Rust - Chapter 168



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RUST -168

Maru chuckled at the shout coming from behind.

Suddenly he shouted, and his voice was good.

‘I don’t think Ms. Kim will become like that when she gets older, right?’

Maru thought that he had to take good care of himself so that it wouldn’t turn out like that.

‘The gun will be difficult.’

Judging from the traces of the fight between Director Yu and his subordinates, it seemed unlikely that they would be able to obtain the relics. The woman was great, but her subordinates were also veterans, so unless the mutants attacked all at once, they should be able to deal with them without much trouble.

‘I wonder if Miss Kim will be disappointed.’

If this operation is successful and we can bring back Lt. Col. Gilbert Brown alive, I can take what I was promised and ask for a Colt Python or something as a bonus.

As it was a large hospital, the space was wide and there were a lot of them. Even if you catch and kill 100 of them a day, it would take at least a month to kill them.

The good news is that they eat each other too. When the mice came, the cat followed. The worrying part is that the weak bullets don’t work well. If it’s an armor-piercing bullet, it might be okay, but if it’s just a regular bullet, it’s lucky that it catches mice.

Whirik-

It was a floor that had been cleaned of blood and fat that had stuck to it when the sword was swung.

‘The taste has definitely changed.’

The rat skin was tough, and the cat skin was tough. The mutants were tough too. The skin, muscles, and bones were all changing. The resistance felt when cutting was different.

I could cut it like tofu or fish cake, but in an instant, it changed to the feeling of cutting zucchini or eggplant. What if this feeling changed to the taste of onion or lettuce, and later changed to the feeling of cutting beets or carrots?

By then, it will be difficult to catch it with a personal firearm. You will need to use something like 12.7mm to 20mm to catch it.

What if it goes further? What if every time you cut a fish you have to work as hard as you would to catch a yacht? What if those things that have changed step in groups like rats?

‘It’s difficult.’

Swish- Swish- I tried swiping the sword and simulating it, but it wasn’t easy.

When I first encountered the mutants at the stolen hospital, they were nothing more than normal infected people who had changed. They had strong physical abilities, but they were still strong enough to surpass the limits of the human species.

However, the mutants I met again had changed to the point where it was hard to believe they were the same humans. They were at least 15-20% larger than normal people. The mutants I encountered this time were all between 2m and 2.2m tall.

Strength? Incomparable. He can tear off armor from armored personnel carriers with his bare hands, and scrap cars. He can smash concrete walls with his fists, and bend and twist steel bars like taffy.

Even the new 6.8mm bullets couldn’t kill it. Excluding weak points like the eyes, nose, and mouth, it was practically impossible for individual firearms to work.

‘I was mistaken.’

I was mistaken. It wasn’t that change was beginning. It had already changed. It had already changed, and the question was whether it would change further.

‘I’ll have to replace everything.’

Even if it meant spending more money on the building, I thought I should replace the defense system. I thought it would be better to replace it with a CIWS (Close-In Weapons System).

In unpredictable situations, it is better to have too much firepower than too little.

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Pak- churararararak-

With a sound of rope winding, the exosuit rose up onto a thick tree branch.

Kim Yang looked around. There was nothing on the white snow. Even when he looked through the infrared detection mode, he couldn’t find anything.

“Whew-uh-”

Kim Yang let out a sound that was a mixture of a sigh and a groan, and stared blankly at the white snowy field.

Director Yoo. Director Yoo. Director Yoo.

‘You can’t use this because your hands are slow.’

Director Yoo’s voice. His eyes saying, ‘You can’t do this.’

I told the man who sent dozens of Chinese gangsters to the underworld with just one pistol that he couldn’t do it.

‘The hands are just okay, but the eyes are nice.’

‘Since your eyesight is not bad, go to Sharp Shooter.’

He said he had talent as a sniper, but not as a gunslinger.

‘I don’t have talent’

Wow-

The exosuit whipped out its chain gun like it was drawing a pistol. I didn’t like it.

again.

Kiiing-

again.

