A Space Marine Got a Status Window

As soon as he discovered that the Minimap could even display the location of mines, Kim Seojun immediately headed toward the Chinese headquarters.

It wasn’t difficult.

‘Precisely because they trust the mines so much, surveillance in that area will be lighter.’

From the perspective of the Chinese headquarters, they couldn’t even imagine that someone could cross an area filled with mines while avoiding every single one.

Furthermore, Kim Seojun wasn’t simply advancing normally.

He moved using Stealth and, when necessary, used Teleport.

It took him less than ten minutes to approach the Chinese headquarters base.

The problem came afterward.

When he had previously attacked the secret Chinese headquarters, the internal security had been poor, and since his objective from the beginning had been to cause chaos, he had started shooting as soon as he entered.

He hadn’t cared at all whether he was discovered.

But now it was different.

He had to enter, find the nuclear weapons, and seize them.

‘Stealth has 20 minutes left.’

Accomplishing all of that in the mere twenty minutes remaining was practically impossible.

Furthermore, to use Stealth again, he would have to wait three hours.

In other words, Kim Seojun needed to find somewhere to remain hidden for three hours.

‘I have to go to the arsenal.’

The most suitable place for that was the arsenal, where all kinds of weapons were stored, including armored vehicles and ammunition.

After entering, Kim Seojun climbed into the passenger seat of one of the numerous military trucks there, specifically one that was being repaired, and remained completely motionless.

Shortly afterward, Stealth deactivated.

That was extremely dangerous.

If his identity was discovered, every Space Marine and Psyker at the Chinese headquarters would immediately come to capture him.

For someone who remained hidden, that should have been enough to make not only his mouth, but even his blood run dry.

However, Kim Seojun was different.

He was tense, but not to that extent.

The reason was simple.

‘This reminds me of when I had to stay hidden for five hours in the incubator.’

Compared to what Kim Seojun had experienced in the past, this was practically paradise.

Furthermore, the only thing he had lost at that moment was Stealth.

His capabilities still remained at an extraordinary level.

Even if he ended up fighting there, Kim Seojun was confident that he wouldn’t be defeated easily.

And even if that happened, he could take advantage of the situation.

If he destroyed everything in the arsenal, the Chinese headquarters would have enormous difficulty continuing the war.

Furthermore, Kim Seojun had that.

‘Just by looking at the Minimap, I can tell if someone is approaching me.’

He possessed an ability that would allow him to detect faster than ever if someone approached.

‘I can even zoom in.’

In fact, although the Minimap couldn’t expand its range beyond a three-kilometer radius, it did allow him to zoom in.

‘Hm?’

Kim Seojun’s tension began to increase when the arsenal suddenly fell silent.

Until just moments ago, the mechanics at the Chinese headquarters had been working without pause, inspecting and repairing battle tanks and other weapons, transporting ammunition, and preparing for war.

But suddenly, they all stopped.

Rrrrrumble!

Amid that silence, the sound of wheels rolling could be heard.

Kim Seojun carefully turned his gaze toward the place the sound was coming from.

Then he saw it.

A huge black box.

A box two meters wide, two meters long, and two meters high.

At a glance, it was obvious that it was something extraordinary.

That was why Kim Seojun immediately understood what it was.

‘A nuclear weapon.’

When Major Lin Jiayi declared that they would use nuclear weapons, everyone present at the Chinese headquarters was shocked.

And they thought.

‘Does she really intend to launch them?’

They believed the nuclear weapons would never actually be used.

And it was understandable.

Launching a nuclear weapon, especially against another country rather than against the Mog, wasn’t something trivial.

Even if they eventually used one, they believed it would be much later.

After all, before resorting to nuclear weapons, Major Lin Jiayi had clearly demanded a declaration of surrender.

That meant she would wait until the headquarters of the other countries on planet Amotia surrendered!

There was no reason to launch them immediately.

“Prepare the nuclear weapons.”

“What?”

“Prepare the nuclear weapons so we can launch them immediately.”

However, on the third day after declaring that they would use nuclear weapons, Major Lin Jiayi ordered preparations for their use to begin.

And that wasn’t all.

“The first target will be the Indian headquarters.”

She had even immediately chosen a target.

Everyone was horrified by that.

Major Lin Jiayi spoke to them.

“Our objective is to exterminate all the survivors on this planet.”

From the beginning, Major Lin Jiayi had never intended to leave those who surrendered alive.

She had played the nuclear weapons card solely to change the course of the situation.

Since they couldn’t continue simply taking attacks, she had decided to bring out the most powerful weapon they possessed and use it to demonstrate that no one should provoke them.

At the same time, she thought.

“The problem with nuclear weapons is that very few people have experienced their effects.”

Nuclear weapons were so powerful that everyone feared them, but very few people truly knew the magnitude of that power.

That was why a verbal threat alone wasn’t enough to create true terror.

