Delta Force Was Supposed to Be Delta Force—How Did It Turn into Arknights? Chapter 20

After fussing around for ages, Han Fei still hadn't sold everything, but he was hungry.

Grrr...

"Let's eat something first. I'll deal with it later."

Han Fei flipped off the crate and landed on the ground, then fell into deep thought.

Where am I supposed to get food? Does the Special Operations Center even have a kitchen?

Only then did Han Fei realize that he had never really explored the Special Operations Center properly.

When he had first transmigrated here, he had only followed his memories and made a rough round of several departments, searching for those familiar GTI special ops operators.

"I should take a proper look around the Special Operations Center first."

As he walked, Han Fei muttered, "This place will probably be my home from now on. I can't exactly be unfamiliar with my own home."

With that in mind, Han Fei carefully explored the entire Special Operations Center.

Only then did he discover that it was much larger than the one in the game.

To put it bluntly, the Special Operations Center in the game was just set dressing. It had no practical use at all. Players could wander around for ages, and aside from meeting GTI operators, there was nothing else they could do.

The Start Game screen that appeared after pressing Tab was where players usually spent their time.

Compared to the one in the game, the Special Operations Center Han Fei was currently in had not only those few empty departments, but also a spacious living area.

The living area was on the second floor of the Special Operations Center. After taking the lift up and passing through a metal door, there was a wide corridor beyond it.

There were no decorations in the corridor. The walls were painted white, and bright lights streaming down from the ceiling illuminated the entire passage. Closed rooms lined both sides of the hall.

Han Fei counted them roughly. There were sixteen rooms along this corridor, eight on each side.

None of the rooms were locked. Their keys were left in the doors. Han Fei tried opening and inspecting every room and found that their layouts were all more or less the same.

They were all single-person dormitories. The roughly thirty-square-meter rooms came fully furnished and even had private bathrooms.

None showed any signs of having been occupied. Everything inside was brand-new, ready to move into with nothing but a bag.

Han Fei found three similar corridors in total.

Besides that, at the end of those corridors was an extremely spacious leisure and entertainment area, complete with a kitchen, gym, library, swimming pool, and even a game room.

The only flaw was that while there were entertainment facilities and fitness equipment, there was no food.

Han Fei practically turned the kitchen upside down, yet he couldn't find a single thing to eat. There was an unlimited supply of water, but not a scrap of food.

"This is ridiculous. GTI doesn't even provide meals? That's too much."

Complaints aside, since he couldn't find anything to eat, Han Fei obediently went to the exchange and bought some food.

Fragrant fried noodles +1.

Haf Coins -8882.

When Han Fei used to play Delta Force, he hadn't really felt anything, but after experiencing it firsthand, he finally understood just how outrageous Hafk's greed was.

A serving of fried noodles cost eight thousand, and a bottle of cola cost twelve thousand!

Those prices immediately killed Han Fei's urge to order a cola.

Who the hell could afford to drink twelve-thousand-a-can cola?

"Hafk's greed is damn disgusting. These prices are seriously absurd," Han Fei said as he ate his fried noodles. "At these prices, how many knife runs do I need before I can afford to go in geared once?"

With that thought, Han Fei opened his panel and checked his Haf Coin balance, then silently gave up on the idea of buying gear.

He still hadn't sold everything, and he only had a little over a hundred thousand Haf Coins.

"With this little money, you want to go in geared? I can't even afford a rat build. Better keep doing knife runs."

Han Fei opened his storage again, selling items while eating his fried noodles.

The moment he opened it, Han Fei noticed his tiny secure container. "Hiss, isn't my secure container a little too small? Two slots? Even a thong would say it's tiny."

Thinking of that, he hurriedly opened the department mission list, intending to see whether the current Special Operations Center could still do the 3x3 missions.

Then, several big locks left Han Fei dumbfounded.

"Huh? May I ask where my department missions went?"

Volume One: Chapter 31: Pick Shield Dog First ### There were six department missions in Delta Force.

The first five, such as those for the Tactical Department and Medical Department, were permanent department missions.

The last one, meanwhile, was the seasonal mission, more commonly known as the 3x3 mission.

Yet at this moment, all five of Han Fei's major department missions were locked, with a line of small text written above them.

[Department head missing. Department missions cannot be accepted at this time.]

[Unlock condition: Find a new department head for this department.]

On the other hand, the final 3x3 mission directly under GTI was available.

"What does this mean?"

Looking at the words on the department missions, Han Fei raised a brow and wondered, "Does this mean I need to recruit several department heads from Terra?"

The more Han Fei thought about it, the more likely it seemed.

If he were supposed to find Old Black and the others again, there was no reason for the text to use the word "new."

Judging by the description, it literally meant that he had to find newcomers, rather than recover the old ones.

Which brought up a problem.

"Where am I supposed to find department heads for you? Even if I find them, how do I bring them back? Drag them out with me during extraction?"

Han Fei was confused, but the Special Operations Center was an inanimate object and could not answer him.

"Sigh, not being allowed to do department missions is seriously absurd."

Han Fei sighed. Although many players disliked doing department missions in Delta Force, he personally thought they were fine.

These department missions were actually a way to help players get up to speed quickly, and their rewards were pretty decent too.

Still, even if plenty of players disliked doing department missions, they would eventually go and do them anyway.

The reason was simple: without completing department missions, there was no way to fully upgrade the storage.

If he could, Han Fei wanted to take on several department missions right now and grind them hard.

