Rust - Chapter 273



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RUST -273

The sound of automatic turrets firing penetrated the soundproofing of the dining room.

“What is going on?”

“Damn. I could only eat two pieces.”

“Is food the problem right now?”

The security guards stopped eating and rushed out. Maru, who had finished chewing a thick piece of pork cutlet in one bite, stood up and said.

“I’ll pack my gear and go, so you go first.”

Nodding. Ms. Kim, who was eating while wearing an exosuit, headed to the outer wall first.

When it comes to using infected people, is there any particular equipment that is needed? Can’t you just cut them with a knife?

Kkiyungkkiyung-

When I climbed up to the outer wall, it was a mess.

The sky is dyed red, and the black sea looks like it’s boiling.

It wasn’t a scream or a howl.

The squirming of squirming chunks of flesh against the backdrop of a horrible noise mixed with all those instinctive sounds.

Thud, thud, thud!

Thud thud thud thud!

Machine guns and cannons fired fiercely. Bullets and shells pierced and crushed the infected.

In an instant, hundreds were wiped out, but thousands came rushing in. Tens of thousands were now gathering in an empty lot where thousands had died of exhaustion.

Ms. Kim could feel it instinctively.

‘This is a bit···.’

It was ominous. Even though the infected person and the surrounding area were reduced to dust by the machine gun, the ominous feeling did not go away.

[Upload surrounding video.]

Images of the tower’s east, west, south, and north appeared on the exosuit helmet.

Machine guns began to sharpen their barrels one by one in the endless attacks surrounding them on all four sides. The machine guns were also divided into odd and even groups, and began to alternate between firing and cooling.

Loud gunfire and machine gun noises echoed through the buildings and between the tall buildings. People, who had changed as if they were being drawn by the gunfire and gunfire, began to swarm toward the Vladislav Tower.

“They’re sticking to me!”

The agent, who had been firing his machine gun vigorously, shouted at Ms. Kim.

“Cramore. You must trigger Claymore.”

Those who had penetrated the saturation were stuck to the wall, making it difficult to get an angle. The agents threw grenades at them as they tangled with each other and created a ramp made of meat.

bang!

Several people were blown away with a loud noise. A round hole was created by the explosion of a grenade. The round hole created by the explosion of the grenade was quickly filled with fresh infected people.

[Line 1. Claymore trigger]

At Kim Yang’s words, the claymore installed on the outer wall exploded. The infected who had been clinging to the outer wall and making meat ladders were all exhausted and scattered in all directions.

[Mine activated!]

As soon as the electronically controlled mines were activated, a chain of explosions began. Corpses rose from the ground, and mines exploded in the air, creating a sea of ​​blood in an instant, but it seemed meaningless in the face of the endless violence of numbers.

“Right now, wouldn’t a flamethrower be better than a gun or bomb?”

Maru, wearing a ripper suit, was checking the situation to see when he arrived.

[Is that okay? The smoke might block your view.]

“It was the same in Japan too.”

[Japan? Ah-]

“Yeah. They couldn’t get through the flames. Flamethrowers ready!”

The artificial intelligence moved the flamethrower turret.

“Long, along the outer wall line. Radiate!”

Puhwaaaaaaaah!

Whoosh! Whoaah!

The fire made from napalm gradually spread, turning all directions into a sea of ​​fire. The infected who rushed to the scene even though their entire bodies were torn to pieces were unable to jump into the red-hot flames.

“YES!”

“yes!”

“it’s okay!”

People who climbed up the outer wall cheered when they saw the sight.

There was a brief lull. Maru prepared a gift for the infected who were screaming and waiting for the fire to die down.

“You have a 4.2-inch mortar? Let’s use that.”

While the napalm flames were blocking the infected, 4.2-inch mortars were set up. Large shells began to fly from the 4.2-inch mortars, seven or eight in each direction. There were only 30 of them in total, but their firepower was formidable.

Let’s block their approach with napalm flares, attack from medium to long range with 30-40mm machine guns, and start scattering the accumulated material one by one with mortars. A somewhat stable defensive line was established.

