Rust - Chapter 1064



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Rust [RUST] – Episode 1064

A crow scout and a drone approached for close-up shots.

Tsupat – A drone that seems to have sparks flying, then loses control and crashes.

Caw? (EMP?)

A crow flying nearby quickly approached the crashed drone and pulled out the physical destruct device.

Ting – A drone that burns silently with a popping sound. The drone that came with it was several generations ahead of its time, so it was organized in such a meticulous manner.

An EMP explosion meant that there was either a person with the relevant abilities or a mutant monster. Both were risk factors during the operation.

Kaaa- Kaaaak- (An abnormal condition has occurred, so we need to determine the cause.)

A crow, watching the burning drone, sat on a tree branch and looked around.

Thud, thud, thud!

Bang-tada-dang!!

A loud gunshot could be heard in the distance. The distance was at least 1km. The only way to find out the cause of the abnormality was to get closer.

Kaaaak- (My fate.)

It was a crow that began to move carefully from branch to branch.

The human-to-human conflict soon attracted mutant monsters. Darwin bordered one of Australia’s largest national parks.

The animals that lived there transformed into monsters due to the climate close to the rainforest, and were attracted by the loud gunshots.

Unlike normal animals who run away at the sound of gunshots or the smell of gunpowder, the mutated monsters knew that the gunshots were coming from humans.

Kaaaak (I did it.)

Annoyingly, the EMP went off and the reconnaissance camera was broken, so I had to report in person. Things were getting complicated.

“What the hell are you fucking bastards doing!”

“Get out of your country!”

The conflict between humans was like a fight over territory.

“I’m going to kill those kids this time so they don’t cause trouble again!”

“Kill the monkey babies so they can’t poke around!”

Is it because of the difference in species?

Whether yellow, white or black, weren’t they human?

The crow tilted its head.

In any case, unlike the intense gunfight, it was not nutritious. As thrilling as the gunfights among the awakened physical abilities were, there were few actual deaths.

Those who appeared to be ordinary people were wearing old-fashioned exosuits that looked like they would be used at a construction site, with armor added here and there and carrying shields, and those who appeared to be special forces tried to flank by making a detour, but the opposing side seemed to know this as those who appeared to be special forces were lying in ambush.

When viewed from above, it was a chaotic battle with people biting each other.

Kaaaak? (EMP went off?)

The patchwork spherical exosuits were moving? Even the exosuits on both sides were moving.

So it wasn’t an EMP?

Did they detect the drone and attack it with electronic warfare capabilities?

The crow was delighted. That meant the reconnaissance camera hanging around its neck was also spinning.

Kaaa- (good-)

There was no need to write a report or explain in detail. The crow flew up with a light flap of its wings.

‧

“I destroyed their reconnaissance drone.”

The lightning user frowned, pointing to a place more than 1km away.

“But why is your expression like that?”

“It looks like they launched a new type of drone.”

The drones were mostly made in China. If they were really operating a new drone, there was a possibility that it would be connected to seven Chinese countries.

“Are these scumbags connected to the Chinese warlords?”

“It was my first time seeing a drone.”

The head of the military also frowned at the mention of the new drone.

“Is it possible that it is an empire or a holy kingdom?”

“I’m not sure, but… I don’t see any reason to come to this remote area, away from the big eastern cities like Sydney or Melbourne.”

“Yeah. By the way, isn’t it taking a bit longer today?”

“The more you pressure them, the more they run away.”

The fight against those who were not descendants of criminals, but actual criminals, was, as always, parallel.

“Even if it wasn’t a sinkhole monster, we should at least have secured a carnivorous plant.”

They said they used it as a barrier in Malaysia, so if they had set up a barrier of carnivorous plants in the direction they were coming from, these stupid fights would have stopped.

That too, but if we secured the carnivorous plants, they said they would accept this place as an official branch. It was a chance to become the future ruling class.

The Minister of National Defense chewed over the loss.

‘It’s a problem that we lost a semi-submersible used for smuggling military supplies, but we also lost a team of capable people, so the loss is huge.’

I had heard rumors that the Holy Kingdom was a crazy country, but I didn’t know it was that crazy. Then, the commander of the military heard a radio transmission.

[Chick- It seems like these guys are just wasting their time. Chick-]

[Beep- We are not deploying any ability users. -Beep-]

After poking around here and there for a while, is something different this time?

It probably won’t be any different.

The Darwin area was controlled by students who could not leave for the UK, Europe or New Zealand, and upper-class children who had fled to Australia, using weapons smuggled from Southeast Asian countries.

