Rust - Chapter 251



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RUST [RUST]-251

A change of thinking.

If you change the problem, the problem disappears.

How sure and safe is this method?

Riots are the problem? Just change them.

Terrorism is the problem? Just tear down all the places involved.

So there was a problem, and it’s gone.

There could be no simpler and more certain solution than this.

Even its effectiveness has been proven.

It was America that turned Indians, turned commies, turned veterans, turned Mexicans, turned Spanish, turned Nazis, and turned Japanese imperialists.

If you decide to change, you change. Whoever it is, whatever it is, you change, so isn’t that the solution?

But now, there are signs that the American tradition is making a comeback.

As soon as the explosion occurred in Seattle, the Chinese government officially expressed its deepest condolences in a 10-minute cut. Starting with China, the entire world sent messages of condolences.

But soon after, news broke that massive power outages were occurring in major cities like Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, and that it appeared to be an EMP attack.

The world was shocked by this news and fell into silence.

What is an EMP? In today’s technology-intensive, information- and communications-driven world, it is a vicious weapon that can literally destroy society.

Financial computing is blown away, and electricity, telephones, transportation, internet, and water supply are all disabled. In other words, it is a weapon that destroys modern infrastructure. In short, it is a weapon that returns those within the EMP range to the Stone Age.

That EMP happened? Not in one place, but in several places at the same time?

Unusually, an Islamic terrorist group made a statement saying, “We did not do this.”

When a major explosion occurs, even if they didn’t do it, they are the ones who say, “Our brothers got revenge. God is great.” As if they had received a revelation from God, they declared, “This time, we are not real. We are truly not us.”

Starting with that, groups and countries associated with bombs and explosions announced that they were absolutely not involved and expressed their condolences to the victims.

In a country where it is common to hear people say things like, “The evil American imperialists’ liver is swollen,” “This is a divine punishment for their wicked acts like a lynx, and it is the natural result of cause and effect,” they humbly said, “This is truly comforting,” and “The Republic has absolutely nothing to do with it.”

Because the movements of the US military were just movements that the eyes turned away from.

The world held its breath and shut up. Fortunately, the eyes of the United States were turned inward, not outward.

TV announced the declaration of a state of emergency every day.

[Complete control of national roads, including expressways, will begin at 10 p.m. today, Western time.]

[All vehicles are requested to move to a nearby rest area and follow the control of the National Guard.]

Anyone who does not follow the controls will be considered a terrorist or collaborator. Follow the controls unconditionally.

But, as is typical of the world of social media, there are people who try to increase their views by taking pictures of the federal troops and national guardsmen in control with their cell phones.

“All roads are currently closed. Please get out of your vehicles and follow the traffic control.”

“Today, we will personally check out the scene where the highway is blocked. Federal forces? You are part of the Federal forces, right?”

Even the person sitting in the passenger seat joined in and took a video.

“The real-time response is good. It’s a piece of cake.”

“Please put your cell phones away and follow the instructions.”

“Hey, this is a live stream, so please be gentle. Since my face won’t be shown anyway, there won’t be any issues with my portrait rights, so it’s okay, right?”

They were the ones who made fun of the fact that all the federal troops and National Guard troops controlling the roads were wearing bulletproof masks.

“Get down.”

“Hands forward.”

“What the heck am I doing now? What crime have I committed?”

“Are you taking a picture of this?”

“A soldier threatening? Violent? Do you see this?”

Even when threatened that the footage taken on his cell phone would be uploaded in real time, the officer spoke without batting an eye.

“You have now filmed a military operation without permission. This has informed the terrorists of the current roadblock situation…”

“Wait a minute, what? Terrorist? What is that?”

“You are saying that you intentionally informed terrorists of the status of military operations.”

“No, I just… call a lawyer. Call a lawyer!”

“Don’t touch me! Lawyer. Call a lawyer.”

