High Tech System

Regret!

Jin Sung and the other were high on their toes, all eyes were fixed on a short bulky man that was inspecting a high-explosive weapon like it was a toy.

"Brugdath, careful not to touch the trigger lest you want us all to die." Jin Sung was worried that this man would accidentally pull the trigger, it was fine if it was outside, but they were currently on a container, there is no place to dodge the explosion.

Brugdath felt their fear and smiled, he put his finger on the trigger and aimed at Jin Sung and the others.

"So this is how it feels to have the power to kill with a pull of your finger! Haha!" Brugdath laughed like he was a psychopath, which made Jin Sung worried that this man would pull the trigger and kill everyone in the container.

Jin Sung wanted to release his blade and cut off the RPG but he's not sure if taking an aggressive measure would prevent his death and Brugdath was a Peak Foundation Building stage body cultivator, trying to outspeed him doesn't seem to be a good plan.

Jin Sung fidgeted under his gaze. "Yes, it is a nice feeling and when you join my army, I will give you more of those to kill the enemy,"

Brugdath raised his eyebrow."But my enemy is in front of me. isn't that mean I should pull the trigger?" His words made Jin Sung felt apprehensive about the situation, his mind is considering whether he should attack now or try to convince the man first.

Jin Sung inched closer slowly, still fixing his gaze to Brugdath, in case the man makes some dangerous move.

"You said that you will join my army, you want to lead new troops armed with powerful artifacts, no?" Jin Sung has no choice but to spoke in a friendly tone to this man. He promised that if this all over, he would punish Brugdath severely.

Brugdath frowned and stared at them, seemingly ruminated about Jin Sung's offer, after what seemed to be a very long amount of time.

"Haha, you should have seen your face, it's just a joke, guys, calm down, calm down." Brugdath put the RPG in its original place and went to sit on the seat.

Jin Sung let out a breath and glared at Brugdath as he cannot believe that Brugdath is just playing with him.

"One wrong move and I could kill you, you know that right?"

Brugdath shrugged."There is already a bomb planted on me, I don't need to worry about other things that could kill me," Brugdath didn't even look at Jin Sung but instead crossed his arm and close his eyes to rest.

Jin Sung was annoyed but he did not say anything and turned to sit down on his chair.

After some time, they arrived at what seems to be a dense forest, although there seems to be a wide dirt track dedicated for a wheeled vehicle to travel on.

The forest was nut-brown, twigs were crunched as the truck drive over them, making the nearby squirrel startled and ran, lovely birds chirped as they fly around happily, making the people that heard it feel calm and relief, the smell of the wet trees, sweet flower and green healthy leaves entered the truck through the small holes in the container.

Ignacio was relaxed and calm as he drove, the road was smooth and wide with little turn and twist in between, he took a deep breath to fully enjoy the forest and he can feel some moist entered his nose which put a smile on his face as his mood relaxed.

The road led to a giant boulder that seemed insignificant, and the road splits into a few different directions to confuse those who didn't know the secret, Ignacio flickered the headlight of the truck in a morse code pattern;--- .--.

Shortly after, a hole slowly opened on the boulder before it got bigger and bigger until it showed a tunnel that led to somewhere, the tunnel was dark but Ignacio drove the truck into it without worry.

The boulder slowly closed the hole when the truck got inside it, making it looked like the boulder was some kind of giant creature that just ate a meal.

Tick!

The lamp tick as it receives electricity to lit up the tunnel with dim lights that barely reveal the smooth road under it, the man-made tunnel was unventilated and dry, it is long and empty, making everyone who went through it feel lonely and quiet.

The ceilings of the tunnel got higher and higher as the truck drove deeper and deeper inside the tunnel, but if someone took a closer look then they could see that the road is descending as the truck move deeper and deeper.

The truck meander through the tunnel, twist and turned as they passed by other tunnels, the dimly lit tunnel bore Ignacio to no end, no noise or voice can be heard, except the hum of the rolling tire while the engine stayed soft and silent.

