A Space Marine Got a Status Window

There were many different species of Mog, and even at that very moment, new species continued to be discovered.

And among those species were some that were extremely problematic.

The most representative example was the Behemoth.

A creature that, merely by appearing, could alter the very structure and terrain of a planet was practically a natural disaster.

Although they didn’t reach the level of a Behemoth, there were also individuals capable of pushing humanity to the brink.

“If they’re talking about a Ghost Bat…… do they mean that Ghost Bat?”

The Ghost Bat was one of them.

For starters, the Ghost Bat could fly like a bat and possessed extraordinary flight capabilities.

And that ability was extremely problematic because of the difficulty involved in using fighters.

The more advanced a fighter was, the more it depended on various systems, including radar. However, due to the particular conditions of each planet, there weren’t many places suitable for operating fighters.

Planet Amotia was no exception.

In a place where even wireless communications could become unstable depending on the circumstances, operating fighters involved too many risks.

That was why, when it was truly necessary to deal with an aerial problem, they normally requested support from the space warships waiting in space.

The problem was that, at that moment, planet Amotia couldn’t receive proper support from the space warships.

And that wasn’t all.

“Is it the one that spits out those Corrosion Bugs?”

The Ghost Bat expelled from its body the Corrosion Bugs it raised inside itself, and those Corrosion Bugs caused devastating damage to most of the metals used by humanity.

Their effect was comparable to pouring water over foam.

Naturally, they were also extremely effective against the human body.

One of the few things that suffered less from their effects was Behemoth scales, and that was precisely why Agent Suits were manufactured using an alloy that incorporated Behemoth scales.

“And it has Stealth capability?”

However, the most problematic thing was that the Ghost Bat possessed Stealth capability.

During the day, it was still possible to distinguish it slightly, but at night, it was impossible to detect its presence with the naked eye.

Not even thermal cameras could detect it.

The reason was unknown.

But, for starters, in a space age where Prophet’s artifacts existed and Psykers had appeared, asking ‘why?’ was meaningless.

In any case, for those reasons, the Space Marines had nicknamed the Ghost Bat the “battle tank killer.”

At the same time, space law established that, as soon as one was discovered, a warning had to be issued to every country established on that planet.

“Isn’t it a very difficult creature to encounter?”

“That’s right.”

Ghost Bats weren’t creatures that could be easily encountered.

“Even I’ve only seen five.”

Even Kim Seojun, who had been through all kinds of hell and had even seen two Behemoths, had only encountered Ghost Bats five times on the battlefield.

“What? Sergeant Kim, you’ve seen five?”

“……Sergeant Kim, what kind of military service did you have exactly?”

“My God, you really saw five?”

Naturally, for the three people present, that was enough to leave them dumbfounded.

Kim Seojun responded to their reactions.

“Let’s summarize the situation. A Ghost Bat has appeared, and considering that the Japanese headquarters detected its presence, that means it has already begun attacking humanity. In a situation where we can’t receive support from space warships, if we leave the Ghost Bat roaming free, the survivors on planet Amotia will inevitably suffer considerable damage.”

At those words, everyone’s expressions hardened.

They understood.

They knew what Kim Seojun was going to say.

“That’s why we need to deal with it as soon as possible.”

He said exactly the words they expected.

And their expressions hardened even further.

Naturally, hunting a Ghost Bat would be a much fiercer and more dangerous battle than anything Kim Seojun’s group had experienced up to that point.

“Uh, Sergeant Kim, I think it’s too dangerous.”

Even for Kim Seojun, who had achieved incredible results until then, it was questionable whether he could easily hunt a Ghost Bat.

“Doesn’t the Ghost Bat fly? Shooting down something that flies is on a completely different level of difficulty.”

In particular, a Ghost Bat was practically no different from a fighter.

Hitting it with a firearm or cannon was like trying to shoot a bullet through the eye of a needle.

“I know. Going to hunt the Ghost Bat right now would be too dangerous. That’s why I don’t intend to hunt it.”

“What?”

At everyone’s confusion, Park Boseop asked.

“Then what do you intend to deal with?”

“The Chinese headquarters.”

Major Lin Jiayi.

After visiting the Chinese headquarters and returning to the secret headquarters, what awaited her was an absurd report.

“The secret headquarters was attacked, the Thunderclap was stolen, and the Lightweight-class Cyclops is dead?”

When she heard that report, Major Lin Jiayi didn’t ask whether they were playing with her.

She looked directly into the eyes of the person who had delivered the report and, at that instant, understood that he wasn’t lying.

She also knew that scolding her subordinates or kicking them in the shins wouldn’t improve the situation.

Furthermore, this was extremely serious.

What was happening on planet Amotia was an operation in which the Chinese Communist Party had invested enormous effort.

