A Space Marine Got a Status Window

Kim Seojun had never seen a Thunderclap.

When he was still on active duty, the Thunderclap didn’t even exist.

However, Kim Seojun understood perfectly well what it meant to possess a state-of-the-art battle tank in the space age.

‘The targets of state-of-the-art battle tanks aren’t Mog. They’re other battle tanks.’

Their targets were humans.

Otherwise, there would be no reason to pay ten times more, or even an amount greater than that, compared to a lower-grade battle tank simply to manufacture a model with slightly superior mobility, range, and radar capabilities.

‘And now they’ve even declared war.’

Furthermore, considering the stance the Chinese headquarters was currently taking on planet Amotia, it was highly likely that the targets of that Thunderclap were precisely the battle tanks of other countries.

‘We have no way to stop it.’

And if that Thunderclap began operating in earnest and pointed its cannon toward the Polish headquarters, Kim Seojun would have no appropriate method to stop it.

Then, regardless of anything else, he had to deal with that Thunderclap right there while he still could.

And currently, Kim Seojun possessed the ability necessary to do so.

‘With Stealth, there’s no reason I can’t get inside.’

An ability that would allow him to infiltrate the place at that very moment.

“We’ll move when the next vehicle enters.”

As soon as he made his decision, Kim Seojun acted immediately.

He moved as close as possible and waited.

Then he saw them.

Vroooom!

Two military trucks entered the area.

At that instant, Kim Seojun began moving alongside those trucks.

“Stealth.”

In a state where no one could see him.

The position of commander of the Chinese branch on planet Amotia was practically equivalent to being the king of that country.

In a place where, the moment someone was expelled from headquarters, they were left completely defenseless and couldn’t even guarantee they would survive a single day, and where even the deaths of several people could be dismissed by saying.

“The Mog took them. I guess they were hungry.”

It was impossible to defy the orders of whoever held the highest authority.

And that was especially extreme in China.

Colonel Wang Lei was someone who used that authority without any restraint.

He was practically a tyrant.

And at that moment, Colonel Wang Lei’s mood was worse than ever.

“Damn it.”

There was no way he could be in a good mood.

The plan he had prepared to line his pockets had ended up completely ruined.

‘That bastard Zhang Wei betrayed me!’

Furthermore, Colonel Wang Lei was convinced that it hadn’t been a simple accident.

He believed that Major Zhang Wei had seen the items, succumbed to greed, and betrayed him.

‘He must have found something incredible. Something truly incredible.’

He was also convinced that something valuable enough to make Major Zhang Wei lose his mind had appeared inside Hawk Eye’s supply crate.

‘This is serious. If they find out I lost the Wulong……’

Furthermore, that matter could prove fatal even for Colonel Wang Lei.

‘If it ends up in the hands of the United States, I’m finished.’

The Chinese Communist Party didn’t care too much if its high-ranking officials enriched themselves to a certain extent, as long as they properly handed over their superiors’ share.

However, allowing state-of-the-art strategic equipment like the Wulong to end up in the hands of another country was far from something that could be considered acceptable.

‘I have to fix this now. No matter what. While we still can’t communicate with the outside.’

For many reasons, Colonel Wang Lei’s stress had reached its limit.

And everyone at the Chinese headquarters became victims of that stress.

Being insulted was the least of it.

There were also many who ended up becoming victims of his violence.

Knock, knock!

Then someone knocked on the door of Colonel Wang Lei’s office.

As soon as he heard the sound, Colonel Wang Lei shouted.

“Can’t you see I’m working?! Get the fuck out of here!”

He didn’t even ask who it was before he started hurling insults.

Knock, knock!

When someone knocked on the door again, Colonel Wang Lei’s gaze changed.

It looked like the gaze of a shark that had just smelled blood.

That day, he was determined to spill blood one way or another.

That was why, instead of simply pressing the button on his desk to open the door, he personally walked over to it.

He intended to slap whoever was on the other side the moment he opened it.

Click!

As soon as the door opened, Colonel Wang Lei immediately reached out to grab the other person by the neck.

Crack!

However, the moment he tried, a strange sound came from the wrist of the hand he intended to grab her with.

Then Colonel Wang Lei saw it.

“Huh?”

His left wrist hung limply.

Colonel Wang Lei stared at it blankly for a few moments.

Then the pain began to overwhelm him, and his face twisted in agony from his broken wrist.

“Aaaaaaargh!”

He let out a scream.

At the same time, he looked with even greater fury at the person who had broken his wrist.

“Y-You…… son of a……”

He was about to tell her that he would throw her into space without a suit.

“Huh!”

However, as soon as he saw the other person’s face, his expression changed.

It was a woman.

A woman who, even generously estimating her age, didn’t appear to be older than her late twenties.

She had short hair and clear, sharp eyes like blades.

She was a beauty difficult to forget after seeing her even once.

That was why Colonel Wang Lei recognized her immediately.

“M-Major Lin Jiayi?”

As soon as he saw her, Colonel Wang Lei began trembling.

The reason a Colonel like Wang Lei reacted that way in front of a Major was simple.