They needed a result that everyone could see with their own eyes.

In that sense, the Indian headquarters was an excellent target.

India had a population comparably enormous to China’s, possessed a gigantic base, and ranked fourth among the largest forces on planet Amotia.

As soon as a nuclear weapon fell there, the headquarters of the other countries would be paralyzed by fear, unable to do anything.

And that fear wasn’t directed only toward other countries.

“I’ll say it again. There will be no second warning. Prepare to launch the nuclear weapon.”

“What? Yes!”

At Major Lin Jiayi’s words, none of her subordinates questioned her again.

Now they understood it down to their bones.

Their commander was someone who existed in a completely different dimension from what they had imagined.

Upon sensing that fear, Major Lin Jiayi finally felt calm return to her mind.

“We have moved three Yuguang units to the arsenal.”

From that moment onward, she received reports every ten minutes on all progress related to Yuguang, China’s state-of-the-art nuclear weapon.

“We have removed the Yuguang from their containers and begun preparations.”

“We are checking the functions of the Yuguang.”

“Yuguang One, no problems. Yuguang Two, no problems. Yuguang Three, no problems.”

Every time she received one of those reports, a smile appeared on Major Lin Jiayi’s lips.

“We have completed all preparations necessary to use them.”

As soon as she received that report, Major Lin Jiayi prepared herself.

“Everyone, remain on standby.”

Now all that remained was to prepare to launch those incredibly powerful nuclear weapons against the Indian headquarters.

In reality, there was nothing else left to prepare.

While the Yuguang were being configured, Major Lin Jiayi had ordered her subordinates to determine the coordinates of the Indian headquarters and complete every measure necessary to launch the nuclear weapons.

Only one thing remained.

Give the order.

“Execute the operation.”

And she didn’t hesitate.

Without caring in the slightest that, because of an order from her, thousands or even tens of thousands of people were about to face death, she spoke.

“Execute the operation.”

As soon as she uttered those words, she heard a voice.

“I-It’s an emergency!”

“What happened?”

“T-The Yuguang have been stolen!”

“What?”

As soon as Kim Seojun returned, his group fled from there at full speed.

“Is that true?”

When they heard what had happened from Kim Seojun, everyone showed surprised expressions.

“Those crazy Chinese bastards were really going to launch a nuclear weapon?”

For starters, they were surprised that China had actually intended to launch a nuclear weapon and that it hadn’t been a mere threat.

If Kim Seojun had taken a little longer to make his decision, they might have already witnessed the launch of a nuclear weapon.

Naturally, that would no longer happen.

Everyone calmed their startled hearts.

Shortly afterward, Kim Seojun’s group reached an area outside the surveillance range of the Chinese headquarters.

There, Kim Seojun showed them what he had obtained.

“Jo Yihyeon, this is the nuclear weapon I got.”

“Huh?”

As soon as Kim Seojun took the nuclear weapon out of his Inventory, everyone was surprised.

“It’s smaller than I imagined.”

The first thing that surprised them was its size.

The nuclear weapons everyone imagined were enormous missiles equipped with large rockets.

However, what Kim Seojun had taken out looked more like a box than a missile.

“My God, this is a Yuguang!”

Jo Yihyeon, on the other hand, immediately recognized what it was and exclaimed in surprise.

“It’s a nuclear weapon the Chinese developed recently!”

Then, before they could even ask her, she began explaining it.

“It’s designed so that it can be launched using any type of projectile! Its power isn’t very different from other nuclear weapons of the same size, but this container is special.”

“What exactly does that mean?”

“It means…… Ah, I know. They can even put it in a railgun and fire it!”

As soon as they heard that explanation, everyone understood.

Now they understood why China had modified the Thunderclap to turn it into a railgun.

“Uh, then does that mean Sergeant Kim now has the means to launch it too?”

And they also understood that all the preparations China had made had ended up in Kim Seojun’s hands.

At that point, everyone fell silent.

Kim Seojun didn’t say anything either.

Naturally, what they had to do was clear.

‘We have to eliminate the Queen.’

Now that they had a weapon capable of eliminating the Queen in their hands, they had to use every possible means to accomplish it.

That was why Kim Seojun began mentally searching for a method.

In truth, finding the method itself wasn’t difficult.

The Queen had to be hidden somewhere in the caves inside the rocky mountain, in that anthill-like labyrinth.

And although a nuclear weapon was extremely powerful, it didn’t have enough power to eliminate a Queen hidden deep underground.

In short, they would have to make their way through that labyrinth, find the place where the Queen was located, and then use the nuclear weapon.

It was then.

“Hey.”

Noah Winston opened her mouth.

“It seems to me that your sergeant is imagining a completely absurd scenario.”

At her words, Park Boseop and Major Lee Hyena looked at Kim Seojun.

As soon as their gazes met through their helmets, both of them were horrified.

“Sergeant Kim, you can’t do that!”

“No way. That’s insane.”

