Rust - Chapter 373



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RUST -373

The blade suddenly sticks out and then disappears to the other side.

The space beyond that opening was empty.

What is it now?

What just happened?

It was a knife.

The iron gate is torn, right? I’m not seeing things, am I?

Hiding?

Even if you’re hiding, it’s not like there’s no movement!

Before there was even a moment to murmur, the iron gate made the sound of a pig being slaughtered alive.

Kweeeee-

Kkeeeeeeek-

“Stop! Nuclear. Yeah, I know nuclear. I know.”

The creepy scream of the iron gate stopped at the mention of nuclear weapons.

“I’m sorry. Where are you from?”

[···New York.]

It’s New York.

There were no reports of it going that far.

The most dangerous thing on the road to becoming an absolute monarch was nuclear weapons.

No matter how strong the bunker was, if it was hit by a nuclear weapon, it could have buried them alive. The first thing they did after taking control of the bunker under the Air Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base was to send their men to remove the nuclear weapons elsewhere.

It is impossible to distinguish between a new human and a normal person with the naked eye. Since the occasional cannibalistic desires are controlled by taking the cure, it was not a problem for anyone of a certain rank to enter the nuclear facility. It was even more so if they had prepared the documents of the special inspection team.

If the military was running properly, it would have been impossible to disguise themselves as an inspection team, but in a situation as complicated and chaotic as now, rank and pretext were gangsters.

Ignoring the justification and rank of the inspection? Then, it would be possible to frame the nuclear base that refused the inspection as being militarized, so that wouldn’t be a bad thing either.

What if the nuclear base refuses to be inspected and puts pressure on nearby units under the pretext of acting strangely? The nearby units would have no choice but to join in the inspection of the nuclear base.

Since contact with each military command has been cut off, the decision has to be made by the major general or brigadier general who is in charge of the frontline military unit. Even if everything else is the same, how terrible would it be if the nuclear base were to become a military base?

If they were to take advantage of a gap like now, they could have caused normal military units to attack the nuclear base and the surrounding military for security reasons, while military units that were undergoing militarization could have caused conflict with the nuclear base and the surrounding military units with the intention of targeting the nuclear base’s nukes.

If the subordinates had built up power within the process, it would have been possible to dispose of the nukes, and it would not have been impossible to retrieve them.

They were pushing ahead with the plan to neutralize nuclear weapons. They said they couldn’t do anything about the nuclear weapons in overseas command posts, but they were at least planning to get rid of the nuclear weapons remaining on the mainland.

That way, the core here will be strengthened. That way, when it evolves and becomes a strong absolute monarch, it can freely use its power.

That’s what it was.

Things were going so well.

Suddenly a monster cub.

“New York? Calm down for now. The nukes, you know…”

The superior entity that stopped Maru’s swordsmanship desperately increased its dominance while buying time.

The bastard’s eyes began to glow blue.

Today, more than 70 subordinates died. As the subordinates who had complete control disappeared all at once, he gathered all the remaining control and exploded it.

–■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■–

The subordinates nearby were caught up in the powerful storm of dominance and froze. The enormous influence swept through the surroundings, enough to cause blue haze to rise.

‘Okay. This is about it···.’

A half-open iron gate. Facing an empty space.

He gave the order in a proud voice.

“Show yourself!”

[······.]

A powerful dominance transformed into a word that shook the space.

“Show yourself!”

[······.]

Not working?

Even if the entity outside the door was a superior entity, he was clearly a more enhanced superior entity. He couldn’t see it properly because of the hiding equipment, but if you look at the results, it was a case of enhanced physical abilities.

If so, then the mental power would be relatively weak. Even if it wasn’t complete control, it should be able to move for a while. This was definitely the case when fighting other higher entities in the underground bunker.

It was the same even if they were a normal human, and it was the same even if they were a mutant. If you had a certain level of dominance, you could bewitch either a human or a mutant.

But then a black blade suddenly appeared from the empty space and headed towards the iron gate.

no.

“Stop!”

A method that has always worked. I could have used it to turn things around, but what is that…

Dominance doesn’t work at all?

Kkwaddudduk!

Kieeeeeee!

The iron gate screamed for the last time.

Doesn’t work? No.

“Show yourself and stop!”