Wow-

Slow. The reaction. The exosuit’s reaction was slow. I didn’t feel it was slow, but when I thought of Director Yu, it felt slow.

‘This is talent. Look closely.’

bang!

One gunshot. Two balloons burst.

From then on, Kim Yang was obsessed with the gun.

‘Colt Python .45.’

The distinctive gun barrel glowing deep blue. The grip decorated with ivory. The pattern inlaid with titanium and gold. I could picture it even with my eyes closed.

I didn’t need another Colt Python. I just wanted the Colt Python that Director Yu had.

‘Why do you want it?’

Director Yoo’s smiling face came to mind. I vividly remember her smiling face.

“ah?”

Kim Yang could understand why Baek Jeong was so excited. She could understand why he said that his eyes were not smiling. She could understand why he said that he was provoking her.

At that time, Director Yoo was looking at himself like that.

Curved lips. Unsmiling eyes.

‘You have this?’

That’s what it felt like. That was what that kind of laughter was.

‘Little one. There’s one thing I’ve realized in my life.’

‘Everyone is equal before a gun.’

‘You and I both become the same if we share the same room.’

‘You want it? Try.’

Little Miss Kim nodded.

At that time, at that time, Ms. Kim···

Thud, thud, thud!

Ta-da-da-da!

From the direction of the forward base, gunfire continued without ceasing.

As Kim Yang was looking at the empty snowy field, a red dot appeared before his eyes. A red dot displayed on the HUD.

Beep! Beep!

The motion sensor and heat sensor were responding. At a considerable speed.

In the snow?

I don’t know what it was, but it was digging through the accumulated snow and approaching.

Kim Yang warned the refugees and soldiers huddled together below.

[12 o’clock! Unidentified entity approaches below your eyes!]

People continued to come down the taut wires. In the meantime, people became busy when they heard that something was coming down from under their eyes.

[12 o’clock! 100m ahead!]

The soldiers took up positions and the refugees took their places.

70m··· 40m··· 20···

Katadadak!

I fired my chain gun at the red dot the exosuit was digging into. The 7.62mm bullets instantly created a crater.

Papapapapak!

The red dot hit by the armor-piercing bullet began to turn to the side. The chain gun doggedly followed the red dot.

‘Hold on?’

At least 3 or 4 shots must have hit the mark? The tracer bullet’s flame drew a straight line and was sucked into the eye. Following the tracer bullet’s guidance, the soldiers also started shooting in that direction.

The flame of the flare, which had been burning for so long, suddenly went out.

[Right below! Damage!]

A red dot appeared beneath the crowd. People scattered in all directions like ants sprayed with pesticide.

Gyaaaah!

One of them was sucked into the snow, leaving a scream behind.

[Grenade!]

Kim Yang shouted at the people who didn’t know what to do.

People who hesitate.

Ms. Kim didn’t say it twice.

I thought they would have some sense since they had lasted for over a month, but they were full of rotten things. There was no reason to stop them from dying.

Kim Yang shot the spear gun at the tree next to her. The rope was connected and she shot in another direction. The rope began to grow like a spider web around the branch Kim Yang was standing on.

Kkaaaah!

A second victim was sucked into the snow.

“Location!”

[Chijijik- Where is that guy!]

[Below the people. Moving under the people, so the exact location cannot be confirmed.]

If people were just sitting there, wouldn’t they notice? But what if they keep swarming and scattering like that? In this situation, it was difficult to detect with motion detection sensors and heat detection sensors.

Because people were also marked with red images. So I told them to put a grenade in the hole. What can I do if they refuse to do it?

The invisible fear was scarier than the visible fear.

Only two people were killed, but control began to break down as if dozens had died. The soldiers shouted at the people who were running around in confusion.

“Hold the line!”

“Don’t move!”

“Shut up! Shut your mouth!”

“Everyone be quiet!”

Those who had just come down from the front line were more vulnerable to fear. They had been safely inside the barricades, but when they came down to escape, they found some kind of monster at their feet.

“Run away!”

“Just scatter them all!”

“Gunshots. Where the gunshots are coming from!”

