Awakened as a Healer From a Previous Life

Chapter 82 Blackwork“This is an artifact recently developed by the Pentagon PRLA Lab. There is a growing trend of research results from various places. It’s called ESPulse, and it seems to have been created by researching all-solid-state batteries and shock barrier technology. It shoots electric shock pulses like a flamethrower.”

I imagined Mark Houseman’s words.

‘Is it chain lightning?’

“It’s pretty broad in scope, so it’s going to be pretty helpful. This is an improved version of the Desert Eagle made using mana cores. It turned the grip itself into a mana core.”

“Would it be better to use the K7?”

“It looked like it was needed for a special purpose. I heard you ordered a lot from Korea. There are other hunters who have skills to use with firearms, so I think it would be quite advantageous to those people.”

He probably ordered a lot for the police who deal with Korean sex offenders. In addition to that, it seemed necessary in various occupations.

The power will also be stronger than a regular pistol, and if it’s a reality rather than a dungeon, it seems to be in higher demand than a rifle.

‘Is the failed Desert Eagle resurrected like this?’

“This was recently developed in Korea, and it’s a sword and a shield. It’s an artifact that I can’t understand, but…”

This is not the Middle Ages, but a sword and shield like this in modern times.

‘Artifacts for hunters.’

Of course, now there is a strong perception that artifacts are used by soldiers, not hunters, but as the rank increases, hunters need weapons as well.

These weapons are better than guns. Because guns have a limit in their power after all.

Anyway, after taking a look, the U.S. weapon technology is one step higher than that of Korea.

Choi Sohee developed it the earliest because she already knew a lot, but the country that originally developed the mana core was the United States. We also invest heavily in research.

“Isn’t the CIA developing it?”

“There are a lot of military companies in the US, and the Pentagon also invests a lot, so there is no need to rush to the CIA. Instead, I’m interested in the basic principles of mana cores and runes. No matter how much modern technology is fused anyway, this is the core of this technology.”

“you’re right. The structure of the runes is the most important. It’s like if you could program this dimension in this world, that would be the runes.”

“Oh, … of course! You know this principle.”

It was a very burdensome look.

Yoon Tae-sung said with a straight face.

“I don’t know the principle… That was Dr. Choi’s domain, and I can only read runes. Reading runes and knowing the structure of runes are completely different things. Knowing the alphabet does not mean understanding programming languages, structures, and principles. Of course, it’s more helpful than not knowing at all, so Dr. Choi Choi could have developed the mana core.”

“Ah… is this the end of Dr. Choi’s research data?”

Choi So-hee disclosed all research data. Of course, while conducting such research, they may not be able to know everything that Choi Min-hee understood.

“That would be the beginning.”

“I do.”

“In general, Dr. Choi and I did basic research through the runes in the Skillbook. Did you know that the skill book is made up of runes?”

I have Dr. Choi’s research data, so most of them were used as basic data.

However, the most basic research material was the runes in the skill book.

“The structure of the runes also has some characteristics.”

He explained the characteristics of the rune structure, its properties, and the skill-tree relationship.

“Dungeons, skills, and runes are very interesting content. This is completely different from the civilization of our world. As you said, it really is programming based on runes. After all, this is what Jeremy said, right?”

Mark Hausman then suddenly had a thought.

Shouldn’t the technology of this rune be studied by programmers like Jeremy Hughes than by engineers?

I told this story to Tae-Sung Yoon, and I thought that maybe Tae-Sung Yoon could do the same.

Artifact development would be good for engineers, but for studying the structure of rune language itself, maybe a programmer would be better.

Burke is an athletic maniac.

Tess is a game buff.

Tae-Sung Yoon goes to work in Langley every day. He gets together with Mark Houseman and Jeremy Hughes to discuss something.

“Oh…here’s some research on this part.”

Mark found a piece of Dr. Choi’s research data.

Tae-seong Yoon and Choi So-hee did a lot of research on the rune structure of skills.

Of course, this is part of her research data. Artifact is because there are more studies on how to use this rune structure and how to integrate it with modern technology.

These technical aspects are out of the question.

However, studies on the structure of runes show differences depending on the way of thinking and the way of looking at them.

There was a difference between Choi Choi’s research data and Mark House’s thoughts, and there was a big difference between his thoughts and Jeremy Hughes’ way of thinking.

‘Hmmm… this is pretty strange.’

Of course, Yoon Tae-seong also had a lot of discussions with Choi So-hee about the structure of the rune language, but I thought it was because it was the first civilization I had encountered.

‘The structure of the runes has already been decided.’

The complex runes in the skill book were the blueprints. Unless they made a new blueprint, it was just a fixed structure.

‘But even the same structure can be seen differently depending on the point of view.’

Even a simple apartment looks completely different when viewed from the front, from the side, and from above.

However, it is impossible to know exactly the structure of an apartment by looking only at the front view.

Looking at it from multiple perspectives, it was possible to know the structure of the runes more three-dimensionally and accurately.

It was the same with skills that were already engraved.

As my understanding deepened, the reactivity of runes and magic seemed to be getting stronger.

The two will only discuss the interest of a new civilization and new knowledge, but this has been of practical help to Yoon Tae-seong.

‘I wish there was a place where all the places that use the license of the mana core gather and share research data.’

The stipulation of the license is the disclosure of research data. But there were no set rules on how to disclose it.

Perhaps when a new artifact is developed, research data related to it is published. It’s obviously not going to be all public.