Not for anything else, but for the mission rewards.

Unfortunately, he couldn't do them right now.

Han Fei quickly finished his fried noodles, packed up his things, and returned to the Research and Development Department.

"It's time to begin another round of knife-run life."

Han Fei did not immediately pick a map and start running. Instead, he seriously began preparing for his next knife run.

"Should I enter Confidential Dam?"

Han Fei glanced at the Level 4 set he had stripped off the Internal Guard and hesitated.

The Level 4 gear he had taken from the Internal Guard was an Asara set: a D6 Tactical Helmet and a Samurai Ballistic Vest.

Although the helmet had been repaired once, it was still usable, while the armor was a high-quality piece at full durability.

With a set like this, he could probably scrape together enough gear to enter Confidential Dam.

But after some brief thought, Han Fei decided not to put on the Level 4 set.

"Forget it. I'll run Normal Dam again."

If he could encounter Internal Guards in Normal Dam, what kind of ridiculous things would he run into in Confidential Dam? The actual demon itself?

He only had one life. He couldn't be too reckless.

This wasn't an ordinary Delta Force extraction shooter. If it were, Han Fei wouldn't even panic about bringing a big gold backpack into Confidential Dam and vacuuming up loot.

But after seeing an Internal Guard in Normal Dam, Han Fei no longer dared treat Terra like a simple Dam run.

Even if he wanted to enter Confidential Dam, he had to make thorough preparations first.

At the very least, he needed a better gun and higher-tier ammunition.

Han Fei only had that little bit of Haf Coins on him right now. He had no money to buy gear.

"First, a 220 HP medkit, a green surgery kit, and a bottle of painkillers. Forget it, add two potent injectors too."

After buying the consumables, Han Fei brought a Bizon. After thinking for a moment, he also bought two stacks of leg-shot rounds.

Those rounds were a tiny bit expensive—seven hundred per bullet. Han Fei only bought two stacks, yet his heart still ached.

Two stacks meant 120 rounds. Including the 32 rounds automatically loaded into the gun, he had 152 bullets in total, and the Haf Coins he had earned from his runs were nearly gone.

"Forget it, I'll bring two stacks of white meds too. Meat meds are a little expensive, so I need to conserve them. Hmm, I should buy another backpack too. A fifteen-slot small backpack is too tiny. I don't even have my 3x3 anymore. If I use this small backpack too, I'll barely have any space to carry things. Uh, I have fifty thousand left—just enough for a purple backpack."

After buying the bullets and backpack, his Haf Coins were completely drained.

Han Fei had wanted to buy a Level 3 set too, but his Haf Coins wouldn't allow it unless he sold the Level 4 set and the demon fragment.

Naturally, he couldn't sell the demon fragment. Who sold a red item at the start?

As for the Level 4 set, Han Fei was somewhat tempted to use it.

After hesitating for a moment, Han Fei gritted his teeth and put it on.

"My life comes first. I ran into Internal Guards even in Normal Dam, so it's better to play it safe."

Once he had changed his gear, Han Fei looked at his fully armed self, and his heart began to stir again.

"Damn, this loadout really can enter Confidential Dam."

At that moment, Han Fei felt as though two voices were fighting in his head.

One told him to go for it, enter Confidential Dam, and test the waters. If you're scared, don't play; if you play, don't be scared.

The other told him that his life was more important. A lousy Bizon would be nowhere near enough if he ran into some strange crap in Confidential Dam.

After agonizing over it for a long time, Han Fei decided to play it safe.

"With a Level 4 set in Normal Dam, I should theoretically stomp everyone. There's no need to take risks. I'll just run Normal Dam honestly. Once I have enough money for a full kit, then I'll go on a Confidential Dam adventure!"

The next second, Han Fei brought up the Start Game interface.

His own image appeared on the screen: a soundproof helmet on his head, a Samurai Ballistic Vest on his body, a twenty-five-slot purple backpack on his back, and a Bizon in his hands.

"Huh? Was this here last time?"

Han Fei thought back and realized he had genuinely forgotten whether he had seen himself on the game interface last time.

As a longtime Delta Force player, Han Fei found it hard not to laugh when he saw the soundproof helmet.

In Delta Force, soundproof helmets were equipment nobody used unless they were cheaters or doing missions.

The reason was simple: wearing one meant you couldn't hear footsteps, and in an extraction shooter, listening for footsteps to gather information was the most important thing.

Only with information could you avoid getting ambushed by rats. Without it, if you ran around blindly, you were just waiting to get ambushed.

Because of that, wearing a soundproof helmet in Delta Force was a pretty absurd thing. Seeing himself wearing one made Han Fei want to laugh.

Fortunately, above the map selection interface in the bottom-left corner was an option to hide equipment.

Han Fei casually turned it off. Immediately, all the gear on his head vanished from his game interface avatar, leaving him dressed only in light sportswear.

"This looks much better."

Saying that, Han Fei opened the map and expertly selected Normal Dam.

"Okay, everyone, the madman running Normal Dam with a Level 4 set and Level 3 ammo is here!"

The next second, Han Fei's vision blurred, and the familiar operator selection screen appeared before him again.

Looking at the row of familiar GTI Superhumans, Han Fei did not hesitate before locking onto his target.

"Since it's come to this, Shield Dog first!"

Volume One: Chapter 32: Hello, Columbia ### In Han Fei's memory, Shield Dog had always been getting nerfed.

But as long as his core mechanics remained, Han Fei could pick him.