Crackle-

It doesn’t work. Crazy.

“Wait! Nuclear? Yeah, I’ll give you nukes. I’ll give you nukes! Stop! If you come in, I’ll blow myself up!”

thud-

The door fell down and the wind blew.

The cold, icy wind seemed to pierce my entire body.

No, it wasn’t the wind.

What is this?

stop···.

I tried to say something, but my throat suddenly got stuck.

It feels like my whole body is frozen.

And then the moment.

Crunch-

The blade that dug into the eyes of the superior entity cut through the brain left and right before being pulled out.

[Stop? Self-destruct? This is crazy.]

Oh my!

The higher entity did not die, but began to struggle with its unique tenacious vitality. Its wounds were slowly healing.

Huh?

A more powerful regenerative power than the information sent by telepathy. Maru swung the sword he had drawn and cut off the bastard’s neck. Crunch- The blade did not cut off in one breath, but dug in half and stopped.

Do you see this?

The cannibals caught in New York were like that, and this one was even worse. When the higher-ranking individual was in danger, the cannibals, who had been frozen in a storm of dominance, covered the higher-ranking individual with their bodies. Either way.

Swish! Swish!

Kkwaduk—

Maru began harvesting grapes like picking grapes from a bunch.

······

It was a bumper crop.

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There was no chaos outside the building.

Nearly forty enemies were transformed into sculptures along with their exosuits.

The ground and roads were broken here and there. There were over 40 enemies, but there were over 1,000 crows waiting to dive bomb.

It was practically impossible to dodge or block a rain of bombs falling from the air, even in a rigid spacesuit-type exosuit.

[Don’t miss a single piece of the exosuit.]

[······.]

[······.]

If we brought the research team and technicians, we could analyze it and upgrade it. The defense power was really great, no matter what they did.

[Except for the healthy head there.]

[······.]

[······.]

If your head is intact, you can use the information extractor, so you should sort that out separately. Do I even have to do this?

[No answer?]

[···yes.]

[yes···.]

Kim Yang was nagging at telepathy and psychometry. The telepathy that had been transmitting information to Maru was in a state of exhaustion for some unknown reason, and psychometry seemed to have gotten better, but it hadn’t yet.

‘They were both in the mercenary unit, but their behavior was so-so.’

These kids tend to suddenly act out and do things like that. When they’re busy and tired, they can’t think of anything else.

‘I have to roll it first. Whatever.’

Miss Kim didn’t leave them alone for even a moment, and kept pushing the two people around.

Caw!

Kaaaak—

Knock knock!

The crows resting on the roof of the building began to croak busily.

‘Why are they acting like that all of a sudden?’

Looking towards where the crows were looking, Maru was emerging from the darkness of the building, carrying two dented duffel bags, each of which had something inside.

Maru looked around and said.

[great job.]

[You came out quickly?]

Did it take about 15 to 20 minutes?

Aren’t there only a few left inside because they all rushed outside?

What are you bringing?

At those eyes, Maru turned the duffel bag over and shook it.

The round grapes poured down and rolled around.

“Heeeeeeek- No. No. No. No. No. No. Nooooooo!”

Psychometry used his powers on the ground and went crazy in reaction. Telepathy also had a tired expression with a haggard face and dull eyes.

Regardless, Maru kicked a grape with his foot, the pod part of which was ragged and torn.

[Because that’s the guy who ruled here. Get information from that first. It’s effective to get it with psychometry. Psychometry···.]

[The taste is gone.]

[Why again? The performance is really good.]

Psychometry extracted information, and telepathy relayed it, allowing me to receive information as if I had experienced it myself. It was like watching a feature film in a matter of seconds.

Using Dr. Brain Dungdung’s information extractor, it took quite a while to extract the information, and it also took time to print out the extracted information. Even if I ran it at 8x speed, I didn’t know how long it would take to get the information I wanted.

[I tried it and it definitely seems like psychometry is better. It wasn’t a bother, was it?]

[I was bullying them. I was so careful not to let them think of something weird. It’s true.]

[okay?]

[Yeah. It gets better if you roll it hard. If it’s useful, you should roll it more.]

Psychometric Erica was startled by the two demons’ voices. They want to roll me over. I really didn’t want to die like this, but I’d rather be dragged around by those demons…

[Don’t do that.]

