Rust - Chapter 388



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RUST -388

A space shimmering in the darkness caught up with the pursuit party’s rear.

The old underground waterway is clearly marked with bullet marks and soot from fires.

‘There was a lot of trouble here too.’

It means that Kim Yang and the guards took care of the cockroaches. Aside from that, it seemed like things were going to be a little unpleasant for him as he was getting more and more disgusted.

‘What are you thinking?’

With the combination of psychometry and telepathy, it would be possible to detect enemy ambushes. Maru felt uneasy seeing them advancing deep inside without hesitation.

Stop-

Psychometry was a woman who used her powers to the ground because she was scared, and she would hold out, saying that she would die if she used her powers a little. But that person suddenly changed into a person with a strong will and went out without hesitation?

why?

The things left here and there were by no means pleasant traces. If I had used psychometry there, I would have gone crazy, but I didn’t?

Why?

What if I didn’t use my ability?

How did you get the direction without using your abilities?

Psychometry reads, telepathy receives and transmits.

But send it without reading it?

I felt so uncomfortable that I was getting dirtier and dirtier.

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At first, it was okay, but as time passed, Erica felt mentally pressured. Her heart trembled at the sight of people who believed in her and moved forward, and the members who trusted her without doubt.

All these people are going to die? Because of me?

I decided to think hard for freedom, but I was scared.

All of this was his own choice that had to lead them to death.

‘I don’t like it. I …’

There’s no guarantee that these people will be free if they die. How can cannibals believe it? If you do something wrong, you could be captured by cannibals and become their slaves who use their powers by eating human flesh.

[don’t worry.]

[Did you just read my mind?]

Without permission? Without even letting me hold your hand?

[What are you talking about? Why am I reading this so carelessly? We agreed not to do that to each other. I told you not to worry because everything is going according to plan.]

[···What are you going to do? That cannibal leader is out of his mind. He’s a monster who likes cockroach hell, so how can you communicate with him?]

As Erica said, it was definitely a monster.

[What I negotiated was that you would lure the pursuit force.]

[···so?]

[The idea is to take advantage of the gap between the two while they’re fighting. The idea is to make it so that the two of them fight and both die.]

[Is that possible?]

The sight of Julia nodding her head faintly was unfamiliar to Erica, and the melancholy she had felt just a moment ago had disappeared, and it felt unfamiliar to Erica that she was being seduced by Julia’s words. As if she had guessed her feelings, Julia continued her story.

[You need to speak for me, in case there’s a cockroach watching.]

[What are you talking about?]

Erica looked around at the words, “Since you can control cockroaches, you might be able to monitor them through them.”

[Calm down. I assumed that might be the case. Pretend to use your powers, then tell the agent that they’re waiting in ambush up ahead.]

[Is that the end?]

[Just do that. If you have any problems or need help, just tell me.]

[okay.]

As Julia said, Erica, who was pretending to use her powers, whispered to the handsome agent.

“It looks like there are cockroaches and cannibals lurking in front of here.”

“Is that so?”

“Yes. It felt a bit strange earlier, so I checked just in case, and it was an ambush.”

“Well done. Thank you very much.”

Erica felt her heart prickle at the sight of the handsome man’s bright smile. Whether he knew her thoughts or not, the agent informed his unit members of the ambush and began preparing to drag them out.

“Can you also operate the internal situation?”

“wait a minute.”

Julia, who had been waiting for a while, nodded as if it was enough.

“Then I will send you new information telepathically now.”

The terrain inside and the locations of enemies are vivid in my mind.

The pursuit party was confident of victory.

“We’ll finish them off here.”

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As the prey came to the front of the trap and hesitated, a wave of cockroaches swayed as if they were about to be pushed away.

[Wait. When they come in, block their escape route.]

Brett Baden frowned.

The cockroaches’ appetites were exploding. They were surviving by preying on the weak from extreme hunger, but now they were told to wait.

Shasasasasasak-shasasasasasak-

The movements of a swaying cockroach. A look of confusion between enduring orders and hunger.

[They’re coming in. Stand back and let them come in.]

Troops armed with exosuits were advancing in formation. Leading the way were flamethrowers. They had barely made it in.

Come in, everyone.

Just a little bit. Just a little bit more.

Brett Baden clenched his fist slightly.