“Over there- that’s the forward base.”

“You can live! You can live. Run!”

Frightened people began to disperse in pairs. As people began to run away, red dots moved to target the scattered people.

Kim Yang looked down for the branch. What could he say? There was a more important matter at the moment. The direction from which the red dot came was the problem.

’12 o’clock.’

It was in the direction of the theft hospital.

A little later.

There was a beep.

once.

Then a red dot appeared.

Beep- beep-

Twice.

There are now three red dots.

Three red dots emerged from the direction of the stolen hospital and chased after people who had scattered in all directions.

Ms. Kim took a deep breath.

Three? That’s fortunate. It didn’t seem like it was caught. If it was, the display would have been bubbling.

‘Should I tell them to go soon?’

It seemed that almost all the people who were going to come down had already come down. There were also people who had lured them with the spirit of a martyr, so it was better to go without missing the opportunity.

There must have been an officer who had the same thoughts as Mr. Kim, so he started to move towards the forward base with people.

[Chijik- Reconnaissance wind.-]

[Okay.]

Kim Yang was scouting, moving from tree to tree along a rope that had been laid in advance. They said that support would come from the forward base, but judging by the ceaseless gunfire and explosions, it seemed like they weren’t doing well either.

[Nothing within a radius of 200m.]

[Chijijik- Check.-]

The people who lured them first held out longer than expected, because the red dots that went in that direction were not coming back.

The sight of people walking briskly in snowshoes, wearing white snowshoes to avoid sinking into the snow, was peaceful at first glance.

Beep-

The motion sensor made a sound.

Ah- I thought she was going quietly. Ms. Kim raised her head and looked around. There were no red dots.

‘?’

Beep- beep-

There was no display on the display window.

‘???’

Beep-beep-beep-beep-

Beep-beep-beep-beep-beep-beep-

Beep-beep-beep-beep-beep-beep-beep-beep-beep······

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The mutant rolled on the floor with both eyes closed.

Kwaaaaah! Kwaaaaah!

Director Yoo’s men put a grenade into the mutant’s snout.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The mutant became silent as a 40mm thermobaric round exploded inside its mouth.

“Director Yoo, why are you doing that?”

“Do I understand?”

Sik-sik – The subordinates chattered away, leaving Director Yoo alone.

“Look at this. This.”

I stab the mutant’s corpse with my greatsword, and the blade bounces comically.

“This isn’t the only one like this. That cat skin thing earlier was no joke either.”

“How am I going to raise a cat now? Damn it. I’m going to wake up from my dream.”

“What about cat skin?”

“It must be much better than this.”

His subordinates responded by tapping the bulletproof vest he was wearing and saying, “Oh.”

“How are you going to cut it without a greatsword?”

“Minsik will take care of it.”

“Yeah. I admit it, Minsik.”

“Um. Sure.”

Six eyes focused on one person.

“These fucking kids. What do you want me to do?”

“Try it.”

“effort.”

“go for it!”

A moment later, a tattered and torn cat skin was placed in front of Director Yu, who had calmed down.

“What is this rag?”

“This is it. It may look like this, but it’s actually killing me.”

This rag? Director Yoo laughed.

“Hehehehehe. Yeah, I want to drill a new hole. Is this it?”

“No. Just shoot here. Shoot once and see. A little.”

bang!

There was a bullet in the rags on the floor…

Not stuck?

Tatang!

It doesn’t stick?

“······.”

“What do you think? This is all done by Minshik.”

Ooooooh

“Kang Min-sik!”

“Kang Min-sik!”

Director Yoo put a cigarette in his mouth and looked at Minsik.

“Hey- Try making something to wear with this.”

“Kang Min-sik!”

“Kang Min-sik!”

“Shut up you fucking punks! No, not you, sir.”

Five people, dressed in tattered, spotted fur coats, descended the stairs.

“But wasn’t 30 minutes enough?”

“I know.”

“······.”

“Director Yoo?”

“Who do you think you’re looking for?”

Director Yoo pretended not to hear and strode ahead.