It wasn’t something intended to end after a single operation, but a plan to write a new history worthy of the space age!

And now that operation had suffered a critical setback?

Major Lin Jiayi didn’t waste time thinking.

Nor did she wonder why it had happened.

Regardless of the process, her job was to achieve the intended result.

And to accomplish that, the first thing she had to do was relocate the headquarters.

“Move everything here to the Chinese headquarters.”

Now that the existence of the secret base had been discovered and its defenses had been breached, remaining there would be foolish.

“Colonel Wang Lei.”

“Major Lin Jiayi, what’s going on? I heard you’re moving everything here!”

Unlike the previous time, Wang Lei enthusiastically welcomed Major Lin Jiayi’s return.

It was inevitable.

‘Something went wrong!’

The fact that Major Lin Jiayi had returned like that meant her plan had suffered a major setback!

‘This is my chance to recover.’

And that also meant Major Lin Jiayi would have no choice but to bow her head to Colonel Wang Lei and ask him for help.

‘I’ll make you pay for daring to look down on me.’

Naturally, Colonel Wang Lei had no intention of letting that situation pass without taking full advantage of it.

He intended to use that opportunity to help Major Lin Jiayi, make her owe him an enormous debt, and later use that debt as a pretext to take advantage of her.

She intended to turn it into leverage against her.

“Colonel Wang Lei, I have something to ask of you.”

“Anything! Just tell me what you need!”

“I can’t explain the details of the situation, but a problem has arisen. That’s why I now need the absolute support of the Chinese headquarters on planet Amotia.”

“Of course! I’ll do anything within my power!”

‘Hehehe!’

As he answered, a future more promising than ever unfolded in Colonel Wang Lei’s mind.

Obtaining leverage over a powerful figure from the Space Peace Committee?

That meant a future of unstoppable success awaited him!

That was why he spoke in a more cheerful voice than ever.

“Then what do you need me to say?”

“It won’t be easy.”

“I’m willing to give my life for our people!”

At that answer, Major Lin Jiayi smiled more broadly than ever.

“I won’t forget the devotion you have toward the People’s Republic of China.”

“Hm?”

The instant Colonel Wang Lei sensed that something was wrong and reacted, it happened.

Bang!

With the sound of a gunshot, Colonel Wang Lei fell backward.

After eliminating him with a single shot, Major Lin Jiayi summoned the officers of the Chinese headquarters and spoke.

“Colonel Wang Lei has committed suicide. From this moment onward, all authority over this place has been delegated to me.”

Naturally, the officers of the Chinese headquarters didn’t believe those words.

After all, if there was one person on the entire planet Amotia who would never commit suicide, it was Colonel Wang Lei.

Therefore, what had happened was obvious.

So they all bowed their heads.

“Yes, ma’am!”

In any case, there wasn’t a single person who sincerely respected and followed Colonel Wang Lei.

Above all, considering that Major Lin Jiayi possessed far more power than Colonel Wang Lei, no one would dare refuse to bow their head to her.

In that way, Major Lin Jiayi took control of the Chinese headquarters in an instant.

And around that time, another commotion arose.

Someone identifying herself as Jennifer Jo had publicly revealed the secret experiments China was conducting.

Naturally, most people didn’t believe her words.

In fact, as soon as that transmission spread, most of the bases scattered across planet Amotia thought the same thing.

Some American survivor trapped in a bunker had panicked and finally started spouting nonsense.

They already considered her dead.

However, Major Lin Jiayi thought differently.

“From now on, we have only one objective.”

As soon as she heard that transmission, she gathered all the officers and spoke.

“Eliminate everyone on planet Amotia. Don’t leave a single person alive.”

The officers were horrified.

That was on a completely different level from a declaration of war.

If a declaration of war meant, literally, starting a war, eliminating all the survivors on a planet was comparable to the massacre of Jews perpetrated by Germany at Auschwitz during World War II.

It was inevitable to fear the consequences of something like that.

“U-Uh, Major…… th-that won’t be easy.”

Furthermore, it was an extremely difficult task.

“S-Shouldn’t we leave troops behind to protect the headquarters?”

At that moment, planet Amotia couldn’t expect to receive support from space and, furthermore, there was a Queen there.

Under such circumstances, mobilizing their forces to attack other headquarters was too dangerous.

Major Lin Jiayi responded.

“Don’t worry about the headquarters. The Mog won’t attack this place.”

The officer was surprised by those words.

Was something like that possible?

However, regardless of his surprise, he still had another concern.

The Mog weren’t China’s only enemies in that place.

“U-Uh…… what do we do if another country comes to attack our headquarters?”

At that question, Major Lin Jiayi showed a sinister smile.

“Do you really think that, in this situation, there’s any human being left alive capable of thinking of something like that? Some lunatic like that?”

