Rust - Chapter 375



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RUST -375

The 8th basement floor was a mess.

The cannibals, now free of their dominance, destroyed everything in their path and entered their breeding grounds, perhaps because their previously suppressed instincts had exploded.

[No response.]

[This side too.]

I saw it through brain information, but the actual breeding facility was a miserable place. People who were confined in a narrow space like a chicken coop were unable to escape the cannibal’s frenzy and lost organs such as the brain, heart, and liver.

[No response on the 8th floor. Going down to the 9th floor?]

[okay.]

Before descending to the 9th floor, Maru activated the 8th floor incinerator. The barrier came down, and the space that had been used as a breeding ground was completely engulfed in flames.

[Is it okay to burn it now?]

[I checked in the control room on the first floor. Each floor can be operated manually like now.]

The two people went down to the 9th floor without stopping and finished searching, then carried out the 9th floor incineration procedure and entered the 10th floor, the lowest floor where the nuclear weapons were stored.

Squeak-

As the emergency exit opened, supplies piled up neatly in a wide space were visible. Then, the tactical nuclear B61-12, showing off its elegant appearance, came into view. Next to it, there were cannibals covered in blood.

One of the men shouted, holding what looked like a detonator in his hand.

“Don’t move!”

As Ms. Kim stared blankly, the cannibals screamed.

“Now. Drop your weapons!”

“Put your weapons down!”

“If you move, press···.”

The sound of footsteps was drowned out by the loud noise.

widely-

?And then the cutting sound that followed.

Tsukur keuk-

!!!

Maru muttered as he shook off the blade dripping blood.

[Where the hell do these kids come from? They don’t even have a nuclear reload code…]

The cannibals nearby fluttered like a swarm of locusts.

Kim Yang was surprised. He said he was holding the nuclear button, but he just went and cut it. But he had a plan. That’s how it is with nuclear weapons. If you don’t know the unlock code, it won’t explode. Yeah.

But wouldn’t that detonation button be dangerous? Even if it was just a regular bomb detonation button, wouldn’t it bury you alive if it detonated here?

She could feel cold sweat running down her spine.

[Go outside and shoot.]

Although he omitted the words, ‘So that grenades don’t splash inside,’ Ms. Kim understood right away.

[Okay.]

She nodded as she answered towards the empty space.

In that brief moment of nodding, she was startled by the sight of Maru catching up with the fourth who had already cut down three and was running away.

Kim Yang quickly went outside to avoid Maru, who had started to cut in all directions, and took a seat.

Ugh- Ugh! Ugh-

Soon, the sound of heavy breathing began to come closer.

The cannibal who was rushing out the door was captured on Kim Yang’s HUD. His terrified eyes and trembling steps looked like a person. If he hadn’t been covered in the blood of the victims he killed in the breeding grounds…

Tuang-! Clang-

The steps rang out as a fiery incendiary bullet lodged itself in the cannibal’s temple.

As the special bullet penetrated the skull and fried the brain from the inside, the cannibal collapsed and began to twist its entire body like a squid.

That was the beginning.

Cannibals running out even after seeing the corpse of their comrade in the grilled squid pose right in front of them.

Euaaaah!

Cannibals desperately come out even though they must have realized that there is a sniper outside the door.

three.

Taang! – Tangrang.

two.

Tupang! -ting

one.

Tuan—Tangurur-

As the gunshots ringing through the stairs gradually died down, the squeaking noise coming from inside the half-open door also became quiet.

[Caught 4 at the entrance.]

[Chiiik- Search- Go inside- Chiiik-na- Block the entrance- Beep]

[Okay.]

In times like these, you need to have a communication device.

Wait a minute. That’s right, a spider drone!

I said that if it’s a short distance, it can also act as a repeater.

Kim Yang took out a spider drone from the equipment box and sent it inside the door. The small drone that looked like a spider made a beeping sound and went inside. After sending out all three drones and connecting the communication, the communication sensitivity was noticeably better than before.

[Check communication sensitivity]

[Chick- Oh, it got better? How did you do it?]

[I used a spider drone.]

[Ah, that one. Chik- Good job. Are there any more guys who went that way?]

[doesn’t exist.]

[It’s big here and there’s a lot of luggage, so it’ll probably take some time.]

[Take it slow and be careful.]