Feeling a pounding sensation in my head, I turned my head towards Julia, and saw her shaking her head from side to side with a pouty face.

[If this continues, I’ll really go crazy. I’m going crazy. Rather···.]

[I’ll explain. Don’t think useless thoughts.]

Erica clasped her hands together as she watched Julia approach the two demons, her face slightly more puffy and the ticklish feeling gone.

‘Please, God.’

Maru and Kim Yang were talking seriously, whether they knew what the two women were thinking or not.

[Have you organized everything and uploaded it?]

[No, I just hit the head. I remember the lower-level guys going crazy after killing the higher-ups in New York.]

Ah, that’s right. After the deputy mayor was killed, control was lost and everything just became a mess.

[So when are you going in?]

[I was trying to organize it by removing some information here···.]

Psychometry was almost halfway done.

[If psychometry uses its powers, does it allow it to sense all of the target’s senses and such?]

[That’s bullshit. So if you read the death scene, you feel the final scream of death as it is. Is that really true?]

Telepathy intervened, approaching with trembling steps.

[No, not completely, but in Erica’s case, I feel like it’s more than half.]

[······.]

[···Really? Then why aren’t you crazy?]

Kim Yang picked on Julia’s words. This girl kept interfering with things at every opportunity. Kim Yang’s gaze was not good. She was already starting to act like that, but what she said was even more shocking.

[Is it because you want to be crazy?]

[Don’t change the subject.]

It was Miss Kim who was glaring at Julia with sparkling eyes. Where should I sell the medicine?

[Whew- This is really crazy. It’s still at its limit. You saw it. What I conveyed to you through telepathy. Do you think a normal person could endure that?]

Julia shifted her focus to persuading Maru.

[You feel about half the sensation?]

[Yes, Erica feels that way half the time.]

Certainly, the psychometric information transmitted through telepathy was felt to be at least 30~40%, and at most, it was close to 50%. It was certainly true that I experienced that dirty feeling about half the time. On the other hand, it could be seen as only half.

[Does doing that with only half of your time mean you don’t want to cooperate?]

Julia seemed to be getting tired of Maru’s calm words. Even while connecting through telepathy, her mind wavered several times, so how could she do that after seeing that?

[There are people who get immersed just by watching movies or dramas. What would happen if that person experienced those feelings as well?]

[···That could be the case.]

Telepathy sighed at Maru’s assessment that he understood, and realized that he was a person who could communicate.

[But you know.]

[······.]

What are you trying to say? Julia was nervous.

[If an emergency arises and your abilities are needed, there is no reason to turn a blind eye to your own selfish waste of resources. Right?]

[···But Erica···.]

As if to interrupt Julia, Maru continued his story.

[If you’ve made a living as a mercenary, you know that it’s not good to act like that in a world like today. Were you a normal person? I was a normal person too. And the moment you joined the mercenary corps, you stopped being a normal person, right?]

[···Neither did she nor I want to be mercenaries!]

Miss Kim bared her teeth at Julia’s sobbing.

[Where does this girl get her juice?]

[It’s true. It’s true.]

[Really? Really? This bitch is hilarious. When you tried to kill us with your operating system, you did a great job. What the hell are you talking about? Huh?]

When you were trying to kill us with the cannibals along with Director Yoo, you moved them without mercy, and you said no? This girl is funny. Should I make some holes here and there to fit her size so she’ll come to her senses?

Kim Yang’s eyes sank.

[Stop. Let’s talk about that later and finish what we were doing.]

Maru pointed to the head of the superior entity lying beneath his feet.

[No matter how much I think about it, it’s better to read it with psychometry···.]

Heeeeek heeeeek

I felt sick after seeing him having a seizure. It was a shame that I had to use Dr. Brain Dungdung.

[Extract with the information extractor. Quickly, because a lot of information will be lost over time.]

Kim Yang gave a slight push to telepathy.

[What are you doing? Not doing it quickly.]

[······.]

Julia stuck the tentacle-like information extractor into her skull with trembling hands.

Pogurruruk-

Pogurrurururuk-

A video appeared on the monitor a moment later.

Kim Yang’s eyes sparkled.

There was a nuke.

It was nuclear.

in the end.

at las.

nucleus.