At that moment, as we entered cautiously, the unit suddenly threw a gas grenade.

Puck- Puck-

A terrible gas. Could it be nerve gas? They don’t even have chemical, biological, radiological equipment. Is it a suicide bomb?

Kshashaksak-kshashashasha-

The cockroaches began to writhe.

[Pesticide?]

These are… Could this bitch have been playing a prank?

At the moment when anger was rising, telepathy came in.

[There is a great commander here who has noticed the ambush. I will relay the current situation to you, so please check it.]

It occurred to me as if I was seeing with my own eyes what kind of preparations they were making.

This was a really desirable year.

If you make her a cannibal and rule over her, that ability will be yours alone.

Julia, holding back her disgusting greed, suggested.

[Can I operate it?]

[It’s going to be hard for the cockroaches.]

[Cockroaches are impossible, but those in the waiting room might be able to do it.]

[Try that.]

Even if it was a prank, I had nothing to lose anyway. If I just caught this bitch, I would make up for the loss. Even if the cockroaches died in droves, they were still overflowing. They would be replenished quickly.

It’s a shame that the family members are gone, but wouldn’t there be an overflow of things that have lost their owners anyway? With his current level of control, he could fill the numbers in no time.

[Don’t expect good results.]

Julia began operating the cannibals belonging to the Baden family. She had Erica train the pursuers, and she began to use telepathy to reduce their numbers, taking turns on both sides.

“It’s a cannibal. A cannibal came in from behind.”

“Block the sides. They’ll hit and run.”

“Cockroach. Cockroach is taking supplies…”

And this repeated war of attrition broke the agent’s patience.

“Kill the fucking cockroaches first!”

The Homeland Security agent gave an emergency order. Julia became anxious at the sudden action. What should I do if this happens while I’m operating the cannibals?

[Stop Agent Erica!]

Erica stepped forward at Julia’s shout.

“It’s dangerous to go that way.”

“Fuck! If we keep going like this, even if we win, we’re all wiped out.”

“Prepare the oxygen tank, flamethrower. Standby for the foam wall.”

“What are you trying to do now?”

“Just watch.”

The continued fighting, stress, and telepathy gnawing at his mind, the broken, handsome man smiled with a snarl. Erica, disgusted by the man’s grotesquely distorted face, took a step back without realizing it.

[Stop it. Stop it for now.]

Even with Julia’s telepathy, Erica was unable to readily approach the agent’s madness. She had no idea what the agent was trying to do, but she had to stop him. Things were going well so far, but it couldn’t have gone this way.

[3 o’clock, the pursuit party is preparing to counterattack. We will surprise them in the 6 o’clock direction and destroy them.]

The cannibals began to move under telepathic guidance, but were one step too late.

Foam Wall. A wall made of foam resin that expands like urethane foam. It is a non-combustible material that expands the moment it is sprayed and hardens in minutes, forming a barricade.

The latest equipment has been revealed that is solid enough to be bulletproof, and most importantly, it is fireproof, making it useful when using a flamethrower.

In an instant, the bulging wall blocked the cockroaches’ advance, and the oxygen tank valve opened, spraying oxygen across the barricade.

“Now is the time!”

“Flamethrower!”

Puhwaaaaaaaah-

Flames exceeding 1,300 degrees filled the room across the foam wall. The smell of napalm and burning protein began to mix.

“Prepare your defenses. They’re coming.”

Looking at the combat situation so far, when we attacked the enemy, they would always counterattack and compensate for the damage they had incurred. It was as if they knew the situation like the back of their hand.

The agent used that to his advantage. They would definitely counterattack, and he planned to counter that counterattack and seize the opportunity to win.

“It’s 6 o’clock!”

“Cannibals are coming from the 6 o’clock direction.”

As expected. Do these people see us as water?

“Exosuit unit, machine guns and grenade launchers stand by. The moment the exosuit blocks their breakthrough, wipe them out from the middle!”

At the agent’s orders, Julia quickly relayed instructions on how to deal with the cannibals.

[Machine guns and grenades are aimed at the middle. You need to get close to the front and penetrate the exosuit.]

I didn’t want an all-out war like this.

I was trying to cut it down little by little without anyone knowing, but it suddenly became an all-out war. When this happened, the winner and loser became clear, and it became difficult for whoever won to escape.

Still, I had to choose between the two.

