay prone behind a sand dune and observed the battle with her rifle scope.
One kilometer further away, Misha spotted a government AHMU mech, which had transformed into a semi-mech-tank.
'The helmet of each mech always contains vision sensors for the cockpit. This is also the only area that a 20mm round can penetrate since a smaller size AP can't get through the armor plates.'
The teaching of Thorn appeared in Misha's mind when she was deciding where to shoot.
No hesitation remained in her eyes, she adjusted the AM-rifle, aiming at the weakest glass parts of the mech's head.
*BOOM*
*CLANK*
The loud boom sound from the mini-cannon echoed throughout the wasteland. If Misha had not worn ear protection, her eardrums would have been shattered to pieces.
*Mrrr!*
Tama shrunk back all tentacles inside Misha's body as it was panicked by the sound.
<<You have destroyed the sensor device of Water 7 Unit.>>
<<You have gained 1,000 EXP.>>
<<Your DEX has gained 1,000 EXP.>>
"Wow."
…
At the other end of the bullet path, the softest glass sensors shattered from the AP shell, and all monitors inside the mech's cockpit lost the visual.
The pilot cried out in shock as he communicated with his teammate, "I'm hit! Water 7 is hit! I've lost my sensors."
Because of the chaotic fight and random bullets flying around, no one had the time to pay attention to the damage of a mech. Each tank and AHMU of the Mafdet Federation were so focused on the Tautog suits that kept jumping and flying around.
*BOOM*
*BOOM*
The Tautog did not play around. By the time Misha sniped one mech, their team had disabled five mechs and three tanks in an instant. However, two mechs of their teammates were crippled as well.
*BOOM*
The blinded mech was hit by a 150mm AP shell from Tautog One of Dolphin, and the bullet went into the cockpit, killing the pilot inside.
<<BEEP>>
<<BEEP>>
Siren in Dolphin cockpit rang as more missiles from the missile trucks came at him again.
"Hmm."
Dolphin switched his targets to the oncoming missiles to protect himself. He did not notice that the bullet came from Misha.
…
"Wow. They are efficient."
Misha observed the battle from afar. Within five minutes of fighting, Tautog squad has already taken down one-third of the enemies.
"My EXP …"
She scanned the battlefield again, hoping for more preys to feed her level.
Then, she found another mech in her range.
"Free EXP."
Misha pulled the trigger.
*BOOM*
*CLANK*
<<You have destroyed the sensor device of Water 12 Unit.>>
<<You have gained 1,000 EXP.>>
<<You have reached level 36!>>
<<Your DEX has gained 1,000 EXP.>>
<<Your DEX is now 167!>>
"Kakakaka. Next!"
Misha picked her AM-rifle to change her sniping location and search for the next prey.
Unfortunately, because of her tunnel vision, she did not notice a horde of tattoo zombies which were running after the sounds of her gunfire.
*SCREEECH!*
The zombies screamed and ran after Misha.
Hearing the familiar screech, Misha turned around.
Two hundreds of running tattooed bald zombies were chasing after her with their disfigured mouths open. Misha could even see the drools from their long tongues.
"Eeeeekk!"
Had it been on daytime, she would have no problem handling the panic attack. Unfortunately, the night environment and the monstrous looking of these undead creatures frightened her.
Despite the military training she had had, she still lost it.
Panicked and shocked, Misha ran for her life while she was carrying her rifle. The zombies with speed surpassing the cheetahs pursued her as they ran on all four limbs.
Unable to regain her calm, she forgot about the direction and ran just to get away from the zombies. Within less than a minute of running, she went from the backline of the mutant side to the west of the battlefield.
From the bird's eye view, Misha went from the southwest of the battlefield to the west area, heading upward to the northwest zone of the government's side.
As Misha's running speed and the speed of zombies were almost the same, she could not outrun them. Without this exoskeleton, she would have turned into fast food for all zombies.
The illogical running and panicking Misha got the attention of all soldiers from both sides.
"What dafuq is that person doing!?"
As nobody expected a train of monsters and a stray soldier to enter the kill zone, no mech or tank aimed their weapon at Misha and the zombies.
…
*RUMBLE*
On the northeast of the battlefield, the queen egg and 2,000 green zombies rushed at the government supporting infantries, flanking them from the side.
"Damn it! All monsters are helping the rebels! Kill them all!"
All supporting infantries got out of their APCs with their weapons in hands. They formed groups and moved together as units, attacking the green zombies.
Dove and all players rushed toward the east side to kill monsters along with all infantries, leaving their vehicles behind. Krastel also followed after the students, looking after them from behind.
A minute later, Misha and 200 tattoo zombies continued to play their cats and a lone mouse game. As all mechs and tanks ignored her and her company, she subconsciously ran to the local government's side, the northwest area of the battlefield.
Fortunately, all attention of the government soldiers were on the queen egg and the green zombies at the northeast area, which they ignored Misha and 200 zombies.
As she had run for a couple of minutes, her brain finally half-functioned, which her human logic and her conscience came back to herself, mostly.