After setting up a defensive line against mutant monsters based at Charles Darwin University and laying defensive strongholds, they gradually expanded their territory, but the Australians they encountered were their biggest enemies.

These were people with criminal records that could not be escaped even to another country. In fact, some of them came out when the prison collapsed.

“You didn’t deploy the ability users? Don’t get swayed by that and stay in your position. That’s because they have a small number of ability users. They followed our unit into Indonesia and got annihilated, so they’ll be even more careful.”

As is the case with most murderous bastards, they thought it was easy to kill others while sparing their own lives.

Rather than risking their lives and fighting fiercely, most authors try to squeeze others out and suck the honey from behind. With such people gathered together, there was no way someone with real ability could emerge.

However, it was not easy to continue to manipulate those who were treated as slaves. What if the slaves who died while being manipulated suddenly awakened powerful abilities?

Until now, those who had been enslaved were bound to say they would seek revenge. Even if that were not the case, if the principle of survival of the fittest were applied, it would have been the case that the stronger slave would have said he would take the place of the master.

In the end, they didn’t push in slaves unless they were going to use them as meat shields. For that reason, their power had no choice but to revolve around the existing powers.

Their abilities must have awakened, and they must have settled in and been sucking honey, so why would criminals who have no reason to risk their lives jump into the gunfire? That couldn’t be happening.

So, unlike the noisy and fierce-looking battles that most of them end up being fruitless, this attack is probably intended to psychologically pressure the other side.

“If we had just gotten hold of the Australian military equipment first, things wouldn’t have been this difficult.”

The problem was that even though the world had come to this point, there were still many people who wanted to rise in social status.

Money? What good is money in the end times? Australian dollars? What are you going to do with them? Gold? Sure, it would be useful, but what are you going to do with them?

It was natural for criminals to commit fraud. But there was this idiot who passed on information that the Australian military was going to rob a military warehouse, demanding money and gold.

“Year of the Monkey···.”

What do you think you will get by giving them information? Safety? Will they guarantee your safety if you hand this place over to them? They have such a brilliant track record that other countries won’t even accept them.

The head of the military department felt his blood boil just thinking about it.

(If you don’t surrender, I’ll kill you all!)

(Stop it and surrender. You’re surrounded anyway.)

(How long do you think you can survive smuggling? You say supplies are scarce and food is in short supply.)

(How long do you think your country will protect you?)

(If anything happens, you guys will throw away your meat shields and run away.)

(We are the trash at the bottom. Do you think trash would throw away trash?)

The criminal bastards were waging psychological warfare through a loudspeaker. It was a simple and ignorant story, but it was one that was easily swayed by that story.

“Let’s turn on the loudspeaker too. We’ll know when we hear from you, Byungshin-nyeon.”

When I asked them how the woman who ran away with the information was doing, they were flustered. As expected, they were criminals who had nothing in their heads.

If they were real guys, they would have treated the bitch who stole the information well and said, ‘Look at this woman. She made a fortune by stealing information.’ But they would have just stolen the information and kicked her out.

“Tell them that there is no answer if you kill them after stealing information. If they are alive, bring them to me. Tell them to betray you and go out and see how luxuriously they live and talk about it.”

[Chijijik – Okay.]

The criminals responded with curses.

“Look at that. Wasn’t she the only one who did that? Let everyone know what they’re doing. Whether you take the information or you drill a hole, if they take over this place, you’ll live and die like slaves.”

Even though the outcome was obvious, there were still women who fell for the sweet talk of criminals. It was dizzying to see that even when the situation was made known like now, there were still people who fell for it.

Charles Darwin University international students, refugees who crossed over just before Australia’s borders closed, foreign workers who made up 20-30% of the Darwin region’s economy, and those who fled to the upper class from Southeast Asian countries were all mixed together. The answer was the same.

‘That’s why these things have to be thrown away.’

He believed that the caste system should be revived in the end times. He thought that the new world order was the direction that humanity should take in the new era.

‘If only I had managed to capture a carnivore plant or a sinkhole entity, I could have gotten in.’

Thinking back, it was such a shame. If it weren’t for the Holy Kingdom, I could have become the ruling class in the New World.

‘It turns out those damn Holy Kingdom bastards are just trying to monopolize the carnivorous plants and sinkholes.’

An urgent communication poured in to the commander of the armed forces, who was swallowing his anger inside.

[Chijik – Mutant monster approaching.]

[Hold your fire! Hold your fire! The mutant monsters are coming.]

[Beep- It’s a crocodile!]

[Large. Extra large mutant!]

Even before the apocalypse, there were saltwater crocodiles in the Northern Territory, where Darwin is located. Giant crocodiles measuring 4-5 meters in length and weighing over 600 kilograms were caught.