She belonged to the Space Peace Committee.

The Space Peace Committee operated independently even from the Space Forces of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army, and its official purpose was to carry out activities intended to preserve peace in space.

Of course, the reality was different.

Under the pretext of maintaining peace in space, they could resort to practically any means or methods they considered necessary and had the absolute support of the People’s Republic of China.

Furthermore, that pretext could be interpreted practically however they pleased.

If they claimed something was being investigated for the sake of peace in space, they could do practically anything.

And if they determined that someone was an obstacle to peace in space, they could use every possible means to eliminate them.

For that reason, they were a terrifying existence even to the Space Forces of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army.

If the woman standing before him reported that Colonel Wang Lei was someone interfering with peace in space, Colonel Wang Lei would immediately become a life-form that no longer existed in space.

‘C-Could it be?’

And Colonel Wang Lei had done countless things that could easily be considered obstacles to peace in space.

It was inevitable that he would feel afraid.

“Colonel Wang Lei, don’t worry.”

Major Lin Jiayi smiled as she spoke.

“I didn’t come here for the reason you’re thinking.”

“What?”

“I didn’t come because you stole the supplies of a Psyker from another country to appropriate them for yourself, nor because you lost a Psyker and a Wulong in the process. So don’t worry.”

As soon as he heard those words, all the color drained from Colonel Wang Lei’s face.

He was so terrified that he could no longer even feel the pain in his wrist.

“T-Thank you.”

All he could do was express his gratitude.

Major Lin Jiayi didn’t respond.

“I came to inform you of a few things. Several operations will begin on planet Amotia soon.”

Upon hearing the word “operations,” Colonel Wang Lei immediately nodded.

“Yes, understood! I’ll provide all of our support! Just tell me what you need!”

As he spoke, he was trying to somehow make up for everything he had done this time.

At Colonel Wang Lei’s words, Major Lin Jiayi replied with a smile.

“That won’t be necessary. No, rather, I’d appreciate it if you didn’t interfere unnecessarily.”

“What?”

“I only came today to inform you of this fact.”

As she spoke, Major Lin Jiayi’s eyes gleamed with chilling ferocity.

“Our preparations are perfect. So no one will be able to interfere.”

From the outside, it looked like an abandoned mine.

However, the moment one entered, what appeared before their eyes was a base.

And not just some hastily constructed base, but one where it was obvious from the very entrance that enormous amounts of money and resources had been invested!

It was a base that could perfectly well be called a headquarters.

As soon as he entered that second Chinese headquarters, in other words, its secondary base, Kim Seojun immediately began his attack.

Kaboom!

He detonated explosives and began pulling the trigger relentlessly at everyone who appeared before his eyes.

It was a completely natural measure.

‘Stealth lasts ten minutes.’

Kim Seojun didn’t have much time.

And it was impossible to discover within that period what kind of secret plan was being carried out at that secondary base.

The only thing he could do was cause as much damage as possible before Stealth deactivated and escape from there.

‘This single raid will be enough to earn Hawk Eye’s favor.’

Even if he failed to cause particularly serious damage, it would still be a more than worthwhile operation for Kim Seojun.

‘Although ideally, I’d deal with the Thunderclap.’

Even so, there was one thing he wanted to accomplish.

That was why he began moving to achieve it.

He tried to locate the Thunderclap.

It wasn’t difficult.

The Thunderclap was enormous, and the vehicle used to transport it was even larger. Naturally, the paths and spaces through which something of that size could move were limited.

Kim Seojun advanced along those routes.

“Enemy attack!”

“Return fire!”

Meanwhile, the Chinese Space Marines stationed at that secondary base began mobilizing.

Of course, from Kim Seojun’s perspective, they weren’t difficult enemies.

For starters, the equipment he was currently wearing wasn’t exactly ordinary.

He was wearing the Agent Suit that had belonged to the Chinese Psyker, so the gunfire of most Space Marines couldn’t even injure him.

At the same time, he had used a Stimpak and was experiencing the world at a completely different temporal speed.

“Where is he?”

And above all, the Chinese Space Marines couldn’t see the Space Marine named Kim Seojun.

“Where is he……?”

Splat!

The moment one of the Chinese Space Marines made any noise, his head exploded.

From Kim Seojun’s perspective, this couldn’t even be considered a battle.

There was only one thing that worried him.

‘As long as a Psyker doesn’t appear.’

That was precisely why Kim Seojun kept his senses more alert than ever.

Of course, he hadn’t forgotten either.

‘I have six minutes left.’

He knew perfectly well how much time he had remaining.

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

As the countdown continued and he took down the Space Marines who appeared, Kim Seojun’s eyes finally found it.

‘There it is.’

He found the Thunderclap while it was undergoing maintenance.

As soon as he saw it, Kim Seojun naturally planned to approach it, open a hatch, and place the explosives he was carrying inside.

That probably wouldn’t be enough to completely destroy it, but if he could render it unusable for a few days or even a few weeks, it would already be worth it.

And he had more than enough explosives to accomplish that.

After all, his Inventory was packed with ammunition and explosives.

