Jed was back in the cavern, dressed in his team’s white diving suit with grey linings on it. He waited for the water to fill up before it opened to the zero gravity diving pool.
Ricky stood on his right, panicking despite his earlier declaration. While on his left, Ryan the menace checked on his Lightlock, still disgruntled for his unexpected loss to Jed. Today, both of them had to be Jed’s little soldiers, just like the other five people in this team.
On the other side of the pool, Ellie Hawkins impatiently gripped her Lightlock. She had this unexplained anger directed at Jed, growing each day due to something he didn’t even know.
“I’ll explain the game’s rules now.” Captain Reed stated through the built in communication device. He wasn’t present in the cavern, but monitoring from the control room of the diving pool. “The game’s objective is to get your team into the opponent's cavern in thirty minutes
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Bucket List of the Apocalypse: Devour System 18. Heavenly Prize
He lost the game. No surprise.Jed knew fair well that he wasn’t meant to be a leader, nor a winner.Having a shooting fight against Ellie wasn’t as bad as he initially thought. He was more agile and had a great perception of where the obstacles were to use as his advantage. Furthermore, with Aerial Grace’s never ending effect, he could easily dodge her shots even in zero gravity area.Not only that, but the status points that only he could see from the floating white and blue panel told of his dexterity. It was pretty high, in his opinion. Apparently, it affected his ability to handle weapons, and in this case, the Lightlock. His final shot count almost caught up to Ellie’s stellar points, but he lacked the experience in fighting so he still lost.In the end, all of Ellie’s soldiers crossed the diving pool and into Team Crow’s cavern, while they shot at Ricky and Ryan who foolishly fell into their trap.At least
Bucket List of the Apocalypse: Devour System 19. Torture Chamber
A steel chair was bolted in the middle of a cold room with white tiles as walls. Two people were there. One was wearing a lab coat and knee-high boots, taking something from the black-mated rolling table with a frown on his old face. While the other was cuffed to the chair, dishevelled with lack of sleep and some bruises.It was Jed. He nodded off.But the man in a lab coat looked up and slapped him in the face. “Don’t sleep.”Jed’s eyes were blank with dark circles under. The lab-coated man pulled at his hair and flashed him with a light, jerking him to wakefulness.“To endure this level of torture for three days... “ the white-coated man wondered, lifting up a syringe with unknown liquid inside. “However, there’s sure to be a limit.”Jed couldn’t do anything but see as the white-coated man injected him with unknown drugs. “…ugh.”“I’ll ask again.&rdq
Bucket List of the Apocalypse: Devour System 20. Meersyn Coast Neutralization, Start!
True to what Max said, they did meet again the next day.Jed didn’t expect it to be so soon. He tried to shy away from meeting the strongest captain of the EADF’s eyes and walked past him without notice. That made him bumped into Captain Reed.“Watch with your eyes, soldier.”“S-sorry, Captain!”Henry Reed glared at him, but didn’t chastise him more than that. Instead, he asked, “Did your personal training with Captain Petrovich go well?”“What?”In his confusion, Jed turned to said captain and met his glare. He whipped his head around, refusing to meet Max’s eyes. So, that damn arrogant prick said he was having a personal training instead of torturing, huh?“Ah, that..” Jed chuckled, trying to play it off like nothing. “It went well. Though, I wonder why I receive that special treatment alone?”Captain Reed didn’t suspect anything. “You did a good job helping him during the last alien attack in his jurisdiction. It’s his way o
Bucket List of the Apocalypse: Devour System 21. Fighting Ghosts
The operation had started.From here on, they would give all their might to eradicate the alien monsters and reclaim the Meersyn Coast area.Jed was nervous before, but he was eerily calm once his thought was all about Devour. Which wasn’t entirely good, as he lost concentration right at the start and was almost being run over by a sharp-toothed fungi-like alien.“Get to the back, loser! You and your three percent are too far out in front!” Ryan Tanner shouted at him, his rifle firing shots at the smaller alien monster.“I’m four percent now!” Jed yelled back, heavily offended.Not far from their bickering, a senior soldier with curly hair commented, “For crying out loud, why do we have to babysit the rookies? At least, stand someplace out of our way and observe.”Both rookies heard it clearly through the communication device that also connected to their masks. It was bitter, but they have yet to prove anything of worth.“Listen up.”