Ignacio could see a bright light at the end of the tunnel, beckoning him to drove towards it, he reduced speed when he arrived at the bright-lit room, it was a wide and tall storage room with a lot of trucks going in and out from the many tunnels that led towards it.

Soldiers loaded their loot on a rack after a successful raid mission. The quality of the loot they brought can be seen from their complexion, those who loaded decent items have satisfactory expression while the ones who loaded awful items have an unhappy expression on their face.

Ignacio parked the truck in one of many parking spots set up in this storage room. He turned off the engine before he exited the truck and foot his way to the rear of the container, Jin Sung jumped off the container, followed by Brugdath and others.

Jin Sung closed his eyes as he took a deep breath, finally out of the airless container, and into the open world. Well, in this case, an underground open world, the structure, and the tunnels are a few tens of meters under the ground with all kinds of sensors to detect intruders that have the guts to come in. The tunnels are designed to meanders under the ground to make the enemy feel like they are inside a maze.

Those who have entered deep inside can only rely on luck to find the way out, that is if the soldiers that were positioned to defend the tunnels didn't eliminate them yet, but since it was built until now, no one except the rebel forces have entered the tunnel.

"Sir, what should we do with this man?" Ignacio was not sure how Jin Sung would integrate a general of the enemy into his army, it was risky and difficult to do. In his opinion, Jin Sung should have just killed the general.

Jin Sung looked towards the short bulky man and crossed his arm as he ruminated, after a while, Jin Sung snapped his finger because he just got an idea. "As I said earlier, this man will lead a troop of his own, so he should be positioned as a lieutenant." He nodded in satisfaction with his decision before he added."But don't be arrogant yet Brugdath, you see my man Ignacio over here is a major that has 250 elite men under his command."

Jin Sung wanted to post him in his appropriate position but he didn't want him to be arrogant. "But if you show your worth then you might have a chance to climb the rank." Jin Sung threw the bait.

And Brugdath willingly bit it."Sure, I mean I used to lead 5,000 men in battle but a hundred men seems fine,"

"You can only lead 40 men!" Jin Sung was blunt with his word. This made brugdath's eyes open wide as he couldn't believe what he just heard.

"What did you say?" Brugdath was unsure, he did hear it loud and clear but to be safe he decided to ask again.

Jin Sung sighed as he put his hands on his waist."You can only lead 15 to 45 men. As a lieutenant, you can only have 45 subordinates at maximum!"

Brugdath fell off his knees, sadness can be seen on his face as his eyes blankly gazed towards the distance. He was a great general, he used to have 5,000 men under his command, they respected him and admired him, but in a single day, he fell from heaven like lucifer, down to this sewer that is hell where he was treated like crap and can only lead 45 men at maximum.

He considered if he should escape and returned to his army, after all, he was respected there, and he had a lot of men, who cares about reputation when you can have great status and power. Who cares about the stupid artifacts, he could use numbers and strong armor to defeat the rebel forces.

Bang!

A huge roar of explosions echoed, as it traveled through the tunnels, all eyes turned towards a direction, of which they could see a giant blazing hot hole that runs deep through the wall, and in front of that hole is a giant mecha with smoke coming out of its canon.

"Hey! Didn't I tell you not to blow stuff inside the tunnels?" Jin Sung crossed his arm and repeatedly tapped his feet as he stared towards the mecha.

The cockpit of the mecha opened before the man inside it jumped out and run towards Jin Sung with guilt on his face.

When the man arrived in front of Jin Sung, he snapped to attention to salute and apologize."Apologize, sir, I made a mistake!"

Jin Sung shook his head a few times before he waved his hand to tell the man to go."Don't do it again, do a full lap around the tunnel before you return to your cockpit!"

When the man heard this, dread could be seen in his eyes, but his face was stern and his posture was straight."Yes sir!"

He replied loud and clear before he turned and started his marathon, it needs to be said that the tunnel encompassed Xiangwei and the nearby cities, which means that this guy will have a full marathon from city to city.