A Space Marine Got a Status Window

As soon as a Skill Upgrade Ticket (A) appeared from the Platinum Ticket, Kim Seojun froze completely.

‘Something absurd came out.’

To that extent, the appearance of that Skill Upgrade Ticket was enough to leave even Kim Seojun stunned.

And that was all.

Kim Seojun didn’t even consider what he should upgrade with that Skill Upgrade Ticket.

There was no reason to think about it.

‘Inventory.’

According to Kim Seojun’s calculations, a rank B Inventory would be 8 meters wide, long, and high, while a rank A one would be 16 meters.

‘The Thunderclap will fit inside a rank A Inventory.’

And a space of those dimensions would be more than enough to store the Thunderclap that was there.

Furthermore, if he managed to get his hands on the Thunderclap, all the fear that battle tank had caused until then would, conversely, become fear that the Chinese headquarters would have to experience.

Of course, Kim Seojun didn’t immediately use the Skill Upgrade Ticket on Inventory.

To take the Thunderclap with him, he first inevitably had to check one thing.

With Kim Seojun’s current physical capabilities, it was impossible to lift the Thunderclap and put it into his Inventory.

‘If it moves, I’ll take it.’

In other words, he had to be able to move the Thunderclap.

That was why Kim Seojun immediately ran toward it and opened the door.

At that moment, he mentally prepared a plan A and a plan B.

‘If it moves, Inventory. If it doesn’t, Stealth.’

Fortunately, the door was open.

And as soon as he entered, Kim Seojun was able to confirm it.

‘It’s running.’

Not only was the key in place, but the engine was already running.

Next, Kim Seojun sat in the driver’s seat, grabbed the controls, and as soon as he began operating them, the Thunderclap slowly started moving.

There was no longer any reason to hesitate.

“Use Skill Upgrade Ticket on Inventory.”

[The rank of the skill Inventory has increased to rank A!]

“Inventory.”

Immediately afterward, Kim Seojun used Inventory and, while still inside the Thunderclap, he saw it.

An Inventory 16 meters wide, long, and high.

‘Ah.’

As soon as he saw it, Kim Seojun froze.

It was exactly the size he had calculated.

However, actually seeing an Inventory 16 meters wide, long, and high before his eyes produced an overwhelming sensation.

It was natural.

At this point, it could no longer simply be considered some kind of box.

It was a warehouse capable of holding several automobiles, and on top of that, that Inventory was also 16 meters high.

In fact, that height was the most impressive part.

‘The Inventory even exceeds the dimensions of this place.’

It was so enormous that it couldn’t even be properly deployed inside the space where Kim Seojun currently was.

‘Will the next one be 32 meters? And after that…… if it keeps growing, I might even be able to store a space warship.’

The possibility that it could grow even larger made Kim Seojun feel slightly dizzy.

Of course, at that moment, only one thing mattered.

‘There’s no problem storing the Thunderclap.’

That was an opportunity that had fallen from the sky.

And Kim Seojun wasn’t someone who would let an opportunity like that slip away.

Rrrrrumble!

At that instant, Kim Seojun set the Thunderclap in motion.

It wasn’t difficult.

For starters, although Kim Seojun couldn’t operate a battle tank as freely as Park Boseop, he did know how to drive one.

Furthermore, he already had experience driving Chinese battle tanks.

And above all, what he was doing at that moment was nothing extraordinary.

He only had to move forward a little in a straight line and park it.

Rrrrrumble! Clunk!

After parking the Thunderclap inside the Inventory, Kim Seojun immediately got out of the vehicle and spoke.

“Inventory.”

Then the Inventory containing the Thunderclap disappeared.

At that moment, Kim Seojun calculated the time.

‘I’ve exceeded the planned time.’

As soon as he realized that he barely had any Stealth time left, Kim Seojun ran toward the exit at full speed.

And several hours later, Kim Seojun saw it.

“A-A Thunderclap? Is this really a Thunderclap?”

Major Jan Zabłocki was completely stunned as soon as he saw the Thunderclap.

To that extent, the Thunderclap was something almost inconceivable to those currently on active duty in space.

“H-How did something like this end up in a place like this? It shouldn’t even have been officially deployed yet!”

Furthermore, the Thunderclap had not yet entered mass production.

Even China operated only an extremely limited number of them, so encountering one on a battlefield was much more difficult than encountering a unicorn.

That was precisely why it happened.

“W-Wait.”

Major Jan Zabłocki’s expression changed.

He had intuitively understood why a state-of-the-art strategic weapon like that was on planet Amotia.

“Don’t tell me……?”

