Rust - Chapter 374



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RUST -374

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The image that appeared on the monitor of the biometric terminal showed the nuclear weapons stored there.

The Air Force’s nuclear weapons storage facility. Ms. Kim smiled brightly at the sight of the nuclear missiles neatly stored in the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center.

Maru turned his head at the bright smile he had never seen before. A smile that was brighter than when he saw money, or gold.

Is it really that good?

By the way, does the Air Force manage nuclear weapons separately?

Even if it’s the United States of America, isn’t this crossing the line?

The Air Force has its own nuclear weapons. What about the Army?

Of course, nuclear is separate.

What?

The Army has its own nukes? What about the Navy?

Where do you think the nuclear submarine belongs?

So the Navy also has separate nuclear weapons.

The Marine Corps… The rest is omitted.

While other countries are running around with nuclear weapons across all three branches of the military, the United States simply has nuclear weapons in its Army, Navy, and Air Force.

There, the United States of America divided the world into seven regions, including space, and operated commands. Wouldn’t each command have nuclear weapons? I don’t know about the Space Force, but I don’t know about the six regional commands.

Considering the Strategic Command for nuclear war preparation, the United States alone has more military groups related to or possessing nuclear weapons than can be counted on one hand. Maybe we should even include toes.

Even though many of America’s nuclear and military facilities were destroyed in the aftermath of nuclear war, many nuclear weapons still remained under the United States.

Why didn’t they just dump all their nukes on China?

If you use all of that, what about Russia? What about North Korea? What about those weird guys?

Nuclear war is hard to start, but once it starts, it is easier to start the next one. To prevent that, we had to maintain a large number of nuclear weapons.

For that reason, information was extracted that the cannibals were discarding or retrieving the nukes that were being stored.

‘This is true. It’s not just here. The cannibals who took over the military base were definitely trying to dispose of or take control of the nuclear weapons.’

One of the most powerful weapons mankind currently possesses is the nuclear weapon.

So it was natural that the cannibals would want to deal with the nukes first. The cannibals seemed to think that if they could just get rid of the nukes, they could become the dominant species.

‘It’s a good thing I came without wasting time.’

If these guys had been expanding their power here for several years, it would be terrible to think that they were a cannibalistic force that even possessed nuclear weapons.

[When are you coming down?]

[After checking the information.]

Kim Yang urged him to hurry up and see the nuke.

[Can’t you look at it later when you get home?]

[You can’t extract it using a biometric terminal. If you miss important information, it will be difficult to find it later.]

When it appeared that something that would have been over in 10 seconds according to psychometry would take at least 2 hours, Ms. Kim pecked at the communicator.

[Communicator. Psycho, what can’t you do? It takes too much time.]

[···It will be difficult for the time being. If you force it, you will be in big trouble.]

Julia stood in front of Kim Yang like a hen guarding her chicks.

Maru didn’t take his eyes off the monitor.

‘He must have a lot of information because he’s in control of an important place.’

Judging from the current results, most of the nuclear storage facilities, except for the southern and eastern regions, seemed to have been dealt with. There was even information about the southern region that was not available in New York.

After the South declared secession from the Union, they took complete control of the nuclear bases in the region. The cannibals who went in claiming to be inspectors without knowing this fact, as well as the cannibals who were targeting the nuclear bases nearby, were all wiped out.

After that, the southern region began actively hunting down and killing cannibals. They were using paper cup diagnostic kits produced in Vladivostok.

‘Huh? It went that far.’

It seems that the goods sold in New York have flowed all the way to the South. What should I think about this? Should I also register the South as a potential good customer?

Anyway, it was a good thing that the South was dealing with the cannibals on its own, considering that New York had split in two because it couldn’t properly deal with the cannibals.

While various information flowed out in a chaotic manner on the monitor, the information I had been waiting for finally began to appear. The scenes on the 8th floor and the floors below it came to mind. The security measures on each floor, the labs connected by underground tunnels, and even the breeding grounds.

[······.]

[······.]