Although much smaller, crocodiles were abundant in northern Australia, with estimates suggesting there may have been more than 10,000 in Kakadu National Park, east of Darwin.

And the mutated crocodiles became more terrifying than dinosaurs. With a size of 4~5m, it would be difficult for people to handle, but with a size that was 3~4 times larger and mutated skin, it was a monster that even anti-tank weapons could not affect.

“You crazy kids!”

I thought the criminals were holding out for so long, but it turned out they were doing it to lure the mutant crocodiles passing by.

It was not human nature to invite a giant monster with a taste for human flesh into the city, knowing that it would lead to ruin.

“Cease fire. Fall back.”

[Chijijik – The guys are following me.]

As we stopped shooting and retreated, the enemies who had been waiting for us continued to press in and shoot.

“Use your ranged abilities! Stop them with your abilities!”

Long-range ability users. There were only a few long-range ability users strong enough to stop exosuits or tactical vehicles.

The defensive line that had been slowly being breached collapsed and the enemies came in. As if they were using a deep breakthrough tactic, the enemies broke through the defensive line, threw bombs, and shot guns in all directions as they passed.

Kung-kung-kung-

Kkuddukduk-kung-

A mixture of footsteps and the sound of something huge being being swept past the line of defense followed them.

The movement of the giant crocodile, which came in shaking its head and tail from side to side, caused nearby houses and buildings to collapse and the road itself to be crushed.

Puhahahahaha-

Several RPG shots hit the monster crocodile, but the crocodile skin, with its unique defensive abilities, ignored the RPG.

The yellow, torn crocodile’s gaze turned to the building from which the RPG had come, and its massive body began to slide.

The distance that had been nearly 100 meters apart suddenly folded, and a mouth the size of a village bus ripped through the building.

Kwajeok-

What was caught in the snout of the crocodile that had dug into the building was the remains of meat from what could have been several people.

“Retreat. Everyone, run underground!”

[Chijijik – The bastards are in!]

[Beep beep – Engagement -]

[The shelter is under attack!]

‘They didn’t run away?’

The purpose of those guys who thought they could lure a giant crocodile and throw it away was not to collapse the defense line. What the criminals wanted was to kidnap the children of the upper class.

[Chijijiji- dragged-chiiik-gatta-chiiik]

[Beep–]

Among the mutant monsters, the stronger ones were able to disrupt electromagnetic equipment. The giant crocodile that was now scurrying around was of that type.

The commander of the armed forces shut his eyes tightly.

The moment the upper class materials of each Southeast Asian country were kidnapped, it was considered the end. It was as if the supply line had been crossed.

‘Can’t you even run away?’

‘What were the bodyguards doing?’

In retrospect, it was all planned out. They launched a large-scale offensive, forcing even the bodyguards to be called out for defensive battles, and then used the mutated monsters to turn the tables.

‘It’s over.’

At that moment, a loud noise was heard from the sky. It was the sound of a jet engine.

‘The plane won’t be able to take off because of the flock of birds that have gone mad,’

A flying object entered his eyes.

It wasn’t an airplane, it was a jetpack.

A small, nimble jetpack appeared, approaching the carnage being waged by the monster crocodile, and suddenly a man fell from 30 to 40 meters above the ground.

At the same time, something black spread out like wings.

‘A vine? A leaf?’

Fugue, ga-ga-ga-gak-

A shot of a giant monster’s head being struck down.

Ppeuk-

The sound of the hide and skull of a giant crocodile being pierced, something that even anti-tank missiles and 120mm main guns could not penetrate.

“······.”

[chijijijik- chik-]

[Chijijijiji—]

[Beep—]

The radio, which had been turned off due to interference, was finally able to continue.

Tssuppon – The knife that had been drilling a hole in the monster crocodile’s head was pulled out with a strange sound.

The monster crocodile, which had fallen into a state of groggyness in just one room, began to writhe dully for some reason.

The desperation to live.

A struggle to survive.

The sight of him calmly thrusting a knife into the neck of a desperately struggling crocodile and beginning to cut it.

uh?

Can you cut that with a knife?

Contrary to my expectations that the blade would not reach the neck, the giant crocodile’s neck began to be cut.

Kkuddeuk-

[Chick- What is that guy!]

[Have you seen it? Just now?]

[Isn’t that him?]

As the radio interference cleared, communications poured in.

At the same time, an unrealistic sight of the crocodile’s head falling off its body with a thud.

There was only one person who came to the Minister of National Defense’s mind.

King of the Holy Kingdom.

“Vladimir Kalin···.”