[Okay. Thanks.]

Every so often, a dull thumping sound and a desperate scream would leak out through the crack in the door.

‘Oh my – you’re so strong-hearted.’

What if they detonate a bomb?

Looking at it, the combination of Maru and the Ripper suit seemed even more terrifying. It was not only because the shoes of the Ripper suit were made of new materials, but also because Maru’s movements themselves became more stealthy and faster.

‘What should I do about the noise I make every time I walk?’

Ms. Kim vowed to upgrade.

Wheeeeeek-

A space where you run around looking for something that catches your senses. The feeling of the emptiness itself moving where you can see nothing was creepy.

Ugh- eww-

“You. You little monster!”

A cannibal who had been hiding well struggled for a moment before he was caught. He tried to draw his gun. Shooting a gun amidst the explosives scattered everywhere meant that he wanted to die together.

I tried to pull out the gun like that. I did.

Bam-

Before I knew it, the arm that had been trying to hold the gun had fallen to the floor. It felt like hot and cold flames were licking my entire body.

Gurruruk- gurgle-

Maru, who was looking at the collapsed pieces without even being able to make a last sound, let out a small breath. As he ran around the wide space, his body was slowly getting hot.

‘I thought I’d skip it and just write it, but I ended up writing it.’

The cold liquid that entered the blood vessels quickly cooled the heated body.

‘I guess I’ll have to learn to control myself.’

There was a clear difference between being able to move 10 meters and moving 12 meters. Strictly speaking, it was only a difference of 2 meters, but there was a huge difference in killing power.

This was because the killing radius was clearly increased when considering the length of the Eclipse blade held in the outstretched arm.

In my experience fighting in urban warfare, I found that there were many cases where we engaged in combat at a closer range than expected. Usually, it was around 10~15m? And Maru’s attack range was already within that area.

One step. Is it possible for even a superior being with specialized physical abilities to avoid the slashes and stabs that literally come in one breath?

So, it is said that the low-level cannibals who were managing the breeding farms hurriedly ate people’s organs, but it was impossible to block the floor or escape.

Some of them tried to blow themselves up, saying that they couldn’t die alone, but for Maru, who reads the will to live, the will to die together is just a good signal that tells them where to go.

‘Suicide is freezing to death.’

Among them, there were those who cried and cried and said to the empty space that it was not because they wanted to become cannibals, but eternal peace came before the repentance was complete.

Kujik-

Maru, who had been giving peace of mind to the grieving cannibal, suddenly became tired.

‘These guys are always talking nonsense.’

It may be a joke, but it is true that it becomes mentally exhausting to sort out things that look exactly like people and cling to each other, claiming that they are also people.

“It’s dirty. I feel···.”

Swish – He swung the blade, and drops of fat and blood fell to the floor.

After they realized there was a sniper waiting outside the door, they literally hid themselves. It wasn’t like they were playing hide and seek.

I had already spent nearly three hours on the 10th floor underground, but I felt uneasy about catching everything. But I couldn’t open each and every box to find them.

[How much telepathic connection time is left?]

[9~10 minutes.]

[Then tell them to send down the exosuit unit this time.]

[The guards?]

That damn ‘Ark Revolutionary Guard.’ That’s not even a concept, how long are you going to do it for? Maru thought that he should seriously talk about this when he returns this time.

[···Okay. Let’s get the nukes first.]

[Okay.]

Maru quietly wandered around. I don’t know how many of them were left, but the cannibals literally didn’t make a sound.

Meanwhile, Kim Yang’s personal guards began to gather everything they could carry, including B61-12 nuclear bombs, Hellfire missiles, AIM-9 Sidewinders, JDAMs (Joint Direct Attack Munitions), GBU-39 SDBs (gliding guided aerial bombs), and AIM-120 AMRAAMs (medium-range air-to-air missiles), going back and forth between the 10th basement floor and underground.

[There’s so much of this that it’s hard to do it all at once. I think I’ll have to go back and forth several times to get it all? It’ll probably take about a week to ten days.]

[What about the nucleus?]

[I took care of it first.]

[Then, I’ll load as much as I can and hand over the rest to the Department of Homeland Security, so you know that.]

[What a pity.]

I feel sorry and wonder if I have the presence of mind to take care of this right now.