And those were the magic words. The magic words that summoned the clubs. In an instant, soldiers kneading dough dragged the author out as he looked for a lawyer.

“Here are the guns.”

“These kids had medicine too?”

“What kind of medicine is it?”

Small, clear granules. Philopon. Cocaine. And maybe crystals. The guys who shot people in Detroit said they took crystals. So these guys are confirmed terrorists.

“These guys are connected to terrorists. Find out their personal situation and arrest them all.”

“Find all the people commenting in real time because there might be terrorists among them!”

“Are you talking about the people who commented?”

“The terrorists might have used these to check the road blockage situation.”

“And there is a possibility that they will manipulate the comments to lift the blockade.”

“Get real-time location information from Newtube and the news agency and catch them first.”

Instead of the police, armed forces were dispatched to arrest those who commented on the video.

And that was just the beginning.

“Satellite position fixed. Analysis of 30 road conditions begins.”

“All traffic from the West to the Central and East has been restricted.”

They set up a 200 mile cordon and imposed a travel ban to prevent the guys who detonated the EMP from escaping. What an ignorant method.

“Armored units enter Seattle.”

“Entering the riot zone. We will begin forcible dispersal.”

Starting in Seattle, armored units entered Portland, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. Units of tanks and armored vehicles filled the streets with the roar of machine guns as they burned and looted.

While the mechanized infantry, using the supplies they had plundered from the Vladislav Tower without sparing any effort, drained the blood and tears of looters and criminals, the Air Force also began its operation.

To prevent bird strikes, the Air Force covered the entire area around the airport with CS smoke and scrambled early warning aircraft and fighter jets equipped with air-to-ground missiles.

Despite countless non-combat losses, the Air Force pushed ahead with the operation.

[Vehicle entry confirmed onto Highway 90.]

[Vehicle type. Container truck.]

[Repeat. A container truck is leaving Interstate 90 and heading down a mountain road.]

“Attack.”

[Go away.]

Anything that entered within the 200-mile cordon was bombed. An absolute annihilation zone was created where vehicles could not travel.

Fighters and bombers that had taken flight for the first time in a long time began to attack not only vehicles of questionable identity, but also mutants.

Fighters and attack helicopters that immediately fire missiles when a variant is confirmed near the operation area.

[A huge pack of wolves is seen in the nature reserve.]

[Sweep it away!]

The Air Force bombed and blew up the mutants that the Army had worked so hard to catch. The nature reserve, Nabal, and the surrounding areas were all destroyed.

[A herd of mutant boars entered the forest.]

[Blow it away!]

Although carpet bombing was not enough to capture them all, the density of mutant beasts in the areas swept by the Air Force was bound to decrease significantly.

Feeling uneasy for no reason, Roger Lung got up from his seat and paced around.

Everything went according to plan. Riots and looting broke out in the cities where the EMP hit, and it was clear that this would be the beginning of a repercussion that would spread throughout the United States.

How will the US, which has insulted China with issues like Hong Kong and the Uyghur issue, resolve this situation? Through dialogue? With looting and riots breaking out right away?

The longer we delay, the more astronomical the damage will be, and the more discontent the state and local residents will grow. If we don’t address it properly, we’ll be stuck in a quagmire.

Then, by force? If we were to strike them down by force, it would be proof that all the morality and human rights that America has been calling for so far were hypocrisy. The image of America that has been built up through hypocrisy is now over.

The outside world was clear. But what is this situation?

Even if they crack down hard, wouldn’t it be normal to control the level by giving warnings or considering the eyes of the international community?

That’s how China intervened in Hong Kong. How long did it take to control the water level? But the US didn’t do that. They just started to tear everything down as if nothing was visible.

There were no casualty counts, no statistics on the extent of damage. It was as if the entire city was going to be destroyed and rebuilt. The armored units charged into the city paralyzed by the EMP.

‘Are you crazy because you were so shocked?’