At the sight of such a horrific sight beyond imagination, even Kim Yang’s face, which had been in a good mood, hardened. Telepathy and psychometry kept their distance and trembled.

Maru, who had seen cannibals hunting people, also had a hard time remaining calm. They were the same people before they were infected, but how could this happen after only a few months?

‘Ha- shit- if the cannibals in New York are like this, then you guys must be out of luck too?’

Now that I think about it, the reason New York was in shambles was because the majority of the media was controlled by cannibals.

‘If I do this well, I can feed the New York cannibals some shit?’

Maru first saved the video of that part to a separate USB, and then looked at telepathy and psychometry. According to the original plan, they were all going to go down together, but it seemed difficult to see what they were doing.

Psychometry was having a seizure, having used up all of its power, and telepathy, which should have been active in a situation where underground communication was cut off, was also having difficulty functioning properly.

‘It’ll be quicker to go down and come back alone. I told Ms. Kim to hold a base here.’

After seeing the batteries in the Ripper suit being replaced, Kim Yang declared that she would also go down.

[Me too.]

[What are they doing?]

[It’s okay because there are crows. You can take them on the airship.]

[That won’t work.]

Putting Nanae and them together on the airship? Who knows what might happen. They’re two people with really useful abilities, and it would be difficult to have so many things to worry about.

‘It’s not even a problem.’

Hu- Maru contacted the nurse.

[Leave the two of you here, Kim Yang and I will go down and come back, so keep a close eye on the two of you with the crows.]

[Huh? It’s underground so communication will be cut off, but if you don’t bring Telepathy Julia Spin, what about communication?]

[Tell her to use telepathy to contact Ms. Kim once every hour.]

[···Will it take a long time?]

[I’m planning to go from the 8th floor to the 10th floor. I’m going to clean everything up while I’m at it, so it’ll probably take some time.]

[Ah- Yes-]

Maru added to the story in a heavy voice.

[If they try to do anything weird, or try telepathy without using a communicator, just scream at them and Diana will take care of it.]

[Huh? Diana?]

Artificial intelligence Diana will do it all on her own. What does that mean?

[Okay. Diana will take care of it, so don’t worry about anything else. You know telepathy? That tingly feeling in your head. When you feel it, just scream. Or wave your arms.]

[···Without telling me to stop or anything?]

The warning has already been given on a leash. Even though we met as enemies, if we could understand each other, I tried to let you go little by little. But if you try to talk to the nurse in a situation like now, then…

[I’ve talked enough. If I keep talking to you here, it’s time to end it.]

[What about that Erica Button award?]

[I have to come up and look at it after work.]

[all right.]

Maru confirmed it as if he was making a promise.

[If you feel telepathy, you must react immediately. It’s not just you who’s at risk, it’s all of us, the townspeople and the crows.]

[···yes.]

[I’ll upload the USB now. Send the data to Diana.]

[I will do that.]

I was thinking of sending it later, but if I was going to send it, I had better send it as soon as possible.

[Okay. I’ll trust you and go.]

[Yes···. Take care on your trip.]

After Maru and Kim Yang went down to the basement, Psychometric Erica calmed down a little. This wasn’t right. It really wasn’t right. How did it turn out like this?

When his abilities were first made known and he received a scout offer from Riser Pharmaceuticals, he was told that he simply needed to identify industrial spies.

Afterwards, as his abilities gradually grew stronger and his sensitivity to reading residual thoughts improved, the security team suggested that he move to a PMC under Riser Pharmaceuticals.

He said the work was similar, the salary was 3 times higher, and the allowance was 5 times higher. He also said he was a member of the Riser Group, and PMC, so it seemed like something. I also felt like a girl crush, so I moved. It was too much money to refuse. The benefits that came with it were good.

The happy work life was short-lived, and the world became a mess. The work gradually became bloody and stinky. Tracking down escaped test subjects, cracking down on researchers, fighting hostile armed groups, man-eating monsters, and now.

My calm body began to tremble again.