All that remained was to execute the plan.

Kim Seojun approached the Thunderclap.

However, when he closed the distance and saw its cannon, his gaze wavered slightly.

‘No way.’

It was inevitable.

‘A railgun?’

That Thunderclap had been modified to use a railgun instead of the conventional cannon of a battle tank.

For anyone who had to face it, that was terrifying.

The destructive power and range of a railgun were on a level conventional battle tanks couldn’t even aspire to reach.

The difference was comparable to the difference in height between high school basketball players and NBA players.

What if that thing had begun operating?

Something so terrible that it was difficult even to imagine would have happened!

‘I have to destroy it no matter what.’

Just as Kim Seojun strengthened his resolve even further.

Tingle!

Suddenly, he felt every hair on his body stand on end.

It wasn’t simply a chill running down his spine.

It was the sensation a creature experienced when facing a predator.

Like a mouse in front of a cat.

Gulp!

At that instant, Kim Seojun thought.

‘There’s something here. Something powerful.’

Whatever it was, he couldn’t simply ignore it.

As soon as he realized that, Kim Seojun immediately turned all his attention away from the Thunderclap.

He abandoned that position.

Then he held his breath and observed his surroundings.

‘Where is it?’

For many reasons, there was a high probability that it was a Psyker.

That was why he tried to locate it.

Then Kim Seojun felt it.

‘Over there.’

In the direction completely opposite from where they were performing maintenance on the Thunderclap, he sensed that chilling presence coming from an entrance.

Kim Seojun immediately aimed his weapon toward that entrance.

Then he hesitated for a few moments.

Run or fight?

The risks and benefits were clear.

If he ran, he would have to leave the Thunderclap intact.

On the other hand, if he managed to eliminate the Psyker, he could probably destroy the Thunderclap as well.

Kim Seojun wondered which of those options would increase his chances of survival more.

And he immediately arrived at an answer.

‘I’ll eliminate him.’

After all, if he allowed China to continue acting freely, his own days would be numbered.

At the same time, he was confident.

‘If I shoot first, there’s no reason I should lose.’

Maintaining that tension, Kim Seojun advanced toward the corridor while minimizing the sound of his footsteps as much as possible.

Finally, he entered.

As soon as he did, the chill running through his entire body intensified even further.

‘This……’

Kim Seojun’s expression changed.

He had realized it.

‘It’s not a Psyker.’

During his years on active duty, Kim Seojun had encountered an incomparably greater number of Psykers than an ordinary Space Marine.

That was why he knew.

Certainly, a Psyker could also provoke a chilling sensation.

But it didn’t feel like this.

Instead, only one thing appeared in Kim Seojun’s mind.

‘It’s a Mog.’

A Mog.

And a special one.

‘It’s definitely not Fly-class. At minimum, it’s Feather-class……’

Furthermore, it belonged to a high category.

Kim Seojun began searching through his memories.

‘……No. It’s not Feather-class either.’

Finally, he remembered something.

‘There’s no doubt.’

One of those memories in which he had nearly received a medical discharge.

‘It’s Lightweight-class.’

And as soon as he remembered that, he saw it.

Inside a specially manufactured glass container was a Mog.

A Cyclops.

However, that Cyclops’s body wasn’t in a normal state.

All of its tentacles had been removed, and its body was pierced by horrifying metal needles.

Furthermore, through tubes connected to those needles, an unknown liquid was constantly being injected into it.

As a result, its single eye had completely lost focus.

It appeared to be under the effects of an enormous quantity of drugs.

‘……They were experimenting on a Cyclops.’

As soon as he saw that, Kim Seojun understood the entire situation.

‘China was doing some more of its bullshit.’

And considering that this was a Chinese secondary base, the situation made perfect sense.

At the same time, Kim Seojun raised his weapon and immediately pulled the trigger.

Zzzzzzt!

A chilling sound came from the Gauss weapon as the projectile pierced the special reinforced glass and penetrated the Cyclops.

Kim Seojun didn’t hesitate.

‘There’s no way China is doing anything good.’

There wasn’t even the slightest possibility that this experiment could benefit humanity’s future.

After eliminating the Cyclops, Kim Seojun quickly left that place.

‘I just have to deal with the Thunderclap and get the hell out of here.’

Now he began moving to destroy the Thunderclap.

It was then.

Kim Seojun’s steps stopped for an instant.

His expression hardened.

It was inevitable.

[You have eliminated a Lightweight-class Cyclops. You have obtained 5,000 points.]

[You have eliminated a Lightweight-class Cyclops for the first time. You have received a Platinum Ticket.]

He had heard those notifications.

Kim Seojun didn’t need to think about it for long.

There was only one thing he had to do at that moment.

‘I’ll use it immediately.’

He had to take advantage of that opportunity right now!

“Use Platinum Ticket.”

‘Anything will do.’

Kim Seojun immediately used the reward he had just obtained.

Shortly afterward, he heard a new notification.

[Congratulations! You have obtained a Diamond-grade reward.]

[You have obtained a Skill Upgrade Ticket (A)!]