“Irrespective of their health condition, the military would accept anyone that applies. But, their screening test has a high fatality rate. If he dies, we can forget about receiving monetary support from his mother.” The voice of his aunt resounded through the earpiece as Rael sighed, ‘Her motive is still the same.’ The moment he slammed the door shut in anger and entered his room, Rael panted a little in exhaustion, took in a deep breath before approaching his study table, pulling out an earpiece from within. He placed it on his ear and switched it on, hearing his aunt’s voice. Of course, he was already used to her comments and her two-faced character. And, the reason for that was simple. His parents were researchers that had been posted on an Outpost to research a military secret. So, nothing about their work, apart from the fact that they are researchers was known to others. 

“Dad, you must get revenge for me.” Carrak bolted into a room and shouted, expressing his anger. “Who’s the enemy?” A calm and collected voice resounded as a man peeked over a stack of books. “Rael Rukh!” Carrak gritted his teeth, saying. “…” His father frowned, unable to recall who that was, turning around to gaze at the figure of his wife seated nearby. Sporting an expression of annoyance, she whispered, “It’s that sick classmate of his.” “Ah!” He nodded, controlling his urge to facepalm, ‘Such tantrum for a sick child.’ He sighed in disappointment, glaring at Carrak, “What has a sick child done to you now?” “He stabbed me!” Carrak shouted, showing his hand that had a tiny, insignificant injury, only realising n

“Damn!” Rael scowled, gazing at the ground below to see the recruit bleeding from his head, dead. Immediately, a bunch of creatures swarmed him, devouring him in a couple of seconds before vanishing.   “Oh, shit…” As he was about to scream in shock, Rael closed his mouth in a hurry, understanding that any sound that he produced would alert them.   He hurriedly inspected his tactical suit, wondering if he had any weapons to defend himself, worrying immediately upon seeing that there was only a medical kit rolled into the back pocket on his hip.   And within it, there was only gauze, a painkiller, and some antiseptic, nothing else.   As he felt around the tactical suit, he noticed a rectangular thingy within one of the pockets, taking it out to see that it was a rectangular screen, spanning a breadth of five centimetres and a length of four centimetres.   It was a transparent scree

[Mission 3: Reach the top of the evacuation tower in 60 minutes]   Katata!   Right as the details of the mission appeared, the sounds of helicopters resounded throughout the area, causing Rael to peek out through the window. There were many in the air, each positioned at equal distances to one another.   The closest helicopter to him landed on the helipad that was positioned atop a metal-railed building. It didn’t have any walls, just the metal rails.   It seemed there were such buildings in equal distances. And, as long as he managed to reach one of them, he would complete the task.   He had been dropped at the place during evening time. 24 hours had spanned after that, but it was still in the middle of the night. This Outpost planet had a shorter rotation, so the day and night switched quickly.   If not for the powerful beam of lights unleashed by the helic