[We can’t just leave them there. The inside is too big, and we can’t search everything. What if we leave them like this for a few days and an accident happens, or they suddenly go crazy in a group and a bomb goes off? If we can’t handle it, wouldn’t it be better to hand them over to the Department of Homeland Security and divide them up?]

[Oh, that would work.]

Even if he was a cannibal with physical abilities three times greater than that of a normal person, he could still do it with an exosuit.

[But can the Department of Homeland Security handle this?]

[I fought the cannibal last time, and it looks like I’ll be fighting it again this time. Will I get pushed back?]

It seemed like it would be difficult in the long run if we couldn’t win against those we had captured and locked up.

[Even if you can handle it, there won’t be any workers right now, right?]

[You and the guards will have to help with the work.]

‘Why me? I’ve been there once, and now again?’

Maru chuckled at Kim Yang’s rudeness.

[You and your SS became terrorists in New York, what will happen to your image?]

‘When did we ever think about images?’

‘I thought about the image. That’s why I cleaned up LA criminals without complaining, and went to Japan and China and everything was connected.’

[······.]

Ms. Kim narrowed her eyes.

[If you appear at a time like this, you are not a terrorist, but an apostle of justice. You need to change your image like this. That way, you won’t get involved later.]

[Would that work? If you were labeled a terrorist and join the Guard with me, wouldn’t you be saying, ‘Look at the corruption of public power colluding with terrorists.’ Isn’t that just throwing shit at the Department of Homeland Security?]

[Don’t worry. I’ve already passed on the information extracted from the brain of the cannibal that ruled the bunker to Director Dan Brown through Diana.]

[when?]

When did that happen again?

[I sent it to the airship via crow earlier. I told the nurse to send it to Diana, so she must be going crazy by now after seeing the video.]

[······.]

[Director Dan Brown would make good use of the information he received.]

[······.]

[What- Even if they control most of the media and broadcasting, if they expose what’s going on underground here, centered around the Department of Homeland Security, the FBI, and the New York Police Department, the public opinion war will be over.]

If public opinion turned its back, there was no way for them to do anything. Being able to diminish the power of public authority through public opinion is the same as being able to exert strong power through public opinion.

Then, they had no choice but to turn public opinion and enter into a power struggle, and that was hopeless. No matter how big their power is, if they saw that video, people would pour out guns and say that they had to catch and kill all the cannibals.

The moment a video of a gun farm that makes you want to pick up a gun in a country with gun freedom is released, you will experience firsthand the natural order of things that makes prey scary when they gather.

So, what I’m saying is that this is a golden opportunity to change the image of Kim Yang and his subordinates. If they do their job properly, they’ll probably become heroes who work in the shadows to catch cannibals.

Kim Yang and the Ark Revolutionary Guard are heroes?

She snapped at Maru’s pick-up-laugh.

[Later, they even fired a missile at the airship! Who is responsible for that?]

[So we need to find the guy who fired the missile and take him down.]

Oh? Is that so? Miss Kim tilted her head.

[How do I find it?]

[The crows must have seen it. If the kids saw it, they’ll remember it, so don’t worry about finding it. Just go and relieve some stress. People need to experience real combat, right? Where else would you get a chance like this? An environment where there are only allies on all sides. Isn’t that rare?]

The actual battle of the Ark Revolutionary Guard? Kim Yang was tough.

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When Director Den Brown opened his eyes after a forced rest, the first thing he received was a video file.

The material sent by Vladimir Kalin. How many minutes did he watch it for? After ending the video, Dan Brown immediately called an emergency meeting and called the FBI, NYPD, and DEA to the video conference.

“The video you are about to watch is a video that shows the true nature of cannibals. It is the evidence that shows why we must fight cannibals. Why we must never lose.”

[A cannibal? An official document has been issued stating that we must now unconditionally refer to him as a cannibal, and that we must refrain from unnecessary investigations unless there is clear evidence. Don’t you know that yet?]

[An official document was also issued stating that the cannibal’s murders were partly due to the government’s failure to provide a stable supply of medicine, and that the sentence would be reduced.]

The FBI and the New York Police Department groaned.

“So. Please reserve all judgments you have had so far. We will watch the video evidence and then talk again. Is that okay?”

[Yes.]

[Let’s do that.]

And a moment later, the conference room was filled with shock and anger.