However, regarding the study of rune languages, it would be good if there was a site where all places could jointly research, disclose, and share data.

It will contribute to the development of human civilization and, above all, will be of great help to Yoon Tae-sung.

Tae-Sung Yoon is also obviously helpful in that research.

There are a lot of runes. As the skill level goes up, many new runes appear. Yoon Tae-seong was the only one who could know the meaning of these runes and how they were used.

“Five? Is that a good idea?”

Mark Hausman agreed with Yoon Tae-sung’s idea.

“The structure of runes is a basic science. Artifact research and development is a technical part. Perhaps even a license agreement would not be able to disclose all of the research data.”

After all, licenses are all about mana cores. The structure of the runes had nothing to do with licenses.

“When basic science advances, technology also advances. It’s definitely the best thing to do jointly.”

“But wouldn’t it be a problem if it was fully disclosed? I think a private network would be better than a public community.”

“Yes, it is.”

Basic science doesn’t make money. You have to develop a technology using this to register as a patent and make money.

When it is fully disclosed, there are places where there are free rides, and the bugs start to entangle.

“Okay, then I’ll make a network for you.”

Jeremy Hughes said.

He was a programmer, America’s top hacker, and a network security expert.

It was not difficult for such a person to create a private network.

“The three of us have Dr. Choi Choi from Korea, and there is a guy at PLA who is very interested in these things.”

“Yeah, do it. Subscription is set to be possible only with the recommendation of an existing subscriber. What would you name it?”

“Let’s do a rune network.”

Mark Houseman said without thinking.

In this way, ‘Runes Net’ was created with a humble beginning. For some reason, the beginning is shabby, but the end seems to be grand.

“Hmmmm…isn’t this a violation of the license agreement?”

Rascal asked the director of the Bureau of Science and Technology.

“The license of the mana core and the structure of the rune are different. This can be called basic science. The mana core was developed using this technology. Many technologies in the world are patented, but physics, chemistry, quantum mechanics, etc. are not patented.”

“Ah, that’s it.”

Director Rascal immediately understood his brief explanation.

“The part of releasing research data under the license of the mana core will probably be limited to this basic scientific part.”

Tae-Sung Yoon, Mark Hausman, and Jeremy Hughes often gather to pay the bill.

Rascal was curious and asked the director of the Bureau of Science and Technology.

“Isn’t that basic science important to the development of technology?”

“Yes, but basic science alone cannot develop technology. Do you know how many years of research it took to develop all-solid-state battery technology?”

The principle of all-solid-state batteries has already been developed. However, the technology that makes that principle possible took more than 15 years to develop.

“I see. It’s a personal study, so let’s leave it alone. Have you studied the mana core technology developed by the Pentagon’s research lab?”

“Korea has discovered the structure of the rune language, but technically it is difficult to catch up with the US. America’s technological prowess is the best in the world in weapon development.”

“How about we try to develop something?”

“I do not know? There doesn’t seem to be any need for espionage. The reason I use mana core is because modern weapons don’t work well with monsters.”

Intelligence has absolutely nothing to do with monsters. So there was no need to develop skills through research on the mana core.

“Still, some important research is ongoing. For example, we are designing a satellite using a mana-core all-solid-state battery. Other than that, we can operate drones that can be monitored at all times.”

The CIA did not stand still.

However, the purpose of most of the mana core technology research is to deal with dungeons and monsters. However, the CIA had a distinctly different purpose from them.

The director of the Science and Technology Bureau went out, and the three leaders of the Secretariat started the meeting again.

“I don’t think there is anything to be concerned about. What’s next on the agenda?”

Rascal asked.

The chief operating officer opened a document.

“This is an overview of the transport operation. We are preparing for the attack of Halicos, but there are reports of several Awoken there.”

“Haha, this is also a problem.”

This operation was a blot of the CIA in the past, and the current Rascal was responsible for erasing it.

“The FBI has been in a lot of trouble these days with Awakened crimes.”

The United States did not intend to establish an organization dedicated to the crimes of awakened people like Korea did. Therefore, each law enforcement agency still investigates the crime.

There are many cases of terrorism and armed robbery, so there are many departments dealing with violent crimes in the United States.

Nevertheless, the Awoken’s crimes were quite difficult to deal with.

“The FBI is asking for a few hunters to join the transport.”

“Hmmm… isn’t this operation a bit difficult?”

The CIA has already secretly passed on information to the Halicos organization. If they attacked to save the boss Guan Martello, the plan was to kill them all at once.

It was Black Walk who was in charge of this work.

But let’s put a CIA agent here? Agents at the scene are also being pulled out.

“It is difficult for the FBI to notice. All the other teams went into the dungeon, so what would you like to do with Yoon Tae-seong? He’s probably from special forces, so he’s good at tactics, so there’s no risk.”

“This operation will be difficult if we go outside.”

The outline of this operation was also known to the Operations Bureau, but the real operation was only known by the three members of the Secretariat organization.

Of course, I couldn’t tell Yoon Tae-sung the secret details of the double operation.

The CIA tried to catch him first, but the FBI and the DEA also intervened.

“Yoon Tae-sung is a mercenary with a contract with the CIA, but he is still an outsider.”

“I will only give you an overview of the operation. You don’t need to know the details…”

“great. Then send it there.”

There was nothing special.

However, in this operation, Black Walk is only a bit drastic in suppressing the force.

There will be a lot of casualties from that incident, and the image of Black Walk will get worse.

The CIA needs to push through this operation even if it’s a bit overkill.