“That’s right. China brought it here to deal with the other headquarters on planet Amotia.”

Kim Seojun began explaining it to him.

“Furthermore, as you can see from the cannon, it uses a railgun. They’ve maximized its range even further. They didn’t modify it to fight the Mog. It’s obvious to anyone that it was prepared to attack headquarters.”

Afterward, Kim Seojun explained everything he had seen there.

When he heard that China had been researching a Lightweight-class Cyclops, Major Jan Zabłocki immediately reached a conclusion.

“There’s no doubt. China is carrying out something here. Something at the national level.”

The scale of the entire incident had reached a completely different dimension.

Upon realizing it, Major Jan Zabłocki’s mind descended into chaos.

Fear appeared on his face.

“If they’ve deployed a Thunderclap, that means China’s preparations are far from ordinary…… God.”

Naturally, China wasn’t stupid enough to simply throw a single Thunderclap onto planet Amotia and bet everything on that one card.

There was a high probability that, in addition to the Thunderclap, other extremely powerful forces were hidden throughout planet Amotia.

Firepower incomparably greater than anything they had revealed so far.

Furthermore, in the space age, moving that kind of military power was extremely simple.

If a country said that the Mog were interfering with resource extraction and that it would send troops and weapons to eliminate them, no one would object.

Rather, they lived in an era in which making large investments to fight the Mog was actively encouraged.

After all, the fewer Mog there were, the less effort and expense the other countries would also need to extract resources from that planet.

“Major Jan.”

Kim Seojun spoke to Major Jan Zabłocki, who seemed to be getting lost in his thoughts.

“The Thunderclap is now in our hands. That means this Thunderclap’s railgun can no longer be aimed at us.”

As soon as he heard that, Major Jan Zabłocki’s gaze changed.

He nodded.

“And the best thing we can do right now is modify this Thunderclap so that we can use it ourselves. I need to ask you for two things. First, remove the Thunderclap’s location tracking system.”

“That will take some time.”

“Then, if you can get a manual, get one. Even if it’s only for some Chinese battle tank.”

Major Jan Zabłocki nodded.

“I’ll search the headquarters database to check whether we have any related manuals. I’ll start immediately.”

Major Jan Zabłocki got to work.

Approximately ten minutes later, he spoke with a joyful expression.

“Fortunately, we had a manual for Chinese battle tanks!”

“How did you get it?”

“Two years ago, China tried to pressure our government into buying their battle tanks. We came very close to acquiring them, so they even provided us with a prototype and a manual. Later, it was discovered that four of our ministers, those fucking bastards, had accepted bribes and the contract was canceled…… In any case, fortunately, the manual remained in our database.”

The manual they obtained that way was immediately handed over to Private First Class Park Boseop.

Afterward, Park Boseop climbed into the Thunderclap and began performing all kinds of tests.

“How is it?”

After moving the Thunderclap several times, Park Boseop replied.

“Uh…… well, to be honest, I’m confused right now.”

“Confused?”

At that answer, Kim Seojun thought the vehicle must be difficult to operate, but Park Boseop spoke with an expression of genuine confusion.

“It’s just that I can’t believe the Chinese made this.”

“What do you mean?”

“It’s too well made. So well that it’s impressive. To be honest, I always thought anything with wheels made by the Chinese was garbage. Even their cars look really nice on the outside, but inside they’re fucking garbage, sir. Without a single exception. And when you drive them, everything from the controls to absolutely everything else feels like garbage…… but the Thunderclap is different.”

“In a good way?”

“Yes. It’s really well made. The interface is simple, and above all, the controls feel incredibly good. It’s not like I’m an expert in this field, but the Chinese definitely didn’t make this. The Chinese can make powerful weapons, but they could never make something like this.”

As soon as he heard that, Kim Seojun’s expression hardened.

If there really was some entity involved in the development of the Thunderclap and China’s other weapons, that meant the Chinese weapons they would encounter in the future would be extremely powerful.

And throughout history, whenever China had begun exercising its power, it had never ended up being anything good for humanity.

“That’s good news.”

Regardless of that, knowing that they could operate the Thunderclap was good news.

Only one thing remained.

“But Sergeant Kim Seojun, this thing’s main weapon is a railgun. Have you ever used one?”

Kim Seojun would have to adapt to a new weapons system.

And that was, in fact, quite problematic.

“No.”

During his years on active duty, Kim Seojun had used an enormous variety of weapons.

He had even ridden as the copilot of a fighter, an aerial combat vehicle, and used its weapons.

But he had never used a railgun.