"Huh? Where am I? Why am I running?"
Misha glanced back again. By seeing the face of the zombies, her temporary dementia and her airheadedness were cured.
"I'm a banana. It was your fault, you damn zombies!"
She took her RPG that had been hanging behind her back to use. As she ran backward, she armed the rocket and aimed at the zombies out of hatred and anger.
*Click*
Misha pulled the trigger, and the rocket was launched forward.
Again, her sober was still fresh, and her brain did not work in a full capacity. She had forgotten that the rocket was armed with a heat sensor.
As a result, she fired the RPG without locking on a target, and it flew upward to the sky in random.
"Ah."
Misha's brain function returned to her usual self, and she found out about her derpiness again.
*WHOOSH*
The fired rocket suddenly found the closest target. It went for the missile launcher truck, which had just launched a new missile.
*BOOM*
<<You have destroyed a missile launcher truck.>>
<<You have obtained 5,000 EXP.>>
<<You have reached level 37!>>
"…"
Misha's eyes turned into two small dots, and her mouth became one black line as if her face changed into a poker face meme.
Because of the explosive, spare missiles of the truck also exploded from the chain reaction.
*BOOM*
*BOOM*
*BOOM*
The flame and the explosion engulfed the missile crews and the nearby soldiers.
<<You have killed a Mafdet soldier.>>
<<You have killed a Mafdet soldier.>>
<<You have killed a Mafdet soldier.>>
<<You have killed a Mafdet soldier.>>
<<You have killed a Mafdet soldier.>>
<<You have …>>
"…"
The game messages were so long that it flooded Misha's notification panel.
One of the missiles got carried by the explosion shockwave forces. It was flung into the air and landed in the middle of the pack of zombies that were chasing after Misha.
*BOOM*
<<You have killed a corroded zombie.>>
<<You have killed a corroded zombie.>>
<<You have killed a corroded zombie.>>
<<You have killed a corroded zombie.>>
<<You have killed a corroded zombie.>>
<<You have …>>
"…"
CREATORS' THOUGHTS 
DamnPlotArmor
DamnPlotArmor Reader A: Misha can't kill.
Reader B: Misha can kill.
Author: (・_・)
Make her a banana it is.
Chapter 60: Grand Thief Auto
Chapter 60 – Grand Thief Auto
The explosive chain reaction of the missile truck and the spare missiles destroyed three other trucks and the crews around them, causing massive damages to the government side.
It shocked both sides on the battlefield.
The crews of the remaining six trucks were panicked and stopped what they were doing. They looked around in the dark night as they thought that it would be their turn next.
"S-Should we retreat? I-It's an ambush."
…
The commander of the government army, the mustache man, gazed at the flame and the smoke while he smoothed his curly mustache.
"A marvelous sneak attack. Bravo!"
The aide of the commander whispered to him while his voice was still cracking, "Sir, we have already lost almost half of our army from fighting the mutants alone. Now, we're dealing with the wandering monsters and the ambush at the same time. We won't have a chance in this battle. Please send the retreat order!"
The mustache commander smiled. He looked like a kind and harmless uncle that children would have fallen in love with him as a grandfather.
*BANG*
A bullet went through his aide's forehead. It was from the gun in the mustache commander.
The surrounding soldiers glared at the commander and aimed their guns at him, thinking that he was a mad man.
Instead of panicking, the mustache commander smiled.
"A breaking news, gentlemen, our scientists have found the right formula to produce the vaccines, but we need a large amount of the blood of these mutants. If we have enough blood, we can produce vaccines for all of our citizens! We are talking about the cure of the HV disease! We can end this hydra virus outbreak by getting our hands on the blood of these mutants! My humble warriors, for the sake of the future of mankind, we must obtain the blood of these mutants at all costs!"
"A cure?"
"Really?"
The commander affirmed, "That's correct, gentlemen! We can end this apocalypse with this battle! Bring me their blood and their corpses, and I'll give you and your family the vaccines as a bonus!"
In this era, scientists found solutions to eliminate more than half of the viruses, but the deadliest one, the hydra virus, did not have a cure or a solution for the treatment.
In the public eyes, anyone infected with the HV was as good as dead. Because of the untreatable disease, they saw the sources of this infection as the threat of humanity.
The queen eggs, the mutants, and the green zombies are mankind's nemesis that they had to eradicate from the planet earth!
Suddenly, a promise of the vaccine came from the mouth of their commander. As one of the big-wigs in the government, the soldiers thought of the mustache man as an insider that knew more information than them.
Hope appeared in their eyes. They overlooked his cruel action but cheered for his leadership instead.
"For the cure!"
"Get the rebels!"
The moral of his soldiers skyrocketed, yet none of them knew about the commander's real motive.
'For my immortality and the dragon's bloodline, fight for me, work ants!"
…
Meanwhile, Misha was oblivious to all the commotion that she had caused. She stared at her status window with an agape mouth.
She had reached level 52 and completed half of her tutorial quest because of the missile explosion chain reaction.
