Chapter 9
Translator: 549690339
Early the next morning.
The transition between day and night in the Suffering Borderland is not very obvious.
The sky at sunrise is almost as dark as before dawn, just with clearer clouds in the sky.
Noland Lee pretended to recite translations last night until late night, finally going to sleep amidst
Corporal Mars’ yawns.
He dreamed of catching a Charming Demon, one of those from the Japanese series.
He accumulated a lot of Energy Points, and used them all to deconstruct the Charming Demon.
Just as he was about to get the mysterious elixirs from the demon, the loud whistles in the camp
shattered his beautiful dream.
Noland Lee could only get up bitterly, put on his clothes, and eat hard noodles for breakfast with his
panda eyes.
Corporal Mars lifted the curtain and walked in, placing a set of relatively clean clothes on Noland Lee’s
bedside table:
“After breakfast, hurry up and put on this armored clothing. It provides some necessary protection and
is much more reliable than your Sin Soldier uniform. Be quick, we’re leaving soon.”
“Yes, Chief Officer.” Noland Lee asked:
“Where are we going?”
Corporal Mars moved to sit next to a chair, pulled out a roll of cigarette and sniffed it, but did not light it:
“We’re going to war against the undead army. The battlefield is Grave No.1079. Oh, I’ve been there
twice before, a full three-layer underground grave vault, each level with a huge area. This battle isnovelbin
definitely going to last all day.”
Noland Lee nodded silently, glanced at the roll of cigarettes in the other’s hand, and then lowered his
head to gnaw on the bread.
What was bound to come would come, just unexpectedly soon. Ah yes, the pun was intended.
“Jarvis, let me remind you.”
Corporal Mars leaned forward and said solemnly:
“In our army, only Sergeant Alvin Stafford and I know about Intelligence Department 4’s experimental
plan. Only we know your identity”
And the tall and slightly plump 19-year-old girl, she also knows my identity and mission… Noland Lee
interjected in his heart.
Corporal Mars did not know Noland’s thoughts and continued:
“You’re about to act with my squad. My teammates don’t know about your special mission, they’ll just
think you’re an ordinary Sin Soldier. You understand what I mean, right?
“They might be…well, rude and not take you seriously. Just don’t take it to heart. Once you complete
your mission, you’ll naturally gain their respect. Besides, I’ll try my best to look after you during the
battles and not let you die for no reason.”
“Thank you, Chief Officer.” Noland Lee sincerely nodded.
After eating, changing clothes and preparing to leave with the army.
Noland Lee met Corporal Mars’s squad members, five Private Second Class soldiers and one
Corporal.
Just as Corporal Mars said, the squad members didn’t treat Noland Lee nicely.
However, they couldn’t help but take a few looks at Noland Lee, attracted by his handsome face three
times more good-looking than ordinary people…
Ah ha, this damned charm~ It’s universally lethal to both men and women..
This should be the most useful thing left behind by the original master.
…
Tomb No.1079 is located about two kilometers west of the campsite.
It has a majestic and historical tomb entrance.
This entrance is composed of a stone arch made of square stone bricks, supplemented by a large
number of ground tiles and walls covered in mysterious carvings.
Upon entering this gloomy place, the light immediately darkened several degrees.
The sunlight outside seemed to be blocked by an invisible barrier, unable to illuminate the area inside
the entrance.
The flame from the coal lamp was also compressed and flattened by the mysterious force at the same
time, reducing its brightness from illuminating a ten-meter radius to only illuminating a five to six-meter
range.
If Noland Lee were an expert in the field of mysterious studies, he would certainly be able to express
some opinions on this peculiar optical phenomenon.
But unfortunately, he is not.
He could only follow the queue like a rookie, under the watch of the soldiers, and proceed slowly.
Imperial soldiers’ weapons and equipment were varied:
Short-barreled silenced rifles loaded with silenced bullets, box-shaped flamethrowers on their
shoulders, sharp knives with serrated edges, multi-purpose engineering hammers, armored clothing to
prevent sharp and blunt weapons, filter cartridge masks to block poison gas, etc.
Noland Lee could understand these things and their uses.
But… what was the caterpillar-like creature that had to be swallowed all at once?
This creature had an appearance similar to a caterpillar, with slender tentacles covering its body,
presenting a dark green color.
By wrapping it with the mouth and swallowing it completely, one could feel the stomach’s contractions
and see many small green protrusions, like goosebumps, quickly appear on the skin’s surface.
Each soldier swallowed a creature like this.
However, Noland Lee was forced to swallow as many as five, with five rows of green bumps emerging
on his arm.
It’s worth mentioning:
Not only was Noland Lee the only sin soldier in the army, but there were also three other sin soldiers.
These three looked unfamiliar to Noland, and he wasn’t sure if they had come on the same train as he
did yesterday.
…
The Imperial Army advanced deep into the tomb’s ground-level area.
It was quiet here, and there were no traces of the undead.
In a vast hall, Sergeant Alvin Stafford led the troops for a brief rest.
There were many reliefs on the walls of the hall, forming bizarre paintings.
The reliefs were destroyed by soldiers who had arrived here in the past, covered in scratches, chisel
marks, and burn marks, making it difficult to see their content.
A chandelier hanging from the ceiling of the hall sprayed white fumes, and it was a gas purification
device that cleaned the air inside the tomb.
Its gas delivery pipeline was arranged along the ceiling and walls, extending from the chandelier to the
corner, connecting to the three cylinder-shaped iron canisters.
These three iron canisters stored the reactants needed to produce gas.
Because of the white fumes, the air quality of the tomb’s ground-level area was not bad, and it could be
inhaled directly.
But near the staircase, the yellow-green toxic gas could clearly be seen, constantly rising from below,
mixing with the white fumes, attacking each other, just like the enemies engaged in combat.
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The reconnaissance squad now had its chance to shine.
There were four reconnaissance squads in the army, each with three sin soldiers, including the
newcomer Noland Lee, totaling four sin soldiers.
Noland Lee and the other three sin soldiers were assigned to the four reconnaissance squads,
becoming real front-line troops.
These four reconnaissance squads would go to the first underground level of the tomb through four
staircases.
Now, they were about to set off.
“Sin Soldier No. 888, you walk at the front.”
A private second class jabbed Noland in the waist with the barrel of his gun, pushing him forward
authoritably:
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Noland Lee touched his sore waist, glanced at the calm Corporal Mars, and turned his head to ask the
soldier who had just pushed him:
“Biochemical bait? What is that?”
The private, impatiently, explained:
“It’s the green bumps on your arm. They release a scent that attracts undead creatures, causing the
slow-reacting undead to awaken from their slumber faster, revealing their presence.”
Upon hearing this, Noland’s eyebrows twitched…
It turned out that sin soldiers played the role of “bait” in this reconnaissance mission, specifically to
attract the undead’s attention.
The private who spoke hardened his face and lifted his chin slightly:
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