Chapter 54 – MetaCraft Cybernetics (1)

Through the emergency call line, information on facilities registered there can be briefly obtained.

‘MetaCraft Cybernetics’

This is a defense industry that develops technology related to virtual reality.

However, the beginning of the study was pornography.

Tamco, the parent company, had Korea’s top adult webtoon & web novel platform, and as technology developed, it attempted to move it to virtual reality.

If it succeeds, it will be able to achieve a tremendous business model by utilizing the vast amount of adult webtoons and adult web novels it has.

Not to mention VR, even a service that links to the human brain and experiences it as if it were real in a virtual space.

Isn’t it fantastic just imagining it?

It is to directly enter the main character in scenes that were excited just by looking at them as images or text.

Just like virtual reality, you can feel the touch, warmth, and even orgasm.

Indeed, the realm of dreams that many men have longed for for a long time!

Of course, this is easy to say, but hard to actually implement.

Even if you don’t know VR with the current technology, assimilation with virtual reality such as the matrix has now caught some clues.

However, when researching science, there are times when congos fall in an unexpected direction.

Among the Nobel Prize winners, those who have been awarded in that way are one truck.

Tamco’s virtual reality research has been sluggish, but in the meantime, it is said that it discovered a special derivative technology.

A newly established company to study it intensively is MetaCraft Cybernetics.

The personnel who researched the conventional metaverse technology are working as they are, but in reality, the Ministry of National Defense is funding and operating it.

As can be seen from the fact that it is a defense industry, it is presumed to be a combat technology worthy of attention in the military.

[So you want to go here?]

Artemis asked.

“It’s only 3km away, and it’s a place built on the outskirts of the city. I don’t know inside the facility, but there will be no infectious agents outside.”

[But you have no idea what’s going on here.]

“Looking at the succession record, this was a fairly high-level facility. The rank of defense commander is reserve major. If two stars were to protect a single research facility, it wouldn’t be a facility that deals with easy technology.”

The wartime reserve force mobilization system basically sets North Korea as a hostile force.

Therefore, something in that facility has high military value, and at the same time, it also means that it is material that should never fall into the hands of North Korea.

“It’s just close, and the surroundings are empty fields. Isn’t it too appetizing to just leave it alone?”

If you look at the map, you can reach your nose if you fall face down from the shelter.

[Certainly, even if you drive a vehicle or engage in a skirmish, the infected will not come from the surroundings. It’s good to escape if you have to.]

“Even if it’s not necessarily the technology the facility possesses, since it’s where the military bases and researchers used to be, you can also capture the equipment they had.”

It is not just a few contingents on the port and ferry during the maritime prison rescue operation.

Even though it was a reserve, it was a defense facility guarded by the general.

Whether it’s research equipment or military equipment, if you can reverse engineer it and get usable loot, that’s all.

[Operation plan?]

“Compared to the last rescue operation, it is much simpler. After launching the drones to secure the surroundings, drive to the destination and enter the research facility. Bring what you need and come out.”

[…

It’s the unspoken pressure that seems to be all there is to it. Even when I look at it, it’s an explanation as if I went somewhere to play.

“This is not a lifesaving operation, nor is it an infiltration operation. Shoot everything in sight and bring only what you need. Looking at the size of the facility, the number of residents is not likely to be that large, and it is highly likely that even that number was reduced due to engagements with the reserve forces.”

Compared to the complex conditions of operations that I have undergone during my active duty, these are in some ways attacker-friendly conditions.

“There is no possibility that the Infestation has planted booby traps or bombs around, and there is no way to make an attack difficult by holding civilians or children hostage. I’m not going to try to destroy classified data just because I found out about my intrusion. I have no intention of ignoring the danger of the infected, but there are no variables outside of combat.”

It’s much easier than the operations I did during my active duty days.

“Basically, the purpose is to research data and technology there, but if necessary, the facilities can be removed. Prepare a car with plenty of space.”

[Okay. I will maintain it like a brand new car.]

Next it’s time to meet Rose.

“No problem.”

Rose reported on the security when I left with my troops.

She greeted me with her android body. As always, he is dressed in a neat suit.

“Except for a little trouble at the beginning of the move-in, everyone is more obedient than expected.”

There may be several reasons for this attitude of the prisoners.

The environment here, where safety, food, clothing, and even medical care are guaranteed, is painful to say, and several additional factors have occurred.

The first is the women who suffered in the aftermath of an attack by a giant monster resembling a mantis lobster when the ferry sank.

These, Rose says, shuddered at the sight of her as she told her colleagues, and the scale was fleshed out and exaggerated as much as the horror she each felt.

I can only wonder how they further exaggerated the monster that rips the ferries apart with a few punches. Anyway, the more the fear of the outside is stimulated, the stronger this side’s control.

The second is that the ruthless suppression by the guards followed by the suppression of meals became an example.

The third and last was because of the announcement we made.