“It looks like it’s going to be a long battle, so let’s take turns resting from now on.”

In a short period of time, countless people were killed, but there were still so many left that there was no answer.

“Diana. There must be a satellite taking pictures in the sky over here. Can you get some of that data?”

[There is strong security in place. Are you okay with leaving traces?]

“In this situation, what are the traces? For now, we can bypass it… No. In this case, it would be better to hire an expert. Samantha.”

[yes.]

“Did you hear? I need satellite data.”

When you fly a reconnaissance drone, the birds react. Attacking the reconnaissance drone. Satellites were the best way to check the current situation without provoking the birds.

[There is a risk of leaving traces.]

“Get the data by going around as much as possible. If possible, hijack a useful satellite, and if you can, extract the data on the current situation.”

[···All right.]

What could she do, even though she had a lot to ask? Samantha started working with Hood. The first thing she secured was a satellite photo of the Detroit area.

There were night photos showing the area as dark overall, with only the occasional light that appeared to be a bonfire, and day photos showing a clear gathering of infected people.

“I think almost all of the infected people around Detroit are here.”

[What are those guys riding motorcycles over there? A gang?]

While I was drawing the area aggro at Vladislav’s Tower, the gangs that had fixed their motorcycles were looting and looting. They must have looted so much that the satellite images showed gold bars flashing.

[We’re the ones showing off our skills, but the gang is sucking up the gold.]

Kim Yang was furious. I’m struggling to stop this, and these guys who didn’t do anything are stealing my gold?

“If we continue to reduce the number like this, it seems like we can roughly get things sorted out in a week or at the latest, ten days, without overdoing it.”

Bullets, shells, and even mortar shells were being poured in, so the number of infected people captured by satellites was noticeably decreasing day by day.

[After organizing, the gang starts to get involved?]

Kim Yang could not forgive those who touched the gold.

“The Strategic Command and other agencies will be looking at the satellite photos. Wouldn’t it be really annoying if they knew that we organized everything?”

[Then what are you going to do?]

“Don’t catch them all, but spread them out. Scatter them near intersections, near highways, or toward the railroad tracks.”

[Gang?]

Whether infected or mutant, what about the gang? Kim Yang’s voice was eerie.

“If you spread them out in groups of 5,000 to 6,000, they’ll naturally act as a defensive wall. They’ll filter out annoying guys and stuff. Let’s make a plan in that direction.”

[What about the gang?]

It’s fine to scatter them or gather them, but what about the gang?

“After I finish cleaning up this side, you can fry it, fry it, or stir-fry it however you want.”

Kim Yang nodded with the determination to punish the pups who took the gold.

Samantha and Hood were definitely quick on the information side. They succeeded in sharing the satellite and extracted data that could be used to guess the situation.

“This is chaos. Texas declared secede. And there are already five states that have declared secede.”

Seven additional states have shown signs of secession, starting with Vermont, Texas, New Hampshire, California, and Hawaii, for a total of 12 states.

During the American Civil War, 11 states formed the Confederacy, meaning that there were 12 states that wanted to secede, more than the number of states that had been in the Civil War.

“I don’t know what kind of nerve California has to secede.”

When I looked up related information about California, the center of the scorched western region, claiming to be independent, I found that there was a goddess.

[Goddess of war who protects California.]

[Hope of the West. Under the banner of the goddess. Let us fight for freedom.]

It seems like there’s a great superhuman in California. He has excellent commanding skills and is able to beat up mutants with a small group of vigilantes, and he’s literally crushing gangs and cartels.

[The Federal Government is Trying to Assassinate Democracy. Is the Federal Government in Their Right Mind?]

[The unscrupulous actions of the federal government that led to the deaths of the sons of Texas.]

The Texas side had been preparing for an assassination because the person who had advocated for secession was from Virginia, and the deployment of an assassination squad on top of that caused trust in the federal government to hit rock bottom.

[The mainland abandoned Hawaii.]