The gangs and cartels, who had been pre-meditated, were wreaking havoc everywhere, but the result was a finely chopped patty. The looting and rioting ended in a day when the cavalry moved in.

When those who rioted and looted were caught, they were not brought to a regular court. A military court was held and they were immediately held accountable for sedition and treason. The result was severe punishment.

“So you’re saying everything fell apart?”

[···As the collapse of those who had invaded Detroit is reported, gangs and cartels in other areas are taking a closer look.]

“Cut the dose to those who sit on their butts.”

[I’ll replace it with South America, is that okay?]

“It doesn’t matter because we have the distribution of medicine coming from South America in our hands.”

[All right.]

I thought that since they used EMP, there was a possibility that communication and internet would be cut off and SNS would be ignored. But they are suppressing it this strongly?

‘Have you caught the tail?’

If the intervention had been discovered, there would have been a declaration of war or a diplomatic gesture. But there was no response. Was it just a blind elephant scurrying around and catching a mouse?

I had to continue the attack as planned. If 4 was not enough, I would attack 8 times, and if 8 was not enough, I would attack 16 times to push them into the mud. That would be it.

“Keep moving.”

[All roads are controlled.]

“What are you talking about, you’re 120 miles away?”

[Blockade up to 200 miles.]

“···200 miles?”

[Yes, it is an unconditional inspection.]

“Split into groups. 3rd Platoon will move to the destination by night. 2nd Platoon will move south along the Mexican border. 1st Platoon will go into the national forest and hide.”

[All right.]

200 miles? Shutting down all roads 320km away from the accident scene? Is that physically possible?

Roger Lung chuckled.

It was impossible. How could they manage this vast land and this many roads? Installing surveillance satellites in their own country and launching dozens of early warning aircraft?

If you get a few bird strikes, half of them will fall. One of the reasons why the US invasion was predicted to be successful was because of bird strikes.

Of course, but···

[Contact with 3rd Platoon has been lost.]

“You don’t know the cause? 2nd Platoon?”

[2nd Platoon, contact was lost after the signal that a missile attack had occurred.]

“Missile attack?”

Are you crazy? They just fired missiles at a container truck moving through their own country without any warning or anything?

“Lieutenant Long, there is a mutant wolf roaming around.”

also?

Not long after we hid in the forest, we encountered a pack of mutant wolves who were persistent. They seemed to have received training to deal with armed soldiers. They stabbed us in shifts for 24 hours, using up a lot of ammunition and equipment.

Due to the persistent nagging, I had already used up all the CS bullets and all that was left were the red pepper powder and pepper I had brought for emergencies.

“Sprinkle powder.”

“ancient!”

The mutant wolves retreated to avoid the scent, but they could not have anticipated the carpet bombing that the wolves would bring.

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Operations control room.

“A container vehicle has been found that appears to have been involved in the bombing of a mutated wolf species that was spotted near Tahoe National Forest.”

“Near the national forest? They must have used satellites and early warning devices to make sure there was nothing nearby before bombing?”

Even the number of containers was four. Traces found after a thorough search of the surrounding area. Even though they were completely burned after being carpet bombed, they clearly showed signs of being heavily armed.

Are these guys terrorists?

“The container has been opened! They say there is an EMP bomb inside.”

“Check the source immediately!”

Analysis of the EMP bomb revealed that key components were Taiwanese, Chinese, and Japanese. There were many countries that could have messed with Japanese, Chinese, and Taiwanese components.

“The results of the DNA analysis taken from the body are out.”

There is a greater than 95% chance that he is Chinese. And it is a DNA that is mainly seen in northern Chinese, not southern Chinese.

The information was immediately uploaded to the federal government, and the military immediately implemented measures that could be taken under DEFCON.

Chinese-Americans and Japanese-Americans in the military are on standby for assignment. Those with family ties to Chinese or Japanese are being transferred to other positions.

And this news reached Beijing, China.