Bucket List of the Apocalypse: Devour System 22. Tripping on Dreamy World
Fixing his mask for the ninth time, Jed made sure that it stayed on to cover his nose and mouth, preventing him from breathing the toxics.Strangely, the other soldiers still got their masks on, but they fell prey to the fungi-like alien monster and saw hallucinations. As far as he could see, he was the only soldier around who was still sane.Trying to reach the control room at the temporary base proved to be useless. Just like what Ricky said earlier, the communication was cut off without anyone even noticing. Could it be that they were deep in the alien’s hallucination to begin with?Meersyn's ruined city didn’t change in its environment, but how could Jed not realise it sooner?The freaking huge-ass fungi alien monster’s corpse had disappeared, leaving nothing but a crater as big as half a football field. The area Max destroyed by a single hit with his amped up warhammer.“Holy fucking shit…”“La
Bucket List of the Apocalypse: Devour System 23. Rewards for the Glutton
[Extraterrestrial cores detected.]Jed observed his surroundings.[Consume extraterrestrial core to activate Ultimate Skill – Devour.]The underground cave slowly being illuminated by the bioluminescent fungi alien monsters with an eerie, greenish glow. The air was thick with humidity and the pungent smell of decay.He was thankful that the Threxian Exosuit fully covered him, protecting him from the hallucinogens sprayed through the still air. Truly, the exosuit was a marvel of alien bio-engineering.Thousands of fungi-like alien monsters, each the size of a large dog, swarmed across the underground cave floor. Their chitinous shells glistened in the dim light, and their many eyes glowed with malevolent intent.“Time to clean the house,” Jed grinned, summoning a pink whip to his hand.[Item – Frogsbane Coil was drawn.]He flicked his wrist, feeling it crackled with energy as
Bucket List of the Apocalypse: Devour System 24. It’s Huge and Glows!
Instead of calling the main base for reinforcement, Jed became one.It was a dumb decision, he knew. But at the same time, he was vibrating with ecstasy to try some of the skills he gained. He was going to die anyway. Maybe seven months later, maybe this afternoon, because for all he knows, Captain Reed and Max would kill him for failing to do what he was ordered to.Either way, he was going to die, so why not try his skills and discover the joy of being a strong man for once?With that idiotic plan in mind, Jed closed his eyes and tried to feel his surroundings through his passive skill, Mycelial Sense. As if seeing them with his own eyes, he could sense better the vibration and movements through the alien corpses-covered ground.Captain Reed and Max had found the final boss. Jed had to get there quickly and release them from the hallucinations they were in, or else, they’d lose from exhaustion fighting air.Still covered by his Threxian Exo
Bucket List of the Apocalypse: Devour System 25. The Biggest Dickhead Mankind Ever Saw
The underground cave was a massive labyrinth of jagged rock formations and tangled smaller fungi monsters, brightly lit by the biggest dick mankind ever saw.Jed was clad in his Threxian Exosuit, dashing all over the place to escape the target painted behind his back. He had to get away from here, or fight against both Captain Reed and Max at the same time. He knew it’d be a long battle, for the alien spores still raining down the underground cave.Without warning, a burst of light erupted from a nearby tunnel, followed by the blast of Captain Reed’s shot converted from his synergy force.The protective glass-like material of Jed’s Threxian Exosuit flared to life, highlighting the incoming shot from Captain Reed’s gun. He jumped to the air, propelling himself behind a stalagmite for cover. The rock formation sizzled as the energy force struck it, sending shards of stone flying.Jed peeked from behind his cover, sp
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