Her thought was in chaos, but she had a new inspiration in the middle of the short-circuited processing within her brain.
'If I explode more trucks, will I get more EXP?'
Killing intent and flame of greed sparked in Misha's eyes. She glanced at her used RPG launcher.
'This is for one-time use. I don't have spare ammo for this.'
She hung the RPG behind her back and switched out the AM Rifle.
'I doubt that I can ignite an explosion by shooting AP rounds at a missile. I need Incendiary rounds.'
Her glowing yellowish snake eyes turned to the APCs and the reserve soldiers that were fighting with the green zombies.
Five squads of soldiers boarded their APCs, planning of coming toward her direction because of the explosion.
Misha dashed away from her location to avoid the pursuing forces, but she did not run toward her side.
She rushed to the nearest surviving missile truck!
'I need ammo and more weapons!'
She warmed up her long tongue and tapped her chest to remind Tama.
"Tama, nom-nom time."
*Nom-Nom!?* (Food!?)
Yellowish tentacle with an eye burst out of Misha's chest and looked around.
*Nom?* (Where's da food?)
"Soon. Get ready because I will be quick."
*Mew!* (I'm ready!)
With the help of exoskeleton, Misha arrived at another missile truck.
As the crews were still in shock that one of the trucks exploded, they did not prepare for a sudden visitor. They stared at Misha with petrified legs as they forgot what they should do in this situation.
*PU*
*PU*
<<You have killed a Mafdet soldier.>>
<<You have gained 1,000 EXP.>>
The tongue of Misha penetrated into the brain of a crew member while Tama dug its tentacle into his heart, draining his blood.
While her hands were free, she stole the handgun on the crew's holster. The dead soldier did not carry any other weapon, but Misha was satisfied.
Pulling her tongue and Tama's tentacle out of the dead body, Misha started hunting. The stolen pistol muzzle pointed at the other crews.
*BANG*
*BANG*
*BANG*
Three soldiers went down, but the gunshot woke the remaining five members from their trance. They pulled their pistol to shoot back at Misha.
Before they could shoot, Misha threw the dead body at the soldiers, and it collided with two crew members. She dashed along with the thrown corpse and appeared in the middle of the group.
*MYAAA!*
Tama dug four holes out of Misha's back. Four yellow tentacles exited through her back and pierced the hearts of four soldiers.
"That hurts, Tama. Oh well …"
*BANG*
Misha shot the last crew.
She gazed at the truck, which had been armed with a missile without an owner. This missile launcher had a towing trailer, which carried spared weapons with loading tools.
"I can get 5,000 EXP from destroying this, but will I get extra jellies if I GTA this truck back to the base?"
*Mew!* (Steal this and get those jellies!)
"Indeed. It's time to bail, too. They will come and hunt us soon."
Tama was also a quick learner. As fast as it could, Tama drained the blood of the corpses before it withdrew all tentacles back to its body without hindering Misha.
As Misha glanced to the direction of the dead zombies and the exploded trucks, the government reserve troops were inspecting the location, and a few of them were looking at her current location. They might have noticed the gunfire earlier.
Misha connected the trailer with the truck before she hopped on the driver seat. The exoskeleton was getting in her way, so she unequipped it and placed the suit by her side along with her rifle and RPG.
Several monitors on the windshield of the truck dazzled her.
"Eh, too many info. I only need to drive!"
Misha started the engine and stepped on the gas pedal.
*VRRR*
She spun the wheel. The truck and the trailer dashed into the dark night without opening the headlamps as Misha did not need light to see in the dark.
The truck engine alarmed the investigating soldiers that were checking at the damaged site. They put on the night goggle to look at the direction of the truck.
"An enemy is stealing our truck!"
All squads jumped into their APCs. It flashed the spotlights of their vehicles and chased after Misha's truck.
…
Meanwhile, Crystal could see everything from the real-time images of her satellite from the beginning to the end.
Crystal had noticed how Misha ran away from the zombies, and she planned to rescue her. She ordered Zeris to come back instead of helping the harvesters, so Thorn could flank the enemies and get Misha out of the mess.
However, Misha's performance exceeded her expectation. She destroyed four missile trucks, and she was about to steal one back to their side.
"What a naughty kid."
Crystal laughed. She pressed the intercom to inform Tautog and his crews.
"Tautog squad, pay attention to the battlefield and look for a runaway truck. One of our support soldiers has launched a sneak attack at the backline of the enemy just now. She's stealing one of the missile trucks from the enemies, so be sure not to shoot her and escort them back to the base. Secondly, I've instructed Zeris to join the battle to help you, so he should be there in a minute."
Dolphin, on the other side, widened his eyes, "What!? Since when?"
"Did you see a train of zombie earlier? That was her work."
"That weirdo!? Seriously!?"
"She's talented. Make sure you get her back in one piece. Also, I've deployed the reserves to rescue your teammates."
"Roger that, chief!"
Gifts
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received Weekly Power Status
200+ Power
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