Life

"Head to Zurich headquarters of Coalescence in order to prevent the further spread of the DNI infection..."

- Mission Description

"Life" is the eleventh and final level in Call of Duty: Black Ops III. The player with Rachel Kane and Zurich Security Forces attempt to stop Hendricks from confronting the sole survivor of the Singapore Coalescence disaster - Sebastian Krueger and spreading the Direct Neural Interface virus Corvus.

Characters

 * The Player (playable)
 * Rachel Kane (K.I.A.)
 * Jacob Hendricks (K.I.A.)
 * John Taylor (dream-state, Unknown)
 * Corvus (dream-state, Destroyed)
 * Sebastian Krueger (K.I.A.)
 * Sarah Hall (voice only)
 * Peter Maretti (voice only)
 * Sebastian Diaz (voice only)
 * Yousef Salim (heard and mentioned only)

Level Briefing
Encryption #70-20-6e-6f-77-21. Protocol: Lima

Encryption Error! Life. Encryption Error!

$gffgm nkoyo slx.vpoy#%pfl Zurich &#fdfd$

Active Mission - Day Unknown

Pre-Mission Scrolling Texts
Throughout the pre-mission report, one can find strings made out of protocols from the NATO phonetic alphabet.

"Lima-Echo-Tango-Mike-Echo-Golf-Oscar-Yankee-Oscar-Uniform-Mike-Uniform-Sierra-Tango-Lima-Echo-Tango-Mike-Echo-Golf-Oscar"

("Let me go! You must let me go!")

"India-Sierra-Echo-Echo-India-Tango-November-Oscar-Whiskey-India-Sierra-Echo-Echo-Tango-Hotel-Echo-Foxtrot-Romeo-Oscar-Zulu-Echo-November-Foxtrot-Oscar-Romeo-Echo-Sierra-Tango"

("I see it now. I see the Frozen Forest.")

Delta-Romeo-Alfa-Golf-Oscar-Victor-India-Charlie-Hotel-Kilo-Romeo-Alfa-Victor-Charlie-Hotel-Echo-November-Kilo-Oscar-Sierra-Tango-Echo-India-November-Echo-Romeo-Tango-Hotel-Echo-Sierra-Echo-Mike-Echo-November-Mike-Uniform-Sierra-Tango-Delta-India-Echo

("Dragovich. Kravchenko. Steiner. These men must die." [See also: Project Nova, Viktor Reznov])

Plot
The Player, Kane and a ZSF Sergeant are taking cover behind a wreck, with the sergeant explaining to the two about all things around the city are in total chaos, with Kane saying this is a terrorist attack and that they need all the support they can get. The sergeant heads off into battle, with Kane asking the Player if they are still there, They reply that they are still themselves as they break from cover and into battle against combat robots, who are under Hendricks' control. After fighting through the streets, the duo work their way through a parking garage, with the Player mentioning that Hendricks is going just as insane as Taylor while controlling the robots. After clearing the parking garage, the two go through a train wreck before joining up with more ZSF forces trying to find a way to push through the robot defenses guarding the Coalescence facility's entrance. After destroying an ASP-C, Talon and an ASP-ML; as well as several dozen combat robots, the two enter the facility. After clearing out a room full of robots and destroying two P.A.W.W.S., the two enter a decontamination chamber before reaching a lab containing the compound: Nova 6. Kane orders the Player to find out the state of the containment room, with the Player saying the facility's on the verge of going critical, just like the one in Singapore. Upon hearing this, Kane deems to sacrifice herself in order to stop the leaking compounds, by entering the containment room and locking it down manually; only to discover that the readings were falsified by Corvus. The Player continues on to find Hendricks, who is discovered interrogating Sebastian Kruger about the Frozen Forest, after telling Hendricks that the Forest does not exist, Hendricks kills Kruger in a fit of rage, forcing the Player to execute Hendricks. After realizing that they are the only host left for Corvus, the Player commits suicide, but is teleported to the Frozen Forest upon dying. Hendricks is there to greet the Player, alongside a humanoid data-form of Corvus, the Player rejects the Forest saying none of it is real before the two teleport away. Corvus summons hordes of human combatants to deal with the Player, but the Player dispatches them. The Player then comes across Corvus and asks "Where am I?" It is then said by Corvus that he is in The Frozen Forest, a place where every soul Corvus has ever interacted with, directly or indirectly, can live on after death; should Corvus allow it. Corvus then goes on to interrogate Kruger about why he (Corvus) was created and who he is. After telling Corvus that he was nothing but a mistake, Kruger is ripped limb from limb by the construct in which Corvus was holding him. The Player then meets up with Taylor, who is revealed to have been the only one who had resisted Corvus' influence prior to the Player. Together, they make their way through several sections of the Forest, (Which appear as the different areas the Player faces combat in throughout the game) destroying the "Hearts" at the end of each section.

Accolades

 * Untouched: Complete this mission without dying.
 * Score: Complete this mission with a score of 30,000 or higher.
 * Got 'em: Find all of the collectibles in the mission.
 * Got 'Em All: Destroy all depth charges before they self-detonate.
 * Hand Cannon: Take down a P.A.W.W.S. using only a pistol.
 * I now know why you cry: Kill ten robots using mounted turrets.
 * Robo-Slappers: Kill five robots in under ten seconds using only melee attacks.
 * Explosive entertainment: Kill a group of three or more enemies in one shot with an explosive weapon.
 * Not a Fan of RAPs: Kill all of the R.A.P.S. in the mission before they do damage to any friendlies.
 * Two For One: Kill two enemies with one bullet.
 * Quickslap: Melee kill five non-robotic enemies in under ten seconds.
 * Explosive Containment: Destroy 35 explosive containers.
 * Perfect Timing: Kill 20 non-robotic enemies with grenades.
 * Dodge This: Kill a P.A.W.W.S. without it damaging you.
 * Bots Go Boom: Kill 20 robots with a grenade launcher.
 * Clip Their Wings: Kill three non-robotic enemies in under five seconds.

Trivia

 * The song "White Rabbit" by Jefferson Airplane is heard in the DNI purging sequence at the end.
 * Kane refers to the events of "Project Nova" and "Redemption" from Call of Duty: Black Ops when finding the Nova Six cache.
 * The accolade "I now know why you cry" is a reference to the 1991 action film .