This is an underground waterway. If the cannibals win, they will be pursued by the cannibals and cockroaches, so the chase team’s victory would increase their chances of escaping. It was also easier for ordinary people to confuse the cannibals with telepathy than for the cannibals.

However, the pursuit party had to suffer damage that was beyond recovery. So much so that even if they ran away, they wouldn’t be able to pursue. That had to be managed well.

Ppoduk-

A drop of blood formed and fell from Julia’s tightly clenched fist.

Soon after, a large-scale counterattack by cannibals began.

It seemed as if they had anticipated the attack, but the pursuers began to pour out concentrated firepower. And the cannibals, who exquisitely avoided the pursuers’ powerful attacks and pushed them into close combat. They desperately aimed for the pursuers’ heads.

In an instant, casualties on both sides began to increase, but both the pursuers and the cannibals seemed to have forgotten their fear and were focused on fighting. How long had the fierce battle lasted? The outcome of the battle was slowly becoming clear.

“I won!”

“Come on again!

“Fucking things!”

In the culvert emptiness filled with the remains of cannibals and cockroaches, the surviving members shouted in triumph.

“Whoa- damn it···.”

“I survived. I survived. Hehehehe-”

There were no more than 10 survivors from the pursuit party. Even those were barely able to hold onto their bodies while being held up by the exosuit frame. The handsome agent’s face was also a mess with various injuries.

The joy of victory was short-lived, as the sound of shells crashing began to fill the air.

Sasa sak- shasasa sasa-

?The pursuing party, who had been celebrating their victory, took up a battle stance again. Cockroaches of various sizes, from large ones that seemed to be 10 inches (25 cm) long to medium-sized ones measuring 3 to 4 inches (7 to 10 cm), began to squirm and approach from all directions.

“What about the flamethrower?”

“It’s over.”

“What about pesticides?”

“I used up everything in the end.”

A face that could no longer be called handsome. The agent’s face was distorted, covered in wounds and scabs.

You were sparing cockroaches, not cannibals?

This was a situation that even Julia had not expected. It was said that cannibals could be detected to some extent through telepathy, but not cockroaches. She urgently sent a telepathic message to Brett Baden.

[What’s a cockroach? Why now?]

If there were this many cockroaches, shouldn’t the subordinates have helped before they died?

[Good job. Now, stay back so you don’t become cockroach food.]

?!no.

no.

This wasn’t it.

It wasn’t supposed to be like this.

“It’s the ceiling!”

“The cannibal leader is coming!”

The moment Erica and Julia shouted, cockroaches started falling from the ceiling.

Woo-wooooong-

Aaaah!

“Fuck!”

Was this why the cannibals desperately attacked the head? The agents who lost their helmets started getting eaten alive by cockroaches.

Kookjik Kookjik

Shagjak Kujik

“no!!”

“Erika, don’t move.”

Dozens to hundreds of cockroaches began to swarm a single person. It was the end when the gaps in his armor and body armor, and the Velcro sections connecting his exosuit frame, were ripped off.

“Kyaaaaah. Save me!”

In the midst of such devastation, Brett Baden emerged.

“Okay. Eat them all except those two females.”

Sasa sasa sak-sha sasa sak-

Erica and Julia tightly closed their eyes as they watched the corpses of cannibals spread out on the floor and the bodies of the pursuers being devoured in real time.

“Get off! Get off!”

“Ouch. It’s stuck. My head. My head!”

The few remaining pursuers were rolling around on the ground, struggling in their exosuits, but that was all. Brett Baden, who leisurely crossed the horrific scene, smiled like a snake.

“You did a great job operating via telepathy. Thanks to you, I can handle it easily.”

Ah- no-

This is what I wanted···.

“Yes. Now that we’ve met and greeted each other, all that’s left to do is decide. Will you become a new human and come under me? Or will you become food for the wheels while you’re still alive?”

A man’s seething roar erupted, as if in response to Brett Baden’s voice.

■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■!!!

Brett Baden frowned at that desperate shout. In an instant, the agent rose up through the small hill covered in cockroaches.

A horrible sight, his face eaten away and tattered, his scalp torn off and his skull exposed, white. He pulled the trigger with all his might.

Tudadadang!

With that last gunshot, the man was swept away by the cockroaches.

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And then Julia sat down with a look of disbelief.

“Julia!!!”