“Huh?”

Jo Yihyeon, who was examining the Yuguang from different angles, asked in surprise.

“Uh, what’s wrong?”

At her question, Noah Winston responded.

“The Korean over there is preparing an operation to enter the rocky mountain and personally deliver the nuclear weapon to the Queen.”

“What?”

Jo Yihyeon let out a laugh.

“Come on, there’s no way……”

Then her gaze met Kim Seojun’s.

Jo Yihyeon stopped smiling.

“……Really?”

Kim Seojun spoke to the four of them, who were staring at him in horror.

“I was only considering it.”

Naturally, the mere fact that he had considered it was already enough to horrify them.

Kim Seojun continued.

“I have no intention of putting it into practice immediately. Realistically, the chances of success are too low. They’re below ten percent.”

Noah Winston let out an incredulous laugh.

“Below ten percent? That means if they’d been ten percent, you would’ve tried it.”

Kim Seojun didn’t respond to Noah Winston’s words.

Because it was true.

Although not at ten percent, if the chances had been around twenty percent, Kim Seojun really would have considered attempting that operation.

It wasn’t strange.

Among the operations Kim Seojun had carried out during his active service, quite a few had had single-digit chances of success.

In any case, even from Kim Seojun’s perspective, simply entering the Queen’s nest made no sense.

“To increase our chances of success, we have to attack the Queen’s nest and draw out the Mog inside.”

In the end, they would have to carry out a large-scale operation.

“The forces of the Polish headquarters won’t be remotely enough……”

And to accomplish that, the countries on planet Amotia would have to form an alliance and act together.

“But there’s no way the others will agree.”

However, at that moment, when every headquarters was busy searching for a way to survive, there was no possibility that they would respond to Kim Seojun’s request for support.

It wouldn’t help to tell them either.

“If we don’t attack the Queen, we’ll all die!”

“It would be wonderful if humanity had enough unity to overcome a crisis by everyone working together, but we all know how things are, don’t we?”

Until then, humanity had never managed to properly unite even once in the face of a crisis threatening the entire species.

Because that was human instinct.

That was why there had always been only one way to unite people like that.

Subjugate them through overwhelming force!

“The fall of the American headquarters was too great a blow. If it were at least still intact, maybe we could have done something.”

Currently, only two countries on planet Amotia possessed the capability necessary to do something like that.

China and the United States.

One of them had already disappeared.

And from the other, they couldn’t even dare to expect help.

It was then.

While listening to Noah Winston, Kim Seojun seemed to remember something and spoke to everyone.

“There’s something I want to try.”

When Kim Seojun’s group departed for the Chinese headquarters, they hadn’t explained the situation in detail to Major Jan Zabłocki.

They knew why.

They would only make Major Jan Zabłocki worry unnecessarily.

Thanks to that, Major Jan Zabłocki was able to avoid worrying too much when Kim Seojun’s group departed.

Naturally, that didn’t mean the situation was calm.

Rather, he was going through busier days than ever.

The reason was simple.

All the national headquarters still surviving on planet Amotia were discussing among themselves how to respond to the Chinese headquarters’ demand for surrender.

Naturally, the response of most was simple.

“Has a transmission arrived from the British headquarters?”

“Yes.”

“What are they saying?”

“They propose that we surrender together to the Chinese headquarters and cooperate.”

Naturally, most national headquarters intended to surrender.

They had no alternative.

The Chinese headquarters currently possessed the largest force on planet Amotia.

And furthermore, it had nuclear weapons.

Under those circumstances, they couldn’t expect even the slightest assistance capable of stopping the Chinese headquarters.

Deep down, they all wanted to surrender immediately.

Even so, there was a simple reason why they still hadn’t declared their surrender.

“If those British bastards want to surrender, why don’t they do it alone? Why do they want us to surrender together with them?”

“It’s just…… they want us to surrender to the Chinese headquarters first and then convince them to surrender as well…… They say they’ll never forget this favor.”

If they simply bowed their heads without any justification, their positions could be endangered in the future.

That was why everyone was desperate to find some convincing pretext to surrender.

“Those British bastards really never change.”

Major Jan Zabłocki let out a sigh at that.

Because he knew.

‘Even in a situation like this, Sergeant Kim is risking everything to save humanity on planet Amotia.’

It was then.

“Sergeant Kim Seojun’s group has returned!”

Kim Seojun’s group had returned from their mission.

Major Jan Zabłocki immediately went out to meet them.

“Major Jan.”

And when they met, Kim Seojun spoke.

“I want to form an alliance to attack the Queen’s nest.”

Major Jan Zabłocki opened his eyes in surprise upon hearing that.

“Do you think that will be possible? Everyone will reject the proposal.”

“Give and take. Tell them that those who join the alliance will receive our support.”

“Support?”

At that question, Kim Seojun responded.

“Tell them we’ll provide them with a nuclear umbrella.”