‘Sooner or later, we will conduct an aptitude test for all residents. Depending on how exemplary you follow the city rules and what capabilities you have, you will be entrusted with appropriate tasks. Pre-existing status is ignored for this test. If you show enough aptitude, you can appoint a former prisoner as the city’s security guard.’

It is said that aptitude or competence cannot be developed now, but an exemplary life can be done right away.

It is natural to want to be assigned a comfortable job, and some physically superior women dreamed of entering the police force and becoming a privileged class.

There were also women who went around correcting the rules of the prisoners, as if they wanted to score even a little bit.

It’s to the point of laughing when you see some groups walking in line with each other during mealtime.

Then it’s Chloe’s turn.

[Welcome, Administrator.]

She greeted me in the form of a hologram at the test site attached to the newly built weapons production facility.

Soon, they had to prepare to accept a large number of workers as workers, and were busy with their eyes and nose, such as the production of guns, ammunition, new drones, and vehicle repairs.

In a situation where I had to flash in the east and in the west, I couldn’t possibly stay inside the android’s body.

[Sorry, but I have a mission.]

Chloro said.

[Besides, I’m really looking forward to seeing so many workers come into my realm! If they work in a hot workshop, steam will rise from their bodies. There will be no men watching, someone will wipe the sweat from their brow and throw off their tops because they are hot. Your sweaty collarbones will be glistening, and your breasts will shake every time you exert yourself, and sweat will scatter.]

It’s a scene I want to see too.

[It’s obvious that the gloves, socks, and clothes you put out after a day’s work must have absorbed a lot of sweat. I’ll wash it all clean for them. Ah, just thinking about it makes me happy.]

Chloro was as excited as a child who was presented with a much-desired puppy. Although it may be a relationship that is not so different in some ways.

[Oh, look at my mind. I’ve been messing around for a long time.]

“It’s okay, because I know how much you’ve been expecting it.”

[Thank you, Administrator. We’ll show you right away.]

When Chloro gave a signal, one wall of the test site opened and six security robots entered.

All of them were armed with K2 rifles.

However, some improvements are visible.

First, the loading handle is made of much more durable material.

Even if a human squeezes and pulls, the fictitious blade is broken, but it is an essential measure to withstand robots with great strength in steel grip.

Second, parts of the top and bottom of the buttstock have been replaced with alloys.

In close combat, the power of striking with a butt plate will be even more powerful.

Lastly, the control lever was newly created so that the shooting mode can be easily changed with the thumb while in the aiming shooting position.

Since the thumb of the security robot was originally longer than a human’s, this part could be supplemented with a little adjustment.

A camera that shares the view with the robot is attached to the gun itself, and the function that achieves the same effect as shoulder-to-shoulder shooting even in a directed shooting position is a function that already existed.

“Do you have two bags each?”

If there’s something unusual about it, it’s that in addition to the gun he’s holding, he’s carrying more limited weapons on his back.

[This is for immediate response in situations such as gun damage, overheating, jamming, and sudden loss during close combat.]

If you can overcome the weight problem, it will be a solid insurance in case of emergency.

After that, the shooting was carried out, and the result was amazing.

The sound of 5.56mm NATO bullets can be heard everywhere.

Their muzzles did not shake the slightest as they fired with a single shot between the controls and in a directed shooting stance.

Each sign had only one hole.

After the first hole was pierced in the head, all the bullets went into it.

Of course, the hole got bigger and bigger as I missed it a little bit, but where is this?

Moreover, even if it was a single shot, the shooting interval was very short.

“Conduct a barrage of fire.”

[Order Received.]

The security robots responded in unison and poured out tremendous firepower in an instant.

The hole in the head of the sign increased rapidly as the group of hits widened, but it still did not go beyond the head.

Clap clap clap.

[Reload.]

It took less than a second to replace the robots’ ammunition sheaths.

The figure of someone came to mind in the bizarrely sophisticated hand movements.

“Is that Artemis’ work?”

[Yes. This is the 7th of 13 reload routines she sent. The others had quite a failure rate, but that one finished loading in 0.8 seconds with a 93% chance, and in 1.2 seconds if it failed.]

“Awesome.”

The maneuver shooting that followed was even more surprising.

It is different from the mobile shooting training in the military and the police, where you slowly move forward while keeping your aim.

The aim was jumping around so fast that it was exhilarating, and even when it moved diagonally and cut it off with a single shot, it recorded a considerable hit rate near the chest and head.

It is programmed to compensate for the muzzle shaking according to the direction and speed of movement to close to perfection.

[Do you want to shoot the manager?]

“Of course you should. I’m worried that my skills haven’t rusted.”

Rusty or not, I don’t have the confidence to shoot better than those robots.

[Combat soldier! Alpha 5!]

The robot handed me a gun in a controlled manner and said.

“You programmed everything.”

He smiled and started shooting after a long time.

Bang bang bang!

“Ah.”

[Ahaha.]

I’ll have to grab it from zero.