For starters, a railgun wasn’t the kind of weapon that a Space Marine deployed directly on the ground would use.

It was a weapon normally used on space combat ships.

Furthermore, the operating principle of a railgun was completely different from that of conventional cannons or Gauss weapons.

It was like telling someone who knew how to drive a car that, since they were good at driving, they should try operating an excavator.

In that situation, Kim Seojun only had one thing he could rely on.

‘I can only hope that ability works with the railgun too.’

And finally, the moment came to check.

Six days after returning to the Polish headquarters, Major Jan Zabłocki spoke.

“We’ve removed all the location tracking devices. We’ve also finished painting it. We can now conduct operational tests outside.”

As soon as he finished speaking, Park Boseop and Kim Seojun immediately got moving to operate the Thunderclap.

Rrrrrumble!

For starters, there was no problem with driving it.

“Wow, compared to our Black Panther, this thing is a sedan, a sedan! I think I could even drift with this!”

More than merely having no problems, Park Boseop, seated in the driver’s position, adapted to the Thunderclap with surprising speed.

Furthermore, the performance displayed by the Thunderclap was on a completely different level from the battle tank they had used previously.

For starters, it was light.

At the same time, it had high power output, so it was extremely fast.

And the most surprising thing was that, despite all that, it produced far less noise.

“God! Wow, wow, wow! How the hell can a battle tank move better than a military truck!?”

While Park Boseop marveled at and adapted to the vehicle, Kim Seojun also began preparing.

He grabbed the railgun controls and prepared to fire.

Then he saw it.

“Uh, Sergeant Kim, how is it? Do you think you can do it?”

“No problem.”

“What?”

“There’s absolutely no problem.”

A red light extended from the end of the railgun’s barrel.

And as soon as he saw it, Kim Seojun felt slightly dizzy.

‘How far does this go?’

That red light extended to a distance he couldn’t even calculate.

That was how absurd the range of the Thunderclap’s railgun was.

But instead of being pleased by it, Kim Seojun felt a chill run down his spine.

What would have happened if China had attacked the Polish headquarters with a battle tank force spearheaded by the Thunderclap?

Would they really have been able to respond properly?

‘China is preparing something huge.’

At that moment, Kim Seojun once again thought about a matter he had been trying to push out of his mind until then.

‘Why a Cyclops?’

What was China trying to discover by researching a Lightweight-class Cyclops?

In truth, Kim Seojun already had a rough idea of the answer.

The Cyclops performed only one function within the Mog species.

Giving orders to attack and retreat.

Gulp!

And that fact sent an even more intense chill down Kim Seojun’s spine.

‘……If it’s a Lightweight-class Cyclops, it could practically control the other Cyclops.’

Because he already had the answer.

‘It’s possible that China was trying to control the Mog.’

They intended to turn the Mog into weapons.

And that wasn’t the first time they had tried.

‘It also happened with the Queen.’

China had denied it, but when they researched the Queen, everyone had assumed that they were studying her ability.

The ability to subjugate the Mog and use them as subordinates.

For Kim Seojun, whose only desire was to return safely to Earth, that represented one of the worst possible scenarios.

However, Kim Seojun didn’t complain.

‘I’ll make it back alive no matter what.’

During his years on active duty, he had already experienced countless times that complaining changed absolutely nothing.

Furthermore, Kim Seojun knew what he had to do to survive.

‘We have to form an alliance against China.’

It was then.

— Sergeant Kim Seojun! Sergeant Kim Seojun!

Lee Hyena’s voice echoed inside the Thunderclap.

She, who was waiting at headquarters, spoke.

— We just received an urgent request.

“What kind of request?”

— A request has come from the American headquarters.

As soon as he heard that, Kim Seojun felt slightly dizzy.

“Did you just say the United States?”

— That’s right.

The United States, which possessed the largest force on planet Amotia after China, was asking another country for help?

That meant this wasn’t an ordinary situation.

“What’s the situation?”

— It’s a rescue request.

As soon as he heard that it was a rescue request, Kim Seojun’s expression changed.

“Don’t tell me the American headquarters was destroyed?”

— That’s right.

At that moment, Kim Seojun had already reached a conclusion.

Even if they responded to that request, there was nothing they could do.

They wouldn’t gain anything.

What could they do against a legion of Mog overwhelming enough to destroy the American headquarters?

Then Lee Hyena spoke.

— I think we should respond to this rescue request.

“What’s the reason?”

— The person who sent the rescue request is Jennifer Jo.

As soon as he heard that name, Kim Seojun understood.

“You mean that Jennifer Jo, Doctor Space’s granddaughter?”