Just thinking about what would have happened if he had been dragged underground made his heart beat wildly. Julia, who was holding his hand tightly, was taking off the helmet of the exosuit.

[Turn off your communicator and take off your helmet.]

Before the question, “Why?” came Julia’s telepathy.

[I have to find a way to solve this.]

A necklace. Probably a bad necklace. It seemed to be filled to prevent betrayal. Erica did as Julia told her, turning off her communicator and taking off her helmet.

[The ability came back? How many times can I use it?]

[···2 times?]

Vladimir Kalin and Yania Kim went down to the basement, and after about two hours, Julia nodded, noting that her abilities were recovering faster than expected.

[First, can you see if there’s a way to take off the necklace?]

Erica shook her head as she carefully placed her hand on the necklace around Julia’s neck.

[It’s difficult. It seems like it automatically manages the explosion.]

[Sensor or something?]

[I don’t know about that… It’s been a long time, and most of the thoughts I have left are yours. Sorry.]

Erica could tell what Julia wanted.

freedom.

The desire to leave the blood-soaked mainland and go to a quiet place like Alaska, Hawaii, or Canada.

[Should we negotiate?]

It meant taking hostages and exchanging lives. Erica felt like her heart was going to burst.

Fighting with a guy who could instantly dismember those horrible cannibals and a strange woman? A hostage? That didn’t seem like it would work.

Even if they were eaten, they were definitely going to take revenge. When I read the traces they left here and there, the man’s thoughts were somehow not read properly, and the woman’s thoughts were just thoughts that were difficult to understand, so it was ominous.

[Don’t do that. Just stay. But you didn’t try to force me to do it.]

[How long will this go on? When the time comes for you and me to need it, won’t we use it? We’ll use it even if it means sticking a gun in it.]

Although Julia was haggard, her desire for freedom was strong.

[···And that man. I can’t read his mind. You said it was hard for you to read residual thoughts, right? Me too. It’s hard for me to even connect. I can’t entrust my life to someone like that.]

[What are you going to do?]

Julia’s eyes turned to the airship. There was a woman controlling the crows and Kim Yang’s personal guards on the airship. If Erica could help, she could transmit her thoughts to the personal guards, causing confusion and taking advantage of the gap…

[What are you doing now?]

Julia’s eyes lit up as she watched Erica use her power on the ground. You saw my heart and are using your power like that now? If those who went underground come back up, I’ll have to drag them back?

[You. Really. Are you doing this?]

[···Ah. No. That’s not it.]

I remembered a scary man named Vladimir standing in one place for a long time. He was standing there looking at the airship.

So, now that not much time has passed, I tried it because I thought I could find out the content of the communication even if I didn’t know the person’s thoughts.

[···I’m sorry for being angry.]

[No, it’s okay.]

[So was there anything to read?]

[I couldn’t read his thoughts, but I remember a little bit of what he said.]

[What is it? Can I see it myself?]

[huh.]

Julia’s haggard face distorted as she confirmed the thoughts Erica had read through telepathy. If she had used telepathy, her head would have been blown off.

A mixture of bewilderment and anger washed over her. A crow flew toward Julia.

Kaaaak!

The crow that had been circling around and lightly hitting Julia’s head landed on Erica’s head.

?Kaaaah!

A camera hanging from a crow’s neck. I thought there was only a camera, but there was also a small speaker.

[Ah- Again- Julia Spin. It’s time to telepathically connect with Kim.]

Ppoduk-

Caw?

“I’ll connect you.”

[Yes, thank you for your hard work. But why did you turn off the communicator?]

Julia answered the natural question.

“The two were having a private conversation.”

[Huh? Can’t you two just hold hands? Or do it with telepathy?]

A pure voice digging into what was meant to prevent Erica from accidentally saying something while telepathic.

I wanted to read what on earth she was thinking, but if I touched it, it would just end there. Julia was exploding with rage.

“I want to talk with my voice.”

[Ah-yes- I see. Then please contact me via telepathy. Through the communicator. Don’t forget.]

Food Duck

The crow flew up.