“Did you say we’re going to deal with the Chinese headquarters?”

As soon as they heard Kim Seojun’s words, everyone was dumbfounded.

Who could have imagined he would reach such a conclusion?

Kim Seojun, however, thought differently.

As soon as he heard about the Ghost Bat, a single thought had filled his mind.

They had to attack the Chinese headquarters.

The reason was simple.

“China controls the Mog. And it’s possible that the Ghost Bat is already under their control.”

After hearing that explanation, no one could object to the need to attack China.

“Sergeant Kim, it’s too dangerous.”

The problem was that, at that moment, the Chinese headquarters possessed the most powerful force on planet Amotia.

“China has far more troops deployed on planet Amotia than we can see.”

Even what was visible was nothing more than the tip of the iceberg.

And they intended to attack the Chinese headquarters?

It was practically suicide.

Kim Seojun knew that too.

No matter how much more powerful he had become in numerous ways, confronting the enormous forces of the Chinese headquarters was madness.

Furthermore, there was an extremely high probability that several powerful Psykers were at the Chinese headquarters.

“Yes, that’s right. And on top of that, the Chinese headquarters can even control the Mog.”

Above all, the Chinese headquarters possessed a special capability that allowed it to accomplish far more than its military forces alone could achieve.

“That’s precisely why the security at the Chinese headquarters is probably much weaker than we think.”

“What do you mean?”

Kim Seojun, on the contrary, had found a vulnerability there.

“Think about it. China can send the Mog toward any place it wants to eliminate and inflict devastating damage on it. That also means they can free themselves from the threat of the Mog.”

Upon hearing that, everyone who had been tilting their heads uncertainly until then ended up showing the same expression.

They all understood.

“Yes. Exactly. China has no reason to keep troops at its headquarters to defend against the Mog.”

It was entirely possible that the Chinese headquarters was as poorly defended as Kim Seojun claimed.

Kim Seojun added.

“If we go there and see that it isn’t feasible, we’ll simply come back.”

Kim Seojun had no intention of attacking the Chinese headquarters no matter what with the determination to fight to the death.

“Even just causing some chaos could considerably reduce China’s freedom of action.”

After all, what was terrifying about terrorism was that even causing little damage could provoke far greater fear than expected.

After hearing that explanation, no one raised any further objections.

They simply began to think.

How could they inflict as much damage as possible on the Chinese headquarters?

‘I have to help Sergeant Kim somehow.’

‘Whatever the mission is, I won’t allow Sergeant Kim to die before me.’

Park Boseop and Major Lee Hyena also began desperately thinking of some way to help Kim Seojun.

Of course, finding a solution wasn’t easy.

“Uh……”

In that situation, the first person to propose an answer was Jennifer Jo.

“Can I give my opinion?”

“Jennifer Jo, say whatever you want.”

“Uh…… instead of that name, just call me Jo Yihyeon. Actually, I’m more used to that name. Ah, right. That’s not important right now.”

Jo Yihyeon stopped halfway through her words, shook her head several times, and continued.

“What I mean is…… how about I tune them up a little?”

As soon as they heard that, the three of them showed confused expressions.

Seeing them, Jo Yihyeon explained.

“Ah, I mean that if you give me some time, I can properly tune the machines you have right now. That’s my specialty.”

“How much can you improve them?”

“Uh…… it depends on the machine, but if you let me tune the Wulong, I can increase its power by around thirty percent compared to what it has now. Its durability will drop a little, but who cares? We can just repair it whenever necessary.”

“What?”

As soon as he heard that, Park Boseop exclaimed with an expression of absolute disbelief.

“I-Increase that thing’s power by another thirty percent?”

Park Boseop, who had dreamed of becoming a racing driver, knew better than anyone how absurd it was to increase a vehicle’s power by thirty percent.

Even someone who knew nothing about vehicles would understand how outrageous that figure was.

That was why Kim Seojun also asked.

“Jo Yihyeon, then could you also tune a battle tank?”

“The performance improvement depends on the model, but it isn’t impossible. As long as I have enough time and budget. Ah, if it’s a Black Panther, I can do it without any problems. I’ve worked with them quite a bit.”

Kim Seojun responded to her confident statement.

“It isn’t a Black Panther.”

“What? Then what is it?”

“A Thunderclap.”

“……What did you say?”

Jo Yihyeon was horrified when she heard the word Thunderclap.

And ten minutes later, she saw it with her own eyes.

“Shit, it really is a Thunderclap!”

Kim Seojun asked while she stood there dumbfounded.

“It’s equipped with a railgun. If you were to modify it, what kind of modifications could you make?”

“Choose.”

At that question, Jo Yihyeon raised two fingers.

“Do you want to increase the range or reduce the charging time?”