[Why is there no support and no movement toward reconstruction?]

Hawaii was hit by a nuclear bomb, and with no support from the mainland, it seemed like they just turned around.

Vermont and New Hampshire were states that had long been calling for the aristocracy to step down, and they were making a fuss about seceding from the Union and realizing true democracy.

“Yeah, it was a little strange.”

It was only natural for such remarks to come out, since the US presidential election was not a direct election in which citizens directly elected the president, but an indirect election in which the Electoral College elected the president.

The states that declared independence were not saying that they should completely cut ties. They were saying that they should each form an independent nation and then form an alliance to prepare for economic and military reasons.

With major infrastructure destroyed, which state will rebuild first? Which state will invest first? This alone is enough to cause conflict.

It wasn’t an unreasonable thought, as it was much more efficient for each country to separate and rebuild and defend independently.

Whether it was true or not, the federal government could not accept such a claim. They were at war with China. And how could they accept it when 12 states were talking about secession and dissolution of the union?

I wanted to sweep them all away, but the Chinese front was not so easy.

[A two-front war must be avoided.]

[We are not in a civil war at this time.]

The main force of the Federation Army was deployed to the Chinese front. It would have been foolish to withdraw. At the very least, the Chinese Communist Party had to be cut off and internal problems had to be resolved.

Knowing that it would be best to enter at least 15 days after the nuclear explosion, and 100 to 120 days to operate safely, why did they immediately push in the joint special forces to seize the nuclear power plant and attack the Shanghai biotechnology laboratory?

It was for a complete victory. For that, 50,000 American soldiers and nearly 200,000 Korean soldiers were mobilized. Now all that was left was to plant the flag of victory, but retreating here? Withdrawing troops here? It was the same as giving the enemy time to revive.

“It seems like the federal government is trying to focus on the Chinese front. Is Korea a war special?”

There was one strange piece of information embedded in the story that a munitions factory was built to supply the Korean and American armies and began pumping out supplies 24 hours a day.

[Look at this here.]

Information found by Kim Yang.

“If you hand over Hamaru’s body, I’ll give you the recipe for a cure to the side effects of the mutant virus? What is this?”

[I was here.]

It was in the data that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had uploaded to the federal government. The details of the transaction that the Korean Ojin Group had transmitted to the U.S. federal government through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

‘Find my fiancé. If you find my fiancé and return him to me, I’ll give you a really important recipe. If you have this recipe, wouldn’t it be a leash for those kids who don’t listen?’

The number of people infected with the mutant virus, which had been under control due to the nuclear war with China, was increasing explosively. In this situation, the appearance of a cure could have been a sufficient variable.

Now that the spread of infection is serious, especially in urban areas, what decision will the federal government make upon receiving this proposal?

“crazy.”

Maru was appalled by Na Ju-hyeon’s thoughts. She would trade such an important recipe for me? What on earth was she thinking?

[It seems that Kim Ki-sun has not been caught.]

As Kim Yang said, if they had caught Gi-sun, that story would have come up, but judging by the fact that there was no mention of it, it seemed like Gi-sun was avoiding it well.

While Maru and Kim Yang were looking through the materials, Diana relayed the change in situation.

[The aggression of infected people has been reduced.]

The infected in the video Diana sent were noticeably less active. Their movements, which had been as turbulent as boiling water, had become noticeably quieter.

“Cease fire, all mortars, cease fire.”

The machine guns, machine guns, and mortars all fell silent at once. As the gunfire ceased, the strange signs became more evident. The movements of the infected were really slow. The movements I had seen at the Donan Hospital in Japan.

“Flamethrower only, along the line.”

Across the wall of flames created by the flamethrower, the shadows of the slowly wandering infected loomed.

[The Strategic Command’s artificial intelligence has requested information exchange.]

[The Department of Homeland Security’s artificial intelligence has requested an information exchange.]

?

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[The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s AI has requested an information exchange.]

[What should I do?]

Let’s just exchange information?

Maru’s eyes narrowed.